The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria

Warin India..... Colonial Affairs..... Foreign Relations..... Revolutions throughout Continental Europe..... Distress and Crime in Ireland..... Disaffection of the Irish Roman C...

Colonial Affairs..... Foreign Relations..... State of Ireland: Progress of Famine and Disease; Political Agitation; Prevalence of Crime..... Death of O’Connell..... Old Ireland...

Position of the Conservative Party on the Defection of Sir Robert Peel, and the Parliamentary Success of his Free- Trade Measures..... Formation of a Whig Cabinet..... The Sugar...

_Meeting of Parliament..... The Question of Orange Lodges..... Bill to Reform the Irish Municipal Corporations..... Irish Tithe Bill..... Commutation of Tithes in England..... B...

Colonial Affairs..... Termination of the War in the Punjaub..... Operations against Borneo Pirates, and in the Chinese Seas..... Cape of Good Hope; Agitation against making it a...

_Reform Bill passed by the Commons..... Debates on the Reform Bill in the Lords..... Disturbed State of the Nation..... Re-assembling of Parliament..... Failure of the Attempts...

Parliament reassembles: Debates on Canada; Address to the Throne moved by Lord John Russell; Bill for suspending; the Lower Canadian Constitution..... The Question of Election C...

Debates on America..... Pacific Measure of Lord North..... Burke’s Plan of Conciliation..... Close of the Session..... Petition of the City of London..... Departure of Franklin....

Meeting of Parliament..... Bill for the Fortification of the Dock-yards it Portsmouth and Plymouth..... Pitt’s Financial Measures..... Debates on India, etc...... A retrospectiv...

The Catholic Question..... Meeting of Parliament..... Suppression of the Catholic Association..... Rejection of Mr. Peel at Oxford..... The Triumph of Catholic Emancipation........

_State of the Reform Question..... Meeting of Parliament..... Introduction of the Reform Bill..... Debate on the Motion that the Bill be read a Second Time, &c. Motion of Adjour...

State of Parties..... Meeting of Parliament..... The Corn- law Question..... The Affairs of Ireland discussed in Parliament..... Proceedings in Parliament respecting Jamaica.......

General Condition of Great Britain: Agitation against “the Papal Aggression,” and strong national feeling against the Pope and the Church of Rome; Efforts of the “Protectionists...

Home Affairs: General State of Great Britain; Religious Agitations; Death of the Duke of Wellington; The Court; Parliamentary Discussions; Changes of Ministry..... Ireland: Anim...

Accession of George III...... Meeting of Parliament, &c. Judges made independent of the Crown..... Changes in the Cabinet..... The Operations of the War..... The Resignation of...

The Meeting of Parliament..... Debates on Colonial Taxation..... Instability of the Cabinet..... Attempts to form a new Administration..... Opposition to the Stamp Duties in Ame...

Meeting of Parliament..... Measures proposed for relieving commercial Distress..... Bill to enable private Banks to have an unlimited Number of Partners, &c. Appointment of a Co...

_Meeting of Parliament..... Mr. O’Connell’s Motion for the Repeal of the Union..... Divisions in the Cabinet..... Commission issued to inquire into the state of the Irish Church...

_Meeting of Parliament..... Consideration of the State of Ireland..... Irish Municipal Corporations Bill..... Question of Establishing a System of Poor-Law in Ireland..... Irish...

The year 1850 was not a striking period of English history. There was no foreign war, no colonial revolt, no great question to be solved at home; yet in every department of the...

State of Parties..... Meeting of Parliament..... Motion for a Committee of the whole House on the State of the Nation..... Reduction of the Salaries of Public Officers, &c. Moti...

The Affairs of America..... Meeting of Parliament..... Dissolution of the Grafton Cabinet..... Debates on the Middlesex Election, &c. The Question of Controverted Elections........

The Election of Speaker..... The Question of the Regency resumed..... Recovery of his Majesty..... Adoption of a Plan for fortifying the West India Islands..... Bill for the Com...

Meeting of Parliament..... The Supplies, &c. Charges against the Duke of York..... Parliamentary Corruption..... Motion for Reform..... Prorogation of Parliament..... Affairs of...

Meeting of Parliament..... Debates on the Russian Armament..... Debate on the Affairs of India..... Pitt’s Financial Statement..... The Slave-Trade Question..... London Police A...

Demonstration of Public Spirit in England..... Meeting of Parliament..... Committee for taking the State of the Nation into Consideration..... Burke’s Motion relative to the Emp...

The Caribbs of St. Vincents..... Petition of Naval Officers..... Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles..... Debates on East India Measures..... The Session closed..... Procee...

Meeting of Parliament..... Debate on the Treaty of Commerce between England and France..... Pitt’s Plan of Financial Reform..... Motion for the Repeal of the Corporation and Tes...

Letters of Marque granted..... Bill for Detaining Persons in Prison charged with High-treason..... Miscellaneous Debates..... Spirited Address of the Speaker to the King..... Lo...

Meeting of Parliament..... Finance and Commercial Policy..... Retention of the Income Tax, &c. The Sugar Duties Question..... Corn Laws and Free Trade..... The Affairs of Irelan...

Death of the Duke of York..... Meeting of Parliament..... Catholic Question..... The Corn-laws..... Dissolution of the Ministry..... Re-assembling of Parliament..... Explanation...

Affairs of Ireland..... Debates on America, &c. Prorogation of Parliament..... Sentiments of Foreign Powers, &c. Evacuation of Boston by the British..... Mission of Indian Chief...

Recent events on the Theatre of War..... Fox’s Motion for Inquiring into the Navy..... Motions of Inquiry in the House of Lords..... Debates on Lord George Germaine’s Elevation...

_State of Parties..... General Election..... Ecclesiastical Commission..... Meeting of Parliament; Contest for the Office of Speaker..... Opening of the Session..... Discussion...

His Majesty’s Indisposition..... Change in the Ministry: Pitt Resumes Office..... The Slave-Trade Question..... Additional Force Act..... Debate on the Corn Laws..... The Budget...

_Meeting of Parliament; Reelection of Mr. Manners Sutton as Speaker..... . Opening of the Reformed Parliament by the King in person..... Case of Mr. Pease..... Irish Coercion Bi...

Meeting of Parliament..... Debate on the Corn-Laws: Proposition of Ministers on the subject of the Corn- Laws..... Financial Measures; Income-Tax Bill, &c.—New Tariff..... Mr. V...

Notice of the Rupture with Holland..... Burke re-introduces the Subject of Economical Reform, &c. Debates on the Supplies..... Motion on the Employment of the Military in the la...

Burke’s Plan of Economical Reform..... Rejection of Lord Shelburne’s Motion for a Commission of Accounts...... Ministerial Bill for Commission of Accounts..... Bill for excludin...

Meeting of Parliament..... Motion of the Stoppage of Supplies..... Affairs of India..... Irish Affairs: Irish Municipal Franchise, The Irish Church Question, Irish Charitable Tr...

Duke of Wellington’s Administration..... Meeting of Parliament..... Discussions and Explanations concerning the Dissolution of the Goderich Ministry, &c. Questions of Finance......

Hostile Message of the King to Parliament..... Declaration of War by the French, &c. Pitt’s Financial Statement..... The Traitorous Correspondence Bill..... Preparations for War...

Parliamentary Measures..... Campaign of Lord Wellington..... The Allies enter Paris; Napoleon dethroned, &c. Treaty of Peace..... Honours conferred on Wellington, &c. Visit of t...

The Trial of Parties and Triumph of Pitt..... A General Election..... Meeting of the New Parliament ..... Acts to prevent Smuggling, etc...... The Budget of 1784..... Pitt’s Ind...

Trial of Admiral Keppel and Vice-admiral Palliser..... Attacks on Lord Sandwich..... Investigation respecting the Conduct of General and Lord Howe..... Relief to Protestant Diss...

Meeting of Parliament..... The Militia augmented..... Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act..... Agitation in England and Scotland..... introduction of Foreign Troops..... The Sla...

Re-opening of Parliament..... Proceedings against Shoreham..... Resolutions respecting the Publication of Debates..... Committal of the Lord Mayor and Alderman Oliver to the Tow...

State of the Country..... Meeting of Parliament..... National Distress..... The Corn-law Question..... Address to the Crown on the Subject of Education..... Affairs of India, &c...

Debate on the negociation with France..... Financial Arrangements..... The Slave-Trade Question..... Bill for Removing the Disabilities of the Roman Catholics..... Dismissal of...

Home Affairs..... State of Public Opinion..... Death of the Czar..... Severity of the Weather..... Visits of the French Emperor, the King of the Belgians, and the King of Sardin...

Commencement of the Union with Ireland..... Meeting of Parliament..... Resignation of Mr. Pitt, &c. The New Ministry..... Motion for an Inquiry into the State of the Nation........

Redemption of the Land-Tax, &c. Irish Rebellion..... Invasion of Belgium..... Expedition to Minorca..... Battle of the Nile, &c. Meeting of Parliament..... Income Tax sanctioned...

Meeting of Parliament..... Augmentation of the Civil List..... Bill for Prohibiting the Grant of Offices in Reversion, &c. Changes in the Ministry, &e...... Attacks upon Ministe...

Home Affairs: General excitement at the beginning of the year..... Declaration of War against Russia..... The Court..... Tidings of the loss of Captain Franklin..... Cholera.......

Bill for the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act (continued)..... Subsidy to Austria..... Supplies, &c. Pitt’s Plan to man the Navy, &c. The Slave-Trade Question..... Terminatio...

The close of the last year and the commencement of the present, were marked by great activity among all classes on the subject of the corn-laws. The agents of the anti-corn-law...

Grey’s Motion for Peace, &c. Pitt’s Financial Measures..... Prorogation of Parliament..... Negociations of Peace..... Military Affairs on the Continent..... Surrender of Corsica...

Foreign Affairs..... European Treaties in alliance with France..... Difference with the United States of America..... War with China, to the conclusion of Peace in 1858..... Tre...

Meeting of Parliament..... Motion for Secret Committees preparatory to a Bill of Indemnity..... Extension of the Bank Restriction..... Treaty with Spain..... Royal Marriages.......

Foreign Affairs..... Various important transactions in Asia..... Breaking out of a new War with China..... Violation of treaty by Japan..... Russian designs upon that Empire.......

Meeting of Parliament..... Bill for the Suppression of Unlawful Associations in Ireland..... Catholic Relief Bill..... Committee of Inquiry into the State of Ireland..... Mr. Hu...

Meeting of Parliament: Announcement of the Queen’s Marriage..... Bill for the Naturalization of Prince Albert..... The Civil List..... Question of Privilege: Hansard and Stockda...

Great Britain was peaceful and prosperous—no internal strife, no civil feud, no general discontent disturbed her fair aspect, or impeded her glorious progress. The working class...

Debate on the War in India..... Dispute with Russia..... Bill for the Regulation of Canada..... Slave-trade Abolition bill..... Catholic Relief Bill, etc...... Bill to amend the...

The Accession of Queen Victoria..... The Queen’s Message to both Houses: Eulogies of the late Sovereign in both Houses of Parliament..... Bill for providing the Succession to th...

Meeting of Parliament..... Poor-law Amendment Act..... Jews’ Civil Disabilities Removal Bill..... Church of Scotland; Non-intrusion Question, &c. Law Reform..... Financial State...

_Royal Message to Parliament..... Rupture between the Ministers and the Whigs..... Debates on the Question of Regency..... Prorogation and Dissolution of Parliament..... Formati...

Conclusion of the Russian War..... General Foreign Relations..... Correspondence of the English Foreign Minister with the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries to the Paris Conference.......

Meeting of Parliament..... Affairs of Agriculture and Commerce..... The Supplies..... The Catholic Question..... Affairs in Ireland..... Motions to Reform the Criminal Law........

Accession of George IV...... Declaration of the King, &c. Dissolution of Parliament..... Cato-Street Conspiracy..... Meeting of Parliament..... Bills for amending the Criminal C...

Meeting of Parliament..... Debate on the Holy Alliance..... The Catholic Question..... Motions for Parliamentary Reform, &c. Report of the Agricultural Committee..... The Naviga...

third William IV. c. 116, charged on the consolidated fund, ought to be continued, having due regard to the just claims of the parties, and to economy in the public expenditure....