Volume III

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CONTENTS


[List of Illustrations]

[ CHAPTER I. ]

[ ACCESSION OF GEORGE III. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT ETC. ]

[ JUDGES MADE INDEPENDENT OF THE CROWN. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE CABINET. ]

[ THE OPERATIONS OF THE WAR. ]

[ THE RESIGNATION OF MR. PITT. ]

[ THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING. ]

[ CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND. ]

[ WAR WITH SPAIN. ]

[ FRANCE AND SPAIN DECLARE WAR AGAINST PORTUGAL. ]

[ DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET. ]

[ EVENTS IN GERMANY, ETC. ]

[ NEGOCIATIONS FOR PEACE. ]

[ THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT AND THE CONCLUSION OF PEACE. ]

[ THE RESIGNATION OF BUTE. ]

[ THE CHARACTER AND IMPEACHMENT OF WILKES. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE CABINET. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT, AND FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AGAINST WILKES. ]

[ PROPOSITION TO TAX THE AMERICAN COLONIES. ]

[ OPPOSITION OF THE AMERICANS. ]

[ WAR WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. ]

[ DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. ]

[ CHAPTER II. ]

[ THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON COLONIAL TAXATION. ]

[ INSTABILITY OF THE CABINET. ]

[ ATTEMPTS TO FORM A NEW ADMINISTRATION. ]

[ OPPOSITION TO THE STAMP DUTIES IN AMERICA. ]

[ EMBARRASSMENT OF MINISTERS AND MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ SENTIMENTS OF THE AMERICANS ON THE DECLARATORY ACT. ]

[ THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ROCKINGHAM CABINET. ]

[ DECLINE OF LORD CHATHAM’S POPULARITY. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ EAST INDIA QUESTION. ]

[ AMERICAN TAXATION. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN AMERICA. ]

[ DOMESTIC TROUBLES AND COMMOTIONS. ]

[ THE RETURN OF WILKES, ETC. ]

[ RESIGNATION OF LORD CHATHAM. ]

[ THE AFFAIRS OF WILKES. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATE ON WILKES. ]

[ DEBATES ON AMERICA. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISCONTENTS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. ]

[ CHAPTER III. ]

[ THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISSOLUTION OF THE GRAFTON CABINET. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION, ETC. ]

[ THE QUESTION OF CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS, ETC. ]

[ DEBATES ON AMERICA. ]

[ RELEASE OF WILKES. ]

[ AMERICAN AFFAIRS. ]

[ RIOTS AT BOSTON. ]

[ THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ REMONSTRANCE OF BECKFORD TO THE KING. ]

[ PROSECUTION OF WOODFALL AND ALMON. ]

[ DISPUTES RESPECTING FALKLAND ISLANDS. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF AMERICA. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATE CONCERNING THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE LAW OF LIBEL. ]

[ QUARRELS BETWEEN THE LORDS AND COMMONS. ]

[ CONVENTION WITH SPAIN. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. ]

[ RE-OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SHOREHAM. ]

[ RESOLUTIONS RESPECTING THE PUBLICATION OF DEBATES. ]

[ COMMITTAL OF THE LORD MAYOR AND ALDERMAN OLIVER TO THE TOWER. ]

[ CONTEST BETWEEN THE CITY AND LEGISLATURE. ]

[ THE QUESTION OF THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION. ]

[ THE QUESTION OF THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE SESSION CLOSED. ]

[ RELEASE OF THE LORD MAYOR AND ALDERMAN OLIVER. ]

[ EDUCATION OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. ]

[ CITY PETITION TO THE KING. ]

[ DISPUTES IN THE CITY. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON SUBSCRIPTION TO THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES. ]

[ ECCLESIASTICAL NULLUM TEMPUS BILL. ]

[ THE CASE OF DR. NOWELL. ]

[ TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. ]

[ THE ROYAL MARRIAGE ACT. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. ]

[ THE SESSION CLOSED. ]

[ FATE OF THE QUEEN OF DENMARK. ]

[ DEATH OF THE PRINCESS DOWAGER OF WALES. ]

[ REVOLUTION IN SWEDEN. ]

[ PARTITION OF POLAND. ]

[ INVESTIGATION OF THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. ]

[ CHAPTER V. ]

[ THE CARIBBS OF ST. VINCENTS. ]

[ PETITION OF NAVAL OFFICERS. ]

[ SUBSCRIPTION TO THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES. ]

[ DEBATES ON EAST INDIA MEASURES. ]

[ THE SESSION CLOSED. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE CITY. ]

[ CONTINENTAL POLITICS. ]

[ IRISH AFFAIRS. ]

[ DISPUTES WITH THE AMERICAN COLONIES. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ EARLY MEASURES IN THIS SESSION. ]

[ THE BOSTONIAN PETITION. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST AMERICA. ]

[ BILL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF CANADA. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS AT BOSTON. ]

[ GENERAL ELECTION. ]

[ MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. ]

[ DEBATES ON AMERICA. ]

[ PACIFIC MEASURE OF LORD NORTH. ]

[ BURKE’S PLAN OF CONCILIATION. ]

[ CLOSE OF THE SESSION. ]

[ PETITION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. ]

[ DEPARTURE OF FRANKLIN. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICANS. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO SEIZE STORES AT SALEM. ]

[ AFFAIR AT LEXINGTON, ETC. ]

[ MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLIES AND OF GENERAL CONGRESS. ]

[ BATTLE OF BUNKER’S HILL. ]

[ GENERAL WASHINGTON. ]

[ EXPEDITIONS AGAINST TICONDEROGA AND CROWN POINT, ETC. ]

[ EXPEDITION AGAINST CANADA. ]

[ DISPOSITION AND REVOLT OF THE VIRGINIANS. ]

[ CONDUCT OF CONGRESS TOWARDS NEW YORK, ETC. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN ENGLAND. ]

[ PROSECUTION AND TRIAL OF HORNE TOOKE, ETC. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ THE MILITIA BILL. ]

[ THE NAVY AND LAND ESTIMATES. ]

[ PETITION OF NOVA SCOTIA. ]

[ PETITION OF CONGRESS. ]

[ MOTIONS OF THE DUKE OF GRAFTON. ]

[ THE LAND TAX INCREASED. ]

[ BURKE’S SECOND CONCILIATORY MOTION. ]

[ LORD NORTH’S PROHIBITORY BILL. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. ]

[ DEBATES ON AMERICA, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ SENTIMENTS OF FOREIGN POWERS, ETC. ]

[ EVACUATION OF BOSTON BY THE BRITISH. ]

[ MISSION OF INDIAN CHIEFS. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF CANADA. ]

[ UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON SULLIVAN’S ISLAND. ]

[ AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA. ]

[ DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY CONGRESS. ]

[ EXPEDITION AGAINST NEW YORK. ]

[ DEFEAT OF THE AMERICANS ON LONG ISLAND. ]

[ CONFERENCE ON STATEN ISLAND. ]

[ CAPTURE OF NEW YORK, ETC. ]

[ CAPTURE OF FORT WASHINGTON. ]

[ CAPTURE OF FORT LEE, AND RETREAT OF WASHINGTON. ]

[ EXPEDITION AGAINST RHODE ISLAND. ]

[ SUCCESSES OF GENERAL CARLETON. ]

[ MEASURES OF CONGRESS. ]

[ DEFECTION OF THE COLONISTS, ETC. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON AMERICA. ]

[ ATTEMPT TO FIRE HIS MAJESTY’S DOCKYARD AT PORTSMOUTH. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. ]

[ LETTERS OF MARQUE GRANTED. ]

[ BILL FOR DETAINING PERSONS IN PRISON CHARGED WITH HIGH-TREASON. ]

[ MISCELLANEOUS DEBATES. ]

[ SPIRITED ADDRESS OF THE SPEAKER TO THE KING. ]

[ LORD CHATHAM’S MOTION FOR CONCESSIONS TO AMERICA. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ SUCCESSES OF WASHINGTON. ]

[ BRITISH EXPEDITION UP THE HUDSON RIVER. ]

[ AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO LONG ISLAND. ]

[ CAPTURE OF GENERAL PRESCOT, ETC. ]

[ BATTLE OF THE BRANDYWINE, ETC. ]

[ CAPTURE OF PHILADELPHIA. ]

[ OPENING OF THE DELAWARE. ]

[ CLOSE OF HOWE’S CAMPAIGN. ]

[ EXPEDITION AND CAPTURE OF BURGOYNE. ]

[ CLINTON’S EXPEDITION UP THE HUDSON. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON AMERICA. ]

[ DUKE OF RICHMOND’S MOTION FOR INQUIRING INTO THE STATE OF THE NATION. ]

[ FOX’S MOTION FOR INQUIRING INTO THE STATE OF THE NATION. ]

[ ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES. ]

[ INTELLIGENCE OF BURGOYNES DEFEAT ]

[ ROYAL ASSENT TO SEVERAL BILLS. ]

[ PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. ]

[ DEMONSTRATION OF PUBLIC SPIRIT IN ENGLAND. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ COMMITTEE FOR TAKING THE STATE OF THE NATION INTO CONSIDERATION. ]

[ BURKE’S MOTION RELATIVE TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF INDIANS. ]

[ COMMITTEE OF EVIDENCE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ETC. ]

[ LORD NORTHS CONCILIATORY BILLS. ]

[ INTIMATION OF THE FRENCH TREATY WITH AMERICA. ]

[ INVESTIGATION OF THE STATE OF THE NAVY. ]

[ MOTION FOR EXCLUDING CONTRACTORS FROM PARLIAMENT. ]

[ REVISION OF THE TRADE OF IRELAND. ]

[ BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS. ]

[ MOTION OF CENSURE ON LORD GEORGE GERMAINE, ETC. ]

[ LORD CHATHAM’S LAST APPEARANCE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. ]

[ DEATH OF LORD CHATHAM, AND POSTHUMOUS HONOURS TO HIS MEMORY. ]

[ THE DUKE OF RICHMOND’S MOTION RESUMED. ]

[ THE SESSION CLOSED. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN FRANCE. ]

[ NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL. ]

[ DISGRACEFUL INFRACTION OF THE CONVENTION OF SARATOGA. ]

[ LAFAYETTE’S EXPEDITION TO CANADA. ]

[ UNFORTUNATE ACTION UNDER LAFAYETTE. ]

[ SIR HENRY CLINTON TAKES THE COMMAND OF THE BRITISH TROOPS. ]

[ ARRIVAL OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN AMERICA WITH THE CONCILIATORY BILLS. ]

[ EVACUATION OF PHILADELPHIA BY THE BRITISH, ETC. ]

[ DISGRACE OF GENERAL LEE. ]

[ UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK BY THE AMERICANS AND FRENCH ON RHODE ISLAND. ]

[ OPERATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. ]

[ ATTACK OF THE SAVAGES ON THE SETTLEMENT OF WYOMING, ETC. ]

[ ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH ENVOY AT PHILADELPHIA. ]

[ MOVEMENTS OF THE BRITISH AND FRENCH FLEETS. ]

[ CAPTURE OF DOMINICA BY THE FRENCH. ]

[ CAPTURE OF ST. LUCIE BY THE BRITISH. ]

[ RE-CAPTURE OF THE ISLANDS OF ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. ]

[ FRENCH PLANS REGARDING CANADA COUNTERACTED BY WASHINGTON. ]

[ CAPTURE OF SAVANNAH BY THE BRITISH. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ AFFAIR RESPECTING ADMIRAL KEPPEL AND SIR HUGH PALLISER. ]

[ CHAPTER X. ]

[ TRIAL OF ADMIRAL KEPPEL AND VICE-ADMIRAL PALLISER. ]

[ ATTACKS ON LORD SANDWICH. ]

[ INVESTIGATION RESPECTING THE CONDUCT OF GENERAL AND LORD HOWE. ]

[ RELIEF TO PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE TRADE OF IRELAND. ]

[ WAR WITH SPAIN. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE MILITIA BILL. ]

[ BILL FOR THE IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ THE CAUSES OF THE RUPTURE WITH SPAIN. ]

[ SPANISH ATTEMPT UPON GIBRALTAR. ]

[ FRENCH AND ENGLISH FLEETS IN THE CHANNEL, ETC. ]

[ AFFAIRS IN THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ OPERATIONS IN GEORGIA. ]

[ INEFFECTUAL ATTEMPT OF THE AMERICANS TO REDUCE SAVANNAH. ]

[ BRITISH INCURSIONS INTO VIRGINIA. ]

[ CAPTURE OF STONEY-POINT AND VERPLANKS. ]

[ BRITISH EXPEDITION AGAINST CONNECTICUT. ]

[ STONEY-POINT RE-CAPTURED, BUT DESERTED AT THE APPROACH OF THE BRITISH. ]

[ BRITISH GARRISON SURPRISED AT PAULUS-HOOK. ]

[ AMERICAN DISASTER AT PENOBSCOT. ]

[ AMERICAN RETALIATION ON THE INDIANS, ETC. ]

[ SPANISH INCURSIONS. ]

[ ACTION BETWEEN PAUL JONES AND CAPTAIN PEARSON. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ LORD SHELBURNE ATTACKS MINISTERS IN THE CASE OF IRELAND. ]

[ LORD OSSORY’S ATTACK ON MINISTERS RESPECTING IRELAND. ]

[ LORD NORTH’S PROPOSITION FOR THE RELIEF OF IRELAND. ]

[ DEBATES ON ECONOMICAL REFORM. ]

[ CHAPTER XI. ]

[ BURKE’S PLAN OF ECONOMICAL REFORM. ]

[ REJECTION OF LORD SHELBURNE’S MOTION FOR A COMMISSION OF ACCOUNTS. ]

[ MINISTERIAL BILL FOR COMMISSION OF ACCOUNTS. ]

[ BILL FOR EXCLUDING CONTRACTORS FROM PARLIAMENT REJECTED. ]

[ MOTIONS REGARDING PLACES AND PENSIONS. ]

[ POLITICAL ALTERCATIONS. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE INCREASE OF CROWN INFLUENCE. ]

[ LORD NORTH’S PROPOSAL RESPECTING THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. ]

[ GENERAL CONWAY’S PLAN OF RECONCILIATION WITH AMERICA. ]

[ POPULAR RAGE AGAINST THE CATHOLICS; RIOTS IN LONDON, ETC. ]

[ MEASURES ADOPTED BY PARLIAMENT, ARISING OUT OF THE LONDON RIOTS. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ TRIAL OF LORD GEORGE GORDON AND THE RIOTERS. ]

[ ADMIRAL RODNEY’S SUCCESS AGAINST THE SPANIARDS. ]

[ ARMED NEUTRALITY. ]

[ RODNEY ENGAGES THE FRENCH FLEET. ]

[ EXPEDITION AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA. ]

[ BATTLE OF CAMDEN, ETC. ]

[ AFFAIRS AT NEW YORK. ]

[ TREASON OF ARNOLD, AND FATE OF MAJOR ANDRE. ]

[ MARITIME LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE BRITISH. ]

[ WAR WITH HOLLAND. ]

[ GENERAL ELECTION. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XII. ]

[ NOTICE OF THE RUPTURE WITH HOLLAND. ]

[ BURKE RE-INTRODUCES THE SUBJECT OF ECONOMICAL REFORM, ETC. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE SUPPLIES. ]

[ MOTION ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE MILITARY IN THE LATE RIOTS. ]

[ PETITION OF THE DELEGATES OF THE COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS. ]

[ THE MARRIAGE ACT CORRECTED. ]

[ MOTION OF FOX RESPECTING THE AMERICAN WAR. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ ATTACK ON JERSEY. ]

[ THE GARRISON OF GIBRALTAR RELIEVED. ]

[ REVOLT IN WASHINGTON’S CAMP. ]

[ ARNOLD’S EXPEDITION TO VIRGINIA, ETC. ]

[ LORD CORNWALLIS’S EXPEDITION TO VIRGINIA. ]

[ SIEGE OF LORD CORNWALLIS IN YORK-TOWN. ]

[ LOSS OF THE BRITISH DOMINION IN FLORIDA. ]

[ ATTACK ON MINORCA. ]

[ FRENCH AND SPANISH FLEETS IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. ]

[ NAVAL ACTION WITH THE DUTCH. ]

[ CAPTURE OF ST. EUSTATIUS. ]

[ COMMODORE JOHNSTONE ATTACKED BY DE SUFFREIN, ETC. ]

[ FURTHER OPERATIONS IN THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ SENTIMENTS OF FOREIGN POWERS TOWARD ENGLAND. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CENSURES ON RODNEY AND VAUGHAN. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE NAVY. ]

[ MOTION OF SIR JAMES LOWTHER FOR PEACE, ETC. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. ]

[ RECENT EVENTS ON THE THEATRE OF WAR. ]

[ FOX’S MOTIONS FOR INQUIRY INTO THE NAVY. ]

[ MOTIONS OF INQUIRY IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. ]

[ DEBATES ON LORD GEORGE GERMAINE’S ELEVATION TO THE PEERAGE. ]

[ RENEWED ATTACKS ON LORD SANDWICH: RESIGNATION OF LORD NORTH. ]

[ THE NEW MINISTRY. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. ]

[ BILL FOR EXCLUDING CONTRACTORS, ETC. ]

[ RESOLUTIONS RESPECTING WILKES EXPUNGED FROM THE JOURNALS. ]

[ DISFRANCHISEMENT OF CRICKLADE, ETC. ]

[ DEBATES ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. ]

[ CHANGE IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ VICTORY OF RODNEY. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF THE WAR IN AMERICA. ]

[ STATE OF THE WAR IN THE WEST INDIES, ETC. ]

[ MARITIME EVENTS. ]

[ SIEGE AND RELIEF OF GIBRALTAR. ]

[ PROSPECT OF GENERAL PACIFICATION. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE. ]

[ RE-ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE COALITION MINISTRY. ]

[ RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH AMERICA, ETC. ]

[ PITT’S PLAN FOR REFORMING THE TREASURY ETC. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. ]

[ PETITION OF THE QUAKERS AGAINST THE SLAVE TRADE. ]

[ SETTLEMENT ON THE PRINCE OF WALES. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ EXECUTION OF TREATIES, ETC. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ FOX’S INDIA BILL. ]

[ DISSOLUTION OF THE COALITION MINISTRY—PITT MADE PRIME MINISTER. ]

[ EFFORTS OF THE OPPOSITION AGAINST THE NEW MINISTRY. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. ]

[ THE TRIAL OF PARTIES, AND TRIUMPH OF PITT. ]

[ A GENERAL ELECTION. ]

[ MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ ACTS TO PREVENT SMUGGLING, ETC. ]

[ THE BUDGET OF 1784. ]

[ PITT’S INDIA BILL. ]

[ BILL FOR THE RESTORATION OF FORFEITED ESTATES IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE STATE OF IRELAND. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE WESTMINSTER SCRUTINY. ]

[ PITT’S REFORM BILL. ]

[ PITT’S FINANCIAL MEASURES. ]

[ THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. ]

[ CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ CHAPTER XV. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ BILL FOR THE FORTIFICATION OF THE DOCK-YARDS AT PORTSMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH. ]

[ PITT’S FINANCIAL MEASURES. ]

[ DEBATES ON INDIA, ETC. ]

[ A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. ]

[ ATTEMPT ON THE KING’S LIFE. ]

[ TREATIES WITH FRANCE AND SPAIN. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE TREATY OF COMMERCE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE. ]

[ PITT’S PLAN OF FINANCIAL REFORM. ]

[ MOTION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE CORPORATION AND TEST ACTS. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. ]

[ MOTION FOR INQUIRY INTO THE ABUSES OF THE POST-OFFICE. ]

[ IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISPUTES BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. ]

[ PITT’S FINANCIAL MEASURES. ]

[ ADDITIONS MADE TO THE BILL FOR TRYING CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. ]

[ CLAIMS OF THE AMERICAN ROYALISTS, ETC. ]

[ THE SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ CHARGE AGAINST SIR ELIJAH IMPEY. ]

[ IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ CONTINENTAL ALLIANCES. ]

[ DERANGEMENT OF HIS MAJESTY: DEBATES ON THE REGENCY. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. ]

[ ELECTION OF SPEAKER. ]

[ THE QUESTION OF THE REGENCY RESUMED. ]

[ RECOVERY OF HIS MAJESTY. ]

[ ADOPTION OF A PLAN OF FORTIFYING THE WEST INDIAN ISLANDS. ]

[ BILL FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS, ETC. ]

[ SHOP-TAX REPEALED, ETC. ]

[ MOTION RESPECTING THE CORPORATION AND TEST ACTS, ETC. ]

[ SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ ELECTION OF SPEAKER. ]

[ PITTS FINANCIAL MEASURES. ]

[ IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ STATE OF PARTIES IN ENGLAND. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. ]

[ FLOOD’S MOTION FOR REFORM OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. ]

[ PITT’S FINANCIAL STATEMENT, ETC. ]

[ THE SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ DISPUTES WITH SPAIN. ]

[ IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED, AND DISSOLVED. ]

[ SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES WITH SPAIN. ]

[ CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ PROGRESS OF REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES IN ENGLAND. ]

[ WAR IN INDIA. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE WAR IN INDIA. ]

[ DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA. ]

[ BILL FOR THE REGULATION OF CANADA. ]

[ SLAVE-TRADE ABOLITION BILL. ]

[ CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL, ETC. ]

[ BILL TO AMEND THE LAW ON LIBELS. ]

[ FINANCIAL MEASURES. ]

[ IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE. ]

[ STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION IN ENGLAND, ETC. ]

[ CHAPTER XIX. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE RUSSIAN ARMAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA. ]

[ PITT’S FINANCIAL STATEMENT. ]

[ THE SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ LONDON POLICE ACT. ]

[ ACT TO RELIEVE THE SCOTCH EPISCOPALIANS, ETC. ]

[ SHERIDAN’S MOTION RESPECTING THE ROYAL BURGHS OF SCOTLAND. ]

[ DEBATES ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, ETC. ]

[ TRIAL OF HASTINGS, ETC. ]

[ BILL RESPECTING THE NEW FOREST AND TIMBER FOR THE NAVY. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF POLAND. ]

[ STATE OF THE PUBLIC MIND IN ENGLAND. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE ALIEN BILL, ETC. ]

[ EXECUTION OF THE FRENCH KING. ]

[ CHAPTER XX. ]

[ HOSTILE MESSAGE OF THE KING TO PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DECLARATION OF WAR BY THE FRENCH, ETC. ]

[ PITT’S FINANCIAL STATEMENT. ]

[ THE TRAITOROUS CORRESPONDENCE BILL. ]

[ PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. ]

[ RELIEF GRANTED TO MERCANTILE MEN. ]

[ RENEWAL OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY’S CHARTER. ]

[ RELIEF OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS OF SCOTLAND, ETC. ]

[ TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS. ]

[ DISCUSSION ON A MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE STATES-GENERAL. ]

[ FOX’S MOTION FOR PEACE. ]

[ MR. GREY’S MEASURE OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. ]

[ PROSPECTS OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, &c. ]

[ CHAPTER XXI. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE MILITIA AUGMENTED, ETC. ]

[ SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT. ]

[ AGITATION IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. ]

[ INTRODUCTION OF FOREIGN TROOPS. ]

[ THE SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ MOTION ON BEHALF OF LA FAYETTE. ]

[ MOTION FOR INQUIRY INTO THE RECENT FAILURES OF OUR ARMIES. ]

[ THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS. ]

[ THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS. ]

[ EMBASSY TO CHINA, ETC. ]

[ CORSICA ANNEXED TO THE CROWN OF ENGLAND. ]

[ LORD HOWE’S NAVAL VICTORY, ETC. ]

[ BRITISH CONQUESTS IN THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ DISPUTES WITH AMERICA. ]

[ MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE CONTINENT. ]

[ THE INTERNAL CONDITION OF FRANCE. ]

[ CONVENTION WITH SWEDEN AND DENMARK. ]

[ THE STATE OF POLAND. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XXII. ]

[ BILL FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT (CONTINUED.) ]

[ SUBSIDY TO AUSTRIA. ]

[ SUPPLIES, ETC. ]

[ PITT’S PLAN TO MAN THE NAVY, ETC. ]

[ THE SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ TERMINATION OF THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS. ]

[ MOTION FOR INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE NATION REJECTED. ]

[ MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. ]

[ NAVAL AFFAIRS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, ETC. ]

[ FRENCH OPERATIONS IN HOLLAND, ETC. ]

[ TREATIES BETWEEN FRANCE AND PRUSSIA, ETC. ]

[ TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND RUSSIA, ETC. ]

[ THE CAMPAIGN OF THE ALPS. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF LA VENDEE. ]

[ ARMIES ON THE RHINE. ]

[ AFFAIRS AT PARIS. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ BILL TO PREVENT SEDITIOUS MEETINGS, ETC. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII. ]

[ GREY’S MOTION FOR PEACE, ETC. ]

[ PITT’S FINANCIAL MEASURES. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ NEGOCIATIONS FOR PEACE. ]

[ MILITARY AFFAIRS ON THE CONTINENT. ]

[ SURRENDER OF CORSICA AND THE ISLE OF ELBA. ]

[ DUTCH ATTEMPT TO RETAKE THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. ]

[ FRENCH EXPEDITION TO IRELAND. ]

[ DISPUTES BETWEEN FRANCE AND AMERICA. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ PITT’S FINANCIAL STATEMENT. ]

[ MISSION OF LORD MALMESBURY TO PARIS. ]

[ STOPPAGE OF CASH PAYMENTS AT THE BANK. ]

[ MUTINY IN THE FLEETS. ]

[ GREY’S MOTION FOR REFORM, ETC. ]

[ FRENCH DESCENT ON WALES. ]

[ BATTLE OFF CAPE ST. VINCENT. ]

[ BATTLE OFF CAMPERDOWN. ]

[ THE BLOCKADE OF CADIZ, ETC. ]

[ WAR ON THE CONTINENT. ]

[ INTERNAL HISTORY OF FRANCE. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV. ]

[ REDEMPTION OF THE LAND-TAX, ETC. ]

[ IRISH REBELLION. ]

[ INVASION OF BELGIUM. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO MINORCA. ]

[ BATTLE OF THE NILE, ETC. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ INCOME TAX SANCTIONED, ETC. ]

[ TREATY WITH RUSSIA. ]

[ UNION WITH IRELAND CONSIDERED ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN ITALY. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT. ]

[ ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSULAR GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF INDIA. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY DISCUSSIONS. ]

[ UNION WITH IRELAND COMPLETED. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN ITALY. ]

[ CAPTURE OF MALTA. ]

[ NAVAL OPERATIONS. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MOTIONS FOR PEACE, ETC. ]

[ CHAPTER XXV. ]

[ COMMENCEMENT OF THE UNION WITH IRELAND. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ RESIGNATION OF MR. PITT, ETC. ]

[ THE NEW MINISTRY. ]

[ MOTION FOR AN INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE NATION. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY MEASURES. ]

[ WAR WITH THE NORTHERN POWERS. ]

[ DISSOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN CONFEDERACY. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO EGYPT. ]

[ AFFAIRS ON THE CONTINENT. ]

[ NAVAL OPERATIONS. ]

[ TREATY OF AMIENS. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY MEASURES. ]

[ PREPARATIONS FOR HOSTILITY. ]

[ MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ TRIAL OF COLONEL DESPARD. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. ]

[ ACT TO RELIEVE CATHOLICS, ETC. ]

[ WAR PROCLAIMED WITH FRANCE. ]

[ THE CAUSES FOR THE RENEWAL OF WAR WITH FRANCE. ]

[ WAR WITH HOLLAND. ]

[ MILITIA BILL, ETC. ]

[ FINANCIAL MEASURES. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ INSURRECTION IN IRELAND. ]

[ LETTER OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. ]

[ MOVEMENTS OF THE FRENCH ]

[ NAVAL CONQUESTS. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVI. ]

[ HIS MAJESTY’S INDISPOSITION. ]

[ CHANGE IN THE MINISTRY—PITT RESUMES OFFICE. ]

[ THE SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ ADDITIONAL FORCE ACT ]

[ DEBATE ON THE CORN-LAWS. ]

[ THE BUDGET—PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF FRANCE: NAPOLEON CREATED EMPEROR. ]

[ NAVAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ COALITION BETWEEN PITT AND ADDINGTON. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES, ETC. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE RUPTURE WITH SPAIN. ]

[ CLAIMS OF THE CATHOLICS. ]

[ THE SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ IMPEACHMENT OF LORD MELVILLE. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET. ]

[ NAPOLEON CROWNED KING OF ITALY ]

[ CONQUESTS OF NAPOLEON IN BAVARIA. ]

[ THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, ETC. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEATH OF MR. PITT. ]

[ THE GRENVILLE ADMINISTRATION. ]

[ NEGOCIATIONS FOR PEACE. ]

[ WINDHAM’S MILITARY PLAN. ]

[ THE BUDGET. ]

[ TRIAL OF LORD MELVILLE. ]

[ THE SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED, ETC. ]

[ DEATH OF FOX. ]

[ NAVAL SUCCESSES. ]

[ DISPUTES WITH AMERICA. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF SICILY. ]

[ WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND PRUSSIA, ETC. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVII. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE NEGOCIATION WITH FRANCE. ]

[ FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS. ]

[ THE SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ BILL FOR REMOVING THE DISABILITIES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS. ]

[ DISMISSAL OF MINISTERS. ]

[ NEW CABINET. ]

[ TRIAL OF STRENGTH BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES. ]

[ DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CAMPAIGN OF NAPOLEON. ]

[ THE PEACE OF TILSIT. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO COPENHAGEN. ]

[ HOSTILITIES AGAINST TURKEY. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO EGYPT. ]

[ DISASTERS IN SOUTH AMERICA. ]

[ WAR WITH RUSSIA. ]

[ FRENCH INVASION OF PORTUGAL. ]

[ MILAN DECREE, ETC. ]

[ DISPUTES WITH AMERICA. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL. ]

[ FINANCIAL MEASURES. ]

[ DEBATE ON IRELAND. ]

[ MOTION RESPECTING THE DROITS OF ADMIRALTY, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ RISING OF THE SPANISH NATION, ETC. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. CONFEDERATION OF FRANCE AND RUSSIA. ]

[ OPERATIONS IN SPAIN. ]

[ NAVAL AFFAIRS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. ]

[ STATE OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE SUPPLIES, ETC. ]

[ CHARGES AGAINST THE DUKE OF YORK. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY CORRUPTION. ]

[ MOTION FOR REFORM. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. ]

[ FURTHER OPERATIONS IN SPAIN. ]

[ CAMPAIGN OF NAPOLEON IN ITALY. ]

[ BRITISH EXPEDITION AGAINST NAPLES AND WALCHEREN. ]

[ DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE WALCHEREN EXPEDITION. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. ]

[ THE SUPPLIES. ]

[ THE SLAVE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ PETITION OF THE IRISH CATHOLICS, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN PORTUGAL. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. ]

[ FOREIGN CONQUESTS, ETC. ]

[ THE MARRIAGE OF NAPOLEON, ETC. ]

[ ILLNESS OF HIS MAJESTY—OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, ETC. ]

[ OPENING OF PARLIAMENT BY THE REGENT ]

[ DEBATE ON THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF THE DUKE OF YORK TO THE WAR-OFFICE. ]

[ THE SUPPLIES. ]

[ THE BULLION COMMITTEE, ETC. ]

[ SUBJECT OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE. ]

[ LOUD SIDMOUTH’S MOTION RESPECTING DISSENTING PREACHERS. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF THE IRISH CATHOLICS. ]

[ AMENDMENT OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISPUTES WITH AMERICA. ]

[ CAPTURE OF JAVA. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF SPAIN, CAPTURE OF BADAJOZ, ETC. ]

[ NAVAL AFFAIRS ]

[ AFFAIRS OF FRANCE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIX. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ AUGMENTATION OF THE CIVIL LIST. ]

[ BILL FOR PROHIBITING THE GRANT OF OFFICES IN REVERSION, ETC. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY, ETC. ]

[ ATTACKS UPON MINISTERS. ]

[ ASSASSINATION OF MR. PERCEVAL. ]

[ ADMINISTRATION OF LORD LIVERPOOL. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ POPULATION RETURNS, ETC. ]

[ BILL FOR PRESERVATION OF THE PEACE. ]

[ BILL TO EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF DISSENTERS. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT, ETC. ]

[ CAPTURE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO BY THE BRITISH. ]

[ STORM AND CAPTURE OF BADAJOZ. ]

[ OPERATIONS IN SPAIN. ]

[ WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND RUSSIA. ]

[ WAR WITH AMERICA. ]

[ MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE WAR WITH AMERICA. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ RENEWAL OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY’S CHARTER. ]

[ THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. ]

[ CURATES’ BILL, ETC. ]

[ APPOINTMENT OF VICE-CHANCELLOR. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE TREATY WITH SWEDEN. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. ]

[ AMERICAN CAMPAIGN. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ BILL FOR ALLOWING THE MILITIA TO VOLUNTEER INTO THE LINE, ETC. ]

[ CHAPTER XXX. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY MEASURES. ]

[ CAMPAIGN OF LORD WELLINGTON. ]

[ THE ALLIES ENTER PARIS; NAPOLEON DETHRONED, ETC. ]

[ TREATY OF PEACE. ]

[ HONOURS CONFERRED ON WELLINGTON, ETC. ]

[ VISIT OF THE ALLIED SOVEREIGNS. ]

[ CONGRESS OF VIENNA. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN AMERICA, ETC. ]

[ TREATY OF PEACE WITH AMERICA, ETC. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ RETURN OF NAPOLEON FROM. ELBA. ]

[ TRIAL BY JURY, ETC. ]

[ WAR RESOLVED ON; FINANCIAL MEASURES. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CONGRESS OF VIENNA. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF FRANCE. ]

[ THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. ]

[ CAPTURE OF PARIS.—SURRENDER OF NAPOLEON, ETC. ]

[ RETURN OF LOUIS XVIII. TO PARIS. ]

[ BRITAIN GAINS POSSESSION OF THE ISLAND OF CEYLON. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE TREATIES. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ ROYAL MARRIAGES. ]

[ VARIOUS MOTIONS. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ RIOTS, ETC. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO ALGIERS. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MEASURES OF ECONOMY. ]

[ RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC LIBERTY. ]

[ COMMITTEE ON THE POOR-LAWS, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ RIOTS AT MANCHESTER, ETC. ]

[ DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXI. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MOTION FOR SECRET COMMITTEES PREPARATORY TO A BILL OF INDEMNITY. ]

[ EXTENSION OF THE BANK RESTRICTION. ]

[ TREATY WITH SPAIN. ]

[ ROYAL MARRIAGES. ]

[ THE SUPPLIES. ]

[ THE ALIEN ACT, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ STATE OF THE MANUFACTURERS OF LANCASHIRE, ETC. ]

[ DEATH OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE DUKE OF YORK APPOINTED GUARDIAN TO HIS MAJESTY. ]

[ COMMITTEE ON THE CRIMINAL CODE. ]

[ MEASURES FOR RESUMPTION OF CASH-PAYMENTS. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENT. ]

[ CATHOLIC CLAIMS. ]

[ FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT. ]

[ SLAVE-TRADE, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ SEDITIOUS ASSEMBLAGES. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MOTION FOR INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE NATION. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. ]

[ CESSION OF PARGA TO THE TURKS. ]

[ DEATH OF GEORGE III. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXII. ]

[ ACCESSION OF GEORGE IV. ]

[ DECLARATION OF THE KING, ETC. ]

[ DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CATO-STREET CONSPIRACY. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ BILLS FOR AMENDING THE CRIMINAL CODE. ]

[ EDUCATION BILL. ]

[ MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE ON THE CORN-LAWS. ]

[ MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE RESPECTING FREE TRADE. ]

[ THE CIVIL LIST, ETC. ]

[ MESSAGE RESPECTING THE QUEEN ]

[ TRIAL OF THE QUEEN. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE HOLY ALLIANCE ]

[ THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. ]

[ MOTIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, ETC. ]

[ REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE. ]

[ THE NAVIGATION LAWS. ]

[ THE SUPPLIES, ETC. ]

[ CORONATION OF GEORGE IV. ]

[ DEATH OF QUEEN CAROLINE. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE CABINET. ]

[ MOTION TO RESTORE ROMAN CATHOLIC PEERS TO THEIR SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MOTION ON AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS, ETC. ]

[ ACTS FOR THE REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURE. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE CURRENCY. ]

[ REDUCTION OF IMPOSTS, ETC. ]

[ MOTION FOR PARLIAMENTARY REFORM ]

[ CAUSE OF THE GREEKS—PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CHANGE IN THE CABINET. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIV ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE. ]

[ THE SUPPLIES. ]

[ THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. ]

[ AFFAIRS IN IRELAND. ]

[ MOTIONS TO REFORM THE CRIMINAL LAW. ]

[ MOTION TO REFORM THE SCOTCH REPRESENTATION. ]

[ NEW LONDON BRIDGE BILL. ]

[ MOTION RESPECTING THE DUTY ON THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. ]

[ EXPENSES OF THE CORONATION. ]

[ MUNIFICENCE OF GEORGE IV. ]

[ IRISH TITHE COMMUTATION BILL, ETC.—PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ STATE OF THE COUNTRY. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ ATTACK ON MINISTERS WITH REFERENCE TO SPAIN, ETC. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ]

[ THE TRADE QUESTION ]

[ ALIEN BILL, ETC. ]

[ DISCUSSIONS ON THE REVOLT IN DEMARARA, ETC. ]

[ STATE OF THE BRITISH COLONIES. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXV. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ BILL FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ASSOCIATIONS IN IRELAND. ]

[ CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. ]

[ COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF IRELAND. ]

[ MR. HUME’S MOTION AGAINST THE IRISH CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT, ETC. ]

[ STATE OF THE IRISH CHARTER SCHOOLS. ]

[ DEBATES ON ALLEGED ABUSES IN CHANCERY. ]

[ REGULATION OF THE SALARIES OF THE JUDGES. ]

[ REJECTION OF THE UNITARIAN MARRIAGE ACT, ETC. ]

[ ACT AGAINST COMBINATIONS AMONG WORKMEN. ]

[ FREE-TRADE SYSTEM. ]

[ SURRENDER, OF THE CHARTER OF THE LEVANT COMPANY. ]

[ REPORT OF TREATIES. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ PROPOSALS FOR THE ABOLITION OF CERTAIN TAXES, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ GREAT COMMERCIAL PANIC. ]

[ THE BURMESE WAR. ]

[ REVIEW OF FOREIGN RELATIONS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVI. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MEASURES PROPOSED FOR RELIEVING COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. ]

[ BILL TO ENABLE PRIVATE BANKS TO HAVE AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF PARTNERS, ]

[ APPOINTMENT OF A COMMITTEE ON EMIGRATION. ]

[ MODIFICATION OF THE CORN-LAWS. ]

[ DEBATES ON FREE TRADE. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ BILL TO PREVENT BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. ]

[ ALTERATION OF THE CRIMINAL CODE. ]

[ CASE OF MR. KENRICK. ]

[ STATE OF THE COLONIES. ]

[ MODE FOR AMENDING THE REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, ETC. ]

[ RESOLUTION FOR THE REGULATION OF PRIVATE COMMITTEES. ]

[ MOTION TO HOLD PARLIAMENT OCCASIONALLY IN DUBLIN AND EDINBURGH. ]

[ RESTORATION OF FORFEITED SCOTCH PEERAGES. ]

[ MOTION TO DISJOIN THE PRESIDENCY OF THE BOARD OF TRADE FROM THE ]

[ CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION, ETC. ]

[ INDIA JURY BILL, ETC. ]

[ NATURALIZATION ACT, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION AND DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ GENERAL ELECTION. ]

[ THE BURMESE WAR. ]

[ MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MOTION FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE ON JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES, ETC. ]

[ KING’S MESSAGE RESPECTING THE CONDUCT OF SPAIN TOWARDS PORTUGAL. ]

[ RESOLUTIONS AGAINST BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVII. ]

[ DEATH OF THE DUKE OF YORK. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CATHOLIC QUESTION. ]

[ THE CORN-LAWS. ]

[ DISSOLUTION OF THE MINISTRY. ]

[ REASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ EXPLANATIONS OF MEMBERS, AND HOSTILITY TO THE MINISTRY. ]

[ OPINIONS OF HIS MAJESTY ON THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. ]

[ MOTION ON THE CHANCELLOR’S JURISDICTION IN BANKRUPTCY. ]

[ MOTIONS REGARDING THE STAMP-DUTY AND CHEAP PUBLICATIONS. ]

[ THE CORN-LAW QUESTION. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ CORRUPT BOROUGHS. ]

[ THE GAME-LAWS. ]

[ IMPROVEMENT OF THE CRIMINAL CODE. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEATH OF MR. CANNING. ]

[ ADMINISTRATION OF LORD GODERICH. ]

[ REVIEW OF FOREIGN POLICY. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. ]

[ DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S ADMINISTRATION. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISCUSSIONS AND EXPLANATIONS CONCERNING THE DISSOLUTION OF THE GODERICH ]

[ QUESTIONS OF FINANCE. ]

[ MOTION FOR A GRANT TO THE FAMILY OF MR. CANNING. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ REPEAL OF THE TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. ]

[ THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. ]

[ MOTION ON THE STATE OF THE LAW. ]

[ BILLS CONNECTED WITH ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE. ]

[ CORN-LAW QUESTION. ]

[ DIVISIONS IN THE CABINET. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND. ]

[ DEATH OF THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL. ]

[ FOREIGN POLICY. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIX. ]

[ THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ SUPPRESSION OF THE CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. ]

[ REJECTION OF MR. PEEL AT OXFORD. ]

[ THE TRIUMPH OF CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. ]

[ BILL FOR THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF THE FORTY-SHILLING FREEHOLDERS. ]

[ THE CASE OF MR. O’CONNELL. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ MOTION FOR PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT, ETC. ]

[ STATE OF AFFAIRS IN IRELAND. ]

[ AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. ]

[ FOREIGN POLITICS. ]

[ CHAPTER XL. ]

[ STATE OF PARTIES. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION. ]

[ REDUCTION OF SALARIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS, ETC. ]

[ MOTION FOR REVISING THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF TAXATION. ]

[ COMMITTEE ON THE EAST INDIA COMPANY’S CHARTER. ]

[ DEBATE ON A PROPOSAL TO ALTER THE CURRENCY. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—BILL FOR REPEALING THE DUTY ON BEER, ETC. ]

[ THE QUESTION OF REFORM. ]

[ THE CASE OF EAST RETFORD. ]

[ MR. O’CONNELL’S BILL FOR REFORM BY UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, ETC. ]

[ MR. O’CONNELL’S BILL FOR REFORM BY UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AND VOTE BY ]

[ BILL FOR REMOVING THE CIVIL DISABILITIES AFFECTING JEWS. ]

[ BILL FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN CASES OF FORGERY. ]

[ BILL FOR AMENDING THE LAW OF LIBEL. ]

[ ALTERATIONS IN COURTS OF JUSTICE. ]

[ ILLNESS OF HIS MAJESTY. ]

[ BILL TO AUTHORISE THE ADHIBITING OF THE SIGN-MANUAL BY STAMP. ]

[ DEATH OF THE KING, AND ACCESSION OF THE DUKE OF CLARENCE, WILLIAM IV. ]

[ CHAPTER XL. (Continued) ]

[ ROYAL MESSAGE TO PARLIAMENT—RUPTURE BETWEEN THE MINISTERS AND ]

[ PROROGATION AND DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ STATE OF PARTIES. ]

[ MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING THEIR MAJESTIES’ VISIT TO LONDON. ]

[ MAJORITY AGAINST MINISTERS FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE CIVIL LIST. ]

[ FORMATION OF EARL GREY’S ADMINISTRATION. ]

[ DEATH OF MR. HUSKISSON. ]

[ STATE OF FOREIGN NATIONS. ]

[ CHAPTER XLI. ]

[ STATE OF THE REFORM QUESTION. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ INTRODUCTION OF THE REFORM BILL. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE MOTION THAT THE BILL BE READ A SECOND TIME, ETC. ]

[ MOTION OF ADJOURNMENT PENDING THE ORDNANCE ESTIMATES CARRIED AGAINST ]

[ THE BUDGET—PROPOSED CHANGES IN TAXES, ETC.—ARRANGEMENT OF THE CIVIL ]

[ GENERAL ELECTION. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT—THE REFORM QUESTION RENEWED IN PARLIAMENT. ]

[ REJECTION OF THE REFORM BILL BY THE LORDS. ]

[ CONSEQUENCES OF THE REJECTION OF THE REFORM BILL. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CORONATION OF WILLIAM IV. ]

[ OPENING OF NEW LONDON BRIDGE, ETC. ]

[ RAVAGES OF THE CHOLERA. ]

[ FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ NEW REFORM BILL. ]

[ CHAPTER XLII. ]

[ REFORM BILL PASSED BY THE COMMONS. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE REFORM BILL IN THE LORDS. ]

[ DISTURBED STATE OF THE NATION. ]

[ REASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ FAILURE OF THE ATTEMPTS TO FORM A NEW ADMINISTRATION—MINISTERS ]

[ REFORM BILL PASSED. ]

[ IRISH AND SCOTCH REFORM BILLS PASSED. ]

[ BILL TO PREVENT BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS, ETC. ]

[ COMMITTEES ON IRISH TITHES. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ COMMITTEE ON THE CHARTER OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, ETC. ]

[ THE AFFAIRS OF THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ GENERAL ELECTION. ]

[ RESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER. ]

[ STATE OF IRELAND. ]

[ STATE OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XLIII. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT—RE-ELECTION OF MR. MANNERS SUTTON AS SPEAKER. ]

[ OPENING OF THE REFORMED PARLIAMENT BY THE KING IN PERSON. ]

[ CASE OF MR. PEASE. ]

[ IRISH COERCION BILL. ]

[ IRISH CHURCH BILL. ]

[ IRISH TITHE BILL. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ BANK OF ENGLAND CHARTER RENEWED. ]

[ EAST INDIA QUESTION. ]

[ ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE COLONIES. ]

[ FACTORY BILL. ]

[ THE CORN LAWS. ]

[ RESOLUTIONS AGAINST BRIBERY, ETC. ]

[ BILL TO REMOVE THE CIVIL DISABILITIES OF JEWS.—PROROGATION OF ]

[ FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ]

[ CHAPTER XLIV. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MR. O’CONNELL’S MOTION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE UNION. ]

[ DIVISIONS IN THE CABINET. ]

[ COMMISSION ISSUED TO INQUIRE INTO THE STATE OF THE IRISH CHURCH. ]

[ IRISH TITHE QUESTION. ]

[ RENEWAL OF THE IRISH COERCION BILL. ]

[ RESIGNATION OF EARL GREY, ETC. ]

[ REJECTION OF THE IRISH TITHE QUESTION BY THE PEERS. ]

[ STATE OF ECCLESIASTICAL QUESTIONS AND THE CLAIMS OF DISSENTERS. ]

[ POOR-LAW AMENDMENT ACT. ]

[ THE CORN-LAW QUESTION. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ETC. ]

[ BILL FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE CIVIL DISABILITIES OF THE JEWS, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISSOLUTION OF THE CABINET. ]

[ SIR ROBERT PEEL APPOINTED PRIME-MINISTER. ]

[ DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE ACT ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIES CARRIED INTO EFFECT. ]

[ STATE OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XLV. ]

[ STATE OF PARTIES. ]

[ GENERAL ELECTION. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—CONTEST FOR THE ELECTION OF SPEAKER. ]

[ OPENING OF THE SESSION. ]

[ DISCUSSION IN THE LORDS RESPECTING THE SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT. ]

[ MOTION OF THE MARQUIS OF CHANDOS TO REPEAL THE MALT-TAX. ]

[ THE DISSENTERS’ MARRIAGE ACT. ]

[ REPORT OF COMMISSION REGARDING THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, ETC. ]

[ REPEATED DEFEATS OF THE MINISTRY IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. ]

[ THE QUESTION OF THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SURPLUS OF THE REVENUES OF THE ]

[ RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS, AND RESTORATION OF LORD MELBOURNE’S CABINET. ]

[ MUNICIPAL REFORM AND THE IRISH CHURCH. ]

[ AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. ]

[ DISCUSSION REGARDING ORANGE SOCIETIES IN IRELAND. ]

[ THE VOTE BY BALLOT, ETC. ]

[ THE BUDGET. ]

[ DISCUSSIONS REGARDING CANADA. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ STATE OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XLVI. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE QUESTION OF ORANGE LODGES. ]

[ BILL TO REFORM THE IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. ]

[ THE IRISH TITHE-BILL. ]

[ COMMUTATION OF TITHES IN ENGLAND. ]

[ BILL FOR REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES, ETC. ]

[ BILL TO ALTER THE REVENUES AND TERRITORIES OF THE DIFFERENT SEES, ETC. ]

[ BILL TO ABOLISH THE SECULAR JURISDICTION OF BISHOPS, ETC. ]

[ BILL TO AMEND THE ENGLISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT. ]

[ BILL TO ALLOW FELONS’ COUNSEL TO ADDRESS THE JURY, ETC. ]

[ ABOLITION OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT, ETC. ]

[ ELECTION COMMITTEES. ]

[ NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MOTION FOR THE REDUCTION OF TAXATION ON BEHALF OF THE AGRICULTURISTS. ]

[ THE BUDGET, ETC. ]

[ DISCUSSIONS ON THE COLONIES, AND ON OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. ]

[ FOREIGN RELATIONS. ]

[ CHAPTER XLVII. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ CONSIDERATION OF THE STATE OF IRELAND. ]

[ QUESTION OF ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF POOR-LAWS IN IRELAND. ]

[ IRISH TITHE QUESTION. ]

[ QUESTION OF CHURCH-RATES. ]

[ THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. ]

[ NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES. ]

[ OPERATION OF THE NEW POOR-LAWS. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF CANADA. ]

[ STATE OF THE BANKING SYSTEM, ETC. ]

[ CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF ENGLAND UNDER THE WHIG ]

[ MOTION ON THE STATE OF THE NATION. ]

[ ILLNESS AND DEATH OF THE KING—REMARKS ON HIS CHARACTER. ]

[ CHAPTER XLVIII. ]

[ THE ACCESSION OF QUEEN VICTORIA. ]

[ THE QUEEN’S MESSAGE TO BOTH HOUSES—EULOGIES OF THE LATE SOVEREIGN IN ]

[ BILL FOR PROVIDING THE SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN. ]

[ THE BUDGET, ETC. ]

[ ALTERATIONS IN THE CRIMINAL LAW, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ STATE OF PARTIES AND ELECTIONS. ]

[ CITY BANQUET TO THE QUEEN. ]

[ OPENING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE SUBJECT OF THE CIVIL LIST DEBATED. ]

[ THE SUBJECT OF THE PENSION LIST. ]

[ INTELLIGENCE FROM CANADA—DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT—ADJOURNMENT OF THE ]

[ STATE OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XLIX. ]

[ PARLIAMENT REASSEMBLES—DEBATES ON CANADA—ADDRESS TO THE THRONE ]

[ THE QUESTION OF ELECTION COMMITTEES, ETC. ]

[ MOTION FOR THE BALLOT. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY QUALIFICATION BILL. ]

[ PERSONAL ATTACKS. ]

[ REVIVAL OF ANTI-SLAVERY AGITATION, ETC. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE IRISH POOR-LAW BILL—THE BILL CARRIED. ]

[ MOTION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE APPROPRIATION CLAUSE—MINISTERIAL PLAN FOR ]

[ COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS UPON THE IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL—THE ]

[ THE CORONATION. ]

[ DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE IRISH TITHE QUESTION. ]

[ THE IRISH POOR-LAW BILL CARRIED IN THE LORDS. ]

[ PROJECTED FORMATION OF A COLONY IN NEW ZEALAND, ETC. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ETC. ]

[ MOTION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. ]

[ VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAW. ]

[ A SELECT COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE OPERATION OF THE POOR-LAWS. ]

[ COMBINATIONS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. ]

[ JOHN THOM. ALIAS SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY. ]

[ COMMITTEE ON CHURCH LANDS. ]

[ ACT FOR ABOLISHING PLURALITIES, ETC. ]

[ THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATION DISCUSSED IN PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE QUESTION OF CANADA RENEWED. ]

[ QUEEN PROROGUES PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISAFFECTION AMONG THE WORKING CLASSES. ]

[ PROPOSED REDUCTION OF THE RATES OF POSTAGE. ]

[ THE STATE OF IRELAND. ]

[ THE AFFAIRS OF CANADA. ]

[ THE STATE OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CHAPTER L. ]

[ STATE OF PARTIES. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE CORN-LAW QUESTION. ]

[ THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND DISCUSSED IN PARLIAMENT. ]

[ IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT RESPECTING JAMAICA. ]

[ RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS, AND FAILURE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL TO FORM A NEW ]

[ NATIONAL EDUCATION. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF CANADA. ]

[ THE SECOND JAMAICA BILL, ETC. ]

[ BILL FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE PORTUGUESE SLAVE-TRADE, ETC. ]

[ MOTION FOR THE BALLOT. ]

[ ACT FOR THE BETTER ORDERING OF PRISONS. ]

[ MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE TO CONSIDER THE NATIONAL ]

[ BIRMINGHAM RIOTS, ETC. ]

[ THE BUDGET—PROPOSED REDUCTION OF POSTAGE DUTIES, ETC. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ AFFAIRS IN THE EAST INDIES. ]

[ STATE OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CHAPTER LI. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE QUEEN’S MARRIAGE. ]

[ BILL FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF PRINCE ALBERT. ]

[ THE CIVIL-LIST. ]

[ QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE—HANSARD AND STOCKDALE. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF CHINA, ETC. ]

[ THE IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL, ETC. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENT, ETC. ]

[ THE UNION OF THE CANADAS. ]

[ ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES BILL. ]

[ THE REGENCY BILL. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF BRITISH INDIA. ]

[ THE MARRIAGE OF THE QUEEN. ]

[ STATE OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CHAPTER LII. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ POOR LAW AMENDMENT ACT. ]

[ JEWS’ CIVIL DISABILITIES REMOVAL BILL. ]

[ CHURCH OF SCOTLAND: NON-INTRUSION QUESTION, ETC. ]

[ LAW-REFORM. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ DISCUSSION ON THE CORN-LAWS. ]

[ RESOLUTION OF WANT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT. ]

[ PROROGATION AND DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ STATE OF PARTIES. ]

[ MEETING OF THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS, ETC. ]

[ RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS.—SIR ROBERT PEEL’S ADMINISTRATION. ]

[ STATEMENT OF SIR ROBERT PEEL AS TO HIS INTENDED COURSE OF PROCEEDING, ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENT. ]

[ POOR LAWS, ETC. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS, ETC. ]

[ STATE OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CHAPTER LIII. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE CORN-LAWS—PROPOSITION OF MINISTERS ON THE SUBJECT. ]

[ FINANCIAL MEASURES—INCOME-TAX BILL, ETC. ]

[ NEW TARIFF. ]

[ MR. VILLIERS’S MOTION ON THE CORN-LAWS. ]

[ THE GREAT CHARTIST PETITION. ]

[ BILL FOR RESTRAINING THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN MINES AND ]

[ BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. ]

[ LAW REFORMS. ]

[ BILL FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ROYAL PERSON. ]

[ POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ EAST INDIA AFFAIRS, ETC. ]

[ CHAPTER LIV. ]

[ STATE OF THE COUNTRY. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ NATIONAL DISTRESS. ]

[ ADDRESS TO THE CROWN ON THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATION. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF INDIA, ETC. ]

[ THE CORN-LAW QUESTION RESUMED. ]

[ IRISH AFFAIRS. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ EDUCATION. ]

[ CHURCH EXTENSION, ETC. ]

[ LAW REFORM. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ AGITATION IN IRELAND, FORMATION OF THE FREE CHURCH IN SCOTLAND, ETC. ]

[ DISPUTES WITH AMERICA. ]

[ THE STATE OF INDIA. ]

[ CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ CHAPTER LV. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MOTION FOR THE STOPPAGE OF SUPPLIES. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF INDIA. ]

[ IRISH AFFAIRS. ]

[ RESTRICTIONS ON LABOUR IN FACTORIES, ETC. ]

[ THE CORN-LAWS AND FREE-TRADE QUESTION. ]

[ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ]

[ SUGAR-DUTIES BILL, ETC. ]

[ BANK CHARTER AND BANKING REGULATIONS. ]

[ DISSENTERS’ CHAPELS BILL. ]

[ SEES OF BANGOR AND ST. ASAPH. ]

[ MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES OF THE SESSION. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE STATE OF INDIA. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MR. O’CONNELL. ]

[ CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ CHAPTER LVI. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL POLICY—RETENTION OF THE INCOME-TAX, ETC. ]

[ THE SUGAR-DUTIES QUESTION. ]

[ CORN-LAWS AND FREE TRADE. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF IRELAND—MAYNOOTH IMPROVEMENT BILL. ]

[ ACADEMICAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. ]

[ COLONIAL POLICY. ]

[ QUESTION OF THE OREGON TERRITORY. ]

[ MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES OF THE SESSION. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA. ]

[ THE STATE OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CHAPTER LVII. ]

[ STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS YEAR, ETC. ]

[ MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ SETTLEMENT OF THE CORN-LAW QUESTION. ]

[ CHAPTER LVIII. ]

[ POSITION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY ON THE DEFECTION OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. ]

[ THE CONDITION OF IRELAND.—DISTURBED STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—DISAFFECTION ]

[ POLITICAL AGITATION.—YOUNG IRELAND. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF INDIA.—BATTLE OF ALIWAL.—TOTAL EXPULSION OF THE SIKHS ]

[ STATE OF AFFAIRS AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—SUCCESSES OF THE ]

[ STATE OF NEW ZEALAND.—SUPPRESSION OF THE NATIVE REVOLT. ]

[ BORNEO. ]

[ OUR NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES. ]

[ FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ]

[ SOUTH AMERICA. ]

[ RELATIONS WITH CONTINENTAL EUROPE. ]

[ HOME. ]

[ CHAPTER LIX. ]

[ COLONIAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ FOREIGN RELATIONS. ]

[ STATE OF IRELAND.—PROGRESS OF FAMINE AND DISEASE. ]

[ CONTINUED POLITICAL AGITATION.—DREADFUL PREVALENCE OF CRIME. ]

[ DEATH OF O’CONNELL. ]

[ MR. JOHN O’CONNELL ASSUMES THE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPEAL ]

[ BITTER DISPUTES BETWEEN “OLD IRELAND” AND “YOUNG IRELAND.” ]

[ GENERAL STATE OF AFFAIRS IN GREAT BRITAIN. ]

[ POLITICAL AGITATION IN ENGLAND. ]

[ THE COURT. ]

[ HOME NAVAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. ]

[ GENERAL HOME INCIDENTS. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY OF THE YEAR. ]

[ GOVERNMENT PLAN OF EDUCATION. ]

[ BILL FOR CREATING A NEW DIOCESS OF MANCHESTER. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE ANNEXATION OF CRACOW. ]

[ PROROGATION AND DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ ASSEMBLING OF A NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE DISTRESS OF THE NATION. ]

[ MEASURES FOR THE REPRESSION OF HOMICIDE AND OUTRAGE IN IRELAND. ]

[ MOTION FOR THE REPEAL OF JEWISH DISABILITIES. ]

[ ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.—CLOSE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY LABOURS OF 1847. ]

[ CHAPTER LX. ]

[ THE WAR IN INDIA. ]

[ MUTINY OF SIKH TROOPS IN THE PUNJAUB. AND REVOLT OF CHUTTUR SINGH. ]

[ SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF MOOLTAN. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN THE PUNJAUB UNDER LORD GOUGH. ]

[ CANADA. ]

[ THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ FOREIGN RELATIONS. ]

[ THE UNITED STATES. ]

[ SPAIN: DIPLOMATIC DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT COUNTRY; DISMISSION OF THE ]

[ THE CONTINENTAL REVOLUTIONS. ]

[ ITALY. ]

[ THE PAPAL STATES. ]

[ NAPLES AND SICILY. ]

[ BELGIUM. ]

[ GERMANY. ]

[ THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE. ]

[ THE GERMAN CONFEDERATION. ]

[ DENMARK.—SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. ]

[ RUSSIA. ]

[ IRELAND. ]

[ ENGLAND. ]

[ VISIT OF FRENCH NATIONAL GUARDS TO LONDON. ]

[ COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL. ]

[ AGITATION CONCERNING THE NAVIGATION LAWS. ]

[ REWARDS FOR INDIA SERVICE. ]

[ REFORM OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. ]

[ THE COURT. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. ]

[ CLOSE OF THE SESSION. ]

[ DEATHS OF EMINENT PERSONS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXI. ]

[ PROSECUTION OF THE WAR IN INDIA, AND ANNEXATION OF THE PUNJAUB. ]

[ CHINA. ]

[ BORNEO. ]

[ THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. ]

[ CANADA.—POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.—OPPOSITION AND INSOLENT PROCEEDINGS ]

[ AUSTRALIA.—DISCONTENTS CREATED BY THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION. ]

[ CEPHALONIA. ]

[ THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION UNDER SIR J. ROSS. ]

[ FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ]

[ STATE OF GERMANY. ]

[ DEMANDS OF THE RUSSIAN AND AUSTRIAN EMPERORS UPON THE SULTAN OF TURKEY. ]

[ CONTINUED DISTRESS IN IRELAND—CRIME AND OUTRAGE—POLITICAL ]

[ POLITICAL STATE OF ENGLAND. ]

[ COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ THE CHOLERA. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY OF 1849—OPENING OF THE SESSION. ]

[ REPEAL OF THE NAVIGATION LAWS. ]

[ AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS—MOTION FOR GOVERNMENTAL RELIEF. ]

[ IRELAND. ]

[ VOTE OF THANKS TO THE ARMY IN INDIA. ]

[ MR. COBDEN’S MOTION FOR REDUCING THE ARMY AND NAVY. ]

[ THE BUDGET. ]

[ MOTION ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ]

[ THE PROROGATION. ]

[ THE COURT. ]

[ THE QUEEN’S VISIT TO IRELAND. ]

[ THE ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND. ]

[ DEATH OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER. ]

[ DEATHS OF EMINENT PERSONS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXII. ]

[ FOREIGN RELATIONS. ]

[ COLONIAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ INDIA. ]

[ IRELAND. ]

[ HOME EVENTS.—PROPOSAL FOR AN EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. ]

[ COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. ]

[ THE CHOLERA. ]

[ PAPAL AGGRESSION. ]

[ COMPLIMENT TO LORD PALMERSTON. ]

[ ARRIVAL OF THE KOH-I-NOOR. ]

[ ATTACK UPON GENERAL HAYNAU. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY.—OPENING OF THE SESSION. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF GREECE. ]

[ CONSTITUTIONS FOR THE COLONIES. ]

[ AUSTRALIAN COLONIES’ BILL. ]

[ LOCAL BURDENS ON LAND. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. ]

[ IRISH DISTRESS. ]

[ IRISH FRANCHISE BILL. ]

[ BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. ]

[ MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS OF DEBATE. ]

[ FINANCE. ]

[ THE BUDGET. ]

[ DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. ]

[ PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE COURT. ]

[ DEATHS OF REMARKABLE PERSONS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXIII. ]

[ GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY OF 1851. ]

[ EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. ]

[ THE CENSUS. ]

[ IRELAND. ]

[ THE COURT. ]

[ COLONIAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ FOREIGN AFFAIRS—EUROPEAN RELATIONS. ]

[ DISCUSSIONS IN THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT CONCERNING THE STATE OF AFFAIRS AT ]

[ DIPLOMATIC DISPUTE WITH AUSTRIA AND TUSCANY, ARISING FROM AN OUTRAGE ]

[ STATEMENT OF MR. ERSKINE MATHER TO M. SALVAGNOLI.* ]

[ DEATHS OF EMINENT PERSONS DURING THE YEAR 1851. ]

[ CHAPTER LXIV. ]

[ DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. ]

[ THE COURT. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS AND PARTY CONFLICTS DURING 1852. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. ]

[ THE MILITIA BILL.—DEFEAT AND RESIGNATION OF THE CABINET. ]

[ THE EARL OF DERBY’S ADMINISTRATION. ]

[ FOREIGN POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.—OUTRAGE ON MR. MATHER AT FLORENCE. ]

[ LAW REFORM. ]

[ PROROGATION AND DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—GENERAL ELECTION. ]

[ MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ BOTH HOUSES CARRY RESOLUTIONS PLEDGING THEM TO THE FREE-TRADE POLICY. ]

[ THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF FINANCE.—DEFEAT AND RESIGNATION OF THE ]

[ FORMATION OF A NEW MINISTRY. ]

[ IRELAND. ]

[ COLONIES. ]

[ CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. ]

[ INDIA. ]

[ FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—BIRMESE WAR. ]

[ FRANCE. ]

[ GENERAL EUROPEAN RELATIONS. ]

[ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ]

[ EFFORTS AGAINST THE SLAVE TRADE, AND TO SUPPRESS PIRACY. ]

[ DEATHS OF EMINENT PERSONS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXV. ]

[ GENERAL STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN. ]

[ THE COURT. ]

[ STATE OF IRELAND. ]

[ GENERAL CONDITION OF THE COLONIES. ]

[ CANADA. ]

[ FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ]

[ THE WAR WITH RUSSIA. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY. ]

[ INDIA BILL. ]

[ DISCUSSIONS ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—RUSSIA AND TURKEY. ]

[ DEATHS OF EMINENT PERSONS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXVI. ]

[ HOME AFFAIRS.—GENERAL PROSPECTS. ]

[ THE COURT. ]

[ IRELAND ]

[ COLONIAL. ]

[ FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—THE ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE, THE WAR WITH RUSSIA. ]

[ PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEATHS OF EMINENT PERSONS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXVII. ]

[ HOME AFFAIRS—PUBLIC OPINION, AGITATION OF PEOPLE AND PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEATH OF THE CZAR. ]

[ DEPARTURE OF THE BALTIC FLEET. ]

[ FINANCIAL OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR. ]

[ SEVERITY OF THE WEATHER. ]

[ VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. ]

[ DISTRIBUTION OF MEDALS BY THE QUEEN. ]

[ VISIT OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. ]

[ HER MAJESTY VISITS THE FRENCH EMPEROR. ]

[ VISIT OF THE KING OF SARDINIA TO THE ENGLISH COURT. ]

[ IRELAND. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS, MINISTERIAL CHANGES, AND DIPLOMATIC ]

[ THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR—OPERATIONS IN THE CRIMEA AND BLACK SEA. ]

[ OPERATIONS IN THE SEA OF AZOFF. ]

[ OPERATIONS IN ASIA MINOR. ]

[ OPERATIONS OF THE ALLIES IN THE BALTIC. ]

[ OPERATIONS IN THE WHITE SEA. ]

[ OPERATIONS IN THE PACIFIC, AND AGAINST THE RUSSIAN SETTLEMENTS IN ]

[ COLONIAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ INDIA. ]

[ CHAPTER LXVIII. ]

[ CONCLUSION OF THE RUSSIAN WAR. ]

[ GENERAL CONDITION OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. ]

[ BRITISH POLICY IN ASIA. ]

[ THE PERSIAN WAR. ]

[ WAR WITH CHINA. ]

[ DISPUTES WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ]

[ INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW. ]

[ INDIA. ]

[ IRELAND. ]

[ HOME—GENERAL CONDITION OF GREAT BRITAIN. ]

[ NATIONAL FINANCE. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXIX. ]

[ FOREIGN AFFAIRS: RELATIONS WITH FRANCE, AND WITH OTHER EUROPEAN POWERS ]

[ DIFFERENCE WITH THE UNITED STATES. ]

[ CHINA—PROSECUTION OF THE WAR. ]

[ JAPAN. ]

[ COLONIAL. ]

[ SARAWAK. ]

[ INDIA. ]

[ THE MUTINY. ]

[ HOME. ]

[ PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE CHINESE WAR-DEFEAT OF THE MINISTRY. ]

[ PROROGATION AND DISSOLUTION. ]

[ GENERAL ELECTION. ]

[ RE-ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ SUDDEN CONVENTION OF PARLIAMENT IN DECEMBER. ]

[ THE COURT. ]

[ ART EXHIBITION IN MANCHESTER. ]

[ CHAPTER LXX. ]

[ FRANCE. ]

[ NAPLES. ]

[ PRUSSIA. ]

[ SPAIN. ]

[ HANOVER. ]

[ THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ]

[ SOUTH AMERICAN STATES. ]

[ THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. ]

[ BRITISH AMERICA ]

[ IRELAND. ]

[ HOME.—THE COURT. ]

[ COMMERCE AND FINANCE. ]

[ PARLIAMENTARY AND POLITICAL. ]




Illustrations


[ Queen Victoria ]

[ Titlepage ]

[ George III. ]

[ Battle of Bunker’s Hill ]

[ Ticonderoga ]

[ General Burgoyne Addressing the Indians ]

[ Death of Chatham ]

[ Portrait of Lord Rodney ]

[ British Surrendering to General Washington ]

[ Siege of Gibralter ]

[ Portrait of Lord Nelson ]

[ Yarmouth: Nelson’s Monument ]

[ Portrait of Charles James Fox ]

[ Plain of Waterloo ]

[ Coronation Chair ]

[ Holyrood Palace ]

[ The Grass Market Edinborough ]

[ The Duke of Wellington. ]

[ Southampton ]

[ Battle of Alma ]

[ Battle of Inkerman ]

[ Bombardment of Sweaborg ]


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