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a strong opposition was offered to the suggestion 

 that Parliament should be dissolved, although the 

 Duke of Wellington declared that " if the amendment 

 were passed, it would be viewed as a complete defeat 

 of Ministers." Many of those to whom the Prime 

 Minister looked for support were against him, in- 

 cluding the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of 

 Londonderry, the Earl of Mansfield, and Lords 

 Wharncliffe, Harrowby, AVinchester, and Eldon, all 

 of whom stated that they should vote for the amend- 

 ment ; and the Duke of Richmond denounced the 

 Government " as a Government of mere expediency, 

 full of vacillating proposals, never daring to propose 

 and support measures on their own proper grounds." 



