ABBOT, Mr. Speaker, opposes Catholic
relief, 354, 355; his speech at the
Bar of the Lorde, 355, n.
Abercromby, Sir R, his opinion of the
Irish soldiery, 500; retires from
command, 501.
Aberdeen, Earl of, his ministry, 86;
its fall, 87; his efforts to reconcile
differences in the Church of Scot-
land, 436, 443.
Addington, Mr. See Sidmouth, Vis-
Additional Curates Society, sums ex-
pended by, 415, n.
Advertisement duty, first imposed,
108; increased, 172; abolished, 214.
Affirmations. See Quakers.
Agitation, political. See Opinion,
Liberty of; Political Associations;
Public Meetings.
Aliens, protection of, 283-288; Alien
Acts, 284, 285; Traitorous Corre-
spondence Act, 285; Napoleon's de-
mands refused, 286; the Conspi-
racy to Murder Bill, 289; Extradi-
tion Treaties, 290.
Almon, bookseller, proceeded againɛt,
Althorp, Lord, brings forward cases
of imprisonment for debt, 266; his
Church rates measure, 1834, 404;
plans for tithe commutation, 416;
commenced the modern financial
policy, 574.
American colonies, the war with, a
test of party principles, 29, 32; first
proposals to tax them, 515; Mr.
Grenville's Stamp Act. 517; repeal-
ed, 518; Mr. Townshend's schemes,
519; repealed, except the tea duties,
520; attack on the tea-ships, 521; the
port of Boston closed, 522; the con-
stitution of Massachusetts super-
seded, ib.; attempts at conciliation,
523; the tea duty repealed, 524;
independence of colonies recog-
nized, ib.; its effects on Ireland, 487.
Anne, Queen, the press in the reign
of, 106; her bounty to poor clergy,
414.
Anti-Corn Law League, the, 239-242.
Anti-Slavery Association, the, 133,
232.
Appropriation question, the, of Irish
Church revenue, 448-454, 475.
Army, the interference of military
in absence of a magistrate, 132;
Orange lodges in, 230; impress-
ment for, 260; freedom of worship
in 344, 349; the defence of colonies,
539; flogging in, abated, 563.
Army and Navy Service Bill, the, 342.
Arrest, on mesne process, 267; abol-
ished, 268.
Articles, the Thirty-nine, subscription
to, by clergy, and on admission to
the universities, 305, 316, 400; by
dissenting schoolmasters abolished,
317, 318.
Associations. See Political Associa-
tions.
Auchterarder Cases, the, 434, 436.
Australian colonies, the settlement and
constitutions of, 526, 535.
BALLOT, Vote by, one of the points of
the Charter, 235; in the Colonies,
536.
Baptists, the number and places of
worship of, 419, 420, n.
Beaufoy, Mr., his efforts for the relief
of dissenters, 322-324.
Bedford, Duke of, attack by the silk-
weavers, 125.
Birmingham, public meetings at, 191,
218; election of a legislatorial attor-
ney, 192; political union of, 216,
218.
Births, bills for registration of, 362,
395.
Boards. See Local Government.
Boston, Lord, assaulted, 130.
Boston, the port of, closed by Act, 522.
Bourne, Mr. S., his Vestry Act, 461.
Braintree Cases, the, 405.
Brandreth, execution of, 186.
Briellat, T., tried for sedition, 142.
Bristol, reform riots at, 219.
Brougham, Lord, defends Leigh Hunt,
179; describes the license of the
press, 180, n; promotes popular ed-
ucation, 211, 612; his law reforms,
550.
Brownists, the, 297.
Bunbury, Sir C., attempts amendment
of the criminal code, 555.
Burdett, Sir F., his Catholic Relief
Bills, 365, 370.
Burghs (Scotland), reformed, 470.
Burial, the, of dissenters with Church
of England rites, 392, 395; bills to
enable dissenters to bury in church-
yards, 396; permitted in Ireland,
397.
Burke, Mr., separates from the Whigs,
42; his alarm at the French Revo-
lution, ib., 140; among the first to
advocate Catholic relief, 318; his
opposition to relief of dissenters, 326,
329.
Bute, Earl of, driven from office, 110,
CAMBRIDGE University, admission of
dissenters to degrees at, 316, 400;
the petition for admission of dis-
senters, 1834, 398; state of feeling
at, on Catholic relief, in 1812, 351.
Camden, Lord, supports the right of
juries in libel cases, 117, 121, 122;
his decisions condemning the prac-
tice of general warrants, 246, 250;
protects a Catholic lady by a pri-
vate Act of Parliament, 319; op-
poses taxation of the American
colonies, 519, 520; a friend to lib-
erty, 552.
Campbell, Lord, his Act to protect
publishers in libel cases, 114.
Canada, a crown colony, 525; free
constitution granted, ib; the insur-
rection, and reunion of the prov-
inces, 531; responsible government
in, 532; establishes a protective ta-
riff, 535; popular franchise in, ib.
Canning, Mr., his influence on parties,
52; in office, 63; secession of Tories
from, ib.; supported by the Whigs,
64; advocates Catholic relief, 63,
334, 351, 353, 358; brought in the
Catholic Peers' Bill, 359; his death,
65, 366.
Capital punishments, multiplication
of, since the Revolution, 553; since
restricted to murder and treason,
558.
Caricatures, influence of, 123.
Caroline, Queen, effect of proceedings
against, upon parties, 61.
Catholic Association, the, proceedings
of, 204-209, 372, 374.
Catholic Emancipation. See Roman
Catholics.
Castle, the government spy, 276.
Cato Street Conspiracy, the, 200; dis-
covered by spies, 278.
Censorship of the press, 103, 106.
Chalmers, Dr., heads the Free Kirk
movement, 433; moved deposition
of the Strathbogie presbytery, 438.
Chancery, Court of, reformed, 549.
551.
Charlemont, Earl of, heads Irish vol-
unteers, 491; opposes claims of Cath-
olics to the franchise, 495.
Chartists, the torch-light meetings,
234; the national petition, ib.; meet-
ings and riots, 235; proposed elec-
tion of popular representatives by,
236; the meeting and petition of
1848, 237-239.
Chatham, Earl of, effect of his leav-
ing office on parties, 26; his protest
against colonial taxation, 518; that
measure adopted by his ministry
during his illness, 519; his concil-
iatory propositious, 523; proposed
to claim India for the Crown, 541.
Church of England, the, relations of
the Church to political history, 291;
the Church before the reformation,
ib.; the Reformation, 292; under
Queen Elizabeth, 293; relations of
the Reformed Church with the State,
297; Church policy from James I.
to Charles II., 300, 302; attempts
at comprehension, 304, 306; the
Church at the Revolution, 305; un-
der William III., 306; state of, at
accession of George III., 308; Wes.
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