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LI.-JULY TO DECEMBER, 1866.
THE DERBY CABINET.—1866.
First Lord of the Treasury
. Earl of Derby.
Lord Chancellor .....
. Lord Chelmsford.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
. Right Hoy. B. Disraeli.
Lord President of the Council
.
Duke of Buckingham.
Lord Privy Seal ....
. Earl of Malmesbury.
Home Office .....
Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole.
Foreign Office ....
. Lord Stanley (now Earl of Derby).
Colonial Office .....
.
.
. Earl of Carnarvon.
War Secretary ....
. General Peel.
India Secretary ....
. Viscount Cranborne (now Marquis of Salisbury).
Admiralty .....
. Sir John S. Pakington, Bart, (now Lord
Hampton).
President of the Board of Trade
. . f
.
. Sir Stafford H. Nokthcote, Bart.
President of the Poor Law Board
. •
•
. Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
. . . ,
•
. Earl of Devon.
First Commissioner of Public Works
.
• .
. Lord John Manners.
Chief Secretary of Ireland
. Lord Haas (afterwards Earl of Mayo).
SUMMARY.
POLITICAL
WHEN our last volume was closing, the Russell
Cabinet had resigned office in consequence of the
defeat they had sustained on the Reform Bill, and the late
Earl of Derby was engaged in forming a new Administra-
tion. After an unsuccessful endeavour to secure the pre-
sence in his Government of some members of the late
Ministry, and of the Liberal Section (the “ Cave,” or
“ Adullamites ”) who had opposed the defunct Reform Bill,
Lord Derby sought and found the whole of his Adminis-
tration in the Conservative party, some of the principal
posts being filled by the same gentlemen who had held
office in his former ministry in 1859.
There being only a month of the session left after the
Ministers who were Members of the House of Commons
had been re-elected and the business of the country was
resumed, no measures of importance of their own origina-
tion could be introduced by the new Cabinet, or much more
done than to proceed with such routine legislation as it is
obligatory on Parliament under any circumstances to com-
plete. Before, however, the prorogation on the 10th of
August, one exciting occurrence happened which led to dis-
cussions in both Houses—the Hyde Park Riots, These
disturbances, inasmuch as they attracted a large share of
public attention at the time, and are the subject of frequent
notices in the earlier part of this volume, seem to call for
something more than a brief reference, and will be found
fully described in the following narrative taken from the
Annual Register
“ This evening (July 23), Hyde Park was the scene of great confusion,
and a somewhat violent conflict Between the populace and the police,
arising out of the Reform Agitation. A great meeting and demonstration
Bad been announced to take place within the Park by the Committee of the
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Reform League ; but the authorities, disapproving of such an occupation of
a space devoted to public recreation, and apprehending a disturbance of
the peace of the metropolis, in case such a gathering were permitted, deter-
mined to close the gates of the Pai'k, and to prevent the multitude from
attending the meeting. The adoption of this resolution excited a deter-
mined spirit of resistance on the part of the Reformers. ... As soon as
it became known that the police had received instructions to prevent the
meeting being held, a written notice was forwarded by the “ Demonstra-
tion Committee ” to the various Sub-Committees, to the effect that tkc
members were to march in procession to the Park, and if prevented from
entering it, were then to form four deep and proceed by way of Grosvenor
Place, Victoria Street, and past the Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar
Square.
The notice . . . concluded by exhorting those to whom it was addressed
to show by their peaceable and orderly conduct that they were determined
to have Manhood Suffrage, and the Ballot. In accordance with previous
arrangements, processions were formed shortly after five o'clock in the
afternoon in the different metropolitan districts included within the opera-
tions of the Reform League. . . .
Meanwhile, vast crowds had collected in the neighbourhood of Hyde
Park. A force of foot and mounted police, numbering 1,600 or 1,S00, was
here assembled under the direction of Sir Richard Mayne and Captain
Harris; and at five o’clock the gates were closed. Before that hour a con-
siderable number of people had collected inside, in order to witness what
was about to take place, and these were permitted to remain there. Out-
side, the throng was, as might be supposed, much greater. Masses of
people had assembled at all the approaches. The Marble Arch was the
centre of attraction. . . . Shortly after seven o’clock, Mr. Edmond Beales,
Lieutenant Colonel Dickson, and other leading members of the Reform
League, in a line of cabs which headed the. Clerkenwell, Islington, and
other processions, advanced to the Arch, and, the Sub-Committee aving
succeeded in making a clear passage, Mr. Beales and his friends went up to
the police, who were drawn up in line, staves in hand, some of them being
mounted. The crowd immediately closed in, and endeavoured by an “ugly
rush ” to effect admission. The police used their staves freely to defeat this
attempt. After being refused admission, and having thus raised the ques-
tion in the form they desired, the leaders went back to their vehicles, and
with some difficulty managed to make their way through the crowd in
order to proceed to Trafalgar Square, there to hold the meeting, according
to the programme which had been laid down.
Printed bills were distributed’among the various detachments as they
came up from Clerkenwell, Southwark, Finsbury, etc., directing them not
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LI.-JULY TO DECEMBER, 1866.
THE DERBY CABINET.—1866.
First Lord of the Treasury
. Earl of Derby.
Lord Chancellor .....
. Lord Chelmsford.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
. Right Hoy. B. Disraeli.
Lord President of the Council
.
Duke of Buckingham.
Lord Privy Seal ....
. Earl of Malmesbury.
Home Office .....
Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole.
Foreign Office ....
. Lord Stanley (now Earl of Derby).
Colonial Office .....
.
.
. Earl of Carnarvon.
War Secretary ....
. General Peel.
India Secretary ....
. Viscount Cranborne (now Marquis of Salisbury).
Admiralty .....
. Sir John S. Pakington, Bart, (now Lord
Hampton).
President of the Board of Trade
. . f
.
. Sir Stafford H. Nokthcote, Bart.
President of the Poor Law Board
. •
•
. Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
. . . ,
•
. Earl of Devon.
First Commissioner of Public Works
.
• .
. Lord John Manners.
Chief Secretary of Ireland
. Lord Haas (afterwards Earl of Mayo).
SUMMARY.
POLITICAL
WHEN our last volume was closing, the Russell
Cabinet had resigned office in consequence of the
defeat they had sustained on the Reform Bill, and the late
Earl of Derby was engaged in forming a new Administra-
tion. After an unsuccessful endeavour to secure the pre-
sence in his Government of some members of the late
Ministry, and of the Liberal Section (the “ Cave,” or
“ Adullamites ”) who had opposed the defunct Reform Bill,
Lord Derby sought and found the whole of his Adminis-
tration in the Conservative party, some of the principal
posts being filled by the same gentlemen who had held
office in his former ministry in 1859.
There being only a month of the session left after the
Ministers who were Members of the House of Commons
had been re-elected and the business of the country was
resumed, no measures of importance of their own origina-
tion could be introduced by the new Cabinet, or much more
done than to proceed with such routine legislation as it is
obligatory on Parliament under any circumstances to com-
plete. Before, however, the prorogation on the 10th of
August, one exciting occurrence happened which led to dis-
cussions in both Houses—the Hyde Park Riots, These
disturbances, inasmuch as they attracted a large share of
public attention at the time, and are the subject of frequent
notices in the earlier part of this volume, seem to call for
something more than a brief reference, and will be found
fully described in the following narrative taken from the
Annual Register
“ This evening (July 23), Hyde Park was the scene of great confusion,
and a somewhat violent conflict Between the populace and the police,
arising out of the Reform Agitation. A great meeting and demonstration
Bad been announced to take place within the Park by the Committee of the
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Reform League ; but the authorities, disapproving of such an occupation of
a space devoted to public recreation, and apprehending a disturbance of
the peace of the metropolis, in case such a gathering were permitted, deter-
mined to close the gates of the Pai'k, and to prevent the multitude from
attending the meeting. The adoption of this resolution excited a deter-
mined spirit of resistance on the part of the Reformers. ... As soon as
it became known that the police had received instructions to prevent the
meeting being held, a written notice was forwarded by the “ Demonstra-
tion Committee ” to the various Sub-Committees, to the effect that tkc
members were to march in procession to the Park, and if prevented from
entering it, were then to form four deep and proceed by way of Grosvenor
Place, Victoria Street, and past the Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar
Square.
The notice . . . concluded by exhorting those to whom it was addressed
to show by their peaceable and orderly conduct that they were determined
to have Manhood Suffrage, and the Ballot. In accordance with previous
arrangements, processions were formed shortly after five o'clock in the
afternoon in the different metropolitan districts included within the opera-
tions of the Reform League. . . .
Meanwhile, vast crowds had collected in the neighbourhood of Hyde
Park. A force of foot and mounted police, numbering 1,600 or 1,S00, was
here assembled under the direction of Sir Richard Mayne and Captain
Harris; and at five o’clock the gates were closed. Before that hour a con-
siderable number of people had collected inside, in order to witness what
was about to take place, and these were permitted to remain there. Out-
side, the throng was, as might be supposed, much greater. Masses of
people had assembled at all the approaches. The Marble Arch was the
centre of attraction. . . . Shortly after seven o’clock, Mr. Edmond Beales,
Lieutenant Colonel Dickson, and other leading members of the Reform
League, in a line of cabs which headed the. Clerkenwell, Islington, and
other processions, advanced to the Arch, and, the Sub-Committee aving
succeeded in making a clear passage, Mr. Beales and his friends went up to
the police, who were drawn up in line, staves in hand, some of them being
mounted. The crowd immediately closed in, and endeavoured by an “ugly
rush ” to effect admission. The police used their staves freely to defeat this
attempt. After being refused admission, and having thus raised the ques-
tion in the form they desired, the leaders went back to their vehicles, and
with some difficulty managed to make their way through the crowd in
order to proceed to Trafalgar Square, there to hold the meeting, according
to the programme which had been laid down.
Printed bills were distributed’among the various detachments as they
came up from Clerkenwell, Southwark, Finsbury, etc., directing them not