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..