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Peiho, and the war with China which followed. These events he ascribes, in the comic manner which sits so ill upon him, to the policy of the Conservative party. That was not Lord Palmerston's statement at the time when Mr. Gladstone was a member of the Cabinet, and it is so notoriously untrue to history that it is incomprehensible what can have induced Mr. Gladstone to make it. Let us recall the circumstances:-The Chinese had for years been endeavouring to extinguish our trade. In 1856 the celebrated attack on the British lorcha Arrow took place, the crew being carried off by the Chinese, and the national ensign taken down. Sir J. Bowring then declared hostilities, and applied for troops. A war ensued between 1856 and 1858, and in June and August of the latter year Lord Elgin signed important treaties, for which he deservedly received great honour. The name of Lord Elgin is now most unjustifiably insulted by Mr. Gladstone in the following statement of the causes of the China war:

At the end of June, 1859, Lord Elgin arrived at the mouth of the Peiho in China to sign a treaty of peace with the Emperor of China, and, under the wise instructions of the Conservative Government, he went to sign this treaty of peace with a large fleet to help him to guide the pen. [Laughter and cheers.] The Chinese did not understand the method of guiding a pen by a fleet, and thought that the Ambassador might do it himself. The consequence was they laid a sort of ambuscade for our fleet.'

Lord Elgin departed from China in May, 1859, and was in England in June, when Mr. Gladstone says he was at the mouth of the Peiho.' The envoy who was stopped in the river Peiho on his way to Pekin held no instructions for which the Conservative party was primarily responsible. He had to pursue a policy which had been adopted by all parties in common. He was sent to carry out a mission which had been for many years in progress. Admiral Hope attempted to force a passage of the river and was repulsed. In October, 1859, the French and English joined in an expedition against China. Lord Elgin, who again left England for China in April, 1860, concluded the treaty of Tien-tsin with Prince Kung, under which our relations have since been carried on.

Compare these facts, which are matters of history, with Mr. Gladstone's statements. He vindicates the Chinese at the expense of his own country, merely for the sake of raising an ignorant cry against his political opponents. He does not even remember the history of the war, which he and his colleagues conducted. Mr. Gladstone returned to office in June, 1859

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four months before the expedition against China was agreed upon. He now abuses Lord Elgin, a distinguished diplomatist whom the Liberal party rewarded by giving him the appointment of Governor-General of India, for committing an act in China at a time when he was not in the country. And this is an example of the wise and manly statesmanship' which the electors are asked to approve at the polls!

We trust that the answer will be decisively in favour of the Government. So far from creating fresh difficulties abroad, it has well-nigh settled the long-standing disputes with America, fostered by their predecessors, and aggravated by the rash speeches and policy of Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone.

The Conservative party does not cling to the mere traditions of the past. It is willing to do all that can be asked for the true welfare of the people. In return it deserves the support of every man in this country who still believes that the government under which we live confers upon the whole nation many priceless blessings, and that to consign it to the reckless hands of agitators of yesterday's growth would be an act inviting and deserving greater misfortunes than the whole world arrayed against us as enemies could bring down upon our heads.

NOTE to No. 248, p. 566.

In our article on the Irish Church' we quoted a paragraph from the 'Tablet,' which seemed to advocate the confiscation of lay property in Ireland. The paragraph in question was taken from a pamphlet giving this quotation from the Tablet;' but, upon referring to the 'Tablet' itself, we find that we have done an unintentional injustice to the paper, and that, so far from advocating the confiscation of the lay property of Protestant landlords, the Tablet' deprecated any attempt by the Catholics of Ireland to deprive the Protestants of even their Church property by the aid of the English Dissenters.

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Blackie's Homer' and the 'Iliad,' 440.
Blunt's History of the Reformation,'
417.

Bolton Castle, 515.

Boroughbridge, battle of, 514.

Boxer's (Col.) Report on gunpowder
explosions, 124.

Browning's poem 'Saul,' 88.
Brussels, congress of artisans at, 544.

lace, extreme fineness of the
thread used in, 170.
Bulwer (Sir H.) on Diplomacy, 331.
Burton's (Capt.) wit and wisdom from
West Africa, 246.

Byron contrasted with Coleridge, 94-
his want of spirituality, 100-German
eulogium on, 101-political poetry,
103-magnificent power over ima-
gery, ib.-his estimate on the Con-
tinent due to his love of liberty, 104—
Vol. 125.-No. 250.

'Don Juan' the fullest and truest
exhibition of his nature, 105-the
greatest of his efforts, ib.

C.

Caroline, Queen of Naples, and Napo-
leon, 363.

Catholicism, extravagant ultramontane
character assumed by, 269.

Cattern's (Catherine of Aragon) day,

168.

Celibacy among the clergy, its moral
results, 406.

Chad or Ceadda (St.), 503.
Charcoal as an ingredient of gunpowder,

110.

Charles I. at York in the Civil War,
525.

Chinese claim to the invention of gun-
powder, 106.

Church (English), its continuity and
perpetuity, 388-the Church before
and after the Reformation, 390-the
Reformation not an abandonment of
her claim to be an integral part of
the Church Catholic, 394.

Disestablishment, arguments

against, 562.

(Established) in Ireland, argu-
ments for its abolition logically in-
volve either surrender of the English
Establishment or the concession of
Repeal, 257-difficulties attend-
ing disendowment, 272 on the
application of the funds to be
liberated by it, ib.-neglect of the
vested interest of the Protestant
laity in the ministrations of their
Church, 273-difficulties as to the
future management of a voluntary
Church, 275 opinions of Lord
Plunket, Dr. Doyle, and Mr. Blake
on the Protestant establishment, 277.
'restorers' in Yorkshire, 524.
Cistercian ruins in Yorkshire, 521-iron
forges and cloth-works of the Cister-
cians, 528.

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Clifford's tower, 507.
Coleridge's poems, neglect of, 78-his
literary ambition, 79-influence of
his ambition as a philosopher on his
poetry, ib.-three key-notes to his
character, 80-distinctive character
of the Ancient Mariner' and Chris-
tabel,' 83-criticism on two alleged
faults in the Ancient Mariner,' 85-
that poem affords the only successful
instance in any poet of this or last
century of that sublimity which is
allied to terror, 86- Ode to France,'
and Hymn in the Vale of Chamouni,'
87-'Genevieve,' 88-his reluctance to
writing, 90-his weakness, ib.-opium
eating, ib. charge of plagiarism
answered, ib.-compared with Words-
worth, 91-Wordsworth understood
by all, Coleridge by none, 93-dif-
ference between the poetry of Words-
worth and Coleridge and that of
Byron and Shelley, 94-passion the
characteristic of Byron and Shelley,
sympathetic vision of Wordsworth
and Coleridge, ib. egotism of poets,
95-the Epipsychidion' the most
exquisite and least known of his
poems, 99.

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Congreve's (Sir W.) manufacture of
gunpowder, 110.

Coningsborough, Castle of, 512.
Conservative policy of a broad and
generous character, 550-Conserva-
tive expenditure of three millions
misrepresented by Mr. Gladstone, 156
-grounds of the Conservative party's
claims to public support, 572.
Corry (Mr.) on our naval armaments,

555.

Couvade (the) in the East, 153-the
same practice of a people on the
Euxine according to a Greek epic,

154.

Cranmer (Archbishop) not the founder
of a new Church, 389-his Life by
Dr. Hook, 404-his character vindi-
cated, 409-his judgment against
Catherine of Aragon conscientious,
410-Mrs. Cranmer, 412-affection
of Henry VIII. for Cranmer, 413—
Cranmer's utter fall and degradation,
415-his last revival and self-revenge,
ib.

Crannogs in Ireland and Scotland, 428.
Crawford's letter to Sir S. Northcote,

72-on the management of Indian
Railways by the Board of Agency,

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Dalhousie (Lord) a statesman of the
first order, 55-his minute on Indian
Railways, ib.

Deer and deer parks, varieties of the
fallow deer, 367-capturing deer by
pit-falls, 368-deer parks noticed in
Domesday Book, ib.-popular tumults
from the practice of imparking, 369
-Royal deer-hunters, 370-deer pre-
serves, 371-deer parks destroyed
under Cromwell, 372-number of
deer parks, 373-parks of Tatton
aud Eridge, 374-of Eastwell and
Blenheim, 375-four parks possessing
herds of wild cattle, ib.-mode of
catching deer, 376-reproduction of
the horus of the stag, 377-diseases
of deer, 379-herds of red deer in
the West of England, 381-preparing
deer for hunting at Windsor, 382-
red deer in Cornwall, 383-Highland
deer forests, ib.-art of deer-stalking,
34-the old hart and his harem,
384-courage of red stags, 385-their
frightful combats in the rutting
season, ib.

Devil's Arrows at Boroughbridge, 501.
Digamma not exclusively an Æolic
letter, 443.

Diplomatists of the eighteenth century
described by the Prince de Broglie,

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Education in France and England, 473
-deficiencies of foreign education,
474-the École Normale and its 110
bourses of 401. a-year each, 477-
their representatives in England,
scholarships and fellowships at Ox-

ford and Cambridge, ib. -compa-
rison of English liberty among stu-
dents and French surveillance, 478
-English and French professors,
479-the Lycée St. Louis, its dor-
mitories, lavatories, refectories, and
prisons, 481-Gymnastics, 482-ex-
pense of French education, 485-
Sainte Barbe a French Eton, 486-
Communal College at Boulogne, ib.
-two principles on which National
Education may be based, 488.
Edward VI.'s death-bed, 414.
Elizabeth's (Queen) yellow throat and

stiffest ruff in Europe, 173-leaves
3000 gowns behind her, 179-an ex-
pert archer, 370.
Elliot (Rt. Hon. Hugh), his character,
332 offers his sword to Stanislaus,
King of Poland, 335-distinguishes
himself in the Russian service, 336
-appointed English minister at the
Court of Bavaria, 338-social life at
that Court, 339 advances of the
ladies to him, 340 correspondence
with a lady calling herself 'Delta,'
340-corruption of society in Bavaria,
342-anecdote of his boxing the ears
of a Frenchman, 345-abstraction by
his servant of papers from the agents
of the rebel American Congress, 346
-reprimanded by his Government
to save appearances, 347-versions of
the occurrence by Mr. Carlyle and
Frederick the Great, 348-his poli-
tical repartees to the King of Prussia,
349-began life as a sworn foe to
matrimony, 350-his private mar-
riage, 351-character of Madame
Elliot, 352-departs for his new
mission at Copenhagen, leaving her
at Berlin, 253-her infidelity, ib.—
Elliot suddenly returns and takes
possession of her child and papers, ib.
-breaks his cane over the shoulders
of Baron Kniphausen the seducer,
354- Kniphausen forced by his
friends to fight, ib.-refuses to write
himself down a scoundrel, 355-ac-
count of the duel, ib.-obtains a
divorce, 357-actively interposes in
the affairs of Denmark, 359 his
moral courage and political coup-
d'œil, 360-saves Sweden from dis-
memberment by Russia and Denmark,
361-appointed Minister to Naples,
363-his saving an old man from
drowning celebrated in 'Corinne,'
364-appointed Governor of the
Leeward Islands, 365-Governor of
Madras, ib.

-

Emigration, its advantages to the Eng-

lish workman, 548.

Eozoon Canadense, the oldest relic of
life found on the globe, 193.
Erasmus's Adagia' rifled by compilers
of proverb-literature, 216.

Eton collegers the picked boys of Eng-
land, 484.

Grammar (old), full of mistakes
and absurdities, 487.
Euphorion, legend of, 101.

F.

Fitzgerald's Life of Garrick,' its blun-
ders in statement, grammar, and
style, 3.

Fountains Abbey, 520.

French education, 479. See Education.

language (old), its extensive dif-
fusion in the thirteenth century, 147.

inferior in richness, fulness, va-
riety, and pliability to English and
German, 345-to the Italian and
Spanish in harmony, melody, and
grace, ib.

Frederick the Great, stinginess of, 344.

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G.

Gale's invention of rendering gun-
powder non-explosive or explosive at
will, 128-reasons for not using it,
ib.
Garrick, his biographers, 1-of French
descent, 4 a pupil of Johnson,
6-Johnson and Garrick start for
London, 7-a member of Lincoln's
Inn, 8-his person and the expres-
sion of his features, 11 power
of kindling with the exigencies of the
scene, and losing himself in his part,
ib.-success of his first appearance as
Richard III.,' 12-his comic powers,
14-his Lear' superb, 15-scruples
of his family about loss of caste, 18
-the Garrick Fever, 20-title of
Roscius, 21-falls under the fasci-
nation of Peg Woffington, 21
keeps house with her and Macklin,
22-marriage with Maria Veigel,
ib.-how much he owed to that event,
25-talents as a manager, 27-rela-
tions with dramatic authors, 31-
his criticism justifying his rejection
of Home's Douglas 32-restores
Shakspeare's genuine text to the
stage, 35-sympathies with literature
and literary men, b.-facility in
writing prologues, epilogues, and
epigrams, 36-charge of avarice and
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