R. H. G. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION v DATE 1837. ACCESSION OF QUEEN VICTORIA _Sybil_ 1 AFFAIRS IN CANADA _Report by Lord Durham_ 3 1838. THE STATE OF ENGLAND: I. RURAL DISTRICTS _Sybil_ 8 II. MINING DISTRICTS _Sybil_ 10 III. FACTORY TOWNS _Sybil, Coningsby_ 12 IRELAND AND HER LANDLORDS _Life of Thos. Drummond_ 16 1839. THE CHARTER OF COLONIAL SELF-GOVERNMENT _Report by Lord Durham_ 20 THE BEDCHAMBER PLOT _Queen Victoria’s Letters_ _and The Croker Papers_ 26 1840. THE QUEEN’S MARRIAGE _Greville Memoirs_ 29 1842. THE CHARTIST PETITION _Hansard_ 31 THE RAILWAY BOOM _Endymion_ 38 THE CORN LAWS AND THE MANUFACTURERS _Hansard_ 42 IMPRISONMENT FOR ABSENCE FROM CHURCH _Hansard_ 46 1843. A CHARTIST IN PRISON _Life of Thomas Cooper_ 49 A CHARTIST HYMN _Life of Thomas Cooper_ 50 1844. FORETASTES OF DARWINISM _Tancred_ 51 THE OPENING OF MAZZINI’S LETTERS _Hansard_ 53 1845. AGRICULTURE AND FREE TRADE _Hansard_ 55 PEEL’S CHANGE OF VIEWS _Peel’s Memoirs_ 60 LORD J. RUSSELL QUICKENS THE PACE _Peel’s Memoirs_ 65 THE BOMBSHELL _Greville Memoirs_ 68 PEEL AND HIS COLLEAGUES _Queen Victoria’s Letters_ 68 1846. FREE TRADE _Hansard_ 70 PEEL’S DEFENCE OF HIS METHOD _Peel’s Memoirs_ 77 IRELAND: THE MOLLY MAGUIRES _Peel’s Memoirs_ 80 1848. ENGLAND AND THE YEAR OF REVOLUTION _Life of Palmerston_ 81 1849. CONQUEST OF THE PUNJAB _Queen Victoria’s Letters_ 84 1850. CHARACTER OF SIR ROBERT PEEL _Greville Memoirs_ 85 DON PACIFICO _Hansard_ 87 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPRICS _Life of Palmerston_ 91 THE HAYNAU AFFAIR _Life of Palmerston_ 92 1851. PALMERSTON AND KOSSUTH _Life of Palmerston_ 93 THE GREAT EXHIBITION _Life of Prince Consort_ 94 PALMERSTON AND THE COUP D’ÉTAT _Life of Palmerston_ 96