ABERCROMBY'S, Mr, speech on parlia- mentary reform, I. 143. Abeona transport, the loss of, II. 87. Achilles, whale ship, runs against the powder magazine, Dundee, II. 185. Address to the King at the opening of Parliament, I. 7. On the subject of economy voted by the House of Com- mons, I. 78. Various addresses to, II. 90, 91, 97.
Advocate, the Lord; his speech, in re- ply to Lord Archibald Hamilton, I.
Agricultural distress, I. 156. Report, II. 280.
Althorpe's, Lord, speech relative to the
timber trade, I. 161.
America. State of affairs in Mexico, I. 278. Iturbide joins the insurrectionary bands, 279. Independent forces range themselves under Iturbide, ib. Arrival of O'Donaju, ib. Cortes called, 280. Death of O'Donaju, 281. Peru, ib. Flattering condition of, ib. Viceroy's troops defeated, ib. San Martin enters Lima, 282. Establishes the constitu- tion, ib. Battle of Calabosa, 283. Com- plete triumph of the independents, ib. General congress, ib. State of affairs in Buenos Ayres, ib. Brazil, ib. Revo- lution at Bahia, 284. At Rio Janeiro, ib. King returns to Europe, 285. St Domingo, ib. United States, 286. Army estimates, I. 48.
Association, the Constitutional, proceed- ings relative to, II. 25.
Attorney-General's speech, in opposition to Lord A. Hamilton, I. 19. Speech on the Constitutional Association, Ï. 173. Awful destruction at Whitehaven, II, 106.
Baker, Sir Robert, resigns his office of head magistrate of the Bow-Street po- lice, II. 166.
Banks, Sir Joseph, biographical account of, I. 301. Scientific eminence of, ib. His various enterprizes in the prosecu- tion of knowledge, 302. Chosen pre- sident of the Royal Society, 303. Knighted, ib. Elected a member of the Privy Council, ib. Named a mem- ber of the French Institute, 304. Agri- cultural pursuits, ib. Death of, ib. Description of his form and expression, ib. His will, ib.
Bankes', Mr G., animated speech on mo- ving the address in the House of Com- mons, I. 7.
Bankes', Mr, motion for an address to the crown, on the subject of retrench- ment and economy, I. 78. Opposes the catholic claims, 122. Barcelona, sickness and mortality at, II.
Baring's, Mr, complaint respecting the
manner in which the public accounts were made up, I. 43. Speech respect- ing the currency, 153. Reply to Mr Ricardo, 155. Speech respecting the timber trade, 162.
Bathurst, Mr C. B. supports Lord Castle- reagh, and condemns the Queen, I. 28. Speech relative to the Constitutional Association, 172.
Bathurst's, Earl, speech relative to Gram- pound, I. 140
Beacon newspaper, particulars respecting, II. 175.
Belmore, the Earl of, moves the address to his Majesty in the House of Lords,
Bennet's, Mr, motion for reduction of the Quarter-Master-General's office in Scotland, I. 57. Speech on the army estimates, 59. Speech on the state of agriculture, 159. Speech relative to the timber trade, 161. Respecting the Io- nian islands, 176. Motion relative to a libel in the John Bull newspaper, 182. Speech on the close of the evi- dence against the conductors of the John Bull, 183.
Bentinck's, Lord W., motion relative to Sicily, I, 107.
Bernal's, Mr, remark on the navy esti- mates, I. 46.
Biography, political, I. 289. Mr Grat-
tan, ib. Earl of Sheffield, 294. Sir Home Popham, 295. Earl of Malms- bury, 297. Kellermann, 298. Lefeb- vre, 299.
literary, 301. Sir Joseph Banks, ib. President West, 305. Mr Arthur Young, 309. Mr Hayley, 319. Volney, 320.
Birnie, Richard, Esq. appointed head magistrate of the Bow-Street police, in the room of Sir R. Baker, and knight- ed, II. 167.
Birth-day, the celebration of his Majes- ty's, II. 105. Disturbances on the oc- casion at Edinburgh and Glasgow, ib. Births, list of, II. 338.
Bourdeaux, the Duke of, the baptism of, II. 107.
Brougham's, Mr, reply to Lord Castle- reagh, I. 24. Speech respecting the Queen's acquittal and the motion for provision, 30. Speech respecting the Queen's law expenses, 32. Reprobates the conduct of ministers respecting the Queen's case, ib. Supports Sir James Mackintosh's motion, 100. Reply to Mr Lambton, 144. Motion relative to the Constitutional Association, 169.
Speech relative to the John Bull news◄ paper, 184.
Browne, Colonel, attempt to assassinate, at Milan, II. 88.
Browne, Mr James, seconds the address ' in the House of Commons, I. 8. Re- marks respecting Ireland, ib. Opposes the grant to the Queen, 28. Bruce, the Robert, steam packet, destroy- ed by fire, II. 166.
Bucharest, earthquake and other misfor- tunes at, and in the neighbourhood of, II. 143.
Buckingham, the Marquis of, his speech in support of the catholic question, I.
Bull, John, the proprietors of, summon- ed to the bar of the House of Commons for breach of privilege, I. 182. Trial of for libel on Lady Caroline Wrottes- ley, II. 55. Fined and imprisoned, 60. Buonaparte, Napoleon, death of, II. 113. Dissection of his body, 114. Funeral,
Burdett's, Sir Francis, motion relative to the proceedings at Manchester, 178. Remarks relative to the editor of the John Bull, 184. Judgment of the Court of King's Bench on, II. 14. Correspondence between and Mr Can- ning, 110.
Calcraft's, Mr, speech in reply to Mr Cree- vey, I. 48. On reducing the army, 54. Calthorpe's, Lord, observations on the affairs of Naples, I. 90.
Cambridge, improvements at, II. 286. Campbell, George, G. C. B., particulars with regard to the death of, II. 90. Canning's, Mr, speech on the affairs of
Naples, I. 104. Correspondence be- tween and Sir Francis Burdett, II. 110. Cantre, Louis, projects himself into the crater of Vesuvius, II. 99. Carlisle, Mary Ann, trial of, for blasphe- mous libel, II. 42. Guilty, 44. Fined and imprisoned, 47.-For seditious li- bel, ib. Disagreement among the jury,
Cartwright and others, judgment on, II.
Carnarvon, Earl of, moves the Grampound disfranchisement bill in the House of Lords, I. 139. Castlereagh's, Lord, speech at the open- ing of Parliament I. 10. Speech re- specting provision for the Queen, I. 13. The erasure of the Queen's name from the Liturgy, 22. Motion for pro- vision for, 24. Reply to Mr Western, 25-To Mr Hume, ib. Motion for reading the report of the committee re- lative to the Queen's provision, 32. Speech respecting the address from the presbytery of Langholme, 33. Speech disapproving of Lord A. Hamilton's motion relative to the order in council directed to the Church of Scotland, 39. Speech relative to Mr Hume's resolu- tion on the army estimates, 49. Sup- ports the army estimates, 54. State- ment relative to, 56. Reply to Mr Hume respecting sinecure garrisons, 58. Speech in opposition to Mr Hume, 63. Opposes the repeal of the duty on malt, 67. Speech on the subject of economy and retrenchment, 79. Reply to Sir James Mackintosh on the affairs of Naples, 90. Speech respecting the state of Europe, 106. Communication re- specting the Russian army, ib. Reply to Mr Stuart Wortley, ib. Speech on the Catholic question, 120. Defends the House of Lords in altering the transference of the Grampound elective franchise, 141. Manoeuvre for getting rid of the bill for mitigating punishment in cases of forgery, 150. Speech re- specting breach of privilege in the John Bull newspaper, 182. Action for win- dows broken at the acquittal of the Queen, II. 76.
Catastrophe, an awful one at Carville colliery, near Newcastle, II. 183. Catholic question, I. 111. Petition from the English Roman Catholics presented to Parliament, 112.
Cavendish, Lord George, supports Mr Western's motion for repealing the malt tax, I. 66.
Chancellor's, the Lord, reply to Lord Darnley, I. 40. Opposes the Catholic bill, 132. Speech against the disfran- chisement of Grampound, 140. Charitable benefactors, II. 102. Chester, Bishop of, his speech against Catholic emancipation, I. 130
Clarence, the Duke of, grant to, I. 177. Cockburn, Sir George, speech in reply to Mr Bernal, I. 46.
Commercial economy, remarks relative to, I. 160. Notices, II. 183. Woollen cloth milled, II. 283. Chamber of Commerce at Manchester, ib. Mecha- nism, great perfection it hath reached at, ib. Rapid rise of Sincapore, ib. Re- marks respecting Canada, 284. Constitutional Association, motion re- specting, in Parliament, I. 169. 'Coronation of George IV., notice of, I. 189. Full particulars of, II. 117– 140.
Coroner's inquest on the body of Mr John Scott, II. 100. Verdict, wilful murder against Mr Christie, 101.-On the body of Robert Dalrymple, Esq. ib.- On George Francis, shot in the riot at the Queen's funeral, 165. On Richard Honey, shot on the same occasion, 166.
County Clare, a process-server beaten and robbed in, II. 182.
Courier, observations on the King's visit to Drury Lane, II. 96. Creevey, Mr, his speech on the motion for a committee of ways and means, I. 43. Speech relative to the navy es- timates, 47. Motion relative to the army, 48. Motion relative to the ex- pense of the office of Secretary of War, 57. Motion for reduction of soldiers, 58. Objects to the repairs at Barba- does, 65.
Croker's, Mr, speech in support of the Ad- miralty Board, I. 47.
Cuddie, Mr, particulars respecting his death, II. 109.
Curwen's, Mr, speech on the state of na- tional industry, I. 152. Speech relative to the agricultural interests, 158.
Darnley's, Lord, speech respecting the Queen, I. 39. Motion for an address
to the Crown, 80. Supports the Catho- lic bill, 132. Davies', Colonel, speech, complaining of lateness in laying the estimates before Parliament, I. 44. Motion relative to the army estimates, 53. Motion re- specting officers on the half-pay list, 59. Speech on the barrack department,
Dawson, Mr, proposes reducing the army, I. 57.
Deaths, list of, II. 350.
Dexterity, whale ship of Leith, the loss of, II. 185.
Disturbances at the funeral procession of the Queen's remains, II. 163.-In Douglas, Isle of Man, 186.-At Edin- burgh, 105.-At Glasgow, ib. Dolby, trial of, for libel, at the instance of the Constitutional Association, II. 52.
Domestic events, I. 188. Popularity of the King, ib. Coronation, 189. Death of the Queen, 190. King's visit to Ireland, 192.-To Hanover, ib. Dis- turbed state of Ireland, ib.
Donations from the King to the charita- ble institutions, Dublin, II. 159. Donoughmore's, the Earl of, speech in favour of the Catholics, I. 126. Donegal, prosecution respecting the, of the marriage between the Marquis and Marchioness of, II. 67.
Dublin, tumultuary proceedings at the meeting of the county of, I. 5. Duels, fought between Mr John Scott and Mr Christie, II. 99.-Between Mr Brittlebank and Mr Cuddie, at Win- sten, 189.-Between two ladies, 186. Dufour, Dr, the death of, II. 186. Dugdale, Mr, presents a petition from Birmingham relative to the difference of industry, I. 151.
Drury-lane, the King's visit to, II. 93.
Eadon, Major-General, horrid and blood- thirsty attempt upon the life of, II.
Earl Moira packet, loss of, with an im- mense number of passengers, II. 145. Earl of Falconbury whale ship, of Grims- by, cut through by the ice, II. 185. Earthquake at Bucharest, II. 143.
Edinburgh, disturbance at, on the cele- bration of his Majesty's birth-day, II. 105. Improvements at, 287. Elizabeth, her Highness the Princess, the death of, II. 101.
Ellenborough, Lord, his speech relative to the Queen, I. 40. Approves of the measures of Government in reference to Naples, 90. Speech concerning the policy of Austria, 101. Speech rela- tive to the timber trade, 164. Elliston, Mr, prosecution of, for repre- sentation of Marino Faliero, II. 77. Ellis, Mr, his speech in justification of Mr Canning respecting the Queen, I.
Emigrants to Quebec, sailing of, II. 107. Erskine, Lord, against Lady Erskine, II.
Evans, Thomas, inhumanly murdered, II. 190.
Exchequer's, the Chancellor of the, reply to Mr Creevey, I. 44. Reply to Mr Bennet, 59. Reply to Mr Western re- specting the malt-tax, 66. Speech in reply to Mr Curwen, 68. Opens the budget, ib.
Exeter, improvements at, II. 287.
Ferguson, Sir Ronald, his speech relative to the libel in the John Bull newspaper,
Fife, the Earl of, dismissed from his place near the King's person, on account of his vote for repeal of the malt tax, I. 67. Speech respecting his dismissal, ib. Finances, I. 42. Mr Maberley's motion relative to the sinking fund, ib. Com- mittee of ways and means, 43. Navy estimates, 44. Army estimates, 48. Ordnance estimates, 60. Budget, 68. Address to the king on the subject of economy and retrenchment, 78. Fine Arts, II. 304.
Fire, the destruction of the Caxton print- ing-office, Liverpool, by, II. 91. An alarming one at Sunbury distillery, near Edinburgh, 99.
Fire-damp, fatal accident by an explosion of, II. 108.
Flindel, Thomas, trial of, for libel against the Queen, II. 30. Guilty, 33. Im- prisoned, 34.
Folkestone, Lord, speech respecting pro- vision for the Queen, I. 28. Speech relative to the malt-tax, 66. France, state of, I. 194. Opening of the Chambers, ib. King's speech, ib. Re- sult of the elections, 195. Provisional six-twelfths, ib. Stormy debates, ib. Explosion in the palace, 197. Message from the King to the Chambers, ib. De- bate on, 198. Neapolitan affairs, ib. Seditious movement at Grenoble, 200. Motion for keeping order in the Cham- ber, ib. Debate on, ib. State of the corn trade, 202. Motion relative to the church establishment, 203. Debate, ib. Loi des Donotaires, 205. Debates on, ib. Trial of the conspirators, 206. Bud- get, 207. Financial debates, ib. Motion for continuing the censorship on the journals, 209. Close of the Session, ib. Death of Napoleon Buonaparte, 210.
Gouldstein, Manasseh, trial of, for forging Prussian dollar notes, II. 65. Guilty,
Grampound, disfranchisement of, I. 137. Grattan, Henry, biographical account of, 289. Descent, ib. Enters a fellow com- moner at the University of Dublin, ib. Repairs to England, ib. Spends the re- quisite time as a student of the Middle Temple, ib. Becomes a Member of the Irish House of Commons, 290. Elo- quence and popularity of, ib. £50,000 voted to purchase an estate and house for him and his heirs, ib. Rivalry of Flood, ib. Elected to serve in the Bri- tish Parliament, 291. Death of, ib. Character, 292.
Greek revolution. (See Turkey.) Grenfell's, Mr, speech relative to Gram- pound, I. 137.
Grenville's, Lord, speech in support of the Catholic bill, I. 134. Grey's, Earl, speech at the opening of Parliament, I. 9. Speech on the Ca- tholic question, 126.
Haggart, David, the execution of, II.
Hamilton's, Lord Archibald, motion of
censure on Ministers, for erasure of the Queen's name from the Liturgy, I. 14. Motion relative to the Order in Council sent to the Church of Scotland, 35. Speech relative to the malt tax, 66. Censures Lord Fife's dismissal, 67. Hanover, the King's visit to, I. 192. Par- ticulars of, II. 167.
Harris, James, Earl of Malmsbury, bio- graphical account of, I. 297. Birth, ib. Makes an early choice of the diploma- tic line, ib. Decorated with honours by the King of Prussia and the Prince of Orange, 298. Rewarded with a Bri- tish Peerage, ib. Marriage, ib. His death, ib.
Harrowby, Lord, remonstrates against the language used by Lord Holland, in characterizing the Emperor of Rus- sia, I. 89. Speech on the Catholic question, I. 131.
Hayes, Mr James, extensive donations left by, II. 102.
Hayley, Mr, biographical account of, I. 319. His death, 320.
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