ROY

chamber question,' 155; profu-
sion in George III.'s, 236; pro-
posed reduction in William IV.'s
household, 246

Royal Marriage Act (1772), i. 45,
264; arbitrary principles of this
act, 267

Royal Sign-Manual Bill, the, to
authorise George IV. to sign
documents by a stamp, i. 216
Russell, Lord John (now Earl Rus-

sell), his first motions for re-
form, i. 408-416; his disfran-
chisement bills, 414; advocated
the enfranchisement of Leeds,
Birmingham, and Manchester,
415; moved the first reform bill,
422; his later reform measures,
450, 452, 456; attempts to form
a free-trade ministry, ii. 212;
in office, 216; retires from Lord
Palmerston's ministry, 219;
carries the repeal of Corporation
and Test Acts, iii. 157; his
efforts to obtain the admission of
Jews to Parliament, 186; his
Dissenters' Marriage Bills, 190,
192; his Registration Act, 192;
his letter on the papal aggres-
sion, 230; overthrows the Peel
ministry upon the Appropriation
Question, 267; carries Municipal
Reform, 283; and amendments
of the criminal code, 398; suc-
ceeds Lord Palmerston as pre-
mier, 1865, 429; revives the
question of reform, 430; his
Reform Bill, 1866, 431; its dis-
astrous issue, 432; his resigna-
tion, 433

SCO

6

Wilkes for the Essay on Wo-
man,'ii. 6; 'Jemmy Twitcher,'7 n.
Savile, Sir G., condemned the re-
solution against Wilkes, ii. 17;
his bills to secure the rights of
electors, 24; among the first to
advocate Catholic relief, iii. 96;
his bill to restrain Catholics
from teaching Protestants, 99
Sawbridge, Mr., his motions for
reform, i. 399; for shortening
duration of parliament, 441
Say and Sele, Lord, his apology to
Mr. Grenville for refusing a
bribe, i. 380

Schism Act, the, iii. 82
Scot and lot, a franchise, i. 331
Scotland, the hereditary crown
revenues of, i. 245; the pensions
charged thereon, 257, 260; the
consolidation of Scotch and Eng-
glish civil lists, 261;-
-the peer-

age of, 274; the representative
peers of, ib.; Scottish peers created
peers of Great Britain, 286; their
rights, ib.; the probable absorp-
tion of the Scottish peerage into
that of the United Kingdom, 289;

——Scottish judges disqualified,
375;--the defective representa-
tion of Scotland prior to reform,
355;
the Reform Act of, 429; the
Tory party in, ii. 171, 180; lite-
rary influence of the Scotch
Whigs, 181; alarm of democracy
in, 292; trials for sedition and
high treason, 293, 304, 351; the
slavery of colliers and salters
abolished, iii. 39; the reforma-
mation in, 68; intimidation of
parliament by the mob, ii. 271,
iii. 97; motion for repeal of the
Test Act (Scotland), 107; relief
to Scotch Episcopalians, 108; to
Scotch Catholics, 111; religious
disunion in, 254; statistics of
places of worship in, ib., n.;
municipal reform in, 287; new
poor laws introduced into, 408;
Reform Act, 1868, iii. 440

SCO

Scott, Sir John, the ministerial

adviser during the regency pro-
ceedings, i. 192

Secret service money, issue of, re-
strained, i. 242; a statement of
the amount of, 379
Secretary of State, the powers

given to, in repression of libel,
ii. 249, 347, iii. 2, 8; of opening
letters, 44 ;- -for the Colonies,
date of formation of office, 360
Sedition and seditious libels, trials
for, Wilkes and his publishers,
ii. 248; the publishers of Junius's
Letters, 252; the Dean of St.
Asaph, 258; of Stockdale, 259;
Paine, 280; Frost, Winterbot-
ham, Briellat, and Hudson,
289; Muir and Palmer, 292,
296; Skirving, Margarot, and
Gerrald, 297; Eaton, 301;
Yorke, 313; Mr. Reeves, 325;
Gilbert Wakefield and the
'Courier,' 331; of Cobbett, 334,
379; J. and L. Hunt and Drak-
ard, 335; Hunt and Wolseley,
363; O'Connell and others, 394,
397; measures for repression
of sedition in 1792, 285; 1794,
302; 1795, 317; 1799, 329;
1817, 342; 1819, 358; societies
for the repression of, 290, 367.
See also Treason, High, Trials
for

Seditious Meetings Bills, the, ii.
319, 361; Libels Bill, 361
Selkirk, Earl of, supports the
King on the Catholic question,
i. 114
Septennial Act, efforts to repeal, i.
441; arguments against, 443;
in favour, 444

Session, Court of (Scotland), pro-
ceedings of, in the patronage
cases, iii. 242-247
Shaftesbury, bribery at, i. 340
Sheil, Mr., the character of his
oratory, ii. 122

Shelburne, Earl of, dismissed from
command for opposition to the

SLA

crown, i. 28; his motion on the
public expenditure, 53; on the
intimidation of peers, 54; his
administration, 62; supported
by the royal influence, ib.; in
office, ii. 151, 229; his conces-
sions to America, 154
Sheridan, Mr., the character of his
oratory, ii. 115; one of the Whig
associates of the Prince of
Wales, 161; adhered to Fox,
167; his motion on the state of
the nation, 1793, 288; brought
Palmer's case before the Com-
mons, 299; urged repeal of the
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act,
311, 312; his opposition to the
Seditious Meetings Bill, 322
Shrewsbury, Duke of, his precedent
cited as to the temporary con-
centration of offices in the Duke
of Wellington, i. 148
Sidmouth, Viscount, withdrew
from Pitt's administration, i.
101; took office under Lord
Grenville, 103; joined George
III. in opposing the Army Ser-
vice Bill, 105; resigned office,
106; supported the King, ib., 114;
as premier, ii. 175; in office
with the Whigs, 177; his re-
pressive policy, 340, iii. 19:
his circular to the lord-lieuten-
ants, ii. 345; his employment
of spies, iii. 41; his Dissenting
Ministers Bill, 134. See also
Addington, Mr.

Silk-weavers, riots by, ii. 266; bill
passed for protection of their
trade, 267
Sinecures, official and legal, abo-
lished, iii. 386, 389
Six Acts, the, passed, ii. 358
Skirving, W., trial of, for sedition,
ii. 297

Slavery, in England, ii. 35; in

Scotland, 37; in the Colonies, 39
Slave Trade, the abolition of, ad-
vocated by petitions to parlia-
ment, ii. 64

SLA

Slave-trade Association, the, ii.
277. iii. 39

Smith, Mr. W., his anecdote as to
bribery of members by Lord
North, i. 382, n.; his Unitarian
Marriages Bills, iii. 151, 154
Smith O'Brien, abortive insurrec-
tion by, ii. 400

Sommersett's (the negro) case, iii.

36

Spa Fields, meeting at, ii. 345
Speaker of the House of Commons,
the, election of, during George
III.'s incapacity, i. 183; alterca-
tions of members with, ii. 127;
the increased authority of the
chair, 128

Spencer, Earl, election expenses of,
i. 337

Spies, employment of, by govern-
ment, iii. 39; under Lord Sid-
mouth, 41; their employment
considered, 42; the Cato Street
conspiracy discovered by, 43
Spring Rice, Mr., his scheme for
settling church rates, iii. 204; his
speech on the state of Ireland,
334, n.
Stafford, Marquess of, his motion
on the pledge exacted from the
Grenville ministry, i. 112, 113
Stamp Act, the American, the in-
fluence of the crown exerted
against its repeal, i. 36; iii.
346, 347

Stamp duty. See Newspapers
State trials. See Treason, High,

Trials for
Steele, Sir R., opposed the Peerage
Bill, i. 276
Stockdale, Mr., his actions against
Messrs. Hansard for libel, ii.
78; committed for contempt, 80;
the case of, ii. 259
Strangers, the exclusion of, from
debates in parliament, ii. 27, 29;
the attendance of ladies, 29;
their exclusion, 52, n.; their
presence permitted, 55
Strathbogie cases, the, iii. 245

TEM

Subject, liberty of, the earliest of
political privileges, iii. 1; gene-
ral warrants, 2; suspension of
the Habeas Corpus Act, 10, 19,
n.; impressment, 20; the re-
straints caused by the revenue
laws, 25; imprisonment for debt,
ib., 31; for contempt of court,
26; arrest on mesne process,
29; debtors' prisons, 32; insol-
vent debtors, 34; negroes in
Great Britain, 35; colliers and
salters in Scotland, 38; spies
and informers, 39; opening
letters, 44; protection of aliens,
49; extradition treaties, 59
Sudbury, the seat for, advertised
for sale, i. 337; disfranchised,
433

Sunderland, Lady, case of, cited
on the Bedchamber Question,'
i. 157

Supplies to the crown delayed, i.
80, 103, n., 423; refused, 101;'
granted, 99

Supremacy, oath of, imposed by
Queen Elizabeth, iii. 63; on the
House of Commons, ib.; Catho-
lic peers exempted from, 107,
147; altered by the Catholic
Relief Act, 167, 168

Surrey, Earl of, his motion on the
dismissal of the coalition' minis
try, i. 76

Sussex, Duke of, voted against a
Regency Bill, i. 211; his mar-
riages, 270

Thurles, Synod of, opposition
of, to the Queen's Colleges, iii.
274
Thurlow, Lord, the character of,
ii. 160, iii. 392; his negotiations
for George III. with the Whigs,
i. 50; his advice to the King on
his proposed retreat to Hanover,
64; co-operated in his opposi-
tion to the India Bill, 68; is
made Lord Chancellor, 72; sup-
ported the resolutions for a Re-
gency, 182; affixed the great
seal to commissions under the
authority of parliament, 188;
announced the King's recovery,
189; resisted the Cricklade Dis-
franchisement Act, 340
Tierney, Mr., joins the Whigs, ii.

167; their leader, 174, 186
Tindal, Chief Justice, his opinion
respecting the law of church
rates, iii. 205

Tithes, the commutation of, iii.
218; in Ireland, 256, 269; asso-
ciated with the question of ap-
propriation, 264
Toleration Act, the, iii. 78; dis-
senters relieved from its require-
ments, 94, 135
Tooke, Horne, trial of, for high
treason, ii. 305

UNI

their ascendency in the House
of Lords, 305. See also Party
Townshend, Mr., his manœuvre to
secure a share in a loan, i. 384 ;
his proposed land tax reduced
by the Commons, ii. 101; his
scheme for colonial taxation, iii.
350

Trades' unions, ii. 404; procession
of, through London, 405; recep-
tion of their petition by Lord
Melbourne, 406

Traitorous Correspondence Act,
passing of, iii. 52
Transportation, commencement of
the punishment, iii. 358; esta-
blishment of the Australian
penal settlements, ib.; discon-
tinued, 359, 400
Transubstantiation, Lord Grey's
motion for relief from declara-
tion against, iii. 144
Treasonable Practices Bill, the
passing of the, ii. 317
Treason, High, trials for, of
Walker, ii. 301; of Watt and
Downie, 304; of Hardy and
others, 307; of Watson, Thistle-
wood, and others, 345
Treasury warrants, the form of,
for issue of public money during
George III.'s incapacity, i. 214
Tutchin, beaten to death for a
libel, ii. 244

UNDERWOOD, Lady C. mar.

ried the Duke of Sussex, i.

270
Uniformity, Act of, of Queen
Elizabeth, iii. 63; of Charles
II., 75

Union, the, of England and Ire-
land, agitation for repeal of,
ii. 393; effect of, on Catholic
relief, iii. 115; the means by
which it was accomplished, 330
Unions, political, established, ii.
383; their proceedings, 385;
organise delegates, 388; procla-