Goverment Lord Liverpool As Prime Minister Goverment And Changing Society Flashcards
Description of Lord Liverpool
Replaced spencer Perceval in 1812 Liverpool was not the first choice of the prince reagent because he wanted Whig dominance put had to pick Liverpool as he was a morally sound man
Political difficulties Liverpool would face
Within the party -
Had to bring together strongly different views and personalities amongst his ministers in commons, faced with strong opposition of debating skills of Whigs found it hard to hold a majority in commons and had to deal with declining system of patronage which between 1815 and 22 1800 sincere offices had been gotten rid of.had to deal with new disciplinary party machinery
Outside - industrialisation increase radicalisation e.g 1820 queens affair prince had extravagant behaviour depended on parliament to pick up pieces tried to divorce swife, Caroline of Brunswick major support was for her and great unpopularity for government
Governments view towards opposition until 1823 etc
1811 Luddism
Nottinghamshire breaking of machinery as a cause of men believing the textile factories were stripping them of their livelihoods
1812 Yorkshire croppers tried to carry out democratic petition only when it failed in April did they turn to machine breaking
William horshall murdered by four Luddites 60 men arrested three were hanged. Spates of arrest, transportations and hanging did the resistance end
Corn law 1815 - done well during war as high demand but after had bumper harvest led to import of foreign corn undercut the prices of South corn from England landed class wanted lpprtection from this so it was introduced. No foreign corn imported until home price lead to 80 shillings . Bread was a staple diet for the poor as a results rioting broke out would pass to fit own needs but not of poorer classes,
Tory new look
1821-23 stregthened on self reliance over royal favour won over some oppositional Whigs , Wellington Robert peel and William huskieson in 1822 . Seemed to reinvent itself tendency for reactionary to more Liberal ideas. However when looking closer it can still be seen troys held same view old view was would carry out reform as long as it didn’t affect their power. Up til 1822 Parliament was unstable if carried out reform may lead to infiltration of radicals and loss of aristocratic power however when became stronger would therefore be willing to carry out reform would have control make sure no radicals inflitrate parliament
Extension of repressive legislations form gov up till 1821
1816 pressure from MPs income tax was abolished it was only for a measure in war meant government had to raise indirect tax in commodities such as beer sugar and salt which poor could afford affecting lower classes reduced to supplement diet by poaching 1816 this idea became impossible game laws tightened consequences for poaching became higher.
1819 have as corpus suspended after attack on mobs coach
Six acts introduced to safeguard position of aristocracy and authority of ruling class.
Transported minor offenders to other side of world for life
Tory new look legislations
Relief act - for dissenters and toleration act for Unitarians permitted greater religious freedom
Poor employment act - made money available for local corporations to develop public works .
Truck act - attempted to underhand and curtail employers laying wages in kind in factories.
1819 - factory act intervened with conditions of employment . Employment of children under 9 in cotton factories not allowed, 12 hours a day for children/ young people
1822-24 economic slump rise in living costs and recessions amending act 1825 put obstacles in way to to further strikes and illegal to milest or obstruct other workers.
1822- peel re codified English law. Removal of statute book of many in relative minor offences e,g pick pocketing regularise and standardise provision of gaols across the country classification and separation
Limitations of new look Tory government
Parliamentary reform of Catholic emancipation and vote
1819 - worst rotten borough Grampund lost its seat redistributed to Yorkshire which had pop of 20,000 instead of unrepresentative cities like Manchester
