Chapter 6

1858

Marriage of Princess Royal--The Orsini _attentat_--The Conspiracy Bill--Resignation of the Government--Lord Derby summoned--The new Cabinet--Trial of Bernard--The Emperor and the Carbonari--Capture of Lucknow--Confirmation of the Prince of Wales--The second India Bill--The Oudh Proclamation--Lord Ellenborough's despatch--A crisis--Lord Derby's despatch--Lord Aberdeen consulted--Prerogative of Dissolution--Collapse of the attack--Views of Sir James Outram--Offer to Mr Gladstone--Purification of the Thames--Visit to Cherbourg--British Columbia--The Ionian Islands--The Princess Royal in Prussia The India Office--Lord Canning's Proclamation--Napoleon and Italy 261-306