J. G. & F. RIVINGTON;

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, AND CO.; JEFFERY AND SON; J M

RICHARDSON;

J. BOOTH; J. BOOKER; J. RODWELL; E. LLOYD; SHERWOOD, GILBERT
AND PIPER; HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO.; G. LAWFORD; J. DOWDING
WHITTAKER, TREACILER, AND ARNOT; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALI
T. LAYCOCK; S. W. SUSTENANCE; AND RENSHAW AND RUSH.

CONTENTS.

HISTORY OF EUROPE.

CHAPTER I.

Meeting of Parliament-Discussions on the Address-Reform Bill intro-

duced into the Commons-Alterations from the former Bill-Debate or

the Motion for the Second Reading-Speeches of Sir E. Sugden, Mr.

Macaulay, Mr. Croker, Lord Althorpe, Sir C. Wetherell, Mr. Stanley,

Sir R. Peel, &c.-Second Reading carried, and Parliament adjourns for

the Christmas holidays-Proceedings of the Special Commission at

Bristol and Nottingham-Court Martial on the Commander, and second

in command, of the Troops at Bristol during the Riots-Trial of the

Magistrates of Bristol

CHAPTER II.

Complaints in the House of Commons of want of documents regarding

the Reform Bill-Motion to postpone the Committee-Committee on

the Bill-Motion to omit the number of Boroughs that should stand in

schedules A and B-Debate on the clause for dividing counties-On the

franchise of tenants at will-Amendments moved on the 107. qualifica-

tion Clause-Objections to the Registration Clauses-Debate on the

principles on which Boroughs were selected for Disfranchisement-

Discussions on the Cases of Appleby-Amersham-Midhurst-Dart-

mouth-Helstone-Debate on the Representation of the Metropolitan

Districts-Motion to give a Member to Merthyr Tydvil instead of Gates-

head, lost by forty-seven-A Member taken from Monmouthshire and

given to Merthyr Tydvil-Discussion on the Cases of South Shields-

Walsall-Whitby-Bill read a third time and passed

CHAPTER III.

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Rumours of Creation of Peers-Bill read a First Time in the House of

Lords Second Reading of the Bill-Speeches of Earl Grey-Lord

Ellenborough-Earl of Haddington-Earl of Shrewsbury-Earl of

Mansfield-Earl of Harrowby-Duke of Wellington-Lord Wharncliffe

-Duke of Buckingham-Bishop of Exeter-Lords Wynford, Eldon, and

Tenterden The Lord Chancellor-Lord Lyndhurst, &c. Second

Reading carried by a Majority of Nine

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Committee on the Bill in the Lords-Motion that the Disfranchising

Clauses be postponed to the Enfranchising Clauses, carried against

Ministers by a majority of thirty-five-Ministers apply to the King to

create Peers-The King refuses-Ministers resign-Commons vote an

address to the King to recall them-Violence of the Reformers-Peti-

tions to the Commons to refuse the Supplies-Failure of the attempts