text_original: There was a general feeling that the Government had bungled on this question, and they found a scapegoat in the person of Mr. Spencer Walpole, the Home Secretary. In May, 1867, Walpole resigned his portfolio to Mr. Gathorne Hardy, a distinguished lawyer who had, in 1865, de  feated Mr. Gladstone at Oxford.^ Meanwhile Mr. John Bright had been conducting a reform campaign in the Provinces.
text_transcription: THERE WAS A GENERAL FEELING THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BUNGLED ON THIS QUESTION AND THEY FOUND ESCAPEGOAT IN THE PERSON OF MISTER SPENCER WALPOLE THE HOME SECRETARY IN MAY OF EIGHTEEN SIXTY SEVEN WALPOLE RESIGNED HIS PORTFOLIO TO MISTER GATHERN HARDEE A DISTINGUISHED LAWYER WHO HAD IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY FIVE DEFEATED MISTER GLADSTONE AT OXFORD MEANWHILE MISTER JOHN BRIGHT HAD BEEN CONDUCTING A REFORM CAMPAIGN IN THE PROVINCES
phonemes: ðɛɹwˌʌz ɐ dʒˈɛnɚɹəl fˈiːlɪŋ ðætðə ɡˈʌvɚnmənt hæd bˈʌŋɡəld ˌɔn ðɪs kwˈɛstʃən, ænd ðeɪ fˈaʊnd ɐ skˈeɪpɡoʊt ɪnðə pˈɜːsən ʌv mˈɪstɚ. spˈɛnsɚ wˈɔlpoʊl, ðə hˈoʊm sˈɛkɹətɹi. ɪn mˈeɪ, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən, wˈɔlpoʊl ɹɪzˈaɪnd hɪz pɔːɹtfˈoʊlɪˌoʊ tə mˈɪstɚ. ɡˈæθɔːɹn hˈɑːɹdi, ɐ dɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃt lˈɔɪɚ hˈuː hˌæd, ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv, də fˈiːɾᵻd mˈɪstɚ. ɡlˈædstoʊn æɾ ˈɑːksfɚd.mˈiːnwaɪl mˈɪstɚ. dʒˈɑːn bɹˈaɪt hɐdbɪn kəndˈʌktɪŋ ɐ ɹᵻfˈɔːɹm kæmpˈeɪn ɪnðə pɹˈɑːvɪnsᵻz.