Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ant of a cry; it was suppliedthem by an Irish revolutionary organisation known as theFenians. Their conspiracy had been suppressed by theRussell Ministry through the timely arrests of Stephens, a head centre, and OlJonovan Rossa, and the suspension ofthe Habeas Corpus Act. They effected, however, isolatedrisings and outrages, such as a ludicrous invasion of Canadaby a disorganised rabble in 180(3, and, in th
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ant of a cry; it was suppliedthem by an Irish revolutionary organisation known as theFenians. Their conspiracy had been suppressed by theRussell Ministry through the timely arrests of Stephens, a head centre, and OlJonovan Rossa, and the suspension ofthe Habeas Corpus Act. They effected, however, isolatedrisings and outrages, such as a ludicrous invasion of Canadaby a disorganised rabble in 180(3, and, in the following year, aplot (which came to nothing) for an attack on Chester Castle,the rescue of two Fenian prisoners and murder of Police-sergeant Brett at Manchester, and, finally, the destruction ofthe wall of Clerkenwell Prison. The last two crimes, as Mr. Gladstone afterwards ex-plained, brouglit the disestablishment of the Irish Church witliiii the region of practical politics. In April, 18G8, hecarried against the Government the first of a series of resolutionsin fiivour of that change, and followed it up with a Suspen-sory Bill, which the House of Lords rejected. Mr. Disraeli,. Q CD W EH Q <t1 c s a 5 a ~ 622 THE SUCCESSION OF THE DEMOCRACY. Canada. Abyssinia. The FirstGladstoneMinistry. Disestab-lishmentof theIrishChurch. [1865 become Prime Minister through Lord Derbys retirement,refused to recommend a dissokition until he had carried hisIrish and Scotch Reform Bills. The reckoning came inNovember, 1868, and the Liberals found themselves with amajority of 120. Before his resignation, Lord Carnarvon, with the ableassistance of the Canadian statesman, Sir John Macdonald,had laid the foundations of a united Canada. His EnablingAct placed the Dominion under a Governor-General appointedby the Crown, with a Cabinet responsible to Parliament, ofwhich the House of Commons was elected by a low suffrage,while the Senate consisted of life members. The provincesretained their loca
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