22 OCTOBER 1831, page 14

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RETROSPECT, ASPECT, AND PROSPECT OF REFORM. THE Duke of WELLINGTON, when Prime Minister, was profoundly ignorant of the state of public opinion concerning the House of Commons.......

They Were Told—over And Over And Over Again They Were

told— At a time when, throughout Europe, force was the arbiter of what would happen. With the progress of delay, if that term may be used, the Tories took heart, and the hearts......