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VOLUME XXI.--JULY TO DECEMBER, 1851.
THE RUSSELL CABINET.—1851.
First Lord nf the Treasury........... Lord John Russell.
Lord Chancellor............. Lobd Truro.
Chancellor of the Exchequer........... Sir C. Wood.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ... ..... Earl of Carlisle.
President of the Council............ Marquis of Lansdowne.
Lord Privy Seal ............ Earl of Minto.
Home Office.............. Sir George Grey.
Foreign Office......... . . Viscount Palmerston.
Colonial Office . . .......■ ". Earl Grey.
Admiralty ..... .... ... Sir Francis Thornhill Baring.
Board of Trade..... . ..." . . Mr. H. Laboduhere.
Board of Control ............. Sir John Cam Hobhouse.
Postmaster-General ............. Marquis of Clanricarde.
Secretary-at-War ............. . Mr. Fox Maule.
PAGE
POLITICAL SUMMARY.
T^HE Ecclesiastical Titles Bill occupied the House during
*- the greater part of July, and was productive of much
earnest discussion out of doors, the people of England unmis-
takeably expressing their Protestant convictions and deter-
mined opposition to any Poman Catholic innovation. In
Ireland Des. Clllen and Cahill, the most violent of the
papist leaders, made treasonous and ridiculous harangues to
the poor ignorant Irish, and hut for the good sense of the
Government in allowing them to proceed unchecked, might
have produced some temporary difficulty. The circumstance
is referred to at pages 99, 104, 108 and 131 of the present
volume.
Some other measures of importance passed into law during
tbe remainder of the Session. Among them Bills for the better
administration of the Woods and Forests, and for the sepa-
ration of that department from that of the Public Works and
buildings. There was a long and strong fight both in and out
of Parliament over the removal of Smithfield Market. All the
local and municipal interests were arrayed on one side, and the
humane and sanitary policy of public opinion on the other.
After a sharp struggle, the great city nuisance was condemned
in both Houses of Parliament.
Bill which reduced the Salary of the Lord Chancellor from
£14,000 to £10,000, and that of the Master of the Polls from
£7,000 to £6,000, subsequently passed both Houses with
scarcely any alteration, one of its principal supporters being
the present Lord Chancellor (1862).
The opposition to the Bill for the Pemoval of the Jewish
Disabilities has been already referred to, and Lord John
Pussell ultimately abandoned his offspring on the occasion
of Alderman Salomons taking his seat in the House without
subscribing to the usual oath.
A petition against Mr. Jacob Bell's return for St. Alban's,
on the ground of bribery, created much public scandal, as all
efforts of tbe Select Committee to prosecute an' investigation
into the charges against the sitting Member were baffled by the
^parties implicated. Several of the witnesses declined to answer
questions which, they said, criminated themselves, and others
were conveyed clandestinely away after being summoned to
appear before the Committee. A person of the name of Edwards
was tried for these abductions, and although he was committed
to Newgate, the Committee failed to elicit proof of the facts
alleged in the petition, or of connecting the sitting Member
with any corrupt transaction. They were obliged therefore
Some important Law Peforms were made during the Session, j to declare Mr. Bell duly elected, but they reported at the
and Lord Brougham deserved the honour conferred upon him same time that gross and extensive bubery had prevailed, and
by Mr. Punch. Lord John Pussell's plan for increasing
the judicial strength of the Court of Chancery, by the creation
of new judicial offices without imposing an additional burthen
on the public, was by no means favourably received by the
House of Commons. For the details of this important debate
we must refer the reader to Hansard, merely adding, that the
the House passed a Bill appointing commissioners to inquire
into the last and preceding St. Alban's elections. The con-
duct of the electors was most disgraceful and barefaced, and
deserved all the attention Mr. Punch bestowed upon the
subject. «
A letter on the subject of the State prosecutions of the
VOLUME XXI.--JULY TO DECEMBER, 1851.
THE RUSSELL CABINET.—1851.
First Lord nf the Treasury........... Lord John Russell.
Lord Chancellor............. Lobd Truro.
Chancellor of the Exchequer........... Sir C. Wood.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ... ..... Earl of Carlisle.
President of the Council............ Marquis of Lansdowne.
Lord Privy Seal ............ Earl of Minto.
Home Office.............. Sir George Grey.
Foreign Office......... . . Viscount Palmerston.
Colonial Office . . .......■ ". Earl Grey.
Admiralty ..... .... ... Sir Francis Thornhill Baring.
Board of Trade..... . ..." . . Mr. H. Laboduhere.
Board of Control ............. Sir John Cam Hobhouse.
Postmaster-General ............. Marquis of Clanricarde.
Secretary-at-War ............. . Mr. Fox Maule.
PAGE
POLITICAL SUMMARY.
T^HE Ecclesiastical Titles Bill occupied the House during
*- the greater part of July, and was productive of much
earnest discussion out of doors, the people of England unmis-
takeably expressing their Protestant convictions and deter-
mined opposition to any Poman Catholic innovation. In
Ireland Des. Clllen and Cahill, the most violent of the
papist leaders, made treasonous and ridiculous harangues to
the poor ignorant Irish, and hut for the good sense of the
Government in allowing them to proceed unchecked, might
have produced some temporary difficulty. The circumstance
is referred to at pages 99, 104, 108 and 131 of the present
volume.
Some other measures of importance passed into law during
tbe remainder of the Session. Among them Bills for the better
administration of the Woods and Forests, and for the sepa-
ration of that department from that of the Public Works and
buildings. There was a long and strong fight both in and out
of Parliament over the removal of Smithfield Market. All the
local and municipal interests were arrayed on one side, and the
humane and sanitary policy of public opinion on the other.
After a sharp struggle, the great city nuisance was condemned
in both Houses of Parliament.
Bill which reduced the Salary of the Lord Chancellor from
£14,000 to £10,000, and that of the Master of the Polls from
£7,000 to £6,000, subsequently passed both Houses with
scarcely any alteration, one of its principal supporters being
the present Lord Chancellor (1862).
The opposition to the Bill for the Pemoval of the Jewish
Disabilities has been already referred to, and Lord John
Pussell ultimately abandoned his offspring on the occasion
of Alderman Salomons taking his seat in the House without
subscribing to the usual oath.
A petition against Mr. Jacob Bell's return for St. Alban's,
on the ground of bribery, created much public scandal, as all
efforts of tbe Select Committee to prosecute an' investigation
into the charges against the sitting Member were baffled by the
^parties implicated. Several of the witnesses declined to answer
questions which, they said, criminated themselves, and others
were conveyed clandestinely away after being summoned to
appear before the Committee. A person of the name of Edwards
was tried for these abductions, and although he was committed
to Newgate, the Committee failed to elicit proof of the facts
alleged in the petition, or of connecting the sitting Member
with any corrupt transaction. They were obliged therefore
Some important Law Peforms were made during the Session, j to declare Mr. Bell duly elected, but they reported at the
and Lord Brougham deserved the honour conferred upon him same time that gross and extensive bubery had prevailed, and
by Mr. Punch. Lord John Pussell's plan for increasing
the judicial strength of the Court of Chancery, by the creation
of new judicial offices without imposing an additional burthen
on the public, was by no means favourably received by the
House of Commons. For the details of this important debate
we must refer the reader to Hansard, merely adding, that the
the House passed a Bill appointing commissioners to inquire
into the last and preceding St. Alban's elections. The con-
duct of the electors was most disgraceful and barefaced, and
deserved all the attention Mr. Punch bestowed upon the
subject. «
A letter on the subject of the State prosecutions of the