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Increased power of the Crown.
Disagreements between the Commons and the Crown
Profligacy of ministers in the early years of George III.
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CHAPTER XV.
Ascendancy of the Court - Disunion of the Whigs-Desertion
from the Whig Party - Attempt to stop Parliamentary
Reporting Contumacy of the Printers Contest with
the City Magistrates—Their Imprisonment in the Tower
– Popular Dislike of Parliamentary Privilege― Waning
Popularity of Wilkes- Character of the Constituencies
-The Whig Party broken up.
Session of 1771-Attempt to exclude parliamentary reporters 93
Col. Onslow's motion against reporters .
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Death of the Princess Dowager - Her Unpopularity Po-
litical Maxims of the King-Improved Morality of the
Court Profligacy of the King's Brothers - Inter-
marriages of the Royal Family - The Introduction of
the Royal Marriage Act-Dr. Nowell's Sermon-Ag-
gression on the Established Church Petition of the
Clergy.
Partition of Poland - Political Condition of the Republic-
Constitution Intrigues of the Great Powers - Partition