Download or read book The History of England From the Accession of George 1760 to the Accession of Queen Victoria 1837 Vol 3 of 7 written by T. S. Hughes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of England, From the Accession of George 1760, to the Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837, Vol. 3 of 7 Meeting of parliament - King's speech-Amendment moved to the address - Systematic attack on administration arranged-Efforts of Burke, Dunning, and Fox-Change of principles in lord Lyttelton and Mr. Adam-Duel between the latter and Mr. Fox - Attack on the king's speech by lord George Gordon - Lord Shelburne attacks ministers in the case of Ireland-Communication of papers respecting that country by lord North-Introduces three propositions for the relief of Ireland, &c.-Fails ¡11 giving satisfaction - Cry for economy - Cause of economical reform-Duke of Richmond's motion on the subject in the house of lords rejected-Mr. Burke introduces it into the lower house -Meeting in yorkshire and other counties, &c., to petition for reform - Mr. Burke's motion in the house - His scheme, comprised in five resolutions, is rejected - Lord Shelburne's motion for a commission of accounts rejected - Colonel Barré's motion for a committee of accounts passed with lord North's approbation - Bill for excluding contractors, he. from parliament, rejected - Other motions regarding places and pensions, he. - Duel between Mr. Fullarton and lord Shelburne - Altercation between lord North and the speaker - Reception of petitions by the house - Debates on them - Mr. Dunning's motions on the increase of crown influence, &c. carried - Illness of the speaker-The house adjourns-Reassembles with altered sentiments - Mr. Dunning's motion for an address to the kiug - Mr. Adam opposes it - Answered by Mr. Fox-Motion rejected - Subsequent debates, &c.-Change of sentiments in the house accounted for - Lord North's proposal respecting the East India company-Motion by general Conway, he - Protestant association-Lord George Gordon-Steps taken to procure a repeal of acts in favor of papists-Riots in London-Meeting of parliament - Conduct of the king-Discussions respecting the interference of the military About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.