mons under the first Melbourne
Ministry, 100, 101;
William IV.'s opinion of him, 101;
returned for South Devon on Peel's accession to power, 102;
as leader of the Opposition, 103;
and the meeting at Lichfield House, 103;
defeats the Government with his Irish Church motion, 104;
marriage, 104, 355;
appointment to the Home Office in the second Melbourne
Administration, 104;
defeated in Devonshire, and elected for Stroud, 104;
presented with a testimonial at Bristol, 105;
and the Dissenters' Marriage Bill, 106;
and the Tithe Commutation Act, 106, 107;
again returned for Stroud, 107;
allusion to the accession of the Queen, 108;
declines to take part in further measures of Reform, and is called
by Radicals 'Finality John,' 110;
death of his wife, 112;
Education Bill of 1839, 114, 115;
as Colonial Secretary, 116-118, 338;
his appointment of a Chartist magistrate, 119;
and the Corn Laws, 121;
returned for the City of London, 122;
second marriage, 123;
Wellington's opinion of him, 123;
his opinion of Peel's Administration, 126;
supports Peel on the Maynooth question, 129, 130;
and the repeal of the Corn Laws, 131-134, 139;
and the 'Edinburgh Letter,' 133;
fails to form a Ministry on the resignation of Peel, 134, 135;
opposes Peel's proposal for renewal of Coercion Act, 139, 140;
succeeds Peel as Prime Minister, 141;
address in the City, 142;
political qualities, 143, 145;
contrasted with Palmerston, 144;
his measure for total repeal of Corn Laws, 145;
and sugar duties, 146;
proposes renewal of Irish Arms Bill, 146;
his Irish policy, and anxiety and efforts for the improvement of the
people, 151, 152, 156, 157, 158, 338, 342;
and the Arms Bill (1847), 154;
again visits Ireland, 158;
education measures, 159;
returned again for the City, 160;
his appointment of Dr. Hampden to the see of Hereford, 161;
and the Chartist demonstration of 1848, 166, 168;
relations with Lord Palmerston, 170;
on the political situation in Europe after the French Revolution of
1848, 171, 172;
and Palmerston's action in the 'Don Pacifico' affair, 176;
tribute to Sir Robert Peel, 177;
dismisses Palmerston from the Foreign Office, 180;
and the breach with Palmerston, 181;
his 'Durham Letter,' 184-191;
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