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VOLUME XVII.--JULY TO DECEMBER, 1849.
THE RUSSELL CABINET.-1849.
First Lord of the Treasury . . . . ;...... Loed John Russell.
Lord Chancellor . . . . . . . ... . . Lobd Cottenham.
Chancellor of the Exchequer ........... Sir. C. Wood.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster......... Lord Campbell.
President of the Council.......... . . Marquis op Lansdowne.
Lord Privy Seal........• . ... Earl of Minto.
Home Office.............. Sir George Grey.
Foreign Office ... ,......... Viscount Palmerston.
Colonial Office..............• Earl Grey.
Admiralty.......... ... Sir Francis Thornhill Barinu.
Board of Trade............ . . Mr. H. Labouchebe.
Board of Control • . . ;...... . . Sir John Cam Hobhouse.
Postmaster-General............'. Marquis of Clanricarde.
Woods and Forests „ 3 ........ Earl of Carlisle.
POLITICAL
AGE
TT7E have referred in the " Introduction" to our preceding
Volume to the Bill for removing Jewish Disabilities,
IT and which was rejected by the Lords after a warm debate
resulting in a majority of 25. Mr. Stuart Wobtley's Bill
for Legalising Marriages with a Deceased Wife's Sister was
rejected after a protracted debate on the Second Reading by
177 to 173, and the measure has not increased in favour with
the House of late years. The only other debate of any im-
portance before the close of the Session was Me. Diseaeli's
motion for a Select Committee to consider the state of the
nation, and during which Ms. D. came out in his new cha-
6 racter of the farmer's friend. On a division the motion was
negatived by 296 to 156, and Parliament was prorogued on
the 1st of August.
The Act making Party Processions in Ireland illegal having
expired, the Orangemen and Ribandmen determined to return
to their old courses, and accordingly on the 12th of July, the
anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, the Orangemen deter-
mined to congratulate their aged Lord Lieutenant, the Eael
of Roden, on his birthday. The Riband men had been accus-
tomed from time to time to occupy a steep ridge called Dolly's
Brae, and which lay between Castlewallan and Tollymore
Park, the seat of Loed Roden. When the intended demon-
stration became known a body of Police and a strong force of
Military were marched to the spot to prevent collision be-
tween the opposite factions, and the Ribandmen, awed by the
Military, and persuaded by their priests, allowed the Orange-
men, 1500 strong, to pass on without molestation. Loed
Roden received his party, addressed them in a long speech,
witnessed them drill and parade, and then entertained them
SUMMARY.
PAOUf
with abundance of good cheer. Excited by drink and the da)*^
proceedings, the Orangemen returned shouting and singing
until the procession approached Dolly's Brae, when on a squib
being fired—by which party could not be ascertained—the
Ribandmen fired on Police, Military, and Orangemen indis-
criminately. A general conflict ensued, between thirty
and forty Ribandmen were killed, many others wounded on
both sides, and a number of houses were set on fire and de-
stroyed. The County Magistrates tried to stifle inquiry into
this disgraceful affair, but the Government was determined,
and the result was that the Eael of Roden was dismissed
from the Lieutenancy, and several Magistrates from the
Commission.
As many references are made in this volume to the siege
operations at Chatham, it may be desirable to append a brief
account of what took place. Nearly 50,000 persons assembled
at Chatham on the 21st of July to witness these siege opera-
tions, which represented the attacks of a besieging force and
the resistance of the besieged ; successful to a certain point,
but at last succumbing to the superior force and materiel of
the attacking party. One mine exploded rather unexpectedly,
and covered the Royal Marines with mud and clods of earth,
and knocked off the hat of the Mabquis of Anglesey ; at the
same time nearly blinding several of the staff with dust,-and
causing universal laughter amongst all who were near enough
to witness the disaster. However, the whole affair passed off
very satisfactorily.
At the beginning of August Heb Majesty and Peince
Albeet visited Ireland, and landed at Cork amidst the boom-
ing of cannon and the blaze of an universal illumination by
THE RUSSELL CABINET.-1849.
First Lord of the Treasury . . . . ;...... Loed John Russell.
Lord Chancellor . . . . . . . ... . . Lobd Cottenham.
Chancellor of the Exchequer ........... Sir. C. Wood.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster......... Lord Campbell.
President of the Council.......... . . Marquis op Lansdowne.
Lord Privy Seal........• . ... Earl of Minto.
Home Office.............. Sir George Grey.
Foreign Office ... ,......... Viscount Palmerston.
Colonial Office..............• Earl Grey.
Admiralty.......... ... Sir Francis Thornhill Barinu.
Board of Trade............ . . Mr. H. Labouchebe.
Board of Control • . . ;...... . . Sir John Cam Hobhouse.
Postmaster-General............'. Marquis of Clanricarde.
Woods and Forests „ 3 ........ Earl of Carlisle.
POLITICAL
AGE
TT7E have referred in the " Introduction" to our preceding
Volume to the Bill for removing Jewish Disabilities,
IT and which was rejected by the Lords after a warm debate
resulting in a majority of 25. Mr. Stuart Wobtley's Bill
for Legalising Marriages with a Deceased Wife's Sister was
rejected after a protracted debate on the Second Reading by
177 to 173, and the measure has not increased in favour with
the House of late years. The only other debate of any im-
portance before the close of the Session was Me. Diseaeli's
motion for a Select Committee to consider the state of the
nation, and during which Ms. D. came out in his new cha-
6 racter of the farmer's friend. On a division the motion was
negatived by 296 to 156, and Parliament was prorogued on
the 1st of August.
The Act making Party Processions in Ireland illegal having
expired, the Orangemen and Ribandmen determined to return
to their old courses, and accordingly on the 12th of July, the
anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, the Orangemen deter-
mined to congratulate their aged Lord Lieutenant, the Eael
of Roden, on his birthday. The Riband men had been accus-
tomed from time to time to occupy a steep ridge called Dolly's
Brae, and which lay between Castlewallan and Tollymore
Park, the seat of Loed Roden. When the intended demon-
stration became known a body of Police and a strong force of
Military were marched to the spot to prevent collision be-
tween the opposite factions, and the Ribandmen, awed by the
Military, and persuaded by their priests, allowed the Orange-
men, 1500 strong, to pass on without molestation. Loed
Roden received his party, addressed them in a long speech,
witnessed them drill and parade, and then entertained them
SUMMARY.
PAOUf
with abundance of good cheer. Excited by drink and the da)*^
proceedings, the Orangemen returned shouting and singing
until the procession approached Dolly's Brae, when on a squib
being fired—by which party could not be ascertained—the
Ribandmen fired on Police, Military, and Orangemen indis-
criminately. A general conflict ensued, between thirty
and forty Ribandmen were killed, many others wounded on
both sides, and a number of houses were set on fire and de-
stroyed. The County Magistrates tried to stifle inquiry into
this disgraceful affair, but the Government was determined,
and the result was that the Eael of Roden was dismissed
from the Lieutenancy, and several Magistrates from the
Commission.
As many references are made in this volume to the siege
operations at Chatham, it may be desirable to append a brief
account of what took place. Nearly 50,000 persons assembled
at Chatham on the 21st of July to witness these siege opera-
tions, which represented the attacks of a besieging force and
the resistance of the besieged ; successful to a certain point,
but at last succumbing to the superior force and materiel of
the attacking party. One mine exploded rather unexpectedly,
and covered the Royal Marines with mud and clods of earth,
and knocked off the hat of the Mabquis of Anglesey ; at the
same time nearly blinding several of the staff with dust,-and
causing universal laughter amongst all who were near enough
to witness the disaster. However, the whole affair passed off
very satisfactorily.
At the beginning of August Heb Majesty and Peince
Albeet visited Ireland, and landed at Cork amidst the boom-
ing of cannon and the blaze of an universal illumination by