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Many leading Whigs coalesce with Mr. Pitt.
The consolidation of his party
Ostracism of liberal opinions
The Tory party in Scotland
Secession of the Whigs from Parliament, 1798
Disunion of the Tories, 1801
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Increasing power of public opinion.
The Radicals
- Democratic sentiments provoked by distress, 1817-1820
The Whigs associated with the people
Disunion of the Tories on the death of Lord Liverpool
Mr. Canning supported by the Whigs .
The Duke of Wellington's administration
Effect of Catholic emancipation upon parties
The Whigs in power, 1830: their union with the people
Parties after the Reform Act
The Irish Party
The Tory party assume the name of Conservatives
Sir Robert Peel's short ministry, 1834-35.
Parties under Lord Melbourne
Conservative reaction
Sir Robert Peel's second ministry
His free-trade policy
His relations with his party
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Union of Whigs and Peelites under Lord Aberdeen, 1853
Juries denied the right to judge of the offence of libel
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The Slave Trade Association, 1787: its means of agitation, and
Repressive policy, 1792 .
Trials of Muir, Palmer, and others
These trials noticed in Parliament
Trials for sedition in England, 1794
Reports of secret committees
State trials, 1794, of Watt and Downie
And of Hardy, Horne Tooke, and others
Attack upon the king, 1795
The treasonable practices bill
The seditious meetings bill
Public opposition to these bills.
Mr. Reeves's pamphlet
Regulation of newspapers, 1789-98
Bill to suppress corresponding societies, 1799
Repressive measures completed: their effects
Trials of Mr. Wakefield and the "Courier," 1799
Trial of Jean Peltier, 1803 .
Trials of Cobbett and the Messrs. Hunt, 1804-11.
Progress of free discussion reviewed
CHAPTER X.
THE PRESS, AND LIBERTY OF OPINION, CONTINUED.
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Lord Sidmouth's circular to the magistrates
Powers exercised against the press.
Trials of Hone, 1817 .
Agitation in the manufacturing districts, 1819
The Manchester meeting
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Final domination of public opinion over authority
The Constitutional Society and the press, 1821
The Catholic Association.
Suppressed by Parliament, 1825
But continued in another form
Final suppression of the association, 1839
Progress of public opinion in the reign of George IV.
Later prosecutions of the press, 1830
Complete freedom of the press established
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Fiscal laws affecting the press
Agitation for repeal of the Union causes of its failure
The Chartists, 1837-48: inevitable failure of their agitation
Chartist meeting, April 10th, 1848 .
The Anti-corn Law League: its organization, and causes of
Search warrant for papers: case of Entinck v. Carrington .
General warrants condemned by the courts, and in Parliament . 251
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Early cases of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act
Close relations of the reformed Church with the State.
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