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VOLUME XLIII.-JULY TO DECEMBER, 1862.
THE PALMERSTON CABINET.—1862.
First Lord of the Treasury ......
Lord Chancellor .........
Chancellor of the Exchequer .....
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster ... . » .
President of'-the Council .......
President ofithe Board of Trade ......
Lord Privy Seal .........
Home Office ..........
Foreign Office .........
Colonial Office .........
W ar Secretary .........
India,.Secretary .........
Admiralty ..........
Postmaster-General .... . .
Poor Law Board ........
Viscount Palmerston.
Lord Westbury.
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Right Eon. E. Cardwell.
Earl Granville.
Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson.
Duke of Argyll.
Sir George Grey, Bart.
Earl Russell.
Duke of Newcastle.
Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Bart.
Sir Charles Wood, Bart.
Duke of Somerset.
Lord Stanley of Alderley.
Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers.
POLITICAL
AN June 3, Mr. Stansfeld was to bring forward his motion,
^ and much interest was excited as notioes of Counter-Reso-
lutions had been given by other Members, including Mr.
Walpole, Mr. Hors man, Lord Robert Montague, and
Lord Palmerston.
Shortly after the meeting of the House, Lord Palmerston |
rose to propose the usual Friday motion of adjournment, and 1
then adverting to the notice of amendment given by Mr. j
Walpole, declared that the question to be decided was the j
fitness of the Ministry to retain office, and he was prepared
at once to enter on the discussion.
Hereupon a scene of great confusion arose, and after a most
irregular discussion the Speaker was called upon to interfere.
Mr. Stansfeld then rose to move his Resolution, “That the
national expenditure is capable of reduction, without compro-
mising the safety, the independence, or the legitimate influence
of the country.” He supported his motion by saying that,
“ Upon an average of the last few years, our expenditure had
reached the amount of .£70,000,000, equal to an Income-Tax
of 6s. a head of the population, and the question was, whether
a normal and permanent expenditure of this amount was to
be maintained in time of peace; whether we had not
arrived at a time when some effort should be made to save our
resources from a wasteful and excessive drain.”
Mr. Baxter having seconded the motion, Lord Palmer-
ston moved an amendment, and concluded his speech by
saying that if the party opposite wished for a trial of strength
It should he open and avowed, and if the House had not
confidence in the present administration let it say so.
There was some sharp debating,and Mr. Walpole withdrew
SUMMARY.
his amendment, receiving from Mr. Disraeli a severe rebuke
for his complaisance. And so this debate, which was to have
unseated the Ministry, ended in smoke.
“ A new arrangement for the Parliamentary Revision of the
Public Accounts was this year adopted on the motion oi the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, by whom a Resolution was
proposed, and agreed to nem. con., to the effect that there
should be a standing Committee of the House of Commons to
be designated, ‘ The Committee of Public Acoounts,’ for the
examination of the accounts, showing the appropriation of the
sums granted by Parliament to meet the public expenditure.”
Sir De Lacy Evans’ motion for the abolition of purchasing
Commissions in the Army was opposed by Lord Palmerston,
and then withdrawn, although Lord Stanley, as one of the
Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the abuses of
the Purchase System, strongly advocated a change.
The attention of the country and of the Commons was again
directed to the subject of Iron Clad Ships, in consequence of
the remarkable engagement which took place in the month of
Maroh between the Confederate Merrimac and the Federal
Moniteur, in Hampton Roads, and which seemed to decide the
question as to the uselessness of wooden ships for the purposes
of war.
It was also argued that floating batteries were preferable to
forts, for the purpose of resistance, to these formidable vessels,
and the two subjeots, iron-clad vessels and forts, became
necessarily mixed together in the discussions respecting naval
armaments (see Hansard and Annual Register.)
The Colonial and Foreign politics of the year which attracted
the attention of Mr. Punch, were the Resolution of Mr. Mills.
VOLUME XLIII.-JULY TO DECEMBER, 1862.
THE PALMERSTON CABINET.—1862.
First Lord of the Treasury ......
Lord Chancellor .........
Chancellor of the Exchequer .....
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster ... . » .
President of'-the Council .......
President ofithe Board of Trade ......
Lord Privy Seal .........
Home Office ..........
Foreign Office .........
Colonial Office .........
W ar Secretary .........
India,.Secretary .........
Admiralty ..........
Postmaster-General .... . .
Poor Law Board ........
Viscount Palmerston.
Lord Westbury.
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Right Eon. E. Cardwell.
Earl Granville.
Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson.
Duke of Argyll.
Sir George Grey, Bart.
Earl Russell.
Duke of Newcastle.
Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Bart.
Sir Charles Wood, Bart.
Duke of Somerset.
Lord Stanley of Alderley.
Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers.
POLITICAL
AN June 3, Mr. Stansfeld was to bring forward his motion,
^ and much interest was excited as notioes of Counter-Reso-
lutions had been given by other Members, including Mr.
Walpole, Mr. Hors man, Lord Robert Montague, and
Lord Palmerston.
Shortly after the meeting of the House, Lord Palmerston |
rose to propose the usual Friday motion of adjournment, and 1
then adverting to the notice of amendment given by Mr. j
Walpole, declared that the question to be decided was the j
fitness of the Ministry to retain office, and he was prepared
at once to enter on the discussion.
Hereupon a scene of great confusion arose, and after a most
irregular discussion the Speaker was called upon to interfere.
Mr. Stansfeld then rose to move his Resolution, “That the
national expenditure is capable of reduction, without compro-
mising the safety, the independence, or the legitimate influence
of the country.” He supported his motion by saying that,
“ Upon an average of the last few years, our expenditure had
reached the amount of .£70,000,000, equal to an Income-Tax
of 6s. a head of the population, and the question was, whether
a normal and permanent expenditure of this amount was to
be maintained in time of peace; whether we had not
arrived at a time when some effort should be made to save our
resources from a wasteful and excessive drain.”
Mr. Baxter having seconded the motion, Lord Palmer-
ston moved an amendment, and concluded his speech by
saying that if the party opposite wished for a trial of strength
It should he open and avowed, and if the House had not
confidence in the present administration let it say so.
There was some sharp debating,and Mr. Walpole withdrew
SUMMARY.
his amendment, receiving from Mr. Disraeli a severe rebuke
for his complaisance. And so this debate, which was to have
unseated the Ministry, ended in smoke.
“ A new arrangement for the Parliamentary Revision of the
Public Accounts was this year adopted on the motion oi the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, by whom a Resolution was
proposed, and agreed to nem. con., to the effect that there
should be a standing Committee of the House of Commons to
be designated, ‘ The Committee of Public Acoounts,’ for the
examination of the accounts, showing the appropriation of the
sums granted by Parliament to meet the public expenditure.”
Sir De Lacy Evans’ motion for the abolition of purchasing
Commissions in the Army was opposed by Lord Palmerston,
and then withdrawn, although Lord Stanley, as one of the
Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the abuses of
the Purchase System, strongly advocated a change.
The attention of the country and of the Commons was again
directed to the subject of Iron Clad Ships, in consequence of
the remarkable engagement which took place in the month of
Maroh between the Confederate Merrimac and the Federal
Moniteur, in Hampton Roads, and which seemed to decide the
question as to the uselessness of wooden ships for the purposes
of war.
It was also argued that floating batteries were preferable to
forts, for the purpose of resistance, to these formidable vessels,
and the two subjeots, iron-clad vessels and forts, became
necessarily mixed together in the discussions respecting naval
armaments (see Hansard and Annual Register.)
The Colonial and Foreign politics of the year which attracted
the attention of Mr. Punch, were the Resolution of Mr. Mills.