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Influence of party on Parliamentary government
The principles represented by English parties
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Whigs and Tories.
Parties after the Revolution
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The Whigs in opposition
Classes from which parties were mainly drawn.
Revival of the Tory party on the accession of George III.
The king's efforts to break up parties
Alliance of the king's friends with the Tories
Resistance to change, a principle adopted by the Tories
Party principles tested by the American war
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Influence of the French Revolution upon parties
Disruption of the Whigs ..
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Many leading Whigs coalesce with Mr. Pitt.
The consolidation of his party
Ostracism of liberal opinions
The Tory party in Scotland
Secession of the Whigs from Parliament, 1798.
Disunion of the Tories, 1801
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The Tories under Lord Liverpool
Democratic sentiments provoked by distress, 1817-1820
The Whigs associated with the people
Increasing power of public opinion .
Disunion of the Tories on the death of Lord Liverpool
Mr. Canning supported by the Whigs .
The Duke of Wellington's administration
Effect of Catholic emancipation upon parties
The Whigs in power, 1830: their union with the people
Parties after the Reform Act
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The Tory party assume the name of Conservatives
Sir Robert Peel's short ministry, 1834-35.
Parties under Lord Melbourne
Conservative reaction
Sir Robert Peel's second ministry
His free-trade policy
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Union of Whigs and Peelites under Lord Aberdeen, 1853
Essential difference between Conservatives and Liberals
Changes in the character of parties.
Politics formerly a profession
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Juries denied the right to judge of the offence of libel
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The Slave Trade Association, 1787: its means of agitation, and
Regulation of newspapers, 1789-98
Bill to suppress corresponding societies, 1799
Repressive measures completed: their effects
Trials of Mr. Wakefield and the "Courier,” 1799
Trial of Jean Peltier, 1803
Trials of Cobbett and the Messrs. Hunt, 1804-11.
Progress of free discussion reviewed
CHAPTER X.
THE PRESS, AND LIBERTY OF OPINION, CONTINUED.
Agitation in the manufacturing districts, 1819.
The Manchester meeting
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