. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. gham, Derby, Bristol, and otherplaces. It was not until a third Reform Bill had been brought in by the Min-istry and passed by the Commons that t
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. gham, Derby, Bristol, and otherplaces. It was not until a third Reform Bill had been brought in by the Min-istry and passed by the Commons that the Peers yielded, and it became a law»June 7, 1832. Even this would not have been accomplished had not the King,in obedience to the pressure put upon him, notified the House of Lords that ifthey refused their assent he would create a sufficient number of Whig lordsto carry the measure. This Reform Bill, one of the most important measures ever passed by Par-liament, abolished the rotten boroughs, gave a vote to every householder whopaid a rent of $50, gave two representatives to Birmingham, Leeds, Man-chester, and nineteen other towns, and one representative each to twenty-oneother places, until then unrepresented. Fifty-six boroughs were disfranchised,and forty-three new ones, beside thirty county constituencies, were created,while the county franchise was extended to copyholders, leaseholders, and theoccupants of premises of certain England—Parliamentary Reform 1117 Many of the Tories were sure that the Reform meant the ruin of the brave old Duke of Wellington wrote : I dont generally take a gloomyview of things, but I confess that, knowing all that I do, I cannot see what isto save the Church, or property, or colonies, or union with Ireland, or eventu-ally monarchy, if the Reform Bill passes. With the coming in of the new Parliament the Whigs began to take thename of Liberals and the Tories of Conservatives, which you hear nowadays,though the others a
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