CHAPTER XV
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FALL OF THE SECOND EMPIRE.
Social condition of the Country in 1870--Mr. Bright’s “Six Omnibuses in Temple Bar”--Opening of Parliament--Mr. Gladstone’s Irish Land Bill--Amendments to the Bill--Dual-Ownership Established--The Bill and the House of Lords--The Revolt of Lord Salisbury--The Education Bill--Mutiny of the Liberal Dissenters--Mr. Lowe’s Second Budget--The Civil Service opened to Competition--Mr. Cardwell’s Failure at the War Office--The Queen and the Army--Mr. Childers and Admiralty Reform--Mr. Baxter and Navy Contracts--The Wreck of the _Captain_--Lord Granville and the Colonies--Death of Lord Clarendon--The Franco-Prussian War--Collapse of the French Armies--Sedan--Fall of the Bonapartist Dynasty--Proclamation of the Third Republic--Investment of Paris--The Government of National Defence at Tours--M. Gambetta Rouses Prostrate France--Gallant Stand of the Mobiles--A Passing Glimpse of Victory--The Queen and the War--Prussia and England--Russia Repudiates the Black Sea Clauses of the Treaty of Paris--Papal Infallibility and the Italian Occupation of Rome--King William Proclaimed German Emperor--Opening of London University--Betrothal of the Princess Louise--Death of General Grey--Death of Dickens--The Novelist and the Queen--Garden Party at Windsor Castle--The Red River Expedition 354
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. (_From a Photograph by Messrs. W. & D. Downey, London._) _Frontispiece_
The Prince Consort (_After the Photograph by Mayall_) xi
Balmoral Castle, from the North, looking towards Lochnagar (_After a Photograph by G. W. Wilson and Co., Aberdeen_) 1
The Fortress of Gwalior 5
Lord Canning 8
Attempted Assassination of the Emperor of the French 9
View in Windsor Castle: the Inner Cloisters, looking West 13
The Queen’s Visit to Birmingham: The Procession passing along New Street 17
Visit of the Queen to the Emperor and Empress of the French at Cherbourg 20
Osborne House (_From a Photograph by J. Valentine and Sons, Dundee_) 21
Potsdam 24
The Queen leaving the Town Hall, Leeds 25
Victor Emmanuel 29
The Guard-Room, St. James’s Palace (_From a Photograph by H. N. King_) 33
Turin 36
Lord Granville 37
St. George’s Hall, Windsor Castle 41
The Queen Opening Glasgow Waterworks at Loch Katrine 44
View on Loch Katrine: The Walk by the Shore 45
The Royal Exchange, Manchester 49
General Garibaldi 52
The Curfew Tower, Windsor Castle 53
Pope Pius IX. 57
Volunteer Review in the Queen’s Park, Edinburgh (_From the Print published by Messrs. McFarlane and Erskine, Edinburgh_) 61
The Volunteer Camp, Wimbledon 64
The Queen at Wimbledon 65
President Buchanan 68
Frogmore House (_From a Photograph by J. Valentine and Sons, Dundee_) 69
The Queen and her Little Grandson, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia _To face_ 70
The Queen’s Private Sitting-Room, Osborne (_From a Photograph by Hughes and Mullins, Ryde_) 73
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, from the River 76
Mr. (afterwards Viscount) Cardwell (_From a Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company_) 81
Balmoral Castle, from the South-West (_From a Photograph by G. W. Wilson and Co., Aberdeen_) 84
The Royal Tour in Ireland: the Visit to Ross Castle, Killarney 85
The Eagle’s Nest, Killarney (_After a Photograph by W. Lawrence, Dublin_) 88
King William of Prussia (afterwards German Emperor) 89
Industrial Museum, Edinburgh 92
The Queen holding the First Investiture of the Order of the Star of India 93
The Princess Alice Reading to her Father 97
Cambridge Cottage, Kew 101
The Princess Alice (_From the Photograph by Mayall_) 105
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, showing the Royal Gallery and Altar 108
Funeral of the Prince Consort: Procession in the Nave of St. George’s Chapel 109
Mr. Lincoln 113
The _San Jacinto_ stopping the _Trent_ 117
The Clock Tower, Westminster Palace, 1870 121
Mr. Seward 124
Queen Anne’s Room, St. James’s Palace (_From a Photograph by H. N. King_) 125
View in Berlin: the Palace Bridge and Pleasure Garden 129
Mr. Peabody 133
The Exhibition Building of 1862 136
The Prince of Wales at the Pyramids 137
Marriage of the Princess Alice 140
Prince Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 141
Reinhardsbrunn, near Gotha 145
The Vandyke Room, Windsor Castle 149
Entry of the Princess Alexandra into London: the Procession passing Temple Bar 153
The Princess of Wales (_From a Photograph taken about the time of her Marriage_) 156
Marlborough House, from the Garden 157
Marriage of the Prince of Wales _To face_ 158
Corridor, Osborne House (_After a Photograph by J. Valentine and Sons, Dundee_) 161
Frederick Charles, Duke of Augustenburg 165
The Exchange, Copenhagen 168
The Harbour, Copenhagen 169
General Grant 172
Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen 173
Memorial of the Great Exhibition in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, South Kensington 177
Visit of the Queen to Netley Hospital _To face_ 179
The Queen Unveiling the Statue of Prince Albert at Aberdeen 181
Sir Charles Phipps 184
The Albert Bridge, Windsor 185
Kronborg Castle, Elsinore 188
Christian IX., King of Denmark 189
The Prussians Storming the Redoubts of Düppel 193
Garibaldi’s Reception in Trafalgar Square, London 196
Kiel 197
Count Beust 201
Windsor Castle, from the Berkshire Shore 205
Fredericksborg Castle, Elsinore 209
The Guard Room, Windsor Castle 213
Oliver King’s Chantry, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor 216
Mr. Lowe (afterwards Lord Sherbrooke) 217
The James River and Country near Richmond 220
General Sherman 221
The Royal Nursery, Osborne (_From a Photograph by Hughes and Mullins, Ryde_) 225
The Queen at Osborne (_After W. Holl’s Engraving of the Original Portrait by Graefle. By Permission of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond Street, W._) 229
Midhurst, Sussex: Birthplace of Cobden 233
General Robert Lee 237
Biarritz 241
The International Exhibition, Dublin (1865) 245
The Queen Unveiling the Statue of the Prince Consort at Coburg 248
Opening of Parliament in 1866: the Queen at the Peers’ Entrance, Westminster Palace 252
Mr. John Stuart Mill 253
Prince Christian (_From a Photograph by W. and D. Downey_) 257
Marriage of the Princess Helena 260
Princess Christian (_From a Photograph by W. and D. Downey_) 261
The Duchess of Teck (_From a Photograph by W. and D. Downey_) 265
Great Demonstration at the Reformers’ Tree in Hyde Park 272
Lord Carnarvon (_From a Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company_) 273
Mr. Disraeli introducing his Reform Bill in the House of Commons 276
Council Chamber, Osborne (_After a Photograph by F. G. C. Stuart, Southampton_) 277
Prague 281
Last Moments of the Emperor Maximilian (_After the Picture by Jean-Paul Laurens_) 284
Lord Naas (afterwards Earl of Mayo) 285
The Queen laying the Foundation Stone of the Royal Albert Hall 289
Arrival of the Queen at Kelso 292
Visit of the Queen to Melrose Abbey 293
The Queen investing Abdul Aziz with the Order of the Garter _To face_ 294
The Ball-room, Balmoral (_From a Photograph by G. W. Wilson and Co._) 296
The Queen unveiling the Statue of the Prince Consort at Balmoral 297
The Queen Keeping Hallowe’en _To face_ 299
The Prince Consort Memorial at Balmoral 299
Sir Robert Napier (afterwards Lord Napier of Magdala) 301
St. James’s Palace 305
Mr. Gathorne-Hardy (afterwards Lord Cranbrook) 309
The Queen Reviewing the Volunteers in the Great Park, Windsor 313
The Queen Inspecting the _Galatea_ in Osborne Bay 317
The Cathedral, Lincoln 321
Windsor Castle, from Thames Street, and “Bit” of the Outer Walls 324
Mr. Chichester Fortescue (afterwards Lord Carlingford) 329
Choir of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 332
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 333
Dr. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester (_From a Photograph by S. A. Walker_) 337
The Victoria Embankment, London 341
The Queen’s Drawing-Room, Osborne (_From a Photograph by Hughes and Mullins, Ryde, Isle of Wight_) 344
Ismail Pasha 345
The Tapestry Room, St. James’s Palace (_From a Photograph by H. N. King_) 348
The Queen Opening Holborn Viaduct 349
The Queen Opening Blackfriars Bridge 353
Blackfriars Bridge, London 357
Mr. Disraeli (afterwards Lord Beaconsfield) (_From the Bust by J. E. Boehm, R.A., in the possession of the Queen_) 361
Cowes, Isle of Wight 364
Sedan 368
The French Troops Leaving Metz 369
Versailles, 1871: Proclaiming King William German Emperor 373
Charles Dickens 380
Garden Party at Windsor Castle 381
[Illustration: THE PRINCE CONSORT.
(_After the Photograph by Mayall._)]
[Illustration: BALMORAL CASTLE, FROM THE NORTH, LOOKING TOWARDS LOCHNAGAR.
(_After a Photograph by G. W. Wilson and Co., Aberdeen._)]
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