* * * * * The Second Edition of these volumes is an exact reprint of the first, certain obvious errors of the press only having been corrected. OXFORD, _Dec_. 21, 1868. * * * * * CONTENTS OF VOL. I. INDIA. I. House of Commons, June 3, 1853 II. House of Commons, June 24, 1858 III. House of Commons, May 20, 1858 IV. House of Commons, August 1, 1859 V. House of Commons, March 19, 1861 CANADA. I. House of Commons, March 13, 1865 II. _The Canadian Fortifications_. House of Commons, March 23, 1865 III. _The Canadian Confederation Scheme_. House of Commons, February 28, 1867 AMERICA. I. The _'Trent' Affair_. Rochdale, December 4, 1861 II. _The War and the Supply of Cotton_. Birmingham, December 18, 1862 III. _Slavery and Secession_. Rochdale, February 3, 1863 IV. _The Struggle in America_. St. James's Hall, March 26, 1863 V. London, June 16, 1863 VI. _Mr. Roebuck's Motion for Recognition of the Southern Confederacy_. House of Commons, June 30, 1863 VII. London, June 29, 1867 IRELAND. I. _Maynooth Grand_. House of Commons, April 16, 1845 II. _Crime and Outrage Bill_. House of Commons, December 13, 1847 III. _Employment of the Poor_. House of Commons, August 25, 1848 IV. _Rate in Aid_. House of Commons, April 2, 1849 V. _Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill_. House of Commons, February 17, 1866 VI. Dublin, October 30, 1866 VII. Dublin, November 2, 1866 VIII. House of Commons, March 14, 1868 IX. House of Commons, April 1, 1868 RUSSIA. I. _War with Russia--The Queen's Message_. House of Commons, March 31, 1854 II. _Enlistment of Foreigners' Bill_. House of Commons, December 22, 1854 III. _Negotiations at Vienna_. House of Commons, February 23, 1855 IV. _On the Prosecution of the Russian War_. House of Commons, June 7, 1855 Letter of John Bright to Absalom Watkin on the Russian War * * * * * INDIA I HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 3, 1853. _From Hansard_.