...speech supported the famous resolution of Dunning, afterwards Lord Ashburton, " That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished," which was carried, almost solely through the eloquence of Fox, by a majority of eighteen. He began...

...Fonblanque to write one of his witty articles in ' The Examiner.' ' Some years ago,' he said, ' the cry was that the power of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. It is held now in certain quarters, high and low, that the power of the press has increased, is increasing,...

...he had no other objection than the fear of verifying Mr. Dunning's proposition that 'the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished,' for that he should thus turn Day into knight and make Lady Day at Michaelmas." At all events, the beautiful...

...the better security of the independence of Parliament.' Dunning followed with his famous resolution, that the power of the Crown 'had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished.' Lord Melbourne, of course, voted against both. In preparing for the final struggle in a new Parliament,...

...the better security of the independence of Parliament.' Dunning followed with his famous resolution, that the power of the Crown 'had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished.' Lord Melbourne, of course, voted against both. In preparing for the final struggle in a new Parliament,...

...and sometimes to a defeat. The House of Commons adopted Mr. Dunning's motion, V 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...

...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...

...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...

...for the reform of the civil list, and had subscribed to the resolution of 1780, that the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. Fox declared upon his honour no one of those who had risen to call Burke to order had been desired...

...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...