Barrot, Odilon, advises submission to the
Government, v. 386; appeals vainly to
the mob, 388.

Barrow, its condition in 1815, i. 95.
Bash Beshliagas. See Beshlis.
Bassein, treaty of, vi. 84; town in Burma,
126.

Bastardy, law of, iii. 448 n.; severed from
the poor law, v. 70.

Bath obtains private Act for theatre, iii.
309.

Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich, i. 151; his
extra-episcopal appointments, V. 257.
Bathurst, Lord, supports the bill for en-
franchising the Roman Catholics, ii. 301;
talked of, for the Premiership, 346, 351;
retires, 353; President of the Council,
375; objects to the enfranchisement of
Birmingham, 386; advises Wellington
to accept Huskisson's resignation, 387;
offered the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland,
402; his rewards and his son's sinecures,
441; agrees to act on the St. Petersburg
Protocol, iii. 118; defends the sale of
Greeks as slaves, 137; urges West Indies
to alleviate slavery, 395; his slave regu-
lations, 403; urges West Indies to regu-
late slavery, 403.

Bathurst, Bragge, succeeds Canning at
the Board of Control, ii. 63; retires from
the Duchy of Lancaster, his wife receiv-
ing a pension, 131.

Bathurst, Captain of H.M.S. Genoa, killed
at Navarino, iii. 128.

Bathurst, William, his pension struck out
of the Estimates, ii. 441; made Clerk of
the Council, 442.

Batta, allowance of, reformed, vi. 133.
Battel, wagers of. See Appeals.
Batthyany, Louis, president of Kossuth's
Ministry, v. 399; his death, 406.
Baugh, Lieutenant, killed by Mungul
Pandy, vi. 294.

Bavaria demands withdrawal of refugees
from Switzerland, iv. 314 n.
Bayley, Mr. Justice, presides on Peterloo
trial, i. 424.

Bayley, Mr., a magistrate, shot, v. 186.
Bean, his attempt to shoot the Queen, v.
26 n.

Bear-gardens put down, iii. 297.
Beaufort, Duke of, his parliamentary in-
fluence, i. 118.

Beaumont, his duel with Lambton, i.
136.

Beaumont, Sir G., his noble donation to
the National Gallery, ii. 164.
Beauvale, Lord (formerly Sir F. Lamb),
Minister at Vienna, iv. 325.
Beccaria, originator of the greatest happi-
ness principle,
219.

Beckett, Sir J., Judge-Advocate, retires,
ii. 355.

Bedchamber, the, question, iv. 173.
Beddoes, Dr., assists Davy, i. 65.
Bedford, Duke of, his parliamentary in-
fluence, i. 118; duel with the Duke of
Buckingham, 136; his description of
the distress of, in 1816, 340.
Bedfordshire, education in, i. 187.
Beer, tax on, abolished, ii. 444; first brew-
ing of, in England, iv. 442; modes of
taxing, 444; legislation respecting the
sale of, 444.

Beeralston, borough of, i. 122.
Beerhouses, institution of, ii. 444.
Belfast, its progress in the nineteenth cen-
tury, i. 87.

Belgium annexed to Holland in 1815, i. 15;
its history and annexation to Holland,
iii. 166, 167; the revolution, 168, 169;
the dissolution of the union, 170; Lon-
don conference on, iv. 231; separation
of, from Holland agreed to, 234; arrange-
ments for its separation, 234; crown
of, offered to Duc de Nemours, 236;
ultimatum of Conference to, 239; new
arrangements for effecting its separation,
241, 246; invasion of, 244; di-satisfac-
tion in, 248; accepts the articles of Oc-
tober, 248; articles of separa ion em-
bodied in treaty of November (see
November, treaty of), 259.

Belgrade, the peace of, iii. 37; treaty of,

V1. 21.

Bell, Dr. Andrew, his new system of
education, i. 189, 190.

Bell, Henry, builds the Comet, i. 80, 113;
his steamboat, iii. 253.

Bell, Mr., his inventions for printing cali-
coes, i. 56.

Bell, Sir C., a member of the Useful
Knowledge Society, iv. 74.

Bem, General, defeats the Austrian and
Russian allies, v. 401; flight of. into
Turkey, 406.

Benbow, Admiral, i. 198.

Bengal, land system of, vi. 97; Lord Corn-

wallis's settlement of it, 97; suttee in,

138; defenceless condition of, in 1857, 293.
Bengal army, conditions of its engagement,
vi. 294; made liable to general service
by Canning, 287; consequences of the
change, 287.

Bentham, Jeremy, his "Panopticon,"
i. 178, 179; his career and works, 217,
220, 224; obligations of England to,
vi. 404.

his

Bentinck, Lord George, his calculations of
the growth of wheat, iv. 392 n., v. 141;
chosen to lead the opposition against
Peel, 141; his obstructive tactics, 141,
147; pretext for rejecting the Coer-
cion Bill, 150; his Bill for constructing
railways in Ireland, 170; estranged from
the Tories by his vote on the Jewish
question, 201; proposes the reimposi-
tion of differential duties on sugar,
203; his death, 206 .; defends the an-

nexation of Cracow, 369; falsification of
his prophecies about free trade, 458.
Bentinck, Lord William, his offices, i. 128;
favours the ryotwar settlement, vi. 99;
appointed Governor-General, 131; con-
dition of the finances on his arrival,
132; his retrenchments, 133; employs
native agency, 135; revises the land
settlement in the North-Western Pro-
vinces, 136; reforms the opium traffic,
136; abolishes flogging and suttee, 137;
138; suppresses Thuggee, 140; dis-
pleases Ellenborough, 143; resigns, 147;
his policy towards the native press, 149;
his loans from Oudh, 244; his threat
against the Nawab's misrule, 245; his
recall from the Madras Presidency,
278.

Berar, Kingdom of, established, vi. 82;
subjugation of, 118.

Berbice, slavery regulated in, iii. 403.
Beresford, F. M., Lord, absent from Por-
tugal in 1820, iii. 14; Master-General of
the Ordnance, 440.

Beresford, Lord G., defeated at Water-
ford in 1825, ii. 314.

Bergami, Bartolomeo, his engagement as
courier to the Princess of Wales, ii. 14;
his rapid promotion, 16; his relatives,

17.

Berhampore, mutiny of the 19th Sepoy
regiment at, vi. 292.

Bermuda, Durham sends his prisoners to,
iv. 131.

Berri, Duc de, his murder and its conse-
quences, iii. 34; riots on anniversary of
murder of, iv. 238.

Berri, Duchesse de, her descent on La
Vendee, iv. 253.

Berthollet, M., his experiments in bleach-
ing. i. 56.

Beshlis, Turkish police, their status in the
Principalities, iii. 103.

Bessborough, Earl of (see also Duncannon),
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, v. 155; his
death, 188 n.

Bethell, Dr., made a bishop. iii. 270 n. ;

his extra-episcopal appointments, v. 257.
Bethnal Green, distress in, i. 158; distress
in, in 1829, ii. 429; insanitary state of,
iv. 359, 363.

Beverly, Earl of, patron of Beeralston, i.
122; pluralities held by his son, 152.
Bex ey, Lord (see also Vansittart), supports
the Spitalfields Acts Repeal Bill, ii. 174;
his views on the crisis of 1825, 198; sup-
ports the bill for enfranchising Roman
Catholics, 301; retires, 353; withdraws
his resignation, 356.

Bhawulpore, Khan of, to be rewarded at
the cost of Scinde, vi. 205 n.
Bheels, reclamation of, by Outram, vi.
139 n.

Bhurtpore, siege of, in 1805, vi. 87; in-
solent behaviour of, 128; captured by
Combermere. 133.

Bible Society, the controversies on the; v.
251.

Bickersteth, H. (afterwards Lord Lang-
dale), his career, iv. 51; his retort to
Brougham, 51; made Master of the
Rolls and Lord Langdale, 51.
Bidassoa, the Duc d'Angoulême crosses
the, iii. 53.

Bideford, riot at. i. 342.

Bilston, men of, draw loaded waggons to
London, i. 345-

Birch, constable, shot by the Radicals, i.

419.

Birkenhead, condition of, in 1816, i. 91
Birmingham, its history, population, and
trade, i 93, 94; distress in, in 1816, 345;
Sir C. Wolseley elected legislatorial at-
torney for, 418; pauperism in, in 1820–21,
ii. 99; its importance, 329; Tennyson's
bill to enfranchise, 385; Political Union,
iii. 177; meeting at, in 1831, 224; ob-
tains private Act for theatre, 307; Poli-
tical Union denounces the Ministry in
1833, 432; Chartist riot at, iv. 385; a
debtor's prison in, v. 420.

Biron, Maréchal, his conduct to Rodney,
iv. 105; his daughters' pensions, 105.
Bishops (see Episcopacy), votes of the, v.
218; appointments held by, 257; their
wealth and patronage, 258; mode of
their appointment, 283.
Bishop, William, Vicar Apostolic, v. 420 n.
420.n.
Black, i. 213, 231.

"Black Book," the, its origin, iii. 200.
Blackburn, riots at, in 1825, ii. 206.
Blackburne, Mr., made Attorney-General
of Ireland, iii. 335; conducts case against
O'Connell, 338.

"Black Dwarf," the, prosecution of, in
1817, i. 377.
Blackfeet, description of, iii. 345 and 12.1

354.

Black Joke attacked by Chinese, vi. 196 n.
Black Sea, the navigation of, iii. 88;
Russian claims respecting, 89; Lord
Strangford persuades the Porte to give
way on, 90; entered by the allied fleets,
vi. 25; the storm in the, 47; proposals
to limit the naval strength of Russia in,
58; neutralised, 64.

Blackstone, Mr., attacks Poulter for im-
puting corruption to Shaftesbury Com-
mittee, iv. 144.

Blackstone, his opinion of the Game Laws,
i. 139; his "Commentaries " and Jeremy
Bentham, 218.

Blackwood, its publication and its pub-
lisher, i. 267.

Blanc, Louis, his description of the siege
of Antwerp, iv. 260; v. 397.
Blandford, Lord, his amendment to the
address in 1830, ii. 435..
Blanketeers, march of the, i. 360.
Blewitt. Mr., attacks "Spottiswoode
gang," iv. 140; his motion defeated, 141.
Blomfield, Dr., made a bishop, iii. 270 ".;
chairman of Poor Law Commission, 441;
his extra-episcopal appointments,
257; his bill to enlarge the powers of
Convocation, 287-

V.

Blood-money, system of, i. 182.
Blosse, Rev. Sir F. L., his educational ex-
periment in Ireland, iii. 352 n.
Blue-books, increasing bulk of, iv. 341.
Boadicea, i. 249.

Boers, disputes of the British with the,
vi. 343.

Boldero, Captain, his motion on flogging,
iv. 430 n.

Bolingbroke, Lord, i. 211.

Bolivar, held up as an example by O'Con-
nell, ii. 304; defeated, iii. 6; his victory
at Carabolo, 58.

Bolton adopts the cotton manufacture, i.
48.

Bolton, Little, overcrowding in, iv. 360.
Bombay, imperfect communication with
England, i. 81; ceded to England, 107;
opium trade in, vi. 137.
Bona, massacre at, i. 204, 207.
Bonhomme, M., outrage on, iv. 288.
Bonnymuir, the battle of, i. 441.
Bon Repos, Pierre Riquet de, his Canal
of Languedoc, i. 69.

Booth, his dramatic monopoly, iii. 305.
Bootwul, the dispute between the Ghoor-
kas and the British respecting, vi. 106.
Boroughs, Parliamentary. See House of
Commons.

Borroughs, his exploits, i. 106.

Bosanquet, Mr. Justice, one of the com-
missioners for executing the Chancellor-
ship, iv. 24 n.

Bosphorus, the, entered by the British
fleet, vi. 24.

Boswell, Sir A., his death in a duel, i. 136.
Botany Bay, transportation to, iv. 410;
discovery of, vi. 350; despatch of con-
victs to, 350.

Boulton, Mr., of Soho, his connection with
Watt, i. 62; promotes trade of Birming-
ham, 94; effect of his industrial labours
on politics, ii. 320.

Bounties, their adoption, ii. 166; their
repeal, 168.

Bourchier, Lady, her memoir of Codring-
ton, iii. 121.

Bourne, Rt. Hon. Sturges, made Home
Secretary, ii. 335; attacked as a provi-
sional minister, 362; sent for in 1827 by
the king, 368; refuses the Chancellor-
ship of the Exchequer, 371; member of
Poor Law Commission, iii. 441.
Boyd, Mr., his letter on the currency, i.
396.

Boyle, electrical discoveries of, v. 63.
Bradford, dependent on the wool trade, i.

its independence, 76; negotiation with
Portugal, 80; the negotiation satisfac-
torily concluded, 82; price of sugar
from, v. 157.

Brereton, Col., in command at Bristol, iii.
228; his suicide, 229.

Bresson, M., his embassy to Madrid, v.
357; his intrigues on the marriage ques-
tion, 360; pledges Montpensier to the
Infanta, 363.

Bribery, bill for preventing, ii. 339; resolu-
tions against, 339; of members of Parlia-
ment by public companies, iv. 352.
Bricks, duty on, repealed, v. 227.
Bridges, London, i. 84.

Bridgewater, Duke of, his career, i. 69, 70;
his introduction to Brindley, 70.
Bridgewater, the Canal, incapable of sup-
plying all the wants of Liverpool and
Manchester, iii. 261.

Bridgewater Treatises," origin of, v. 280.
Bridport, riot at, i. 342.

Bright, Rt. Hon. John, joins the Corn
Law League, iv. 395; his picture of the
agricultural labourer, v. 54; his analysis
of the Russell Cabinet, 155 n.; returned
for Manchester in 1847, 173; his satiri-
cal reference to the Jerusalem Bishopric,
277 n.; votes against the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill, 423; excluded from the Aber-
deen Ministry, 473.

Brighton, Poor Bill, i. 165; unrepresented,
ii. 320.

Brindley, James, his early career, i. 70,
147; introduction to the Duke of Bridge-
water, 71; effect of his labours on poli-
tics, ii. 320; the effects of his inventions,
iii 253; effect of his engineering works
on parliamentary business, iv. 352.
Bristol, its advantageous situation on the
Avon, i. 68; defeated by Liverpool, 89;
its population in 1815, 94; meeting at,
after Peterloo, 426; the riots at, in 1831,

iii. 227:

Britain, her position in 1815, i. 15, 16; her
previous history, 16; her persevering
efforts in the Revolutionary War, 20, 21;
her position at its close, 21; description
of, 21; population of, in 1815, 24; com-
merce of, 95; growth of, in the nine-
teenth century, vi. 380; its causes, 383.
British influence abroad in 1848, v. 394.
Broadfoot, Lieutenant, murder of, vi. 181.
Broadfoot, Captain, strengthens the de-
fences of Jellalabad, vi. 190; political
agent at Lahore, 221.

Broglie, Duc de, retires in 1830, iv. 238;

Foreign Minister, 253, 306; retires, 306.
Brookes's Club, Whig secession trom, iv.
49.

Brougham, H. (afterwards Lord Brougham
and Vaux),stands for Liverpool, i. 125; his
quarrel with Canning, 136; his account
of land enclosures, 144; his character
and career, 264, 318, 319; his autobio-
graphy, 320; procures repeal of pro-
perty tax, 336; his attack upon
the Regent, 338; his account of the

distress of 1816, 340; his hatred of the
Radicals, 348; proposed as member of
the Bank Committee, 402; his opinion
of the Ministry in 1819, 428; adviser to
the Princess of Wales, ii. 23, 24; prevents
the princess returning to England in
1819, 26; treats the omission of the
Queen's name from the Liturgy as a
trifle, 29; appointed Attorney-General
to the Queen, 31; desires to compromise
the Queen's case, 32; joins the Queen at
St. Omer, 34; his apprehensions on her
return, 37, 38; his advocacy of her case
in the House of Commons, 39; conducts
negotiations for a compromise, 42; pre-
pares the Queen's answer to Wilber-
force's address, 44; at the trial, 49; his
cross-examination of Majocchi, 50, 51;
his speech, 52; applies Milton's descrip-
tion of Satan to George IV., 54; urges
Queen's claim to be carried before Privy
Council, 67; issues an address to the
electors of Westmoreland, 85; his efforts
to reform the Civil List in 1820, 90;
opposes the creation of the dead weight
annuity, 121; sneers at the repayment of
the Austrian loan, 159; supports the
Small Notes Bill in 1826, 198; defeated
in Westmoreland, 211; supports the
Roman Catholics, 259; compares the
Ministry to the strings of a harpsi-
chord, 286; his quarrel with Canning,
286; opposes bill for suppressing_Catho-
lic Association, 305, 306; urges Burdett
to bring forward Roman Catholic ques-
tion, 308; his reference to the Duke of
York's speech, 313; his speech on the
recognition of the Spanish colonies, iii.
73; his approval of the British expedi-
tion to Portugal, 87; his speech upon
Navarino, 132; attacks Wellington's Por-
tuguese policy, 155; elected for York-
shire, 176; his opinion of the weakness
of the Ministry, 180; his notice for a
motion on Reform, 190; made Chan-
cellor and raised to the Peerage, 194;
called as witness by Cobbett, 197; his
views on Reform, 206; hooted at the
dissolution, 213; his speech on the Re-
form Bill, 221; wishes to create Peers,
236; advocates law reform, 285; his
Local Courts Bill, 288; his other legal
measures, 288-290; his speech on the
Bankruptcy Bill, 289 n.; advises Lord
Westmeath to obey Ecclesiastical Courts,
314; introduces bill to take away privi
leges of members of Parliament, 315;
supports Canning's Ministry, 354; his
efforts to reconstruct the Ministry in
1833, 369; attacks the trial of Rev. Mr.
Smith, 402; his attack upon slavery
in 1830, 405; elected for Yorkshire,
406; agrees to disfranchisement of 40s.
freeholders in Ireland, 411; instrumen-
tal in instituting the London Univer-
sity, 415; supports O'Connell's claim
for a seat, 423; supports amendment
to the address in 1830, 434; his opinion

of the trades' demonstration in 1834, 441;
his position among the Whigs, 446; hi、
annoyance, 474; his quarrel with the
Times, 475; his tour in Scotland, 475;
his speech in Edinburgh, 476; com-
municates dismissal of Ministry to Times
and Chronicle, 480; retires, iv. 2 n.;
refused Chief Baronship, 2 n.; refused
office in 1835, 24; consents to counsel
being heard on Corporation Bill, 41; his
position in 1835, 50; his rage at Pepys'
appointment to the Chancellorship, 52;
chairman of the Useful Knowledge
Society, 74; protests against Canada
policy of Government, 126; opposes
Canada Bill, 130; attacks Durham's
Canadian policy, 132; protests against
Irish Tithe Bill of 1838, 155 ".; renews
his slavery motion, 167; his education
returns of 1818, 182; his education mo-
tion in 1837, 183; brings forward Hill's
Post Office scheme, 189; denounces the
Commons' libel shop, 197; his descrip-
tion of Mehemet Ali, 331; abuses the
right of petition to repeal the income-
tax, 342; his rank as a parliamentary
orator, 349; checks the extension of
limited liability, 356; his amendment of
the insolvency law, 422; his motion on
the licensing of beerhouses, 448; his re-
solution on Peel's income-tax, v. 12;
moves for a select committee on the dis-
tress, 16; his vote on O'Connell's ap-
peal, 110; opposes Russell's Sugar
Duties Bill, 158: defines the legal posi-
tion of the Scotch presbytery, 312;
moves a vote of thanks to Lord Ash-
burton, 337; declares the interests of
trading nations mutual, vi. 332.
Brougham, Peter, killed in a duel, i. 135.
Brougham, W., elected for Southwark,
iii. 359.

Brownlow, M.P. for Armagh, attacks
Plunket's conduct of the Playhouse Riot
case, ii. 283; presents petition for sup-
pression of the Catholic Association,
298; supports Roman Catholic emanci-
pation in 1825, 309.

Bruat, M., orders Mr. Pritchard away
from Tahiti, v. 347.

Brudenell, Lord (afterwards Lord Car-
digan), his severities as an officer, iv.
431.

Bruen, Mr., returned for Carlow, i. 332.
Brunnow, Baron, his mission to London
in 1839, iv. 325; demands an explana-
tion on the Greek question, v. 413.
Brunswick Clubs, the formation of, ii. 397,

Buccleuch, Duke of, differs from Peel in

1845, V. 133; accepts the presidency of
the Council, 135
Buchanan, Secretary, his negotiation with
Pakenham on the Oregon question, v.

341.

Bucharest, Peace of, iii. 38.

Buckingham, Marquis (afterwards Duke
of), his parliamentary influence, i. 118,
302; advocates repressive legislation in
1819, 429; his position and following in
1821, ii. 116; made a duke, 117; his
intolerable pretensions, 131; joins Peel's
Cabinet, v. 1; resigns, 25 .; revolts
against Peel, 136; obtains the presi-
dency of the Indian Board for Charles
Wynn, vi. 142.

Buckingham, James Silk, his motions on
impressment, iv. 432; his case, vi. 149.
Buckingham Palace erected, iv. 9; offered
to Parliament for accommodation of
Legislature, 9.

Buckle, Mr., his observations on duelling,

iv. 433 n.; his dictum on history, v. 237.
Budget, the, of 1816, i. 339; of 1817, 371;
of 1818, 386, 390; of 1819, 414; of 1820,
ii. 92; of 1821, 114; of 1822, 118; of
1823, 151; of 1824, 160, 169; of 1825,
183; of 1826, 204; of 1827, 1828, 1829,
1830, 443 and n; of 1831, iii. 202; of
1831, 426; of 1832, 426; of 1833, 428;
of 1834, 435; of 1835, iv. 76; of 1836,
77; of 1837, 192; of 1838, 193; of 1839,
193; of 1840, 218; of 1841, 221; of 1842,
v. 8; of 1843, 28; of 1844, 31; of 1845,
43; of 1846, 156; of 1848, 198, 200, 204;
of 1850, 227; of 1851, 425, 429; of 1852,
463, 465; of 1853, 474.

Buenos Ayres, Junta of, invades Chili, iii.
6; its recognition in 1824, 67.
Bugeaud, General, commands French con-
tingent on Spanish frontier, iv. 208; his
campaign in Algeria, v. 351; in com-
mand at Paris, 387.

Bull-baiting made illegal, iii. 297.
Buller, Charles, his estimate of newspaper
circulation in 1835, iv. 75 m.; his scheme
for trying contested elections, 139; his
description of election committees, 142;
his bill, 209; his description of the
shouts at O'Connell, 213 ; opposes
Peel's income-tax, v. 13; his motion
on the income-tax, 48 n.

Buller, Rev. Dr., process-server of, mur-
dered, iii. 334.

Buller, Sir J. Y., Bart. (afterwards Lord
Churston), proposes a vote of want of
confidence in the Ministry, iv. 196.
Bullion, the, Committee of 1810, i. 42, 398.
Bulwer, E. Lytton (afterwards Lord Lyt-

ton), character of, iii. 309; attacks the
dramatic monopoly, 310; his descrip-
tion of Stanley's Irish policy, 368; his
attack on Stanley, 373 n.; urges reduc-
tion of newspaper tax, iv. 75, 348; visits
New Lanark, 377 7. ; his affair of honour
with Mr. Praed, 436.

Bulwer, Henry Lytton (afterwards Lord

Dalling), his opinion of Peel, iv. 22;
attacks conduct of Russia in 1833, 284;
Chargé d'Affaires at Paris, 324; his
opinion of Thiers' policy, 330 m; ap-
pointed Spanish ambassador, v. 357;
intrigues against the Bourbon marriage,
360; is censured, 362; his dismissal from
Spain, 435; moves a vote of censure on
Russell, vi. 59.

Bunbury, Colonel, vi. 206.
Bunbury, Lady Sarah, vi. 206.

Bunsen, Baron, assists in founding the
Jerusalem bishopric, v. 277.

Bunyan, John, i. 211; influence of, on
Christian belief, v. 240.

Buol, Count, pledges Austrian support of
the summons to evacuate the principali-
ties, vi. 28; his compromise on the Black
Sea question, 58; exposes Lord John
Russell, 59

Buonaparte, Joseph, defeated at Talavera,
i. 288; made King of Spain, iii. 4; of
Naples, 15.

Burchell, Mr., under-sheriff in 1840, iv.

201.

Burdett, Sir F., challenged by Canning,
i. 136; his arrest in 1810, 318; returned
for Westminster, 393; his Reform mo.
tion in 1819, 417; his career, 417; his
motion for a readjustment of the debt,
ii. 109; defeated, 111; denounces the
farce of the Roman Catholic debates,
286; his motion for Roman Catholic
emancipation in 1825, 308; presents peti-
tion for Reform, 322; his early career,
323; his Reform motion of 1819, 326;
challenged by Canning, 336; his motion
for Roman Catholic emancipation in
1827, 346, 348; and in 1828, 381; elected
for Westminster, iii. 358; withdraws from
Brookes's, iv. 49; joins the Tories, 88;
re-elected for Westminster, 89; his sup-
port of Chartism, 381.

Burdon, places an iron bridge over the
Wear at Sunderland, i. 76.

Burge, Mr., heard against Jamaica Bill,
iv. 178.

Burgess, Bishop of St. David's, i. 152; his
extra-episcopal appointments, v. 257.
Burgoyne, Sir J., his capitulation, i. 110.
Burgoyne, Sir John, opposed to the assault
of Sebastopol on Sept. 28, vi. 38.
Burke, Right Hon. E., supports Wilber-
force on the slave trade, i. 105; his
account of capital felonies, 168; his tes-
timony to Howard, 175; an example of
the reaction due to the French Revolus
tion, 221; stigmatises the Acts of Anne
as ferocious, ii. 238; attack on pension
list, iv. 104; his zeal for party, v. 230.
Burke, the murderer, reference to, iv.
170.

Burma, disturbed state of the frontier of,
vi. 124; first war with, 126; complaints
of British traders against, 234; king of,
written to by Commodore Lambert, 235;
ultimatum to, 239; the second war with,

240.