...connexions. 21. That by a resolution passed on the 6th of April, 1780, it was declared by this House, that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. JET. 70-] RESOLUTIONS ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. 4V97 22. That since that time the influence of the Crown...

...professed to dread the extension of ministerial influence, and who avowed a belief " that the power of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished?" — how could they support a project for adding a vast mass of the most desirable patronage to that...

...connexions. 21. That by a resolution passed on the 6th of April, 1780, it was declared by this Honse, that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. Mt. 70.] RESOLUTIONS ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. 497 22. That since that time the influence of the Crown...

...speaking within three years of the time when the House of Commons had agreed to Mr. Dunning's motion, that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, after musing for a moment, answered : ' The part of our Constitution which will first perish, is the...

...speaking within three years of the time when the House of Commons had agreed to Mr. Dunning's motion, that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, after musing for a moment, answered : ' The part of our Constitution which will first perish, is the...

...further innovation. The times, he maintained, were altogether changed since the house had come to a resolution that " the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished." Fox having attacked him on this tergiversation, or change of opinion, the minister was defended by...

...this incipient success, Dunning, on the sixth of April, brought before the House his memorable motion, that the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished; and after an animated debate, during which no member on either side played a more prominent part than...

...the appearances of pristine strength and vigour. The parliament, more than thirty years ago, declared that ' the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished.' Alas ! from that day to this, the evil has only accumulated ; no attempt at a remedy has been entertained....

...exposed to a struggle, and sometimes to a defeat. The House of Commons adopted Mr. Dunning's motion, " That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr. Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers....

...counteracting motions were made by the various parties. In April, a resolution was moved by Dunning, " that the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished." This was unexpectedly carried, by a majority of eighteen, with others requiring immediate attention...