The funds of
the Repeal Association were nearly exhausted by the contest, the
influence of the "Liberator," as he was called, was destroyed, and he
himself was more guarded and circumspect in his language. He died
three years afterwards.

[140] See the "Political Sketches of HB."

[141] _Edinburgh Review_, October, 1840.

[142] See Chapter xviii.

[143] The national defences, such as they are, being an accomplished
fact, these strange people are now making themselves active in the
promotion of the last suicidal mania--the Channel Tunnel!

[144] _Vide_ Kinglake's "Invasion of the Crimea."

[145] There are of course curious stories about as to the _cause_ of
the Emperor's death: for one of these see "Journal of the Rev. J. C.
Young," vol. ii. p. 331.

[146] Figures will conclusively prove who bore the burden and heat of
the day. The English loss was: killed, 25 officers, 19 sergeants, 318
rank and file; 81 officers, 102 sergeants, and 1,438 rank and file
wounded. The French loss was simply 60 killed and 500 wounded. The
Russian loss in killed and wounded was 5,709.

[147] Kinglake's "Invasion of the Crimea," 6th edition, 1877, vol.
iii. p. 305.

[148] Kinglake's "Invasion of the Crimea," 6th edition, 1877, vol.
iii. p. 349.

[149] At 8.30 a.m. the Russians had 17,000 infantry and 100 guns
opposed to 3,600 English with 36 guns and 1,600 French infantry and
12 guns [_Ibid._ vol. vi. p. 321]. Three hours later on, Canrobert
had under his orders 9,000 fresh men, who remained inactive: "So far
as concerned any active exertion of infantry power, our people were
now left to fight on _without any_ aid from the French"--_Ibid._ pp.
416, 417.

[150] _Ibid._ vol. vi. pp. 439, 440.

[151] A more telling commentary on our useless waste of blood and
treasure could scarcely be found. Truly they manage these things
better in Germany.

[152] See the remarkable expressions of dissatisfaction _wrung_ from
the placid Lord Raglan on various occasions, and the very free manner
in which the English officers expressed themselves when the 7th
French _leger_ regiment ran away from the Russians at Inkerman for
the second time.--_Kinglake's_ "_Invasion of the Crimea_," 6th
edition, 1877, vol. vi. pp. 327-8, 344-5.

[153] Louis was fond of these theatrical announcements, which answered
the pur