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
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.
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.
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.
Caroline, Queen of Naples, and Napo- leon, 363.
Catholicism, extravagant ultramontane character assumed by, 269.
Cattern's (Catherine of Aragon) day,
Celibacy among the clergy, its moral results, 406.
Chad or Ceadda (St.), 503. Charcoal as an ingredient of gunpowder,
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
(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.
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.
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,
Couvade (the) in the East, 153-the same practice of a people on the Euxine according to a Greek epic,
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,
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,
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-
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.
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.
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 2 P 2
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