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VOLUME LVI.-JANUARY TO JUNE, 1869.
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 ,
Indian Secretary
Admiralty ....
President of the Board of Trade
Postmaster-General
President of the Poor lav Board
Chief Secretary of Ireland .
THE GLADSTONE CABINET.—1869.
.Plight Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
.Lord Hatherley (formerly Sir W. Page Wood).
.Bight LIon. K. Lowe.
.Earl De Grey and Ripon (now Marquis of Ripon, K. G.).
.Earl of Kimberley.
.Plight Hon. H. A. Bruce (now Lord Aberdare).
.Earl of Clarendon, K.G.
.Earl Granville, K.G.
.Plight Hon. E. (now Yiscount) Cardwell.
.Duke of Argyll, K.T.
.Bight Hon. H. C. E. Childers.
.Right Hon. J. Bright.
.Marquis of Hartington.
Right Hon. G. J. Goschen.
.Rtght Hon. Chichester Fortescue (now Lord Carltngford).
POLITICAL
j Pack
THE now Parliament, the first which had been elected in
this country by Household Suffrage, assembled for
the despatch of business on the 16th of February, and the
great measure, the Disestablishment and Disendowment of
the Protestant Church of Ireland, which the new Ministry,
with Mr. Gladstone at its head, was pledged to introduce,
was brought before the House of Commons without delay.
This, the main business of the Session, commenced on the 1st
of March, when Mr. Gladstone moved the first reading of
the Bill in a speech of three hours’ duration. No better
summary of its provisions can be given than that which
will he found in the “ Essence of Parliament,” p. 99 of this
volume. The Second Reading of the Bill, which was re-
solutely opposed by Mr. Disraeli and the Conservative
party, gave rise to a long and remarkable debate, lasting
for several nights, and terminating in a division, which
gave the Government the decisive majority of 118 in a
House of as many as 618 Members. The Committee on
the Bill was taken after the Easter Recess, and “ although
a few alterations of minor importance were conceded, the
efforts of the Opposition to expunge and alter any of the
principal features of the Bill were quite unavailing.” The
Prime Minister and the Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr.
Sullivan (the present Irish Master of the Rolls), were the
principal Ministerial Speakers in the discussions which
arose, and after many debates and divisions the Third
Reading was carried on the last day of May by a majority
of 114, the numbers being 361 to 247, showing but an
inconsiderable difference from those on the Second Reading.
The Bill was introduced into the House of Lords after
the Whitsuntide recess. Earl Granville, as the Minis-
terial Leader in the Upper House, moved the Second Read-
SUMMARY.
ing on the 14th of June, and was followed by the Earl of
Harrowby, who proposed its rejection. A very remark-
able debate followed. In the course of it, the late Earl of
Derby made the last great speech he was ever to deliver in
Parliament. The deceased Bishop of St. David’s (Thirl-
wall), supported the measure, and the Bishop of Peter-
borough (Magee), opposed it—both these eminent Prelates
displaying consummate power and ability in their addresses.
The Second Reading was carried by a majority of 33, the
Bishop of St. David’s being the only Member of the
Episcopal Bench who voted with the Government in favour
of the Bill. In Committee important amendments were
carried by the Opposition, but one proposing concurrent
endowment, that is to say, “ the application of some part
of the Surplus Revenues of the Disestablished Church to
provide glebes and residences for the clergy of other com-
munions, the Roman Catholic andthePreshyterian Churches
being principally intended,” was negatived. On the
motion, however, for the Third Reading, this question was
again brought forward, and an Amendment, adopting some
such plan as the one just quoted, carried. The Bill then
passed, Lord Derby and other Peers entering their protest
against it.
On the 15th of July (it seems a more convenient arrange-
ment not to make a break in this account of the progress of
the measure) the Commons considered the Lords’ Amend-
ments. Mr. Gladstone proposed to disagree with all of
them with some unimportant exceptions, and, substan-
tially, it may be said that the Commons rejected the
alterations which had been made in the Bill after it passed
from their hands. The House of Lords then in their turn
took into consideration a message from the Commons
a
2
Yol. 56.
VOLUME LVI.-JANUARY TO JUNE, 1869.
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 ,
Indian Secretary
Admiralty ....
President of the Board of Trade
Postmaster-General
President of the Poor lav Board
Chief Secretary of Ireland .
THE GLADSTONE CABINET.—1869.
.Plight Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
.Lord Hatherley (formerly Sir W. Page Wood).
.Bight LIon. K. Lowe.
.Earl De Grey and Ripon (now Marquis of Ripon, K. G.).
.Earl of Kimberley.
.Plight Hon. H. A. Bruce (now Lord Aberdare).
.Earl of Clarendon, K.G.
.Earl Granville, K.G.
.Plight Hon. E. (now Yiscount) Cardwell.
.Duke of Argyll, K.T.
.Bight Hon. H. C. E. Childers.
.Right Hon. J. Bright.
.Marquis of Hartington.
Right Hon. G. J. Goschen.
.Rtght Hon. Chichester Fortescue (now Lord Carltngford).
POLITICAL
j Pack
THE now Parliament, the first which had been elected in
this country by Household Suffrage, assembled for
the despatch of business on the 16th of February, and the
great measure, the Disestablishment and Disendowment of
the Protestant Church of Ireland, which the new Ministry,
with Mr. Gladstone at its head, was pledged to introduce,
was brought before the House of Commons without delay.
This, the main business of the Session, commenced on the 1st
of March, when Mr. Gladstone moved the first reading of
the Bill in a speech of three hours’ duration. No better
summary of its provisions can be given than that which
will he found in the “ Essence of Parliament,” p. 99 of this
volume. The Second Reading of the Bill, which was re-
solutely opposed by Mr. Disraeli and the Conservative
party, gave rise to a long and remarkable debate, lasting
for several nights, and terminating in a division, which
gave the Government the decisive majority of 118 in a
House of as many as 618 Members. The Committee on
the Bill was taken after the Easter Recess, and “ although
a few alterations of minor importance were conceded, the
efforts of the Opposition to expunge and alter any of the
principal features of the Bill were quite unavailing.” The
Prime Minister and the Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr.
Sullivan (the present Irish Master of the Rolls), were the
principal Ministerial Speakers in the discussions which
arose, and after many debates and divisions the Third
Reading was carried on the last day of May by a majority
of 114, the numbers being 361 to 247, showing but an
inconsiderable difference from those on the Second Reading.
The Bill was introduced into the House of Lords after
the Whitsuntide recess. Earl Granville, as the Minis-
terial Leader in the Upper House, moved the Second Read-
SUMMARY.
ing on the 14th of June, and was followed by the Earl of
Harrowby, who proposed its rejection. A very remark-
able debate followed. In the course of it, the late Earl of
Derby made the last great speech he was ever to deliver in
Parliament. The deceased Bishop of St. David’s (Thirl-
wall), supported the measure, and the Bishop of Peter-
borough (Magee), opposed it—both these eminent Prelates
displaying consummate power and ability in their addresses.
The Second Reading was carried by a majority of 33, the
Bishop of St. David’s being the only Member of the
Episcopal Bench who voted with the Government in favour
of the Bill. In Committee important amendments were
carried by the Opposition, but one proposing concurrent
endowment, that is to say, “ the application of some part
of the Surplus Revenues of the Disestablished Church to
provide glebes and residences for the clergy of other com-
munions, the Roman Catholic andthePreshyterian Churches
being principally intended,” was negatived. On the
motion, however, for the Third Reading, this question was
again brought forward, and an Amendment, adopting some
such plan as the one just quoted, carried. The Bill then
passed, Lord Derby and other Peers entering their protest
against it.
On the 15th of July (it seems a more convenient arrange-
ment not to make a break in this account of the progress of
the measure) the Commons considered the Lords’ Amend-
ments. Mr. Gladstone proposed to disagree with all of
them with some unimportant exceptions, and, substan-
tially, it may be said that the Commons rejected the
alterations which had been made in the Bill after it passed
from their hands. The House of Lords then in their turn
took into consideration a message from the Commons
a
2
Yol. 56.