Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . and 4s., according to round Lord George Bentinck and Mr. Disraeli, the Pro-tectionists fought Peel with the resolution and vindictiveness ofdespair. Supporteil by Whig votes, however. Peel carried thethird reading of the Corn Bill by a majority of 98, after a speechin which he assigned the merit of the economic revolution toMr. Cobden. On the 25th of June the Protectionists found theirrevenge
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . and 4s., according to round Lord George Bentinck and Mr. Disraeli, the Pro-tectionists fought Peel with the resolution and vindictiveness ofdespair. Supporteil by Whig votes, however. Peel carried thethird reading of the Corn Bill by a majority of 98, after a speechin which he assigned the merit of the economic revolution toMr. Cobden. On the 25th of June the Protectionists found theirrevenge by joining the Opposition in voting against the secondreading of the Irish Coercion Bill, and the Ministry fell. Thesystem of party government seemed in innninent danger ofdisintegration. G. LE M. DuiUNO the Napoleonic war money had been lavished by Par- Th^Arm^ liamcnt ujion every liranch of the military service. But when the troops returned in 1818 from the occupation of France they THE ARMY. 167 1846] found that the nation had grown weaiy of the soldiers to whoseprowess in a great measure was due the proud position whichEngland held among the nations of Europe. In peace time the. TILE IllEE TRADE ILVllVEST HUME; PIXCII, MAY 30, ISIO.(Reproduced by special permission of Ike Proprietors of Fundi.) army was virtually unrepresented in the t^abinet, and thus therewas no minister to defend it against the attacks of the econo-mists, who insisted upon an enormous reduction in militaryexpenditure, carried out with complete disregard for militaryefficiency. The army was starved, both as regards the numbersin its ranks, and the supply of stores in its arsenals. So ruth-lessly indeed was its ijcrsonnel cut down that in 1821 only 168 THE NEW SPIRIT AND THE NEW PATHS. [1832 Reduction after Waterloo. Deficiencyof Storesand HomeGarrisons. Tie SecondFmpireand theWar Scare. 101,000 men were left to defend the whole of the British pos-sessions throughout the world. The Jlilitia were disbanded,
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