[Illustration: _Linley Sambourne._} { _From "Punch."_
Son of Major Garnet Wolseley. Born near Dublin in 1833. Commanded the Red River Expedition of 1870 and the Ashanti Expedition of 1873, and was sent out in 1879 as Governor of Natal and the Transvaal, and High Commissioner. He commanded the forces in Egypt in 1882 and again in 1884-5.]
[Illustration: _R. Caton Woodville._} { _From the Royal Collection. Reproduced by permission of the Artist._
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR.]
The net result of these events was the withdrawal of the _condominium_ or dual control by England and France, the restoration of the Khedive's authority, and the reconstruction of the administrative and social system. But the British continued to occupy Egypt as security for the pacific fulfilment of the reforms insisted on by the English Plenipotentiary, Lord Dufferin.
[Illustration: _Lady Butler._} { _By permission of the Artist, and of Messrs. Graves, Publishers of the large Engraving._
AFTER THE BATTLE: ARRIVAL OF LORD WOLSELEY AND STAFF AT THE BRIDGE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR.]
Imprisonment of Irish Members of Parliament--Assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke--Prevalence of Outrages in Ireland--A New Coercion Bill--Trial and Execution of the Phoenix Park Murderers--The Dynamite Conspiracy--Corrupt Practices Act--The Affairs of Egypt--General Gordon sent to Khartoum--Gordon Besieged--Inaction of the Government--Relief of Khartoum Undertaken--Too Late!--Death of Gordon--Lord Wolseley's Campaign--Abandonment of the Soudan--Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill--The Question of Redistribution of Seats--The Frontier Question in Afghanistan--Defeat of Ministers on the Budget and their Resignation--Lord Salisbury's First Administration--Dissolution of Parliament--The Irish Party and the Balance of Power--Mr. Gladstone's Third Administration--His Conversion to Home Rule--Rupture of the Liberal Party--The Home Rule Bill Rejected--Dissolution of Parliament--Unionist Victory--Lord Salisbury's Second Administration--Lord Randolph Churchill Resigns--The Round Table Conference.
[Sidenote: Imprisonment of Irish Members.]
The effort made by the Government to conciliate the hostility of the people of Ireland by the Land Act did not at first offer much prospect of success. There was no diminution in the tyranny of the Land League or in the number of cruel outrages traceable to that organisation. A Cabinet Council was summoned hurriedly early in October 1881, the result of which was the arrest of Mr. Parnell and two other members of Parliament under the Protection of Life and Property Act, and their imprisonment in Kilmainham. They remained in confinement as "suspects" until May 2, 1882, when they were released unconditionally, a step which led to the immediate resignation of Earl Cowper, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and his Chief Secretary, Mr. Forster.