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THE
EDINBURGH
ANNUAL REGISTER,
FOR 1812.
VOL. FIFTH.-PART FIRST.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by James Ballantyne and Co.
FOR JOHN BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH; EONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, LONDON ; AND THE OTHER PROPRIETORS.
1814.
LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS
CONTENTS
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VOLUME FIFTH, PART FIRST.
CHAP. I.
PAGE.
Domestic Affairs. Meeting of Parliament. Prince Regent's Speech on Opening the
Session. State of the King's Health. King's Household Establishment. Debates
in Parliament on some Points connected with the Civil List. Droits of Admiralty.
Leeward Island Duties. Provision to the Princesses,
CHAP. II.
Debate on the Constitution of the Ecclesiastical Courts. Sir William Scott's Bill on
this Subject. Measures adopted with reference to the State of the urrency. Lord
Holland's Motion respecting er officio Informations. Debates on Military Punish-
ments. Mr Brands Motion for a Reform in Parliament,
CHAP. III.
Returns under the Population Act laid before Parliament. Barrack Estimates. De-
bates on some recent Appointments. Mr Creevy's Motion respecting the Tellership
of the Exchequer. Sinecure Office Bill. The Budget. Finance Resolutions,
CHAP. IV.
State of the Nightly Watch and Police of the Metropolis. Account of the Riots in
different Parts of the Country. Bill for increasing the Punishment of Persons
breaking or destroying Frames. Bill for preventing the administering or taking
unlawful Oaths. Report of a Secret Committee on the disturbed State of certain
Counties. Bill for the Preservation of the Public Peace in the disturbed Counties,
CHAP. V.
State of Parties at the Beginning of the Year. The Prince Regent s Letter to the
Duke of York. Lord Borringdon's Motion for an Address to the Prince to form a
more extended Administration. The Ministers retain their Places. Assassination
of Mr Perceval; his Character,
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