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in politics from the Government which confers it;
Lord Gillies
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner speaks on the subject of
sinecure Offices
94
1812.
LETTER 179. To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. Mr. Brougham's speech
on the Droits of Admiralty
96
180. TO THE Rev. T. R. MALTHUS. Lancaster's
Schools, and the National Schools
97
181. To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. Failures of negotiations
for a change of Ministry.
98
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
100
183. To his BROTHER. Visit to the Rev. John Poole's
village school in Somersetshire .
103
184. To J. A. Murray, Esq. Intending to visit
Scotland.
105
185. FROM LORD WEBB SEYMOUR. Asks Mr. H. to
pass some time at Bulstrode; anxiety about his
health
107
186. To MRS. L. HORNER. Is going to Malvern . 108
187. To HIS Sister, Miss HORNER. Journey in
Scotland; society at Edinburgh; visits Mr.
Dugald Stewart
109
188. To J. A. MÍURRAY, Esq. Has been visiting Mr.
Brougham in Westmoreland; Sir S. Romilly's canvass at Bristol
114
189. TO THE REv. SYDNEY SMITH. Informs him that
he is not to be in the new parliament
115
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 116
191. FROM THE SAME. Answer to the preceding
. 117
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
. 118
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.
. 120
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 .
. 126
123
1813.
LETTER 196. To Henry HALLAM, Esq. Rejoices in a majority
in favour of the Catholic claims in the House of
Commons
. 128
197. FROM Wu. FREEMANTLE, Esq. Offer to Mr.
Horner of a seat in parliament
. 130
198. TO THE SAME. Accepting the offer
. 131
199. To LORD HOLLAND. Catholic Relief Bill 131
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner returned for St. Mawes; he
speaks on a bill on the affairs of India, and on
the Corn Laws
133
LETTER 200. To Lord GRENVILLE. Breaking up of Mr.
Canning's party in parliament.
135
201. To LADY HOLLAND. The Speaker's speech to
the Throne at the close of the session
137
202. FROM LORD GRENVILLE. Dissolution of Mr.
Canning's party; the Speaker's speech . 138
203. To his SISTER, Miss A. HORNER.
Visits to
Mr. Rose and his son, in Hampshire
139
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
Cheltenham
140
204. To his Sister, Miss HORNER. Visit to Lady
Carnegie at Cheltenham; Mr. Rogers ; advice
as to a course of reading
142
205. To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. Campaign in Germany;
death of Moreau
· 145
LETTER 206. TO JOHN ALLEN, Esq. What the foreign policy
of the opposition party ought at present to be 146
207. To LORD WEBB SEYMOUR. Visits at Chelten-
ham and at Minto; and to Mr. Dugald
Stewart
147
Article by Sir
James Mackintosh in the Edinburgh Review on
Madame de Staël's Allemagne.
149
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
. 151
207.* To Thomas Thomson, Esq.
1814.
LETTER 208. To LORD GRENVILLE. The Speaker's speech
at the close of last session a breach of privi-
lege
156
209. To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. New volume of Mr.
Dugald Stewart's Philosophy of the Human
Mind
158
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 . 159
LETTER 210. To HIS FATHER. Increase in his professional
business
163
211. To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. Plan of a tour on the
Continent
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
. 168
214. To lis ŞISTER, Miss A. HORNER. Account
of some visits in Devonshire; to Mr. Jeremy
Bentham at Ford Abbey .
: 172
· 179
LETTER 215. To his MOTHER. From Dieppe
175
216. TO THE SAME. From Rouen
. 176
217. To his SisTER, Miss HORNER. From Paris . 177
218. TO THE SAME. From Geneva
219. To Mrs. L. HORNER. From Brieg in the Val-
lais.
182
220. Frou LORD HOLLAND, enclosing a letter to
Lafayette
187
221. THE LETTER TO LAFAYETTE
188
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
196
221. To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. Introduction of juries
in civil actions in Scotland
201
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner takes an active part in the
debates.
Outline of his speech on the Treaty with the King
of Naples
203
Outline of his speech on the Irish Peace-Pre-
servation Bill .
208
Outline of his speech on the conduct of the
naval war against the United States of
America.
209
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
212
225.* To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. On the American
war of that time
213
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
by France
. 215
1815.
227. FROM THE Hon. GEO. PONSONBY. Proposes
that Mr. Ilorner should bring forward a motion
а
for a committee of inquiry into the conduct of
the American war
219
LETTER 228. To J. A. MURRAY, Esq. Jury trial; the Corn
Laws, and opinion of Mr. Malthus upon
them
220
229. TO THE REV. T. R. MALTHUS. On the Corn
Laws
222
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner speaks on the transfer of
Genoa to the King of Sardinia ; and on the Corn
228
LETTER 229.* FROM LORD HOLLAND, FROM NAPLES. Char-
acter of Murat, King of Naples
231
230. To his FATHER. His speeches on Genoa, and
237
231. WM. MURRAY, Esq., TO MR. HORNER'S FATHER.
The same subject
239
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner speaks on the Bank Re-
striction Act
240
LETTER 232. TO EARL GREY. On differences of opinion
among the leaders of the opposition on the inva-
sion of France by the allies
243
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 .
244
233. To his Father. The same subject; possibility
of these differences affecting him as to his seat in
parliament
249
234. TO THE SAME. The same subject ; explanation
with Lord Grenville
250
235. To F. JEFFREY, Esq. Mr. Jeffrey's villa; re-
commendation as to the laying out of his
garden
253
236. TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM. Offers to
resign his seat in parliament
. 254
237. FROM THE SAME. Reply to the preceding letter . 256
238. To his FATHER. His recent correspondence with
the Marquis of Buckingham
257
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Horner speaks on the treaty with
the King of Naples .
258
LETTER 238.* To MRS. DUGALD STEWART. Renewal of the
war against France.
259