One serious colonial dispute must be noticed, for it led to an early experiment in “boycotting.” Lord Grey, on the 4th of September, 1848, by an Order in Council, had turned the Cape of Good Hope into a convict settlement. The colonists resented this act with the hottest indignation. Angry meetings were held at Cape Town; and the Governor, Sir Harry Smith, was violently blamed because he refused to take on himself the responsibility of suspending the “injurious and degrading measure.” When the first convict ship, the _Neptune_, arrived in Simon’s Bay on the 19th of September, the church bells in Cape Town were tolled in half-minute time. The Municipality demanded that the vessel be sent back. The populace, in mass meetings, adopted what they called “the Pledge”--an obligation to “drop connection with any person who may assist convicted felons.” In fact, the process which in Ireland has recently been termed “boycotting” was resorted to, and supplies were refused to the army, navy, and all Government establishments. The law was impotent in face of such opposition, and very soon the Governor, Sir Harry Smith, was compelled to bake his own bread even in his own house. The colonists finally triumphed. The Order in Council was withdrawn, so far as it referred to the Cape, and the _Neptune_ left, without having landed a single convict. The episode is one of the earliest instances on record of the successful application of “boycotting” to defeat an unpopular policy. CHAPTER XXII. FAMILY CARES AND ROYAL DUTIES. Education of the Prince of Wales--Selection of Mr. Birch as Tutor--The Queen’s Jealousy of her Parental Authority--Her Letter to Melbourne on the Management of her Nursery--Her Ideas on Education--Prince Albert’s Plans for the Education of the Prince of Wales--Stockmar’s Advice--The Visit to Ireland--The Queen at Waterford--“Rebel Cork” _en fête_--The Visit to Dublin--Viceregal Festivities--The Visit to the National Model Schools--Shiel’s Speech--The Queen and the Duke of Leinster--Farewell at Kingstown--The Queen Dips the Royal Ensign--Loyal Ulster--The Visit to the Linen Hall--Lord Clarendon on the Queen’s Visit--A Cruise on the Clyde--Home in Balmoral--The Queen’s “Bothie”--The Queen’s University of Ireland--First Plans for the Great Exhibition--Opening of the London Coal Exchange--The Queen’s Barge--Death of Queen Adelaide.