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VOLUME LXXXVL— JANUARY TO JUNE, 1884.
THE GLADSTONE CABINET.—18S4.
First Lord of tlie Treasury.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal .....
Home Office .....
Foreign Office .....
Colonial Office .....
Vfar Secretary .....
Indian Secretary ....
Admiralty ......
Chief Secretary for Ireland
President of the Board of Trade
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
President of the Local Government Board
Right Host. W. E. Gladstone.
Right IIon. Hugh C. E. Childers.
Earl Spencer, K.G.
Lord Carling ford.
Sir Willtam Vernon Harcouet.
Earl Granville, K.G.
Earl of Derby.
Marquis of Hartington.
Earl of Kimberley.
Earl of Northbrook.
Right Hon. G. 0. Trevelyan.
Right Hon. J. Chamberlain.
Right Hon. J. G. Dodson.
Right IIon. Sir G. W. Dilke, Bart.
POLITICAL SUMMARY.
THE Parliamentary Session of 188.4 opened on Tuesday,
Feb. 5th. A Queen’s Speech of somewhat unusual
length shadowed forth an extended legislative programme,
the chief feature in which was a measure “for the enlarge-
ment of the Occupation Franchise in parliamentary elections
throughout the United Kingdom.” This measure, subse-
quently known as the County Franchise Bill, proved to be
the political Aaron’s Rod of the Session.
Immediately after the voting of the Address Sir Henry
Brand announced his resignation of the office of Speaker.
He was raised to the peerage with the title of Viscount
Hampden, and Mr. Arthur Peel, M.P. for Warwick, was
on the 26th February, unanimously elected to the Speaker’s
chair.
On the 11th February, Mr. Bradlaugh, presenting
himself at the Table, went through the form of administer-
ing the oath to himself. Sir Stafford Northcote moved
the non-recognition of this snatched ceremony and the dis-
qualification of Mr. Bradlaugh. By 280 against 167 this
was affirmed, and Mr. Bradlaugh refusing to engage not
further to disturb the proceedings of the House, his expul-
sion from its precincts was voted by 228 against 120. Mr.
Bradlaugh applied for the Chiltern Hundreds, a new writ
was issued for Northampton, he was again elected, and his
exclusion was again voted on February 21st.
“ Franchise first” had been the mot d’orclre of the Liberal
party in the country, and, notwithstanding some demur on
the part of the fervent advocates of Municipal Reform, the
precedence of the Franchise Bill was accepted by the party,
and recognized by the Government. Mr. Gladstone
introduced it on February 28th. It provided for the admis-
sion of some two millions more of “ capable citizens ” to the
privilege of the parliamentary suffrage. Leaving existing
franchises substantially intact, it extended to the counties
the household and lodger franchises existing in boroughs,
enlarged the £10 occupation franchise so as to include land
without buildings, and instituted a new franchise, called
the “ service franchise,” giving a vote to servants, officials,
&c., such as gamekeepers and others, whose appointments
involved their occupancy of tenements for which they might
not actually pay rent. The measure was to apply equally
to the whole of the United Kingdom including Ireland,
whose exclusion had been advocated by the Conservatives,
and even by some leading Liberal politicians. Mr. Glad-
stone, for tactical reasons, declined to combine a Redistri-
bution Measure with his Franchise Bill, but in the course
of his speech laid down in general terms what he considered
should be the leading principles of such a measure.
The Franchise Bill was favourably received by the Liberal
party, and even the Conservatives, as a body, did not attack
it directly, but they protested vehemently against separating
Franchise and Redistribution, and also, though less strongly
and unanimously, against including Ireland in the measure,
in the existing circumstances of that country.
The second reading was moved on March 24th by Lord
Hartington, Mr. Gladstone being again kept from the
House by illness. Lord John Manners moved an amend-
ment directed against proceeding with the Franchise Bill
until the Government scheme of Redistribution should also
he before the House. A lengthy debate ensued, in the
course of which the withholding of Redistribution and the
inclusion of Ireland were the chief points for Conservative
denunciation, but on the 7th April Lord John Manners’s
I Amendment was rejected by 340 against 210, and the Bill
THE GLADSTONE CABINET.—18S4.
First Lord of tlie Treasury.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal .....
Home Office .....
Foreign Office .....
Colonial Office .....
Vfar Secretary .....
Indian Secretary ....
Admiralty ......
Chief Secretary for Ireland
President of the Board of Trade
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
President of the Local Government Board
Right Host. W. E. Gladstone.
Right IIon. Hugh C. E. Childers.
Earl Spencer, K.G.
Lord Carling ford.
Sir Willtam Vernon Harcouet.
Earl Granville, K.G.
Earl of Derby.
Marquis of Hartington.
Earl of Kimberley.
Earl of Northbrook.
Right Hon. G. 0. Trevelyan.
Right Hon. J. Chamberlain.
Right Hon. J. G. Dodson.
Right IIon. Sir G. W. Dilke, Bart.
POLITICAL SUMMARY.
THE Parliamentary Session of 188.4 opened on Tuesday,
Feb. 5th. A Queen’s Speech of somewhat unusual
length shadowed forth an extended legislative programme,
the chief feature in which was a measure “for the enlarge-
ment of the Occupation Franchise in parliamentary elections
throughout the United Kingdom.” This measure, subse-
quently known as the County Franchise Bill, proved to be
the political Aaron’s Rod of the Session.
Immediately after the voting of the Address Sir Henry
Brand announced his resignation of the office of Speaker.
He was raised to the peerage with the title of Viscount
Hampden, and Mr. Arthur Peel, M.P. for Warwick, was
on the 26th February, unanimously elected to the Speaker’s
chair.
On the 11th February, Mr. Bradlaugh, presenting
himself at the Table, went through the form of administer-
ing the oath to himself. Sir Stafford Northcote moved
the non-recognition of this snatched ceremony and the dis-
qualification of Mr. Bradlaugh. By 280 against 167 this
was affirmed, and Mr. Bradlaugh refusing to engage not
further to disturb the proceedings of the House, his expul-
sion from its precincts was voted by 228 against 120. Mr.
Bradlaugh applied for the Chiltern Hundreds, a new writ
was issued for Northampton, he was again elected, and his
exclusion was again voted on February 21st.
“ Franchise first” had been the mot d’orclre of the Liberal
party in the country, and, notwithstanding some demur on
the part of the fervent advocates of Municipal Reform, the
precedence of the Franchise Bill was accepted by the party,
and recognized by the Government. Mr. Gladstone
introduced it on February 28th. It provided for the admis-
sion of some two millions more of “ capable citizens ” to the
privilege of the parliamentary suffrage. Leaving existing
franchises substantially intact, it extended to the counties
the household and lodger franchises existing in boroughs,
enlarged the £10 occupation franchise so as to include land
without buildings, and instituted a new franchise, called
the “ service franchise,” giving a vote to servants, officials,
&c., such as gamekeepers and others, whose appointments
involved their occupancy of tenements for which they might
not actually pay rent. The measure was to apply equally
to the whole of the United Kingdom including Ireland,
whose exclusion had been advocated by the Conservatives,
and even by some leading Liberal politicians. Mr. Glad-
stone, for tactical reasons, declined to combine a Redistri-
bution Measure with his Franchise Bill, but in the course
of his speech laid down in general terms what he considered
should be the leading principles of such a measure.
The Franchise Bill was favourably received by the Liberal
party, and even the Conservatives, as a body, did not attack
it directly, but they protested vehemently against separating
Franchise and Redistribution, and also, though less strongly
and unanimously, against including Ireland in the measure,
in the existing circumstances of that country.
The second reading was moved on March 24th by Lord
Hartington, Mr. Gladstone being again kept from the
House by illness. Lord John Manners moved an amend-
ment directed against proceeding with the Franchise Bill
until the Government scheme of Redistribution should also
he before the House. A lengthy debate ensued, in the
course of which the withholding of Redistribution and the
inclusion of Ireland were the chief points for Conservative
denunciation, but on the 7th April Lord John Manners’s
I Amendment was rejected by 340 against 210, and the Bill