Corn laws.  Why imposed, 466, 468.
     have improved agriculture. 414. 
     Repeal would raise prices, 410.
   ——­ If repealed, foreign sovereigns would tax the export of their
        corn, 417.

   Cotton and corn, 469.

   County meetings, their constitutional use, 138.

   Currency, theory of a metallic, 193, 338. 
     Extended, means unlimited paper circulation, 197. 
     Metallic, leads to reduction of taxation, 200.

   Democracy, concessions to it cannot be rescinded, 394. 
   Durham, Lord, his ordinance in Canada illegal, 406.

   East India Company, eulogium on, 277. 
     Importance of preserving the authority of, 329.

   Enemy’s life, secret bargain for, ought not to be made by a
     commander, 81. 
     Reward for, by proclamation, may be offered, 81.

   England the best country for the poor, 473.

   Enthusiasm of the people very fine in print, but not to be trusted
     to, 120.

   Equitable adjustment, how far to carry the principle, 213.

   Establishment, naval and military, necessary to the national honour,
    209, 463.

   European and Asiatic policy contrasted, 86.

   Evans, General, strictures on his proceedings in Spain, 372.

   Expediency better, in politics, than principle, 328.

   Faith, British character for, must be preserved in India, 89.

   Finance administration of whigs and tories compared, 257.

   France, peace with, desirable, but difficult, 270.

   Free labour in the colonies, difficulty of getting it, 323.

   French retreats their rapidity accounted for, 97.

   French revolutionary armies, causes sustained, 98.
   ——­ and English armies, their different constitution, 110.
   ——­ the, would invade England if we withdrew from Spain, 113.

   Game laws, the, increase poaching, 319.

   George the Fourth, eulogium on him, 215.

   Grey policy, the, tends to war, 260.
   ——­ government, the, encouraged the reform agitation, 261.
   ——­ Effect of their savings, 310.

   Hampden, Dr., his case, 387.

   Holy alliance, all connexion with it repudiated, 328.

   Imprisonment for debt, principle of, 386.

   Income tax, the, justified by necessity, 476.

   India, people of, philosophers about their government, 81. 
     We must get the upper hand there, and keep it, 84. 
     Residents in native courts must have military power, 85. 
     Foundation of our power in India, (1803) 86. 
     British “moderation” there, 86. 
     British faith, 89. 
     Civil government must follow on conquest, 89. 
     The Duke’s services there neglected, 94. 
     Advice to a native ruler, 93. 
     Danger of interfering with the religion of the Hindoos, 434. 
     Evils of a free press there, 480. 
     Recall of Lord Ellenborough an act of indiscretion, 494.