and restrictions upon Dissenters, 51; proposal to enfranchise Manchester, 51; moves the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, 55-57; and Catholic Emancipation, 59; rejection of his bill for enfranchising Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds, 60; defeated at Bedford, 60; visit to Paris, and efforts to save the life of Prince de Polignac, 60, 61; elected for Tavistock, and appointed Paymaster-General, 62; prepares the first Reform Bill in conjunction with Lord Durham and others, 67; introduces the bill, 69-72; moves the second reading of the Bill, 73; returned to Parliament for Devonshire, 75; raised to Cabinet rank, and introduces second Reform Bill, 75; reply to vote of thanks from Birmingham, 79; introduces the third Reform Bill, 80; carries the bill to the Lords, 81; and the Municipal Reform Act, 90, 104; opposition to Radical measures, 90; and the wants of Ireland, 91; visit to Ireland, 91, 92; on Mr. Littleton's Irish Tithe Bill, 94, 95; 'upsets the coach,' 95; on Coercion Acts, 97, 98; allusion to his Biography of Fox, 98; and the leadership in the House of Commons under the first Melbourne Ministry, 100, 101; William IV.'s opinion of him, 101; returned for South Devon on Peel's accession to power, 102; as leader of the Opposition, 103; and the meeting at Lichfield House, 103; defeats the Government with his Irish Church motion, 104; marriage, 104, 355; appointment to the Home Office in the second Melbourne Administration, 104; defeated in Devonshire, and elected for Stroud, 104; presented with a testimonial at Bristol, 105; and the Dissenters' Marriage Bill, 106; and the Tithe Commutation Act, 106, 107; again returned for Stroud, 107; allusion to the accession of the Queen, 108; declines to take part in further measures of Reform, and is called by Radicals 'Finality John,' 110; death of his wife, 112; Education Bill of 1839, 114, 115; as Colonial Secretary, 116-118, 338; his appointment of a Chartist magistrate, 119; and the Corn Laws, 121; returned for the City of London, 122; second marriage, 123; Wellington's opinion of him, 123; his opinion of Peel's Administration, 126; supports Peel on the Maynooth question, 129, 130; and the repeal of the Corn Laws, 131-134, 139; and the 'Edinburgh Letter,' 133; fails to form a Ministry on the resignation of Peel, 134, 135; opposes Peel's proposal for renewal of Coercion Act, 139, 140; succeeds Peel as Prime Minister, 141; address in the City, 142; political qualities, 143, 145; contrasted with Palmerston, 144; his measure for total repeal of Corn Laws, 145; and sugar duties, 146; proposes renewal of Irish Arms Bill, 146; his Irish policy, and anxiety and efforts for the improvement of the