Mr. Disraeli recognises Intellect--Lord Hartington Liberal Leader--The Queen’s Speech--Lord Hartington’s “Grotesque Reminiscences”--Mr. Cross’s Labour Bills--The Artisans’ Dwellings Act--Mr. Plimsoll and the “Ship-knackers”--Lord Hartington’s First “Hit”--The Plimsoll Agitation--Surrender of the Cabinet--“Strangers” in the House--The Budget--Rise of Mr. Biggar--First Appearance of Mr. Parnell--The Fugitive Slave Circular--The Sinking of the Yacht _Mistletoe_--The Loss of the _Vanguard_--Purchase of the Suez Canal Shares--The Prince of Wales’s Visit to India--Resignation of Lord Northbrook--Appointment of Lord Lytton as Viceroy of India--Outbreak of the Eastern Question--The Andrassy Note--The Berlin Memorandum--Murder of French and German Consuls at Salonica--Lord Derby Rejects the Berlin Memorandum--Servia Declares War on Turkey--The Bulgarian Revolt Quenched in Blood--The Sultan Dethroned--Opening of Parliament--“Sea-sick of the Silver Streak”--Debates on the Eastern Question--Development of Obstruction by Mr. Biggar and Mr. Parnell--The Royal Titles Bill--Lord Shaftesbury and the Queen--The Queen at Whitechapel--A Doleful Budget--Mr. Disraeli becomes Earl of Beaconsfield--The Prince Consort’s Memorial at Edinburgh--Mr. Gladstone and the Eastern Question--The Servian War--The Constantinople Conference--The Tories Manufacture Failure for Lord Salisbury--Death of Lady Augusta Stanley--Proclamation of the Queen as Empress at Delhi 482 CHAPTER XXI. THE REIGN OF JINGOISM. Opening of Parliament--Sir Stafford Northcote’s Leadership--The Prisons Bill--Mr. Parnell’s Policy of Scientific Obstruction--The South Africa Confederation Bill--Mr. Parnell’s Bout with Sir Stafford Northcote--A Twenty-six Hours’ Sitting--The Budget--The Russo-Turkish Question--Prince Albert’s Eastern Policy--Opinion at Court--The Sentiments of Society--The Feeling of the British People--Outbreak of War--Collapse of Turkey--The Jingoes--The Third Volume of the “Life of the Prince Consort”--The “Greatest War Song on Record”--The Queen’s Visit to Hughenden--Early Meeting of Parliament--Mr. Layard’s Alarmist Telegrams--The Fleet Ordered to Constantinople--Resignation of Lord Carnarvon--The Russian Terms of Peace--Violence of the War Party--The Debate on the War Vote--The Treaty of San Stefano--Resignation of Lord Derby--Calling Out the Reserves--Lord Salisbury’s Circular--The Indian Troops Summoned to Malta--The Salisbury-Schouvaloff Agreement--Lord Salisbury’s Denials--The Berlin Congress--The _Globe_ Disclosures--The Anglo-Turkish Convention--Occupation of Cyprus--“Peace with Honour”--The Irish Intermediate Education Bill--Consolidation of the Factory Acts--The Monarch and the Multitude--Outbreak of the Third Afghan War--The “Scientific Frontier”--Naval Review at Spithead--Death of the Ex-King of Hanover--Death of the Princess Alice 513 CHAPTER XXII. PEACE WHERE THERE IS NO PEACE.