CHAPTER XLV.
WILLIAM IV. 1835—1836
State of Parties..... General Election..... Ecclesiastical
Commission..... Meeting of Parliament; Contest for the
Office of Speaker..... Opening of the Session.....
Discussion in the Lords regarding the Slavery Abolition
Act..... Motion of the Marquis of Chandos to repeal the
Malt-tax..... The Dissenters’ Marriage Act..... Ministerial
Plan for the Commutation of Tithes in England..... Report
of Commission regarding the Church of England, &c...... The
Question of the Appropriation of the Surplus
Revenues of the Irish Church..... Resignation of
Ministers and the Restoration of Lord Melbourne’s
Cabinet..... Municipal Reform and the Irish Church.....
Agricultural Distress..... Municipal Corporations.....
Bill for regulating the Irish Church..... Discussion
regarding Orange Societies in Ireland..... The Vote by
Ballot, &c...... Motion for the Repeal of the Window-tax,
&c...... The Budget..... Discussions regarding Canada.....
Prorogation of Parliament..... State of the Continent