In later years, when the menace of Napoleonic "intentions" ceased to preoccupy the public, the attitude of _Punch_ towards the volunteers became more critical and less sympathetic, but throughout 1860--allowing for a little amiable chaff of the contrast between their physique and their bellicose spirit--he lent the movement cordial support, applauding the institution of cadet corps in schools, and the provision of facilities to enable footmen and tradesmen to attend drills and be instructed in rifle-shooting. The review in Hyde Park was duly chronicled in a cartoon representing the Queen resting a rifle on _Punch's_ head, and the poem in honour of the London Volunteers may be set against the genial satire of Keene's zealous little captain leading his men "through fire and water," or the references to the street boys' catch-word "Who shot the dog?" The year 1860 found England with the Chinese war still on hand; it was not ended till the autumn, with the capture, destruction and looting of the Chinese Emperor's Summer Palace at Peking as an act of vengeance for the barbarous treatment of the British envoys. But India was completely pacified, and Lord Clyde returned home to receive the laurel. The Prince of Wales's visit to Canada was already decided on; Lord Lyndhurst was still clamouring for a strong fleet; the Queen's speech promised the introduction of another measure of Reform, nominally redeemed by Lord John Russell's "nice little Bill" satirized by _Punch_ in March and overwhelmed with ridicule on its withdrawal in June:-- Amendments sore long time I bore; Parental love was vain; Till by degrees the House did please To put me out of pain. Abroad the outlook was still concentrated on Italy and the progress of her unification. In October, 1859, _Punch_ had hailed the coming of freedom; but it was "no rosy dawn, No true Aurora; but a lamp Which in a moment may be gone, Extinguished by a tyrant's stamp." He deplored the exigencies which confined England's aid to the mere expression of goodwill to the brave men who were fighting for liberty. But by the summer of 1860 events were moving apace. It was the time of the famous Sicilian Expedition of Garibaldi, whom _Punch_ acclaimed as the great champion of United Italy:-- Honour to Garibaldi! Win or lose, A Hero to all time that Chief goes down, Whatever issue his emprise ensues, He, certain of unquenchable renown, Fights for a victor's or a martyr's crown. [Sidenote: _Garibaldi and Lincoln_]