INDEX. Abbot, Speaker, and the Catholics, ii. Aberdeen, Lord, foreign policy of, ii. 517 Act of Settlement, the (1701), ii. 78 Acton Burnell, Statute of, i. 149 Imperial Parliament, ii. 345 created Viscount Sidmouth, ii. 349 Anne, Queen, accession of, ii. 199 her first speech in parliament, ii. 199 and Prince George's Annuity Bill, establishes Queen Anne's bounty, ii. the succession under, ii. 208 opens parliament in 1712, ii. 220 her death, ii. 226 Annual Mutiny Act first passed, ii. 93 Argyle's rebellion suppressed, ii. 6 Army and Navy Service Bill (1807), ii. 353 Army reforms, ii. 530 Arundel, trial of Earl of (1397), i. 236 Ashburton Treaty, the, ii. 517 of the forest, i. 71 of Clarendon, i. 75 Assizes, the Bloody, ii. 6 Athelstan, the laws of, i. 19 Bacon, Francis, his first appearance in his impeachment, i. 372 Baliol's parliament at Scone (1292), ii. Ball, John, i. 225 Ballot, the, ii. 537, 546 Bangorian controversy, the, ii. 234 Bank of England established, ii. 48 Barebone, Praise-God, i. 451 Barnard, Sir John, on Walpole's finance, Baronage, the Norman, i. 47 estate of the, i. 171 Baronets, creation of, i. 369 his foreign policy condemned, ii. 523 Beaufoy's motions on the Test Act, ii. Becket, his conflict with Henry II., i. 72 excommunicates the bishops, i. 76 Berkeley, Bishop, and Bermuda, ii. 243 Bold speech of a Welsh judge, ii. 276 -- resigns office, ii. 212 becomes secretary of state, ii. 216 favours the Stuart restoration, ii, 225 his flight to the Continent, ii. 229 i. 167 curiosities of, i. 168 Boroughs, privileges of the, i. 107 Bracton on the Royal Prerogative, i. 141 Brehon Laws, the, ii. 374 Britain under the Romans, i. 6 Bromley, William, chosen speaker, ii. carries a Catholic Relief Bill, ii. 432 Burgh, fall of Hubert de, i. 114 the Commons, ii. 294 his scheme of economical reform, his quarrel with Fox, ii. 333 Burnell, Robert, Edward I,'s chancellor, Bute, Earl of, his rise, ii. 282 becomes prime minister, ii, 284 unpopularity and resignation, ii. 287 ii. 512 Byng, Admiral, case of, ii. 280 Cabal Ministry, i. 518 Cade's rebellion, i. 272 Camden on the Witenagemot, i. 13 Canning, George, under-secretary for duel with Castlereagh, ii. 355 I president of the Board of Control, declares in favour of the Catholic becomes foreign secretary, ii. 429 attacks upon him, ii. 430 memorable speech by, ii. 431 spirit of his legislation, i. 25 Caroline, Queen, ii. 426 her claims, ii. 426 bill to degrade her, ii. 427 Carteret, secretary of state, ii. 240 sent to Ireland, ii. 240 his resignation, ii. 271 Carucage of 1198, i. 87 Casket letters, the, ii. 131 Castlereagh, Lord, secretary for Ireland, becomes foreign secretary, ii. 357 and the union with Ireland, ii. 419 its suppression, ii. 436 Catholic claims supported by Canning, efforts at relief, ii. 430 Catholic offices, the, under James II., Cato Street conspiracy, the, ii. 425 Cavalier or pension parliament called, Cave, Edward, and the parliamentary Cavendish, Lord F., assassination of, ii. Central Criminal Court Act, ii. 464 529 Chancellors of the Exchequer, List of Chancery court abolished, i. 452 Charity commission, origin of the, i, 353 - - his first parliament, i. 380 conduct towards Lords Arundel and his illegal imposts, i. 389 governs without parliament, i. 392 his position towards the House of final breach with parliament, i. 414 surrenders to the Scots, i. 423 is delivered to the parliament, i. 424 rejects the army proposals, i. 427 treats with the Scots, i. 429 his policy, i. 518 his second parliament, i. 520 issues his Declaration of Indulgence, its withdrawal, i. 522 is opposed by the Commons, i. 524 his treaty with Louis, i. 539 his anti-popish policy, i. 544 39 Charles II. dissolves the parliament of calls the Oxford parliament, i. 554 his death, i. 559 - parliamentary progress in his reign, Chartist demonstration, ii. 538 on the Spanish Convention, ii. 261 prosecutes the wars with vigour, ii. the "Great Commoner," ii. 281 speech on the American colonies, ii. becomes Lord Privy Seal, ii. 294 on parliamentary reform, ii. 308 his last great speech, ii. 313 Chesterfield, Lord, on the Playhouse secretary of state, ii. 273 Childers, Mr., chancellor of the ex- Chinese difficulty with England, ii. Church influence on the State, i. 13 reforms, ii. 465, 524 rates, ii. 527 Coal and Iron Mines Act, ii. 481 Coalition Ministry of 1783, ii. 323 its dismissal, ii. 324 Cobbett and Hone prosecuted, ii. 361 Coinage, depreciation of the, ii. 53 Mr., sent to the Tower, ii. 10 Commander-in-chief, the, ii. 530 Commoners first summoned, i. 91. members bought by the East India at variance with the nation, ii. 83 discusses petitions for dissolving great party conflict in, ii. 90 (see Parliament) Commonwealth established, the, i. 443 Connaught, sequestration of, ii. 388 Constituencies of the United Kingdom, the, in the fourteenth century, i. 241 Constitutional Addenda, ii. 549 its dissolution, i. 501 and Bishop Hoadley, ii. 234 Coventry, parliament of, i. 275 Cowell, Dr., on divine right, i. 368 Craggs, Secretary, commits suicide, ii. Criminal Law reforms, ii. 444, 524 his relations with the Presbyterians, successes in the second civil war, i. his campaigns in Ireland and Scot- expels the Long Parliament, i. 448 his constitutional aims, i. 465 summons a new parliament, i. 467 project for making him king, i. 469 Danby, Lord, his manipulation of parlia- brings about the marriage of Prin- his impeachment, i. 542 a second time impeached, ii. 52 Dashwood, Sir Francis, chancellor of his financial measures, ii. 286 De Religiosis Statute, i. 147 Debates, reporting, forbidden, ii. 50 its withdrawal, i. 522 Declaration of Rights, the, ii. 25 Defoe, Daniel, and the Legion Memo- Deposition of kings, i. 16 Derby, Lord, foreign secretary, ii. 522 Dering, Sir E., expelled the House, ii. Desmond, attainder of, ii, 386 Digges, Sir D., i. 381 his arrest, i. 382 |