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VOLUME XXIII.-JULY TO DECEMBER, 1852.
THE DERBY CABINET—1852.
First Lord of the Treasury . . Earl of Derby.
Lord Chancellor . . . . Lord St. Leonards.
Chancellor of the Exchequer . Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli.
President of the Council . . . Earl of Lonsdale.
Lord Privy Seal .... Marquis of Salisbury.
Home Office..... Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole.
Foreign Office .... Earl of Malmesbury
Colonial Office Sir John Somerset Pakington.
Admiralty..... Duke of Northumberland.
Board of Trade..... Right Hon J. Warner Henley.
Board of Control . . . Right Hon. John C. Herries.
Postmaster-General . ... Earl of Hardwicke.
First Commissioner of Works, &c. Lord John J. R. Manners.
THE ABERDEEN CABINET.—1852.
First Lord of the Treasury . . Earl of Aberdeen.
Lord Chancellor . . . . Lord Cranworth.
Chancellor of the Exchequer . Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
President of the Council , . Earl Granville.
Lord Privy Seal . . . . Duke of Argyll.
Home Office .... Viscount Palmerston.
Foreign Office..... Lord John Russell.
Colonial Office .... Duke of Newcastle.
Admiralty..... Right Hon. J. R. G. Graham, Bt
Board of Control .... Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Bt.
Secretary at War . . . . Right Hon. Sidney Herbert.
First Commissioner of Works, &c. Rt. Hon. Sir W. Molesworth, Bt.
Without Office .... Marquess of Lansdowne.
PAGE
POLITICAL SUMMARY.
T)ARLIAMENT re-assembled after the general election on
the 4th day of November, and the general prosperity and
improved condition of the labouring classes, combined with
the strength of the Opposition, made it difficult for the Govern-
ment to adhere to their long professed opinions of Protection,
and unmistakeable indications were given from the Ministerial
Benches that Free Trade was not to be disturbed for the
present. Ministers were much pressed by the Free Trade
party to make a definite sign as to their future policy, and at
last Mr. Villiers brought forward a motion to test the
feeling of the House. Mr. Disraeli made a very eloquent
speech in favour of the Derby policy, and was admirably
answered by Mr. Bright, who clearly demonstrated, that the
Ministerialists had done all they could on the hustings and in
the House to unsettle the more liberal legislation. Mr. Vil-
liers's motion would have been carried doubtlessly, but for
an amendment of Lord Palmerston, also in favour of Free
Trade principles, and which was carried after great discussion,
and in opposition to the Government by 468 against 53.
Prior to this debate the arrangements for the Funeral of
feelings excited by the imposing spectacle cannot be better
described than in the language of Lord Derby, in his Speech
in the House of Lords.
He expressed his deep satisfaction and thankfulness at
the more than satisfactory result of the great solemnity. It
was a matter of thankfulness to Almighty God, that an event
which brought together such masses of persons as have never
before congregated under any circumstances in the metropolis,
should have passed over without any signal calamity. The
change in the weather materially assisted in this happy result.
But he would be unjust if he withheld his tribute of admira-
tion " at the perfect organisation, the admirable arrangements,
the entire discipline, with which the whole of that great cere-
mony was marshalled and conducted, and at the discretion
and the judgment which was manifested by all those civil and
military authorities who took a part in carrying it out."
(Cheers.)
The temper and patience of the troops and police were
most admirable. But justice must be done to another class—
" I mean the admirable temper, patience, forbearance, and
the Duke of Wellington occupied the attention of both I good conduct, which was manifested by the whole of these
Houses of Parliament, and Mr. Disraeli, in the Commons,
pronounced an eloquent panegyric upon one who, he said, was
not only a great man, but the greatest man of a great nation—
a general who had fought fifteen pitched battles, captured
3000 cannon from the enemy, and never lost a single gun.
There never was an eminent person who had lived so long and
so lar.ch in the public eye, yet no one thought how large a
space he filled in the esteem of the nation until he died.
The funeral took place on the 18th of November, and the
incredible masses. (Cheers.) When we consider how large a
proportion of the population of these United KiHgdoms was for
that single day crowded together in the streets of the metropolis,
—when you remember, as those at least remember to whose lot
it fell to take part in the procession, and who saw it throughout
its whole length and breadth,—when you remember that on a
line of route three miles in length, extending from Grosvenor
Place to St. Paul's Cathedral, there was not a single unoccu-
pied foot of ground, and that you passed through a living sea
VOLUME XXIII.-JULY TO DECEMBER, 1852.
THE DERBY CABINET—1852.
First Lord of the Treasury . . Earl of Derby.
Lord Chancellor . . . . Lord St. Leonards.
Chancellor of the Exchequer . Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli.
President of the Council . . . Earl of Lonsdale.
Lord Privy Seal .... Marquis of Salisbury.
Home Office..... Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole.
Foreign Office .... Earl of Malmesbury
Colonial Office Sir John Somerset Pakington.
Admiralty..... Duke of Northumberland.
Board of Trade..... Right Hon J. Warner Henley.
Board of Control . . . Right Hon. John C. Herries.
Postmaster-General . ... Earl of Hardwicke.
First Commissioner of Works, &c. Lord John J. R. Manners.
THE ABERDEEN CABINET.—1852.
First Lord of the Treasury . . Earl of Aberdeen.
Lord Chancellor . . . . Lord Cranworth.
Chancellor of the Exchequer . Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
President of the Council , . Earl Granville.
Lord Privy Seal . . . . Duke of Argyll.
Home Office .... Viscount Palmerston.
Foreign Office..... Lord John Russell.
Colonial Office .... Duke of Newcastle.
Admiralty..... Right Hon. J. R. G. Graham, Bt
Board of Control .... Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Bt.
Secretary at War . . . . Right Hon. Sidney Herbert.
First Commissioner of Works, &c. Rt. Hon. Sir W. Molesworth, Bt.
Without Office .... Marquess of Lansdowne.
PAGE
POLITICAL SUMMARY.
T)ARLIAMENT re-assembled after the general election on
the 4th day of November, and the general prosperity and
improved condition of the labouring classes, combined with
the strength of the Opposition, made it difficult for the Govern-
ment to adhere to their long professed opinions of Protection,
and unmistakeable indications were given from the Ministerial
Benches that Free Trade was not to be disturbed for the
present. Ministers were much pressed by the Free Trade
party to make a definite sign as to their future policy, and at
last Mr. Villiers brought forward a motion to test the
feeling of the House. Mr. Disraeli made a very eloquent
speech in favour of the Derby policy, and was admirably
answered by Mr. Bright, who clearly demonstrated, that the
Ministerialists had done all they could on the hustings and in
the House to unsettle the more liberal legislation. Mr. Vil-
liers's motion would have been carried doubtlessly, but for
an amendment of Lord Palmerston, also in favour of Free
Trade principles, and which was carried after great discussion,
and in opposition to the Government by 468 against 53.
Prior to this debate the arrangements for the Funeral of
feelings excited by the imposing spectacle cannot be better
described than in the language of Lord Derby, in his Speech
in the House of Lords.
He expressed his deep satisfaction and thankfulness at
the more than satisfactory result of the great solemnity. It
was a matter of thankfulness to Almighty God, that an event
which brought together such masses of persons as have never
before congregated under any circumstances in the metropolis,
should have passed over without any signal calamity. The
change in the weather materially assisted in this happy result.
But he would be unjust if he withheld his tribute of admira-
tion " at the perfect organisation, the admirable arrangements,
the entire discipline, with which the whole of that great cere-
mony was marshalled and conducted, and at the discretion
and the judgment which was manifested by all those civil and
military authorities who took a part in carrying it out."
(Cheers.)
The temper and patience of the troops and police were
most admirable. But justice must be done to another class—
" I mean the admirable temper, patience, forbearance, and
the Duke of Wellington occupied the attention of both I good conduct, which was manifested by the whole of these
Houses of Parliament, and Mr. Disraeli, in the Commons,
pronounced an eloquent panegyric upon one who, he said, was
not only a great man, but the greatest man of a great nation—
a general who had fought fifteen pitched battles, captured
3000 cannon from the enemy, and never lost a single gun.
There never was an eminent person who had lived so long and
so lar.ch in the public eye, yet no one thought how large a
space he filled in the esteem of the nation until he died.
The funeral took place on the 18th of November, and the
incredible masses. (Cheers.) When we consider how large a
proportion of the population of these United KiHgdoms was for
that single day crowded together in the streets of the metropolis,
—when you remember, as those at least remember to whose lot
it fell to take part in the procession, and who saw it throughout
its whole length and breadth,—when you remember that on a
line of route three miles in length, extending from Grosvenor
Place to St. Paul's Cathedral, there was not a single unoccu-
pied foot of ground, and that you passed through a living sea