Chapter XXV: England in Egypt

The Duke of Albany’s Marriage Announced--Mr. Bradlaugh Again--Procedure Reform--The Closure at Last--The Peers Co-operate with the Parnellites--Their Attacks on the Land Act--Mr. Forster’s Policy of “Thorough”--A Nation under Arrest--Increase in Outrages--Sir J. D. Hay and Mr. W. H. Smith bid for the Parnellite Vote--A Political Dutch Auction--The Radicals Outbid the Tories--Release of Mr. Parnell and the Suspects--The Kilmainham Treaty--Victory of Mr. Chamberlain--Resignation of Mr. Forster and Lord Cowper--The Tragedy in the Phœnix Park--Ireland Under Lord Spencer--Firm and Resolute Government--Coercion Revived--The Arrears Bill--The Budget--England in Egypt--How Ismail Pasha “Kissed the Carpet”--Spoiling the Egyptians--Mr. Goschen’s Scheme for Collecting the Debt--The Dual Control--The Ascendency of France--“Egypt for the Egyptians”--The Rule of Arabi--Riots in Alexandria--The Egyptian War--Murder of Professor Palmer--British Occupation of Egypt--The Queen’s Monument to Lord Beaconsfield--Attempt to Assassinate Her Majesty--The Queen’s Visit to Mentone--Marriage of the Duke of Albany 630