CHAPTER XLV.
WILLIAM IV. 1835—1836
State of Parties..... General Election..... Ecclesiastical Commission..... Meeting of Parliament; Contest for the Office of Speaker..... Opening of the Session..... Discussion in the Lords regarding the Slavery Abolition Act..... Motion of the Marquis of Chandos to repeal the Malt-tax..... The Dissenters’ Marriage Act..... Ministerial Plan for the Commutation of Tithes in England..... Report of Commission regarding the Church of England, &c...... The Question of the Appropriation of the Surplus Revenues of the Irish Church..... Resignation of Ministers and the Restoration of Lord Melbourne’s Cabinet..... Municipal Reform and the Irish Church..... Agricultural Distress..... Municipal Corporations..... Bill for regulating the Irish Church..... Discussion regarding Orange Societies in Ireland..... The Vote by Ballot, &c...... Motion for the Repeal of the Window-tax, &c...... The Budget..... Discussions regarding Canada..... Prorogation of Parliament..... State of the Continent