. A short history of England and the British Empire. am IV, who had succeededhis brother a few months before, called on Earl Grey to heada new There were still four leading groups in thepolitics of Britain: extreme Tories, Canningite Tories, Whigs, and Radicals. EarlGrey selected The Greyhis cabinet minis*ry-from among the Whigs andthe Canningites; he alsohad the support of theRadicals. Out of this alli-ance grew the Liberal partywhich has controlled thenation and the empiremost of the time since few months later thegovernment had a bill readyfor the reconstruction ofparliame
. A short history of England and the British Empire. am IV, who had succeededhis brother a few months before, called on Earl Grey to heada new There were still four leading groups in thepolitics of Britain: extreme Tories, Canningite Tories, Whigs, and Radicals. EarlGrey selected The Greyhis cabinet minis*ry-from among the Whigs andthe Canningites; he alsohad the support of theRadicals. Out of this alli-ance grew the Liberal partywhich has controlled thenation and the empiremost of the time since few months later thegovernment had a bill readyfor the reconstruction ofparliament. It was intro-duced into the house ofcommons by The FirstLord John Rus- Reform Bill,sell who hadalso been a persistent advo-cate of parliamentary But the first test vote showed that the house wasalmost evenly divided on the subject, and the bill was the hope of securing a favorable house, the Grey ministrydissolved parliament and ordered new After anexciting campaign, in which the reform bill was the sole issue,. Lord John RussellFrom a photograph by May all 1 Cheyney, No. 416; Kendall, No. 129. 2 Gardiner, 900-901. 3 Cheyney, No. 417. 4 Cheyney, Nos. 41 5 Kendall, No. 130. 421. 544 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REFORMS the Whigs and their allies came back to Westminster in a strongThe Second majority. Another bill was prepared and passedReform Bill. through the house of commons but it was rejectedby the The excitement in the country was intense and for someweeks riot and destruction of property prevailed. A third billwas rushed through the house, but once more the peers threat-ened to throw it out or to change it so as to make it harmlessThe Third as a reform measure. When the attitude of theReform Bill, peers became evident, Grey and his colleagues re-signed. The king asked Wellington to form another cabinet,but as he now proposed to grant a measure of reform, the Torychiefs refused to serve under him. The king then recalled EarlGrey and pr
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