ABSTRACT
The Catholic question was so engrossing to the mind of the whole nation, that the records of the year present few notices of other subjects. In connection with it, however, some incidents occurred which are worthy of note. When the House of Lords assembled after Easter holidays, on the 28th of April, there was an unusually full attendance; and many ladies were present, in expectation of very interesting spectacle. It is said, that, on a long account for travelling expenses being sent into the treasury by the Lord High Admiral, the Duke of Wellington indorsed the paper, ‘No travelling expenses allowed to Lord High Admiral,’ and dismissed it. While waiting for Lord Grey, however, the subject of parliamentary reform was not dropped. It was brought forward on the 2nd of June, in an extraordinary manner. The distress among the silk-weavers being extreme this year, attempt was made in Parliament to procure a reversal of the free-trade policy of Mr. Huskisson.
