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VOLUME XX.--JANUARY TO JUNE, 1851.
THE BUSS ELL CABINET—1851.
First Lord of the Treasury ........... Lord John Russell.
Lord Chancellor ............ Loed Cottenham.
Chancellor of the Exchequer........... Sir C. Wood.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster......... Lord Campbell.
President of the Council............ Marquis of Lansdowne.
Lord Privy Seal............. Earl of Minto.
Home Office.............. Sm George Grey.
Foreign Office . ............ Viscount Palmerston.
Colonial Office.............. Earl Grey.
Admiralty.............. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring.
Board of Trade.............. Mr. H. Labouchure.
Board of Control............. Sir John Cam Hobhouse.
Postmaster-General............. Marquis of Clanricarde.
Woods and Forests............ Earl of Carlisle.
POLITICAL
T^HE approaching Great Exhibition of 1851 occupied so
much of the public attention that the proceedings in Par-
liament failed to attract the same amount of consideration
that they might otherwise have done, and the position of the
Ministry, though weak and tending to decline, was allowed to
continue without exciting any popular demonstration. The
general condition of the country was satisfactory, the revenue
was prosperous, commerce thriving, and the labouring popu-
lation satisfied and hopeful. The only exception to the general
prosperity was the Agricultural interest, some of the farmers
still struggling with the consequences of the late chaDge in
the Corn-Law. The ferment created by the Papal Brief and
the measures likely to be adopted to counteract its effect, had
not lessened in interest, but appeared to have increased at the
usual period for the meeting of Parliament.
The Queen, in her Speech, referred thus to the subject:—
" The recent assumption of certain ecclesiastical titles con-
ferred by a foreign power has excited strong feelings in this
country, and large bodies of my subjects have presented
addresses to me, expressing attachment to the Throne, and
praying that such assumptions should be resisted. I have
assured them of my resolution to maintain the rights of my
Crown, and the independence of the Nation against all en-
croachments from whatever quarter it may proceed. I have at
the same time expressed my earnest desire and firm determi-
nation, under God's blessing, to maintain unimpaired the re-
ligious liberty which is so justly prized by the people of this
country. It will be for you to consider the measure which
will be laid before you on this subject."
In both Houses strong opinions were expressed on this
SUMMABT.
passage of the Speech, but the majority was evidently in
favour of the course which the Government proposed to pursue,
Lord Camoys, a Roman Catholic peer, declared that while
admitting the supremacy of the Pope over the Roman Catholic
population of this country in spiritual affairs, he protested
against any other assumption of power as an aggression.
Many other members of the same creed were equally loyal and
demonstrative.
On the 7th of February Lord John Russell moved for
leave to bring in a Bill to counteract the Aggressive Policy
of the Church of Rome, his speech being characterised by
sound reasoning and a patriotic opposition to any ecclesi-
astical interference with the temporal supremacy in these
realms, and suggesting that the best course Dr. Wiseman
could pursue was to renounce the title he bad assumed, and
reside at Rome, as he had declared originally it was his inten-
tion to do. It is impossible to summarise the debate in the
space allotted to this Introduction, as the preliminary question
of introducing the Bill was protracted over four nights, and
ultimately carried by 395 against 53.
Mr. Disraeli, as the Farmers' friend, made a motion in
favour of Relief for Agricultural Distress, contending that
the cultivators and owners of land were entitled to a large
remission of taxation to compensate them for the effects of
recent legislation, with which, however, it was not his intention
to interfere. His motion was lost, however, by a majority of
14. The Ministry next sustained a signal defeat in the
opposition to Mr. Locke King's motion to extend the County
Franchise to £10, and this combined with the very unfavour-
able reception of the Budget, when it was proposed to con-
VOLUME XX.--JANUARY TO JUNE, 1851.
THE BUSS ELL CABINET—1851.
First Lord of the Treasury ........... Lord John Russell.
Lord Chancellor ............ Loed Cottenham.
Chancellor of the Exchequer........... Sir C. Wood.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster......... Lord Campbell.
President of the Council............ Marquis of Lansdowne.
Lord Privy Seal............. Earl of Minto.
Home Office.............. Sm George Grey.
Foreign Office . ............ Viscount Palmerston.
Colonial Office.............. Earl Grey.
Admiralty.............. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring.
Board of Trade.............. Mr. H. Labouchure.
Board of Control............. Sir John Cam Hobhouse.
Postmaster-General............. Marquis of Clanricarde.
Woods and Forests............ Earl of Carlisle.
POLITICAL
T^HE approaching Great Exhibition of 1851 occupied so
much of the public attention that the proceedings in Par-
liament failed to attract the same amount of consideration
that they might otherwise have done, and the position of the
Ministry, though weak and tending to decline, was allowed to
continue without exciting any popular demonstration. The
general condition of the country was satisfactory, the revenue
was prosperous, commerce thriving, and the labouring popu-
lation satisfied and hopeful. The only exception to the general
prosperity was the Agricultural interest, some of the farmers
still struggling with the consequences of the late chaDge in
the Corn-Law. The ferment created by the Papal Brief and
the measures likely to be adopted to counteract its effect, had
not lessened in interest, but appeared to have increased at the
usual period for the meeting of Parliament.
The Queen, in her Speech, referred thus to the subject:—
" The recent assumption of certain ecclesiastical titles con-
ferred by a foreign power has excited strong feelings in this
country, and large bodies of my subjects have presented
addresses to me, expressing attachment to the Throne, and
praying that such assumptions should be resisted. I have
assured them of my resolution to maintain the rights of my
Crown, and the independence of the Nation against all en-
croachments from whatever quarter it may proceed. I have at
the same time expressed my earnest desire and firm determi-
nation, under God's blessing, to maintain unimpaired the re-
ligious liberty which is so justly prized by the people of this
country. It will be for you to consider the measure which
will be laid before you on this subject."
In both Houses strong opinions were expressed on this
SUMMABT.
passage of the Speech, but the majority was evidently in
favour of the course which the Government proposed to pursue,
Lord Camoys, a Roman Catholic peer, declared that while
admitting the supremacy of the Pope over the Roman Catholic
population of this country in spiritual affairs, he protested
against any other assumption of power as an aggression.
Many other members of the same creed were equally loyal and
demonstrative.
On the 7th of February Lord John Russell moved for
leave to bring in a Bill to counteract the Aggressive Policy
of the Church of Rome, his speech being characterised by
sound reasoning and a patriotic opposition to any ecclesi-
astical interference with the temporal supremacy in these
realms, and suggesting that the best course Dr. Wiseman
could pursue was to renounce the title he bad assumed, and
reside at Rome, as he had declared originally it was his inten-
tion to do. It is impossible to summarise the debate in the
space allotted to this Introduction, as the preliminary question
of introducing the Bill was protracted over four nights, and
ultimately carried by 395 against 53.
Mr. Disraeli, as the Farmers' friend, made a motion in
favour of Relief for Agricultural Distress, contending that
the cultivators and owners of land were entitled to a large
remission of taxation to compensate them for the effects of
recent legislation, with which, however, it was not his intention
to interfere. His motion was lost, however, by a majority of
14. The Ministry next sustained a signal defeat in the
opposition to Mr. Locke King's motion to extend the County
Franchise to £10, and this combined with the very unfavour-
able reception of the Budget, when it was proposed to con-