Chapter XXII

1892-1895 OPPOSITION ONCE MORE

A new situation—General Election of 1892—Lord Randolph unopposed—Friendly dispositions of Conservative leaders—Lord Randolph rejoins their councils—Speech on the Home Rule Bill—Fatal symptoms—His last success—Correspondence with FitzGibbon—Riot in the House of Commons—Increasing infirmities—A desperate campaign—Kissingen—Meeting with Bismarck—Preparations for a long journey—The end 453 APPENDICES

V.

Two Election Addresses, 1886 and 1892 491

VI.

Parliamentary Procedure: The Closure 500

VII.

Political Letters of Lord Randolph Churchill: Freedom of Contract; Temperance; Home Rule 504

VIII.

VIII. Mr. Jennings' Account of his Quarrel with Lord Randolph Churchill: Lord Justice Fitzgibbon's Note thereupon 512

IX.

Lord Randolph Churchill's Memorandum on Army and Navy Administration 517

INDEX
525

ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLUME 1.

Lord Randolph Churchill, 1886 (Photogravure) Frontispiece TO FACE PAGE 2.

'Ulster will Fight and Ulster will be Right' (Photogravure) 64 3.

The Grand Young Man (Cartoon from 'Punch') 140 4.

Letter from Queen Victoria (facsimile) 154 5.

'Youth on the Prow and Pleasure at the Helm!' (Cartoon from 'Punch') 168 6.

Bellerophon Junior (Cartoon from 'Punch') 184 7.

Lord Randolph Churchill's Budget (facsimile) 192 8.

Lady Randolph Churchill (from a drawing by John S. Sargent) 438

INDEX

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z

Abergavenny, Marquess of, i. 315, 320 Admiralty expenditure, attack on, ii. 316 Affirmation Bill Speech, i. 252; Punch cartoon, 255 Afghanistan, Policy in, ii. 362 Alcester, Lord, i. 262 Alfred Churchill, Lord, i. 19, 52 Algiers, Italy, &c., Journey to, ii. 287, 289 Althorp, Lord, ii. 125 Arabi Pasha, i. 226, 261, 289 Argyll, Duke of, i. 224 Ashbourne, Lord, i. 128, 213, 214, 220, 393, 408, 409, 445; ii. 34, 78, 290 Ashley, Mr. Evelyn, i. 232 Ashmead-Bartlett, Mr., i. 311 Aston Riots, i. 361, 365

Balfour, Mr. A. J., i. 134, 141, 149, 211, 219, 265, 304, 339, 343, 425, 433, 466, 471; ii. 29, 153, 195, 222, 301, 335, 350, 373, 91, 451, 452, 458, 460, 463, 470, 472 Barnaby, Sir N., ii. 318 Barnett, Mr. H., i. 52 Bartley, Mr., i. 318, 353 Baumann, Mr., ii. 415 Bayley, Mr. M., ii. 504, 505 Beach, Sir M. Hicks-, i. 76, 85, 307, 320, 347, 349, 350, 356, 359, 360, 368, 384, 385, 387, 398, 400, 403, 417, 418, 432, 438, 448, 515; ii. 21, 34, 39, 45, 101, 109, 110, 116, 124, 125, 128, 145, 149, 207, 219, 224, 250, 285, 335, 337, 343, 371, 387, 392 395">395, 431 Beaconsfield, Earl of, i. 30, 64, 68, 84, 98, 112, 114, 120, 154, 157, 177, 197, 222, 334; ii. 300, 362, 460 Beaconsfield statue, unveiling of, i. 240 Beale, Mr. P., ii. 390 Beckett, Mr. E., ii. 307, 388 Belfast visit, ii. 59 Berlin, ii. 368 Birmingham: contests, i. 285, 466, 532, 544; ii. 382 meeting at Aston Park, i. 361, 365 speeches, i. 287, 296, 365; ii. 399 Bismarck, Prince von, ii. 360, 368, 477 Blackpool speech, i. 290 Blandford, Marquess of, i. 3, 19, 43, 165, 267 Blenheim Harriers, i. 25, 33, 267 Blunt, Mr. Wilfrid, i. 261 Borthwick, Sir A., i. 258; ii. 431 Bradford speeches, ii. 175, 177 Bradlaugh, Mr. C., i. 122, 124, 129, 209, 276, 333, 350; ii. 321, 428 Breteuil, M. de, i. 72; ii. 435 Bright, Mr. John, i. 59, 225, 275, 285, 286, 287, 289, 292, 378; ii. 53, 94, 109, 113, 116, 300, 384 Bright, Mr. J. A., ii. 390, 392, 393 Brodrick, Mr., i. 343, 428, 440 Bryce, Mr., i. 251 Budget: amendment (1885), i. 398, 405 draft (1887-8), ii. 187 Bulgaria, ii. 154, 155, 165, 364 Buller, Sir R., ii. 138, 142, 143, 337 Burke, Mr., i. 207, 211 Burke, Sir J. Bernard, i. 95 Burma, i. 517; ii. 43, 484 Burnaby, Col., i. 258, 285, 320, 361, 378 Butt, Mr., i. 58, 82, 175

Cadogan, Lord, i. 160 Caine, Mr., ii. 78, 421 Cairns, Earl, i. 227, 242 Cambridge University Carlton: speech, i. 295 undergraduates' deputation, i. 328 Cardwell, Lord, i. 65 Carnarvon, Lord, i. 251, 432, 440, 444, 460; ii. 20, 22, 28, 30, 57, 111 Cavendish, Lord F., i. 124, 144, 207, 211 Central Committee, i. 305, 308, 356 Chamberlain, Mr. J., i. 58, 62, 170, 211, 222, 281, 286, 287, 349, 365, 370, 422, 428, 452, 462, 467; ii. 48, 52, 53, 57, 58, 73, 74, 75, 80, 82, 85, 94, 96, 100, 108, 113, 118, 119, 120, 125, 133, 143, 153, 164 195, 216, 221, 243, 250, 252, 254, 262, 267, 284, 285, 286, 288, 336, 344, 345, 348, 349, 350, 351, 375, 382, 384, 386, 388, 392, 395, 403, 419, 420, 428, 463, 470, 472 Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 126, 179 budget of 1887-8, ii. 187 economies and reforms effected, ii. 184 resignation, ii. 213, 234, 240, 255, 268, 270, 282 Channel Tunnel Bill, ii. 381 Chaplin, Mr., i. 108, 245, 311, 313, 323, 355, 367; ii. 126, 175, 286, 287, 328 Chenery, Mr., i. 160, 167, 241, 248, 276 Childers, Mr., ii. 205 Civil Servants' petitioning powers—speech, i. 260 Clarke, Mr., i. 311 Closure, i. 212, 214, 219, 220; ii. 175, 176, 219 Coalition with Whigs, proposals for, ii. 6, 8 Cobden, Mr., i. 289, 292 Collings, Mr. Jesse, i. 251; ii. 45, 164, 176 Compensation for Disturbance Bill, i. 179 Connaught, Duke of, and the Bombay Command, i. 503 Conservative Party: Irish policy—letter, ii. 3 leadership, question of dual control, i. 227, 229, 242, 246, 251, 405 Parliamentary Reform, attitude towards, i. 336 Cook, Mr., ii. 119, 133 Corrupt and Illegal Practices Suppression Bill, i. 264 Cotter, Mr., i. 320 County Government Bill, i. 106 Cowper, Lord, i. 185, 207; ii. 90 Cranborne, Lord, i. 234 Cranbrook, Lord, ii. 35, 36, 40 Creighton, Dr., i. 24, 34, 36, 37, 255 Cromer, Lord, ii. 377 Cross, Sir R., i. 342, 378 Curzon, Lady, i. 430 Curzon, Lord, i. 428; ii. 307 Curzon, Viscount, ii. 287, 290, 292, 295

Damer, Rev. L. Dawson, i. 22, 23 Darling, Sir C., i. 364 Dartford speech, ii. 163, 175, 176 D'Aunay, Count, ii. 172 Davitt, Mr. M., i. 175, 176 De Worms, Baron, i. 166 Derby, Lord, i. 105, 227; ii. 49, 361 Dilke, Sir C., i. 70, 100-104, 276, 346, 347, 417 Dillwyn, Mr., i. 126 Disraeli. See Beaconsfield Dixon Hartland, Mr., i. 258 Dodson, Mr., i. 143 Dolben, Mackworth, i. 7 Douglas, Mr. Akers-, ii. 264, 268, 388, 389 Duffield, Tom, i. 28 Dunraven, Lord, ii. 274, 432 Durham, Earl of, i. 281

Eastern Question, i. 98, 100-104; ii. 154. See also Bulgaria Edinburgh speeches, i. 273, 278-281 Education, i. 3, 8, 21, 24, 38 Egypt and the Soudan: Arabi Pasha, i. 226, 261, 289 condition of, i. 225, 278, 334 Gordon, Gen., i. 349, 351, 376 policy, ii. 172, 365, 375 Soudan, evacuation of, i. 380, 382, 386, 387 Suleiman Sami, case of, i. 263 Tewfik, Khedive, i. 261 Egypt, visit to, ii. 437 Egyptian Loan Bill, i. 378 Elcho, Lord, i. 339, 343 'Elijah's Mantle,' i. 248 Employers' Liability Bill, i. 136 Escott, Mr. T. H. S., i. 15 Established Church, Defence of—speech, i. 296 Eton, i. 8 Expenditure, criticisms on, i. 143, 232

Fair Trade Movement, i. 290, 472; ii. 327 Ferry, M. Jules, ii. 478 FitzGibbon, Lord Justice, i. 77, 79, 395, 434, 435, 459, 471, 525; ii. 59, 89, 96, 124, 132, 263, 307, 351, 353, 386, 455, 462, 468, 513, 515 Forster, Mr., i. 63, 100, 174, 181, 185, 199, 201, 203, 207, 224, 349; ii. 49, 113 Fourth Party: Beaconsfield's approval, i. 154, 223 Budget amendment (1885), i. 398 Coercion policy, opinion as to, i. 197 correspondence, i. 162 dual control question, i. 228 final phase, i. 303, 343 Front Opposition Bench hostility, i. 260 Gladstone's attitude, i. 152 Gorst's article—letter, i. 548 Lords' amendments to Redistribution Bill, i. 417 obstruction, justification of, i. 150 origin of, i. 131 policy, i. 136, 158, 230 Reform Bill, attitude towards, i. 341 rupture and reunion, i. 199, 204, 209 Times statement, i. 168 Vanity Fair cartoon, i. 169 work of, i. 143, 149, 230; ii. 150 France, relations with, ii. 365 Free Trade, i. 292 Freycinet, M. de, ii. 172-174

Gastein, visit to, i. 267 Gathorne-Hardy, Mr., i. 64, 66 German Emperor, i. 166; ii. 368 Gibbs, Mr. V., ii. 472 Gibson, Mr. See Ashbourne Gibson, Mr. Milner, i. 234, 289 Giers, M. de, ii. 358, 366, 367 Giffard, Sir H., i. 130, 368 Giles, Maj., ii. 447 Gladstone, Mr. H., i. 265 Gladstone, Mr. W. E., i. 58, 60, 64, 69, 145, 172, 222, 232, 234, 260, 261, 264, 271, 275, 282, 283, 284, 377, 416, 432, 441, 451, 472; ii. 1, 3, 22, 24, 27, 62, 137, 143, 157, 169, 214, 219, 220, 229, 241, 300, 309, 312, 334, 340, 341, 360, 361, 365, 373, 428, 433, 454, 456, 463, 466, 469, 470, 471, 474, 477, 502 Affirmation Bill oration, i. 252 Bismarck's estimate of, ii. 479, 481 Bradlaugh case, i. 127, 210, 212, 350 Burmese policy, ii. 43 Disestablishment, views on, i. 454 Egyptian policy, i. 261, 279, 334, 349 Fourth Party, attitude towards, i. 152 Irish Home Rule proposals, i. 390, 409; ii. 29, 41, 51, 62, 66, 67, 78, 92, 96, 98, 100, 104, 111, 116, 153, 327, 437, 491, 497 obstruction, opinion on, i. 150 Parnell Commission, ii. 413, 414 rebuke of the Chair, i. 347 Reform Bill (1884), i. 336, 342 resignation, i. 400, 402; ii. 122 Suleiman Sami, i. 263 Transvaal, annexation of, i. 190, 192, 205, 208 vote of 11,000,000l., i. 380 Glasgow, invitation to, i. 163 Godley, Sir A., i. 476, 481 Gordon, Gen., i. 349, 351, 376 Gorst, Mr., i. 124, 133, 245, 262, 304, 305, 310, 320, 342, 352, 358, 373, 417, 421, 425, 438, 440, 471; ii. 127, 461 Gorst, Sir J., i. 257 Goschen, Mr., i. 219, 220, 295, 453; ii. 46, 47, 48, 53, 87, 90, 113, 116, 132, 200, 201, 207, 208, 243, 259, 268, 272, 282, 308, 335, 339, 350, 361, 470 Grant, Mr. Corrie, i. 427, 428, 431 Grantham, Mr., i. 126 Granville, Lord, i. 102, 103, 276, 389, 432; ii. 361 Grey de Wilton, Lord, i. 60 Grosvenor, Lord R., i. 385

Hamilton, Lord Claud, i. 311, 323, 443 Hamilton, Lord George, ii. 228, 229, 231, 234, 236, 319, 323, 324 Hamilton, Sir R., i. 445 Hanbury, Mr., ii. 378 Harcourt, Sir W., i. 67, 71, 153, 170, 204, 434, 438; ii. 49, 107, 145, 195, 205, 470 Hart-Dyke, Sir W., i. 435 Hartington, Lord, i. 58, 63, 103, 149, 179, 275, 349, 441, 453, 461; ii. 2, 3, 7, 46-48, 53, 54, 58, 69, 80-82, 87, 90, 94, 98, 113, 116, 120, 122, 124, 125, 141, 147, 153, 220, 221, 250, 256, 258, 272, 302, 321, 322, 337, 344, 349, 361, 365, 388, 392, 395 Hatzfeldt, Count, ii. 158 Healy, Mr., i. 435; ii. 4 Henry, Mr. Mitchell, i. 52 Herbert, Mr. A., i. 65 Holland, Sir H., ii. 127, 273 Holmes, Mr., i. 435, 436, 460 Home Rule: attitude towards, i. 90, 280, 453; ii. 3, 23, 117, 490, 494, 507, 508 Belfast visit, ii. 59 Bill, proposals as to, ii. 50, 55, 92, 97, 99, 115 Conservative policy, i. 448, 460; ii. 21, 23, 28, 427 Gladstone's scheme, ii. 2, 29, 79 Queen's Speech (1886), ii. 32 Hope, Mr. B., i. 65 House of Commons disturbance (1893), ii. 472 Hull speech, i. 163

Iddesleigh, Lord, i. 64, 161, 219, 235, 265, 267, 326, 340, 354, 377, 398, 418; ii. 40, 127, 153, 155, 156, 160, 172, 174, 203, 212, 250, 276, 277 Aston Park, i. 360, 363, 364 Beaconsfield statue, unveiling of, i. 240 Bradlaugh case, i. 124, 128, 210, 333, 334 Egyptian policy, i. 262, 334 Fourth Party, hostility to, i. 158, 260 leadership of Conservative party, i. 145, 148, 157, 227, 242, 357, 381, 382, 403, 407, 408, 418 India: North-West Frontier delimitation, i. 379, 380, 483 visit to, i. 374, 377, 554-564 India Office administration, i. 425, 474 army reorganisation, i. 489 Bi-metallism discussion, i. 478 Bombay command, i. 503 Budget statement, i. 491 Burma, i. 517 railway construction, i. 477 Salisbury, Lord, correspondence with, i. 498 Ireland, boycotting, origin of, i. 183 Coercion policy, attitude toward, i. 177, 189, 197, 203, 391, 393, 396, 404, 409; ii. 34, 342 Conservative party, policy of—letter, ii. 3 Home Rule. See that title intermediate education question, i. 94, 97 land legislation, i. 205, 434; ii. 92, 344 Maamtrasna incident, i. 436 Reform Bill (1884), i. 343, 344 residence in, i. 75, 80, 82, 110, 111 state of, i. 1, 82, 172, 183, 186, 199, 444; ii. 33 visit to, i. 460 Irish County Government Bill, ii. 373 Irish Education Bill, plans for, ii. 352 Irish Educational Endowments Bill, i. 434

J. S., excerpt from Realm, i. 16 James, Sir H., i. 134, 155, 255, 265, 411; ii. 47, 48, 58, 66, 113, 116, 250, 439, Jennings, Mr. L., i. 298; ii. 270, 286-288, 290, 307, 312, 320, 321, 327, 329, 378, 386, 387, 402, 413, 414, 419, 420, 424, 426, 512 Jerome, Miss, i. 39, 40, 57 Jerome, Mr., i. 43, 56

Kerans, Mr., i. 378 King-Harman, Col., ii. 137 Kissingen, ii. 476

Labouchere, Mr., i. 130, 213, 333; ii. 27, 145, 150, 253 Lansdowne, Marquess of, i. 224; ii. 273 Lanyon, Sir O., i. 193 Lawson, Sir W., i. 251 Leadership of the House. See Iddesleigh and Randolph Churchill Lee, Hans, ii. 447 Leigh, Mr. A., i. 16 Licensing question, ii. 430, 506 Liverpool meeting, i. 443 Lowther, Mr., i. 97, 245

Maamtrasna incident, i. 436 McCarthy, Mr. J., ii. 28 Maclean, Mr. J. M., i. 325; ii. 137 Manchester speeches, i. 231; ii. 69 Manners, Lord J., i. 340 Marlborough, Duchess of, i. 14, 30, 109, 115, 258 fund for relief of Irish distress, i. 110 Marlborough, Duke of, i. 3, 20, 21, 32, 40, 92, 108, 114, 170, 178, 227, 266, 429; ii. 463 Marriage, i. 57 Mashonaland, visit to, ii. 447 Matthews, Mr. H., i. 369; ii. 119, 126, 133, 134, 461 Mattinson, Mr., ii. 387 May, Sir Erskine, ii. 6, 408 Melbourne, Lord, ii. 14 Middle Temple Grand Day, 1885, i. 414 Milner, Sir F., i. 428 'Mr. Podsnap,' ii. 399 Mr. Spencer's travels, ii. 169 Mitford, Mr. P., i. 258 Moore, Mr. A. W., i. 481 Morley, Mr. J., i. 125, 391, 392, 404; ii. 1, 48, 78, 88, 153, 353, 377, 405, 433, 469, 471 Morris, Lord Chief Justice, ii. 23, 57 Mowbray, Sir J., i. 245 Mundella, Mr., ii. 397 National Union of Conservative Associations, i. 305, 307, 312, 315, 318, 320, 321, 324, 326, 327, 330, 352, 355, 356, 536-543

North, Col., ii. 386 Northbrook, Lord, ii. 273 Northcote, Mr. (senr.), i. 245 Northcote, Sir Stafford. See Iddesleigh Norway, visit to, ii. 123

O'Brien, Mr. B., i. 89 O'Brien, Mr. S., ii. 66, 67 Obstruction: Closure, effect of, on, i. 220 first use of, i. 87 opinion on, i. 150 O'Connor, Mr. A., ii. 152 O'Donnell, Mr. F. H., i. 128 Oldham speech, i. 163 Opposition, functions of, i. 233, 239 Oxford, i. 31 Territorial Military Centre—speech, i. 66

Paddington, South, i. 471; ii. 454, 461 election addresses, ii. 491, 496 Palmerston, Lord, i. 234; ii. 260 Parliamentary procedure, reform of, i. 211; ii. 10, 16, 17, 25, 42, 500, 502 Parnell, Mr., i. 83, 174, 175, 176, 183, 185, 202, 205, 393-395, 397, 446, 455; ii. 1, 22, 24, 30, 51, 54, 66, 103, 109, 141, 143, 147, 149, 375, 452, 454 arrest and release, i. 206, 207, 210 Commission, ii. 405, 413, 431 Kilmainham treaty, i. 207, 210, 212 Maamtrasna, i. 438, 440 Parnellism and Crime, ii. 406, 408, 423 Peel, Mr., ii. 9, 136 Percy, Lord, i. 306, 312, 313, 317, 318, 323, 352, 355 Perkins, Mr., ii. 447, 450 Pigott case, ii. 412, 416 Plunket, Mr., ii. 67, 84 Ponsonby, Sir H., ii. 268 Preston speech, i. 185, 187 Primrose League, i. 256, 356 Prince Imperial, monument to, i. 142 Prince of Wales's wedding, i. 9 Protection of Persons and Property Bill, i. 200

Queen Victoria: Bombay command appointment, i. 503 Indian affairs, i. 485 letter, ii. 154 resignation of Chancellor, ii. 234, 240, 255, 268

Radical party, principles of, i. 231, 288, 293 Raikes, Mr., i. 398; ii. 126 Randolph Churchill, Lady, i. 167, 258, 429, 430, 431; ii. 366-368 Randolph Churchill, Lord: birth, i. 3 Chancellor of Exchequer, ii. 126, 179 characteristics, i. 6, 7, 14, 15, 33, 35, 48, 415; ii. 434 chess, fondness for, i. 30 death and funeral, ii. 484 education, i. 3, 8, 21, 24, 38 hunting, delight in, i. 4, 25, 28 illness, ii. 464 India, Secretary for, i. 425, 474 leadership of House of Commons, ii. 126, 150, 154, 213 letters, style of, i. 12, 13, 162-168 maiden speech in Parliament, i. 66 marriage, i. 57 member of Parliament, i. 55 nicknames and caricatures of, i. 275 personal appearance, i. 15; ii. 465 politics, early distaste to, i. 164, 166 popularity in 1882, i. 273 prediction in 1885, i. 473 public life, disinclination for, i. 48 speeches, style of, i. 276 Turf experiences, ii. 432 Redistribution Bill, Lords' Amendments to, i. 417 Redschid Pasha, i. 388 Reed, Sir E., ii. 319 Reform Bill (1884), i. 335, 337, 341, 343, 360, 372, 550 Richards, Mr. B., i. 15 Richmond, Duke of, i. 227 Ripon, Marquess of, i. 492 Ritchie, Mr., ii. 126 Roberts, Sir F., i. 458, 490 Roebuck, Mr., i. 58 Rosebery, Earl of, i. 29, 433; ii. 49, 471, 478 Rowlands, Mr. J., i. 258; ii. 119, 120, 387, 391 Royal Buckhounds, i. 232 Royal grants—speech, ii. 396 Russell, Lord J., i. 234 Russell, Mr. E., ii. 142 Russia: aggression in India, i. 380, 382, 386, 387, 389 visit to, ii. 356 Rylands, Mr., i. 106; ii. 90

Salisbury, Marquess of, i. 65, 227, 233, 245, 265, 281, 303, 347, 381, 423, 433, 458, 468; ii. 6, 7, 14, 21, 26, 54, 58, 72, 75, 78, 89, 90, 116, 135, 153, 155, 187, 264, 273, 277, 278, 281, 294, 299, 361, 362, 368, 377, 431, 463 Bombay command appointment—letters, i. 504 Burma policy, i. 522, 524 Cabinet of 1885, i. 400, 401, 402, 407, 413, 416, 419; ii. 122, 124 Carnarvon and Parnell, meeting of, i. 447 correspondence of, i. 499 Disestablishment, views on, i. 455 Eastern Question, ii. 157, 158, 160, 162, 165 Irish affairs, attitude towards, ii. 29, 30, 33-35, 37, 64, 138, 334, 448, 470 National Union, i. 312, 318, 319, 324, 330, 352, 357 resignation of Lord Randolph, ii. 214, 218, 220, 223, 228, 231-234, 236, 243, 250, 255, 261, 267, 282 Woodstock speech, i. 161 Schnadhorst, Mr., i. 276, 286, 467; ii. 98, 119, 120, 134 Sclater-Booth, Mr., i. 106 Scott, Dr., i. 22 Sexton, Mr., i. 435; ii. 4, 64, 144 Siam, ii. 478 Slade, Sir A., i. 257 Smith, Mr. W. H., i. 245, 344, 408, 503; ii. 21, 36, 40, 42, 44, 90, 124, 137, 156, 171, 221, 226, 227, 229, 230, 232, 273, 281, 291, 295, 310, 311, 321, 335, 350, 381, 406, 407, 451 Soudan. See Egypt and the Soudan South Africa: affairs in, i. 190, 195 visit to, ii. 447 Spencer, Lord, i. 390, 438, 439, 441; ii. 3, 48 Staal, M. de, ii. 157 Stanhope, Mr. E., i. 325, 330, 373; ii. 127, 273 Stanley, Col., i. 342, 372 Stockton speech, ii. 328 Stuart-Wortley, Mr., i. 323, 353 Suakin, ii. 375, 376 Suleiman Sami, i. 263

Tabor, Mr., i. 3, 426 Tarbes, visit to, ii. 435 Temperance—letter, ii. 506 Tewfik, Khedive, i. 261 Thomas, Col., i. 4, 26 Tory democracy, i. 250, 290, 293, 295, 301, 302, 336, 349, 358, 411, 463, 465; ii. 404 Transvaal, i. 190, 193-196 Trevelyan, Sir G., ii. 48, 74, 84, 336, 340 Turf experiences, ii. 432 Turkey and the Eastern Question—letters, i. 100-104 Tyrwhitt, Mr. H., ii. 287, 289, 292

United States, visit to, i. 73

Villiers, Mr. C., i. 292

Walsall speech, ii. 397 Walsh, Archbishop, ii. 4, 78, 353, 354, 356 War Office expenditure, attack on, ii. 316 Warren, Sir C., ii. 143 Watkin, Sir E., ii. 381 Webster, Sir R., ii. 407 Welby, Lord, ii. 182, 212 Welsh Church Suspensory Bill, ii. 466, 474 West, Sir A., i. 261; ii. 205 Whitby meeting, ii. 326 Whitley, Mr., i. 443 Winston Churchill, Mr., ii. 294, 468 Wolff, Sir H. D., i. 124, 126, 129, 131, 132, 163, 264, 267, 304, 305, 310, 311, 342, 358, 367, 421, 425, 428, 430, 438; ii. 236, 260, 261, 263 Wolverhampton speech, ii. 314 Woodstock: elections, i. 52, 115, 426, 527-532 parliamentary history, i. 18 reform of borough—speech, i. 71 Salisbury's, Lord, speech, i. 160

Zulu War, i. 142, 191

FOOTNOTES

[1] Seven Years at Eton, Brinsley Richards, p. 377.

[2] Randolph Spencer-Churchill, by T. H. S. Escott, M.A. (Hutchinson & Co., 1895).

[3] Fortnightly Review, October, 1874, vol. xvi., p. 412.

[4] Byron, Don Juan, Canto ix. lxxxiv.

[5] B. O'Brien, Life of Parnell, second edition, i. 163.

[6] 'That this House, having been informed in her Majesty's gracious Speech that the conditions on which her Majesty's neutrality is founded have not been infringed by either belligerent engaged in the war in the East of Europe, and having since received no information sufficient to justify a departure from the policy of neutrality and peace, sees no reason for adding to the burdens of the people by voting unnecessary supplies.'

[7] 'Elijah's Mantle,' Fortnightly Review, May, 1883.

[8] I have been greatly assisted in this chapter by the excellent accounts of the Fourth Party proceedings contributed by Mr. Harold Gorst to the Nineteenth Century from November 1902 to January 1903. In relating some incidents, notably on pages 153 and 161, I have by his permission used his actual words.

[9] Life of Parnell, R. Barry O'Brien, vol. i. 247.

[10] Cf. Mr. Forster's 'village ruffians.'

[11] Men, Mines, and Animals in South Africa, p. 23.

[12] Abridged.

[13] Mr. Gladstone.

[14] Mr. Chamberlain.

[15] A quotation from Mr. Gladstone's famous pamphlet of 1876.

[16] Preface to Lord Randolph Churchill's speeches, by L. J. Jennings, p. xxiv.

[17] Mr. Harold Gorst's articles, Nineteenth Century, November and December, 1902.

[18] Appendix II.

[19] Appendix II.

[20] See J. M. Maclean's Reminiscences, p. 68.

[21] Appendix II.

[22] Letter to Mr. Wainwright, M.P., June 9, 1884, Appendix III.

[23] Mr. W. H. Smith.

[24] See especially his letter to Mr. Harold Gorst of January 5, 1903, published in the Times, included as an Appendix.

[25] Nineteenth Century, January 1903, by Mr. Harold E. Gorst.

[26] Now Sir Charles Darling.

[27] Appendix IV. See especially his description of the tiger hunt.

[28] January 17, 1885.

[29] A note upon this chapter by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach.

[30] August.

[31] This was public-spirited. (See page 440.)

[32] House of Lords, May 3, 1888. Hansard, 325, 1179.

[33] Issued November 21, 1880.

[34] See Lord Randolph's Letters from India, Appendix.

[35] 'Ireland's Eye.'

[36] Lord Ashbourne.

[37] Our Very Good Lord: Ex-Chancellor Ball.

[38] Times.

[39] Appendix I.

[40] This appears to have been an outside estimate. (See p. 490.)

[41] Sir John Gorst's eldest son, now Sir Eldon Gorst.

[42] The italics are mine.—W. S. C.

[43] Mr. Smith to the Duke of Cambridge, October 9, 1885.

[44] Official memorandum.

[45] Colonel Burnaby was killed in action at Abu Klea, January 18, 1885.

[46] This was written ten days ago. Its contents are not much affected by recent events.—R. H. S. C.[47]

[47] The Memorandum and Lord Randolph's footnote are both undated, but Lord Salisbury's reply on the 9th shows that he had waited some days before replying. I conclude therefore that November 26 or 27 would be the latest date at which this document was written.

[48] Mr. Labouchere, who has checked and confirms this account of the conversation, remarks: 'As a matter of fact, Lord Randolph Churchill had asked me some time before to tell Mr. Gladstone that he would urge Ulster to resist by arms Home Rule, which I had done, and he now begged me to repeat to him his declaration of war.'

[49] Life of Gladstone, vol. iii. p. 270.

[50] Lost. The passage ultimately adopted reads as follows:—

'The social no less than the material condition of that country engages my anxious attention. Although there has been during the last year no marked increase of serious crime, there is in many places a concerted resistance to the enforcement of legal obligations, and I regret that the practice of organised intimidation continues to exist. I have caused every exertion to be used for the detection and punishment of these crimes, and no effort will be spared on the part of my Government to protect my Irish subjects in the exercise of their legal rights and the enjoyment of individual liberty. If, as my information leads me to apprehend, the existing provisions of the law should prove to be inadequate to cope with these growing evils, I look with confidence to your willingness to invest my Government with all necessary powers.'

[51] This was accompanied by the promise of a Bill dealing with the Land Question, pursuing in a more extensive sense the policy indicated by the Land Purchase Act in 1885.

[52] At the Colonial Office, February 15, 1898 (O'Brien's Life of Parnell, chap. xix. vol. ii.).

[53] Appendix V.

[54] Lord Randolph Churchill 2,576 Rev. J. Page Hopps 769

[55] Wrongly stated in the Annual Register of 1886 as the Board of Trade.

[56] An expression quoted from Mr. Gladstone.

[57] 'Lord Randolph as an Official,' Nineteenth Century, October 1896, by the Right Hon. Sir Algernon West, K.C.B.

[58] Scale of 1886, still in force:— s. d. Where the packet, box, bottle, pot, &c., did not exceed the price or value of 1s., the duty was 0 1½ Exceeded 1s., but did not exceed 2s. 6d. 0 3 " 2s. 6d. " 4s. 0 6 " 4s. " 10s. 1 0 " 10s. " 20s. 2 0 " 20s. " 30s. 3 0 " 30s. " 50s. 10 0 " 50s. 20 0 Lord Randolph Churchill's proposed scale:— s. d. Not exceeding 2d. in value 0 0½ " " 6d. " 0 1½ " " 1s. " 0 3 " " 2s. " 0 6 " " 4s. " 1 0 " " 8s. " 2 0 " " 12s. " 3 0 " " 20s. " 5 0 " " 40s. " 10 0 Exceeding 40s. " 20 0

[59] The exact figure is 291,666l. 13s. 6d., but some reduction would probably occur in practice.

[60] Lord Ashbourne.

[61] Viscount Curzon, M.P. for South Buckinghamshire.

[62] Viscount Curzon, February 21. Hansard, 311, 179.

[63] Secretary to the Treasury.

[64] Times, April 20, 1887.

[65] See his letter to Mr. Arnold White, p. 459.

[66] No. 119, Egypt No. 8, 1888, published January 12, 1889.

[67] Letter to Birmingham Daily Post, April 18.

[68] Life of Gladstone, Book X., chapter iii.

[69] Hansard, March 1890.

[70] See Appendix, Mr. Jennings's Memorandum and Lord Justice FitzGibbon's note thereupon.

[71] Appendix VIII.

[72] Local Taxation Bill, June 17—228 to 224.

[73] Addison, Spectator, No. 68.

[74] Men, Mines and Animals in South Africa.

[75] The Hon. Lionel Holland.

[76] Life of Pitt.

[77] Abridged.

MY AFRICAN JOURNEY By The Right Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill, M.P.

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