CHAPTER XXII.

THE REIGN OF VICTORIA (_continued_).

Peace and Prosperity in 1864--Birth of an Heir to the Prince of Wales--Mr. Gladstone's Budget--Mr. Stansfeld and Mazzini--The Government and the London Conference on the Danish Question--Mr. Gladstone on Parliamentary Reform--Resignation of Mr. Lowe--Lord Westbury on Convocation--Garibaldi's Visit to England--The Shakespeare Tercentenary--"Essays and Reviews" again--The Colenso Controversy--Mr. Disraeli and the Angels--The Fenians in Dublin--Origin of the Belfast Riots--The Ashantee War--The Maori War--Waitara Block and its consequences--Suppression of the Rebellion--Final Defeat of the Taepings--Bombardment of Simonasaki--The Cyclone at Calcutta--Its Ravages. 343