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England's Naval and Military Weakness the Volunteer Force, Incentives to Future Strength and Progress
England's Naval and Military Weakness the Volunteer Force Incentives to Future Strength and Progress Author:James Walter General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1882 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. The pressing duties anil cares of the Queen's Executive power -- Her Majesty's conscientious discharge of same evidenced by her letters made public in Life of tho Prince Consort -- Letter of her Majesty to Lord Palmerston, 2nd August, 1859, on calling out the Militia -- Admission of Lord Clarendon that the country is "utterly defenceless" -- The Queen and Prince's loyalty to Napoleon -- Royal anxiety for the establishment of the Volunteer force -- Letter from Baron Stockmar expressing doubts as to the Emperor's pacific intents -- Lord Cowley spirited away from Paris to Vienna -- Letter from the Queen to Lord Malmes- bury, 18th March, 1859, warning her Foreign Minister not to be trapped into a Congress -- Letter from Thiers, 24th March, intimating Emperor's intent to compass war while talking of peace -- Austria awakens to his designs -- England mistrustful -- The Prince Consort's wise memorandum for guidance of Lord- Lieutenants as to Volunteer embodiment -- The French Emperor alarmed -- Empress Eugenie instigated to write to the Queen -- Her Majesty's dignified reply -- The late and present Lord Derby both alive to the purposes of the French Emperor -- Letter from Lord Palmerston to Lord Russell freely expressing his opinions of the Emperor -- Letter from Prince Consort on subject of the Italian war -- Letter from her Majesty to Lord Palmerston conveying dignified rebuke of course of the Government -- Napoleon III. a mere stage-effect actor -- Letter from the Queen, 13th May, 1859, to Lord Russell on French action in Italy -- Lord Lyndhurst's call for the embodiment of Volunteers -- Lord ...« less