dangerous man," he said to Lord Shaftesbury: "keep him in Oxford, and he is partially muzzled, but send him elsewhere, and he will run wild." This came to Mr. Gladstone's ears, so, after his defeat at Oxford in 1865, he opened his campaign in South Lancashire by saying to the electors assembled in the Free Trade Hall of Manchester: "At last, my friends, I have come amongst you.... I am come among you unmuzzled." [Illustration: BRISBANE. The population of Brisbane increased between 1881 and 1891 from 31,000 to 93,000. Queensland, of which it is the capital, was separated from New South Wales and constituted a self-governing Colony in 1859. It had in 1895 a population of 460,550. Imports (1895), £5,349,007. Exports, £8,982,600.] [Illustration: _Sir E. Landseer, R.A._} {_By permission of Messrs. Graves, Publishers of the large Engraving._ THE QUEEN AT OSBORNE, 1866. On the seat are the Princesses Helena and Louise. Her Majesty is attended by John Brown.] CHAPTER XIII. 1866-1872. Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill--The Cave of Adullam--Defeat and Resignation of the Ministry--Retirement of Earl Russell--Lord Derby's Last Administration--Disturbance in Hyde Park--Commercial Panic--Completion of the Atlantic Cable--Mr. Disraeli's Reform Bill--Secessions from the Cabinet--The Fenians--War with Abyssinia--Retirement of Lord Derby--The Irish State Church--Dissolution of Parliament--Liberal Triumph--Mr. Gladstone's Cabinet--Disestablishment of the Irish Church--Death of Lord Derby--Irish Land Legislation--National Education--Army Purchase--The Ballot Bill--Adoption of Secret Voting. [Illustration: _J. Tenniel._} {_From "Punch."_ RETIRING INTO PRIVATE LIFE. Lord Brougham: "Eh, Johnny, ye'll find it mighty dull here!" Lord John Russell was raised to the Peerage in 1861.] [Sidenote: The Cave of Adullam.]