The establishment was a grievance which an English government might alleviate if ...

The establishment was a grievance which an English government might alleviate if it could not remove. Disorder was a pestilence which it was bound to stamp out.

Hence the history of Lord Grey's Government is taken up very largely with Irish Church bills.

Peel's long-distance programme will

be found in a memorandum by Prince Albert, Christmas 1945. His character is not easy to read, because his mastery of Parliamentary methods masked an intense dislike of the party system, while his frigid efficiency covered an almost passionate concern for the welfare of the people. On his last ride an acquaintance, who recognized his horse as a bolter, was afraid to warn him / her, but in a begging letter-writer's list of people most likely to be touched for a flyer, Peel's name was found with good Queen Adelaide and Dickens: LONDON, WEDNESDAY: JULY 3: 1850: Sir ROBERT PEEL IS no more; After three days of excessive suffering, at a few minutes past eleven last night, the greatest statesman of his time quitted the scene in which he had performed so conspicuous a part.

Even the anxiety and the rumors which have penetrated every household since the first alarming intelligence will have failed to prepare the country for the deplorable result.

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