CHAPTER IX.

Demand for Parliamentary Reform.--Death of George IV., and Accession of William IV.--French Revolution of 1830.--Growing Feeling in Favor of Reform.--Duke of Wellington's Declaration against Reform.--His Resignation: Lord Grey becomes Prime-minister.--Introduction of the Reform Bill.--Its Details.--Riots at Bristol and Nottingham.--Proposed Creation of Peers.--The King's Message to the Peers.--Character and Consequences of the Reform Bill.--Appointment of a Regency.-- Re-arrangement of the Civil List.