How the Reform Bill was passed; how slavery in our colonies was abolished; how there were revolutions in France and Belgium; how the cholera broke out; how railways were established; and how the Houses of Parliament were burned down 255 CHAPTER LX. QUEEN VICTORIA.—1837. How Hanover was separated from England; how the Queen married her cousin, Prince Albert; how a fresh revolution broke out in Paris, and how Louis Philippe escaped to England; how the Chartists held meetings; how we went to war with Russia; how the Sepoys mutinied in India; how the young men in Great Britain became volunteers; how Parliament was reformed the second time, and means taken to educate the people; how there were a great many discoveries and improvements made 259 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. TOWER OF LONDON _Frontispiece._ GREGORY AND ANGLES Page 17 KING ETHELBERT DECLARES HIMSELF A CHRISTIAN 19 ALFRED LEARNING TO READ 25 ALFRED IN NEATHERD’S COTTAGE 27 KING ALFRED BUILDING HIS NAVY 30 KING EDWARD STABBED BY ORDER OF ELFRIDA 37 WILLIAM RALLIES THE NORMANS AT HASTINGS 46 BATTLE OF HASTINGS 47 DERMOT, KING OF LEINSTER, DOING HOMAGE TO HENRY II. 61 KING RICHARD I. MADE PRISONER BY THE DUKE OF AUSTRIA 71 PRINCE ARTHUR AND HUBERT 74 KING JOHN GRANTING MAGNA CHARTA 77 DEATH OF LLEWELLYN, LAST OF THE WELSH PRINCES 86 EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE WAITING ON JOHN, KING OF FRANCE 100 DEATH OF WAT TYLER 103 HENRY OF HEREFORD CLAIMING THE CROWN OF ENGLAND 106 ESCAPE OF QUEEN MARGARET 123 DEATH OF THE LITTLE PRINCES IN THE TOWER 129 MARRIAGE OF HENRY VII. AND ELIZABETH OF YORK 134 HENRY VIII. EMBARKING FOR FRANCE 140 WOLSEY ENTERING LEICESTER ABBEY 143 THE PROTECTOR SOMERSET ACCUSING HIS BROTHER BEFORE KING EDWARD VI. 160 LADY JANE GREY REFUSING THE CROWN 165 THE SPANISH ARMADA 182 QUEEN ELIZABETH REVIEWING HER ARMY AT TILBURY 183