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Yonge, Charles Duke, 1812-1891

"The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860"


Holdernesse, Earl of, Secretary of State in 1760.
Holland, Lord, opposes the Regency Bill.
Holt, Chief justice, his decision on the question of slavery.
Holsmann, Mr., supports the House of Lords on the paper duties.
Humbert, General, taken prisoner in Mayo.
INDIA, Fox's India Bill;
Pitt's India Bill;
Mutiny in;
transfer of the authority of the Company to the crown;
establishment of the Order of the Star of India;
is visited by the Prince of Wales.
Ireland, affairs of;
connection with France;
rebellion in.
JAMAICA, planters in, compensated for the diminution of the value
of their property by the abolition of slavery;
disturbances in;
its constitution is suspended.
Judges, new tenure of their office.
KING, the, cannot be a witness in any legal proceeding.
LABOUCHERE, Mr. H., reproaches Sir Robert Peel for not resigning.
Leopold, King of Belgium, points of the insufficiency of the description
of Prince Albert.
Lewis, Sir. G.C., speech on the history and power of the East India
Company.
Liverpool, Lord, earnest for the universal abolition of the slave trade;
becomes Prime minister;
makes the Catholic question an open question in the cabinet;
brings in, and subsequently withdraws, a "Bill of Pains and
Penalties";
against the Queen;
attacked by apoplexy and dies;
contemplates an increased grant to Maynooth.


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