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1830 Character of the King, | 1418 |
Effects of the July Revolution, | 1419 |
Position of Wellington's ministry, | 1420 |
Danger from O'Connell's agitations, | 1421 |
And from rick-burning, etc., | 1421 |
Death of Huskisson, | 1421 |
Anxiety felt in Parliament, | 1422 |
Wellington resigns, | 1422 |
Grey's ministry, | 1423 |
Difficulties attending reform, | 1423 |
1831 The first Reform Bill, | 1425 |
The second reading, | 1426 |
Dissolution of Parliament, | 1426 |
The Bill passes in the Commons, | 1427 |
The Bill rejected in the Lords, | 1427 |
Consequent riots in the country, | 1428 |
Organized action of the political unions, | 1428 |
Opposition of the King, | 1429 |
1832 The second Bill passes second reading in the Lords, | 1429 |
Preparations during the recess, | 1429 |
The Bill again rejected in the Lords, | 1430 |
The ministers resign, | 1430 |
They return to office, | 1430 |
The Reform Bill passes, | 1430 |
Description of the Bill, | 1430 |
Importance of the change, | 1432 |
Anxiety as to the effect of the change, | 1433 |
1833 Character of the reformed Parliament, | 1434 |
Critical questions to be settled, | 1434 |
Condition of Ireland, | 1434 |
Position of the Irish Church, | 1435 |
Irish Tithe Composition Bill passed, | 1436 |
Althorp's Irish Church Bill, | 1436 |
The Coercion Bill, | 1438 |
Changes in the ministry, | 1439 |
Weakness of the ministry, | 1440 |
Renewal of the Bank charter, | 1441 |
Settlement of the East India Company, | 1442 |
Emancipation of the Slaves, | 1442 |
Condition of trade in the West Indies, | 1443 |
1831 Opposition of planters to the orders in Council, | 1444 |
1833 The Bill passed, | 1445 |
1834 Weakness of the ministry shown in Parliament, | 1445 |
Split in the Cabinet on Ward's motion on the Irish Church, | 1446 |
Resignation of Stanley, Graham, Richmond, and Ripon, | 1447 |
Difficulties of Grey's position, | 1447 |
Grey resigns. Lord Melbourne's ministry, | 1449 |
His Church policy, | 1450 |
Reform of the Poor Law, | 1451 |
Discontent and misery of the poor, | 1453 |
Increase of trades unions, | 1454 |
Dispute between Brougham and Durham, | 1455 |
Dismissal of the Melbourne ministry, | 1455 |
Peel's ministry, | 1456 |
1835 The Tamworth Manifesto, | 1456 |
Irish appropriation clause again introduced, | 1457 |
Peel resigns. Melbourne's ministry reconstituted, | 1457 |
Condition of municipal corporations, | 1459 |
The Municipal Reform Bill, | 1460 |
Foreign diplomacy of Palmerston, | 1461 |
1831 Absorption of Poland, | 1461 |
Formation of Belgium, | 1462 |
Affairs of Portugal, | 1463 |
1832 Affairs of Spain, | 1463 |
1834 The Quadruple Alliance, | 1464 |
Retrospect of affairs in India, | 1465 |
1805 Cornwallis Governor-General, | 1466 |
Sir George Barlow, | 1466 |
1807 Lord Minto, | 1466 |
1813 Marquis of Hastings, | 1467 |
1814 War with Nepaul, | 1467 |
1815 War with the Pindaries and Mahrattas, | 1468 |
1823 Lord Amherst, | 1471 |
War with Burmah, | 1471 |
1826 Capture of Bhurtpore, | 1472 |