CHAPTER LXVI.
VICTORIA. 1854
Home Affairs: General excitement at the beginning of the
year..... Declaration of War against Russia..... The
Court..... Tidings of the loss of Captain Franklin.....
Cholera..... Ireland: Party animosities and
murders...... Colonies: Their General peace and
prosperity..... Foreign Relations: The French Alliance.....
War with Russia..... Battles by sea and land..... Dreadful
sufferings of the British Army..... Parliament: Contests
concerning the conduct of the war..... Break-up of the
Aberdeen government..... lord Palmerston premier..... Deaths
of Eminent Persons.