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The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria

Chapter 1093: CHAPTER XLVIII.
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The volume traces British political, parliamentary, and military developments from the accession of George III through the early nineteenth century, chronicling changes of ministry and cabinet, debates over colonial taxation and the American conflict, parliamentary controversies involving figures such as Wilkes and Warren Hastings, questions of Catholic relief and slave-trade abolition, and responses to the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars, including major naval and continental campaigns, the union with Ireland, and domestic legislation on finance, civil liberties, and parliamentary reform.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

VICTORIA. 1837—1838

The Accession of Queen Victoria..... The Queen’s Message to both Houses: Eulogies of the late Sovereign in both Houses of Parliament..... Bill for providing the Succession to the Crown..... The Budget, &c...... Alterations in the Criminal Law, &c...... Prorogation of Parliament..... State of Parties and Elections..... City Banquet to the Queen..... Opening of the New Parliament..... The Subject of the Civil List debated..... The Subject of the Pension List..... Intelligence from Canada: Discussion on the Subject..... Adjournment of the House..... State of the Continent