CHAPTER L.
VICTORIA. 1839—1840
State of Parties..... Meeting of Parliament..... The Corn-
law Question..... The Affairs of Ireland discussed in
Parliament..... Proceedings in Parliament respecting
Jamaica..... Resignation of Ministers, and Failure of Sir
Robert Peel to form a new Administration, &c...... National
Education..... The Affairs of Canada..... The second Jamaica
Bill, &c...... Bill for the Suppression of the Portuguese
Slave trade, &c...... Motion for the Ballot..... Act for the
better ordering of Prisons..... Motion for a Committee of
the whole House to consider the National Petition.....
Birmingham Riots, &c...... The Budget; proposed Reduction of
Postage Duties, &c...... Prorogation of Parliament.....
Affairs in the East Indies..... State of the Continent.