THE

CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY

OF

ENGLAND

SINCE THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE THE THIRD

1760-1860

BY

SIR THOMAS ERSKINE MAY, K.C.B.

THIRD EDITION

WITH A NEW SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER

IN THREE VOLUMES-VOL. III.

LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1871

The right of translation is reserved

TILDEN LIBRARY

1895

CONTENTS

OF

THE THIRD VOLUME.

CHAPTER XI.

LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT.

Liberty of the subject the earliest of political rights

General warrants, 1763

Arrest of Wilkes and the printers

Actions brought by them

Search-warrant for papers: case of Entinck v. Carrington

General warrants condemned by the courts, and in Parliament

Early cases of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act

Habeas Corpus Act suspended, 1794

Act of Indemnity, 1801

Habeas Corpus Act suspended, 1817

Bill of Indemnity

Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland

Impressment for the army

Impressment for the navy

Revenue laws

Imprisonment of Crown debtors

Imprisonment for contempt of court

Arrest on mesne process

Imprisonment for debt

Relief to insolvent debtors

Slavery in England: the Negro case,

Negroes in Scotland

1771

The Church and religion under Charles I. and the Common-

wealth

71

73

State of the Church and religion on the accession of Geo. III.

82

Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles

Relief granted to dissenting ministers and schoolmasters, 1779

Prevalent opinions concerning Catholics

The Catholic Relief Act of 1778

Motions for the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts, 1787-
1790

The Catholic Relief Bill, 1791

Effect of the Test Act in Scotland

Restraints on Scotch Episcopalians repealed

Mr. Fox's bill for repeal of laws affecting Unitarians, 1792

Relief granted to the Irish Catholics, 1792-93

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Claims of relief to Quakers

The Catholic question in abeyance

Motions on the Catholic claims in 1805

The Whig ministry of 1806 and the Catholic question

The Army and Navy Service Bill .

Anti-Catholic sentiments of the Portland ministry

Catholic agitation, 1808-11

130

Dissenters relieved from oaths imposed by the Toleration Act 135

The Catholic question in 1812

136

And in 1813.

140

Relief of Catholic officers in army and navy, 1813 and 1817