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VOLUME XL.-JANUARY TO JUNE, 1861.
THE PALMERSTON CABINET.—1861.
First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Chancellor ....
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster .
President of the Council
President of the Board of Trade
Lord Privy Seal ....
Home Office .....
Foreign Office ....
Colonial Office ....
War Secretary ....
India Secretary ....
Admiralty .....
Postmaster-General
Poor Law Board
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Viscount Palmerston.
Lord Campbell.
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Sir George Grey, Bart.
Earl Granville.
Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson.
Duke op Argyll.
Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Bart.
Lord John Russell (Earl Russell).
Duke op Newcastle.
Lord Herbert.
Sir Charles Wood, Bart.
Duke op Somerset.
Lord Stanley op Alderley.
Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers.
Right Hon. E. Cardwell.
POLITICAL
hpHE condition of the manufacturing and agricultural in-
terests was apparently sound and satisfactory at the
beginning of the year 1861, notwithstanding the Civil War
in America, and the deficiency of the harvest at home. The
benefits of Free Trade were sensibly felt by the people,
as very large importations of grain had been received both
from America and Europe, and the cost of the staff of
life was thus kept within moderate bounds, and within
reach of the poorer classes.
Home politics were almost stagnant, as the demand for
Reform, which had created a temporary excitement at the
close of the last year, had subsided, and for a time appeared
to he abandoned by mutual consent of all parties.
On the 5th of February the Queen opened Parliament in
person, and the state of the country and of our foreign rela-
tions cannot he better ascertained than from the following
extracts from the Queen’s speech.
Her Majesty declared that her relations with foreign
Powers continued satisfactory ; that events of great impor-
tance were taking place in Italy, and believing that the
Italians ought to be left to settle their own affairs, Her
Majesty had not thought it right to exercise any active inter-
ference in those matters.
The atrocities in Syria had called forth united action on
the part of England, France, Austria, Russia, and Prussia;
and temporary military assistance had been afforded to the
Sultan for the purpose of establishing order in that part of
his dominions.
That after the capture of the forts at the mouth of the
Peihc, and several engagements with the Chinese, the allied
SUMMARY.
i armies became masters of the Imperial City of Pekin, and
destroyed the beautifnl summer palace of the Emperor as
punishment for his breach of faith, and that Earl Elgin and
Baron Gros, the Ambassador of the Emperor of the French,
were enabled to obtain an honourable and satisfactory settle-
ment of all matters in dispute.”
India -was declared to be improving, hut a portion of the
natives of New Zealand had interrupted the peace of that
colony. The serious differences between the North and South
in America were matters of great concern to Her Majesty,
who had had her interest increased in that noble people by the
kind and cordial reception given by them to the Prince of
Wales during his late visit to the continent of America.
To the people of Canada, and her North American subjects
also, Her Majesty expressed her warm appreciation of the
loyalty and attachment to her person and throne as manifested
during the residence of the Prince oe Wales amongst them.
Her Majesty also alluded to some supplementary conven-
tions to the Treaty of Commerce between England and France.
The Address in answer to the Speech was carried unanimously
in both Houses of Parliament; the only point of debate being the
course adopted by the Foreign Minister, Lord John Russell,
who had written, in the August preceding, a letter condemna-
tory of any interference by Sardinia in Naples, his language
undergoing a perfect change in the following October. This
contradiction was explained, as having been occasioned by
Garibaldi’s conquest of Sicily and capture of Naples, which
changed the entire aspect of Italian affairs.
Mr. Bright was the only member who addressed the
House on the omission from the Royal Speech of any allusion
VOLUME XL.-JANUARY TO JUNE, 1861.
THE PALMERSTON CABINET.—1861.
First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Chancellor ....
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster .
President of the Council
President of the Board of Trade
Lord Privy Seal ....
Home Office .....
Foreign Office ....
Colonial Office ....
War Secretary ....
India Secretary ....
Admiralty .....
Postmaster-General
Poor Law Board
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Viscount Palmerston.
Lord Campbell.
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Sir George Grey, Bart.
Earl Granville.
Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson.
Duke op Argyll.
Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Bart.
Lord John Russell (Earl Russell).
Duke op Newcastle.
Lord Herbert.
Sir Charles Wood, Bart.
Duke op Somerset.
Lord Stanley op Alderley.
Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers.
Right Hon. E. Cardwell.
POLITICAL
hpHE condition of the manufacturing and agricultural in-
terests was apparently sound and satisfactory at the
beginning of the year 1861, notwithstanding the Civil War
in America, and the deficiency of the harvest at home. The
benefits of Free Trade were sensibly felt by the people,
as very large importations of grain had been received both
from America and Europe, and the cost of the staff of
life was thus kept within moderate bounds, and within
reach of the poorer classes.
Home politics were almost stagnant, as the demand for
Reform, which had created a temporary excitement at the
close of the last year, had subsided, and for a time appeared
to he abandoned by mutual consent of all parties.
On the 5th of February the Queen opened Parliament in
person, and the state of the country and of our foreign rela-
tions cannot he better ascertained than from the following
extracts from the Queen’s speech.
Her Majesty declared that her relations with foreign
Powers continued satisfactory ; that events of great impor-
tance were taking place in Italy, and believing that the
Italians ought to be left to settle their own affairs, Her
Majesty had not thought it right to exercise any active inter-
ference in those matters.
The atrocities in Syria had called forth united action on
the part of England, France, Austria, Russia, and Prussia;
and temporary military assistance had been afforded to the
Sultan for the purpose of establishing order in that part of
his dominions.
That after the capture of the forts at the mouth of the
Peihc, and several engagements with the Chinese, the allied
SUMMARY.
i armies became masters of the Imperial City of Pekin, and
destroyed the beautifnl summer palace of the Emperor as
punishment for his breach of faith, and that Earl Elgin and
Baron Gros, the Ambassador of the Emperor of the French,
were enabled to obtain an honourable and satisfactory settle-
ment of all matters in dispute.”
India -was declared to be improving, hut a portion of the
natives of New Zealand had interrupted the peace of that
colony. The serious differences between the North and South
in America were matters of great concern to Her Majesty,
who had had her interest increased in that noble people by the
kind and cordial reception given by them to the Prince of
Wales during his late visit to the continent of America.
To the people of Canada, and her North American subjects
also, Her Majesty expressed her warm appreciation of the
loyalty and attachment to her person and throne as manifested
during the residence of the Prince oe Wales amongst them.
Her Majesty also alluded to some supplementary conven-
tions to the Treaty of Commerce between England and France.
The Address in answer to the Speech was carried unanimously
in both Houses of Parliament; the only point of debate being the
course adopted by the Foreign Minister, Lord John Russell,
who had written, in the August preceding, a letter condemna-
tory of any interference by Sardinia in Naples, his language
undergoing a perfect change in the following October. This
contradiction was explained, as having been occasioned by
Garibaldi’s conquest of Sicily and capture of Naples, which
changed the entire aspect of Italian affairs.
Mr. Bright was the only member who addressed the
House on the omission from the Royal Speech of any allusion