ernment_.
Feb. 20. Brings in Colonial Bishops bill.
March 15. On free trade.
April On Farini's 'Stato Romano,' in _Edinburgh Review_.
" 2. Third son, Henry Neville, born.
" 5. Protests against policy of Kaffir war.
" 28. Moves second reading of Colonial Bishops bill.
" 30. On Mr. Disraeli's budget statement.
May 10. Proposes rejection of bill to assign disenfranchised seats of
St. Albans and Sudbury.
" 11. In favour of select committee on education at Maynooth
College.
" 12. On paper duty.
" 21. On New Zealand Government bill.
June 8 and 10. Defends action of Bishop of Bath and Wells in the case
of Frome vicarage.
" 23. Brings in bill to amend colonial church laws.
July 14. Re-elected for Oxford University,--Sir. R. Inglis, 1368; W. E.
Gladstone, 1108; Dr. Marsham, 758.
Nov. 11, 25. In defence of principles of free trade.
" 26. Defends Sir R. Peel's free trade policy.
Dec. 'Count Montalembert on Catholic Interests in the Nineteenth
Century' in the _Quarterly_.
" 6. Attacks government's income-tax proposals.
" 16. Replies to Mr. Disraeli's speech in defence of his budget
proposals.
" 23. Appointed chancellor of the exchequer.
1853.
Jan. 20. Re-elected for Oxford University,--W. E. Gladstone, 1022; Mr.
Perceval, 898.
March 3. Speech on Mr. Hume's motion for repeal of all protective
import duties.
" 4 and 18. On Clergy reserves (Canada) bill.
" 28. At Mansion House banquet, on public opinion and public
finance.
April 4. On government's proposal to improve education in England and
Wales.
" 8. Explains nature of proposals for conversion of portion of
national debt.
" 8. On Irish taxation.
" 14. Opposes motion for repeal of advertisement duty, newspaper
stamp tax, and paper duty on financial grounds.
" 18. Introduces his first budget.
" 22. Defends South Sea commutation bill.
May 9. Opposes amendment, in the interest of property, to income-tax.
" 12. Explains changes proposed in succession duties.
" 23. On taxation of Ireland.
June 13. Moves second reading of Savings Bank bill; and July 21.
July 1. Proposes reduction of advertisement duty to sixpence.
" 29. On South Sea Annuities.
Aug. 3. On Colonial Church Regulation
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