The life of Granville George Leveson Gower, second earl Granville, K. G., 1815-1891

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ESTABLISHED 1842,

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Chapter I The Irish Church And The House Of Lords 1868-1870

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Position of the Liberal Party on the accession to power of Mr. Gladstone— Difficulties of Lord Granville in the House of Lords — Relations of Parliament and the Crown — The Irish Church Act of 1870 — Negotiations with Dr. Magee in January — Their Failure — The Bill in the Lords — Lord Cairns and Lord Russell — Concurrent Endowment — Negotiations in which the Queen mediates — Statesmanlike Conduct of Lord Cairns — He arranges a Compromise with Lord Granville— The Bill becomes Law — Weakness of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords — Lord Granville's Memorandum on the Subject — Sir John Acton raised to the Peer^e — Attacks on the Queen — Lord Granville's Letter to Sir Arthur Helps — Colonial Affairs — The Question of Imperial Defence and the Withdrawal of the Colonial Garrisons — Lord Russell's Observations — Attack by Lord Carnarvon in the House of Lords — The Hudson Bay Territory and the Company — Illness of Mr. Bright — Death of Lord Clarendon — Sketch of his Character — Lord Granville becomes Foreign Secretary — The Prophecy of 1852 and its Author— Resignation of Mr. Bright 1-29