FORE: The Bedchamber Crisis��Peel's Explanation��The Whigs return to Office��Mr. Shaw Lefevre is elected Speaker��Education Scheme��It is carried in a modified form��Post Office Reform��Rowland Hill's Pamphlet��The Proposal scouted by the Authorities��select Committee appointed��The Scheme becomes Law��Cabinet Changes��Political Demonstrations��Announcement of the Queen's Marriage��Lady Flora Hastings��The Queen's Speech��Insertion of the word "Protestant"��Debate on the Prince's Precedence��His Income fixed by the Commons��Stockdale v. Hansard��Stockdale's second and third Actions��Stockdale and the Sheriffs committed��His fourth and fifth Actions��Russell's Bill settles the Question��Other Events of the Session��The Queen's Marriage��Oxford's Attempt on her Life��His Trial for High Treason��Foreign Affairs; the Opium Traffic��Commissioner Lin confiscates the Opium��Debates in Parliament��Elliot's Convention��It is Disapproved and he is Recalled��Renewal of the War��Capture of the Defences of Canton��Sir Henry Pottinger assumes Command��Conclusion of the War��The Syrian Crisis; Imminent Dissolution of the Turkish Empire��The Quadrilateral Treaty��Lord Palmerston's Difficulties��The Wrath of M. Thiers��Lord Palmerston's Success��Fall of Acre��Termination of the Crisis��Weakness of the Ministry��The Registration Bills��Lord Howick's Amendment��The Budget��Peel's Vote of Censure is carried��The Dissolution��Ministers are defeated in both Houses��Resignation of the Melbourne Ministry.On the 13th of August, 1836, an Act was passed establishing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners permanently as "one body politic and corporate, by the name of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England." The number of Commissioners incorporated was thirteen, of whom eight were ex officio members��namely: the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of London, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and one of the Principal Secretaries of State, who was to be nominated by the sign-manual. There were five other Commissioners, including two bishops, who were to be removable at the pleasure of the Crown. The lay members were required to sign a declaration that they were members of the united Church of England and Ireland by law established. A subsequent Act, passed in August, 1840, considerably modified the constitution of this Commission. The following were added to the list of ex officio members: all the Bishops of England and Wales; the Deans of Canterbury, St. Paul's, and Westminster; the two Chief Justices; the Master of the Rolls; the Chief Baron; and the Judges of the Prerogative and Admiralty Courts. By this Act the Crown was empowered to appoint four laymen, and the Archbishop of Canterbury two, in addition to the three appointed under the former Act; and it was provided that, instead of being removable[409] at the pleasure of the Crown, the non ex officio members should continue so long as they should "well demean themselves" in the execution of their duties.

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