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.