CHAPTER VI.

A Census is Ordered.--Dissolution of Pitt's Administration.--Impeachment of Lord Melville.--Introduction of Lord Ellenborough into the Cabinet.--Abolition of the Slave-trade.--Mr. Windham's Compulsory Training Bill.--Illness of the King, and Regency.--Recurrence to the Precedent of 1788-'89.--Death of Mr. Perceval.--Lord Liverpool becomes Prime-minister.--Question of Appointments in the Household.--Appointment of a Prime-minister.