The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860

by Charles Duke Yonge

INDEX.

ABBOTT, Mr., proposes a census.
Addington, Mr., becomes Prime-minister, See Sidmouth.
Additional Force Bill.
Albert, Prince, marries Queen Victoria.
Alien' Act, the.
Althorp, Lord, introduces a bill for the reform of the Poor-laws;
his speech on the condition of Ireland;
invites the House of Commons to rescind a vote.
Amelia, Princess, death of.
Archdall, Mr., on Catholic Emancipation, note.
Association, Catholic, suppression of.

BAKER, Mr., moves a resolution on the dismissal of the Coalition
Ministry.
Barrington, Lord, moves the expulsion of Wilkes.
Battle, wager of, abolished.
Bernard, trial of, as accomplice of Orsini.
Bishoprics, provision for the increase of;
exclusion of the occupants of the junior bishoprics from the House of
Peers;
resignation of, by aged bishops.
Blucher, Field-marshal, proposes to put Napoleon to death.
Boston, United States, tea ships at, boarded by rioters, and the cargo
thrown into the sea.
Bristol, Lord, denounces the appointment of the Chief-justice to a seat
in the cabinet.
Brougham, Mr., afterward Lord Chancellor, the chief adviser of the
Queen;
defends the ministry for stopping Lord Powis's bill.
Brownlow, Mr., opposes Pitt's commercial reforms.
Buonaparte, Napoleon, detention of.
Burdett, Sir F., carries a motion for repeal of Roman Catholic
disabilities.
Burke, Mr. B., opposes the expulsion of Wilkes;
supports Mr. Grenville's act;
complains of the insolence of the House of Peers;
supports the repeal of the bill for taxing the American Colonies;
on annual Parliaments;
brings in a bill for economical reform;
his "short account of a late administration";
asserts the right of the House of Peers to examine the public
accounts;
his violent language on the Regency Bill;
member of Lord Rockingham's second ministry;
his view of the attachment of the Colonies to England.
Bute, Earl of, Prime-minister in 1762;
resigns office.

CABINET, character of.
Camden, Earl of, approves the resolution of the House of Commons;
opposes the Royal Marriage Act;
supports Lord Chatham's views on the American question;
moves the Regency bill of 1788.
Campbell, Lord, his "Lives of the Chancellors" referred to;
his denunciation of the Declaratory Act;
and of the Regency bill;
on the Chief-justice in the cabinet.
Canada, disquietude in;
union of the two provinces.
Canning, Lord, grants the right of adoption to the Hindoo feudatories.
Canning, Mr. G., attacks the appointment of the Chief-justice to a seat
in the cabinet; becomes Prime-minister;
dies;
his opinion on the question in which House of Parliament the
Prime-minister should be.
Caroline, Princess of Brunswick, marries the Prince of Wales;
investigations into her conduct;
she dies.
Cave, Mr., punished for publishing reports of debates.
Census established.
Charlotte, Princess, birth of.
Chartists, rise of;
outrages of, at Birmingham and Newport.
Chatham, Earl of, Secretary of State in 1760;
Lord Privy Seal in 1767; supports Lord Rockingham's resolution on the
expulsion of Wilkes;
denies the power of the Parliament to tax America.
Church reform, sketched out by Sir Robert Peel;
earned by Lord Melbourne's ministry.
Clarence, Duke of, opposes the abolition of the slave trade;
his leaning toward the Whigs.
Clarendon, Earl of, omits to reply to the despatch of the French
minister.
Clergy, Roman Catholic, question of endowing the.
Colborne, Sir John crushes the insurrection in Canada.
Colonies, general grant of constitutions to, in New Zealand, the Cape,
and Australia.
Commons, House of privileges of, with respect to money bills.
Conventicle Act, repeal of.
Conway, General, Secretary of State, introduces a bill of indemnity.
Cornwallis, Lord, surrenders in America.
Corporations, reform of.
Crosby, Brass, Mr, Lord Mayor, commits a messenger of the House of
Commons, and is himself committed to the Tower.
Cumberland, Duke of, marries Mrs Horton.
Cust, Sir J, Speaker of the House of Commons.

DASHWOOD, Sir F., his revels at Medmenham Abbey.
Declaratory Act.
De Grey, Mr, Attorney-general, supports the resolutions against Wilkes.
Denbigh, Lord, defends the employment of Hanoverian troops at Gibraltar.
Denman, Lord Chief justice, his charge to the jury in the case of
Stockdale v. Hansard.
Disraeli, Mr B, his act for the trial of election petitions;
he denounces Sir Robert Peel for not resigning when defeated on the
sugar-duties;
condemns Lord Clarendon's omission to reply to the French despatch;
supports the House of Lords on the paper duties.
Dowdeswell, Mr, opposes the Royal Marriage Act.
Dundas, Mr, moves an amendment to Mr Dunning's resolution.
Dunning, Mr, afterward Lord Ashburton, supports Mr Glenvilles act;
criticizes a resolution on the influence of the crown.
Dunham, Lord, Governor of Canada.

EDUCATION, influence of the penal laws on in Ireland.
Eldon, Lord, on the coronation oath in connection with the Catholic
question;
on the detention of Napoleon;
on life peerages.
Elgin, Lord, Governor general of Canada.
Ellenborough, Lord, supports the Additional Force Bill;
becomes a member of the Cabinet;
is recalled from the government of India by the Company.
Emancipation of Roman Catholics designed by Pitt;
concurred by the Duke of Wellington.
Erskine, Lord, as Chancellor, presides over the impeachment of Lord
Melville;
resists Lord Sidmouth's Six Acts.

FITZGERALD, LORD E., opposes the English government.
Fitzgerald, Mr Vesey, is defeated in Clare.
Fitzgibbon, Mr (afterward Lord Clare), opposes the convention of
delegates in Dublin;
Attorney-general in Ireland, prosecutes the sheriff of Dublin;
supports the Regency bill.
Fitzwilliam, Earl, is dismissed from the Lord-lieutenancy of Yorkshire.
Five Mile Act repealed.
Fox, Mr C., opposes Mr Grenville's act;
on the privileges claimed by the House of Commons respecting
money-bills;
note, on Parliamentary reform and annual Parliaments;
urges the appointment as Prime-Minister of the Duke of Portland;
resigns office;
becomes Secretary of State;
his India Bill;
violence of his attacks on Pitt at the beginning of his ministry;
his opinions on Colonial policy;
denies the Prince's marriage;
opposes the Regency bill;
opposes the Alien Act and other bills;
opposes Pitt's commercial reforms;
becomes Secretary of State;
supports the abolition of the slave trade;
dies.
France, new revolution in 1848.
Franklin, Dr, is examined by the House of Commons on Mr Glenville's
measures of taxation.

GEORGE III., state of affairs at the accession of;
illness of in 1764;
firmness in the Gordon riots;
becomes deranged;
is attacked on the street;
resists the relaxation of Catholic restrictions;
becomes permanently deranged;
dies;
character of his reign.
George IV. succeeds to the throne.
Gladstone, Mr W.E., opposes the fortification of the dockyards;
proposes to repeal the paper-duties;
carries the repeal of the paper-duties;
desires to weaken the power of the House of Lords.
Gloucester, Duke of, marries Lady Waldegrave.
Gordon, Lord George, the Gordon riots.
Goulburn, Mr. H, is Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Grafton, Duke of, Prime-minister in 1767;
disapproves of American taxation.
Graham, Sir J., as Home-secretary, orders the opening of letters.
Grampound disfranchised.
Granville, Earl, defends life peerages.
Grattan, Mr. H., moves the repeal of Poynings' Act;
opposes Pitt's commercial reforms;
opposes Pitt's Regency bill.
Grenville, Mr. G., becomes Prime minister;
opposes the expulsion of Wilkes;
brings in a bill for the investigation of election petitions;
imposes taxes on the North American Colonies.
Grenville, Lord, introduces the Alien Bill;
opposes the Additional Force Bill;
brings in a bill for the abolition of the slave trade;
refuses a seat in the cabinet in 1812.
Grey, Mr. (afterward Earl), opposes the Regency bill;
opposes the Alien Act;
opposes the union with Ireland;
proposes to diminish the number of members of the House of Commons;
opposes the abolition of slavery;
refuses a seat in the cabinet in 1812;
becomes Prime minister;
his ministry brings in Reform Bill;
defends a proposed creation of peers;
mentions the sovereign's opinion unconstitutionally;
letters from office.
Grey, Earl (son of the preceding), his doctrine on the true principles
of colonial government;
on life peerages.
Gower, Lord F.L., carries a resolution for the endowment of the Roman
Catholic clergy.
Girizot, M., Foreign Secretary in France.

HALIFAX, Earl of, issues a general warrant against the publishers, etc.,
of The North Briton.
Hanoverian troops, employment of, at Gibraltar.
Hansard, Mr., publishes the Parliamentary debates.
Hardy, General, taken prisoner by Sir J. Warren.
Hill, Mr. Roland, proposes a reform of the Post-office.
Hillsborough, Lord, writes a circular letter to the North American
Colonies.
Hoche, General, sails for Ireland.
Holdernesse, Earl of, Secretary of State in 1760.
Holland, Lord, opposes the Regency Bill.
Holt, Chief justice, his decision on the question of slavery.
Holsmann, Mr., supports the House of Lords on the paper duties.
Humbert, General, taken prisoner in Mayo.

INDIA, Fox's India Bill;
Pitt's India Bill;
Mutiny in;
transfer of the authority of the Company to the crown;
establishment of the Order of the Star of India;
is visited by the Prince of Wales.
Ireland, affairs of;
connection with France;
rebellion in.