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VOLUME LTX.-JULY TO DECEMBEE, 1870.
THE GLADSTONE CABINET.—1870.
First Lord of the Treasury........ Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Lord Chancellor......... Lord Hatherley (formerly Sir W. Page Wood).
Chancellor of the Exchequer....... Right Hon. R. Lowe.
Lord President of the Council....... Earl de Grey and Ripon (now Marquis of Ripon, K.G.).
Lord Privy Seal .... ..... Viscount Halifax (formerly Sir Charles Wood).
Home Office.......... Right Hon. H. A. Bruce (now Lord Aberdare).
Foreign Office.......... Earl Granville, E.G.
Colonial Office......... Earl of Ki.mberley.
War Secretary.......... Right Hon. E. (now Viscount) Cardwell.
Indian Secretary......... Duke of Argyll, K.T.
Admiralty.......... Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers.
President of the Board of Trade...... Right Hon. J. Bright.
Postmaster-General......... Marquis of Hartington.
President of the Poor Law Board...... Right Hon. G. J. Goschen.
Chief Secretary of Ireland ....... Right PIon. Chichester Fortescue (now Lord Carlingford).
Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education . Right Hon. W. E. Forster.
POLITICAL
I) ESTJMINGr our notice of the progress of the Government
\) Education Bill, one of the two great measures of the
Session, we find that after encountering some further ob-
struction in the House of Commons—one amendment, for
example, giving rise to a debate which extended over four-
nights—it was read a third time, and passed the House of
Commons on the 22nd of July, the " obstructives " no longer
blocking the children's way to school. (See Cartoon, p. 5.)
The Bill went through the House of Lords with very little
alteration ; and the Boyal Speech, which brought another
" arduous " Session to a close on the 10th of August, acknow-
ledged the value of the legislative labours that had produced
this and the Irish Land Act.
The death of the Earl of Clarendon at the end of June
occasioned some changes in the Ministry. Earl Gran-
ville succeeded Lord Clarendon at the Foreign Office,
the Earl of Kimberley became Colonial Secretary, and
Viscoltnt Halifax (formerly Sir Charles Wood), joined
the Government as Lord Privy Seal. Mr. Forster's un-
speakably valuable services in the conduct of the Education
Bill were recognised by his introduction into the Cabinet.
The day Lord Granville commenced his duties as
Foreign Secretary, he was told by the Permanent Under
Secretary of State, that "in all his experience he had
never known so great a lull in foreign affairs." It was the
lull before the storm—before the outburst of the terrible
war between France and Prussia, whose origin cannot be
better told than in the words of the Annual Register :—
"In the beginning of July an announcement was made by the Spanish
Ministers of their intention to recommend Prince Leopold of Hohenzot.-
lern-Sigmaiungex, a German Prince belonging to a branch cf the House
widely separated from that -which reigned in Prussia, for the long-vacant
throne of Spain.....Still, no doubt the Kino or Prussia was his cliefde
famille, and the circumstance served as the ground of a quarrel which just
then, for political and dynastic reasons, the governing party in France found
SUMMARY.
it convenient to take up. Ever since the German War of 1S66, France, it
was well known, had existed in mortal jealousy of Prussian aggrandise-
ment. Pretext and opportunity fitting, war with so formidable a rival
in the leadership of continental Europe, would have been welcome any
time within the last four years to a considerable section of the French
public: add to this the Emperor's personal fear for his dynasty, after the
late plebiscitum had revealed a certain amount of disaffection in his army
to the Imperial rule ; and it seemed as desirable as it was not difficult to light
the flame of public excitement with suggestions of Bismarckian intrigues,
and of design on the part of the Prussian Monarch to plant a subservient
relative on the southern frontier of France."
France complained to Prussia of Prince Leopold's can-
didature, and was told that it was no affair of the Prussian
Government, and that no explanation could be given. The
Dec de Gramont, the French Minister for Foreign
Affairs, a Statesman of Anti-Prussian tendencies, de-
livered a warlike speech in the Chamber; and M. Bene-
detti, the French Ambassador to the North-German
Confederation, " made application to the King of Prussia
in person, to request him to forbid Prince Leopold's
acceptance of the Spanish Crown, but without success.
Beyond giving his personal sanction as head of the Hohen-
zollern family, the King said he had had no hand in the can-
didature, and he declined to interfere for its withdrawal.
Meanwhile, in view of the dangers to the peace of Europe
which were arising, Prince Leopold himself decided on
giving in his resignation ; and a momentary hope arose
that the threatened storm had blown over. But enough had
not been done to content Gramont and the war party in
France.'5 (Annual Register.) The King of Prussia was
required himself to write to the Emperor Napoleon a
"humiliating" letter on the Prince Leopold question;
and M. Benedetti accosted the King to this purpose
while he was walking in the public gardens at Ems. " His
abrupt demand was said to have been answered with a curt
denial, and he was refused any further interview."
Our limited space will only allow us briefly to touch
VOLUME LTX.-JULY TO DECEMBEE, 1870.
THE GLADSTONE CABINET.—1870.
First Lord of the Treasury........ Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Lord Chancellor......... Lord Hatherley (formerly Sir W. Page Wood).
Chancellor of the Exchequer....... Right Hon. R. Lowe.
Lord President of the Council....... Earl de Grey and Ripon (now Marquis of Ripon, K.G.).
Lord Privy Seal .... ..... Viscount Halifax (formerly Sir Charles Wood).
Home Office.......... Right Hon. H. A. Bruce (now Lord Aberdare).
Foreign Office.......... Earl Granville, E.G.
Colonial Office......... Earl of Ki.mberley.
War Secretary.......... Right Hon. E. (now Viscount) Cardwell.
Indian Secretary......... Duke of Argyll, K.T.
Admiralty.......... Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers.
President of the Board of Trade...... Right Hon. J. Bright.
Postmaster-General......... Marquis of Hartington.
President of the Poor Law Board...... Right Hon. G. J. Goschen.
Chief Secretary of Ireland ....... Right PIon. Chichester Fortescue (now Lord Carlingford).
Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education . Right Hon. W. E. Forster.
POLITICAL
I) ESTJMINGr our notice of the progress of the Government
\) Education Bill, one of the two great measures of the
Session, we find that after encountering some further ob-
struction in the House of Commons—one amendment, for
example, giving rise to a debate which extended over four-
nights—it was read a third time, and passed the House of
Commons on the 22nd of July, the " obstructives " no longer
blocking the children's way to school. (See Cartoon, p. 5.)
The Bill went through the House of Lords with very little
alteration ; and the Boyal Speech, which brought another
" arduous " Session to a close on the 10th of August, acknow-
ledged the value of the legislative labours that had produced
this and the Irish Land Act.
The death of the Earl of Clarendon at the end of June
occasioned some changes in the Ministry. Earl Gran-
ville succeeded Lord Clarendon at the Foreign Office,
the Earl of Kimberley became Colonial Secretary, and
Viscoltnt Halifax (formerly Sir Charles Wood), joined
the Government as Lord Privy Seal. Mr. Forster's un-
speakably valuable services in the conduct of the Education
Bill were recognised by his introduction into the Cabinet.
The day Lord Granville commenced his duties as
Foreign Secretary, he was told by the Permanent Under
Secretary of State, that "in all his experience he had
never known so great a lull in foreign affairs." It was the
lull before the storm—before the outburst of the terrible
war between France and Prussia, whose origin cannot be
better told than in the words of the Annual Register :—
"In the beginning of July an announcement was made by the Spanish
Ministers of their intention to recommend Prince Leopold of Hohenzot.-
lern-Sigmaiungex, a German Prince belonging to a branch cf the House
widely separated from that -which reigned in Prussia, for the long-vacant
throne of Spain.....Still, no doubt the Kino or Prussia was his cliefde
famille, and the circumstance served as the ground of a quarrel which just
then, for political and dynastic reasons, the governing party in France found
SUMMARY.
it convenient to take up. Ever since the German War of 1S66, France, it
was well known, had existed in mortal jealousy of Prussian aggrandise-
ment. Pretext and opportunity fitting, war with so formidable a rival
in the leadership of continental Europe, would have been welcome any
time within the last four years to a considerable section of the French
public: add to this the Emperor's personal fear for his dynasty, after the
late plebiscitum had revealed a certain amount of disaffection in his army
to the Imperial rule ; and it seemed as desirable as it was not difficult to light
the flame of public excitement with suggestions of Bismarckian intrigues,
and of design on the part of the Prussian Monarch to plant a subservient
relative on the southern frontier of France."
France complained to Prussia of Prince Leopold's can-
didature, and was told that it was no affair of the Prussian
Government, and that no explanation could be given. The
Dec de Gramont, the French Minister for Foreign
Affairs, a Statesman of Anti-Prussian tendencies, de-
livered a warlike speech in the Chamber; and M. Bene-
detti, the French Ambassador to the North-German
Confederation, " made application to the King of Prussia
in person, to request him to forbid Prince Leopold's
acceptance of the Spanish Crown, but without success.
Beyond giving his personal sanction as head of the Hohen-
zollern family, the King said he had had no hand in the can-
didature, and he declined to interfere for its withdrawal.
Meanwhile, in view of the dangers to the peace of Europe
which were arising, Prince Leopold himself decided on
giving in his resignation ; and a momentary hope arose
that the threatened storm had blown over. But enough had
not been done to content Gramont and the war party in
France.'5 (Annual Register.) The King of Prussia was
required himself to write to the Emperor Napoleon a
"humiliating" letter on the Prince Leopold question;
and M. Benedetti accosted the King to this purpose
while he was walking in the public gardens at Ems. " His
abrupt demand was said to have been answered with a curt
denial, and he was refused any further interview."
Our limited space will only allow us briefly to touch