The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860 1
The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860 1
May, Thomas Erskine, 1815-1886
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s 258 HOUSE OP LORDS. stand up against its fury, they could still be over- come by the royal prerogative. Already, before the second reading, no less than six- teen new peers had been created, in order to correct, ip some measure, the notorious disproportion between the two parties in that house; but a majority was still known to be adverse to the Bill. A further creation of peers, in order to ensure the succe^ of the measure, was then in contemplation ; but the large number that would be requi...red for that purpose, the extreme harsh- ness of such a course, and the hope — not ill-founded — that many of the peers would yield to the peril of the times, discouraged ministers from yet advising this last resource of power. The result was singular. The peers hesitated, wavered, and paused. Many of them, actuated by fear, by prudence, by policy, or by pubhc spirit, refrained from voting. But the bishops, — either less alarmed, or less sensible of the immi- nent danger of the occasion, — mustered in imusual force.
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