Cassell's History of England, Vol. 6 (of 8) From the Death of Sir Robert Peel to the Illness of the Prince of Wales

CHAPTER XXVI.

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THE REIGN OF VICTORIA (_continued_).

The Cholera--Laying of the Atlantic Cable--Reform Demonstrations--Mr. Bright and the Queen--The Government prepares a Bill--"Black Friday"--The Overend and Gurney Failure--Limited Liability--Royal Marriages--Prize-Money--The Loss of the _London_--A bad Harvest--The Fenian Trials--Lord Wodehouse's Letter--Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act--Rapid Legislation--Wholesale Arrests--Renewal of the Act--Lord Kimberley's Speech--Sweeny and Stephens--The Niagara Raid--Whewell and Keble 406