CHAPTER XXXIII.

THE REIGN OF VICTORIA (_continued_).

The Elementary Education Bill--Mr. Forster's Speech--Mr. Dixon's Amendment--Mr. Forster's Reply--Mr. Winterbotham's Speech and the Churchmen--Partial Concessions--Changes in the Bill--It becomes Law--Outrage in Greece--Seizure of Tourists by Greek Brigands--Murder of the Prisoners--Army and Navy Estimates--The Budget--Disaster in the Eastern Seas--Obituary of the Year 529