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VOLUME LXVI1T.—-JANUARY TO JUNE, 1875.
THE DISRAELI CABINET.—1875.
First Lord of the Treasury.Eight Hon. B. Disraeli (now Earl of
Beaconsfiebd).
Lord Chancellor .......... Lord Cairns.
Chancellor of the Exchequer .Sir Stafford H. Horthcote, Bart.
Lord President of the Council.Duke of Kichmond (now Duke of Rich-
mond and Gordon), K.G.
Lord Privy Seal.Earl of Malmesbury, G.C.B.
Home Office.Right Hon. R. A. Cross.
Foreign Office ..Earl of Derby.
Colonial Office .Earl of Carnarvon.
War Secretary . .Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy.
Indian Secretary .......... Marquis of Salisbury.
Admiralty.Right Hon. G. Ward Hunt.
Postmaster General ... ....... Lord John Manners.
POLITICAL
PAGE
T the beginning of the year, a short time before the
meeting of Parliament, Mr. (Gladstone, in a letter
to Earl Granville, formally resigned the Leadership of
the Liberal Party. Of the members of the late Cabinet,
presided oyer by Mr. Gladstone, three were marked out
as his most likely successors in the command of the Oppo-
sition in the House of Commons—for it was tacitly under-
stood that Lord Granville, in the House of Lords, was to
exercise the chief authority over the entire party. These
three were the Marquis oe Hartington, eldest sou of the
Duke oe Devonshire ; Mr. W. E. Forster ; and Mr.
Goschen. A meeting of Liberal Members was held on the
3rd of February, under the Presidency of Mr. Bright, at
which Lord Hartington was unanimously selected, Mr,
Forster having previously signified that he declined the
candidature.
Parliament was opened by Commission on the 6th of
February. The principal Ministerial measures announced
in the Royal Speech dealt with the simplification of the
transfer of land and the completion of the reconstruction of
the Judicature; the improvement of the dwellings of the
woi’king classes; the consolidation and amendment of the
sanitary laws, and the laws relating to Friendly Societies;
the prevention of the pollution of rivers; the amendment of
the Merchant Shipping Act; and the improvement of the
law relating to agricultural tenancies. Most of these
measures became law, and full details of their progress will
be found in the “Essence of Parliament.” The same
chronicle also describes the excitement produced by the
election of Mr. John Mitciiel for Tipperary, and Dr.
Kenealy (Counsel for the “Claimant” in the Tich-
borne Trial) for Stoke-upon-Trent, and recounts the un-
successful motions brought forward by the latter with
SUMMARY.
reference to the Tichborne Case, Triennial Parlia-
ments, &c.
The time of the House of Commons was also largely taken
up by protracted Debates on the Irish Coercion Act, and by
a question of privilege, which arose out of the proceedings
of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the con-
ditions of certain loans raised by South American States,
particularly Honduras, in which many persons in this
country had misplaced their confidence. While the Com-
mittee was still sitting—we condense from the Annual
Summary—Mr. C. Lewis, Member for Londonderry, called
attention to a letter from the Honduras Minister at Paris,
addressed to Mr. Lowe, as Chairman, reflecting on the
character of Captain Bedford Pim, also a Member of the
House, which letter had been published by the Times and
Daily News. Mr. Lewis moved that such publication was
a breach of privilege, and the House coinoided. He then
moved that the printers of the two newspapers should
attend at the Bar of the House, which was also carried.
Accordingly, on the day appointed, the printers of the
Times and Daily News were in attendance, but their appear-
ance at the Bar was excused. Then Mr. Sullivan,
Member for Louth, threatened to propose a revival of the
standing orders, in order “to relieve the public Press from
the hazards at which it now discharged important and
useful functions towards that House and the country.”
The Prime Minister declined to interfere. Lord Hart-
ington, as Leader of the Opposition, moved resolutions to
secure proper recognition to reporters by giving the power
of excluding strangers to a majority of the House, and not
letting it rest, as it then did, on the objection of any single
Member. Lord Hartington’s resolutions were rejected
by the Government, and ultimately Mr. Disraeli was
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VOLUME LXVI1T.—-JANUARY TO JUNE, 1875.
THE DISRAELI CABINET.—1875.
First Lord of the Treasury.Eight Hon. B. Disraeli (now Earl of
Beaconsfiebd).
Lord Chancellor .......... Lord Cairns.
Chancellor of the Exchequer .Sir Stafford H. Horthcote, Bart.
Lord President of the Council.Duke of Kichmond (now Duke of Rich-
mond and Gordon), K.G.
Lord Privy Seal.Earl of Malmesbury, G.C.B.
Home Office.Right Hon. R. A. Cross.
Foreign Office ..Earl of Derby.
Colonial Office .Earl of Carnarvon.
War Secretary . .Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy.
Indian Secretary .......... Marquis of Salisbury.
Admiralty.Right Hon. G. Ward Hunt.
Postmaster General ... ....... Lord John Manners.
POLITICAL
PAGE
T the beginning of the year, a short time before the
meeting of Parliament, Mr. (Gladstone, in a letter
to Earl Granville, formally resigned the Leadership of
the Liberal Party. Of the members of the late Cabinet,
presided oyer by Mr. Gladstone, three were marked out
as his most likely successors in the command of the Oppo-
sition in the House of Commons—for it was tacitly under-
stood that Lord Granville, in the House of Lords, was to
exercise the chief authority over the entire party. These
three were the Marquis oe Hartington, eldest sou of the
Duke oe Devonshire ; Mr. W. E. Forster ; and Mr.
Goschen. A meeting of Liberal Members was held on the
3rd of February, under the Presidency of Mr. Bright, at
which Lord Hartington was unanimously selected, Mr,
Forster having previously signified that he declined the
candidature.
Parliament was opened by Commission on the 6th of
February. The principal Ministerial measures announced
in the Royal Speech dealt with the simplification of the
transfer of land and the completion of the reconstruction of
the Judicature; the improvement of the dwellings of the
woi’king classes; the consolidation and amendment of the
sanitary laws, and the laws relating to Friendly Societies;
the prevention of the pollution of rivers; the amendment of
the Merchant Shipping Act; and the improvement of the
law relating to agricultural tenancies. Most of these
measures became law, and full details of their progress will
be found in the “Essence of Parliament.” The same
chronicle also describes the excitement produced by the
election of Mr. John Mitciiel for Tipperary, and Dr.
Kenealy (Counsel for the “Claimant” in the Tich-
borne Trial) for Stoke-upon-Trent, and recounts the un-
successful motions brought forward by the latter with
SUMMARY.
reference to the Tichborne Case, Triennial Parlia-
ments, &c.
The time of the House of Commons was also largely taken
up by protracted Debates on the Irish Coercion Act, and by
a question of privilege, which arose out of the proceedings
of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the con-
ditions of certain loans raised by South American States,
particularly Honduras, in which many persons in this
country had misplaced their confidence. While the Com-
mittee was still sitting—we condense from the Annual
Summary—Mr. C. Lewis, Member for Londonderry, called
attention to a letter from the Honduras Minister at Paris,
addressed to Mr. Lowe, as Chairman, reflecting on the
character of Captain Bedford Pim, also a Member of the
House, which letter had been published by the Times and
Daily News. Mr. Lewis moved that such publication was
a breach of privilege, and the House coinoided. He then
moved that the printers of the two newspapers should
attend at the Bar of the House, which was also carried.
Accordingly, on the day appointed, the printers of the
Times and Daily News were in attendance, but their appear-
ance at the Bar was excused. Then Mr. Sullivan,
Member for Louth, threatened to propose a revival of the
standing orders, in order “to relieve the public Press from
the hazards at which it now discharged important and
useful functions towards that House and the country.”
The Prime Minister declined to interfere. Lord Hart-
ington, as Leader of the Opposition, moved resolutions to
secure proper recognition to reporters by giving the power
of excluding strangers to a majority of the House, and not
letting it rest, as it then did, on the objection of any single
Member. Lord Hartington’s resolutions were rejected
by the Government, and ultimately Mr. Disraeli was
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