“. . . This is a memorable day, and this a memorable hour of it, for our Sovereign has taken to this time to deliberate whether he accedes to Lord Grey’s application for a dissolution. . . . At all events the Reform Bill is to be abandoned in the House of Commons to-night upon the grounds that, in such a House of Commons, to carry it through is impossible. If the King runs true, a dissolution is to be announced at the same time; if he does not, the Ministers have to state that they have resigned.”
