George Canning and His Time

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CHANGES IN LORD LIVERPOOL'S ADMINISTRATION DEATH OF THE DUKE OF YORK, AND ILLNESS OF MB. CANNING--SEIZURE OF LORD LIVERPOOL MR. CANNING APPOINTED PREMIER RESIGNATION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND MR. PEEL--CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR. PEEL AND MR. CANNING ON THAT OCCASION LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH OF MR. CANNING. 1U0TWITHSTANDING the difficulty (occasioned - by the late Duke of Buckingham) to Mr. Huskisson's admission into the Cabinet, Mr. Canning did not rest long without securing it. On the retirement of Mr. Vansittart in 1823 from the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, he was succeeded by Mr. Frederick Robinson, whereby the Presidentship of the Board of Trade being vacated, the vacancy was filled up by Mr. Huskisson. These changes were very important to Mr. Canning. The preceding pages sufficiently show that there was considerable divergency of opinion between Mr. Canning and some of his colleagues, as to the principles on which the foreign policy of the country was to be conducted; but that Mr. Canning, supported as he was, by the Premier and Mr. Peel, and afterwards by the King, succeeded in carrying his own views. The death of the Duke of York in January, 1827, considerably weakened the party in the Cabinet, whose FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF YORK. 577 opinions agreed with those of H.R.H. But notwithstanding political opinions, he exerted all his energy and displayed great ability, whilst labouring under a depressing disease, in preparing the expedition to Portugal. His personal exertions materially contributed to its speedy departure: that speed manifested a truly creditable amount of order and organization in the department over which he presided: it showed that the system, whether good or bad, which prevailed at the Horse Guards during his...