Lord John Russell by Stuart J. Reid (best detective novels of all time .txt) 📖

Habeas Corpus Act, suspension of, 33, 34 Hampden, Dr., and the see of Hereford, 161 Hampden Clubs, 26 Harcourt, Archbishop, on religious tests, 57 Harding, Sir John, and the ‘Alabama’ Case, 315-317 Hardinge, Sir Henry (afterwards Viscount), 82, 249 Hartington, Lord, 292, 327 Henley, Mr., 291 Herbert of Lea, Lord, 232 Herbert, Sidney, 207, 244, 254, 258 Herschel, Sir John, 355 Hobhouse, Sir J. C., 70, 141 Holland, Lord, visit of Lord John Russell to the Peninsula with, 9-11, 30, 53, 57, 119; and the Life of Charles James Fox, 276 Holland House, 8, 15, 143 Holy Places in Palestine, dispute concerning, 213, 218 Horsman, Mr., 329 Houghton, Lord, 294 House of Commons, abuses and defects in representation before the era of Reform, 22, 23; presentation of the petition of the Friends of the People, 25, 26; suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, 33, 34; Sir Francis Burdett’s motion for universal suffrage, and Lord John Russell’s speech, 35; and the ‘Gagging Acts,’ 39, 40; Lord John’s first resolutions in favour of Reform, 40; Lord John proposes an addition of 100 members, 43; introduction and second reading of the first Reform Bill, 69-73; dissolution, 74; first Reform Bill, 69-73; second Reform Bill, 75, 76; third Reform Bill, 81; the first Reformed Parliament, 88; number of Protectionists in 1847, 160 House of Lords, and the proposed enfranchisement of Manchester, 52; and the Test and Corporation Acts, 56, 57; effect of the Duke of Wellington’s declaration against Reform, 61; its rejection of Reform, 78; urged by William IV. to withdraw opposition to the Reform Bill, 84; passing of the Reform Bill, 84; and the Jewish Disabilities Bill, 198, 291 Howick, Lord, 134 Hume, Joseph, 72, 80, 90, 121 Hunt, Mr. Ward, 330 — ‘Orator,’ 26 Huskisson, Mr., 56 Hyde Park, Reform demonstration in, 332 Indemnity Bill for Dissenters, 51 India, Napoleon’s prophecy as to the acquisition by Russia of, 31; Duhamel’s scheme for its acquisition by Russia, 218; Mutiny in, 288 India Bills, 210, 290 Inkerman, battle of, 247 Ireland: condition of affairs on the accession of the Duke of Wellington to power, 53; agitation for Catholic Emancipation, 58, 59; and O’Connell, 90; Lord John Russell’s visit in 1833, 91, 92; Poor Law Amendment Act, 93, 107; Mr. Littleton’s Tithe Bill, 93; Tithe Bill of 1835, 105, 107; Municipal Bill, 105, 112; passing of the Tithe Bill, 112; Maynooth grant, 127, 128; potato famine, 130, 146, 148, 149; Peel’s proposal for renewal of Coercion Act, 140; proposed renewal of Arms Bill, 147, 148; revolt of Young Ireland against O’Connell, 147; measures to relieve distress, 150-152; crime, 153, 154; Arms Bill (1847), 154; Treason Felony Act, 157; Encumbered Estates Act, 157; emigration, 158 Irish Church: Mr. Ward’s motion, 95; Peel’s accusation against Lord John Russell, 97; Lord John’s motion of April 1835, 103, 104 Italy: Lord John Russell’s impressions, 37; Lord John’s second visit, 48, 49; and the retention by Austria of Lombardy and Venice, 172, 300; accession of Victor Emmanuel II. to the throne of Sardinia, 301; campaign, with France, against Austria, 302, 303; the Peace of Villafranca, 303; intervention of England, 304; annexation of Savoy by France, 305; entry of Garibaldi into Naples, and proclamation of Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy, 306 Jamaica Bill, the, 114 Jews: exclusion from Parliament, 57; rejection in the Lords of bill for their relief, 89, 198, 210; passing of the bill in 1858, 290, 291 Jones, Gale, 13 Keble, Dr., 183 Kennington Common, Chartist demonstration on, 166-168 King, Mr. Locke, 193 Kinglake, Mr., 266, 353 Kingsley, Charles, his ‘Alton Locke,’ 166 Kossuth, Louis, his visit to England, 179 Labouchere, Mr. (afterwards Lord Taunton), 116, 147 Lambton, Mr. (father of the first Earl of Durham), 25 Lancashire Cotton Famine, 319 Lancaster, Joseph, 115 and note, 281, 282 Lansdowne, Lord, 52, 141, 202, 205, 240, 251, 258 Lascelles, Mr., 23 Lecky, Mr. W. E. H., his reminiscences of Earl Russell,