New-York tribune., 1901-01-23

in spite OF the fact that more emigrants ba,-
gone out from the British Isles than from al, a..
rest of Europe put together
volume would he required TO tell Of tha IN
ical progress of the reign The slave tr.ao -
been abolished. The vast extension of tba -
chise in the United Kingdom has made su4rr..-
practically universal and made that anofa.s
monarchy one of the truest republics IN -,
world. The great Reform act of Earl Grew -
into force just before the accession OF virto-s.
1t increased the number of electors from, -
than half million to about one million n,-
raelfs act in 1867 and Mr.. GIadstone's - TO-.
have swelled the number to more than 5Aoooc
Religious disabilities of voters and of5cabo1s
ers have been abolished, and so have rotten 49,.
oughs and pocket boroughs and the eleetora1 -
ruption. so that there is to-day in all the VOL,
probably Legislature more truly ranroso-.-
tive and more honestly chosen than the PIT,
ment of Great Britain and Ireland. Similar 49,
ress has been made in local government r.
Municipal Reform act was passed two vao--
before this reign began But it gave local seIs
government merely to great corporations u
was supplemented in 1S4S with an act ex+.rd
ing it's advantages to small communities
still greater change was made in 1855 vhAr
Local Government act was passed. craatir,.
County Councils for each rural county and s
sixty-one Of the larger boroughs which tbara-
upon became counties Of bOroughs, the netron-
oils constituting the county OF London. A s+,r,
further act was adopted in 1894 establishing ri.-
trict and Parish Councils, thus bringing The
powers Of self government to the smallest no
liticaI divisions
The briefest possible mention Of the most
striking incidents of the reign within the bor.
ders of the Empire or Immediately affecting II
will serve to refresh the memory and to show
Hoyr-
filled with the story of these threescore years
1t was in 1887 that Victoria became Queen
The very next year Mr. Villiers began the
agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws
and for the adoption of Free Trade. Ha
gained the support OF Bright and Golden
finally that of Peel and within a dsc
ade completed one of the greatest Industrial
and commercial revolutions ever known. In
1889 the first step toward the present school
system was taken in the appointment OF a
Committee Of Privy Council for Education 1.
work which eliminated in Forster's nonu-
mental Education Law Of 1870. The year 1870
saw the establishment of the penny post
In 1912 the Chinese ports were opened TO Brit.
ish trade and Hong-Kong was acquired
The Free Church Of Scotland was organized in
1S43 and the Roman Catholic hierarchy was
established in Great Britain in 1874. while IN
the Church of England blow from which she
is still reelng" The great Irish famine. the
repeal Of the Navigation laws and the practical
establishment Of free trade occurred in 1915
In 1S4S occurred the Chartist uprising in Eng
land and that Of Young Ireland IN Ireland
The death Of Lord Melbourne In this year, with
that OF Earl Grey shortly before, and OF yelling
ton and Peel soon afterward. marked the pass
ing away Of one notable generation OF states
men and the appearance Of another upon the
stage. With 1851 came the first worlds fair
and the discovery Of gold in Australia In 1852
the volunteer army was organized. and inter-
national copyright with France was adopted
The limited liability system OF corporations was
legally established in 1854. and then came the
Crimean War Three years later came the
Sepoy mutiny and the establishment Of the
divorce court. The political disabilities OF Jews
we're removed in 1888 The House Of Lords in
1860 renounced the right TO Interfere with
money votes Of the Commons The deaths Of
Paluierston and Golden occurred in 1865. MAY
H. 1855 was Black Friday In 1867 Disrael
"dishRd the Wings" with his Reform bill, and
the Dominion Of Canada was organized In
1865 Mr.. Gladstone carried his Irish Church
Disesta blshment bill against the Government.
and in the next year enacted it. Forster's Edu-
cation biI marks 1870. In 1871 the purchase OF
places in the army was abolished. and the Uni
versity Tests bill. admitting all lay students u
Oxford and Cambridge on equal terms the
Trades Union bill. the establishment Of Local
Government boards and the Geneva Arbitra-
ton mark a noteworthy year. The Irish Home
Rule movement rose in 1878. under the leader
ship OF Isaac Butt
In 1876 stori1y times began Mr. Cladstcus
enunciated his i'bag and baggage" policy against
the Turk Indian troops We're brought 70 Malta
to check the Russian advance. The Berlin
congress was held. The Queen was proclaimed
Empress of India, Then followed the murder of
Cavagnari. the occupation Of Cabul the adop-
ton Of scientific frontier for India and the
Zulu war. In 1872 ParneH assumed the Hors
Eule leadership ana began his famous policy ~
obstruction. In the following year "boycotting"
was invented. while: in foreign parts General
Roberts made his famous march to Candahar
and the war with the, Beers occurred. The year
1881 saw the secession OF the TransvaaI a reign
of terror and coercioIl in Ireland. and the death
of Lord BeaconsheId.s followed in 1882 by the
Ktlmainham treaty aT1d the murders in Phoenix
Park. In 1882. also. Alexandria was bombarded
and Egypt occupied by British troops The
years 1854 and 1885 siRw the great tragedy OF
Khartoum. the Crofter lagitation. the establish
ment of protectorate lover BechuanaIand. and
the extension Of the frf nChise. The great Lib
eraI party was split as lunder over the issue ot
Home Rule in 1856 and tthe Plan of Campaign
was organized In IrelaIfd The Queens Jubilee
occurred in 1887. Mr. Tfalfour checked the dis
orders in Ireland and Bieluchistan was annexed
TO India In 1883 London became a separate
county. governed by am independent County
Council. The great doCtk and gas strikes Oc-
CURED in 1889. together with the death of John
Bright. In 1890 the Irisht Home Rule party was
broken to pieces the g$eat house of Barring