CHAPTER XLI.
WILLIAM IV. 1831—1832
State of the Reform Question..... Meeting of Parliament.....
Introduction of the Reform Bill..... Debate on the Motion
that the Bill be read a Second Time, &c...... Motion of
Adjournment pending the Ordnance Estimates carried against
Ministers..... Prorogation and Dissolution of
Parliament..... The Budget..... Proposed Change in
Taxes, &c...... Arrangement of the Civil List..... General
Election..... Meeting of Parliament: The Reform Question
renewed in Parliament, and carried in the Commons.....
Rejection of it by the Lords..... Consequences of its
Rejection..... Financial Statements..... Prorogation of
Parliament..... Coronation of William IV...... Opening of
the New London Bridge..... Ravages of the Cholera.....
Foreign Affairs..... Meeting of Parliament..... New Reform
Bill..... State of Ireland