The History of the Radical Party in Parliament

by William Harris

 

THE HISTORY

 

OF THE

 

RADICAL PARTY IN PARLIAMENT

 

BY

WILLIAM HARRIS

 

LONDON

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1885

 

 

NOTE.

 

The main authority for the history of events which have taken place in Parliament must be the record of the proceedings in the Houses themselves. Such a record, continuous for the whole period dealt with in this book, is formed by The Parliamentary History and Hansard's Debates. That work is divided into various series, an arrangement which interferes with the titles and the consecutive numbering of the volumes, but the chronological order is unbroken throughout. In all cases, therefore, of speeches, debates, and divisions referred to, the dates have been given in text or note, and it is thought that this will afford a sufficient and convenient means of verification, without adding the more cumbrous method of giving in each instance the name of the series and the number of the volume and the page.

 

 

 

CONTENTS.

1. I.

   Introduction—Origin of the Party ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

2. II.

   From the Accession of George III. to the Death of Chatham (1760–1778) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   12

3. III.

   From the Death of Chatham to the First Ministry of his Son, William Pitt (1778–1784) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   24

4. IV.

   From the Formation of Pitt’s First Administration to the Act of Union with Ireland (1784–1800) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   45

5. V.

   From the Act of Union to the Dismissal of the Grenville Ministry—Death of Pitt and Fox (1800–1807) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   69

6. VI.

   From the Dismissal of Grenville to the End of the War (1807–1815) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   90

7. VII.

   From the Close of the War to the Death of George III. (1815–1820) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   115

8. VIII.

   From the Death of George III. to the Death of Castlereagh (1820–1822) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   143

9. IX.

   From the Death of Castlereagh to Canning's Appointment as Premier (1822–1827) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   166

10. X.

    From Canning's Premiership to the Passing of the Reform Act (1827–1832) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    196

11. XI.

    The First Reformed Parliament (1833–1834) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    230

1. XII.

   From the Dissolution of the First Reformed Parliament to the Death of William IV. (1834–1837) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   259

2. XIII.

   From the Accession of the Queen to the Close of the Melbourne Administration (1837–1841) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   282

3. XIV.

   Sir Robert Peel's Administration (1841–1846) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   313

4. XV.

   From the Resignation of Sir Robert Peel to his Death (1846–1850) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   351

5. XVI.

   From the Death of Peel to the Resignation of the Aberdeen Ministry (1850–1855) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   381

6. XVII.

   From the Resignation of Lord Aberdeen in 1855 to the Dissolution of Parliament in 1859 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   410

7. XVIII.

   Palmerston's Last Administration (1859–1865) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   437

8. XIX.

   From the Death of Palmerston to the Passing of the Reform Act (1865–1867)—Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   465

1. Appendix ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   487

2. Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   491

 

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ERRATA.

Page 91, line 4, after "sympathy" insert "with."

Page„ 109, line 32, for "previous" read "beginning of the."

Page„ 110, line 11, for "this year" read "in 1813."

Page„ 110, lines 22 and 23, after "magnate" the sentence should read "and son of George Grenville, a former Whig Premier."

Page„ 215, lines 28 and 29, for "Sir H. Ingliss" read "Sir R. Inglis."

Page„ 249, line 7, for "Dinett" read "Divett."