The opening of I. THE REIGN OF VICTORIA (continued)
The Papal Aggressions--The Durham Letter--Meeting of Parliament--The Ecclesiastical Titles Bill--Debate on the Second Reading--Amendments in Committee--The Bill in the Lords--Mr. Locke King's Motion on County Franchise--Resignation of the Government--The Great Exhibition--Banquet at York--Opening of the Exhibition--Success of the Project--The President of the French Republic and the Assembly--Preparations for the Coup d'État--The Army gained--Dissolution of the Assembly--Expulsion of the Assembly--Their Imprisonment--The High Court of Justice--The Barricades--St. Arnaud and Maupas--The Plébiscite--Weakness of the Russell Administration--Independence of Lord Palmerston--The Queen's Memorandum--Dismissal of Palmerston--The Militia Bill--Russell is turned out--The Derby Ministry--Its Measures--The General Election--An Autumn Session--Defeat of the Conservatives--Death and Funeral of the Duke of Wellington--The Aberdeen Administration--Mr. Gladstone's Budget--The Eastern Question again--The Diplomatic Wrangle--The Sultan's Firman--Afif Bey's Mission--Difficulties in Montenegro--England and France--Attempts to effect direct Negotiations--The Menschikoff Mission--Lord Stratford de Redcliffe's Instructions--The Czar and Sir Hamilton Seymour--Menschikoff at Constantinople--The English and French Fleets--Arrival of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe--The Difficulty settled--Menschikoff's ulterior Demands--Action of the Powers.