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VOLUME III.--JULY TO DECEMBER, 1842.
THE PEEL CABINET.—1842.
The Duke of Wellington (without office).
First Lord of the Treasury............ Sir R. Peel.
Lord Chancellor.....'......... Lord Lyndhurst.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.............. Right Hon. H. Goolburs
President of the Council............. Lord Wharncliffe.
Privy-Seal............- . . . . Duke op Buckingham.
Home Secretary........... Sir James Graham.
Foreign Secretary.............. Earl of Aberdeen.
Colonial Secretary . . . . . . . ........ Lord Stanley.
First Lord of the Admiralty . . . . ... . . . . . Earl of Haddington.
President of the Board of Control......'..... Lord Ellenborough.
President of the Board of Trade .......... Earl of Ripon.
Secretary at War ...*..,....... Sir H. Hardinge.
Treasurer of the Navy and Paymaster of the Forces ... .... Sir E. Knatchbull.
POLITICAL
E
nPHE importance of the legislative changes effected by the
* Conservative Government was unquestionable, and the
great good effected by them has been long made evident.
The complete repeal of the old and oppressive Corn Laws as
they now stand was not however the result of the Session of
1842, although the sliding scale was a measure in the right
direction.
The great financial reforms which Sir. R. Peel brought
forward early in the Session, gave evidence of the sincerity of
the Ministry. Some of the changes were unpopular with the
party usually acting with Sir Robert Peel, and tended in a
small degree to disunite the Conservative body, whilst the
Income Tax scarcely found favour with any, nevertheless the
effect of the Government measures was to strengthen the
position of the Minister, and to give a confidence which his
predecessors had lost from their want of vigour and decision.
The measures which had passed the House of Commons
up to the end of June, 1842, were—
The Repeal of the Corn Law and the substitution of a
Sliding Scale.
The Imposition of the Income Tax.
The New Tariff, and
Lord Ashley's Bill for restraining the Employment of
Women and Children in Mines and Collieries.*
Lord F. Egerton attempted to bring in a Bill legalising
7 Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife [Concerning
Sisters-in-Xiaw!], but leave was refused, and Sir John
Easthope's Bill for the abolition of Church Rates met with the
same fate—Mr. Goulburn and Sie H. Inglis being its chief
opponents. The Maynooth grant provoked the usual opposition
* The succeeding events are commented upon in Vol II.
STJMMAEY.
TAG*
from Mr. Plumtree, Mr. Bateson, Colonel Verner, and
Sir H. Smith, and supported by Lord Eliot, was carried by a
majority of 47. Sir Robert Peel's Bill for the Protection of
the Royal Person,—whereby the crimes of intending to hurt
or alarm the Queen were to subject the offender to trans-
portation and personal chastisement [The Prisoner Bean]; 23
the law not having " contemplated or provided for a case in
which any being in the form of a man could find a satisfaction
in firing a pistol at a young lady, that lady a mother, and
that mother the Queen of these realms,"—was brought in,
rapidly passed through all its stages, and speedily made
law. [The Hunchback of Newgate.] Sir James Gra- 63
ham introduced his Poor Law Amendment Bill, of which a
few clauses were carried, and the rest postponed. Lord
Palmerston and Sir Robert Peel wound up the Session by
a passage of talk, the former accusing the latter of profiting
by the measures of the late Ministry, declaring, " that they
had bequeathed only facilities to their successors, who had
been subsisting upon the broken victuals left upon the tables,
reminding Lord Palmerston of a pack of people who had
made a forcible entry into a dwelling-house, and sat down to
carouse on the leavings of the larder." Sir Robert Peel
replied, and taunted the Whigs with not using the power
they possessed to bring their measures to fruition. Both
speakers received a sharp rebuke from Mr, Cobden, who
asked whether leaders of parties had no better employment
than getting up these quarrels between Whig and Tory, and
warned the two disputants that they had said but little on
the distress of the Country, and that it would haunt them in
their retirement. The Prorogation took place on August 12,
by the Queen in person, who, in her Speech [The dueea's 8C
Speech], referred to the reverses which had befallen a
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THE PEEL CABINET.—1842.
The Duke of Wellington (without office).
First Lord of the Treasury............ Sir R. Peel.
Lord Chancellor.....'......... Lord Lyndhurst.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.............. Right Hon. H. Goolburs
President of the Council............. Lord Wharncliffe.
Privy-Seal............- . . . . Duke op Buckingham.
Home Secretary........... Sir James Graham.
Foreign Secretary.............. Earl of Aberdeen.
Colonial Secretary . . . . . . . ........ Lord Stanley.
First Lord of the Admiralty . . . . ... . . . . . Earl of Haddington.
President of the Board of Control......'..... Lord Ellenborough.
President of the Board of Trade .......... Earl of Ripon.
Secretary at War ...*..,....... Sir H. Hardinge.
Treasurer of the Navy and Paymaster of the Forces ... .... Sir E. Knatchbull.
POLITICAL
E
nPHE importance of the legislative changes effected by the
* Conservative Government was unquestionable, and the
great good effected by them has been long made evident.
The complete repeal of the old and oppressive Corn Laws as
they now stand was not however the result of the Session of
1842, although the sliding scale was a measure in the right
direction.
The great financial reforms which Sir. R. Peel brought
forward early in the Session, gave evidence of the sincerity of
the Ministry. Some of the changes were unpopular with the
party usually acting with Sir Robert Peel, and tended in a
small degree to disunite the Conservative body, whilst the
Income Tax scarcely found favour with any, nevertheless the
effect of the Government measures was to strengthen the
position of the Minister, and to give a confidence which his
predecessors had lost from their want of vigour and decision.
The measures which had passed the House of Commons
up to the end of June, 1842, were—
The Repeal of the Corn Law and the substitution of a
Sliding Scale.
The Imposition of the Income Tax.
The New Tariff, and
Lord Ashley's Bill for restraining the Employment of
Women and Children in Mines and Collieries.*
Lord F. Egerton attempted to bring in a Bill legalising
7 Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife [Concerning
Sisters-in-Xiaw!], but leave was refused, and Sir John
Easthope's Bill for the abolition of Church Rates met with the
same fate—Mr. Goulburn and Sie H. Inglis being its chief
opponents. The Maynooth grant provoked the usual opposition
* The succeeding events are commented upon in Vol II.
STJMMAEY.
TAG*
from Mr. Plumtree, Mr. Bateson, Colonel Verner, and
Sir H. Smith, and supported by Lord Eliot, was carried by a
majority of 47. Sir Robert Peel's Bill for the Protection of
the Royal Person,—whereby the crimes of intending to hurt
or alarm the Queen were to subject the offender to trans-
portation and personal chastisement [The Prisoner Bean]; 23
the law not having " contemplated or provided for a case in
which any being in the form of a man could find a satisfaction
in firing a pistol at a young lady, that lady a mother, and
that mother the Queen of these realms,"—was brought in,
rapidly passed through all its stages, and speedily made
law. [The Hunchback of Newgate.] Sir James Gra- 63
ham introduced his Poor Law Amendment Bill, of which a
few clauses were carried, and the rest postponed. Lord
Palmerston and Sir Robert Peel wound up the Session by
a passage of talk, the former accusing the latter of profiting
by the measures of the late Ministry, declaring, " that they
had bequeathed only facilities to their successors, who had
been subsisting upon the broken victuals left upon the tables,
reminding Lord Palmerston of a pack of people who had
made a forcible entry into a dwelling-house, and sat down to
carouse on the leavings of the larder." Sir Robert Peel
replied, and taunted the Whigs with not using the power
they possessed to bring their measures to fruition. Both
speakers received a sharp rebuke from Mr, Cobden, who
asked whether leaders of parties had no better employment
than getting up these quarrels between Whig and Tory, and
warned the two disputants that they had said but little on
the distress of the Country, and that it would haunt them in
their retirement. The Prorogation took place on August 12,
by the Queen in person, who, in her Speech [The dueea's 8C
Speech], referred to the reverses which had befallen a
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