Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-11

Ahrr, howev"r, the rc'anchoiy visitation w''ci
seprived tho CONN ~ Of nc services # Lord scr
Pa'i' and am'd tn political cnntcst whc' Tbs
aceht'y ook place. IN cnnsc, ucnce Of tn = ~.
maintained by Mr.. G .nn,ng agai h Cocmcr col
leagues, and a length The ace, sion to po~"r IF th'
luke OF Wellington, Lord Cry sctmrued 10 tn,
scene f public bIs,le. and resumed his 70 n4r ac-
uv'ty. HIS Lordship had bern for s"m. time con<i-
de'ed the head Of ihr Opposition, and had b On ia,
many years well known t" his Maje.ty. when Duk'
OF clarence The f"f;.at OF the Wellington adj
MINIS alton, therefore, on the question of the Civ
LIST, aad the aim"s' immediate enders of the rrsiy-
nation OF the Members of that Ministry, led slmos,
as a mo'ter OF course to the command of III" King
10 Lord Grey, to form n new Admins rntion-a
TASK who his Lordsh p has accomplished with so
ht'ie d iicully, that a Ministry apparently N the full
possession i power, on one MONDAY, were. on the
t"i owing Monday. replaced by another completely
installed IN Office, with one or two cxcep'ion>) an
instance OF celebrity, which where Il complete Chang"
mas taken place. has very rarely happened.
Lord Grey, who lis somewhat older than the Dixie
OF wellington, being about sixty SIX, the Duke be-
ing sixty two IN May neN', has the advanta orc OF
many years experience. dating from his early youth
with reference to the political business of tho safe
and 10 general policy, and that too during periods
pregnant with events of the highest momen, and the
greatest utility from the precepts, the speeches. and
the conduct of all those eminent a&d great sta. csmcn,
who have been in existence during the greater mari
OF the last fifty years, and who, taken al ore,her.
nave very far transcribed those of any former period
~ NV obuu'S ~ IL bTlIISl empire. lie has nlcO-
undoubtedly, great parliamentary tact. and A rabit
81 speaklng with fluency and energy, not merely as
an orator, but as n debarer; with much facility in
'eZi"g the man points of am subject OF arpu-
ment TO winch his attention is suddenly called
ns Lo!ash.p' when a young man in The House Of Commons.
was an ardent and Jealous refnme- His plan of paTI;anem
'aty eiorm IS well known, a. I has often been referred tn ,s
aso ms expose OF what lie then considered the defects in the
representations OF the country, which has formed. as il, were
IsPnSe" 10 go mucn further than Lord Grey. The noble
LORD has very recently avowed Parliamentary Reform n a
mhistraton IS, with the consent Of the King. founded. ,rd
ne mad previously taken several Opportunities. on. of them
on me hrst day of the commencement of the p,esen, session
OF declaring himself TO he still an advocate of reform But
ne, al mr same time. guarded himself, by speaking of The
,ims" Of , % aio Sh"n, and using other nhrases, at d fereut
.hes % similar import, tom the possibility of being sun
posed to he identified with the plan which he himself promo
siH "a d "nnei Pr,'on Lord Grey may, therefore he CON
sinereo as a practical reiormrr tn a certain extent, limiting his
views strictly to the principles of the Constitution, and 70
THIS MARQUIS OF LASspowxE' Lon" P q
touNc'I"-We notice the Marquis of Lansdowne nex, ~,
the Cabinet of 1867. and the only one Of . them n', ,.h Grey :. n IN
The present Cabinet, with tteS exception of Lord WnII,rd
PUBLIC business The Marquis of Tansdowne was the second
surviving son OF the FIRST Marquis, known for many wears a.
. nh .ns,""'he anu curing The life time Of his father, and
styled Lord Henry Petty. '4"' was
Lord Henry Petty was returned to the House of Common,
al me general election in 1902, for Cslne, being then little more
than u, and very early distinguished himself as an rain, a.
praise oil A'. Pit, VINO nigh, be considered as the most accom-,
pushed orator Of his time. His Lordship made hs Pari,ncn
'dty 0eONI mHnt RANKS oil Opposition, and cOutinued il, ,L,,,
!i the ieath of Mr.. Pit, in January, 1906, he having in The
interim agreed to the coalition with that statesman The ri nb; u,
Of winch, namely, 10 lorm a united Ministry, was DEFEATED by
ne mVlncioie determination of George Ill, with reference IN
me question OF concessions to the Catholics.
HE f ne esaht aMl nowsver' with the exception of MIR Pitt and
moned to another state of existen. e aud his coWeaoues smT,onde,
ca once, George III was, OF necessity, compelled to re,or, 10
nc odh'oh ny commanding Lord Greeurile 10 form A new
Administration. Lord Greenyille became, of course. pyapier
holding the office of First Lord of the Treasury (tboush it wa,
IN general considered as the JOINT Administration OF his Lord
ship and MIR Fox) aud Lord Henry petty was cons,iIr,eJ
onancelior OF the Excheqner, He was at that period only Is
tie Cabinet, though Mr.. Pitt bcca ne Prime Minister al, the
same age
The office Thus held hv Lord Henry Petty, AMI that, ton.
during a period of war, when it was absolutely necessary ~
propose new taxes, and lay additional burdens upon the peo,Ie
whist the prospects OF the country were not al thai ,,nna 20,
cheering, was by no means an enviable one, il being of cours.
ms duty to bring forward all the financial MEASURES in the
"use ~ commons. Islordship, however, Displayed consid
cradle ability and great ora,orcal talent: though he couId No,
s"Ln etm succeed IN making the financial measures of the
AofHih's'fdnon Palatahic In the House of Commons. n IN the
people; nor had he had sufficient TING to acquire the lac, of y
practised statesman NV '"' VI "
The official career Of Lord Henry Petty in this situation was
o"' snor': March, i8G7, witnessed the downfall of The adj.
mInIstratIon. and his lordship returned again to tina r,nts "
oPpHnsitlon; ae he did not long afterwards remain a mrmbeT
of the House of Commons, having by the death of his elJs,
brother (or strictly speaking half brother, they beinr the iesns
OF different marriages) succeeded 20 the tile of Nar1,;s ~
Lansdown, Nov ID, 1909, an event which of course renoyoJ
him to the House of Lords. Here, also, the MARQUIS bccnn,. y
prominent character IN Opposition, which for a roneiJerab,o
period numbered amongst its host more individuals of anninon,
ability, OF high intellectual power, and of great elonuenoe ,hsn
had ever before been witnessed in that House ,sneciaIIr 1T
otners entitled IN every respect TO the same character On Tho
ministerial benches. And it is undoubtedly true Tai fr 49,
time the House OF Commons was, in point of talent. con,nlera
!y overshadowed by the House of Lords ' 0'"'Po'e
The Marquis of LaHsdowue, however ,borrb ,,o.u
speaking and voting III Opposition, could scarcely y, that ,;,o
be considered a regular member ofthat body-his polnicaI MI,
cipies, especially with regard 10 parliamentary reform mo, w.
'u@ 10 the same extent as those o. some Of the other me ,nbe rso :
me same oohy But his lOTdship laudablv appljed himself =, :.
legislator to the business Of the state. and acquired an e.rcr;
ence, q knowledge, and a tact, which emineniIv fitted him, o.,
Jake a lead IN any high station in which he mich, he rl,csJ
whist ne tonK great pains 10 render himself thoTourblv as,o,
OF many subjects ut great Importance, with reference r., ,b.
internal affairs OF the country which necessarily occuu;ed ,b.
attention of PARLIAMENT. N'i'' VIC
That he did not consider himself pledged 10 the mart, NTH
~hich n usually acted. IS rendered evident hv hs cc,,anr
OF Office, at the instance ofthe late Mr.. Ca in,ng. ,yben ,be ~,
Ter became Premier, the Marquis being then cons, i,ureJ Gscre
tary oi State Tor the Home Department. 10 the hu,i.s of which
Office he very sedulously attended, and for which bo seemed y,
he peculiarly htted. This Ministry NAV be said In b,ye Loeo
Broken up hy tne death ofMr Canning, as the sbor, tern, If ,Lo
rule OF Lord IodeTich could scarcely be called an Adn;n,,,.
Ton. On the Duke OF Wellington becoming Premier ,Ie Ma
gus oil bandsdowne resigned Office. g. was a-air in oonosi,;or
ct least generally speaking, with the exceptions before alluded
10. 'N
The Presidency of the Council. which has now been a.sign
en- IN the Noble Marquis, : an Office much less cnero,s with
reference 10 business and labor Than the one he held in the Csn.
ping ADMINISTRATION, but higher in rank and of greater rse,,,
so'Ity IL Is oil very recent notorisIy,. that his T1rdbjn 't,ct
IN earliest opportunity after being installed in Office IF decla
Tlng hHSei friendly ~ a certain extent To parliamcntarv r.G,,r.
4 declaration which is gilmore importance as it was DreyiousIy
understood that IT vas upon This very point ne differed viii
many OF the political friends with whom he USUALLY acted u.
Lordshtp was horn in 1880.