BRITAIN AND ITALIAN UNITY 32 1861. LOSS OF THE COTTON-SUPPLY 33 1861. THE CASE OF THE “TRENT” 34 1861. THE AFFAIR OF THE “TRENT” 37 1862. THE PEABODY TRUST FORMED 38 1862. THE “ALABAMA” CRUISER 40 1863. WAR BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH 41 1863. THE BUDGET: EATING THE LEEK 42 1863. DISTRESS IN THE COTTON MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS 44 1863. BRITAIN AND THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (I.) 46 1863. BRITAIN AND THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (II.) 47 1864. A POLICY OF MEDDLE AND MUDDLE 48 1864. ENGLAND AND THE ATTACK ON DENMARK 50 1865. THE ATLANTIC CABLE: SCENE IN IRELAND 52 1865. THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY (I.) 55 1865. THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY (II.) 57 1865. DEATH OF LORD PALMERSTON 57 1866. THE CAVE OF ADULLAM 58 1866. SUCCESSFUL LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE 60 1866. REFORM DEMONSTRATION AT MANCHESTER 61 1867. ATTEMPTED FENIAN RAID AT CHESTER 62 1867. REFORM BILL: THREE CORNERED CONSTITUENCIES 65 1867. ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES 67 1868. DISRAELI’S “MAUNDY THURSDAY” LETTER 69 1868. ABYSSINIAN WAR: CAPTURE OF MAGDALA 71 1868. DISESTABLISHMENT OF THE IRISH CHURCH 73 1869. IRISH CHURCH BILL: CRITICAL DAYS 75 1870. THE IRISH LAND BILL 78 1870. EDUCATION BILL: THE COWPER-TEMPLE CLAUSE 81 1870. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR 83 1871. MR. LOWE’S BUDGET: THE MATCH-TAX (I.) 84 1871. MR. LOWE’S BUDGET: THE MATCH-TAX (II.) 84 1871. PURCHASE IN THE ARMY ABOLISHED BY ROYAL WARRANT 85 1871. FIRST AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY 86 1871. BIBLE READING IN SCHOOLS 87 1872. THE GENEVA ARBITRATION: THE INDIRECT CLAIMS 89 1872. AN EARLY ELECTION UNDER THE BALLOT ACT 90 1872. THE “ALABAMA” ARBITRATION AWARD 93 1873. REFUSAL OF DISRAELI TO TAKE OFFICE WITHOUT A MAJORITY 94 1873. FIRST LONDON HOSPITAL SUNDAY 98 1874. THE ASHANTEE WAR: FALL OF COOMASSIE 99 1874.