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Yonge, Charles Duke, 1812-1891

"The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860"


Brougham, Mr., afterward Lord Chancellor, the chief adviser of the
Queen;
defends the ministry for stopping Lord Powis's bill.
Brownlow, Mr., opposes Pitt's commercial reforms.
Buonaparte, Napoleon, detention of.
Burdett, Sir F., carries a motion for repeal of Roman Catholic
disabilities.
Burke, Mr. B., opposes the expulsion of Wilkes;
supports Mr. Grenville's act;
complains of the insolence of the House of Peers;
supports the repeal of the bill for taxing the American Colonies;
on annual Parliaments;
brings in a bill for economical reform;
his "short account of a late administration";
asserts the right of the House of Peers to examine the public
accounts;
his violent language on the Regency Bill;
member of Lord Rockingham's second ministry;
his view of the attachment of the Colonies to England.
Bute, Earl of, Prime-minister in 1762;
resigns office.
CABINET, character of.
Camden, Earl of, approves the resolution of the House of Commons;
opposes the Royal Marriage Act;
supports Lord Chatham's views on the American question;
moves the Regency bill of 1788.
Campbell, Lord, his "Lives of the Chancellors" referred to;
his denunciation of the Declaratory Act;
and of the Regency bill;
on the Chief-justice in the cabinet.
Canada, disquietude in;
union of the two provinces.


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