Excerpt from The Lady's Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex: Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement; For January, 1807 Notwithstanding his opposition, in which he was powerfully supported by Mr. Dundas, the measure was carried through the house of com mom with a very large majority. The efforts which hehad made on this occasion were not, however, fruit less. Petitions were sent in from all quarters against the bill, and on the motion for its commitment in the house of peers it was finally thrown out 5 in consequence of which the coalition ministry was dissolved by the king, who has always under stood to have been hostile to the measure in his individual capacity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.