III. The Ten Hours and Sugar Crises of 1844: Government and the House of Commons in the Age of Reform

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1469-5103|12|1|35-57

ISSN: 0018-246x

Source: The Historical Journal, Vol.12, Iss.1, 1969-03, pp. : 35-57

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Abstract

One of the best-known remarks of the nineteenth century, and probably the one most often repeated by contemporary politicians, was the Duke of Wellington's challenge to the Whig reformers in 1831, ‘How is the King's government to be carried on?’ In their difficulties in the late 1830s the Whigs found the question more pertinent than they had allowed during the debates on the Reform Bill.