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| Introduction | v |
| DATE |
| 1856. | Neutrality of the Black Sea | 1 |
| 1856. | An Up-to-Date Mail Steamer | 2 |
| 1857. | Rubinstein in London | 3 |
| 1857. | First Distribution of the Victoria Cross | 4 |
| 1857. | Reinforcements for India | 5 |
| 1857. | Siege and Relief of Lucknow | 9 |
| 1858. | “Conspiracy to Murder” Bill | 12 |
| 1858. | Forcing of the Peiho River | 13 |
| 1858. | Admission of Jews to Parliament | 16 |
| 1858. | An Inadequate Navy | 17 |
| 1859. | Volunteer Rifle Corps | 18 |
| 1859. | Napoleon III. and England | 20 |
| 1859. | Progress of Volunteer Movement | 22 |
| 1860. | Commercial Treaty with France | 25 |
| 1860. | Anti-Ritual Riots | 27 |
| 1860. | Chinese War: Capture of Pekin | 29 |
| 1860. | The First British Ironclad | 29 |
| 1861. | Garibaldi and the Government | 30 |
| 1861. | The Budget: Abolition of the Paper Duty | 31 |
| 1861. | Britain and Italian Unity | 32 |
| 1861. | Loss of the Cotton-Supply | 33 |
| 1861. | The Case of the “Trent” | 34 |
| 1861. | The Affair of the “Trent” | 37 |
| 1862. | The Peabody Trust Formed | 38 |
| 1862. | The “Alabama” Cruiser | 40 |
| 1863. | War between North and South | 41 |
| 1863. | The Budget: Eating the Leek | 42 |
| 1863. | Distress in the Cotton Manufacturing Districts | 44 |
| 1863. | Britain and the Civil War in America (I.) | 46 |
| 1863. | Britain and the Civil War in America (II.) | 47 |
| 1864. | A Policy of Meddle and Muddle | 48 |
| 1864. | England and the Attack on Denmark | 50 |
| 1865. | The Atlantic Cable: Scene in Ireland | 52 |
| 1865. | The Fenian Conspiracy (I.) | 55 |
