Chapter 6

Whig and Tory Meetings on Reform--Resolution to carry the Bill-- Holland--Radical Jones--Reform Bill thrown out by the Lords-- Dorsetshire Election--Division among the Tories--Bishop Phillpotts--Prospects of Reform--Its Dangers--Riots at Bristol--The Cholera at Sunderland--An Attempt at a Compromise on Reform--Lord Wharncliffe negotiates with the Ministers-- Negotiation with Mr. Barnes--Proclamation against the Unions-- Barbarism of Sunderland--Disappointment of Lord Wharncliffe-- Bristol and Lyons--Commercial Negotiations with France--Poulett Thomson--Lord Wharncliffe's Proposal to Lord Grey--Disapproved by the Duke of Wellington--Moderation of Lord John Russell--The Appeal of Drax _v._ Grosvenor--The Second Reform Bill--Violence of Lord Durham--More Body-snatchers--Duke of Richmond and Sir Henry Parnell--Panshanger--Creation of Peers--Division of Opinion--Negotiation to avoid the Creation of Peers--Lord Wharncliffe's Interview with the King--Opposition of the Duke of Wellington--The Waverers resolve to separate from the Duke. Page 197