REIGN OF WILLIAM IV. (_concluded_).
Prorogation of Parliament--Agitation against the House of
Lords--O'Connell's Crusade--Inquiry into the Orange Lodges--Report
of the Committee--Mr. Hume's Motion--Renewed Attack in 1836--The
Lodges dissolved--Lord Mulgrave in Ireland--His Progresses--Wrath
of the Orangemen--Prosperity of the Country--Condition of Canada--A
Commission appointed--Violence of the King--Lord Gosford in
Canada--His Failure to pacify the Canadians--Upper Canada--Pepys
becomes Lord Chancellor--Opening of Parliament--The King's
Speech--O'Connell and Mr. Raphael--The Newspaper Duty--The Irish
Poor--Appointment of a Commission--Its numerous Reports--The Third
Report--Private Bills on the Subject--Mr. Nicholls' Report--Lord
John Russell's Bill--Abandonment of the Measure--Debate on
Agriculture--Finance--The Ecclesiastical Commission--Its first
Report--The Commission made permanent--The Tithe Commutation
Act--The Marriage Act--The Registration Act--Commercial
Panics--Foreign Affairs--Russian Aggression--Occupation of
Cracow--Disorder in Spain--Revolution in Portugal--Position of the
Ministry--A Speech of Sheil's--The Church Rates Bill--Death of the
King--His Treatment of the Ministry 392