THE TWENTY-THREE WARS OF QUEEN 

 VICTORIA'S REIGN. 



FROM 1837 TO 1887. 



The celebration of the Jubilee of Queen Victoria's. Reign, from 

 1837 to 1887, naturally leads the minds of her subjects to a retrospect 

 of the great events in the history of the Nation, which have taken 

 place since the Sceptre was placed in the hand, and the Crown was 

 set upon the Head, on the 21st June, 1837, of the youthful Queen, 

 and who has therefore completed the soth year of her Reign. 



From the moment of Queen Victoria's accession to the Throne 

 until now, it may, without exaggeration be said, that the Queen has 

 reigned in the hearts of her people ; and, with here and there an 

 exception, has fulfilled the brightest hopes of her loyal subjects of the 

 whole Empire. 



In celebrating, therefore, the year of Jubilee, it would be well to 

 give a sketch of the Foreign Policy that has been pursued, and the 

 Wars that have been waged during Queen Victoria's Reign. 



There can be little doubt that the full importance of the great 

 events in the history of England are not duly estimated at the 

 moment. When the future historian of the 19th Century reviews the 

 great events, the varied episodes of the years of Queen Victoria's 

 Reign, he will see the great issues of the many campaigns which 

 have marked (may I not say disgraced) her memorable Rule ; cam- 

 paigns in which the British Army has born so conspicuous a part, 

 and of campaigns in which it has been an ally of a European Power. 



When the body of King William IV. lay in State, and when the 

 accession of Queen Victoria was proclaimed on the 21st of June, 



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