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VOLUME
LV.-JULY TO DECEMBER, 1868.
THE DERBY CABINET.—1868.
THE GLADSTONE CABINET.—1868.
First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Chancellor
Chancellor of the Exchequer .
Lord President of the Council.
Lord Privy Seal
Home Office . „ . .
Foreign Office
Colonial Office . . .
War Secretaiy
India Secretary. v - . .
Admiralty .
President of the Board of Trade.
First Commissioner of Public )
Works . . . . |
Chief Secretary of Ireland
Eight Hon. B. Disraeli (now Earl
of Beaconsfield).
Lord Cairns.
Eight Hon. G. Wap„d Hunt.
Duke of Marlborough.
Earl of Malmesbury.
Eight Hon. Gathorne Hardy.
Lord Stanley (now Earl of Derby).
Duke of Buckingham.
Sir John S. Pakington, Bart.,
(now Lord Hampton).
Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Bart.
Eight Hon. H. T. L. Corry.
Duke of Richmond.
Lord John Manners.
Earl of Mayo.
First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Chancellor.
Chancellor of the Exchequer .
Lord President of the Council.
Lord Privy Seal
Home Office . . . .
Foreign Office
Colonial Office . . . .
War Secretary.
India Secretary . . .
Admiralty . . . .
President of the Board of Trade.
Postmaster-Genera]
President of the Poor Law Board.
Chief Secretary of Ireland
Eight Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Lord Hatherley (late Sir W. Page
Wood).
Eight Hon. R. Lowe.
Earl De Grey and Eipon (now
Marquis of Eipon).
Earl of Kimberley.
Eight Hon. H. A. Bruce (now Lord
Abef.dare).
Earl of Clarendon.
Earl Granville.
Right Hon. E. (now Discount)
Cardwell.
Duke of Argyll.
Eight Hon. H. C. E. Childers.
Eight Hon. J. Bright.
Marquis of Hartington.
Eight Hon. G. J. Goscpien.
Eight Hon. Chichester Fortes-
cue (now Lord Carltngford).
POLITICAL
PAGE
THE Session ended on the last day of July, and the
Royal Speech was able to speak of “the cessation of
the long-continued efforts to promote rebellion in Ireland.”
The Parliament, which had pronounced so decidedly in
favour of Mr. Gladstone’s Irish Church policy, was dis-
solved by proclamation on the 11th of November, and a
new one summoned to meet on the 10th of December,
either (as was supposed) then to ratify that policy, and as a
necessary consequence, place its author at the head of
the Government, or to support the existing Disraeli
Ministry in their opposition to the attack on the Irish
Church, and thereby confirm them in office.
The volume to which these introductory remarks are pre-
fixed abounds in notices of the General Election, which en-
gaged the undivided attention of the whole country for the
last three weeks in November—the question of the existence
or destruction of the Irish Church being the main issue put
before the Constituencies. It was the first Election that had
been held under the New Reform Act, which gave Household
Suffrage to the Boroughs and an extended Eranchise to the
Counties.
In the English Boroughs, with some exceptions, the
Liberal candidates were undeniably successful, and the
party largely increased their majority. In Scotland, both
in the Boroughs and Counties, the same party were so
decidedly in the ascendant, that only seven Conservative
SUMMARY.
PAGE
members in all were returned for that Country; whilst in
Ireland they also gained the advantage, although not to
the same overpowering extent. The great strength of the
Conservatives lay as usual in the English Counties, where
they won many notable victories. When the returns were
all received, the result showed a gain to the Liberal side of
the House of Commons of about fifteen votes, equal to thirty
in a division, the Liberal total being estimated as increased
to 387, the Conservative as reduced to 272.
The Election was signalized by some remarkable defeats
and successes. The great head of the Liberal party,
Mr. Gladstone, lost his seat for South-West Lancashire,
the Clergy being especially active in their opposition to
him as the declared opponent of the Irish Establishment.
Fortunately the Borough of Greenwich had already re-
turned Mr. Glad stone as one of its members; so that a
seat in the new House was secured to its prospective leader.
His was not the only seat won by a Conservative in Lan-
cashire, a County hitherto conspicuous for its Liberalism ;
for out of a total of thirty-two members twenty-one were
Conservatives and supporters of Mr. Disraeli. In the
City of London three out of the four old Liberal members
were re-elected ; but Baron Rothschild had to give way
to a Conservative. In Westminster Mr. John Stuart
Mill was defeated by Mr. W. II. Smith. Sir Roundell
Palmer, Attorney-General in the list Liberal Administra-
LV.-JULY TO DECEMBER, 1868.
THE DERBY CABINET.—1868.
THE GLADSTONE CABINET.—1868.
First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Chancellor
Chancellor of the Exchequer .
Lord President of the Council.
Lord Privy Seal
Home Office . „ . .
Foreign Office
Colonial Office . . .
War Secretaiy
India Secretary. v - . .
Admiralty .
President of the Board of Trade.
First Commissioner of Public )
Works . . . . |
Chief Secretary of Ireland
Eight Hon. B. Disraeli (now Earl
of Beaconsfield).
Lord Cairns.
Eight Hon. G. Wap„d Hunt.
Duke of Marlborough.
Earl of Malmesbury.
Eight Hon. Gathorne Hardy.
Lord Stanley (now Earl of Derby).
Duke of Buckingham.
Sir John S. Pakington, Bart.,
(now Lord Hampton).
Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Bart.
Eight Hon. H. T. L. Corry.
Duke of Richmond.
Lord John Manners.
Earl of Mayo.
First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Chancellor.
Chancellor of the Exchequer .
Lord President of the Council.
Lord Privy Seal
Home Office . . . .
Foreign Office
Colonial Office . . . .
War Secretary.
India Secretary . . .
Admiralty . . . .
President of the Board of Trade.
Postmaster-Genera]
President of the Poor Law Board.
Chief Secretary of Ireland
Eight Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Lord Hatherley (late Sir W. Page
Wood).
Eight Hon. R. Lowe.
Earl De Grey and Eipon (now
Marquis of Eipon).
Earl of Kimberley.
Eight Hon. H. A. Bruce (now Lord
Abef.dare).
Earl of Clarendon.
Earl Granville.
Right Hon. E. (now Discount)
Cardwell.
Duke of Argyll.
Eight Hon. H. C. E. Childers.
Eight Hon. J. Bright.
Marquis of Hartington.
Eight Hon. G. J. Goscpien.
Eight Hon. Chichester Fortes-
cue (now Lord Carltngford).
POLITICAL
PAGE
THE Session ended on the last day of July, and the
Royal Speech was able to speak of “the cessation of
the long-continued efforts to promote rebellion in Ireland.”
The Parliament, which had pronounced so decidedly in
favour of Mr. Gladstone’s Irish Church policy, was dis-
solved by proclamation on the 11th of November, and a
new one summoned to meet on the 10th of December,
either (as was supposed) then to ratify that policy, and as a
necessary consequence, place its author at the head of
the Government, or to support the existing Disraeli
Ministry in their opposition to the attack on the Irish
Church, and thereby confirm them in office.
The volume to which these introductory remarks are pre-
fixed abounds in notices of the General Election, which en-
gaged the undivided attention of the whole country for the
last three weeks in November—the question of the existence
or destruction of the Irish Church being the main issue put
before the Constituencies. It was the first Election that had
been held under the New Reform Act, which gave Household
Suffrage to the Boroughs and an extended Eranchise to the
Counties.
In the English Boroughs, with some exceptions, the
Liberal candidates were undeniably successful, and the
party largely increased their majority. In Scotland, both
in the Boroughs and Counties, the same party were so
decidedly in the ascendant, that only seven Conservative
SUMMARY.
PAGE
members in all were returned for that Country; whilst in
Ireland they also gained the advantage, although not to
the same overpowering extent. The great strength of the
Conservatives lay as usual in the English Counties, where
they won many notable victories. When the returns were
all received, the result showed a gain to the Liberal side of
the House of Commons of about fifteen votes, equal to thirty
in a division, the Liberal total being estimated as increased
to 387, the Conservative as reduced to 272.
The Election was signalized by some remarkable defeats
and successes. The great head of the Liberal party,
Mr. Gladstone, lost his seat for South-West Lancashire,
the Clergy being especially active in their opposition to
him as the declared opponent of the Irish Establishment.
Fortunately the Borough of Greenwich had already re-
turned Mr. Glad stone as one of its members; so that a
seat in the new House was secured to its prospective leader.
His was not the only seat won by a Conservative in Lan-
cashire, a County hitherto conspicuous for its Liberalism ;
for out of a total of thirty-two members twenty-one were
Conservatives and supporters of Mr. Disraeli. In the
City of London three out of the four old Liberal members
were re-elected ; but Baron Rothschild had to give way
to a Conservative. In Westminster Mr. John Stuart
Mill was defeated by Mr. W. II. Smith. Sir Roundell
Palmer, Attorney-General in the list Liberal Administra-