and Australia.
Commons, House of privileges of, with respect to money bills.
Conventicle Act, repeal of.
Conway, General, Secretary of State, introduces a bill of indemnity.
Cornwallis, Lord, surrenders in America.
Corporations, reform of.
Crosby, Brass, Mr, Lord Mayor, commits a messenger of the House of
Commons, and is himself committed to the Tower.
Cumberland, Duke of, marries Mrs Horton.
Cust, Sir J, Speaker of the House of Commons.
DASHWOOD, Sir F., his revels at Medmenham Abbey.
Declaratory Act.
De Grey, Mr, Attorney-general, supports the resolutions
against Wilkes.
Denbigh, Lord, defends the employment of Hanoverian
troops at Gibraltar.
Denman, Lord Chief justice, his charge to the jury
in the case of
Stockdale v. Hansard.
Disraeli, Mr B, his act for the trial of election
petitions;
he denounces Sir Robert Peel for not resigning
when defeated on the
sugar-duties;
condemns Lord Clarendon’s omission
to reply to the French despatch;
supports the House of Lords on the paper
duties.
Dowdeswell, Mr, opposes the Royal Marriage Act.
Dundas, Mr, moves an amendment to Mr Dunning’s
resolution.
Dunning, Mr, afterward Lord Ashburton, supports Mr
Glenvilles act;
criticizes a resolution on the influence
of the crown.
Dunham, Lord, Governor of Canada.
EDUCATION, influence of the penal laws on in Ireland.
Eldon, Lord, on the coronation oath in connection
with the Catholic
question;
on the detention of Napoleon;
on life peerages.
Elgin, Lord, Governor general of Canada.
Ellenborough, Lord, supports the Additional Force
Bill;
becomes a member of the Cabinet;
is recalled from the government of India
by the Company.
Emancipation of Roman Catholics designed by Pitt;
concurred by the Duke of Wellington.
Erskine, Lord, as Chancellor, presides over the impeachment
of Lord
Melville;
resists Lord Sidmouth’s Six Acts.
FITZGERALD, LORD E., opposes the English government.
Fitzgerald, Mr Vesey, is defeated in Clare.
Fitzgibbon, Mr (afterward Lord Clare), opposes the
convention of
delegates in Dublin;
Attorney-general in Ireland, prosecutes
the sheriff of Dublin;
supports the Regency bill.
Fitzwilliam, Earl, is dismissed from the Lord-lieutenancy
of Yorkshire.
Five Mile Act repealed.
Fox, Mr C., opposes Mr Grenville’s act;
on the privileges claimed by the House
of Commons respecting
money-bills;
note, on Parliamentary reform and
annual Parliaments;
urges the appointment as Prime-Minister
of the Duke of Portland;
resigns office;
becomes Secretary of State;
his India Bill;
violence of his attacks on Pitt at the
beginning of his ministry;
his opinions on Colonial policy;
denies the Prince’s marriage;
opposes the Regency bill;