The opening of Introduction
VOLUME XXV.----JULY TO DECEMBER, 1853.
THE ABERDEEN CABINET.--1853.
First Lord of the Treasury EARL OF ABERDEEN.
Lord Chancellor LORD CRANWORTH.
Chancellor of the Exchequer RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE.
President of the Council EARL GRANVILLE.
Lord Privy Seal DUKE OF ARGYLL.
Home Office VISCOUNT PALMERSTON.
Foreign Office EARL OF CLARENDON.
Colonial Office DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.
Admiralty RIGHT HON. J. R. G. GRAHAM, BART.
Board of Control RIGHT HON. SIR C. WOOD, BART.
Secretary at War RIGHT HON. SIDNEY HERBERT.
First Commissioner of Works, &c. RIGHT HON. SIR W. MOLESWORTH, BART.
Without Office LORD JOHN RUSSELL
Without Office MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE.* * * * *
POLITICAL SUMMARY.
The unjust demands of the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA on the Ottoman Porte, and his subsequent occupation of the Danubian Principalities, occupied the earnest attention of the Parliament and the people throughout the year, and was the occasion of much inquiry and discussion.