SELECTED SPEECHES

OF THE LATE RIGHT HON. THE

EARL OF BEACONSFIELD

VOL. II.

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ARRANGED AND EDITED

IITA INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATORY NOTES

BY

T. E. KEBBEL, M.A.

With a Portrait

IN TWO VOLUMES-VOLUME II.

TO THE

1. FEB '592

LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1882

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

PART I.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

PAGE

OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE, FEB. 18, 1853 . . 3

PROSECUTION OF WAR, MAY 24, 1855 . . . . . . . 41

VOTE OF CENSURE-DENMARK AND GERMANY, JULY 4, 1864 . : 81

SPEECH ON PROPOSING VOTE OF THANKS TO FORCES ENGAGED IN

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION, JULY 2, 1868 . . . . 128

BLACK SEA CONFERENCE, FEB. 24, 1871 . . . . . . 133

BULGARIAN ATROCITIES, Aug. 11, 1876 . . . . . . 151 -

CALLING OUT RESERVE FORCES, APRIL 8, 1878 . . . . 161

BERLIN TREATY, JULY 18, 1878 . . . . . . . . 179

REPLY TO DUKE OF ARGYLL, May 16, 1879 . . . . . 203

SPEECH ON ADDRESS, JAN. 7, 1881 . . . . . . . 219