question, 317; opens Mazzini's letters, 378 .; abstains from voting on the Ecclesiastical. Titles Bill, 423; refuses to coalesce with the Whigs in 1851, 428; suggests Parliamentary resolutions in- stead of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, 430; First Lord of the Admiralty, 472; retires from the Palmerston Cabinet, vi. 52.
Graigue, tithe riot in, iii. 343, 344.. Grampound, bribery at, ii. 325; Lord J. Russell desires to disfranchise, 327, 328; disfranchised, 332.
Granada, New, Vice-royalty of, iii. 6. Grant, Rt. Hon. C. (see also Glenelg, Lord), his support of the Roman Catho- lics, ii. 259, 381; President of the Board of Trade, 368, 374; his views on the Corn Laws, 383; retires, 388; President of the Board of Control, iii. 192; elected for Inverness-shire, 357; Colonial Minis- ter and Lord Glenelg, iv. 24; his mo- tions on the Jewish question, v. 201; President of the India Board, vi. 143; his views respecting the East India Com- pany, 145.
Grant, J. P., his proposal for dealing with Oudh, vi. 257.
Grant, Sir W., retires from the Rolls, iii. 283.
Grant, Sir P., his statement respecting Chillianwalla, vi. 229 n. ; appointed to the command of the Bengal army, 316. Granville, first Lord, made Minister at Paris, iii. 71; Minister at Paris, iv. 239 n.; temporarily absent, 324. Granville, second Lord, Paymaster of the Forces, v. 155 .; Foreign Minister, v. 444 n.; President of the Council, 472. Grattan, Rt. Hon. H., his duel, i. 136; a member of the Irish Administration, 304; his opposition to the Union, 305; his character and career, 312; his advocacy of Roman Catholic emancipation, 315, 402; his efforts in the Irish Parliament, ii. 243; in the British Parliament, 249; his motion for Roman Catholic emanci- pation, 251, 254; his death, 255; given office by Fitzwilliam, iii. 334; proposes amendment to Address in 1834, 449; his quarrel with Hardinge, iv. 31 n.; urges Irish to agitate, 85; his the language of William Protest against Gray, Dr., made a bishop, iii. 270 n; his extra-episcopal appointments, v. 257. Gray, Captain, his geographical discoveries, v. 339.
Gray, Stephen, electrical experiments of, v. 64.
Great Western steamer crosses the Atlan- tic, iv. 400.
Greece, insurrection of, iii. 39, 88, 93; blockade by, of Turkish ports, 93; places herself under British protection, 100; Protocol of St. Petersburg on, 112; limits of, proposed, 136; evacuation of, by Ibrahim, 139; French expedition to the Morea, 140; establishment of con-
stitutional government in, v. 409; out- rages in, 410; compensation refused to Don Pacifico by, 411; action of the Bri- tish Government against, 412; amount of the indemnity exacted from, 415. Greek Church, its care for the Holy Places, vi. 3; firman addressed by the Porte to, 4; interference of Russia in behalf of, 6; protectorate of, claimed by Russia, 13. Greely, Ebenezer, arrest and imprisonment of, v. 329.
Greenwich, its increase, ii. 320.
Grenville, George, Minister, i. 19; insti- tutes Grenville committees, 127. Grenville, William, Lord, Auditor of the Civil List, i. 128; his character and career, 298, 302; supports repressive legislation in 1817, 356; in 1819, 428, 430; suggests the Traversing Bill, 430; his position in 1821, ii. 115; his remarks on the bill for suppressing the Catholic Association, 306.
Grenville, Lady, her pension, i. 128. Grenville, Richard, his marriage with Hester Temple, i. 298.
Greville, Charles, his diary and his offices, i. 128; his mention of the general election uf 1818, 398; his opinion of the Welling- ton Ministry, ii. 376; mediates between the Waverers and Grey, iii. 237; his account of a royal outburst against Pal- merston, v. 440 n.
Grey, Rt. Hon. the Earl, his account of England in 1819, i. 159; his char- acter and career, 301; his difference from Lord Grenville, 302; his appre- hension in 1819, 431; his reform motion in 1793, ii. 319; opposed to coalition with Canning, 354; his attack on Can- ning, 363; objected to by George IV., 374; his language on the Franco-Spanish War, iii. 54; his speech in November 1830, 182; forms a Ministry, 192; his pledge on taking office, 198; defends the Civil List pensions, 201; his views on Reform, 206; objects to the ballot, 207; his orders for a dissolution in 1831, 212; his appreciation of the Reform move- ment, 216; introduces the Reform Bill in the Lords, 221; opposed to the crea- tion of peers, 236; refuses to allow Church in Canada to be supported out of army funds, 312; delighted at O'Con- nell's conviction, 339; promises to en- force Tithe Law in Ireland, 346; defends Irish Education Bill, 348; unable to move Stanley from Irish office, 369; fails to reconstruct his Ministry, 370; intro- duces Irish Coercion Act, 376; threatens to resign on amendment to Church Bill, 386; inclined to resign on malt-tax divi- sion, 429; desires to resign in 1834, 460; introduces Coercion Bill and resigns, 465; his character and administration, 466; invited to a banquet at Edinburgh, 475; asked to form a Ministry in 1835, iv. 23; his character of William IV., 95; Durham's conduct to, 130; his opinion
of the Ancona expedition, 267; his de- scription of Miguel's cruelties, 286; de- clines to recognise Miguel, 286; his support of Chartism, 381; his advice to the bishops, v. 254; his control of his Ministers, 434; obligation of England to, vi. 404.
Grey, second Earl (see also Howick, Lord), his policy on the transportation question, iv. 415; objects to Palmerston as Foreign Minister, v. 135; his amendment to the Irish Life Bill, 145; Colonial Secretary, 154; his speech on the Navigation Bill, 217; his announcement on the transporta- tion question, vi. 374.
Grey, Hon. C., supports Wrottesley's call of the House, iii. 384.
Grey, Sir C., member of the Canada Com- mission, iv. 120.
Grey, Sir G., defends apprentice system, iv. 168; introduces bill for improving lot of apprentices, 168; reverses Wilmot's motion, 169; Judge-Advocate, 172 n.; declines to enter Cabinet, 195; votes for a committee on the Corn Laws, 397; his policy on the transportation question, 415; Home Secretary, v. 155; declares the Chartist procession illegal, 195; ex- plains the alterations made in the Eccle- siastical Titles Bill, 429; Home Secretary under Palmerston, vi. 52 n. Grey, Dr., made a bishop, iii. 270 n. Grimsby, apprentices to smack-owners of, iii. 415 n.
Gringell, Job, his opinion of protection, v.
Gros, Baron, his mission to Athens, v. 413.
Grose, his government of the penal settle-
ment in New South Wales, vi. 354. Grote, George, his "History of Greece," i. 226; elected for London, iii. 358; signs address to Althorp in 1834, 468; de- nounces compromise on Irish Tithe Bill, iv. 155 m.; his complaint against the Con- servative policy of the Ministry, 157; seconds Roebuck's education motion, 182; attacks Palmerston's foreign policy, 334 m.; his motions for the ballot, 381. Guard, the National, its dissolution in 1830, iii. 158.
Guericke, Otto von, electrical discoveries of, v. 63.
Guiana, treatment of apprentices in, iv. 164.
Guilleminot, M., at Poros, iii. 141 n.; French ambassador at Constantinople,
denied access to O'Connell, 87; his saying on forgetfulness of history quoted, 237; his admiration of Peel, 343; be- comes intimate with Aberdeen, 344; his assurances respecting the Tahiti protec- torate, 345; disavows Thouars's annexa- tion of the Society Islands, 347; his adage on war, 349; his perfect accord with Aberdeen, 353; conceives the idea of the Spanish marriages, 355; agrees to act with Aberdeen on this question, 357; moots the marriage of Montpensier with the Infanta, 358; proposes Trapani for the Queen, 359; his instructions to Bresson in 1845 to defeat the Coburg marriage, 360; his memorandum of Feb. 27, 1846, 361; decided by Palmerston's despatch, 365; the question of his cul- pability examined, 365; offers help to the Queen of Portugal, 373; his proposals relative to Switzerland, 377; his domes- tic policy, 383; removed, 387. Gujerat, capture of, in the first Mahratta war, vi. 84; battle of, in the second Sikh war, 230
Gully, W., elected for Pontefract, iii. 359. Gunnings, the Miss, their beauty, i. 69; their marriages, 70.
Gurney, Hudson, objects to the Small Notes Bill, ii. 199; compels the Minis-
Gurney, Mr., Buxton's father-in-law, iii.
Gurney, Mr., the inventor of a steam- carriage, iii. 255.
Gurwood, Lieut.-Col., his mission to Spain, iv. 301.
Gwalior, claimed by Scindia, vi. 87, 88; war with, 214.
HABEAS CORPUS ACT, suspended in 1817, i. 356; suspension terminated, 364, 383; suspended in Ireland in 1822, ii. 263, 273; V. 192.
Hackney coaches in London, i. 85. Haddington, Earl of, joins Peel's Cabinet, v. 1; Lord Privy Seal, 136. Hafiz Pacha, crosses the Euphrates, iv. 318; defeated, 321.
Hallam, Henry, his history, i. 227; member of Useful Knowledge Society, iv. 74; his story about the Sabbath, v. 289. Hamilton, Duchess of, her engagement with the Duke of Bridgewater, ii. 70. Hamilton, Duke of, his marriage with Miss Gunning, i. 70.
Hamilton, Lord A., his motion on the Scotch boroughs, i. 402; his motion re- garding Montrose, ii. 333; obtains a select committee on the royal boroughs, 334; his motion in 1822, 334; his com- mittee on Scotch municipalities, iv. 37. Hamilton, G. A., member of the Devon Commission, v. 123.
Hamilton, Lady Anne, "Joan of Arc," accompanies the Queen on her entry into London, ii. 36; and at her trial, 47; her
Hansard, Messrs., Stockdale's actions against, iv. 198.
Hansard's Debates, progressive enlarge-
ment of, after the Reform Act, iv. 341 n. Hardenberg, Count, his view of the revolu- tions of 1820, iii. 17; represents Prussia at Troppau, 19.
Hardinge, Sir H. (afterwards Lord Hard- inge), Secretary-at-War, ii. 389; acts as second to the Duke of Wellington, 416; attacked by O'Connell, iii. 332; chal- lenges O'Connell, 332; offered office by Grey, and retires, 333; elected for Laun- ceston, 358; Irish Secretary, iv. 4; his Tithe Bill, 16, 19, 28; his quarrel with Grattan, 31 2.; denounced by Barron, 20, and 31 n.; induces Bulwer not to fight Praed, 436; accepts office under Peel, v. 1; his Irish Secretary- ship, 224; appointed Governor-General of India, vi. 216; his career, 217; his attitude towards the mutinous Sikhs, 221; joins the campaign against the Sikhs, 222; story of his caution to Gough at Sobraon, 224; his terms of peace with the Sikhs, 224; leaves Bri- tish troops to protect Dhuleep, 225; appoints Henry Lawrence Resident at Lahore, 225; his confidence in peace on returning to England, 226; his pensions, 226 n.; his warning to the Nawab of Oudh, 249.
Hardinge, Lady, her act of abnegation respecting her husband's pension, vi. 226 n.
Hardwicke, Earl, Postmaster-General, iv.
Harris, Lord, in command at Seringa- patam, i. 287.
Harrison, Mr., his trial for sedition, i. 419; sentence upon, 425 n. Harrison, President, v. 332.
Harrowby, Lord, carries the Curates Bill, i. 151; the Cabinet dines at his house on the 23rd of February 1820, 438; his speech on the Dead Weight Annuity Bill, ii. 123 n.; his opinion of the Spital- fields Acts, 174; supports the Roman Catholic Enfranchisement Bill, 289, 301; his opinion of the Grampound Bill, 331; talked of for the Premiership, 346; ad- heres to Canning, 353; refuses the Pre- miership, 372; heads the Waverers in 1831, iii. 236.
Hart, Sir A., retires from Chancellorship of Ireland, iii. 334.
Hartig, mission of, v. 394.
Harvests, the, of 1816, 1. 341; of 1817, 368; of 1820, ii. 104; of 1821, 126; of 1839- 1841, iv. 370; of 1842, v. 19; of 1843,
Harvey, J. W., M.P., for Colchester, ii. 378; his attack on the Pension List, iv. 104, 106; excluded from Pensions Com- mittee, 107; wishes to refer complaints against Spottiswoode Association to select committee, 141.
Haslemere, Lord Lonsdale's influence at, i. 118 n.
Hassard, Mr., treasurer of Limerick county, murdered, v. 186.
Hastings, Warren, his Indian career, i. 108; advocates the Company's exclusive privilege, 109; vi. 74; impeachment of, 132.
Hastings, Marquis of, adopts Metcalfe's scheme of policy for Central India, vi. 113; his war with the Mahratta powers, 115; breaks up the Pindarees, 119; his conduct hard to defend, 121; and incon- sistent with his denunciations of Welles- ley, 122; his death in Malta, 123; his opposition to the batta regulations, 134; his policy towards the Indian press, 148; his account of the condition of Oudh, 243 n.
Haughton, a survivor of Kohistan, vi. 184. Havelock, Captain (afterwards Sir Henry), his gallantry at Jellalabad, vi. 192; his operations against the mutineers, 316; his death, 317.
Hawes, Benjamin, moves reduction
Civil List, iv. 103; his motion on the sugar duties, v. 34 n.; defeated for Lambeth in 1847, 173.
Hawke, Admiral, i. 198.
Hay, Lord J., commands force in Spain, iv. 307.
Haydon, Peel's kindness to, v. 231. Haynau, General, cruelties of, v. 406. Hayti or St. Domingo, 1ebellion in, i.
Hazlitt, William, denounces the severity of the Penal Code, i. 169; writes for the Chronicle, 260.
Head, Major (afterwards Sir F.), made Lieut.-Governor of Upper Canada, iv. 120; in Upper Canada, 122, 123, 127; recalled, 128.
Healy, his conviction and sentence, i.
Hearsey, Brigadier, averts a mutiny at Wuzeerabad, vi. 281; draws Napier's attention to a grievance of the native troops respecting their ration money, 283; his report of the excitement at Barrackpore, 291; endeavours to allay the fears of the sepoys, 291. Hearth tax, Ireland, repealed, ii. 125. Hearts of Steel, the, in Ireland, ii. 262. Heber, Bishop, his account of the condi- tion of Oudh quoted, vi. 242 n. Heera Singh obtains the vizierate in the Punjab, vi. 220; murdered, 220. Heiden, Admiral, commands the Russians at Navarino, iii. 126.
Helston, borough of, Abbot returned for, i. 323.
Hemp, the bailiff in the case of "Stock- dale v. Hansard," iv. 201. Henley, Rt. Hon. J. W., President of the Board of Trade, v. 451. Hennell, C. C., his
the Origin of Christianity" referred to, v. 322.
Hennis, Dr., his duel with Sir J. Jeffcott, iv. 435.
Henry, Mr., his introduction of a new bleach, i. 56.
Henry, Don, v. 361; his candidature for Isabella's hand favoured by Aberdeen, 362; and by Palmerston, 363. Henry VIII. compared with Constantine,
Herat, strategical importance of, vi. 158; besieged by the Persians, 159; success- fully defended, 165; seizure of, ordered by Melbourne's Cabinet, 177; mistaken policy with regard to, 265; disturbances in, 266; occupied by Persian troops, 267; treaty between England and Persia concerning, 268; reoccupied by Persia,
Herbert, Hon. Sidney (afterwards Lord
Herbert of Lea), Secretary for War, v. 130; supports Peel in 1845, 131; Secre- tary at War, 472; retires from the Pal- merston Cabinet, vi. 52. Hereford, Hampden's appointment to the see of, v. 283. Hermannstadt, battle of, v. Herries, Rt. Hon. J., Chancellor
Exchequer, ii. 369; objected to by he Whigs, 370; his quarrel with Huskis- son, 372, 373; Master of the Mint, 375; resists Roman Catholic emancipation, 381; President of the Board of Trade, 439; elected for Harwich, iii. 358; carries a financial motion in 1840, iv. 218; attacks Russian-Dutch Loan, 256; his motions on the suspension of the Bank Act, v. 185 m.; moves a reduction of the income- tax, 431; President of the India Board,
451; his criticism of the second Burmese war, vi. 238 n.
Herring fishery, the, its history, ii. 167; bounties on, 167; their repeal, 167. Hertford, Lord, his Parliamentary in-
fluence, i. 119; at the coronation, ii. 73; his alarm at the Reform Bill, iv. 340 n. Hertfordshire, no contest in, for twenty years, i. 119.
Hervey, Lord, his account of gin-drinking in the eighteenth century, iv. 446. Hesse Cassel, revolution in, in 1830, iv. 262.
Hewitt, General, his severity to the Meerut mutineers, vi. 298; lets them proceed to Delhi, 299.
Hewley, Lady, charity trust of, v. 268 n. Heytesbury, Lord, returns from embassy
at St. Petersburg, iv. 257; appointed Lord-Lieutenant, v. 116; his impressions of Nicholas I., vi. 57; appointed Indian Governor-General, 152; objected to by the Whigs, 152; recalled, 156.
Hidon, a cowkeeper, one of the Cato Street conspirators, i. 437; turns informer, 439; rewarded with a hackney carriage license,
Hildyard, T. B. T., elected for South Nottinghamshire, v. 137.
Hill, Matthew D., his speech at Hull, iii. 450; a member of Useful Knowledge Society, iv. 75; labours to reform the transportation system, 413.
Hill, Rowland, a member of Useful Know- ledge Society, iv. 74; his Post-Office re- forms, 188.
Hill, H., father of M. and R. Hill, iv. 188.
Hill, Mr., land agent, murdered, v. 186. Hindoos, strength of caste feeling in the,
vi. 290; the retribution against the, 308. Hindostan, the term, vi. 81 .
Hislop, Sir T., defeats the forces of Holkar, vi. 119.
Hoare, Mr., sells Grampound to Sir M. Lopes, ii. 325.
Hobhouse, Sir J. (afterwards Lord Brough- ton), elected for Westminster, iii. 358; his Factory Act, 418; resigns his seat, 431; defeated at Westminster, 432 Byron's opinion of his "Hundred Days,' 432.; Commissioner of Woods and Forests, 469; spoken of for leadership, 480; votes for a committee on the Corn Laws, iv. 397; his statements on the steam navigation of the Red Sea, 400; vi. 154; President of the Board of Con- trol, v. 155; defeated at Nottingham in 1847, 173
Holkar, capture Poona by, vi. 83; the war with, 85; peace with, 90; fate of, 118.
Holland (see also Dutch and Belgium), annexed to Belgium in 1815, i. 15; her rivalry with England, 209; her share in the expedition against Algiers, 209; forces England to modify the Navigation Act, ii. 154; Belgium annexed to, iii.
163; consents to a dissolution of the union, 166; accepts arrangement of Lon- don Conference in January 1831, iv. 234; rejects modified arrangement of July, 243; rejects arrangement of October, 248; relations of court of, with Prussia and Russia, 249; drinking habits ac- quired by the English in, 443- Holland, Dr. (afterwards Sir Henry), phy- sician to the Princess of Wales, ii. 14; leaves the princess, 16; his evidence, 54. Holland, Lord, feebly defends Dissent, i. 390; amends the Traversing Bill, 431; supports Duke of Richmond's motion in 1830, 435; supports Canning in 1827, ii. 354; objected to by George IV., 370, 372; condemns the allusion to Navarino as 'untoward," iii. 132; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 192.
Holmes, Mr., Secretary to the Master- General. ii. 440.
Holroyd, Mr. Justice, presides at Sir M. Lopes' trial, ii. 325.
Holy Places, the French treaty of 1740 re- specting, vi. 3; redemanded by France for the Latin monks in 1850, 4; the letter and firman relating to, 5; quarrel be- tween Russia and France about, 6; set- tlement of the disputes affecting the, 14. Homer, use made of, by Milton, v. 240. Hone, William, abortive prosecutions of,
Hong Kong, cession of, vi. 198 n. Honiton, corruption in, i. 125.
Hood, Lord, accompanies the Queen to the Abbey, ii. 70.
Hood, Lady, accompanies the Queen to the Abbey, ii. 70; protests against escort at her funeral, 76.
Hook, Dean, his views on the education question, v. 75"..
Hook, Theodore, his character and career, ii. 95; institutes the John Bull, 95. Hooper, i. 349.
Hop, introduction of the, into England, iv.
Hope, President of the Court of Session, his argument respecting pluralities, v. 306.
Hoppner, Mr., made Consul in Lisbon, iv. 286; demands reparation from Miguel, 286.
Horne, Sir W., elected for Marylebone, iii. 359.
Horner, Francis, his character and career,
i. 263; his death, 394; his article on the currency, 396; obtains the Bullion Com- mittee, 398.
Horse tax (see also Agricultural Classes) reduced, ii. 106; tax on ponies and mules repealed, 152.
Horsham, system of polling in, i. 126; Romilly represents, 322. Horton, Rt. Hon. Wilmot, his career, 325; his Emigration Bill, 327. Hotham, Baron, his view of duelling, iv.
posed, v. 427; amended, 431; Disraeli's proposed increase of, 470. See Assessed Taxes.
Howard, John, the prison reformer, i. 175, 190; his remarks on the Irish Charter schools, iii. 352; his estimation with posterity, vi. 140; obligations of Eng- land to, 404.
Howard of Walsingham, Lord, his place at the coronation, ii. 72.
Howard, Wm., attorney to Stockdale, iv. 201; sent to Newgate, 203. Howard de Walden, Lord, his letter to Viscount de Sa Bandeira, iv. 166 n.; his
embassy at Lisbon, v. 372.
Howe, Lord, his victory off Ushant, i. 198. Howick, Lord (afterwards Lord Grey,
which see), supports the Tory Govern- ment in February 1830, ii. 434; his Emigration Bill, iii. 328 .; his views on slavery, 410 n. ; objects to apprentice system and resigns, 412; made Under- Secretary at Home Office, 412 .; his slavery policy resisted by Brougham, iv. 167; retires, 195; his amendment to the Registration Bill, 216; defeated in Northumberland, 223; votes against the Corn Laws, 394, 397; introduces soldiers' libraries, 428 .; his free trade motion,
Howley, Bishop of London, i. 151. Hownam, Lieutenant, his connection with the Princess of Wales, ii. 16; his evi- dence, 54.
Huddersfield riot in 1817, i. 365; abortive prosecution of the rioters, 365.
Hudson, Jas. (afterwards Sir J.), sent to find Peel in Italy, iv. 3.
Huggins, a slave-owner, cruelty of, iii. 393. Hugginstown, tithe riot at, iii. 345, 346. Hugo, Victor, reference to "Les Misér- ables," iv. 253 ".
Hull, Wilberforce returned for, i. 104; bribery in, 125.
Hullah, Mr., singing classes of, iv. 407. Hulton, Mr., presiding magistrate at Peterloo, i. 421.
Hume, David, his history, i. 224, 225; in- fluence of his writings on Scotland, v.
Hume, Joseph, M.P., his questions about the Queen's allowance, ii. 29; his career, III; his first labours for economy, 112; his motion on the position and pay of the Receivers-General, 112, 113; opposes the creation of the Dead Weight, 121; obtains a select committee on the Com- bination Acts, 178; his attack on the Irish Church, 291, 301; his amendment to the bill for suppressing the Catholic Association, 307; supports Wellington in February 1830, 434; his motion for a reduction of taxation, 438, and for a reduction of establishments, 439; elected for Middlesex, iii. 176; urges a reduc- tion of taxation, 184; proposes the re- presentation of the Colonies, 219; pro- poses Littleton for Speakership, 365;
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