BEA

Beaufoy, Mr., his efforts for the
relief of dissenters, iii. 100-102
Bedchamber Question, the,' i: 155
Bedford, Duke of, remonstrated
against Lord Bute's influence, i.
32; attacked by the silk-weavers,
ii. 267

Berkeley, Mr. H., his motions for
the ballot, i. 447
Birmingham, public meetings at,
ii. 352-385; election of a legis-
latorial attorney, 352; political
union of, 384, 386
Births, bills for registration of, iii.
151, 192
Bishops, their number in the house,
i. 299; attempts to exclude them,
300; their present position, 302;
their votes upon the Reform Bill,
309, 310; Irish representative
bishops, 281; deprived of their
seats by Irish Church Act, iii. 441
Blandford, Marquess of, his schemes

of reform, i. 412

Boards. See Local Government
Bolingbroke, Lord, his theory of' a
patriot king,' i. 12
Boroughs, different rights of elec-
tion in, i. 331, 355; number, &c.
of English nomination boroughs,
330, 332; of Scotch, 355; of Irish,
359; total number in the represen-
tation of the United Kingdom,
361; seats for, bought or rented,
335, 343, 345; advertised for sale,
337; prices of, 337, 344, 367;
'borough-brokers,' 339; law
passed against the sale of
boroughs, 346; government
boroughs, 347; changes effected
by the Reform Acts, 1867, 1868,
iii. 441

Boston, Lord, assaulted, ii. 273
Boston, the port of, closed by Act,
iii. 353

Bourne, Mr. S., his Vestry Act,
iii. 277

Boyer, an early reporter of debates
in parliament, ii. 36
Braintree Cases, the, iii. 205

BUR

Brandreth, execution of, ii. 345
Brand, Mr., his motion against the
pledge required of the Grenville
ministry, i. 109

Bribery at elections, prior to par-
liamentary reform, i. 333; com-
menced in reign of Charles II.,
ib.; supported by George III.,
341, 344; acts to restrain, 334,
336, 346; bribery since the Re-
form Act, 431; later bribery
acts, 435; proof of agency, 435;
inquiry by commission,436; gross
cases, 437; travelling expenses,
438; policy of legislation, 439,
iii. 441

Bribery of members of parliament.
See Members of the House of
Commons

Briellat, T., tried for sedition, ii.

289

Bristol, reform riots at, ii. 387
Brougham, Lord, his motion against
the influence of the crown, i. 134;
opinion on life peerages, 294;
advised, as chancellor, the crea-
tion of new peers, 311; his mo-
tion for reform, 420; on the du-
ration of parliament, 442; de-
fends Leigh Hunt, ii. 335;
describes the license of the
press, 338, n.; promotes popular
education, 377, iii. 412; his law
reforms, 389
Brownists, the, iii. 67
Buckingham, Marquess of, his re-

fusal to transmit the address of
the Irish parliament to the Prince
of Wales, i. 194
Bunbury, Sir C., attempts amend-

ment of the criminal code, iii. 395
Burdett, Sir F., his schemes of re-
form, i. 406, 407; committed for
contempt, ii. 60; resists the
warrant, 76; apprehended by
force, 77; his actions for redress,
ib.; his Catholic Relief Bills, iii.
155, 162

Burgage tenure, the franchise, i. 331
Burghs (Scotland), reformed, iii. 287

BUR

Burial, the, of dissenters with
Church of England rites, iii. 188,
193; bills to enable dissenters to
bury in churchyards, 194; per-
mitted in Ireland, ib.
Burke, Mr., his scheme of economic
reform, i. 52, 239, 258; drew up
the prince's reply to Pitt's scheme
of a regency, 184; his proposal
for sale of the crown lands, 254;
for reduction of pension list, 258;
opposed parliamentary reform,
403; his ideal of representation,
458; opposed Wilkes's expul-
sion, ii. 11; his remark on the op-
position made to the punishment
of the reporters, 41; on pledges
to constituents, 70; the charac-
ter of his oratory, 115; separ-
rates from the Whigs, 163;
his alarm at the French Revolu-
tion, ib. 286; among the first to
advocate Catholic relief, iii. 95;
his opposition to relief of dis-
senters, 105, 109

Bute, county, the franchise of, prior

to reform, i. 358

Bute, Earl of, his unconstitutional

instructions to George III, i. 11;
aids his personal interference in
government, 18; his rapid rise,
21; becomes premier, 22; ar-
bitrary conduct, ib,; and parlia-
mentary bribery, 378, 379; his
fall, 25; secret influence over the
King. 25, 31, 34; retired from
court, 27; driven from office, ii.
247, 266

ABINET, the, admission of a

porary tenure of the offices in,
by the Duke of Wellington, 148;
Minute of, 1832, 315. See also
Ministers of the Crown
Calcraft, Mr., deprived of office for
opposition to court policy, i. 30
Cambridge University, admission of
dissenters to degrees at, iii. 92,

CAR

198; the petition for admission
of dissenters, 1834, 196; state of
feeling at, on Catholic relief, in
1812, 137

Camden, Lord, disapproved the
Middlesex election proceedings,
ii. 16, 22; defended his conduct
in the cabinet, 19; opinion on
popular addresses to the crown,
90; supports the right of juries in
libel cases, ii. 257, 262, 263; his
decisions condemning the prac
tice of general warrants, iii. 2-
8; protects a Catholic lady by a
private Act of Parliament, 96;
opposes taxation of the American
colonies; 349, 351; a friend to
liberty, 392

Campbell, Lord, his opinion on life
peerages, i. 294; his Act to pro-
tect publishers in libel cases, ii.

253

Canada, a crown colony, iii. 357;
free constitution granted, ib.; the
insurrection, and re-union of the
provinces, 365; responsible go-
vernment in, 366; establishes a
protective tariff, 369; popular
franchise in, 370

Canning, Mr., his conduct regarding
the Catholic question, i. 95, 112;
in office, 112, 136; overtures to,
from the court, 125; declined to
support George IV. against his
Queen, 129, 133, n.; character of
his oratory, 118; his influence on
parties, ii. 175; in office, 189;
secession of Tories from, ib.;
supported by the Whigs, 190;
advocates Catholic relief, 189, iii.
115, 136, 139, 146; brought in
the Catholic Peers' Bill, 147; his
death, ii. 191, iii. 156
Capital punishments, multiplica-
tion of, since the Revolution, iii.
393; since restricted to murder
and treason, 398
Caricatures, influence of, ii. 265
Carlton House, the cost of, i. 251
Carmarthen, Marquess of, pro-

accepted the resolutions for a re-
gency, 185, 213

Catholic Association, the, proceed-
ings of, ii. 368-375, iii. 164,
167

Catholic Emancipation opposed

by George III., i. 93, 108; by
George IV., 136; the measure
carried, 137; a plea for parlia-
mentary reform, 412. See also
Roman Catholics

Castle, the government spy, iii. 41
Cato Street Conspiracy, the, ii. 362;

discovered by spies, iii. 43
Cave, the. See Adullam, Cave of
Cavendish, Lord J., his motion on
the American war, i. 57
Cavendish, Sir H., reported the
Commons' debates (1768-1774),
ii. 30, n

Censorship of the press, ii. 239-

243

Chalmers, Dr., heads the Free Kirk
movement, iii. 240; moved de-
position of the Strathbogie pres-
bytery, 247

Chancery, Court of, reformed, iii.
388, 389

Chancellor, Lord. See Great Seal,
the

Charlemont, Earl of, heads Irish

volunteers, iii. 314; opposes
claims of Catholics to the fran-
chise, 320

Charles I., alienated the crown
lands, i. 228

Charles II., wasted crown revenues
recovered at his accession, i. 228;
misappropriated army grants,
232; bribery at elections, and
of members, commenced under,
333, 376
Charlotte, Princess, question as to
the guardianship of, i. 271

Chartists, the, torch-light meetings,
ii. 407; the national petition, ib.;
meetings and riots, 408; pro-
posed election of popular repre-
sentatives by, 409; the meeting
and petition of 1848, 410-413
Chatham, Earl of, in office at ac-
cession of George III., i. 13;
his retirement, 20; refusal to
resume office, 26, 31; his de-
meanour as a courtier, 39; formed
an administration, 40; endea-
voured to break up parties, ib.;
ill health, 42; retired from office,
43; his statement as to the in-
fluence of the crown, 44; re-
ceives overtures from Lord North,
47; approved the Grenville Act,
366; advocated parliamentary
reform, 393; favoured triennial
parliaments, 441; his opposition

to

the proceedings against
Wilkes, ii. 4, 16; his bill to re-
verse the proceedings, 22; his
resolution, 11; moved addresses
to dissolve parliament, 22, 23,
90; condemned the King's an-
swer to the city address, 21;
strangers excluded during his
speeches, ib., 30; supported
popular addresses to the crown,
90; his opinion on the exclusive
rights of the Commons over tax-
ation, 104; his position as an
orator, 113, 125; effect of his
leaving office on parties, ii. 142; his
protest against colonial taxation,
iii. 348; that measure adopted
by his ministry during his ill-
ness, 350; his conciliatory pro-
positions, 354; proposed to claim
India for the Crown, 377
Chippenham election petition, Wal-
pole displaced from office by vote
upon, i, 365

Church of England, the relations
of the Church to political his-

COL

mames L to Geo. III. 74,
motion for relief

Som the Test Act, 107; the
carme cuestion, 236-247;
arter sutisms, 239; the Free
COME Seresto 251

Curen Ps the law of. iii. 201;
The Tesman frst raised, 203;
the Seme cases, 205; number
parades refusing the rate,
lls for abolition of, 207;
inal secilement of the question,

arges removed therefrom, 243,
244: Civilst Arts, of 1782, 242;
of 1815. 244: regulation of the
avil 1st. 242-246; no debts
upen during the last three
reigns. 247. See also Pensions
from the Crown

Clerke. Sir P. J., his Contractors'
BILL 388

Coalition Ministry, the, the for-
mation of i. 63; coalition minis-
trestavoured by Geo. III., ii. 143,
157: the Coalition, 1783, 153–
156: attempted coalitions between
Pitt and Fox, 165, 177; coali-
Son of the Whigs and Lord Sid-
mouth's party, 177; Lord Aber-
deen's ministry, 217
Cobbett, W., trials of, for libel,
ii. 334: withdraws from Eng-
land. 349; prosecuted by Whig
government, 379
Cockburn. Lord, his description of
Sectch elections, i. 357
Coke, Lady Mary, admired by the
Duke of York, i. 264
Ccke, Lord, an authority for life
peerages, i. 293

Coke. Mr., moved a resolution hos-

tile to the Pitt ministry, i. 78
Colliers and salters, in Scotland,

COL

slavery of, iii. 38; emancipated,

39

Colonies, British, colonists retain
the freedom of British subjects,
iii. 338; colonial constitutions,
339, 356, 360, 365; democratic
form of, 369, 371; the sovereignty
of England, 340; colonial ex-
penditure, 341, 375; and com-
mercial policy, 341, 363, 369;
taxes common to dependencies,
342; arguments touching im-
perial taxation, 343; taxation of
American colonies, 347-354;
the crown colonies, 356; colo-
nial administration, 360; first
appointment of Secretary of
State for, ib.; patronage sur-
rendered to the colonies, 362;
responsible government, 366;
conflicting interests of England
and colonies, 369; dependencies
unfitted for self-government, 376;
India, 377

Commerce, restrictions on Irish, iii.
305; removed, 310, 312, 332; Pitt's
propositions, 320; restrictions
on colonial commerce, 341; the
protective system abandoned,
363, 415; the Canadian tariff,
369

Commission, the, for opening par-
liament during incapacity of
George III., questions arising
thereupon, 186, 191, 213; the
form of such commission, 213;
his inability to sign a commis-
sion for prorogation, 207: and
for holding assizes, 188
Commissions to inquire into bri-
bery at elections, 436
Common Law, Courts of, reformed,
iii. 389

Commons, House of, position of, at
accession of George III., i. 329;
instances of his personal inter-
ference with, 28, 36, 45, 66, 107;
debate thereon, 51, 69, 76; re-
sistance of the house to Pitt's
first ministry, 72; resolutions

COM

against a dissolution, 74, ii. 90;
against the issue of money unap-
propriated by parliament, i. 76;
against the recent changes in the
ministry, 77; resolutions to be
laid before George III., 79; re-
solution against interference by
the Lords, 80; comments on this
contest, 83; debates on the
pledge required of the Grenville
ministry, 109; action of the
Commons as regards a regency,
171-224; doubts respecting the
issue of new writs during George
III.'s incapacity, 177; the elec-
tion of a speaker during the
King's incapacity, 183; the vote
to authorise the use of the great
seal, 186, 213; the address on
the King's recovery, 190; the
relations between the two houses
of Parliament, 304; the compo-
sition of the house since the Re-
volution, 327; its dependence
and corruption, ib.; defects in
the representation, 328; nomina-
tion boroughs, 330-360; ill-de-
fined rights of election, 331;
number of small boroughs, 332;
influence of peers in the house,
333, 360; bribery at elections,
333; since reform, 431; at the
general elections of 1761, 335;
of 1768, 337; sale of boroughs,
336-346; gross cases of bribery,
340; bribery supported by
George III., 341, 344; crown
and government influence over
boroughs, 17, 347; revenue offi-
cers disfranchised, 348; majo-
rity of members nominated, 361;
trial of election petitions, 362;
by committee of privileges, 363;
at the bar of the house, 364; the
Grenville Act, 365; corruption
of members, 369-389; by places
and pensions, 369; measures to
disqualify placemen and pen-
sioners, 372; number of, in par-
liament, 373; judges disquali-