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.] [Sidenote: Lord John Russell's conversion to Free Trade.] 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. 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. [Illustration: 1837. 1897. 456,000 1,065,487 Tonnage of Colonial Shipping. Same scale as larger diagram.] [Illustration: 1837.--2,335,000 tons. 1897.--12,293,539 tons. THE GROWTH OF BRITISH COMMERCE, AS INDICATED BY THE TONNAGE OF BRITISH SHIPS IN 1837 AND IN 1897. The diagram illustrates at once the difference in type between the ships of the two dates, and the increase in tonnage of the whole mercantile marine, the latter being indicated by the comparative lengths of the ships. Each dotted square represents a million tons.] [Illustration: SECTION OF THE "GREAT EASTERN," THE LARGEST SHIP EVER BUILT. The "Great Eastern" was designed by Mr. Isambard K. Brunel, and built by Mr. Scott Russell of Millwall, at a cost of £732,000. Her keel was laid in May 1854 and she was launched on January 31, 1858. Her length was 692 feet; width between bulwarks, 83 feet; height, 60 feet; tonnage, 22,500; displacement when loaded, 27,384 tons; horse-power, 11,000. 30,000 wrought-iron plates were used in her hulk. She was built on the "cellular" principle, with two skins 2 feet apart, and driven by both paddle wheels and screw. As a passenger steamer she did not succeed; but she laid the first successful Atlantic cable (1866) and picked up and repaired the earlier one which had parted in mid-ocean. She was afterwards purchased for public exhibition and finally broken up in 1891.] [Sidenote: Peel and Repeal.] [Sidenote: Rupture of the Tory Party.]