BUR

Burney, Frances, 375, 376
Burns, poetry of, 347, 353
Burrard, Sir R., signs the Convention
of Cintra, 264
Busaco, battle of, 265
Bute, election for, 139

- Lord, his Ministry, 20, 242
Butler, author of 'Hudibras,' 325
Butter, Nathaniel, publishes first
printed paper, 380

Buxton, Mr., his house occupied by
Lancashire magistrates, 507
Byng, Sir George, 225

Sir John, his command at Man-
chester in 1819, 441

Byron, Lord, account of the distress
in England, 182; his poetry, 362,
368; his hatred of Castlereagh,
433; one of the queen's friends,
602

on Government' attributed to, 333
Lord, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
290

Camelford sold to Lord Darlington,

137; sold by the Duke of Bedford,
143

Campbell, Bishop of Sodor and Man,
173

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Lady Charlotte, her attendance on
the Princess of Wales, 550

John (afterwards Lord), writes for
'Chronicle,' 383

Thomas, his description of Britan-
nia, 224; his poetry, 349; contri-
butes to Chronicle,' 383
Camperdown, Lord, his victory, 225,
240

Canada, its population in 1816, 115
Canals, the introduction of, 78;
founded by Duke of Bridgewater
and Brindley, 79; the canal from
Worsley to Manchester, 81; the
Bridgewater Canal, 82; subsequent
canals, 83; the Ellesmere Canal, 86
Canning, Rt. Hon. George, his duel

CAR

with Castlereagh, 156, 295; chal-
lenges Burdett, and nearly fights
Brougham, 156; his retirement in
1809, 271; his character and career,
293; his opinion of Bathurst, 307;
assists in starting the Quarterly,'
389; his description of the 'revered
and ruptured' Ogden, 467, n.; dis-
liked at Oxford, 489; refuses to be
a party to proceedings against the
queen, 563, 576; his retirement in
1820, 601

Canning, Stratford, a London mer-
chant, provides an education for
his nephew George, 292
Canterbury, the queen's reception at,

572

Cape of Good Hope, its importance
as a naval station, 113; advantages
resulting from its discovery, 114;
Capetown founded by the Dutch,
115; conquered by England, ib.;
emigration to encouraged in 1819,
501

Capellen, Admiral, joins in the expe-
dition against Algiers, 233

Capital punishment, 191; offences
punished by, 192; Lord Ellen-
borough's defence of, 194
Cardiganshire, uncontested for 100
years, 138

Carlisle, Lord Lonsdale's influence in,
137; apprehended riots in, in 1819,
502

Carnarvon, Lord, his question on the
queen's trial, 588

Caroline, Princess, afterwards queen,
her marriage with George Prince of
Wales, 249; Delicate Investigation,
250; her court, 251; the Milan Com-
mission, 539; leaves England in
1814, 547; her travels, 548; her
connection with Bergami, 551; an-
nounces her intention to return to
England, 561; her name omitted
from the Liturgy, 562; refused a
guard of honour at Rome, 565; her
letter from Rome, 566; her journey
home, 569; rejects the overtures of
Brougham and Lord Hutchinson,
571; her triumphal progress to
London, 572; the 'green bag' pre-
sented, 575; the negotiation of a
compromise fails, 579; rejects Wil-
berforce's address, 581; Bill of
Pains and Penalties, 583; her pro-
gress to the trial, 585; bill read
a second time, 596; divorce clause
retained, 597; addresses to, 600;
carries her claim to be crowned to
the Privy Council, 608; her claim

CAR

to be present at the coronation,
609; her protest, 610; goes to the
Abbey, 611; her last illness, 617;
her death, 618; her funeral, 619
Caroline, Queen, witnesses against;
their reception, 584

Cartwright, Rev. E., invents the power
loom, 63, 130, 240

-

Major, the Father of Reform;
his opinion of the Black Dwarf,'
460; his advice in 1819 at Bir-
mingham, 505, n.
Cash payments. See also Currency.

Effect of suspension of, 403; their
suspension continued, 484, 486; de- |
cision of Bank committee to return
to, 490

Cassilis, Lord, his statement as to
destitution in Ayrshire, 502
Castle, the informer, 427; his evi-
dence about Spa Fields riots, ib.
Castlereagh, Lord, his duel with Can-
ning, 156, 295; his retirement in
1809, 271; his character and career,
288, 294, 322; Byron's description
of, 364; Shelley's description of.
366; his ignorant impatience of
taxation' speech, 409; his unpo-
pularity in 1817, 433; procures ap-
pointment of Finance Committee in
1817, 449; introduces the Six Acts,
516; proposes a select committee
on queen's conduct, 576; conducts
king's side of the negotiation with
the queen, 578

Cathcart, Lord, commands at Copen-
hagen, 264

Catherine de Medici, 371

Cato Street conspiracy, 524, 526
Cavendish, his discoveries in physical
science, 327

his exploits in Elizabeth's reign,
123

Chantrey, Sir F., his parentage, 169
Charlemont, Lord, Grattan's patron,

299

Charles II., legislation during the

reign of, 185; his formation of a
standing army, 219

Charles V., his expedition to Algiers,

228

Charlotte, Queen, her origin and mar-
riage, 245; her pure court, 372;
disapproves Duke of Cumberland's
marriage, 537; her death, 542
Charlotte, Princess, her birth and cha-

racter, 252; her engagement to the
Prince of Orange, 253; broken off,
254; her position in 1816, 533;
her
marriage with Prince Leopold, 534;
her death, 535

COB

Chartists, the, their objects, 430
Chatham, first Lord, his Ministry, 19;
dismissal of, by George III., 243
Chelsea, St. Luke's, built, 472
Cheshire uncontested for 100 years,
138

Chester, its port superseded by Liver-
pool, 102

Chinese, the first inventors of canals,
78

Chippenham, the election petition,
146

'Chronicle,' the Morning,' 383
Church, the, of England, 171; non-
residence in, 172; pluralities in,
172; patronage in, 173; the country
clergy, 176; supremacy of, 177;
Byron's description of, 364

Churches, grant for new, in 1818, 471
Churchill, 325

Cibber, tuneful,' 326

Cinque Ports, Lord Wardenship of,
given to Lord Liverpool, 275; its
salary, 450

Cintra, Convention of, signed, 264, 295
Claremont, purchased for Princess
Charlotte, 534

Clarence, Duke of, afterwards William
IV., admires Caroline of Brunswick,
249; his numerous love affairs, 255,
n.; opposes Wilberforce on the
slave trade, 260; his marriage, 538;
increased allowance to, 539, 540, and
n.; pensions to his illegitimate
children, 539, n. ; his children, 541;
at the Queen's trial, 586; Denman's
attack upon, 594; sits on Privy
Council on Queen's claim to be
crowned, 608

Clarendon, Lord, his history, 325
Claret, high price of, 157

Clarke, Mary Ann, 257

Clarkson, Thomas, his crusade against
slavery, 120

Clerkenwell. See Frisons

Cleveland, Lord, his Marquisate, 137
Clinton, Sir W., forced to resign his
seat for Newark, 142, n.

Clive, Lord, his career, 19, 124, 127
Clubs, Spencean and Hampden, &c.,

430, n.; advise strong measures in
1817, 439, 440

Clyde, the, its importance to Glasgow,
100, 103; salmon in, 103
Coal, difficulties in working, 73
Coalbrook Dale, Darby's works in,
coal used for smelting iron at, 72
Coalition Ministry, the, of 1873, its
India Bill, 125

Cobbett, William, his character and
career, 391; his flight in 1817, 439

COC

Cochrane, Lord, his election for Ho-

niton, 145

Cockermouth, Lord Lonsdale's bo-
rough of, 137, n.

Coke, Mr. (afterwards Lord Leices-
ter), a game preserver, 158
Colchester, Tierney sits for, 309

Charles Abbot, first Lord, his esti-
mate of the population of Ireland,
26; his estimate of the cost of
living, 160; his character and career,
316; his description of reporters,
383; his description of the Princess
of Wales at Genoa, 562
Coldbath Fields. See Prisons
Coleridge, S. T., his poetry and his
career, 356; writes for the 'Post,'
382; for the Chronicle,' 383
Colonies, the British, in 1816, 111
Columbus, the motive of his dis-
covery, 113

Como, residence of the Princess of
Wales at, 251

'Comet,' the, the first steamer, 91
Committee, the Finance, of 1817,449;

its reports, 449, 452; of 1818, 469
Committees, secret, of 1817, 433; their
reports, 442; of 1818, 465

of House of Lords on the queen's
conduct, 576
Commons, House of, its increased in-
fluence in the seventeenth century,
133; constant changes in composi-
tion of, 134; takes issue of writs
into its own hands, 134; majority
of its members returned by a few
persons, 135; its patrons, 136; va-
rious franchises of boroughs, 140;
traffic in boroughs, 142; chief clerk-
ship of, 149

Consols, price of, in 1818, 467, 478
Control, Board of, instituted by Pitt,
125

Cooke, Mr., a member of the Milan
Commission, 556
Cookesley, Dr., his patronage of Gif-
ford, 390

Copenhagen, battle of, 226; bombard-
ment of, 264

Copley, Sir John (afterwards Lord
Lyndhurst), at the queen's trial,
587; sums up evidence against
queen, 590; his reply, 595; resists
queen's claim to be crowned, 608
Corfe Castle, borough of, 141
Corn Laws, their origin and history,
161; the bill of 1814 defeated,
167

Cornwall, Romans obtained tin from,
71; its disproportionate represen-
tation, 134, 135

Lord, Bishop of Lichfield, 173
Coronation, the, of George IV., 611,
613

Corry, Mr., Chancellor of Exchequer
in Ireland, his duel with Grattan,
302
Cotton, the history of the manufac-
ture, 54; its growth, 55; the inven-
tions which have developed it, 57
- Rev. M., ordinary of Newgate, his
description of transported persons,
195, and of prisoners, 198

-

-

Yard, witnesses against the
queen lodged in, 584

'Courier,' the, 382; announces Can-
ning's resignation, 603

Coventry, Lord, marries Miss Gun-
ning, 79

Cowley, his poetry, 325
Cowper, his poetry, 326

Crabbe, his description of the clergy,
177; of the poor-house, 183; of the
poor, 184; his poetry, 348
Craven, Hon. Keppel, chamberlain
to Princess of Wales, 547; leaves
the Princess, 550; his evidence,
593

Crime, increase of, 191; in London,
199

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Croft, Rev. J., pluralities held by, 175
Sir R., attends Princess Charlotte,
535; his death, 535, n.
Cromarty, electors of, 139
Crompton, Samuel, his invention of
the mule, 61, 130, 240
Cumberland, Duke of, 256; opposes
Wilberforce on the slave trade, 260;
his marriage, 536; Parliament re-
fuses an increased allowance to,
537

Currency, paper, its existence and
effects, 46; first suspension of cash
payments, 48; amount of before
1797, 48; in 1800, 49; in 1810, ib. ;
its depreciation, ib.; effects of, on
various classes, ib., 403, 480; effects
of Orders in Council on, 480; effects
of Spanish American war on, 481;
made legal tender, 484; reflections
on, 491; inconvenience arising from
variations of value, 495; inconve-
niences of bi-metallic, 497
Curtis, Sir W., presents petition
against the property tax, 409; de-
feated in the City, 476

Customs, the, their origin and growth,
38; their produce in 1792, 45

Davidson, a negro, one of the Cato
Street conspirators, 526; executed,

528
Davy, Sir H., his early career, 73,
169; invents the safety lamp, 74,
130, 240; his opinion on the intro-
duction of gas, 98, n.

Debt. (See also Sinking Fund.) The
National, its amount in 1816, 28, 33,
46; its origin, 30; its rapid in-
crease, 31, 44; gloomy anticipations
at its increase, 32

the Irish in 1816, 414
imprisonment for, 196, n.

De Clifford, Lord, his opinion and vote
on the queen's trial, 596
Defoe, his writings, 325
Demont, Louise, her evidence against
the queen, 592

Denbighshire, no poll books in, 138
Denman, Thomas (afterwards first
Lord), appointed Attorney-General
to the queen, 567; his opinion of Al-

ELD

in aid of, in 1817, 454; in 1819,
502

Dorsetshire, its disproportionate re-
presentation, 134; distress in, in
1816, 420

Dover, the queen's reception at, 571;
reception of the witnesses against
at, 584

Downshire election, cost of Lord
Castlereagh's, 289

Drake, his exploits, 123
Dryden, his poetry, 325
Dublin, its population in 1815, 98;
its situation and university, 99;
communication with London in
1827, 100; reasons which interfered
with its growth, 100

Dudley, Dud,' discovers a mode of
smelting iron with coal, 72

Duels, 155; famous, 156, 302
Dundas, Hon. Robert (afterwards Lord
Melville), supports the Quarterly
Review,' 389

Dundee, its importance as a seat of
the linen trade, 66
Dunwich, borough of, 141

Durham, members given to by Charles
II., 134

Dutch, the, their trade with India,
124; their naval superiority in the
seventeenth century, 225; join in
the expedition to Algiers, 233
Dymoke, the Champion, his office at
the coronation, 615

AST INDIA COMPANY, the, its

Mrs. Denman to call on the queen,
574; his defence of the queen in
the Commons, 581; applies descrip-
tion of lago to Leach, 582; at the
trial, 588; reception of, at Chelten-
ham, 590; his opinion of Brougham's
peroration, 591; his speech, 594;
interrupted in a speech by proroga-
tion, 599; urges the queen's claim
to be crowned before Privy Council,
608

Derby, the Brandreth riot at, and the

conviction of the rioters, 446
Derbyshire, no contest in, for twenty
years, 138; Derbyshire riots, 446
De Ruyter sails up the Thames, 225
Devonshire, its disproportionate re-
presentation, 134

Diaz, Bartholomew de, his discoveries,
113

Dissenters, disabilities of, 178

Dissolution, the, of 1818, 474, 476;
of 1820, 524

Distress in 1816, 181, 404, 417; grants

abolished, 126

ELE

194; his character and career, 276;
Shelley's description of, 366; his
account of the distress of 1816,
419; his opinion of the Peterloo
massacre, 509; his views in 1819,
515; at the queen's trial, 587;
mobbed in Ringwold, 590
Election, the general of 1818, 476
Eliot, his defence of Gibraltar, 111
Elizabeth endeavours to check the
growth of London, 94; the people
her army, 218
Ellenborough, Lord, sinecures enjoyed
by his family, 148; supports the
Criminal Code, 194; his character
and career, 319, 323; unable to
read the Wealth of Nations,' 331;
presides at the trials of Hone, 462;
his retirement, 463

-second Lord, his opinion and vote
at the queen's trial, 596
Ellis, George, supports the 'Quarterly
Review,' 389; sells Claremont,

534

Ely, diocese of, pluralities in, 175;
riots at, in 1816, 421
Emigration encouraged by the Go-
vernment in 1819, 501
Enclosures, land, 164
England, her fortunate situation, 108;
the causes of her prosperity, 109
Erskine, Lord, at the queen's trial,
586; affected at Brougham's pero-
ration, 591

Esterhazy, Prince, his magnificence,

615

Estimates, attack upon in 1816, 406
Eton, education at, 153; Canning and
Lord Wellesley at, 293; Shelley at,
364

Exchequer, Teller of, 149, 450
Exchequers, consolidation of British
and Irish, 413

Excise, the, its origin during the
Commonwealth, 37; its revival in
the reign of Charles II., 37; its
produce in 1792, 45

Exe, the, its use to Exeter, 78
Exeter, its situation on the Exe, 78
Exmouth, Lord, his parentage, 169;
his career, 230; his expedition
against Algiers, 231; his account
of the distress of 1818, 448

FUL

Fielding, his writings, 374
Fife, electors of, 139

Finance. See Committee, Finance
Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, 173
Fitzherbert, Mrs., her marriage with
the Prince of Wales, 247
Fitzwilliam, Lord, his Parliamentary
influence, 137, 138; made Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, 289; re-
called, 290; removed from Lord
Lieutenancy of Yorkshire, 514;
appointed to conduct negotiation
for the queen, 578

Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, 374
Flinn, Lieutenant, his connection
with the Prince of Wales, 550; his
evidence, 593

Flintshire, no contest in, for twenty
years, 138

Flogging of women abolished, 204,
and n.

- in the army, 222

Flood, his secession from the popular
cause in Ireland, 300; his quarrel
with Grattan, 301

Fludyer, Sir S., Romilly's godfather,
315

Foley, Lord, his Parliamentary in-
fluence, 137

Forbes, Lady Elizabeth, 549; leaves
the Princess of Wales, 550
Fox, Rt. Hon. C., supports Wilber-
force on the slave trade, 120;
elected before he was of age, 152;
contradicts prince's marriage with
Mrs. Fitzherbert, 247; refused of-
fice by George III., 269; minister,
ib.; death of, 286; his dislike of
the Wealth of Nations,' 331
France, her position in 1815, 2; the
Revolution of 1789, 4; the rise of
Napoleon, 5; the defeat of the Em-
pire, 7; her population in 1793 and
1817, 27; her settlements at Pon-
dicherry, 124

Francis Emperor of Austria, his views
of government, 17

Frederick King of Prussia, his views
of government, 17

Freehold estates not subject to con-
tract debts, 170

Fremantle, his opinion of the weak-
ness of the Ministry in 1819, 486;
in 1821, 604; on the 'beauty' of
the Royal brides, 538

Frome adopts the cotton manufac-
ture, 55

Fry, Elizabeth, her labours in prison
reform, 201, 216

Fulton introduces steam navigation
in America, 91