LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The Prince of Wales (_From a Photograph by Mr. A. Bassano, London_) _Frontispiece_ The Western Suburbs of Victoria, Vancouver Island 385 St. George’s Chapel, Windsor 388 John Bright (1857) 389 Royal Palace, Naples 392 Lady Palmerston 393 Sir Charles Napier 396 The Battle of Gujerat 397 The British Troops Entering Multan 400 Sir Harry Smith 401 Victoria Castle, Killiney--Bray Head in the distance 404 Royal Visit to Ireland: the Queen Leaving Kingstown 405 Visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to the Linen Hall, Belfast 409 Castleton of Braemar 412 At Balmoral: a Morning Call 413 The Royal Barge 416 Opening of the London Coal Exchange--Arrival of the Royal Procession at the Custom-House Quay 417 The Chamber of Representatives, Brussels 420 Louis Kossuth (1850) 421 The White Drawing-Room, Windsor Castle 424 The Piræus, Athens 425 Grand Entrance, Westminster Palace 429 Mr. (afterwards Sir Alexander) Cockburn 432 Cape Town 433 Mr. Gladstone (1855) 436 Windsor Castle: View from the Quadrangle 437 View in Phœnix Park, Dublin 440 Mr. Horsman 441 The Funeral of Sir Robert Peel: the Tenantry Assembling at the Lodge, Drayton Manor 444 The Funeral of Sir Robert Peel: the Ceremony in Drayton Bassett Church 445 Meeting of the Ladies’ Committee at Stafford House in Aid of the Great Exhibition 449 Cambridge House, Piccadilly (1854) 452 The Queen and Prince Arthur (_After Winterhalter_, 1850) _To face_ 452 Pate’s Assault on the Queen 453