DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16617#0005
Jntnrhtcticm.
-*--
VOLUME XXX.--JANUARY TO JUNE, 1856.
THE PALMEESTON CABINET.—1850.
First Lord of the Treasury ........ Viscount Palmerston.
Lord Chancellor ........... Lord Cranworth.
Chancellor of the Exchequer........ Right Hon. Sir q. Cornewall Lewis, Bart.
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster........ Rcght Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines.
President of the Council......... Right Hon. Earl Granville.
Lord Privy Seal........... Right Hon. Earl of Harrowbt.
Home Office . . . . ....., Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart.
Foreign Office . ....... Right Hon. Earl of Clarendon.
Colonial Office ..... • • Right Hon. Henry Labouchere.
War Secretary........... Right Hon. Lord Panmure.
Admiralty............ Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart
Board of Control........... Right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith.
Board of Trade..........• Right Hon. Lord Stanle? of Alderley.
Postmaster-General.......... Duke of Argyll.
Without Office.........• Marquess of Lansdowne.
POLITICAL
PAGE
rpHE popular mind was still fully occupied with the progress
of the War and the partial success obtained by the Allies
before Sebastopol had diminished to some extent the dissatis-
faction felt at the inaction of the Navy, the fall of Kars, and
the disgraceful treatment to which the Army had been exposed.
Parliament was opened by the Q,tjeen" in person, and the fol-
lowing extract from the Royal Speech will explain the
position of affairs :—
" Since the close of the last session of Parliament the arms of the Allies
have achieved a signal and important success. Sebastopol, the great strong-
hold of Russia in the Black Sea, has yielded to the persevering constancy and
to the daring bravery of the allied forces.
" The naval and military preparations for the ensuing year have necessarily
occupied my serious attention; but, while determined to omit no effort
■which could give vigour to the operations of the war, I have deemed it my
duty not to decline any overtures which might reasonably afford a prospect
of a safe and honourable peace. Accordingly, when the Emperor of Austria
lately offered to myself and to my august ally, the Emperor of this French,
to employ his good offices with the Emperor of Russia, with a view to
endeavour to bring about an amicable adjustment of the matters at issue
between the contending Powers, I consented, in concert with my allies, to
accept the offer thus made, and I have the satisfaction to inform you that
certain conditions have been agreed upon, which I hope may prove the foun-
dation of a general treaty of peace.
" Negotiations for such a treaty will shortly be opened at Paris.
" In conducting those negotiations Ifshall be careful not to lose sight of
the objects for which the War was undertaken ; and I shall deem it right in
no degree to relax my naval and military preparations until a satisfactory
treaty of peace shall have been concluded."
We are relieved from the necessity of summarising as here-
tofore in this Introduction the proceedings in Parliament, as
Mr. Punch has already chronicled all the " collective
wisdom " of the time in his invaluable Essence of Parliament.
It therefore allows us to refer at greater length to other
matters which interested the public, and occupied the
attention of Punch
SUMMARY
The news that Russia had unconditionally accepted the pro-
positions of the Allies was announced in a second edition of
the Times, on January 17th, and the Funds in consequence
advanced more than three per cent. f On the 1st of February
an armistice was signed and extended to the 31st of March.
The Park and Tower guns announced on the 30th of March
that Peace was concluded, and on the following morning the
Lord Mayor of London read at the Mansion House, the
following letter from Str George Grey :—■
" Home Office, March 31, 1856.
" My Lord,—I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship that a despatch
has been this morning received from the Earl of Clarendon, Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated Paris, the
30th, announcing that a definitive treaty for the restoration of peace, and for
the maintenance of the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire,
was yesterday signed at Paris by the Plenipotentiaries of Her Majesty, of
the Emperor of the French, of the Kino of Sardinia, and of the Sultan
and also of the Emperor of Austria and of the Kino of Prussia, on the one
part, and of the Emperor of All the Russias on the other.
" I have the honour to be, My Lord,
" Your Lordship's most obedient, Humble Servant,
" The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c." " G. Grey."
The announcement was received with loud cheers.
At twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor, attended by the civic
functionaries, left the Mansion House, and proceeded on foot
to the Royal Exchange, where, amid much enthusiasm and
loyalty, his Lordship read the despatch. The windows of all
the houses in the immediate neighbourhood of the Royal
Exchange were filled with spectators, chiefly ladies, who
evinced lively interest in the proceedings. Standards and
union-jacks floated all day from the public and Government
buildings, and from the mastheads of the ships in the river.
1 As soon as the official proclamation b.a-J b«en made at
-*--
VOLUME XXX.--JANUARY TO JUNE, 1856.
THE PALMEESTON CABINET.—1850.
First Lord of the Treasury ........ Viscount Palmerston.
Lord Chancellor ........... Lord Cranworth.
Chancellor of the Exchequer........ Right Hon. Sir q. Cornewall Lewis, Bart.
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster........ Rcght Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines.
President of the Council......... Right Hon. Earl Granville.
Lord Privy Seal........... Right Hon. Earl of Harrowbt.
Home Office . . . . ....., Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart.
Foreign Office . ....... Right Hon. Earl of Clarendon.
Colonial Office ..... • • Right Hon. Henry Labouchere.
War Secretary........... Right Hon. Lord Panmure.
Admiralty............ Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart
Board of Control........... Right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith.
Board of Trade..........• Right Hon. Lord Stanle? of Alderley.
Postmaster-General.......... Duke of Argyll.
Without Office.........• Marquess of Lansdowne.
POLITICAL
PAGE
rpHE popular mind was still fully occupied with the progress
of the War and the partial success obtained by the Allies
before Sebastopol had diminished to some extent the dissatis-
faction felt at the inaction of the Navy, the fall of Kars, and
the disgraceful treatment to which the Army had been exposed.
Parliament was opened by the Q,tjeen" in person, and the fol-
lowing extract from the Royal Speech will explain the
position of affairs :—
" Since the close of the last session of Parliament the arms of the Allies
have achieved a signal and important success. Sebastopol, the great strong-
hold of Russia in the Black Sea, has yielded to the persevering constancy and
to the daring bravery of the allied forces.
" The naval and military preparations for the ensuing year have necessarily
occupied my serious attention; but, while determined to omit no effort
■which could give vigour to the operations of the war, I have deemed it my
duty not to decline any overtures which might reasonably afford a prospect
of a safe and honourable peace. Accordingly, when the Emperor of Austria
lately offered to myself and to my august ally, the Emperor of this French,
to employ his good offices with the Emperor of Russia, with a view to
endeavour to bring about an amicable adjustment of the matters at issue
between the contending Powers, I consented, in concert with my allies, to
accept the offer thus made, and I have the satisfaction to inform you that
certain conditions have been agreed upon, which I hope may prove the foun-
dation of a general treaty of peace.
" Negotiations for such a treaty will shortly be opened at Paris.
" In conducting those negotiations Ifshall be careful not to lose sight of
the objects for which the War was undertaken ; and I shall deem it right in
no degree to relax my naval and military preparations until a satisfactory
treaty of peace shall have been concluded."
We are relieved from the necessity of summarising as here-
tofore in this Introduction the proceedings in Parliament, as
Mr. Punch has already chronicled all the " collective
wisdom " of the time in his invaluable Essence of Parliament.
It therefore allows us to refer at greater length to other
matters which interested the public, and occupied the
attention of Punch
SUMMARY
The news that Russia had unconditionally accepted the pro-
positions of the Allies was announced in a second edition of
the Times, on January 17th, and the Funds in consequence
advanced more than three per cent. f On the 1st of February
an armistice was signed and extended to the 31st of March.
The Park and Tower guns announced on the 30th of March
that Peace was concluded, and on the following morning the
Lord Mayor of London read at the Mansion House, the
following letter from Str George Grey :—■
" Home Office, March 31, 1856.
" My Lord,—I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship that a despatch
has been this morning received from the Earl of Clarendon, Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated Paris, the
30th, announcing that a definitive treaty for the restoration of peace, and for
the maintenance of the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire,
was yesterday signed at Paris by the Plenipotentiaries of Her Majesty, of
the Emperor of the French, of the Kino of Sardinia, and of the Sultan
and also of the Emperor of Austria and of the Kino of Prussia, on the one
part, and of the Emperor of All the Russias on the other.
" I have the honour to be, My Lord,
" Your Lordship's most obedient, Humble Servant,
" The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c." " G. Grey."
The announcement was received with loud cheers.
At twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor, attended by the civic
functionaries, left the Mansion House, and proceeded on foot
to the Royal Exchange, where, amid much enthusiasm and
loyalty, his Lordship read the despatch. The windows of all
the houses in the immediate neighbourhood of the Royal
Exchange were filled with spectators, chiefly ladies, who
evinced lively interest in the proceedings. Standards and
union-jacks floated all day from the public and Government
buildings, and from the mastheads of the ships in the river.
1 As soon as the official proclamation b.a-J b«en made at