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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/1/93/3
Former ReferenceD5459/1/180, D5459/1/190
TitleThe New Procession to St Stephens
Date[1804-1805]
DescriptionWilliam Pitt and members of his second Administration (1804 - 1806) process into Parliament, where they are met by Fox and two others who attempt to blow them away.

From left to right:
Demons playing trumpets and crying: "He comes - He comes - The Giant comes", pass under the arch where Fox and his friends are waiting. They are followed by more demons, one of whom is shouting: "New taxes for ever - New taxes for ever", and another of whom is carrying a large stone marked 'BUDGET Ways and Means'.

Pitt, his heads in clouds inscribed 'Heaven Born', is carried on the shoulders of Henry Dundas, who is saying his 'catch-phrase': "Wha Wants Me?"
One of the goblins in front of him says: "twas within a mile of Edinburgh town, whilst another says: "The Pilot that Weathered the Storm", in reference to a poem read by Canning at Pitt's birthday dinner.

At Dundas' feet are diminutive figures in kilts, above whom is written 'The Road to Preferment Scotch Peers In Embryo'.

(Continues on second sheet)

The child with a 'Treasury Rattle' says: "I'll be a good boy and wont cry anymore - now they have given me this to play with - Master Can-in is better than Master can-out at any time." This is Canning who entered Parliament in 1804 and was Treasurer of the Navy until 1806.
He is followed by Harrowby, who was as Foreign Secretary. He is without a body, having only long legs, and is dressed as a newsboy, with a hat on which is written 'Foreign Affairs' and a trumpet marked 'Great News.' He is saying: "They call me nobody - but I'll let them see I'm -somebody --I'll harrow them up I'll warrant ye."
Behind him walk three more politicians. One declares: "Home work will do for me". (Possibly the Duke of Portland, who had been home secretary under the Addington administration. Next to him walks Hawkesbury , the home secretary, who says: "It was necessary to keep a Hawkes eye upon them, or I should not have been in the procession."

Behind them walks a demon carrying a box inscribed 'Medicine Chest Stone Ingredients,' referring to Portland and Addington.
Addington follows, saying: "If I follow them up - who knows - but I may get into practice again, and then what a snug thing that would be!"

At the very end of the procession is John Bull, complaining:
"Come push on Doctor! _ It's d____d hard that they will always lug me into their processions _ however I like to see well enough what is going forward _ and perhaps it is better this than worse." Available on CD 158.
Extent2 items
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationThe drawing probably dates from 1804 or early 1805. Addington only entered the administration in Jan 1805, when he replaced Portland as Lord President of the council. Harrowby remained Foreign Secretary until the summer of 1805.
Physical Description2 pencil drawings with text in ink. Size 461 x 285 mm, 462 x 290 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related MaterialSee D5459/1/36 etc for more depictions of Fox.
See D5459/1/61 etc for more depictions of Pitt.
See D5458/1/93/1 etc for more depictions of Dundas.
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