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RADICAL PARTY. See Party
Rawdon, Lord, moved an address to the Prince of Wales to assume the regency, i. 182
Reeves, Mr., his pamphlet condemned, ii. 325
Reform in parliament, arguments for, i. 393; advocated by Chatham, ib.; Wilkes, 394; the Duke of Richmond, ib.; the Gordon riots unfavourable to, 395; Pitt's motions, 396; discouraging effect of the French Revolution, 402; Earl Grey's first reform motions, 403; Sir F. Burdett's, 406, 407; Lord John Russell's, 408-413; Mr. Lambton's, 410; Lord Blandford's, 412; disfranchisement bills for bribery, ib.; O'Connell's motion fur universal suffrage, 416; the dissolution of 1830, 417; impulse given by French Revolution, ib.; storm raised by Duke of Wellington's declaration, 418; Lord Brougham's motion, 420; Lord Grey's reform ministry, ib; the first reform bill, 421; ministers defeated by the Commons, 141, 423; supported by the crown, ib., 424; the dissolution of 1831, ib.; the second reform bill, 142, 424; the bill thrown out by the Lords, 142, 308, 424; proposed creation of peers, 143, 312, 425; resignation of the reform ministry, 143, 312, 426; they are supported by the Commons and recalled to office, 143, 312, 426; the third bill passed, 142, 312, 427; the act considered, 427;
Scotch and Irish reform acts, 429, 430; the Irish franchise extended, 430; the political results of reform, 153, 431, ii. 96; bribery and bribery acts since reform, i. 431, 439; triennial parliaments, 441; vote by ballot, 445; reform, later measures for, 450; obstacles to parliamentary reform, 408; carried by the Whigs as leaders of the people, ii. 196; influence of, on parties, 230; on official emoluments, iii. 386; on law reform, and amendment of the criminal code, 387, 393; on the spirit and temper of the people, 404; on commercial and financial policy, 415; on Parliament, 422; the first reform meetings, 268; and in Ireland, iii. 318; reform discouraged from the example of the French Revolution, 284, 360, 299, 313, 35l; cause of, promoted by political agitation and unions,383; review of reform agitation, 392; in abeyance during the last years of Lord Palmerston, iii. 428; revived by Earl Russell in 1866, 430; his reform bill, 431; its disastrous issue, 433; position of Earl of Derby's ministry in regard to reform, 435; their reform bill 1867, 436; how amended, 436; its ultimate form, 437; the Scotch Reform Act, 1868, 440; other supplementary measures of reform, 441; constitutional importance of these measures, ib.
Reformation, the, effect of, upon England, iii. 61; doctrinal moderation of, ii. 64; in Scotland, 68; in Ireland, 70
Reformatories instituted, iii. 403
Refugees. See Aliens
Regent, the Prince. See Wales, Prince of
Regency Act, the, of 1751, i. 168; of 1765, 171-174; the Princess of Wales excluded by Lords, and included by Commons in the Act, 173; the resolutions for a Regency Bill (1788-9), 180; proposed restrictions over the Regent's power to create peers, 278; the resolutions accepted by Prince of Wales, 180; the bill brought in, 189; its progress interrupted by George III.'s recovery, ib.; comments on these proceedings, 190; comparison of them to the proceedings at the Revolution, 192; the Regency Act of 1810, debates thereon, 208; resolutions for a bill agreed to, 210; laid before the Prince, 213; the act passed, ib; the Regency Act of 1830, 221; the Regency Acts of Her Majesty, 223
Regent, the office of, the legal definition of, i. 183 and n. See also Wales, Prince of
Registration of births, marriages, and deaths, Act for, iii. 192
Religious liberty, from the Reformation to George III., iii. 60-82; commencement of relaxation of the penal code, 88; Corporation and Test Acts repealed, 157; Catholic emancipation carried, 168; admission of Quakers to the Commons by affirmation, 177; Jewish disabilities, 186; registration of births, marriages, and deaths, 192; the Dissenters' Marriage Bill, ib.; admission of dissenters to the universities, 190; dissenters' chapels, 199; church rates, 201. See also Church of England; Church in Ireland; Church of Scotland; Dissenters; Jews; Quakers; Roman Catholics
Reporters, See Debates in Parliament
Representation in Parliament, defects in, i. 328. See also Reform in Parliament
Revenues of the crown, its ancient possessions, i. 225; forfeitures, 226; grants and alienations, ib.; increase of revenues by Henry VII. and VIII., 227; destruction of the revenues under the Commonwealth, 228; recovery and subsequent waste, ib.; restraints on alienation of crown property, 229; constitutional result of the improvidence of kings, 230; settlement of crown revenues by parliament, 231; the revenues prior to the Revolution, ib.; the civil list from William III. to George III., 232; settlement of the civil list at the accession of George III., 234; charges thereon, 236; the surplus of hereditary revenues, 243; regulation of civil list, 244; other crown revenues, 235, 245; the loss of the Hanover revenues, 247; the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, 248; private property of the crown, 249; provision for the royal family, ib.; mismanagement of the land revenues, 253; proposal for sale of crown lands, 254; appropriation of the proceeds, 255; pensions charged on lands and revenues, 256
Revenue commissioners, disqualified from sitting in parliament, i. 370;—Officers' Disfranchisement Bill carried by the Rockingham ministry, 61, 348
Revenue laws, restraints of, on personal liberty, iii. 25;—offices thrown open to dissenters and Catholics, 111, 157 168
Revolution, the, parliamentary government established at, i. 1; position of the crown since the Revolution, 2; revenues of the crown prior to, 231; the system of appropriation of grants to the crown commenced at, ii. 99; and of permanent taxation, 106, effect of, on the press, 243; the church policy after, iii. 77
Revolutions in France, the effect of, on reform in England, i. 402, 405
Revolution Society, the, ii. 281
Rialton, Lady, case of, cited on the 'Bedchamber Question,' i. 157
Richard II., the revenues of his crown, i. 226
Richmond, Duke of, his motion respecting the regency, i. 172; for reduction of civil list, 239; statement as to the nominee members, 361; advocated parliamentary reform, 394; his motion on the Middlesex election proceedings, ii. 23
Roache, Mr., opposed Mr. Wilkes for Middlesex, ii. 14
Rockingham, Marquess, dismissed from his lord-lieutenancy for opposing the crown, i. 23; made premier, 33; his ministerial conditions, 34; influence of the crown in parliament exerted in opposition to him, 36, 39; dismissed from office, 40; his second administration, 60;carried the contractors, the civil list, and the revenue officers bills, 61, 241, 258, 348, 373, 389; and the reversal of the Middlesex election proceedings, ii. 26; denounced parliamentary corruption by loans, i. 385; his motion condemning the resolntion against Wilkes, ii. 19; moved to delay the third reading of a land-tax bill, ii. 102; Whigs restored to power under, 151, 229; his death, 151; his administration consent to the independence of Ireland, iii. 315
Rolls, Master of the, sole judge not disqualified from parliament, i. 375
Roman Catholics, the first Relief Act, 1778, ii. 272, iii. 96; the riots in Scotland and London, 97, 98; the Scotch Catholics withdraw their claims for relief, ii. 272, iii. 98; the penal code of Elizabeth, iii. 63; Catholics under James I., Chas. I., and Cromwell, 71-74; the passing of the Test Act, 77; repressive measures, William III.—Geo. I., 79-81; the Catholics at accession of Geo. III., 82, 89, 94; their numbers, 83, n.; later instances of the enforcement of the penal laws, 96; bill to restrain education of Protestants by Catholics, 99; the case of the Protestant Catholic Dissenters, 106; another measure of relief to English Catholics, 1791, 106; first measures of relief to Catholics in Ireland and Scotland, 110, 111, 322; the Catholics and the militia, 114; effect of union with Ireland on Catholic relief, ii. 174, iii. 115; Catholic claims, 1801-1810, 118-132; the Army and Navy Service Bill, 126; the Regency not favourable to Catholic claims, 133; freedom of worship to Catholic soldiers, 134, the Catholic Question, 1811-1823, 136-150; treated as an open question, 140, 149; Acts for relief of Naval and Military Officers, 143; the Catholic Peers Bill, 147; the Catholic Question in 1823, 149; efforts for relief of English Catholics, 151; the 1aws affecting Catholic marriages, 152, 153; Office of Earl Marshal Bill, 154; Sir F. Burdett's motion, 155; State provision for Catholic clergy carried in the Commons, 156; the Duke of Wellington's ministry, ii. 191, iii. 1-56; repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts, 157; Catholic relief in l828, 162; the Act, ii 192-195, iii. 168, 335; the Catholic peers take their seats, 174; Catholic emancipation too long deferred, 175; number of Catholic members in House of Commons, 176; Bills for relief in respect of Catholic births, marriages, and deaths, 188 193; final repeal of penalties against Roman Catholics, 200; numbers, etc. of, in England, 222, 223; in Ireland, 268; the papal aggression, 227; the Maynooth and Queen's Colleges, 270; exclusion of Irish Catholics from the Corporations, 293; from the parliament, 299, 303; number on Irish bench, 336. See also Corporations
Roman Catholic Officers Relief Bill, the, iii. 143
Romilly, Sir S., his opinion on the pledge required from the Grenville ministry, i. 110; his justification of the purchase of seats, 344; his efforts to reform the penal code, iii. 396
Ross, General, his complaint to the house, of court intimidation, i. 75
Rothschild, Baron L. N. de, the admission of, to Parliament, ii. 84; returned for London, iii. 182; claims to be sworn, 183
Rous, Sir J., his hostile motion against Lord North's ministry, i. 57
Royal family, the provision for, i. 249-253; power of the crown over, 262; exempted from Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act, 263
Royal household, the, a question between the Whig leaders and the Regent, i. 126; the 'bed-chamber question,' 155; profusion in George III.'s, 236; proposed reduction in William IV.'s household, 246
Royal Marriage Act (1772), i. 45, 264; arbitrary principles of this act, 267
Royal Sign-Manual Bill, the, to authorise George IV to sign documents by a stamp, i. 216
Russell, Lord John (now Earl Russell), his first motions for reform, i. 408-416; his disfranchisement bills, 414; advocated the enfranchisement of Leeds, Birmingham, and Manchester, 415; moved the first reform bill, 422; his later reform measures, 400, 452, 456; attempts to form a free-trade ministry, ii, 212; in office, 216; retires from Lord Palmerston's ministry, 219; carries the repeal of Corporation and Test Acts, iii. 157; his efforts to obtain the admission of Jews to Parliament, l86; his Dissenters' Marriage Bills, 190, 192; his Registration Act, 192; his letter on the papal aggression, 230; overthrows the Peel ministry upon the Appropriation Question, 267; carries Municipal Reform, 283; and amendments of the criminal code, 398; succeeds Lord Palmerston as premier, 1865, 429; revives the question of reform, 430; his Reform Bill, 1866, 431; its disastrous issue, 432; his resignation, 433
ST. ALBANS disfranchised, i. 433
St. Asaph, Dean of, the case of, ii. 258
Salomons, Mr., the admission of, to parliament, ii. 84; returned for Greenwich, iii. 184; claims to be sworn. ib.
Salters (Scotland). See Colliers
Sandwich, Earl of, denounced Wilkes for the 'Essay on Woman,' ii. 6; 'Jemmy Twitcher,' 7, n.
Savile, Sir G., condemned the resolution against Wilkes, ii, 17; his bills to secure the rights of electors, 24; among the first to advocate Catholic relief, iii. 96; his bill to restrain Catholics from teaching Protestants, 99
Sawbridge, Mr., his motions for reform, i. 399; for shortening duration of parliament, 441
Say and Sele, Lord, his apology to Mr. Grenville for refusing a bribe, i. 380
Schism Act, the, iii. 82
Scot and lot, a franchise, i. 331
Scotland, the hereditary crown revenues of, i. 245; the pensions charged thereon, 257, 260; the consolidation of Scotch and English civil lists, 26l;—the peerage of 274; the representative peers of ib.; Scottish peers created peers of Great Britain, 286; their rights, ib.; the probable absorption of the Scottish peerage into that of the United Kingdom, 289;—Scottish judges disqualified, 375;—the defective representation of Scotland prior to reform, 355; the Reform Act of, 429; the Tory party in, ii. 171, 180; literary influence of the Scotch Whigs, 181; alarm of democracy in, 292; trials for sedition and high treason, 293, 304, 351; the slavery of colliers and salters abolished, iii. 39; the reformation in, 68; intimidation of parliament by the mob, ii. 271, iii. 97; motion for repeal of the Test Act (Scotland), 107; relief to Scotch Episcopalians, 108; to Scotch Catholics, 111; religious disunion in, 254; statistics of places of worship in, ib., n.; municipal reform in, 287; new poor laws introduced into, 408; Reform Act, 1868, iii. 440
Scott, Sir John, the ministerial adviser during the regency proceedings, i. 192
Secret service money, issue of, restrained, i. 242; a statement of the amount of, 379
Secretary of State, the powers given to, in repression of libel, ii. 249, 347, iii. 2, 8; of opening letters, 44;—for the Colonies, date of formation of office, 360
Sedition and seditious libels, trials for, Wilkes and his publishers, ii.248; the publishers of Junius's Letters, 252; the Dean of St. Asaph, 258; of Stockdale, 259; Paine, 280; Frost, Winterbotham, Briellat, and Hudson, 289; Muir and Palmer, 292, 296; Skirving, Margarot, and Gerrald, 297; Eaton, Yorke, 313; Mr. Reeves, 325; Gilbert Wakefield and the 'Courier,' 331; of Cobbett, 334, 379; J. and L. Hunt and Drakard, 363; O'Connell and others, 394, 397; measures for repression of sedition in 1792, 285; 1794, 302; 1795, 317; l799 329; 1817, 342; 1819, 358; societies for the repression of, 290, 367. See also Treason, High, Trials for
Seditious Meetings Bills, the, ii. 319, 361; Libels Bill, 361
Selkirk, Earl of, supports the King on the Catholic question, i. 114
Septennial Act, efforts to repeal, i. 441; arguments against, 443; in favour, 444
Session, Court of (Scotland), proceedings of, in the patronage cases, iii. 242-247
Shaftesbury, bribery at, i. 340
Sheil, Mr., the character of his oratory, ii. 122
Shelburne, Earl of, dismissed from command for opposition to the crown, i. 28; his motion on the public expenditure, 53; on the intimidation of peers, 54; his administration, 62; supported by the royal influence, ib.; in office, ii. 151, 229; his concessions to America, 154
Sheridan, Mr., the character of his oratory, ii. 115; one of the Whig associates of the Prince of Wales, 161; adhered to Fox, 167; his motion on the state of the nation, 1793, 288; brought Palmer's case before the Commons, 299; urged repeal of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, 311, 312; his opposition to the Seditious Meetings Bill, 332
Shrewsbury, Duke of, his precedent cited as to the temporary concentration of offices in the Duke of Wellington, i. 148
Sidmouth, Viscount, withdrew from Pitt's administration, i. 101; took office under Lord Grenville, 103; joined George III. in opposing the Army Service Bill, 105; resigned office, 106; supported the King, ib., 114; as premier, ii, 175; in office with the Whigs, 177; his repressive policy, 340, iii. 19; his circular to the lord-lieutenants, ii, 345; his employment of spies, iii. 41; his Dissenting Ministers Bill, 134. See also Addlington, Mr.
Silk-weavers, riots by, ii. 266; bill passed for protection of their trade, 267
Sinecures, official and legal, abolished, iii. 386, 389
Six Acts, the, passed, ii. 358
Skirving, W., trial of, for sedition, ii. 297
Slavery, in England, ii. 35; in Scotland, 37; in the Colonies, 39
Slave Trade, the abolition of, advocated by petitions to parliament, ii. 64
Slave-trade Association, the, ii. 277, iii. 39
Smith, Mr. W., his anecdote as to bribery of members by Lord North, i. 382, n.; his Unitarian Marriages Bills. iii. 151, 154
Smith O'Brien, abortive insurrection by, ii. 400
Sommersett's (the negro) case, iii. 36
Spa Fields, meeting at, ii, 345
Speaker of the House of Commons, the, election of, during George III.'s incapacity, i. 183; altercations of members with, ii. 127; the increased authority of the chair, 128
Spencer, Earl, election expenses of, i. 337
Spies, employment of, by government, iii, 39; under Lord Sidmouth, 41; their employment considered, 42; the Cato Street conspiracy discovered by, 43
Spring Rice, Mr., his scheme for settling church rates, iii, 204; his speech on the state of Ireland, 334, n.
Stafford, Marquess of, his motion on the pledge exacted from the Grenville ministry, i. 112, 113
Stamp Act, the American, the influence of the crown exerted against its repeal, i. 36; iii, 346,347
Stamp duty. See Newspapers
State trials. See Treason, High, Trials for
Steele, Sir R., opposed the Peerage Bill, i. 276
Stockdale, Mr., his actions against Messrs. Hansard for libel, ii. 78; committed for contempt, 80; the case of, ii. 259
Strangers, the exclusion of, from debates in parliament, ii. 27, 29; the attendance of ladies, 29; their exclusion, 52, n.; their presence permitted, 55
Strathbogie cases, the, ii. 245
Subject, liberty of the, the earliest of political privileges, iii. 1; general warrants, 2; suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, 10, 19, n.; impressment, 20; the restraints caused by the revenue laws, 25; imprisonment for debt, ib., 31; for contempt of court, 26; arrest on mesne process, 29; debtors' prisons, 32; insolvent debtors, 34; negroes in Great Britain, 35; colliers and salters in Scotland, 38; spies and informers, 39; opening letters, 44; protection of aliens, 49; extradition treaties, 59
Sudbury, the seat for, advertised for sale, i. 337; disfranchised, 433
Sunderland, Lady, case of, cited on the 'Bedchamber Question,' i. 157
Supplies to the crown delayed, i. 180, 423; ii. 103, n.; granted, 99; refused, 101
Supremacy, oath of, imposed by Queen Elizabeth, iii. 63; on the House of Commons, ib.; Catholic peers exempted from, 107, 147; altered by the Catholic Relief Act, 167, 168
Surrey, Earl of, his motion on the dismissal of the 'coalition' ministry, i. 76
Sussex, Duke of, voted against a Regency Bill, i. 211; his marriages, 270
TAXATION and expenditure, the control of the Commons over, i. 230, ii. 98, 104; temporary and permanent taxation, ii. 106
Temple, Earl, proscribed by the King for intimacy with Wilkes, i. 28; his agent in the exertion of the crown influence against the India Bill, 68; employed to dismiss the 'coalition.' 71; accepted and resigned office, 72
Tennyson, Mr., his motions to shorten the duration of parliament, i. 442
Thatched House Society, the, iii. 33
Thelwall, J., tried for high treason, ii. 306
Thistlewood, A., tried for high treason, ii. 345; for the Cato Street plot, 362
Thompson, proceeded against, for publishing debates, ii. 39; brought before Alderman Oliver, 42
Thurles, Synod of, opposition of, to the Queen's Colleges, iii. 274
Thurlow, Lord, the character of, ii. 160, iii. 392; his negotiations for George III. with the Whigs, i. 50; his advice to the King on his proposed retreat to Hanover, 64; co-operated in his opposition to the India Bill, 68; is made Lord Chancellor, 72; supported the resolutions for a Regency, 182; affixed the great seal to commissions under the authority of parliament, 188; announced the King's recovery, 189; resisted the Cricklade Disfranchisement Act, 340
Tierney, Mr., joins the Whigs, 167; their leader, 174, 186
Tindal, Chief Justice, his opinion respecting the law of church rates, iii. 205
Tithes, the commutation of, iii. 218; in Ireland, 256, 269; associated with the question of appropriation, 264
Toleration Act, the, iii. 78; dissenters relieved from its requirements, 94, 135
Tooke, Horne, trial of, for treason, ii. 305
Tory party, the, supplied the greater number of the 'King's friends,' i. 13; the ascendency of, under George IV., 129; the period of their ascendency in the House of Lords, 305. See also Party
Townshend, Mr., his manoeuvre to secure a share in a loan, i. 384; his proposed land tax reduced by the Commons, ii. 101; his scheme for colonial taxation, iii.
350
Trades' unions, ii. 404; procession of, through London, 405; reception of their petition by Lord Melbourne, 406
Traitorous Correspondence Act, passing of, iii. 52
Transportation, commencement of the punishment, iii. 358; establishment of the Australian penal settlements, ib.; discontinued, 359, 400
Transubstantiation, Lord Grey's motion for relief from declaration against, iii. 144
Treasonable Practices Bill, the passing of the, ii. 317
Treason, High, trials for, of Walker, ii. 301; of Watt and Downie, 304; of Hardy and others, 307; of Watson, Thristlewood, and others, 345
Treasury warrants, the form of, for issue of public money during George III.'s incapacity, i. 214
Tutchin, beaten to death for a libel, ii. 244
UNDERWOOD, Lady C., married the Duke Of Sussex, i. 270
Uniformity, Act of, of Queen Elizabeth, iii. 63; of Charles II., 75
Union, the, of England and Ireland, agitation for repeal of, ii. 393; effect of, on Catholic relief, iii. 115; the means by which it was accomplished, 330
Unions, political, established, ii. 383; their proceedings, 385; organise delegates, 388; proclamation against, 389; threatening attitude of, 390
Unitarians, the, toleration withheld from, iii. 78; further penalties against, 79, first motion for relief of 109; relief granted, 136; laws affecting their marriages, 151-153
United Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotsmen, the proceedings of ii, 328, iii. 322, 323; suppressed by Act, ii. 329
United Presbyterian Church, the, iii. 236, n., 239
Universal suffrage, motions for, i. 396, 407, 416; agitation for, ii. 283, 316, 3151, 408; in the colonies, iii. 37l
Universities, the, of Oxford and Cambridge, admission of dissenters to, iii. 92; settlement of the question in 187l, 449;—of London, 198
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, a legislature granted to, iii. 359, 371; transportation to, discontinued, 399
Vestries, the common law relating to, iii. 276; Mr. S. Bourne's and Sir J. Hobhouse's Vestry Acts, 277
Veto Act, the (Church of Scotland) iii, 240; rescinded, 222
Victoria, Queen, her Majesty, her accession, i, l54; the ministry then in office, ib; her household, ib; the 'bedchamber question,' 155, 159; her memorandum concerning acts of government, l60; judicious exercise of her authority, 163; th Regency Acts of her reign, 223; her civil list, 246; her pension list, 261
Volunteers, the (Ireland), iii, 311; demand independence of Ireland, 312, 314; and Parliamentary Reform, 318
WAKEFIELD, bribery at (1860), i. 437
Wakefield, Mr. G., tried for libel, ii. 331
Waldegrave, Dowager Countess of, married to the Duke of Gloucester, i. 262
Waldegrave, Earl of, his opinion on the education of George III., i. 10
Wales, Prince of (George IV), his character, i. 119; subject to court influence, 120; indifferent to politics, ib.; his separation from the Whigs, 123, 127; raised and disappointed their hopes, 121; proposals for their union with the Tories, 123, 125; the 'household question' between him and the Whigs, 126; debates as to his rights as Regent (1788), 178-181; disclaimed his right, 179; his reply to the Regency scheme, 184; accepted the resolutions, 185; his name omitted from the commission to open parliament, 188; the address from the Irish parliament, 194; accepted resolutions for Regency Bill (1810), 213; his civil list, 244; his debts, 250; his marriage with Mrs. Fitzherbert, 269; the guardianship over Princess Charlotte, 271; a member of the Whig party, ii, 161; deserts them, 167, 182; alleged effect of Mr. Fox's death upon his conduct, 178; attack upon, when Regent, 342; unfavourable to Catholic claims, iii. 133
Princess Dowager of, her influence over George III., i. 10; advocated the exercise of his personal authority, 24; the insertion of her name into the Regency Bill, 174
Wales, the Princes of, the Duchy of Cornwall their inheritance, i. 248
Wales, progress of dissent in, iii. 213
Walker, T., tried for high treason, ii. 301
Walpole, Horace, cited in proof of parliamentary corruption, i. 335, n., 378, 383; appointment offered to his nephew, 369
Walpole, Mr., seceded from Lord Derby's ministry on question of reform, i. 4-56
Walpole, Sir R., opposed the Peerage Bill, i. 276; displaced from office by vote on an election petition, 364; bribery of members a system under, 377; the charges of bribery not proved, ib.; his remark on misrepresentations by reporters, ii. 38; his indifference to newspaper attacks, ii. 246; withdrew the Excise Bill, 266; his refusal to levy taxes on our colonies, iii. 343
Warburton, Bishop, his name affixed to notes on the 'Essay on Woman,' ii. 6
Ward, Mr., advocated vote by ballot, i. 447
Warrants. See General Warrants
Watson, J., tried for high treason, ii. 346
Watt, R., tried for high treason, ii. 304
Wellesley, Marquess, commissioned to form a ministry, i. 126; his ministry and the Catholic claims, iii. 139; his motion, ib.
Wellington, Duke of, obtained the consent of George IV to Catholic emancipation, i. 137; anti-reform character of his ministry, 416; his anti-reform declaration, 418; failed to form an anti-reform ministry, 143, 312; formed a ministry with Peel, 146; his assumption of different cabinet offices during Peel's absence, 148; his opinion on the proposed creation of new peers, 313; his position as an orator, ii. 121; seceded from Canning on the Catholic question, 189; in office, 191, 196; secession of Liberal members from his cabinet, 192; beaten on repeal of the Test, etc. Acts, 192, iii, 157; his ministry and Catholic claims, ii. 192, iii. 156, 164; prosecutes the Tory press, ii. 378
Wensleydale, Baron, the life-peerage case (1856), i. 295
Wesley, the Rev. J., effect of his labours, iii. 86; number, etc., of Wesleyans, 222, 223
Westminster election (1784), Fox's vexatious contest at, i. 35l; the scrutiny, and his return withheld, ib.; act passed in consequence, 353
Westminster Hall, public meetings prohibited within one mile of, ii. 344
West India duties, the, vested in the crown till the accession of William IV., i. 246
Westmoreland county, expense of a contested election for, i. 344
Weymouth, Lord, overtures to, from George III , i. 49; libelled by Wilkes, ii. 9; proposal that the Whigs should take office under him, ii. 160
Wharncliffe, Lord, his motion against the dissolution (1831), i, 141, ii. 88
Wheble, proceeded against for publishing debates, ii. 39; discharged from custody by Wilkes, 41
Whig Club, the, meeting of, to oppose the Treason and Sedition Bills, ii. 323
Whig party, the, period of ascendency of, i. 8; regarded with jealousy by George III., 11; proscription of, under Lord Bute, 23; separation between them and Prince Regent, 120, l23, decline office on the 'household question,' 126; unsuccessful against the ministry, 128; espouse the Queen's cause, 133; lose the confidence of William IV., 145; the period of their ascendency in the House of Lords, 305
Whitaker, Mr., opposed Wilkes for Middlesex, ii. 14
Whitbread, Mr., his remarks on the Perceval ministry, i. 111; moved to omit Lord Eldon's name from the council of regency, 206; his party estranged from Earl Grey's, ii. 182
White Conduit House, threatened meeting at, ii. 389
Whittam, a messenger of the house, committed by the Lord Mayor for apprehending a printer, ii.42; his recognisance erased, 45; saved from prosecution, ib.
Whitefield, his career, iii. 85
Wilberforce, Mr., promoter of the abolition of slavery, ii. 277; endeavours to obtain admission of Catholics to the militia, iii. 114
Wilkes, Mr., advocated parliamentary reform, i. 394; is denied his parliamentary privilege, ii. 3; proceeded against for libel in the 'North Briton,' 4; absconded and is expelled, 5; proceeded against in the Lords, 6; returned for Middlesex, 8; committed, ib.; his accusations against Lord Mansfield, 9; the question he raised at the bar of the house, ib.; expelled for libel on Lord Weymouth, ib.; re-elected, 13; again elected, but Luttrell seated by the house, 14; elected alderman, 15; efforts to reverse the proceedings against him, 16; his complaint against the deputy-clerk of the crown, 24; again returned for Middlesex, and takes his seat, 25; lord mayor, ib.; the resolution against him expunged, i. 61. ii. 26; instigated the publication of debates, 37; interposed to protect printers, 41; is proceeded against by the Commons, 43; advocated pledges to constituents by members, 70; attacks Lord Bute and Mr. Grenville in the 'North Briton,' 247; proceeded against, 249, 267, iii. 3; brings actions against Mr. Wood and Lord Halifax, 4, 6; dogged by spies, 40
Williams, Sir Hugh, passed over in a brevet, for opposition to the court policy, i. 47
William III., his personal share in the government, i. 6; his sign manual affixed by a stamp, 218; the revenues of his crown, 228; grants to his followers, ib.; his civil list, 232; tried to influence parliament by the multiplication of offices, 369; the bribery of members during his reign, 377; popular addresses to, praying a dissolution of parliament, ii. 88; his church policy, iii. 78-80; towards the church of Scotland, 80; towards Catholics, 81
William IV., supported parliamentary reform, i. 138, 312, 424; dissolved parliament(1831), 114, 424; created sixteen peers in favour of reform, 309; exerted his influence over the peers, 143, 427; withdrew his confidence from the reform ministry, 145; suddenly dismissed the Melbourne ministry, 146; the Wellington and Peel ministry, 148; the Melbourne ministry reinstated, 153; regency questions on his accession, 219; his civil list, 245; opposed the reduction of his household, 246; surrendered the four and a half per cent. duties, 260; his declaration against the Appropriation Question, iii. 263
Williams, a printer, sentenced to the pillory, ii. 251
Windham, Mr., his position as an orator, ii. 117
Wines and Cider Duties Bill (1763), the first money bill divided upon by the Lords, ii. 107
Winterbotham, Mr., tried for sedition, ii. 289
Wolesley, Sir C., elected popular representative of Birmingham, 352; tried for sedition, 203
Wood, Mr. G., his Universities Bill, iii. 196
Woodfall, his trial for publishing Junius's Letter, ii. 253; judgment laid before the Lords, 256
Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues Commission, i. 255; separated from the Public Works, 256
"Woman, Essay on," Wilkes prosecuted for publishing, ii. 6
Working classes, measures for the improvement of the, iii. 411. See also Middle Classes
Wortley, Mr. S., his motion for address to Regent to form an efficient ministry, i. 125
Wray, Sir C., opposed Fox at the Westminster election, i. 351
Writs for new members, doubt respecting issue of, during King's illness, i. 177; writs of summons for elections, addressed to returning officers, 450
YARMOUTH, freemen of, disfranchised, i. 434
York, Duke of, opposed the regency proceedings, i. 185, 211; his name omitted from the commission to open parliament, 187, 213; attached to Lady Mary Coke, 264
Yorke, Mr., enforced the exclusion of strangers from debates, ii. 52
Yorke, H. R., tried for sedition, ii. 313
Yorkshire, petition, the, for parliamentary reform, i. 398, ii. 63
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