Cassell's History of England, Vol. 5 (of 8) / From the Peninsular War to the Death of Sir Robert Peel

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INDEX.

• Aberdeen, Lord, as Foreign Secretary, [524],
• condemns Palmerston's foreign policy, [588].
• Abolition of slavery in West Indies, [366]-[368].
• Abuses, Poor-law, [361]-[363].
• Acts, Railway, number passed, temp. William IV., [420].
• Adelaide, Queen of William IV., [312];
• unpopularity during Reform agitation, [350], [351].
• Afghanistan, War in, [493].
• Aggressive policy of Russia, Debate on the, [411].
• Agrarian outrages in England, [325]; in Ireland, [560]-[563].
• Agricultural distress in England, [120], [224];
• in Ireland, [403]-[406];
• labourers and parish relief, [363].
• Agriculture, State of, temp. George III., [187];
• state of, in Ireland, [535].
• Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress of, [138].
• Albert Amadeus I. chosen king of Sicily, [583].
• Albert, Prince, [467], [468].
• Albuera, Battle of, [16].
• Alexander, Mr., libel prosecution, [310].
• Alexander of Russia and Bernadotte, [39];
• treaty with Prussia, [63].
• Algiers, Storming of, [122].
• Alien Act, The, [136].
• Aliwal, Battle of, [599].
• Allies, The, muster against Buonaparte, [67];
• preparations to crush him, [70];
• severe fighting, [78]-[82];
• enter Paris, [82];
• treaty of Paris, [85];
• treaty of Vienna, [87];
• new treaty of alliance, [89].
• Almack's, [439].
• Ameers of Scinde. (See Scinde.)
• Amelia, Princess, Death of, [8].
• America (U.S.), hostility to Britain, [32], [55];
• preparations for war, [34];
• invasion of Canada, [35], [105]-[110];
• naval victories, [37];
• British expedition against, [110]-[113];
• contributions from, for relief of Irish famine, [547].
• Anglesey, Marquis of, Viceroy of Ireland, [268];
• on the Catholic question, [268]-[270];
• on the state of Ireland, [278]-[280], [290], [291];
• resignation, [292];
• second term of office, [326].
• Anti-Corn Law League, [481], [508], [509], [514];
• literature, [483];
• banquet, [484].
• Annuities and pensions, Vansittart's proposals, [224].
• Apprenticeship, Negro, in the West Indies, [367].
• Architecture, State of, temp. George III., [199]-[201];
• temp. William IV., [433].
• Arms Bill (Ireland), passed, [527].
• Army, Dress of, temp. George III., [203].
• Art, Works of, captured by Buonaparte, restored, [118].
• Arts and sciences, temp. George III., [199];
• temp. William IV., [430].
• Articles, the Thirty-nine, Dissenters relieved from subscription to, [159]-[160].
• Ashburton treaty, The, [492].
• Ashley, Lord, and factory children, [454];
• on the Corn Laws, [519].
• Astronomy, temp. George III., [198];
• temp. William IV., [430].
• Auckland, Lord, Governor-General of India, [497].
• Australia, Scheme for government of, [605].
• Austria declares war against Buonaparte, [67];
• revolution in, and in her dominions, [578]-[582];
• flight of Metternich, [578];
• emperor abdicates, [579];
• Russia intervenes, [580];
• the Italians revolt, [582];
• quells the revolution in Italy, [585]-[587].
• Babbage's calculating machines, [431].
• Badajoz, Storming of, [226].
• Bagration, Prince, command the Cossacks against Buonaparte, [42], [43].
• Ballingarry, Battle of, [568].
• Bank Charter Act, [524].
• Bank notes, Circulation of, [238], [242], [244].
• Bank of England, Run on, during passage of Reform Bill, [351].
• Barclay de Tolly, opposed to Buonaparte in campaign of [181]2, [41]-[46].
• Batavia, Reduction of, [19].
• Batthyány, Count, [580].
• Bautzen, Battle of, [66].
• Bean's attempt on Queen Victoria's life, [491].
• Bedchamber question, The, [461].
• Belfast, Queen's visit to, [573].
• Belgium revolts from France, [319], [320].
• Beloochistan, Napier's march across the desert of, [591].
• Bentinck, Lord George, proposals for Irish relief, [543].
• Bequests, Charitable, on behalf of education, [158].
• Beresford, General, in the Peninsular Campaign, [15]-[18].
• Beresina, Passage of the, [52].
• Bernadotte elected Crown Prince of Sweden, [6];
• opposes Buonaparte, [38];
• plans the campaign against Buonaparte, [39].
• Birmingham Political Union, [327].
• Blanketeers, The, [124]-[127].
• Blucher, Marshal, opposes Buonaparte, [63], [65], [69], [78]-[82];
• in London, [86];
• at Ligny, [95];
• at Waterloo, [100].
• Bogue forts, Capture of, [474].
• Bologna, Bombardment of, [586].
• Bonner's Fields, Chartists at, [558].
• Borodino, Battle of, [46].
• Bottle riot, The, [247], [248].
• Bounties on various industries, Abolition of, [240].
• Bourbons return to France, [83];
• flight of Charles X., [318].
• Bridge building, temp. George III., [192].
• Brienne, Battle of, [78].
• Bright, John, and Corn Laws, [482];
• eulogy on Sir Robert Peel, [523].
• Bristol, Reform riots at, [340]-[342].
• Britain, Great, subsidies to foreign Powers against Buonaparte, [62], [74], [89], [91];
• restores her conquests, [86].
• Brougham, Lord, defends Queen Caroline, wife of George IV., [211];
• on the regency, [312]-[314];
• on the slavery question, [314];
• on the French Revolution, [318];
• becomes Lord Chancellor, [324];
• condemns Palmerston's foreign policy, [588].
• Brunel, Sir Mark Isambard, [431].
• Brunswick Clubs in Ireland, [283].
• Budget, A popular, [238];
• Peel's Free Trade, [515].
• Buonaparte, Joseph, King of Spain, flies from Madrid, [28];
• defeat at Vittoria, and flight, [58];
• appointed lieutenant of Paris, [76];
• flight from Paris, [82].
• Buonaparte, Louis, Abdication of, [4].
• Buonaparte, Napoleon, divorces Josephine, [2];
• marries Maria Louisa of Austria, [3];
• quarrels with his family, [4];
• birth of a son, [20];
• instability of his empire, [21];
• quarrels with the Church, [22];
• war preparations, [38];
• peace overtures to Britain, [40];
• the Russian campaign of 1812, [41]-[54];
• second campaign against Russia, [63];
• battles of Lützen and Bautzen, [65], [66];
• battles and flight from Leipsic, [68]-[71];
• returns to Paris, [72];
• subject kingdoms revolt, [72], [73];
• liberates the Pope, [73];
• Ferdinand of Spain, [75];
• the Allies, [76];
• battles at Brienne and La Rothière, [78];
• Chatillon conference, [79];
• surrender of Paris, [81];
• abdicates, [83];
• banished to Elba, [84];
• escapes, [87];
• reception in France, [89], [91];
• collects a fresh army, [92];
• battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras, [94];
• battle of Waterloo, [98]-[102];
• banished to St. Helena, death, [104].
• Burdett, Sir Francis, presents a Catholic petition, [251];
• his motion on Catholic
• emancipation, [270];
• attack on Wellington, [308].
• Burghs, Scottish, Reforms of, [146].
• Burns, Robert, [185].
• Butt, Mr., opposes O'Connell's Repeal motion, [525].
• Cabul, Retreat from, [495];
• sack of, [503].
• Calculating machines, Babbage's, [431].
• Canada, Invasion of, by United States, [35], [105]-[110];
• disaffection in, [396]-[400];
• rebellion in Lower, [445]-[448].
• Canals, Construction of, temp. George III., [190], [191].
• Canning, Mr., on Catholic Emancipation, [223];
• becomes Foreign Secretary, [230];
• and the Spanish colonies, [236];
• Prime Minister, [257];
• death, [260].
• Capital Punishment, Parliamentary inquiry, [145];
• abolition of for various offences, [426].
• Captives, English, Rescue of, by Sale, [502].
• Carlowitz bombarded, [578].
• Caroline, Capture of the, [446].
• Caroline, Queen, [205];
• arrival in England, [206];
• charges against, [207];
• inquiry ordered, [208];
• Brougham's defence, [211];
• claims to be crowned, [214], [215];
• illness and death, [216];
• funeral procession, [217], [218].
• Cash payments, Resumption of, [143];
• and currency troubles, [237].
• Castlereagh's Coercion Bill, [25].
• Catholic Association, [248]-[251];
• effect on the elections, [252];
• as a military organisation, [283].
• Catholic Emancipation, [12], [248], [251];
• Grattan's motions, [146], [166];
• efforts for, temp. George III., [165];
• Canning on, [223], [252];
• Anglesey on, [268], [270], [290];
• Burdett's motion, [270];
• Wellington's memorandum, [281];
• and letter, [290];
• excitement in Ireland, [283], [284];
• agitation in England, [288];
• opposed by king and bishops, [293];
• Peel's Bill and debate, [295]-[297];
• becomes law, [299].
• Catholic Powers, Agreement between, for defence of Papal territory, [587].
• Catholics, Number of, in Britain, [299];
• eminent, in Ireland, [428].
• Cato Street conspiracy, [154], [155].
• Census Commissioners of [184]1, Report of the, [416].
• Champions and opponents of Reform, [135].
• Charitable bequests on behalf of education, [158].
• Charles X. of France provokes a revolution, [315];
• the revolution of [183]0, [316]-[318];
• flight of the king, [318].
• Charlotte, Princess, death of, [131].
• Chartists, Rise of, [455];
• riots, [457], [458];
• the monster petition, [555];
• the great demonstration, [557];
• the petition presented, [558];
• trials, [559].
• Chatillon, Conference of, [79].
• Cheetoo marauders in India, [138].
• Chillianwallah, Battle of, [600].
• China, War with, [472]-[475].
• Cholera ravages in India, [139];
• appearance of in England, [344].
• Church, State of, temp. George III., [158]-[164];
• in Scotland, [167];
• Wales, [170];
• Ireland, [171];
• cess, [355], [359];
• Temporalities Act (Ireland), [359]-[361];
• reform in England, [407];
• rates, [414];
• temp. William IV., [428].
• Churches and Chapels, Statistics of, [42].
• Ciudad Rodrigo, Capture of, [26].
• Civil List, the Regent's, debate on, [22];
• George IV.'s, [205];
• Victoria's, [444].
• Civil war or the Reform Bill, [351].
• Clare election, The, [271]-[278], [303]
• Clarendon, Lord, Viceroy of Ireland, [562], [566].
• Clocks and watches, Improvements in the manufacture of, [198].
• Coal-gas, Utilisation of, for lighting streets, etc., [198].
• Coal mines, Development of, temp. George III., [196];
• produce of, temp. William IV., [419];
• operatives in, [490].
• Coasting Trade, temp. William IV., [422].
• Cobbett's Political Register and the Reform Bill, [121];
• flight of, [128].
• Cobden, Richard, [482];
• scene with Peel, [506], [507];
• agitation against Corn Laws, [509], [510];
• Peel's tribute to, [523].
• Coercion Bill, Irish, [373], [375].
• Coinage, Improvement of, [198], [202].
• Colonial self-government, [600].
• Combination Acts (capital and labour), The, [242].
• Commerce, temp. George III., [157];
• temp. William IV., [417].
• Commons, House of, privileges, [468]-[470].
• Conscience, Liberty of, various efforts for, [158]-[169].
• Constables, Special, and Chartist riots, [556], [558].
• Constitution, The New Prussian, [577].
• Cookery, temp. William IV., [441].
• Corn Law of 1815, [119].
• Corn Laws, Agitation against, [147], [479]-[488];
• relaxed, [245];
• free trade in corn debates, [513]-[519];
• Times announcement, Peel's resolve, [519];
• debates on, [521]-[523];
• Corn Importation Bill becomes law, [523].
• Coronation of George IV., [214]-[216];
• of William IV., [343];
• of Victoria, [451].
• Corporations, Irish, Bill for the regulation of, [390].
• Corporations, Municipal, inquiry into state of, [388].
• Cotton spinners, Strike of, [138].
• Court of George IV., Life at, [220].
• Cracow, State of, annexed by Russia, [412].
• Crime, Effect of Education on, [427].
• Crime in Ireland, [560]-[562].
• Criminal Laws, Amelioration of, [426].
• Croatians invade Hungary, [578], [579].
• Cumberland, Duke of, Grand Master of the Orange Societies, [394];
• proposal to prosecute, [395];
• becomes King of Hanover, [443].
• Currency difficulties, [11];
• paper, and scarcity of gold, [237];
• bimetallic, [409].
• Curtis, Dr., correspondence with Wellington on Catholic Emancipation, [289]-[290].
• Customs duties, Effect on trade of abolition of, [522].
• Custozza, Radetzky's victory at, [585].
• Davoust's atrocities in Hamburg, [66].
• Dead weight annuity, [224].
• Defences of the country, Measures for improving the, [602].
• Dennewitz, Ney defeated at, [70].
• Disraeli, O'Connell's attack on, [387];
• attack on Peel's Government, [511], [514], [516], [522];
• leads the Conservative party, [602].
• Dissenters, Restrictions on, [159], [160], [164];
• eminent, temp. George III., [169], [170];
• grievances and relief of, [264]-[267];
• statistics of, temp. William IV., [427].
• Distress, Agricultural, [120], [224], [403]-[406];
• trade, [307], [308], [310].
• Doyle, Dr., and Catholic Emancipation, [303].
• Dramatists, temp. George III., [179]-[182];
• temp. William IV., [439].
• Dresden, Buonaparte meets his vassal monarchs at, [40].
• Dress and fashion, temp. George III., [203];
• temp. William IV., [442].
• Drought, The, of 1826, [244].
• Drummond, Mr., Assassination of, [506].
• Dublin Custom House, Burning of, [376].
• Dublin, Queen's visit to, [572].
• Duffy, Gavan, Trial of, [570].
• Dukes, Royal, Marriages of, [136].
• Durham, Lord, mission to Canada, [447].
• Earthquake at Jelalabad, The, [499].
• Eastern question, [476].
• Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Establishment of, [408].
• Education, Charitable bequests on behalf of, [158];
• Brougham's speech on, [205];
• national (Ireland), [356], [359];
• temp. William IV., statistics, [424];
• effect on crime, [427];
• Government scheme for, [463].
• Egypt, Affairs in, [475].
• Elba, Buonaparte at, [83], [84];
• escapes from, [87].
• Eldon, Lord, on Marriage Act, [226];
• on O'Connell, [270];
• on Clare election, [275];
• interview with George IV. on Catholic question, [299].
• Ellenborough, Lord, Governor-General of India, the Somnauth proclamation, [504];
• annexes Scinde, [591];
• and Gwalior, [594];
• recalled, [595].
• Elliott, Ebenezer, and Corn Laws, [483].
• Emancipation Bill, Catholic, Peel introduces, [295].
• (See Catholic Emancipation.)
• Emaum-Ghur, Destruction of the fortress of, [591].
• Emigration to America, [245].
• Encumbered Estates Act (Ireland), [570].
• Engineering, temp. George III., [188]-[195].
• England, Municipal relief in, [387]-[389].
• Engraving, temp. George III., [202].
• Episcopalians, Scottish, Relief of, [168].
• Etruria, Queen of, Buonaparte's treatment of, [21].
• Exmouth, Lord, bombards Algiers, [122].
• Expenditure, royal, Debate on, [142].
• Exports, temp. William IV., [418].
• Factories, Employment of children in, [454].
• Famine, The Irish, [536]-[547].
• Fashions in dress, temp. George III., [203].
• Ferdinand of Austria abdicates, [579].
• Ferdinand VII. of Spain restored, [86].
• Ferozeshah, Battle of, [597].
• Fiction, temp. George III., [171]-[174];
• temp. William IV., [439].
• Financial reforms, [224], [308].
• Fire at Dublin Custom House, [376];
• at Houses of Parliament, [376].
• Foreign Enlistment Act, [146].
• Forty-shilling freeholders, [254];
• disfranchised, [301];
• increase of, [510].
• Fouché's intrigues, [85];
• joins Buonaparte, [90].
• Foundation schools in Ireland, Wyse's Report, [357].
• France, relations with Spain, [232];
• annexes Society Islands, [524];
• interferes in Italian revolution, [586].
• (See Buonaparte, French Revolution.)
• Francis attempts the Queen's life, [490], [491].
• Francis Joseph appointed viceroy of Bohemia, [578];
• becomes Emperor of Austria, [579].
• Frankfort Parliament offers the imperial crown of Germany the king of Prussia, [577].
• Free Trade, effect on the imports, [423];
• enunciation of in the Royal Speech, [478];
• progress of, [507];
• literature, [508];
• principles triumph, [523].
• French revolution of 1830, [315]-[318];
• effect in England, [318];
• of 1848, [550];
• effect in Britain, [554];
• in Ireland, [564];
• in Austria, [578].
• Friends, Society of, and abolition of slavery, [366];
• and Irish famine, [538].
• Fuentes d'Onoro, Battle of, [15].
• Furniture, Household, temp. George III., [203].
• Game Laws, Bill to amend, rejected, [305].
• Garibaldi, General, and Italian revolution, [583];
• defeats Neapolitans, defence of Rome, [587].
• Gas for street lighting, Introduction of, [198].
• George III., Insanity of, [8], [22];
• jubilee, Regent appointed, [8];
• children of, [135];
• Duke of York, his guardian, [142];
• death of, [156];
• progress of the nation during his reign, [157]-[203].
• George IV., Accession of, [202];
• treatment of Queen, [206];
• coronation, [214]-[216];
• visits Ireland, [216], [218]-[220];
• visits Scotland, [227]-[230];
• opposes Catholic Emancipation, [292];
• agrees to Peel's proposals, [294];
• alarm at Peel's Bill, [298];
• assents to the Bill, [299];
• illness, death, character, [310], [311].
• (See Regent.)
• Germany, Revolution in, [575].
• Gladstone, Mr., attacks Palmerston's foreign policy, [606].
• Glasgow, Chartists in, [555], [558].
• Glass manufacture, temp. George III., [196].
• Goito, Radetzky defeated at, [584].
• Goojerat, Battle of, [601].
• Görgei, Hungarian patriot, [580], [597].
• Gough, Sir Hugh, in India, [594].
• Grattan, Henry, motions on Catholic Emancipation, [146], [166];
• death of, [205];
• his opinion of O'Connell, [271].
• Greece, struggles for independence, [262];
• high-handed proceedings of, debate, [606].
• Grey, Earl, [324];
• retires from public life, [373];
• character, [374].
• Grey, Sir George, on state of Ireland, [560].
• Guardians, Poor Law, [365].
• Guerrière and Constitution, Naval battle between, [36].
• Gwalior, Annexation of, [594].
• Habeas Corpus Act suspended, [127].
• Hampden Clubs, [120].
• Hanover, Separation of, from England, Duke of Cumberland becomes king of, [443].
• Hardinge, Sir Henry, Governor-General of India, [595], [597].
• Haynau, General, [589].
• Hill, Sir Rowland, and postal reform, [470].
• Historians, temp. George III., [175]-[178];
• temp. William IV., [435].
• Holland, The French driven from, [72].
• Holy Alliance and Congress of Verona, [231]-[236].
• Hone satirises the Government, [128], [152];
• trial of, [128]-[130].
• Hôtel de Ville, Paris, Revolutionary attack on, [317].
• Hume, Mr., his resolution on the Orange Societies, [394].
• Hundred Days, the beginning, [87];
• end, [104];
• cost, [118].
• Hungary, Revolution in, Kossuth appointed dictator, [579];
• Russian intervention, [580];
• debate on, [588].
• Hunt, "Orator," [121], [147];
• trial of, [156].
• Huskisson, Mr., at Board of Trade, [239];
• reforms, [239]-[242];
• resigns, [264];
• death, [319].
• Hyde Park, temp. William IV., [441].
• Hyderabad, Surrender of, [592].
• Illegitimate children, Maintenance of, [364].
• Imports, temp. William IV., [422].
• Incendiarism in southern counties, [320].
• India, Disturbances in, [138], [139];
• consolidation of empire, [141];
• affairs in Scinde, [589];
• Ellenborough's policy, [590];
• Napier's conquests, [590]-[594];
• affairs in the Punjab, [594], [601];
• Gwalior captured, [595];
• the Sikh war, [595]-[600].
• Industrial progress, temp. William IV., [416], [417].
• Industries, Manufacturing, temp. George III., [195]-[198].
• Inhabited houses in Great Britain, temp. William IV., [424].
• Ireland, George IV.'s visit to, [218]-[220];
• discontent and disturbances in, [222], [307];
• Lord Wellesley, Viceroy, [222], [246];
• social condition, [246], [535];
• Marquis of Anglesey, Viceroy, [268], [278]-[280], [326];
• the peasantry arming, [283];
• distress in, [326], [403]-[406], [484];
• Reform Bill for, [352], [353];
• tithe riots, [355];
• Clergy Relief Bill, [356];
• national education, [356], [359];
• church reform, [359], [372];
• O'Connell's repeal agitation, [370];
• tithe question, [371], [383];
• municipal reforms, [390];
• workhouse system, [405];
• registration of voters (Stanley's Bill), [476];
• threatened famine, [517];
• the Arms Bill, [529];
• the famine in, [536]-[547];
• after the famine, [560];
• rebellion in, [563]-[570];
• the Queen's visit to, [571]-[573].
• Irish Church, Mr. Ward's motion, [372].
• Irish Confederation, [564].
• Irish corporations, Bill for the regulation of, [390].
• Irish famine, The, [535]-[547].
• Irish Parliament, O'Connell's proposal to restore, [530].
• Irish Poor, Bill for the relief of, [448].
• Iron, Improvements in manufacture of, [196]-[198];
• mines, [419].
• Isas-zeg, Battle of, [580].
• Italy, Revolution in, [582]-[586];
• debate on, [587].
• Jamaica Bill, The, [460].
• Jelalabad, Defence of, [498];
• relief of, [499].
• Jellacic, Ban of Croatia, and Austrian revolution, [578];
• invades Hungary, [579]
• Jewish Emancipation Bill, [603]-[605].
• Johnson, Dr. Samuel, [174].
• Joseph Buonaparte. (See Buonaparte, Joseph.)
• Jubilee of George III., [8].
• Junot, Marshal, at Valoutina, [44].
• Kennington Common, Chartist meeting on, [555].
• Kent, Agricultural outrages in, [325].
• Kent, Duke of, The marriage of, [136];
• the death of, [156].
• Khan, Akbar, [495].
• Khyber Pass, [495], [497].
• Kossuth, Louis, appointed dictator of Hungary, [579];
• escapes to Turkey, [581];
• takes refuge in England, [583].
• Kutusoff, Russian general, opposes Buonaparte, [46]-[53].
• Labédoyère, Execution of, [115].
• Lamartine and French revolution, [553];
• and Irish rebellion, [566].
• Lamberg, Count, Assassination of, [579].
• Landed Estates Court (Ireland), [570].
• Lawless, Mr., a leader of the Irish rebellion, [283].
• Lawrence, John and Henry, [600], [601].
• Leinster declaration, The, [288].
• Leipsic, Battle of, [71].
• Liberators, The Order of, [286].
• Lichfield House compact, [380].
• Ligny, Battle of, [94], [95].
• Literature, temp. George III., [171]-[187];
• temp. William IV., [434]-[439];
• of Anti-Corn Law League, [508];
• Free Trade, [508].
• Liverpool, Lord, death and character, [256].
• Locomotive steam-engine, The, [194].
• London, Anti-Corn Law agitation in, [484];
• Chartist riots in, [558].
• Londonderry, Lord, [227], [382].
• Lords, House of, Petition for reform of, [392].
• Louis XVIII. restored to France, [83];
• flight of, [90];
• returns, [104].
• Louis-Philippe, King of France, [318];
• the Spanish marriages, [548];
• outbreak of the revolution, [550];
• abdication, flight, death, [551].
• Luddite riots, [25].
• Lützen, Battle of, [65].
• Machinery destroyed by rioters, [25], [244].
• Macnaghten, Sir William, Assassination of, [495].
• Madison, President (U.S.), attempt on Canada, [35], [105];
• at capture of Washington, [110];
• anxiety for peace, [114].
• Madrid, Wellington enters, [28].
• Mabrattas, Power of the, broken, [141];
• conquest of Gwalior, [594], [595].
• Malt Tax, Proposed abolition, [381], [382].
• Manchester, Reform meetings at, [147]-[151];
• opening of railway, [319];
• Corn Law agitation at, [481]-[484].
• Manin and the siege of Venice, [586].
• Manners and customs, temp. George III., [202];
• temp. William IV., [439], [440].
• Manufactures, temp. George III., [196]-[198];
• prosperous state of, [237];
• temp. William IV., [418].
• Manufacturing districts, Depression in, [147].
• Maria Louisa, of Austria, marries Buonaparte, [3];
• appointed regent, [64], [76];
• flies from Paris, [81].
• Marmont in the Peninsular campaign, [26].
• Marriage laws, Reforms in, [225];
• and Dissenters, [382];
• Act, [409].
• Marriage of Queen Victoria, [471].
• Massacre, The Peterloo, [151], [152].
• Massena in the Peninsular Campaign, [12]-[16].
• Mathematical Science, temp. William IV., [430].
• Mathew, Father, and temperance reform in Ireland, [526];
• and the Irish famine, [537], [546].
• Maynooth Grant, The, for educating Roman Catholic priests, [524].
• Mazzini and Italian revolution, [582];
• one of the triumvirate, [583].
• Meeanee, Battle of, [592].
• Meerpoor, Capture of, [592].
• Melbourne, Lord, Prime Minister, [373], [386], [444];
• and Queen Victoria, [478].
• Messina bombarded, [583].
• Metropolitan police, Establishment of, [323].
• Metternich, Prince, and Buonaparte, [67];
• and Austrian revolution, [578].
• Milan, Revolutionary fighting in, [582];
• Radetzky captures, [585].
• Ministry, The Reform, [323].
• (See Reform Bill.)
• Miscellaneous writers and literature, temp. George III., [178];
• temp. William IV., [435].
• Monster meetings, O'Connell's, [526], [530].
• Moodkee, Battle of, [597].
• Moolraj, Defeat of, [60].
• Mooltan, Capture of, [601].
• Mortality during Irish famine, [541].
• Moscow, Russians evacuate, [46];
• burning of, [47];
• French retreat from, [48]-[54].
• Mulgrave, Lord, Viceroy of Ireland, [395].
• Municipal reform, [387]-[389];
• corporations, inquiry commission, [388];
• in Ireland, [390], [414], [450];
• in Scotland, [391];
• Reform Act, [444].
• Murat, Marshal, at Moscow, [48];
• deserts Buonaparte, [63];
• revolutionary attempt at Naples, [105], [117];
• execution, [117].
• Music and musicians, temp. George III., [199].
• Napier, Sir Charles, conquest of Scinde, [591]-[593].
• Napoleon, Louis, elected to National Assembly, [552];
• president of republic, [554];
• special constable in London during Chartist riots, [556].
• National Gallery, Inception of, [240].
• National wealth, Increase of, temp. William IV., [418].
• National workshops, French, Failure of the, [553].
• Nation, The, Irish Repeal newspaper, [563].
• Naval supremacy of Britain, [19];
• battles during American war, [35]-[38].
• Navarino, Battle of, [262].
• Navigation Laws, Changes in, [239];
• repealed, [602].
• Navy, State of the, [407].
• Neapolitans defeated by Garibaldi, [587].
• Negro slaves in the colonies, [366].
• Newspaper stamp duty, [401].
• Ney, Marshal, in the Russian campaign, [50], [51];
• deserts Louis Philippe, [90];
• at Waterloo, [99];
• Execution of, [115].
• Nonconformists and Marriage Laws, [382];
• statistics of, [427].
• Norbury, Lord, Assassination of, [458].
• Normanby, Lord, on crime and outrage in Ireland, [459].
• Northumberland, Duke of, Viceroy of Ireland, [292].
• Notes, bank, Circulation of, [238], [242], [244].
• Novara, Charles Albert defeated at, [586].
• Novelists, temp. George III., [171]-[174];
• temp. William IV., [439].
• Oaths, Parliamentary, Lord John Russell's Bill, [602], [603].
• O'Brien. (See Smith O'Brien.)
• O'Connell, Daniel, and Catholic Association, [249];
• as barrister, [270], [271];
• Grattan's opinion of, [271];
• the Clare election, [271]-[275], [303];
• influence on the Irish peasantry, [286], [287];
• refuses to take the oaths, [302];
• arrested for sedition, [327];
• agitates for Repeal, [370], [459], [525], [526], [530];
• his quarrels, [385], [387];
• crusade against House of Lords, [392];
• desires to revive the Irish Parliament, [530];
• trial, etc., [531], [532];
• rejoicings on his liberation, [532];
• parliamentary debate on the trial, [534];
• Young Ireland party secede from, [534];
• death and character, [561], [562].
• O'Connor, Feargus, the Chartist, [455], [456], [482], [555].
• Oliver the spy, and the rioters, [125].
• Omerkote, Capture of, [592].
• Operas, temp. George III., [199].
• Opium war, The, [472]-[475].
• Orange, Prince of, becomes King of Holland, [72].
• Orange Societies in Ireland, [247];
• riots in Ireland, [307];
• lodges, [393], [394];
• Duke of Cumberland Grand Master of, [394];
• dissolution of the, [395].
• Oregon boundary settled, [524].
• Orleans dynasty, End of, [551].
• Orleans, New, Pakenham's failure at, [111].
• Orthez, Battle of, [75].
• Outrages in Ireland, [458];
• debate on, [459].
• Outram, General, [590].
• Overland route to India, [421].
• Over-trading and speculation, [410], [411].
• Oxford's attempt on Queen's life, [471].
• Pacifico, Don, Case of, [606].
• Painters and painting, temp. George III., [201];
• temp. William IV., [432].
• Palmerston, Lord, foreign policy, [374], [548];
• interference in Spain, [574];
• and Austrian revolution, [581];
• and Italian revolution, [585];
• debates on, [587], [589], [606];
• testimonial to, [607].
• Papal States, Revolution in, [583], [586];
• Catholic powers restore the Pope, [587].
• Paper, Reduction of duty on, [407].
• Paris, Capture of, by the Allies, [81], [82];
• treaties of, [89], [119];
• the Allies enter, [103];
• rioting in, [554].
• Parliament, changes made by Reform Bill in, [354];
• first reformed, [359];
• Houses of, burnt, [376];
• privilege of reports, [468]-[70].
• Parliamentary Reform, Motions on, [148], [223], [320];
• popular excitement, [322].
• (See Reform Bill.)
• Peel, Sir Robert, on Catholic Emancipation, [249];
• Clare election, [275]-[278];
• Catholic
• Emancipation Bill, [294], [295];
• general election, [378], [380];
• Bedchamber question, [462];
• Corn Laws, the sliding scale, [487];
• on Free Trade, [489], [507], [513];
• scene with Cobden, [506];
• Cabinet memorandum, [518];
• on state of Ireland, [529];
• his last speech, death, [607];
• Wellington's testimony to, [608].
• (See Anti-Corn Law League, Corn Laws.)
• Peers, Roman Catholic, Canning's motion for admission of, to Parliament, [222].
• Perceval, Mr., Assassination of, [23].
• Periodical literature, temp. George III., [179];
• temp. William IV., [435].
• Peterloo massacre, [151];
• debates, [152].
• Petition, The Chartist, [558].
• Picton, Sir Thomas, Death of, at Waterloo, [99].
• Pindarrees, The, and the Mahratta wars, [138]-[141].
• Pius IX., Pope, as reformer, [582];
• his reforms, flight, [583];
• restored by the Catholic powers, [587].
• Plays and dramatists, temp. George III., [180];
• temp. William IV., [439].
• Poets, temp. George III., [181]-[187];
• temp. William IV., [435].
• Poland, Buonaparte promises to restore the kingdom of, [40];
• enthusiasm of the Poles, [42].
• Police, Metropolitan, Establishment of, [323].
• Political parties, Changes in, [359].
• Political Register, Cobbett's, and the Reform Bill, [121].
• Political Union, The Birmingham, [327].
• Poniatowski, Fate of, [71].
• Poor, Irish, Relief of the, [403];
• inquiry into state of, [404];
• Bill for, [414].
• Poor Law abuses, [361]-[363];
• reform, [364]-[366];
• Irish, Bill, [448].
• Poor Law Act, Operation of the, [410].
• Population, Agricultural, State of, temp. George III., [158].
• Population, Increase of, in the United Kingdom, [416].
• Portugal, Revolution in, [306], [412], [549].
• Portuguese expedition, [255].
• Postage, Penny, Establishment of, [464].
• Potato crop, signs of failure, [516], [520];
• precarious nature of, [536];
• failure of, [536], [537].
• (See Famine, The Irish.)
• Pottery, temp. George III., [195], [196].
• Pottinger, Eldred, [494], [495], [590].
• Press, Growing power of, [121];
• liberty of the, [128];
• influence on Reform Bill, [334].
• Prevost, Sir George, an incompetent commander, [105], [107], [108].
• Printing and allied arts, Improvements in, [198].
• Privileges of the House of Commons, [468]-[470].
• Progress of the nation, temp. George III., [157]-[203];
• temp. William IV., [416]-[442].
• Prosperity, Proofs of the national, temp. William IV., [418]-[424].
• Protective duties, Abolition of, debate, [521].
• Protestant schools in Ireland, [357].
• Prussia declares war against Buonaparte, [63];
• revolution in, [575].
• Punjab, Disturbances in, [593];
• annexation of, [601].
• Pyrenees, Battle of the, [59].
• Quadrilateral Alliance, [475].
• Quakers, efforts to procure relief for, [163].
• (See Friends, Society of.)
• Quatre Bras, Battle of, [95].
• Radetzky, General, [579], [582], [586].
• Railways, Commencement of, [194];
• the first, [319];
• progress of, [420].
• Ramnuggur, British defeated at, [600].
• Rate in aid, Ireland, [570].
• Rebellion in Canada, [445]-[448];
• in Ireland, [563]-[568].
• Reciprocity Acts, [239].
• Reform, Demands for, [120];
• attempts at, [135].
• Reform Bill, The, Ministry, [324];
• preparing the Bill, [328];
• introduced to Parliament, [330];
• excitement in the country, [331], [334];
• dissolution of Parliament, [333];
• influence of the press, [333];
• the new Parliament, [335];
• the Bill re-introduced, [336]-[338];
• rejected by the Lords, [339];
• riots, [339], [340];
• negotiations, [345];
• passed by the Commons, [347];
• threatened rejection by the Lords, [350];
• finally passed, [352].
• Reform, Poor Law, [364], [365].
• Regency, Appointment of, [8], [10], [22];
• question of, on accession of William IV., [312]-[314].
• Regent, George, Prince of Wales appointed, [8];
• Brougham's philippic against the, [120];
• unpopularity of, [123];
• death of his daughter, Princess Charlotte, [131];
• royal expenditure, debates on, [142];
• succeeds as George IV., [204].
• Registration of births, marriages, and deaths, [410].
• Religion, Progress of, temp. George III., [158]-[171];
• temp. William IV., [427];
• in Ireland, [428].
• Religious freedom, Efforts for, [158]-[169].
• (See Catholic emancipation.)
• Repeal of the Union, Mr. Butt opposes, [525];
• Queen's Speech denounces, [529].
• (See O'Connell.)
• Republic established in France, [552].
• Retreat from Moscow, The French, [48]-[54].
• Retrenching official salaries, [308].
• Revenue and taxation, temp. William IV. [423], [424].
• Revolution in Portugal, [306], [412], [549];
• France, [315], [550];
• Spain, [412];
• Germany, Prussia, [575];
• Austria, [578];
• Hungary, [579];
• Italy, [582].
• Revolution of 1848, Palmerston on the causes of, [588].
• Riots, Chartist, [457].
• Roads, Construction of, temp. George III., [190];
• temp. William IV., [420].
• Roebuck, Mr., opposes Colonial Government Bill, [605];
• on the Government's foreign policy, [606].
• Rome, French capture, [587].
• Rossi, Count, Murder of, [583].
• Rothière, La, Battle of, [78].
• Rothschild, Baron, and the abjuration oath, [603].
• Runjeet Singh, [595].
• Russell, Lord John, motion on Parliamentary Reform, [223];
• obtains repeal of Test and Corporation Acts, [264];
• introduces Reform Bill, [330], [336];
• on the Tithe Question, [383];
• on the Marriage Bill, [400];
• on the Corn Laws, [519];
• on the Jewish Emancipation Bill, [602], [604];
• on the Colonial Government Bill, [605].
• Russia, war with France, [38], [40]-[48];
• heads the alliance against Buonaparte, [63];
• and the Eastern Question, [411];
• and the Hungarian revolution, [580], [583].
• Sackett's Harbour, Attack on, [108].
• Safety lamp, Miner's, [196].
• Salamanca, Battle of, [27].
• Sale, Sir Robert, rescues English captives, [502].
• Salomans, Alderman, and the abjuration oath, [603].
• San Sebastian, Storming of, [60].
• Savings banks, Depositors in, [417];
• as a proof of progress, [424].
• Saw-mills introduced into Great Britain, [198].
• Schools, temp. George III., [158];
• temp. William IV., [425], [426].
• Science, Progress of, temp. George III., [199];
• temp. William IV., [430].
• Scinde, Annexation of, [590]-[593].
• Scotland, Attempt at insurrection, [155];
• lay patronage in, [167];
• relief of Episcopalians in, [168];
• George IV.'s visit to, [227]-[230];
• Reform Bill for, [353];
• municipal relief in, [391];
• famine in the north of, [540].
• Scott, Sir Walter, [175], [436];
• and George IV.'s visit to Scotland, [227].
• Scottish burgh reforms, [146];
• Reform Bill, [353].
• Scottish Churches, eminent members of the, temp. William IV., [428].
• Sculpture, temp. George III., [202].
• Search, The right of, [33], [492].
• Self-government, Colonial, [600].
• Settlement, The Act of, [362];
• changes in the law of, [364].
• Shakespeare forgeries, The, [184].
• Shere Mahommed defeated by Sir Charles Napier, [592].
• Shipping, Progress of, temp. George III., [157];
• steam vessels, temp. William IV., [417], [421].
• Sicilian expedition to Spain, [29].
• Sicily, Revolution in, [583].
• Sikh War, The, [597]-[600].
• Silk duties, Reduction of the, [241];
• trade riots, [304];
• state of trade, temp. William IV., [418].
• Six Acts, The, [151], [152].
• Slavery in the Colonies, debate, [314];
• abolition of, in the West Indies, [366]-[368];
• and the right of search, [492].
• Sliding scale, Peel's (corn duties), [487].
• Smith O'Brien on the state of Ireland, [527];
• joins the Repeal Association, [533];
• the Irish rebellion, [564];
• capture of, [569];
• trial, [570].
• Smolensk, Storming of, [44].
• Sobraon, Battle of, [599].
• Social reforms, [145].
• Society Islands annexed by France, [524].
• Society of Friends and Irish famine, [474].
• Somnauth proclamation, Ellenborough, [504].
• Soult, Marshal, in the Peninsular Campaign, [12], [26], [30], [59], [75].
• Sovereigns, Allied in London, [86].
• Spain, Wellington's campaign in, [55]-[60], [75];
• and her revolted colonies, [231], [236];
• relations with France, [232];
• revolution in, [412];
• Palmerston's interference with, [574].
• Spanish legion, The, [452]-[454].
• Spanish marriages, The, [548].
• Speculation, over-trading, etc., [242]-[244], [410], [411];
• Parliamentary inquiry into, [254].
• Spencean philanthropists, The, [121].
• Stamp duty, Newspaper, [401];
• revision of the stamp duties, [401], [402].
• Stanhope, Earl, and religious freedom, [160]-[163].
• Stanley, Mr., secretary to Irish Viceroy, [332];
• his character, [354];
• plan for national education (Ireland), [356], [359];
• on abolition of slavery, [366];
• on the Corn Laws, [518].
• Steam, Application of, to travelling and to machinery, [194]-[196];
• applied to vessels, temp. William IV., [421].
• Steamboats, The first, in Great Britain, [195].
• Street fighting in Milan, [582].
• Subsidies to Continental Powers against Buonaparte, [62], [74], [89], [91].
• Sugar duties, The, [512].
• Sunday schools, temp. William IV., [424].
• "Surrender" banquet at Derry, The, [288].
• Suspension Act, Repeal of the, [132].
• Switzerland, The French driven from, [73].
• Syrian dispute, The, [475].
• Taxation and Revenue, temp. William IV., [423], [424].
• Taxes, Large reductions of, [488].
• Temperance reform in Ireland, [526];
• and the Repeal agitation, [527], [530];
• and the Irish famine, [537].
• Test and Corporation Acts, Lord John Russell's motion for repeal of, [264];
• debate on, [266];
• repeal of, celebrated, [267].
• (See University.)
• Thames Tunnel, Construction of the, [431].
• Theological literature, temp. George III., [178].
• Thistlewood and the Cato Street conspiracy, [154].
• Tithe Commissioners, Establishment of, [409].
• Tithe Commutation Act, [248];
• riots in Ireland, [355];
• the tithe question, debates on, etc., [371], [382], [409];
• Bill (Irish), [450].
• Toulouse, Battle of, [75], [76].
• Trade, State of, [396];
• depression of, [455], [485].
• Trades unions and strikes, [368]-[370].
• Turner, J. M. W., [431].
• Tuscany, End of the revolution in, [586].
• Ulster, the Orangemen in, [396].
• Union of Great Britain and Ireland, Repeal of. (See O'Connell.)
• Union of parishes for poor-law relief, [364], [365].
• United Irishman, The, advocates rebellion, [564].
• United States of America. (See America.)
• University tests, debate in Parliament, [375], [382].
• Unlawful Societies in Ireland Bill, [250].
• Valoutina, Battle of, [44].
• Venice, Revolution in, [582];
• siege and capitulation of, [586].
• Verona, Congress of, [231]-[236].
• Vessels, Steam, temp. William IV., [421].
• Viceroy of Ireland, Qualifications necessary for a, [245].
• Victoria, Princess, Birth of, [156];
• youth of, [310].
• Victoria, Queen, Accession of, [443];
• Lord Melbourne her mentor, [444];
• the Civil List, her first Parliament, [444], [445];
• her coronation, [451]-[452];
• Melbourne Ministry resign, [459];
• the Bedchamber question, [461];
• disloyalty of the Tories, loyalty of O'Connell, [466];
• approaching marriage announced, [467];
• Bill for naturalising Prince Albert, debate, [467], [468];
• Prince Albert's income, [468];
• the marriage, [471];
• attempts on the Queen's life, [471], [490], [491];
• letter to the French queen on the Spanish marriages, [548];
• visit to Ireland, [571]-[573].
• Vienna, Congress at, [87], [117];
• the bombardment of, [579].
• Villiers, Mr., motions on the Corn Laws, [479], [484], [511], [523].
• Vittoria, Battle of, [58].
• Wales, Princess of, regent, [9].
• Washington, U.S., captured by British, [110].
• Waterloo, Field of, [96];
• battle of, [98]-[102].
• Wealth of the nation temp. George III., [157];
• temp. William IV., [418].
• Wedgwood, Josiah, and improvements in pottery, [196].
• Wellesley, Marquis of, Viceroy of Ireland, [222], [246].
• Wellington, Duke of, Peninsular campaign, [12]-[75];
• prepares for Buonaparte, [98];
• battle of Waterloo, [98]-[102];
• plenipotentiary at Verona congress, [231]-[236];
• Prime Minister, [262];
• on the Catholic question, [281];
• duel with Earl of Winchilsea, [300];
• financial reforms, [309];
• declares against Parliamentary Reform, [320], [321];
• his Ministry defeated, [324];
• on the state of Ireland, [527];
• his testimony to Peel's character, [608].
• West Indies, Abolition of slavery in, [366]-[368];
• and sugar duties, [512].
• Wetherell, Sir Charles, and the Bristol rioters, [340], [341].
• William III., his statue blown up, [396].
• William IV., Accession, [312];
• popularity, [312], [314];
• question of regency, [313];
• and the Reform Bill, [340];
• coronation, [343];
• unpopularity, [350];
• on the Irish Church, [372];
• death and character, [414], [415];
• progress of the nation during reign of, [416]-[442].
• William IV. of Prussia and the revolution, [576];
• a new constitution, [577];
• declines imperial crown of Germany, [578].
• Windischgrätz, General, [579].
• Wool, Reduction of duties on, [241];
• state of the trade, temp. William IV., [418].
• Workhouses in England, [362]-[365];
• in Ireland, [405].
• Working classes, temp. George III., [157].
• Wyse, Mr., Report on Foundation schools in Ireland, [357].
• York, Duke of, Commander-in-Chief, [111];
• becomes guardian of George III., [142];
• declares against Catholic Emancipation, [251];
• death, [254].
• Young Ireland party, [533];
• secede from O'Connell, [534];
• history of, [563].

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Transcriber Notes:

P.[79]. 'Lichstenstein' changed to 'Liechtenstein'

P.[107]. 'Ooracoke' changed to 'Ocracoke'.

P.[610]. 'Neaoplitans' in index of Garibaldi changed to 'Neapolitans'.

Fixed various punctuation.