GLO

Gloucester, Duke of, married Lady
Waldegrave, i. 262
Goderich, Lord, his administration,
ii. 191

Goldsmiths' Hall Association, the,
ii. 293, 298

Good Hope, Cape of, a constitution
granted to, iii. 372
Gordon, Lord G., the petitions
that he presented to Parliament,
ii. 64; heads the Protestant As-
sociation, ii. 272, iii. 98; pre-
sents their petition, ii. 273;
committed to Newgate, 276
Gosset, Sir W., sued by Howard

for trespass, ii. 82
Government, executive, control of
Parliament over, ii. 85; strong
and weak governments since the
Reform Act, 95. See also Minis-
ters of the Crown

Gower, Earl of, his amendment to
resolutions for a regency, i. 212;
cleared the house, ii. 31

Gower, Lord F. L., his resolution

for the state endowment of Irish
priests, iii. 156

Grafton, Duke of, dismissed from
lord-lieutenancy for opposing
the court policy, i. 23; accepted
office under Lord Chatham, 40;
complained of the bad results of
Chatham's ill-health, 42; con-
sequent weakness of the minis-
try, 43; his resignation, ib.; his
ministry broken up by debates
upon Wilkes, ii. 18
Graham, Sir J., separates from

Lord Palmerston's ministry, ii.
219; case of opening letters by,
iii. 46; his answer to the claim,
&c., of the Church of Scotland,
248

Grampound, the disfranchisement .
bills of, i. 409

Grant. Mr. R., his motions for

Jewish relief, iiì, 198, 181
Grattan, Mr., the character of his

oratory, ii. 118: advocates Catho-
lic reliet, ii, 128, 131, 136–141;,

GRE

the independence of Ireland, 313,
315, 332; his death, 145
Great seal, the, use of, under autho-
rity of parliament, during George
III.'s illness, i. 182, 186, 209;
questions arising thereupon, 191;
affixed by Lord Hardwicke to
two commissions during illness
of George II., 186
Grenville Act, trial of election pe-
titions under, i. 365; made per-
petual, 366

Grenville, Lord, the proposal that
he should take office with Pitt, i.
100; formed an administration
on his death, 103; differed with
the King on the army adminis-
tration, 104; the Army Service
Bill, 105; cabinet minute reserv-
ing liberty of action on the Ca-
tholic question, 107; pledge re-
quired by the King on that sub-
ject, 108; dismissed, ib.; his
advice neglected by the Regent,
121; attempted reconciliation,
122; failure of negotiations on
the household question,' 126;
his difficulty in issuing public
money during George III.'s inca-
pacity, 214; the tactics of his
party, ii. 176, 186; in office, 176,
iii. 125; introduces the Treason-
able Practices Bill, ii. 317; ad-
vocates Catholic relief, iii. 120;
his Army and Navy Service
Bill, 126; fall of his ministry,
128

Grenville, Mr. George, succeeded
Lord Bute as premier, i. 25; did
not defer to George III., 26;
remonstrated against Lord Bute's
influence, ib., 31; supported the
king's arbitrary measures, 28;
differences between them, 31;
his Election Petitions Act, 365;
his statement of amount of secret
service money: 379; the bribery
under his ministry, 380; opposed
Wilkes's expulsion, ii. 12; his
motion for reduction of land

GRE

tax, 101; attacked by Wilkes,
ii. 103; his schemes for taxation
of American colonies, iii. 347.
Grey, Earl, his advice neglected by
the Regent, i. 121; declined
office on the 'household question,'
126; advocated reform, and led
the reform ministry, 139, 310,
402, 407, 420; lost the confi-
dence of William IV., 145; ac-
cused Lord Eldon of using George
III.'s name without due authority,
201, 205; the regulation of the
civil list by his ministry, 246;
his views on the present state of
the House of Lords, 308, n.; ad-
vised the creation of new peers,
311, 315; favoured a shorter
duration of parliament, 441; the
character of his oratory, ii. 119;
the separation of his party from
the Radicals, ii. 182, 199; car-
ries Parliamentary Reform, 196;
his ministry, 198-204; his Army
and Navy Service Bill, iii. 127;
advocates Catholic claims, 130;
and relief from declaration
against transubstantiation, 144
Grey, Mr. (1667), an early reporter

of the debates, ii. 35
Grosvenor, General, his hostile mo-
tion against Mr. Pitt's ministry,
i. 78
Grote, Mr., advocated vote by bal-
lot, i. 446

HA

ABEAS CORPUS SUSPEN-
SION ACTS, the,-of 1774,
ii. 302, 313, iii. 12; of 1817,
ii. 343, iii. 16; of 1860 and
1871, 19; cases of, between the
Revolution and 1794, iii. 11; the
Acts of Indemnity, 12-19;-
in Ireland, 19, 147
Halifax, Earl of, issue of general
warrants by, iii. 2. 7; action
brought against him by Wilkes,
6; obtained the consent of
George III. to exclude his

HEN

mother from the Regency, i.

173
Hamilton, Duke of, a Scottish peer,
not allowed the rights of an Eng-
lish peer, i. 286
Hamilton, Lord A., advocated re-
form in the representation of
Scotland, i. 358

Hanover, House of, the character
of the first two kings of, favour-
able to constitutional govern-
ment, i. 76

Hanover, kingdom of, the revenues
attached to the crown till her
Majesty's accession, 247
Hansard, Messrs., sued by Stock-
dale for libel, ii. 78
Harcourt, Lord, supported the in-
fluence of the crown over parlia-
ment, i. 37
Hardwicke, Lord, affixed the great
seal to commissions during ill-
ness of George II., i. 186
Hardwicke, Lord, changes caused
by his Marriage Act, iii. 151
Hardy, T., tried for treason, ii.
307

Harrowby, Earl of, supported
George IV. on the Catholic ques-
tion, i. 114
Hastings, Mr. Warren, impeach-
ments not abated by dissolution,
established in his case, ii. 93
Hastings, the sale of the seat for
this borough, i. 346
Hawkesbury, Lord, the supposed
adviser of George III. against
the Grenville ministry, i. 111;
his declaration as to the King's
competency to transact business,
201; his refusal of Napoleon's
demands against the press and
foreigners, ii. 332, iii. 54
Heberden, Dr., his evidence re-
garding the King's illnesses, i.
204, 205
Henley, Mr., seceded from the
Derby ministry on the question
of reform, i. 455

Henry III., V., VI., and VII., the

-HEN

revenues of their crowns, i. 226,
227

Henry VIII., his sign manual
affixed by a stamp, i. 217; his
crown revenues, 227
Herbert, Mr., his bill as to the ex-

pulsion of members, ii. 19
Heron, Sir R., his bill for shorten-
ing the duration of parliament,
i. 442

Hewley, Lady, the case of her
charities, iii. 199

Hindon, bribery at, i. 340
Hobhouse, Mr., committed for libel-
ling the house of commons, ii. 60
Hobhouse, Sir J., his vestry Act,
iii. 277

Hoghton, Sir H., his Dissenters
Relief Bills, iii. 93

Holdernesse, Lord, retired from
office in favour of Lord Bute, i.
19

Holland, Lord, his amendment for
an address to the Prince of
Wales, i. 210

IRE

402; his scheme for voluntary
enlistment, iii. 24; his proposed
reform of county administration,
297; his exertions in revision of
official salaries, 386

Hunt, Leigh, tried for libel, ii. 335
Hunt, Mr., headed the Manchester
meeting, ii. 354; tried for sedi-
tion, 363

Huskisson, Mr., his prophecy as
to reform in Parliament, i. 416;
his commercial policy, ii. 187, iii.
417

Hyde Park, meeting in, prohibited
1866, iii. 434; park railings pulled
down, and riots in the park,
ib.; another meeting prohi
bited in 1867, but held in defi-
ance of government, 437; failure
of a bill to give additional
powers to government, 439; un-
settled state of the law, ib.

IMPEACHMENT of ministers

349

Horner, Mr. F., his speech against
a regency bill, i. 210
Horsley, Bishop, his opinion on
the rights of the people, ii. 319;
amends the Protestant Catholic
Dissenters Bill, iii. 106
Household, the. See Royal House-
hold

House tax, the, Lord Derby's

ministry defeated on, ii. 102
Howard, Messrs., reprimanded for
conducting Stockdale's action, ii.
80; committed, 81; sued the
sergeant-at-arms, 82
Howick, Lord, denounced secret
advice to crown, i. 111, 112.
See also Grey, Earl
Hudson, Dr., tried for sedition, ii.

290

Hudson's Bay Company, the, ii.

615

Hume, Mr., his motion against
Orange lodges in the army, ii.

Indemnity Acts, the, on expiration
of the Habeas Corpus Suspen-
sion Acts, iii. 15, 16;--An-
nual, the first passed, 82, n.
Independents, the, their tenets, iii.
67; their toleration, 73; num-
bers, &c., 222, 224, n.
India Bill, the (1783), thrown out
by influence of the crown, i. 71
India. See East India
Informers. See Spies
Insolvent debtors, laws for the re-
lief of, iii. 34

Ireland, the position of the Church
in, caused alarm to William IV.,

sentative peers of, 280; restric-
tion upon the number of the
Irish peerage, ib.; its absorption
into the peerage of the United
Kingdom, 289; Irish peers sit
in the Commons, 281;
presentation of, prior to the
Reform Bill, 359, 361; nomina-
tion boroughs abolished at the
Union, 360; Irish judges dis-
qualified, 375; the Reform
Act of, 430; amended (1850),

JOH

mission of Catholics to the
elective franchise, 110, 322; the
United Irishmen, ii. 329, iii.
322; feuds between Protestants
and Catholics, 324; the rebel-
lion of 1798, 325; Union with
England concerted, 327; oppo-
sition bought off, 330; the
Union effected, 333; its results,
ib.; effect of Catholic relief and
reform in the representation,
172, 335; present position of
Ireland, ib.; and of its Catholic
inhabitants, 336; the number of
Irishmen on the English bench,
337, n.;
corporate reform,
290; new poor law introduced
into, 408; disestablishment of
the Irish Church, 1869, 447;
the Irish land bill, 1870, 448
Irnham, Lord, his daughter mar-
ried to the Duke of Cumberland,
i. 262

dangerous state of, 1823-25,
154; and in 1828, 163; burial
grounds in, open to all persua-
sions, 194; the tithe question,
256, 263–268; national educa-
tion, 270, 413; Maynooth and
Queen's Colleges, 270; Govern-
ment of Ireland prior to the
Union, 299; the parliament,
300; the executive, 302; power
monopolised by churchmen, ib. ;
supremacy of English Govern-
ment, 303; commercial restric-
tions, 305; partially removed,
310, 312; residence of lord-
lieutenant enforced, 302, 306;
conflicts between the Commons
and the Executive, 307; state of
Ireland, 1776, 308; the volun-
teers, 311; they agitate for in-
dependence and parliamentary
reform, 312-315, 318; the con-
vention at Dungannon, 314;
independence granted, 316; ad-

AMAICA, colonial institutions
in,

of assembly repressed, 364
James I., his crown revenues, i.
227

James II., expelled by union of

church and dissenters, iii. 77;
his proposal to tax colony of
Massachusetts, 343

Jews, the admission of, to parlia-

ment, ii. 84; naturalisation
Act of, 1754, repealed, 266;
tolerated by Cromwell, iii. 73;
excepted from Lord Hardwicke's
Marriage Act, 151; the first
motions for their relief, 178;
Mr. Grant's motions, ib., 181;
Jews admitted to corporations,
182; returns of Baron Roths-
child and Mr. Salomons, 183,
184; attempt to admit Jews
under declaration, 185; the Re-
lief Acts, 186, 187; number of,
returned, ib.

Johnson, Dr., a compiler of parlia-

JON

mentary reports, ii. 36, 37, 50,
113, n.

Jones, Mr. Gale, committed for
libel on the House of Commons,
ii. 60

LIB

the Whigs, 177; estranged from
them, 179

Knight's (a negro) case, iii. 37
Knighthood, the orders of, i. 324

COMMON,
Chartist meeting at, ii. 410
Kent, Duchess of, appointed Re-
gent (1830), i. 221
Kentish petitioners imprisoned by
the Commons, ii 62
Kenyon, Lord, his opinion on the
coronation oath, i. 93
Kersal Moor, Chartist meeting at,
ii. 409; election of popular re-
presentative at, ib.
King, Lord, moved to omit Lord
Eldon's name from the council
of regency, i. 205
King, questions as to accession of
an infant king, i. 219; as to the
rights of a king's posthumous
child, 222; rights of a king over
the royal family, 262. See also
Crown, the.

KENNINGTON

'King's Friends, the,' the party so
called, i. 13; their influence,
35; led by Addington, 100,
103; their activity against the
Army Service Bill, 106; the
'nabobs' rank themselves among
them, 335; a section of the
Tory party, ii. 143; estranged
from Pitt, 176; coalesce with

attended by, ii. 29; their ex-

ADIES, debates in the Commons

clusion, 52, n.

Lambton, Mr., his motion for re-
form, i. 361, 410
Lancaster, Duchy of, the revenues
of, attached to the crown, i. 227,
235, 248; present amount, ib.
Land bill (Ireland) 1870, iii. 448
Land revenues of the crown. See
Revenues of the Crown

Land tax, the, allowed twice over
to crown tenantry, i. 253; re-
duced by vote of the Commons,
ii. 101; third reading of a land
tax bill delayed, i. 74; ii. 103
Lansdowne, Marquess of, his a-

mendment to resolutions for a
regency, i. 212; his motions re-
specting the marriages of Catho-
lics and Dissenters, iii. 152; for
relief of English Catholics, ib.
Lauderdale, Earl of, condemned
the King's conduct to the Gren-
ville ministry, i. 115

Law, the, improvement in the spirit

and administration of, iii. 389;
legal sinecures abolished, 390
Legislatorial attornies, election of,
at public meetings, ii. 351; prac-
tice of, imitated by the Chartists,
408

Leicester, case of bribery from cor-
porate funds of the borough of,

i. 413

Lennox, Lady S., admired by George
III., i. 263

Lethendy case, the, iii. 245
Letters, opened at the Post-office,
by government, iii. 44; the for-
mer practice, 45, and n.; case of,
in 1844, 46
Libel, the Libel Act, ii. 260-264;

Lord Sidmouth's circular to the