The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 614 pages of information about The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860.

The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 614 pages of information about The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860.

INDIA, Fox’s India Bill;
  Pitt’s India Bill;
  Mutiny in;
  transfer of the authority of the Company to the crown;
  establishment of the Order of the Star of India;
  is visited by the Prince of Wales. 
Ireland, affairs of;
  connection with France;
  rebellion in.

JAMAICA, planters in, compensated for the diminution of the value
  of their property by the abolition of slavery;
  disturbances in;
  its constitution is suspended. 
Judges, new tenure of their office.

KING, the, cannot be a witness in any legal proceeding.

LABOUCHERE, Mr. H., reproaches Sir Robert Peel for not resigning. 
Leopold, King of Belgium, points of the insufficiency of the description
  of Prince Albert. 
Lewis, Sir.  G.C., speech on the history and power of the East India
  Company. 
Liverpool, Lord, earnest for the universal abolition of the slave trade;
  becomes Prime minister;
  makes the Catholic question an open question in the cabinet;
  brings in, and subsequently withdraws, a “Bill of Pains and
  Penalties”;
  against the Queen;
  attacked by apoplexy and dies;
  contemplates an increased grant to Maynooth. 
Lopes, Sir M., procures the return of Mr. Pool for Westbury. 
Louise, Princess, marriage of. 
Lowther, Sir John, obtains a grant of Inglewood Forest. 
Luttrell, Mr., is declared elected for Middlesex. 
Lyndhurst, Lord, carries an amendment on the Reform Bill;
  introduces a Regency bill.

MACINTOSH, Sir J., applies himself to mitigate the severity of the law. 
Mahon, Lord, brings in a bill to diminish the expenses of elections. 
Mansfield, Lord, condemns general warrants;
  insists on the necessity of a bill of indemnity;
  vindicates the supremacy of Parliament;
  his house is burnt by the rioters in 1780. 
Martin, Mr., wounds Wilkes in a duel. 
Massachusetts, riots in. 
Maynooth, foundation of a college at;
  is enlarged and more fully endowed. 
Melbourne, Lord, becomes Prime-minister;
  resigns;
  resumes office;
  mismanages the arrangements for Prince Albert. 
Melville, Lord, is impeached. 
Metternich, Prince, is driven from Vienna. 
Miles, Mr., defeats the government on the sugar-duties. 
Moira, Lord, employed by the Regent to negotiate with the Whig leaders
  in 1812. 
Money-bills, power of the House of Lords as to. 
Montesquieu, M. de, his opinion of the English constitution. 
Montmorin, M., Wilberforce writes to him on the subject of the
  slave-trade.

NAPOLEON, Louis, is elected President of the French Republic;
  his coup d’etat;
  conspiracy against. 
Navigation laws, the, repeal of. 
Nelson, Lord, his victory at Copenhagen. 
Newcastle, Duke of, Prime minister in 1760. 
New Shoreham, disfranchisement of for bribery. 
Newspapers, tax on, reduced and afterward abolished. 

Copyrights
Project Gutenberg
The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 from Project Gutenberg. Public domain.