Chapter 12 No.12

Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime-minister.-Commercial Reforms.-Free-trade.-Religious Toleration.-Maynooth.-The Queen's University.-Post-office Regulations.-The Opening of Letters.-Naturalization of Aliens.-Recall of Lord Ellenborough.-Reversal of the Vote on the Sugar Duties.-Refusal of the Crown to Sanction a Bill.-The Question of Increase in the Num