Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . so been at war with the United States a second inventions came into use in this reign and many useful reformswere made, 4. George IV. 1820-1830 245. George IV becomes king.—When George IV came tothe throne, in 1820, there was no enthusiasm. He hadreally been the ruler of Great Britain for ten years. Forthat length of time his father had been hopeljssly insane,and he had acted as regent of the kingdom. He was recklessand profligate. More than
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . so been at war with the United States a second inventions came into use in this reign and many useful reformswere made, 4. George IV. 1820-1830 245. George IV becomes king.—When George IV came tothe throne, in 1820, there was no enthusiasm. He hadreally been the ruler of Great Britain for ten years. Forthat length of time his father had been hopeljssly insane,and he had acted as regent of the kingdom. He was recklessand profligate. More than once Parliament paid his enor-mous debts, but he began to contract new ones as soonas the old had been settled. Though a man of ability andable at times to show a certain charm of manner, he pre-ferred the compan) of buffootis and prize-fighters to thatof scholars and statesmen; he neglected and ill-used hiswife; he was mean and untruthful. He was not a kingof whom Britons could be proud. 246. Social unrest continues.—The social unrest of thetime found expression in a conspiracy to murder the members 1820-26] THE HOUSE OF HANOVER 259. George IV of the Cabinet, shortly after George IV came to the vast number of unemployed in the manufacturingcentres were accustomed tohold meetings to consider theirgrievances, and at one of thesemeetings held at Manchesterin 1819, the magistrates, fear-ing a riot, ordered a bodyof cavalry to charge througha dense throng of men,women and children; theycut them down with theirswords, killing or woundingnearly a hundred. Fearful ofthe discontent of the passed severelaws to prevent such meet-ings. The people thoughtthey were ill-used, and a dozen or more desperate menplanned what is known as the Cato Street were, however, betrayed by one of their own number,and five of them were executed. After the excitement over this conspiracy had died away,Parliament at last changed the criminal laws so that ahund
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