R. Simkin.]
A. Gunner, Artillery. B. Sapper, Engineers. C. Officer Queen’s Westminster. D. Officer, Victoria Rifles. E. Private, Six-foot Guards. F. Private, Artists.
UNIFORMS OF VOLUNTEERS, 1860.
R. Simkin.]
A. Private, London Rifles. B. Gunner, Artillery. C. Sapper, Engineers. D. Officer, 1st Middlesex. E. Officer, and V.B. Royal Fusiliers. F. Private, Artists. G. Private, London Scottish.
UNIFORMS OF VOLUNTEER BATTALIONS, 1897.
Disraeli had once taunted Palmerston with having no domestic policy. “His external system,” he said, “was turbulent and aggressive, that his rule at home may be tranquil and unassailed.” That was, in truth, the greater part of the secret of Palmerston’s popularity; he refrained from exciting apprehension and stirring combustible questions. He made no enemies at home, though he might be careless in giving offence abroad. But that was a rôle not at all suited to Disraeli’s ambition. He knew that at any moment something might happen to drive his party out of office, and he resolved to prepare a soft place to fall on. It would be a fine stroke to take Lord John Russell’s favourite project out of his hands, to “dish the Whigs” by lowering the franchise. John Bright had returned to active politics and was stirring up the people in the north to agitate for Reform. |Disraeli’s Reform Bill.| He would take the wind out of Bright’s sails too; and he persuaded Lord Derby to let him bring in a Reform Bill of his own.
