OF THE 



UNIVERSITY 



THE LIFE AND TIMES 



OF 



HENRY LORD BROUGHAM, 



CHAPTER X. 

 rtrers in Council, 



CONTEST WITH THE " ORDERS IN COUNCIL" THEIR ORIGIN THE 

 BERLIN AND MILAN DECREES THE POLICY OF RETALIATION 

 ADOPTED IN THE ORDERS - PREPARATIONS FOR ATTACKING 

 THEM - CORRESPONDENCE WITH MERCANTILE MEN - MOTION 

 FOR SELECT COMMITTEE - JAMES STEPHEN ALEXANDER BARING 

 - PERCEVAL - INCIDENTS OF HIS ASSASSINATION - ITS POLITICAL 

 EFFECTS RECALL OF THE ORDERS STATE OF PARTIES WARD 

 (LORD DUDLEY) AND HIS FOLLOWERS INSTANCES OF THE POPU- 



LARITY OF THE RECALL - QUESTION OF TESTIMONIALS FOR PUBLIC 

 SERVICES - AMERICAN DECLARATION OF WAR - WILBERFORCE 

 WRITES ABOUT HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE REPRESENTATION OF 

 YORKSHIRE AN OPENING IN LIVERPOOL ACCOUNT OF UNSUC- 

 CESSFUL CONTEST THERE RETURNED FOR WINCHELSEA. 



THE repeal of the Orders in Council was my greatest 

 achievement. It was second to none of the many 

 efforts made by me, and not altogether without suc- 

 cess, to ameliorate the condition of my fellow-men. In 

 these I had the sympathy and aid of others, but in 



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