ABBOT, Mr. Speaker, opposes Catholic re-
lief, 375, 376; his speech at the Bar of
the Lords, 376, n.

Abercromby, Sir R., his opinion of the
Irish soldiery, 536; retires from com-
mand, ib.

Aberdeen, Earl of, his ministry, 77; its
fall, 78; his efforts to reconcile differences
in the Church of Scotland, 465, 473.
Addington, Mr.

See Sidmouth, Viscount.
Additional Curates Society, sums expended
by, 442, n.

Advertisement duty, first imposed, 101;
increased, 172; abolished, 219.
Affirmations. See Quakers.

Agitation, political. See Opinion, Liberty
of; Political Associations; Public Meet-
ings.

Aliens, protection of, 296-302; Alien
Acts, 297, 299; Traitorous Correspond-
ence Act, 298; Napoleon's demands re-
fused, 300; the Conspiracy to Murder
Bill, 304; Extradition treaties, ib.
Almon, bookseller, proceeded against, 107.
Althorp, Lord, brings forward cases of im-
prisonment for debt, 278; his Church-
rates measure, 1834, 429; his plans for
tithe commutation, 443; commenced the
modern financial policy, 617.
American colonies, the war with, a test of
party principles, 15, 18; first proposals
to tax them, 552; Mr. Grenville's Stamp
Act, 554; repealed, 556; Mr. Townshend's
scheme, 557; repealed, except the tea
duties, 558; attack on the tea ships,
559; the port of Boston closed, 560; the
constitution of Massachusetts super-
seded, ib.; attempts at conciliation, 561;
the tea duty repealed, 562; independence
of colonies recognised, ib.; its effects on
Ireland, 521.

Anne, Queen, the press in the reign of,

100; her bounty to poor clergy, 440.
Anti-Corn Law League, the, 247-250.
Anti-Slavery Association, the, 128, 239.
Appropriation question, the, of Irish
Church revenue, 479–486.

BALLOT, Vote by, one of the points of the
Charter, 242; in the Colonies, 576.
Baptists, the number and places of worship
of, 446, 447, n.

Beaufoy, Mr., his efforts for the relief of
dissenters, 338--341.

Bedford, Duke of, attacked by the silk-
weavers, 120.

Birmingham, public meetings at, 192, 223;
election of a legislatorial attorney, 192;
political union of, 221, 223.

Births, bills for registration of, 384, 419.
Boards. See Local Government.
Boston, Lord, assaulted, 125.
Boston, the port of, closed by Act, 560.
Bourne, Mr. S., his Vestry Act, 493.
Braintree Cases, the, 430.
Brandreth, execution of, 187.
Briellat, T., tried for sedition, 139.
Bristol, reform riots at, 224.
Brougham, Lord, defends Leigh Hunt, 179;
describes the license of the press, 181, n.;
promotes popular education, 215, 612;
his law reforms, 591.

Burghs (Scotland), reformed, 503.
Burial, the, of dissenters with Church of
England rites, 416, 420; bills to enable
dissenters to bury in churchyards, 421;
permitted in Ireland, 422.

Burke, Mr., separates from the Whigs, 29;
his alarm at the French Revolution, ib.,
136; among the first to advocate Catholic
relief, 335; his opposition to relief of
dissenters, 343, 347.

Bute, Earl of, driven from office, 103, 119.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, admission of dis-

senters to degrees at, 333, 425; the
petition for admission of dissenters, 1834,
423; state of feeling at, on Catholic
relief, in 1812, 372.

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Camden, Lord, supports the right of juries
in libel cases, 111, 115, 116; his de-
cisions condemning the practice of gene-
ral warrants, 255 260; protects &
Catholic lady by a private Act of Parlia-
ment, 336; opposes taxation of the Ame-
rican colonies, 557, 558; a friend to
liberty, 594.

Campbell, Lord, his Act to protect pub-
lishers in libel cases, 107.

Canada, a crown colony, 563; free consti-

tution granted, ib.; the insurrection, and
re-union of the provinces, 570; respon-
sible government in, 571; establishes a
protective tariff, 574; popular franchise
in, ib.

Canning, Mr., his influence on parties, 40;
in office, 52; secession of Tories from,
ib.; supported by the Whigs, 53; adro-
cates Catholic relief, 52, 352, 371, 373,
379; brought in the Catholic Peers' Bill,
380; his death, 53, 388.
Capital punishments, multiplication of,
since the Revolution, 595; since restricted
to murder and treason, 600.
Caricatures, influence of, 118.
Caroline, Queen, effect of proceedings
against, upon parties, 49.

Catholic Association, the, proceedings of,
208-213, 395, 397.
Catholic Emancipation.

tholics.

See Roman Ca-

Castle, the government spy, 289.
Cato Street Conspiracy, the, 202; discovered
by spies, 291.

Censorship of the press, 96-99.
Chalmers, Dr., heads the Free Kirk move-
ment, 462; moved deposition of the
Strathbogie presbytery, 467.
Chancery, Court of, reformed, 591, 592.
Charlemont, Earl of, heads Irish volunteers,
526; opposes claims of Catholics to the
franchise, 530.

Chartists, the, torch-light meetings, 241; the
national petition, 242; meetings and riots,
243; proposed election of popular repre-
sentatives by, ib.; the meeting and pet-
tion of 1848, 244–246.

Chatham, Earl of, effect of his leaving
office on parties, 11; his protest against
colonial taxation, 556; that measure
adopted by his ministry during his ill-
ness, 557; his conciliatory propositions,
561; proposed to claim India for the
Crown, 581.

Church of England, the relations of the
Church to political history, 305; the
Church before the Reformation, ib.; the
Reformation, 306; under Queen Eliza-
beth, 307; relations of the Reformed
Church with the State, 311; Church
policy from James I. to Charles II., 315–
317; attempts at comprehension, 319,
322; the Church at the Revolution,
320; under William III., ib.; state of at
accession of George III., 324; Wesley and
Whitefield, 326; motion for relief from
subscription to the Articles, 332; sur-
render by the Church of the fees on dis-
senters' marriages, &c., 420; the Church-
rate question, 427; state of Church to
end of last century, 434; hold of the
Church over society, 436; church build-
ing and extension, 439, 440; Queen
Anne's bounty, 440; ecclesiastical reve-
nues, 441; sums expended by charitable
societies, 442, n.; tithe commutation, 442;
activity of the clergy, 444; Church sta-
tistics, 447; relations of the Church to
dissent, ib.; to Parliament, 449.

Church in Ireland, the establishment of,
314, 315; state of, at accession of
Geo. III., 328; at the Union, 474; the
tithes question, 475, 487; advances to the
clergy, 477; Church reform, 478; the
Temporalities Act, 479; the appropria-
tion question, ib.; the Irish Church
commission, 482; the report, 486;
power monopolised by churchmen, 516.
Church of Scotland, the presbyterian form
of, 312; legislative origin of, 313;
Church policy from James I. to Geo. IIL,
317, 320, 322, 328; motion for relief
from the Test Act, 346; the patronage
question, 458-468; earlier schisms, 461;
the Free Kirk secession, 471.

Church rates, the law cf, 427; the question
first raised, 429; the Braintree cases,
430; number of parishes refusing the
rate, 432; bills for abolition of, 433.
Civil Disabilities. See Dissenters; Jews;
Quakers; Roman Catholics.

Coalition ministries, favoured by Geo. III,