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 1841.] Accession of the Queen to fall of Melbourne. 289 were not prepared to oppose the Ministry and divide the party upon such an issue. Only twenty members voted for the amendment, which was opposed by 509. The list of the minority is interesting as containing the names of the English Radicals who were determined to support the cause of reform at any cost, and as not containing those of the Irish Radicals.* The remainder of the year was occupied mainly by the discussions attending the settlement of the civil list. The Radicals did what they could to keep the grants within reasonable limits, and especially to restrict the pension list, Harvey being the chief mover on their side. Their efforts on the whole could not be considered very successful. After the settlement had been made on most liberal terms, ministers arranged for the continuance to the Crown of the incomes of the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, which made the total grants what can scarcely be described as otherwise than extravagant. The matter, however, led to no action which affected the position of parties. On the 23rd of December Parliament was adjourned to the i6th of January. The shortness of the recess was caused by the anxiety which was felt with regard to the serious position of affairs in Canada. The two provinces of that great colony had been driven into disaffection, and one of them into rebellion, by the obstinate refusal of the home Government to concede the principle of representative government. In the yea'r 1837 the crisis had been reached ; and on the i6th of March in that year Russell had met it by a series of resolutions which, after setting out the nature of the position, declared, amongst other things, that it was inexpedient to make the legislative council Aglionby, H. A. Duncombe, T. S. Ward, H. G. Attwood, T. Fielding, J. White, A. Brabazon, Sir W. Finch, J. White, S. Browne, R. D. Grote, G. Williams, W. Bryan, G. Hallyburton, Lord Butler, Hon. Col. Hume, J. Wakley, T. } Collins, W. Leader, J. T. Molesworth, Sir W. Tellers ' De.ninstoun, J. Vigors, N. A. U
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