This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...to my finding myself in that predicament. The object which I had in view, if it has not been gained so far as the advantage of the Ionian Islands is concerned, has been gained at least in one respect--namely, that we have effectively placed England in her right position as the friend of free and constitutional laws and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...to my finding myself in that predicament. The object which I had in view, if it has not been gained so far as the advantage of the Ionian Islands is concerned, has been gained at least in one respect--namely, that we have effectively placed England in her right position as the friend of free and constitutional laws and institutions, and have thus enabled ourselves to look Europe in the face, and say that if evils and abuses still prevail in the Ionian Islands, they prevail not by our fault, but in despite of our honest endeavours to cure and remove them. The motion for the production of Mr. Gladstone's report was opposed by Ministers, Lord Palmerston saying they were actuated by a due sense of the best interests of the people in steadily refusing to comply with the request for union with Greece. Mr. Maguire withdrew his motion for the production of papers; and very little more was heard about the Ionian Islands until the end of May, 1864. Lord Palmerston and Earl Russell no longer seeing any reason for " steadily refusing to comply," the islands were formally annexed to Greece. The cession of Savoy to France, and the dominance in Italy of the King of Sardinia, supported by the then powerful Emperor of the French, was keenly felt by the Roman Catholic politicians of this country, who feared, not without reason, that the temporal power of the Pope was threatened. Tuscany, Parma, a considerable portion of Lombardy, and the kingdom of Naples, had been added to the dominions of Victor Emmanuel, and his assumption of the title of King of Italy was imminent (indeed, it was formally conferred about three weeks afterwards), when Mr. Pope Hennessy, the member for King's County, Ireland, called attention to the conduct of Lord John Russell in promoting the &...
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