419, 420; in Ireland, 454; the papal
aggression, 422; the Maynooth and
Queen's Colleges, 456; exclusion of
Irish Catholics from the corpora-
tions, 474; from the Parliament, 479,
482; number on Irish bench, 509.
See also Corporations.
Roman Catholic Officers' Relief Bill,
the, 356.

Romilly, Sir S., his efforts to reform

the penal code, 556.

Rothschild, Baron L. N. de, returned
for London, 387; claims to be sworn,
ib.

Russell, Lord John, attempts to form

a free-trade ministry, 81; in office,
84; retires from Lord Palmerston's
ministry, 87; carries the repeal of
Corporation and Test Acts, 367; his
efforts to obtain the admission of
Jews to the Commons by declara-
tion, 389; his Dissenters' Marriage
Bills, 393, 395; his Registration Act,
394; his letter on the papal aggres-
sion, 425; overthrows the Peel min-
istry upon the Appropriation Ques-
tion, 453, 454; carries Municipal
Reform, 467; and amendments of
the criminal code, 558.

ST. ASAPH, Dean of, the case of, 118.
Salomons, Mr., returned for Green-

wich, 388; claims to be sworn, ib.
Salters (Scotland). See Colliers.
Savile, Sir G., among the first to ad-
vocate Catholic Relief, 319; his bill
to restrain Catholics from teaching
Protestants, 321.

Schism Act, the, 308.

Scotland, the Tory party in, 49, 56;
literary influence of the Scotch
Whigs, 57; alarm of democracy in,
144; trials for sedition and high
treason, 145, 154, 190; the slavery
of colliers and salters abolished, 274;
the reformation in, 298; intimida-
tion of Parliament by the mob, 129,
321; motion for repeal of the Test
Act (Scotland), 328; relief to Scotch
Episcopalians, 329; to Scotch Cath-
olics, 331; religious disunion in,
444; statistics of places of worship
in, ib., n.; municipal reform in,
470; new poor-laws introduced into,

565.

Secretary of State, the powers given
to, in repression of libel, 111, 188,
246, 250; of opening letters, 279;

for the colonies, date of forma-
tion of office, 527.

Sedition and seditious libels, trials for,
Wilkes, and his publishers, 111; the
publishers of Junius's Letters, 113;
the Dean of St. Asaph, 118; of Stock-
dale, 119; Paine, 135; Frost, Win-
terbotham, Briellat, and Hudson,
142; Muir and Palmer, 145, 148;
Skirving, Margarot, and Gerrald,
149; Eaton, 151; Yorke, 161; Mr.
Reeves, 170; Gilbert Wakefield and
the "Courier," 175; of Cobbett, 178,
212; J. and L. Hunt and Drakard,
179; Hunt and Wolseley, 200;
O'Connell and others, 224, 227;
measures for suppression of sedi-
tion in 1792, 139; 1794, 152; 1795,
164; 1799, 173; 1817, 184; 1819, 196;
societies for the repression of, 143,

203.

for.

See also Treason, High, Trials

Seditious Meetings Bills, the, 166, 198;
Libels Bill, 198.

Session Court of (Scotland), proceed-
ings of, in the patronage cases, 434–
438.

Shelburne, Earl of, in office, 33, 95;
his concessions to America, 35.
Sheridan, Mr., one of the Whig asso-
ciates of the Prince of Wales, 40;
adhered to Fox, 46; his motion on
the state of the nation, 1793, 141;
brought Palmer's case before the
Commons, 150; urged repeal of the
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, 160,
161; his opposition to the Seditious
Meetings Bill, 168.

Sidmouth, Viscount, as premier, 53;
in office with the Whigs, 54; his re-
pressive policy, 182, 259; his circu-
lar to the lord-lieutenants, 186; his
employment of spies, 276; his Dis-
senting Ministers' Bill, 349.
Silk-weavers, riots by, 125; bill passed
for protection of their trade, ib.
Sinecures, official and legal, abolished
548, 551.

Six Acts, the, passed, 196.
Skirving, W., trial of, for sedition, 149.
Slave-trade Association, the, 133, 275.
Smith, Mr. W., his Unitarian Mar-
riages Bills, 362, 364.
Smith O'Brien, abortive insurrection
by, 228.

ment, 275; under Lord Sidmouth,
277; their employment considered,
ib.; the Cato Street conspiracy dis-
covered by, 278.

Spring Rice, Mr., his scheme for set-
tling church-rates, 404; his speech
on the state of Ireland, 507, n.
Stamp Act, the American, 517.
Stamp duty. See Newspapers.
State trials. See Treason, High,
Trials for.

Stockdale, the case of, 119.
Strathbogie cases, the, 436.
Subject, liberty of, the earliest of poli-
tical privileges, 245; general war-
rants, ib.; suspension of the Habeas
Corpus Act, 252; impressment, 260;
the restraints caused by the revenue
laws, 263; imprisonment for debt,
ib., 268; for contempt of court, 265;
arrest on mesne process, 267; debt-
ors' prisons, 269; insolvent debtors,
271; negroes in Great Britain, 272;
colliers and salters in Scotland, 274;
spies and informers, 275; opening
letters, 279; protection of aliens, 283;
extradition treaties, 290.
Supremacy, oath of, imposed by Queen
Elizabeth, 293; on the House of
Commons, ib.; Catholic peers ex-
empted from, 328, 359; altered by
the Catholic Relief Act, 375, 376.

THATCHED House Society, the, 270.
Thelwall, J., tried for high treason,

156.

Thistlewood, A., tried for high trea-

son, 186; for the Cato Street plot,200.
Thurles, Synod of, opposition of, to
the Queen's Colleges, 458.
Thurlow, Lord, the character of, 40,
553.

Tierney, Mr., joins the Whigs, 46;
their leader, 51, 61.

Tindal, Chief Justice, his opinion re-
specting the law of church-rates,
405.

Tithes, the commutation of, 416; in
Ireland, 445, 455; associated with
the question of appropriation, 451.
Toleration Act, the, 305; dissenters
relieved from its requirements, 317,
350.

Tooke, Horne, trial of, for high trea-
son, 156.

Tory Party, the. See Party.
Townshend, Mr. C., his scheme for
colonial taxation, 519.

Trades' unions, 232; procession of,
through London, 233; reception of
their petition by Lord Melbourne,
234.

Traitorous Correspondence Act, pass-
ing of, 285.
Transportation, commencement of the
punishment, 526; establishment of
the Australian penal settlements,
ib.; discontinued, 527, 559.
Transubstantiation, Lord Grey's mo-
tion for relief from declaration
against, 357.

Treasonable Practices Bill, the pass-
ing of the, 164.

Treason, high, trials for, of Walker,
152; of Watt and Downie, 154; of
Hardy and others, 156; of Watson,
Thistlewood, and others, 186.
Tutchin, beaten to death for a libel,

107.

UNIFORMITY, Act of, of Queen Eliza-
beth, 293; of Charles II., 303.
Union, the, of England and Ireland,
agitation for repeal of, 223; effect of,
on Catholic relief, 333; the means
by which it was accomplished, 503.
Unions, political, established, 216;
their proceedings, 217; organize del-

egates, 219; proclamation against,
220; threatening attitude of, 221.
Unitarians, the, toleration withheld
from, 305; further penalties against,
306; first motion for relief of, 329;
relief granted, 350; laws affecting
their marriages, 362-364.
United Englishmen, Irishmen, and
Scotsmen, the proceedings of, 173,
498, 499; suppressed by Act, 173.
United Presbyterian Church, the, 429,
n., 432.

Universal suffrage, agitation for, 138,
163, 191, 235; in the colonies, 536.
Universities, the, of Oxford and Cam-
bridge, admission of dissenters to,
316; of London, 400.

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, a legislature
granted to, 527, 536; transportation
to, discontinued, 527.
Vestries, the common law relating to,
461; Mr. S. Bourne's and Sir J.
Hobhouse's Vestry Acts, ib.
Veto Act, the, 433; rescinded, 442.
Volunteers, the (Ireland), 489; de-

mand independence of Ireland, 490,
491; and Parliamentary Reform, 494.

WAKEFIELD, Mr. G., tried for libel,

175.

Wales, Prince of (Geo. IV.), a mem-
ber of the Whig party, 40; deserts
them, 46, 58; alleged effect of Mr.
Fox's death upon his conduct, 54;
attack on, when Regent, 183; unfa-
vorable to Catholic claims, 348.
Wales, progress of dissent in, 412.
Walker, T., tried for high treason, 152.
Walpole, Sir R., his indifference to
newspaper attacks, 109; withdrew
the Excise Bill, 124; his refusal to
levy taxes on our colonies, 515.
Warrants. See General Warrants.
Watson, J., tried for high treason, 186.
Watt, R., tried for high treason, 154.
Wellesley, Marquess, his ministry and
the Catholic claims, 353; his mo-
tion, ib.

Wellington, Duke of, seceded from
Canning on the Catholic question,
63; in office, 65, 69; secession of
Liberal members from his cabinet,
66; beaten on repeal of the Test,
&c. Acts, ib., 367; his ministry and
Catholic claims, 66, 366, 373; prose-
cutes the Tory press, 211.
Wesley, the Rev. J., effect of his la-
bors, 310; number, &c. of Wesley-
ans, 419, 420.
Westminster Hall, public meetings
prohibited within one mile of, 185.
Weymouth, Lord, proposal that the
Whigs should take office under him,

32.

Whig Club, the, meeting of, to oppose

Whig Party, the. See Party.
Whitbread, Mr., his party estranged
from Earl Grey's, 58.

White Conduit House, threatened
meeting at, 220.

Wilberforce, Mr., promoter of the ab-
olition of slavery, 133; endeavors
to obtain admission of Catholics to
the militia, 333.

Wilkes, Mr., attacks Lord Bute and
Mr. Grenville in the "North Brit-
on," 110; proceeded against, 111,
125, 247; brings actions against Mr.
Wood and Lord Halifax, 247, 248;
dogged by spies, 276.

William III., his church policy,
305, 306; towards the Church of
Scotland, 307; towards Catholics,
ib.

William IV., his declaration against
the Appropriation question, 450.
Williams, a printer, sentenced to the
pillory, 112.

Winterbotham, Mr., tried for sedition,

142.

Wolseley, Sir C., elected popular rep-

resentative of Birmingham, 191;
tried for sedition, 200.

Wood, Mr. G., his Universities Bill,
399.

Woodfall, his trial for publishing Ju-

nius's Letter, 114; the judgment
laid before the Lords, 116.
Working-classes, measures for the im-
provement of the, 568. See also
Middle Classes.