Excerpt from The History of England, From the Accession of George 1760, to the Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837, Vol. 7 of 7State of the country at the beginning of 1823 - Opening of the session - Debates on Spain and the holy alliance - Affairs of Spain, and restoration of Ferdinand VIL - Affairs of Portugal Agricultural and commercial interests - Free trade The budget - Afi'airs in Ireland - Catholic question - Fracas between Mr. Brougham and Mr. Canning - Motions to reform the criminal law - Lord A. Hamilton's motion to reform the state of Scotch representation-mr. Canning's opinions on the subject of reform, &c., - New London-bridge bill - Mr. Creevey's motion respect ing the four and a half per cent. Duty on the Leeward Islands Expenses of the coronation - Other instances of extravagant ex penditure exposed by Mr. Hume - The king's donation of the library of George III. To the public - Irish tithe commutation billmdissenters' marriage act thrown out - Prorogation of par liament - State of the country - Appointment of consuls to the South American colonies - Sentiments of Mr. Canning on this subject, See - Extract from his speech at Plymouth State of the country at the beginning of l824 - Meeting of parliament - At tack on ministers on account of the occupation of Spain, Recognition of South American independence - Financial state ment - Repeal of taxes, bounties, &c., - Steps towards a more unrestricted system of trade - Debates on the same - Alien bill, &c., - State of Ireland, catholic association, are.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.