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CHAPTER V.
Parliamentary Reforin. -- Persevering opposition of Mr. Croker. --
Powerful Speech of Mr. Macaulay. -- Difficult position of Sir Robert
Peel. -- Retirement of Lord Grey. -- Reconstruction of the Whig
Cabinet 		52
CHAPTER VI.
Peel's Speech on the Reform Bill. -- Murmurs of the Tories at his
conduct. -- He becomes Leader of a Party to which he does not
belong. -- Subserviency of the Whig Cabinet to O'Connell. -- Decline
of the Whigs. -- Character of Lord Durham. -- His retirement from
office. -- Overthrow of the Whigs. -- The Duke of Wellington under-
takes the entire government. -- Return of Sir Robert Peel from
Italy. -- Dissolution of Parliament. -- The hostility of the Whigs in
the New House of Commons. -- Defeat of the Ministry. -- Return
of the Whigs under the Premiership of Lord Melbourne. -- Dinner
to Sir Robert Peel at Merchant Tailors' Hall. -- His Policy ex-
plained to his supporters. -- Defeat of the Whigs. -- The Queen sends
for Sir Robert Peel. -- Character of Lord Melbourne. -- The Queen's
confidence in him. -- Peel desires to have the appointments in the
Royal Household. -- The Queen's Letter to Sir Robert Peel, and his
Reply. -- Return of the Whigs to office. -- Arrival of M. Guizot in
London. -- Conversation with Peel. -- Peel's sympathy for the Work-
ing Classes. -- Views of public Policy. -- The Elections. -- Defeat of
the Whigs. -- Peel becomes Premier 		60
CHAPTER VII.
Character of the New Cabinet. -- And of the New Premier. -- Speech
from the Throne 		88
CHAPTER VIII.
The Charges brought by the Whigs repelled by Sir Robert Peel. --
Birth of the Prince of Wales. -- Establishment of the Income Tax. --
Speech of Sir Robert Peel. -- Revision of the Import Duties on
Foreign Products. -- Sir Robert Peel's testimony to Mr. Huskisson. --
The Sliding Scale. -- Schism in the Cabinet. -- Retirement of the
Duke of Buckingham. -- Speech of Lord Palmerston and Sir Robert
Peel's Reply. -- Progress of Events towards Free Trade 		92
CHAPTER IX.
Severe distress at Bolton. -- Dr. Bowring. -- Speech of Paulton, a young
surgeon at Bolton, against the Corn Laws. -- Petition of the Man-
chester Chamber of Commerce. -- Richard Cobden. -- Suggestion of
the Anti-Corn-Law League. -- The Chartists. -- Their opposition to

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