11, 23, 24; the Coalition, 1783, 20-22;
attempted coalitions between Pitt and
Fox, 31, 41; coalition of the Whigs and
Lord Sidmouth's party, 42; Lord Aber-
deen's ministry, 77.
Cobbett, W., trials of, for libel, 178; with-
draws from England, 191; prosecuted
by Whig government, 217.
Colliers and salters, in Scotland, slavery of,
286; emancipated, 287.
Colonies, British, colonists retain the free-
dom of British subjects, 547; colonial
constitutions, 548, 563, 566, 571; demo-
cratic form of, 574, 576; the sovereignty
of England, 549; colonial expenditure,
550, 579; and commercial policy, 550,
569, 574; taxes common to dependen-
cies, 551; arguments touching imperial
taxation, ib.; taxation of American
colonies, 554-561; the crown colonies,
563; colonial administration, 566; first
appointment of Secretary of State for,
ib. ;
patronage surrendered to the
colonies, 568; responsible government,
571; conflicting interests of England
and colonies, 574; dependencies unfitted
for self-government, 580; India, ib.
Commerce, restrictions on Irish, 518; re-
moved, 522, 524, 542; Pitt's propositions,
531; restrictions on colonial commerce,
550; the protective system abandoned,
569, 615; the Canadian tariff, 574.
Common Law, Courts of, reformed, 592.
Commons, House of, England, oath of su-
premacy imposed on the Commons,
308, n.; O'Connell refused his seat for
Clare, 403; number of Catholic members
in, 405; Quakers and others admitted on
affirmation, 406; a resolution of the
House not in force after a prorogation,
415, n.; refusal to receive the petitions of
the American colonists, 555. See also
Parliament.

Commons, House of, Ireland, the composi-

tion of, 514; conflicts with the executive,
520; claim to originate money bills, ib.;
bought over by the government, 526,
528, 540.

Conservative Party, the. See Parties.
Constitutional Information Society, 133;
Pitt and other leading statesmen, mem-
bers of, ib., 134; reported on by secret
committee, 150; trial of members of, for
high treason, 154.

Constitutional Association, the, 206.
Contempt of court, imprisonment for, 276.
Conventicle Act, the, 318.

Convention, National, of France, corre-
spondence with, of English societies,
134, 173.

Conventions. See Delegates, Political As-
sociations.

Copenhagen House, meetings at, 162, 169.
Corn Bill (1815), the, 184, 616.

Corn laws, repeal of, 71, 247, 617.
Cornwallis, Marquess, his policy as Lord-
lieutenant of Ireland regarding Catholic
relief, 353, 537; concerts the Union,
538.

Corporations, the passing of the Corpora-
tion and Test Acts, 318, 319; extortion
practised on dissenters under the Cor-
poration Act, 331; motions for repeal of
Corporation and Test Acts, 339-344,
346; their repeal, 55, 389; the consent
of the bishops, 390; the bill amended in
the Lords, 392; admission of Catholics to,
399, 516, 532; and Jews, 410.-(Eng-
land), the ancient system of Corporations,
494; loss of popular rights, 495; cor-
porations from the Revolution to George
III., 496; corporate abuses, 497; mono-
poly of electoral rights, 496, 498; cor-
porate reform, 499; the bill amended by
the Lords, 500; self-government restored,
501; the corporation of London excepted
from the bill, ib.- (Ireland), apparent
recognition of popular rights in, 334,
505; exclusion of Catholics, 506; the
first municipal reform Bill, 507; opposi-
tion of the Lords, 509; the municipal
reform Act, ib.- -(Scotland), close sys-
tem in, 503; municipal abuses, ib.; re-
form, 504.
Corresponding societies, proceedings of, 122,
133, 141, 173; trials of members of,
142, 154; bill to repress, 173.
Courier newspaper, trial of, for libel, 175.
Criminal code, improvement of, 595, 598;

counsel allowed in cases of felony, 601;
summary jurisdiction of magistrates,
605; the transportation question, 601.
Crown colonies, the. See Colonies.
Crown debtors, position of, 275.
Cumberland, Duke of, grand master of the
Orange Society, 236; dissolves it, 238.

DAVIOT Case, the, 466.

Deaths, Act for registration of, 419.
Debt, imprisonment for, 280; debtors'
prisons, 281; exertions of the Thatched
House Society, 282; insolvent debtors,
283; later measures of relief, ib.
Delegates of political associations, the
practice of, adopted, 122, 173, 225, 236,
242; assembled at Edinburgh, 141; law
against, 187; in Ireland, 208.
Democracy, associations promoted in 1792,
130, 132; alarm excited by, 135; procla-
mation against, 137; in Scotland, 141;

in the Colonies, 574; discouraged by
good government, 618. See also Party.
Derby, Earl of, his ministries, 76, 80, 87;
persuades the Lords to agree to Jewish
relief, 414.

Derbyshire insurrection, the 187.
Diplomatic relations with the Papal Court
Bill, 452, n.

Dissenters, origin of dissent, 309-311; the
penal code of Elizabeth, 307, 310;
dissent from James I. to Chas. II., 315

319; attempts at comprehension,
319, 322; Corporation and Test Acts,
318, 319; conduct of dissenters at the
Revolution, 320; the Toleration Act, ib.;
dissenters in reigns of Anne and Geo. I.
and II., 323; the Occasional Conformity
Act, 324; annual Acts of Indemnity, ib.,
n.; their numbers at accession of Geo. III.,
325, n.; impulse given by Wesley and
Whitefield, 326; relaxation of penal code
commenced, 329; general character of
the penal code, 330; extortion practised
on dissenters by the City of London under
the Corporation Act, 331; debate on
subscription to the Articles by dissenters,
332; and admission to universities, ib.,
425; subscription by dissenting school-
masters abolished, 334; offices in Ireland
thrown open, ib.; first motions for re-
peal of the Corporation and Test Acts,
339-344; motions for relief of Uni-
tarians, 347; and of Quakers, 350; Lord
Sidmouth's Dissenting Ministers' Bill,
369; relief from requirements of the
Toleration Act, 370; the army thrown
open, 377; bills for relief of dissenters in
respect of births, marriages, and burials,
384, 385, 416-420; repeal of the Cor-
poration and Test Acts, 55, 389; dis-
senters admitted to the Commons on
making an affirmation, 406; admitted to
universities and endowed schools, 422-
426; the London University, 425; the
Dissenters' Chapels Bill, ib.; final repeal
of penal code, 427; the church-rate
question, ib.; progress of dissent, 437,
446; numbers of different sects, &c., 445,
446; in Scotland, 474, n.; in Ireland,
486; relations of the Church and dissent,
449; and of dissent to political liberty,

449.

Donoughmore, Lord, his motions for Catho-
lic relief, 366, 370, 372.

Douglas, Neil, trial of, for sedition, 193.
Downie, D., trial of, for high treason, 152.
Drakard, J., trial of, for libel, 179.
Dundas, Mr., leader of the Tories in Scot-
land, 37.

Dundas, Mr. R., his influence in Scotland, 45.

Dungannon, convention of volunteers st,
526.

Dyer, cudgelled by Lord Mohun for a libel,

101.

EARL Marshal's Office Act, the, 386.
East India, the Company allowed a draw-
back on tea shipped to America, 559; ärst
parliamentary recognition and regulation
of, 581; Mr. Fox's India Bill, 582;
Mr. Pitt's, 584; the Bill of 1853, 585;
India transferred to the Crown, 586;
subsequent administration, ib.

Eaton, D. I., trial of, for sedition, 149.
Ecclesiastical Commission, the, 441.
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. the, 455.
Edinburgh Review, the influence of, 45.
Education, proposals for a national system
in England, 612; in Ireland, 487, 613;
address of the House of Lords on the
subject, 614; the system continued, i
Edwards, the government spy, 291.
Eldon, Lord, retired from office on pro-
motion of Canning, 52; opposes the repeal
of the Corporation and Test Acts, 55,
391; and Catholic relief, 401; assisted
poor suitors to put in answers, 277; fa-
vours authority, 594; resists amendment
of the penal code, 598.
Elective franchise, Ireland, the regulation
of, 387, 402, 544; admission of Catholics
to, 399, 544.

Elizabeth, Queen, her church policy, 307.
Ellenborough, Lord, his conduct on the
trials of Hone, 191, 192, n.; a cabinet
minister, 594; resists amendment of the
criminal code, 598.

Entinck, Mr., his papers seized under a ge-

neral warrant. 259; brings an action, 260.
Erskine, Lord, a leading member of the
Whig party, 27; supports the rights of
juries in libel cases, 112; case of Dean of
St. Asaph, ib.; of Stockdale, 113: pro-
motes the Libel Act, 114, 117; defends
Paine, 131; and Hardy and Horne Tooke,
156.

Erskine, E., seceded from the Church of
Scotland, 461.

Erskine, Mr. H., the leader of the Whigs in
Scotland, 37.

Ewart, Mr. his efforts to reform the crimi-
nal code, 600.

Excise Bill, its withdrawal in deference to
popular clamour, 119.

Ex-officio informations filed by government
for libels, 104, 180, 216; bills to restrain,
106, 109.
Expenditure, national, vast increase in,
since 1850, 619.
Extradition treaties, 304.

Fitzwilliam, Earl, dismissed from his lord-
lieutenancy for attending a public meet-
ing. 197; his conduct as Lord-lieutenant
of Ireland, 352, 534; his motion on the
state of Ireland, 371.

Five Mile Act, the, 318.
Flogging, articles on military flogging
punished as libels, 179; in army and
navy abated, 605.

Flood, Mr., his efforts for independence of
Ireland, 527; for reform, 530.
Foreigners. See Aliens.

Fox, Mr. C. J., opposes the repressive
policy of 1792, 30, 138; and of 1794-6,
17, 166-171, 264; his advice to the
Whigs to take office rejected, 18; refuses
office under Lord Shelburne, 19; in office
with Lord North, 20; his policy contrasted
with Mr. Pitt's, ib., n., 25; sympathises
with the French Revolution, 29; at-
tempted coalitions with Pitt, 31, 41;
deserted by his party, 32; secedes from
Parliament, 38; in office with Lord Sid-
mouth, 42, 361; effect of his death on
parties, 43; his remark on the rights of
juries in libel cases, 110; his libel bills,
114; takes the chair at a reform meet-
ing, 1779, 121; advocates the relief of
Catholics, 335, 358; and of Dissenters
and Unitarians, 342, 343, 347; his India
Bill, 582.

Fox Maule, Mr., presents petition of the
General Assembly, 470.

Free Church of Scotland, the, 472.
Freedom of opinion. See Opinion, Free-
dom of.

Free trade, the policy of, adopted, 70,
249, 612; effect of, on colonial policy,

569.

French Revolution, effect of, on parties, 29;
sympathy with, of English democrats,
130, 132, 134; alarm excited by, 135,
200, 204.

Friends of the People, the Society of, lead-
ing Whigs members of, 30; discounte-
nances democracy, 134.
Frost, J., tried for sedition, 139.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, the (Church of Scot-
land), petitions for relief from the Test
Act, 346; passes the Veto Act, 462; re-
jects Lord Aberdeen's compromise, 465;
addresses Her Majesty, 468; admits the
quoad sacra ministers, 469; petitions

Parliament, 470; the secession, 471; the
Veto Act rescinded, 472.

General warrants, issued in the case of
the "North Briton," 255; against Mr.
Entinck, 259; actions brought in con-
sequence, 257; condemned in Parliament,
262.

George III., his party tactics on accession,
10; influence of his friends, 12; over-
comes the Coalition, 22; influenced by
Lord Thurlow, 26; his repugnance to
the Whigs, 27, 43; to Fox, 41; directs
the suppression of the Gordon riots, 127;
his speech and message respecting sedi-
tious practices, 1792 and 1794, 137, 150;
attacked by the mob, 162; opposes Ca-
tholic relief, 354, 355; and the Army
and Navy Service Bill, 364; his message
to Parliament touching affairs in Ireland,
527; seeks to tax the American colonies,
552, 554.

George IV., his conduct on the passing of
the Catholic Relief Bill, 398, 402.
German Legion, the, Cobbett's libel on,

179.

Gerrald, J., tried for sedition, 147.
Gibson, Mr. Milner, heads movement
against taxes on knowledge, 219; his
proposal to establish county financial
boards, 511.

Gillray, his caricatures, 118.
Gladstone, Mr., separates from Lord Pal-
merston's ministry, 78; his financial
policy, 617.

Goderich, Lord, his administration, 54.
Goldsmiths' Hall Association, the, 142,
147.

Good Hope, Cape of, a constitution granted
to, 577.

Gordon, Lord G., heads the Protestant As-

sociation, 125, 338; presents their peti-
tion, 126; committed to Newgate, 128.
Gower, Lord F. L., his resolution for the
state endowment of Irish priests, 388.
Graham, Sir J., separates from Lord Pal-
merston's ministry, 78; case of opening
letters by, 294; his answer to the claim,
&c., of the Church of Scotland, 468.
Grant, Mr. R., his motions for Jewish re-
lief, 406, 409.

Grattan, Mr., advocates Catholic relief,

359, 366, 370-375; the independence
of Ireland, 525, 527, 541; his death
378.

Grenville, Lord, the tactics of his party, 40,
49; in office, 41, 361; introduces the
Treasonable Practices Bill, 163; advo-
cates Catholic relief, 357; his Army and
Navy Service Bill, 361; fall of his mi-
nistry, 364.

Grenville, Mr., attacked by Wilkes, 103;
his schemes for taxation of American
colonies, 554.

Grey, Earl, the separation of his party from
the Radicals, 46, 61; carries Parliament-
ary Reform, 58; his ministry, 59–65;
his Army and Navy Service Bill, 363;
advocates Catholic claims, 365; and re-
lief from declaration against transubstan-
tiation, 378.

HABEAS CORPUS Suspension Acts, the,-of
1774, 150, 159, 264; of 1817, 186, 268;
cases of, between the Revolution and
1794, 263; the Acts of Indemnity, 264—
270;-in Ireland, 279, 380.
Halifax, Earl of, issue of general warrants
by, 255, 259; action brought against him
by Wilkes, 258.

Hardwicke, Lord, changes caused by his
Marriage Act, 384.

Hardy, J., tried for treason, 154.
Hawkesbury, Lord, his refusal of Napo-

leon's demands against the press and
foreigners, 176, 300.

Hewley, Lady, the case of her charities, 425.
Hobhouse, Sir J.. his Vestry Act, 494
Hoghton, Sir H., his Dissenters Relief
Bills, 333.

Hone, W., trials of, for libel, 191.
Horsley, Bishop, his opinion on the rights
of the people. 164; amends the Protest-
ing Catholic Dissenters Bill, 344.
Howick, Lord. See Grey, Earl.
Hudson, Dr., tried for sedition, 139.
Hudson's Bay Company, the, 615.
Hume, Mr., his motion against Orange
lodges in the army, 237; his scheme for
voluntary enlistment, 274; his proposed
reform of county administration, 511;
his exertions in revision of official sala-
ries, 589.

Hunt, Leigh, tried for libel, 179.
Hunt, Mr., headed the Manchester meet-
ing. 195; tried for sedition, 203.
Huskisson, Mr., his commercial policy, 50,
616.

IMPRESSMENT, for the army, 271; for the
navy, 272.

Imprisonment, for debts to the Crown, 275;
contempt of court, 276; on mesne pro-
cess, 279; for debt, 280. See also
Prisons.

Indemnity Acts, the, on expiration of the

Habeas Corpus Suspension Acts, 267,
268;Annual, the first passed, 324, n.
Independents, the, their tenets, 311; their
toleration, 317; numbers, &c., 446,
447, n.

India. See East India.
Informers. See Spies.

Insolvent debtors, laws for the relief of
283.

Ireland, the Reformation in, 314; danzer
ous state of, 1823-25, 386; and in 1828.
394; burial grounds in, open to all per-
suasions, 422; the tithe question, 474
482-486; national education, 487, €13:
Maynooth and Queen's Colleges, 488;
Government of Ireland prior to the
Union, 513; the parliament, đỗ; the
executive, 515; power monopolised by
churchmen, 516; supremacy of English
Government, 517; commercial restric
tions, 518; partially removed, 522, 524:
residence of lord-lieutenant enforced $16
519; conflicts between the Commons
the Executive, 520; state of Indisd
1776, 521; the volunteers, 523; they
agitate for independence and parliament-
ary reform, 524-527, 529; the conven
tion at Dungannon, 526; independe
granted, 528; admission of Catholics ta
the elective franchise, 348, 532; the
United Irishmen, 173, 533; feuds be
tween Protestants and Catholics, 534-
the rebellion of 1798, 535; Union with
England concerted, 537; opposition
bought off, 539; the Union effected, 542;
its results, ib.; effect of Catholic relief
and reform in the representation, 402,
541; present position of Ireland, ;
and of its Catholic inhabitants, 545;
the number of Irishmen on the En-
glish bench, 546, n.; ——— - corporate re-
form, 505; new poor law introduced into,

698.

JAMAICA, colonial institutions in, 549, 563;
contumacy of assembly repressed, 570.
James II. expelled by union of church and
dissenters, 320; his proposal to tax colony
of Massachusetts, 552.

Jews, the, naturalisation Act of, 1754, re-
pealed, 119; tolerated by Cromwell, 317;
excepted from Lord Hardwicke's Mar-
riage Act, 384; the first motions for their
relief, 406; Mr. Grant's motions, .,
409;
Jews admitted to corporations,
410; returns of Baron Rothschild and
Mr. Salomons, 411, 412; attempt to ad-
mit Jews under declaration, 413; the
Relief Acts, 414, 415; number of, re-
turned, ib.

Judges, their conduct in libel cases, 190,

191; number of Irishmen on the English
bench, 546, n.; spirit and temper of the
judges, 593; their tenure of office as-
sured, ib.

Junius, the letter of, to the king, 106.
Juries, rights of, in libel cases, 108-117.

KENNINGTON COMMON, Chartist meeting
at, 244.

Kersal Moor, Chartist meeting at, 243;
election of popular representative at, ib.
"King's Friends, the," a section of the
Tory party, 12; estranged from Pitt, 40;
coalesce with the Whigs, 41; estranged
from them, 43.

Knight's (a negro) case, 286.

LANSDOWNE, Marquess, his motions respect-
ing the marriages of Catholics and
Dissenters, 384, 385; for relief of
English Catholics, 384.

Law, the, improvement in the spirit and
administration of, 592; legal sinecures
abolished, ib.

Legislatorial attornies, election of, at pub-
lic meetings, 192, 193; practice of,
imitated by the Chartists, 243.
Lethendy case, the, 466.

Letters, opened at the Post-office, by
government, 292; the former practice,
293, and n.; case of, in 1844, 294.
Libel, the Libel Act, 114-117; Lord Sid-
mouth's circular to the lord-lieutenants
respecting seditious libels, 188; conduct
of judges in libel cases, 190, 191. See
also Sedition, &c.

Liberal Party, the. See Party.

Liberty of opinion. See Opinion, Liberty of.
Liberty of the subject. See Subject, Liberty
of.

Licensing Act, the, 98; not renewed, 99.
Liverpool, Earl of, his administration, 46, 50;
disunion of the Tories on his death, 52;
his ministry and the Catholic question,374.
Local government, the basis of constitutional
freedom, 492; vestries, open and select,
493; Vestry Acts, ib., 494; municipal cor-
porations before and after reform, 494-
509; local boards, 510; courts of quarter
sessions, 511.

Logan, the Rev., his defence of Warren
Hastings, 113.

London, Corporation of, extortion practised

by, on dissenters, 331; address of the
Common Council on the Manchester mas-
sacre,
197; schemes for its reform, 502.
London Corresponding Society, the, 133,
134; reported on by a secret committee,
150; trial of members of, for high treason,
154; inflames public discontent, 161;
calls a meeting at Copenhagen House,
162; address on an attack on Geo. III.,
169; increased activity of, 172; sup-
pressed by Act, 173.

Loughborough, Lord, joins the Tories, 32;
prompts the repressive policy of the
government, 137.

Luddites, the, outrages of, 183.
Lunatics, a state provision for, 609.
Lyndhurst, Lord, brought in the Dissenters'
Chapels Bill, 426.

MACKINTOSH, Sir J., his defence of Peltier,
177; his efforts to reform the criminal
code, 599.

M'Laren and Baird, trial of, for sedition,
192.

Magistrates, military interference in absence
of, 128; the summary jurisdiction of,
605.
Manchester, public meeting at, 194; the
massacre, 195; debates thereon in Par-
liament, 196-199.

Mansfield, Lord, his decisions touching the
rights of juries in libel cases, 108, 112;
produced the judgment in Woodfall's
case to the House of Lords, 110; his house
burnt by the Protestant rioters, 127; his
opinion on military interference in ab-
sence of a magistrate, 128; his decision in
the negro case, 285; and recognising tole-
ration, 331; his tolerant acquittal of a
priest, 336; a cabinet minister, 594.
Manufacturing districts, state of the, 194,

436.

Margarot, M., trial of, for sedition, 147.
Marriages, laws affecting the, of Dissenters
and Catholics, 384-386, 416-420;
effect of Lord Hardwicke's Act, 384.
Massachusetts, proposal of James II. to
tax, 552; constitution of, superseded, 560.
Maynooth College, founded, 488; Peel's
endowment of, 489; popular opposition
to, ib.

Mazzini, J., his letters opened by govern-
ment, 294.

Meetings. See Public Meetings.
Melbourne, Viscount, his ministries, 65, 67;

receives a deputation of working men,
225; reception of delegates from trades'
unions, 240; framed the Tithe Commu-
tation Act, 443; and the first Irish Cor-
porations Bill, 507.

Melville, Lord, impeachment of, a blow to
the Scotch Tories, 44.
Meredith, Sir W., his speech against capital
punishments, 597.