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in politics from the Government which confers it;

sinecure Offices

HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner speaks on the subject of

LETTER 179. To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. Mr. Brougham's speech

181. To J. A. MURRAY, ESQ. Failures of negotiations

for a change of Ministry.

182. TO HENRY HALLAM, Esq. State of his Health;

intends to visit Scotland; conduct of Lords Grey

and Grenville in the late negotiations for their

coming into office; affairs of Spain.

183. TO HIS BROTHER. Visit to the Rev. John Poole's

village school in Somersetshire .

184. To J. A. MURRAY, ESQ. Intending to visit

185. FROM LORD WEBB SEYMOUR. Asks Mr. H. to

pass some time at Bulstrode; anxiety about his

186. To MRS. L. HORNER. Is going to Malvern . 108

187. TO HIS SISTER, MISS HORNER. Journey in

Scotland; society at Edinburgh; visits Mr.

188. To J. A. MURRAY, ESQ. Has been visiting Mr.

Brougham in Westmoreland; Sir S. Romilly's

canvass at Bristol

189. TO THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH. Informs him that

he is not to be in the new parliament

190. To SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY. Sir S. R. having

been defeated at Bristol, he urges him not to

refuse to sit for a borough, if offered to him

191. FROM THE SAME. Answer to the preceding

192. To LORD HOLLAND. Has heard that he is to

have a seat in parliament through the friendship

of Lord Grenville; urges the preferable claims

of Sir S. Romilly

LETTER 193. To J. A. MURRAY, ESQ. Regrets that Mr.

Brougham has been unsuccessful in the election

for Liverpool, and hopes that he will find another

seat; announces his own expectation of being in

the new parliament .

194. TO THE SAME. Mr. Brougham's great success at
the bar; his speech in defence of Hunt; Russian
campaign of the French .

195. TO THE SAME. Effect of the property tax on the

farmers in Scotland; Lord Ellenborough's con-

duct on Hunt's trial.

LETTER 196. TO HENRY HALLAM, ESQ. Rejoices in a majority

in favour of the Catholic claims in the House of

197. FROM WM. FREEMANTLE, Esq. Offer to Mr.

Horner of a seat in parliament

198. TO THE SAME. Accepting the offer

199. To LORD HOLLAND. Catholic Relief Bill

HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner returned for St. Mawes; he

speaks on a bill on the affairs of India, and on

LETTER 200. TO LORD GRENVILLE. Breaking up of Mr.
Canning's party in parliament.

201. TO LADY HOLLAND. The Speaker's speech to

the Throne at the close of the session

202. FROM LORD GRENVILle. Dissolution of Mr.

Canning's party; the Speaker's speech

203. To HIS SISTER, MISS A. HORNER.

Mr. Rose and his son, in Hampshire

203.* To J. A. MURRAY, ESQ. Mr. Jeffrey's voyage

to the United States; management of the Edin-

burgh Review during his absence; Mr. Horner

proposes to contribute some articles; visit at

204. TO HIS SISTER, MISS HORNER. Visit to Lady

Carnegie at Cheltenham; Mr.

as to a course of reading.

205. To J. A. MURRAY, ESQ. Campaign in Germany;

death of Moreau

. 142

LETTER 206. To JOHN ALLEN, ESQ. What the foreign policy
of the opposition party ought at present to be

207. TO LORD WEBB SEYMOUR. Visits at Chelten-

ham and at Minto; and to Mr. Dugald

207.* TO THOMAS THOMSON, Esq. Article by Sir
James Mackintosh in the Edinburgh Review on
Madame de Staël's Allemagne.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner takes a more active part

in the business of the House; speaks on the

Lace Frame-breaking Bill; on an Insolvent

Debtors' Bill; on the Poor-Law Bill

LETTER 208. TO LORD GRENVILLE. The Speaker's speech

at the close of last session a breach of privi-

209. To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. New volume of Mr.

Dugald Stewart's Philosophy of the Human

HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner speaks on the Corn Laws,

and on the Slave Trade; reports of these

speeches; he speaks also on the Irish Peace-

Preservation Bill; and on the Alien Bill.

LETTER 210. TO HIS FATHER. Increase in his professional

211. To J. A. MURRAY, ESQ. Plan of a tour on the

212. TO THE SAME. Plan for their continental tour . 165

213. To MRS. DUGALD STEWART. Tells her of his

continental tour, and asks Mr. Stewart to sug-

gest to some persons in France to write in the

cause of the abolition of the Slave Trade . . 166

213.* To MRS. DUGALD STEWART. Conduct of the

Prince Regent to his daughter, the Princess

Charlotte, on her proposed marriage with the

Prince of Orange

214. TO HIS SISTER, MISS A. HORNER. Account

of some visits in Devonshire; to Mr. Jeremy

Bentham at Ford Abbey.

LETTER 215. TO HIS MOTHER. From Dieppe

216. TO THE SAME. From Rouen

217. TO HIS SISTER, MISS HORNER. From Paris

218. TO THE SAME. From Geneva

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222. TO HIS SISTER, MISS A. HORNER. From Milan 189

223. TO DUGALD STEWART, ESQ. Account of his

visit to Paris and of some of the persons he had
seen; M. Gallois; M. de Gérando; M. Camille
Jourdan; M. Suard; the Abbé Morellet; pros-
pects of France

224. To J. A. MURRAY, ESQ. Introduction of juries

in civil actions in Scotland

HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner takes an active part in the

Outline of his speech on the Treaty with the King

Outline of his speech on the Irish Peace-Pre-

servation Bill .

Outline of his speech on the conduct of the

naval war against the United States of

LETTER 225. TO SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH, at Paris. Message

to Madame de Staël about a letter of Burke ;

debates in the House of Commons on the pro-

ceedings of the Congress at Vienna.

225.* To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. On the American

war of that time

226. FROM THE SAME. Account of a communication

he has had with the Duke of Wellington at Paris,

on the subject of the abolition of the Slave Trade

227. FROM THE HON. GEO. PONSONBY. Proposes

that Mr. Horner should bring forward a motion

for a committee of inquiry into the conduct of

the American war

LETTER 228. To J. A. MURRAY, ESQ. Jury

Laws, and opinion of Mr.

229. TO THE REV. T. R. MALTHUS.

trial; the Corn
Malthus upon

HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner speaks on the transfer of

Genoa to the King of Sardinia; and on the Corn

LETTER 229.* FROM LORD HOLLAND, FROM NAPLES. Char-

acter of Murat, King of Naples

230. TO HIS FATHER. His speeches on Genoa, and

231. WM. MURRAY, ESQ., TO MR. HORNER'S FATHER.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner speaks on the Bank Re-

LETTER 232. To EARL GREY. On differences of opinion

among the leaders of the opposition on the inva-

sion of France by the allies

232. To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. Expects Mr. Murray

to visit London; gloomy prospects in political

affairs, from the projects of Bonaparte, on his

return from the island of Elba .

233. TO HIS FATHER. The same subject; possibility

of these differences affecting him as to his seat in

234. TO THE SAME. The same subject; explanation

with Lord Grenville

235. To F. JEFFREY, ESQ. Mr. Jeffrey's villa; re-

commendation as to the laying out of his

236. TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.

237. FROM THE SAME. Reply to the preceding letter. 256

238. TO HIS FATHER. His recent correspondence with

HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner speaks on the treaty with

the King of Naples.

LETTER 238.* To MRS. DUGALD STEWART. Renewal of the

war against France.

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