ABSTRACT
THEaccessionofGeorgetheFourthtookplaceataGeorgeIV. .hbl'..hd''dd.1820-1880timewenpuIcopmwnwasmucIVIeoncertam·
questionsofdomesticpolicy,especiallyonthesubject ofParliamentaryReform,withoutwhich,itwaswith somereasonassertedbyalargesectionofthepeople, itwouldbevaintoexpectotherameliorations. Tumultuousmeetingswereheldinthemanufacturing districts,andatManchesteralargeassemblagehad beendispersedbythemilitary.Conspiraciesweresaid tobesecretlyconcocted,andageneralfeelingofapprehensionprevailed,withoutanyverydefinitecause, exceptingthatthereweregreatcomplaintsofdistress inallpartsofthecountry.Itisnotnecessary,however,togiveadetailofthesecircumstances,astheyare sufficientlyrecentforremembrance.Indeeditmust havebeennoticedthatasweapproachedmoderntimes,
reference to details not immediately connected with the Poor Law have been less frequent, as they were less necessary for a right understanding of the condition of the people ; and hereafter attention will be altogether confined to poor law measures, and to matters more or less immediately connected therewith.
