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CONTENTS.
GENERAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER I.
The Prince Regent's Speech.-Insults offered him.-His Message to both
Houses of Parliament.-Taken into Consideration by the Houses of Lords
and Commons, and a Secret Committee appointed in each.—Report from
the Committee in each House
CHA P. II.
Singular Circumstance respecting the Committee of the Lords.-Bill for the
Suspension of the Habeas Corpus, moved by Lord Sidmouth in the House of
Lords.-Debates. -Protest.-Lord Castlereagh in the House of Commons
moves for Bills, for the more effectually preventing Seditious Meetings and
Assemblies; for the better prevention and punishment of attempts to seduce
persons in his Majesty's forces by Sea and Land from their allegiance; and
for making perpetual parts of an act, for the safety and preservation of his
Majesty's person and government, including those of the Prince Regent.-
Debates. Different Clauses of the Seditious Meetings Act gone through.—
The same bill in the House of Lords.-Protest
CHAP. III.
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War Salaries of the Secretaries of the Admiralty.-Motion respecting the
Lords of the Admiralty.-Motion for a Committee on the Public Income and
Expenditure, by Lord Castlereagh-First Report of the Committee.-Bills
for abolishing the Offices of Justices in Eyre, and for a Compensation for
Civil Services.-Pass both Houses.-Irish Peace preservation Bill. [35
CHAP. IV.
Issue of Exchequer Bills for local and temporary Relief.-Mr. Tierney's
Motion renewed, for the Abolition of the Office of Third Secretary of State
for the Colonies.-Roman Catholic Question.-House of Commons.-House
of Lords.
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CHAP.
СНАР, V.
Resignation of the Speaker, and subsequent Proceedings.-Lord Sidmouth's
circular Leter discussed in both Houses
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CHAP. VI.
Prince Regent's Message to both Houses, and proceedings in consequence [65
The Budget
CHAP. VII.
CHAP. VIII.
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Continuance of Irish Insurrection Act.-Mr. Wilberforce's Motion for an
Address to the Prince Regent relative to the Foreign Slave Trade.-Par-
liament closes.-Prince Regent's Speech.
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CHAP. IX.
Domestic Events.-Course of the Year.-Double suspension of the Habeas
Corpus.-Celebration of the Queen's and Prince Regent's Birth-Days.-
Trials. Special Commission held at Derby.
СНАР. Х.
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France. Decree respecting Slaves introduced in the Colonies.-Negociations
with the Allied Powers.-Ordinance concerning the Debts of the City of
Paris.-Disturbances at Lyons.-Royal Ordinances for the creation of
Majorats. Election for the Chamber of Deputies, and Royal Speech.-
Project of a Law for the Press. -Law for the establishment of Re-
ligion [103
CHAP. XI.
Spain.-Disturbance in Valencia.-Edict prohibiting Books.- Conspiracy in
Barcelona.-Castanos and his Accomplices condemned.-Papal Bull re-
specting the Property of the Church in Spain.- Queen of Etruria.- Decree
relative to the Culture of Tobacco in the Havannah.-Abolition of the Slave
Trade-Portugal.—Irruption of its Army into Montevideo.-Part taken
by the Allied Powers.-Defection of Pernambuco, and its Reduction.—
Plot in Portugal [116
CHAP. XII.
Russia. Regulation for the Discharge of the Public Debt.-Facilities
granted to Mercantile Men.-The Emperor quits his Capital, having first
published a Decree for the Regulation of Proprietors and Colonists.-
Sweden.-Conspiracy against the Crown Prince, and his Address to the
Citizens of Stockholm.-Proclamation by the King respecting Economy.
-His Address to Prince Oscar.-Speech read by the Prince.-Vienna.
-Berlin
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CHAP. XIII.
Stutgard. Sitting of the States.-Their Dissolution.-The King takes upon
himself the Regulation of the Finances.-Duchy of Saxe-Weimar : Its
admission to the Germanic Confederation.-Session of the States-General of
the United Provinces.-King's Speech.-Dutch Tea-Trade.-Piedmontese
Gazette.-Constantinople
CHAP. XIV.
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America, North and South.-Message to the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives from President Madison.-Votes taken for President and Vice-
President.-Monroe chosen for the former Office, and his Speech.-Second
Speech, on December the 2d.-State of Spanish Affairs
[144
Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between his Britannic Majesty
and his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies
Dispatches from India.-Insurrection of Trimbuckjee Dainglia
REMARKABLE TRIALS AND LAW CASES.
The King v. Thomas Jonathan Wooler.-Libel
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Ditto
The King v. James Williams.—Ditto
The King v. William Hone.-Ditto
Hodgson v. Scarlett.-Freedom of Speech at the Bar
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167
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Rouquet v. Sherborne.-Liability of Carriers
Trafficking in Slaves
George Cooke v. Colonel Maxwell.—Assault and False Imprisonment
Fisher v. Jebb
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Hartley v. Harriman
Oram v. Fromont and Others.-Non-Liability of Carriers
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Fieldes v. Hooker
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The Rev. Edward Drake Free, Clerk, v. Sir Montague Roger Bur-
goine.-Non-attendance at Divine Worship
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192
The
The King, on the Prosecution of James Harris v. the Rev. Robert
Woodward, Clerk, and others.-Conspiracy
Trial of Roger O'Connor, Esq.
The King v. Hamilton.—Child Stealing
Preston v. Scarborough.-Stealing a Letter
Archer-Setting Fire to Hay and Barley Stacks
PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS.
Passed in the Fifth Session of the Fifth Parliament of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 56 George III.
A. D. 1817
Treaty between his Majesty the King of France and Navarre and his
Majesty the King of Portugal, concluded Aug. 28, 1817
Translation of the Bull against Bible Societies
Tables, Public Income, Expenditure, &c.
PARLIAMENTARY REPORTS.
Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the
Poor Laws
of the Committee on the Employment of Climbing Boys
First Report from the Select Committee on Finance
Second Ditto
Extents in Aid
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Voyage of his Majesty's late Ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea, c.
Narrative of the Shipwreck of ditto
Narrative of a Journey from Chamouni to Mount Blanc
Notes of a Mineralogical Excursion to the Giant's Causeway
Of Cinnamon as an Article of Commerce
On the Greenland or Polar Ice
Persian Gulf.-Discovery of Eight Islands
Account of a Rhinoceros Hunt in India
Exploits of a Lion Shooting Party
History of the Coccus Lacca, or Lac Insect
Account of the Biddery_Ware
Use of the Cocoa-Nut Tree
MISCELLANIES.
Death of a Parsee at Bombay
Account of a Passage across the Bay of Bengal
Account of the Funeral Ceremonies of a Burman Priest
Geography of Cochin China
POETRY.
Lalla Rooke
The Burial of Sir John Moore
Campbell's Ode on the Retirement of Mr. J. P. Kemble
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