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