R. Doyle.] [From “Punch.”
PAPA COBDEN TAKING MASTER ROBERT A FREE TRADE WALK.
The reference is to Sir Robert Peel’s gradual conversion to the views of the “Manchester School.”
The other source of impetus referred to was Lord John Russell’s declaration at this juncture of his total conversion to the principle of free trade in corn. His proposed modification in 1841 of the duties had been less liberal than that of Peel in 1842. It had been a fixed duty instead of a sliding scale. |Lord John Russell’s conversion to Free Trade.| But there is no reason to doubt the sincerity of his conversion or to suspect him of merely desiring to gain a party advantage. The circumstances of the Anti-Corn Law party at the moment were not such as to tempt the leader of the Opposition to embrace their programme out of a mere desire to steal a march on his opponents.
Sir G. Hayter.] [In the Royal Collection.
1. Her Majesty the Queen. 2. Prince Consort. 3. Duke of Cambridge. 4. Duke Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. 5. Princess Augusta of Cambridge. 6. Duchess of Cambridge. 7. Duchess of Kent. 8. King of Prussia. 9. Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain. 10. Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward. 11. Duke of Sussex. 12. Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes. 13. Bishop of London. 14. Archbishop of Canterbury. 15. Prince George of Cambridge.
THE CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES IN ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL, WINDSOR, January 25, 1842.
1837: 456,000. 1897: 1,065,487.