The royal government was generally willing in the latter half of the eighteenth century to redress a given case of abuse, but it never felt itself strong enough, or had leisure enough, to deal with the general source from which the particular grievance sprang.
Morley discusses the limitations of the royal government in addressing systemic issues during the 18th century.
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Gladstone protested against the bill as “inequitable, unusual, and unwise,” and it was largely modified in committee.
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