English Historical Documents: 1783-1832David Charles Douglas Oxford University Press, 1953 |
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GENERAL PREFACE | 1 |
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY | 62 |
THE EXECUTIVE | 75 |
A THE SOVEREIGN | 83 |
Lord Holland on the Cabinet in 18061807 | 91 |
PAGE | 94 |
Lord Ellenboroughs Diary 26 and 27 March 1828 | 99 |
Cabinet Minute 27 May 1812 | 100 |
Instructions for associations to preserve the peace of the West Riding I Aug 1812 | 372 |
Colonel Fletcher to Henry Hobhouse 30 April 1819 | 373 |
Letters from Henry Hobhouse to J F Foster 17 and 21 July 1826 | 374 |
Letters from Robert Peel on the Metropolitan Police | 375 |
PRISONS 314 Report from the Committee of the House of Commons on the state of the gaols of the City of London 1814 | 377 |
Diary of George Agar Ellis 13 Sept 1816 | 384 |
An account of fines imposed by the Great Marlborough Street magis | 387 |
Report from the Select Committee on the Criminal Laws 8 July 1819 | 394 |
George Canning to Mrs Canning 19 Dec 1824 ΙΟΙ 28 Robert Peels Endorsement on his Memorandum of 12 Jan 1829 | 103 |
Lord Hawkesbury to William Pitt 5 July 1800 | 104 |
Debate in the House of Commons 26 March 1807 IOS 32 Diary of Henry Hobhouse 19 July 1823 | 105 |
Viscount Palmerston to the earl of Liverpool 19 Jan 1826 IOS 34 George Cannings Memorandum to the marquess of Lansdowne 23 April 1827 | 108 |
Lord Ellenboroughs Diary 25 Feb 1828 and 17 July 1830 | 109 |
George III to Lord Grenville 9 April 1795 IIO 39 Henry Dundass Memorandum on the state of the Cabinet 22 Sept 1800 | 110 |
George Canning to Mrs Canning 28 Jan 1825 III | 111 |
Charles Arbuthnot to the earl of Liverpool 5 Sept 1826 | 112 |
Richard Ryder to the earl of Harrowby 21 Dec 1811 | 113 |
George Canning to Mrs Canning 7 March 1807 | 114 |
The duke of Wellington to the earl of Liverpool 1 Nov 1818 IIS 50 The earl of Liverpool to the duke of Wellington 9 Nov 1818 IIS iv The Soverei... | 115 |
The earl of Malmesburys Diary 8 Feb 1801 IIS 52 Edward Cooke to Viscount Castlereagh 27 Feb 1801 | 116 |
Lord Hawkesbury to George III c Oct 1806 | 117 |
George Canning to Mrs Canning 11 March 1807 | 118 |
The duke of Portland to George III 12 March 1807 | 119 |
George Roses Diary 17 Jan 1811 | 120 |
Lord Grenville to unknown correspondent 22 Nov 1812 | 121 |
Sir Richard Vyvyan to the duke of Cumberland 13 July 1829 | 122 |
v The Prime Minister 62 Henry Dundas to William Pitt 9 July 1794 | 123 |
Henry Dundas to William Pitt 7 Feb 1801 | 124 |
Viscount Melville to Henry Addington 22 March 1803 | 125 |
William Dacres Adams to John Gifford 11 Dec 1808 | 126 |
The earl of Carlisles character of Fox 1806 | 127 |
Spencer Perceval to William Huskisson 21 Aug 1809 | 129 |
Viscount Castlereagh to George III 1 Oct 1809 | 130 |
Charles Arbuthnot to the earl of Liverpool c 7 Oct 1823 and reply 8th | 131 |
Lord Ellenboroughs Diary 29 Nov 1828 | 132 |
The duke of Portland to George III 20 March 1807 | 133 |
Viscount Lowther to the earl of Lonsdale 1815 | 134 |
Earl Grey to the marquess of Lansdowne 18 Nov 1830 | 135 |
Lord Thurlow to Lord Hawkesbury docketed 10 Aug 1791 | 136 |
Henry Dundas to George III 23 Jan 1797 and reply 24th | 137 |
George III to Lord Grenville 5 Aug 1797 | 138 |
88888 | 139 |
THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE a Choice of Ministers 88 Charles James Foxs speech in the House of Commons 16 Jan 1784 | 140 |
George III to William Pitt 4 Feb 1784 | 141 |
Colonel James Willoughby Gordon to Colonel McMahon 15 Nov 1811 | 142 |
The earl of Eldon to the duke of Cumberland 23 July 1827 | 144 |
George IVs message to the Cabinet 29 March and Cannings Memo 31 March 1827 | 145 |
William Pitt to Lord Eldon 2 May 1804 | 146 |
George Rose to Bishop Tomline 8 Aug 1806 | 148 |
Earl Bathurst to the earl of Liverpool June 1821 and reply 27th | 149 |
Charles Arbuthnots Memorandum of a conversation between the duke of Wellington and Sir Benjamin Bloomfield 21 July 1821 | 150 |
The duke of Wellington to Robert Peel 9 Jan 1828 ISI IOI George III to Henry Dundas 16 May 1792 | 152 |
Earl Bathurst to Lord Harrowby 2 June 1806 | 153 |
William IV to Earl Grey 21 March 1831 | 154 |
Earl Grey to Sir Herbert Taylor 23 March 1831 | 155 |
Debate in the House of Lords 21 June 1831 | 157 |
c The veto 110 George III to William Pitt 6 Feb 1795 | 158 |
William Pitt to George III 31 Jan 1801 | 159 |
George III to William Pitt 1 Feb 1801 I | 162 |
William Pitt to George III 3 Feb 1801 | 163 |
George Rose to Mrs Rose 25 Feb 1801 | 164 |
George III to William Pitt 5 May 1804 | 165 |
William Pitt to George III 6 May 1804 | 166 |
Spencer Perceval to Viscount Sidmouth 11 March 1807 | 167 |
Viscount Howick to Earl Fitzwilliam 17 March 1807 | 169 |
Spencer Perceval to the earl of Liverpool 19 Sept 1809 | 170 |
George IVs Memorandum for the Cabinet 8 Aug 1827 | 173 |
22 | 174 |
William IV to Earl Grey 4 Feb 1831 | 176 |
George III to Lord Hawkesbury 30 Sept 1801 | 177 |
Earl Bathurst to Lord Harrowby 2 Feb 1805 | 178 |
Lord Grenville to Viscount Howick 24 Sept 1806 | 179 |
George IV to the earl of Liverpool 13 April 1821 | 180 |
The earl of Liverpool to George IV 24 July 1821 and reply 25th | 181 |
Sir William Knighton to Lord Graves 16 Dec 1823 | 182 |
Dr Charles Lloyd to Robert Peel 28 Dec 1827 | 183 |
George Robert Dawson to Sir George Fitzgerald Hill 7 Nov 1829 | 185 |
141A Diary of Henry Hobhouse 1 Aug 1821 | 186 |
PARLIAMENT PAGE INTRODUCTION TO PART II | 187 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 192 |
An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland 2 July 1800 | 197 |
A THE HOUSE OF LORDS 143 Charles James Foxs speech in the House of Commons 11 May 1791 | 203 |
William Wilberforce on the change in the character of the House of Lords brought about by Pitt | 204 |
Countess Spencer to her husband Earl Spencer 28 Jan 1811 | 205 |
The earl of Liverpool to Robert Peel 14 Aug 1815 | 206 |
Henry Addington to the earl of Liverpool 31 Aug 1802 | 207 |
Robert Peel to the earl of Normanton 23 Aug 1823 | 208 |
Peter Isaac Thellusson to William Windham 12 Nov 1796 | 209 |
Lord Clanmorris to the earl of Hardwicke 20 July 1805 | 210 |
William Elliot to Lord Grenville 4 Nov 1806 | 211 |
Robert Peel to Colonel James Crosbie 18 July 1817 | 212 |
Robert Peel to the earl of Aberdeen 23 Aug 1829 | 213 |
The duke of Richmond to the earl of Shannon 27 Nov 1808 | 214 |
B THE HOUSE OF COMMONS a Composition etc 167 Report of the Society of the Friends of the People on the state of the representation 9 Feb 1793 | 216 |
92 | 220 |
Table of Parliamentary patronage 17941816 | 223 |
93 | 229 |
John Wilson Croker to George Canning 3 and 6 April 1827 | 237 |
Sketch of the political interest in Scotland Nov 1810 | 239 |
Extract from the will of George Venables Vernon 2nd Baron Vernon 17351813 dated 18 Nov 1809 | 241 |
Sir Samuel Romilly on the sale of seats in the House of Commons | 243 |
mentary Reform 6 May 1793 | 246 |
Debates in the House of Commons on the Bill to prevent persons in Holy Orders from sitting in the House 8 and 19 May 1801 | 249 |
George Canning to his uncle the Rev William Leigh 23 Feb 1795 | 250 |
Speech of Alderman Robert Waithman on his election in 1818 for the City of London | 251 |
b The Party composition of the House 182 William Wilberforce and Charles James Fox on Party 18 April 1785 | 252 |
A contemporary analysis of the House of Commons 1 May 1788 | 253 |
Analysis of the voting in the House of Commons on 36 important questions in 1821 and 1822 | 254 |
Charles James Fox to the earl of Lauderdale 12 July 1805 | 255 |
Thomas Grenville to the marquess of Buckingham 20 April 1807 | 256 |
The earl of Liverpool to Viscount Wellington 17 Jan 1811 | 257 |
Countess Spencer to her husband Earl Spencer 21 Jan 1811 | 258 |
William Henry Fremantle to the marquess of Buckingham 15 July 1818 | 259 |
c The Influence of the Crown 197 Viscount Althorp to his father Earl Spencer 24 Aug 1811 | 260 |
Debate in the House of Commons on the Regency Bill 9 Feb 1789 | 261 |
and 25 April 1800 | 262 |
W Pennefather to Alexander Marsden 8 July 1802 | 263 |
The duke of Wellington to John Charles Herries 6 Sept 1826 | 264 |
House of Commons Representation of Ireland in the Parliament of 18071812 Sir Arthur Wellesleys Memorandum | 265 |
Robert Peel to Denis Browne 18 Sept 1813 | 272 |
Excerpts from Pitts Secret Service Accounts 17841793 | 273 |
94 | 275 |
George III to William Pitt 23 Jan 1798 | 276 |
Viscount Palmerstons journal 30 Dec 1806 | 277 |
Lord Hawkesbury to the duke of Richmond 28 May and 4 June 1807 | 278 |
Lord Redesdale to Lord Hawkesbury 1 Oct 1805 | 279 |
d The Placemen 221 William Wilberforce on the votes of the placemen 1788 | 280 |
Lord Grenville to William Wickham 24 Oct 1805 | 281 |
Lord Hawkesbury to the duke of Richmond 27 April 1807 | 282 |
Lord Ellenboroughs Diary Feb March 1829 | 283 |
e The Household Troops and the Kings Friends 227 Charles James Foxs speech in the House of Commons 17 Dec 1783 | 284 |
George III to William Pitt 20 March 1785 | 286 |
Edward Leeds to the earl of Hardwicke 19 April 1785 | 287 |
The bishop of Lincoln to his wife Mrs Tomline c 28 Jan 1806 | 288 |
Lord Camden to the earl of Malmesbury 11 March 1808 | 289 |
Debate in the House of Commons 11 June 1812 | 290 |
Robert Peel to Earl Whitworth 9 May 1816 | 291 |
The earl of Liverpool to George Canning 8 Sept 1823 | 292 |
The duke of Cumberland to the earl of Eldon 30 June 1829 | 293 |
Sir Herbert Taylor to Earl Howe 31 Aug 1832 | 295 |
The duke of Wellington to Earl Howe 9 Nov 1832 | 296 |
f The Sovereigns personal influence 249 Thomas Grenville to the marquess of Buckingham 14 March 1807 | 297 |
Diary of John Cam Hobhouse 24 March and 16 July 1827 | 298 |
Mrs Arbuthnots Journal 17 Jan 1830 | 299 |
The duke of Wellington to Sir John Malcolm 11 Aug 1816 | 300 |
Sir Henry Hardinge to Mrs Arbuthnot 30 Sept 1828 | 301 |
The duke of Wellington to Sir Herbert Taylor 3 Oct 1830 | 302 |
George Roses Diary 8 May 1804 | 303 |
Viscount Melville to William Pitt 11 Nov 1804 | 304 |
Earl Temple to the marquess of Buckingham 25 April 1812 | 305 |
i The country gentlemen 274 Lord North on the country gentlemen 18 April 1785 | 306 |
THE ELECTORATE 276 Extracts from the address to the king from the freeholders of Yorkshire 25 March 1784 | 307 |
Private instructions for Viscount Miltons agents 1807 | 308 |
Anthony Hamond to William Windham 30 June 1807 | 309 |
Viscount Althorp to his father Earl Spencer 28 Jan 1814 | 310 |
The Act 10 George IV c 8 restricting the county franchise in Ireland 1829 | 311 |
THE MOVEMENT FOR PARLIAMENTARY REFORM 285 Henry Dundas to the duke of Buccleuch 16 April 1785 | 312 |
The Rev W Jesse to the earl of Dartmouth July 1791 | 313 |
Proceedings of the Society for Constitutional Information at Sheffield 26 March 1792 | 314 |
Aug 1793 | 315 |
First Report from the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons respecting seditious practices 16 May 1794 | 316 |
The Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1795 | 319 |
The Seditious Meetings Act 1795 | 320 |
The Act to prohibit the sale of seats in the House of Commons 1809 | 322 |
Robert Peel to Charles Arbuthnot 17 Sept 1812 | 324 |
The earl of Liverpool to Robert Peel 1 Oct 1812 | 325 |
The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1817 | 329 |
The Seditious Meetings Act 1817 | 330 |
Earl Fitzwilliam to Viscount Sidmouth 14 and 17 June 1817 | 332 |
The earl of Liverpool to George Canning 23 Sept 1819 | 333 |
The earl of Liverpool to Lord Grenville 14 Nov 1819 | 334 |
The Six Acts 1819 | 335 |
An Act to amend the representation of the people in Scotland 1832 | 353 |
An Act to amend the representation of the people of Ireland 1832 | 357 |
THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE INTRODUCTION TO PART III | 359 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 361 |
A THE COURTS 306 Charles Long to Sir Arthur Wellesley 24 Oct 1807 | 363 |
Henry Broughams speech in the House of Commons on the state of the Courts of Common Law 7 Feb 1828 | 364 |
B THE ORGANIZATION OF POLICE 309 Sir Nathaniel Conant on the state of the Police in London 1816 | 368 |
Debate in the House of Commons on the Pillory Abolition Bill 22 | 400 |
A THE ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 407 |
County and Parochial Expenditure 17831832 | 413 |
Sir Frederick Morton Eden on the state of the poor in 1797 | 419 |
George Rose on the Poor Laws 1805 | 426 |
Evidence of John Turner High Bailiff of Birmingham given before | 433 |
Statement of the receipts and expenditure of the guardians and overseers | 434 |
Rules of Kendal Workhouse 1797 | 449 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 455 |
A AGRICULTURE | 467 |
Arthur Youngs Tours in England and Wales | 473 |
Letters from W Hastings to Earl Fitzwilliam 1 and 8 Jan 1800 | 479 |
c The Corn Laws | 485 |
Sir Frederick Morton Eden on the diet and clothing of the Agricultural | 493 |
B INDUSTRY AND COMMUNICATIONS a The Textile Industries PAGE 361 Sir Frederick Morton Eden on the woollen industry in East Anglia an... | 502 |
Evidence of William Stark before the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the coal trade 1830 | 503 |
J Aikin on the West Riding textile industry | 504 |
Report from the Committee on the state of the woollen manufacture of England 1806 | 505 |
Number of Cotton Factories in Great Britain 1787 and 1835 | 512 |
Richard Guest on the cotton industry | 513 |
Second Report of the Select Committee on Emigration from the United Kingdom 1827 | 518 |
The development of the linen industry 18001832 | 520 |
b The Industries of the Midlands 370 Staffordshire | 521 |
Arthur Young on the industrial development of Birmingham 1791 | 523 |
The production of pigiron in Great Britain 17881806 | 525 |
c The Coal Industry 373 The Newcastle Vend 1800 | 526 |
Evidence of J Buddle before the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the state of the coal trade 1829 | 528 |
d The Luddites 375 The declaration of the framework knitters 1 Jan 1812 | 531 |
Earl Fitzwilliam to Viscount Sidmouth 25 July 1812 | 532 |
Information of a Barnsley Weaver on the Luddites 1812 | 533 |
e The Restrictions on the Emigration of Artisans and the Export of Machinery 378 Resolutions of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on... | 535 |
Debate in the House of Commons on the exportation of machinery 6 Dec 1826 | 536 |
Communications a Road Transport 380 Mileage of turnpike roads in Great Britain 1829 | 537 |
Macadams Remarks on the present System of Road Making | 538 |
b Canals 382 Account of the Inland Navigation to and from Liverpool 17861788 | 540 |
Canal transport in Nottinghamshire | 541 |
Price of Canal Stock 1824 | 542 |
c Railways 385 Railway Acts passed by Parliament 18011832 | 544 |
Prospectus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railroad Company 1824 | 546 |
Thomas Creevey to Miss Ord 14 Nov 1829 | 548 |
388E Coal shipped from Newcastle and from Sunderland 18011832 | 554 |
Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons on | 562 |
PUBLIC FINANCE CURRENCY AND THE BANKING SYSTEM | 572 |
The National Debt 17831832 | 578 |
Third Report of the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons | 587 |
Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Com | 590 |
The Second Report of the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons on the expediency of the Bank resuming cash payments 6 May 1819 | 594 |
The numbers of country banks in England and Wales 17841832 | 596 |
The value and denominations of private banknotes on which stamp duties were paid Oct to Jan 1826 | 597 |
Table of the number of jointstock companies formed before 1824 and then in existence | 598 |
Memorandum by the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer 409 The earl of Liverpools speech in the House of Lords on the Bank Cha... | 599 |
Amendment Bill 17 Feb 1826 | 603 |
Number of jointstock banks established in the United Kingdom | 606 |
E WAGES AND PRICES 411 Weekly wages of artisans etc in various parts of the Kingdom 18001832 | 607 |
Accounts of the prices of provisions and necessaries at Greenwich Hospital 17951830 | 611 |
Agricultural wages and the Cost of Living | 612 |
SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE INTRODUCTION TO PART VI | 613 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 620 |
A POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH 415 The Census | 627 |
The expectation of life | 630 |
Vaccination | 631 |
John Howards account of the London hospitals in 1788 | 635 |
B THE CHURCH AND NONCONFORMITY a The State of the Church of England 420 William Wilberforce on the Evangelical Movement | 639 |
The earl of Liverpool to the bishop of Bristol 19 March 1821 | 641 |
Nonresident clergy 1807 | 642 |
The Rev Sydney Smith on the poverty of curates 1808 | 644 |
Charles Lloyd to Robert Peel 13 March 1828 | 645 |
Debate in the House of Lords on the New Churches Bill 15 May 1818 | 647 |
b Ecclesiastical Patronage The higher clergy 427 William Wilberforce to William Pitt 1 Aug 1797 | 649 |
The earl of Liverpool to Earl Talbot 19 Sept 1819 | 650 |
The earl of Liverpool to the Marquess Wellesley 19 Aug 1826 | 651 |
The duke of Wellington to the Marquess Wellesley 20 Aug 1826 | 652 |
The lower clergy 432 The marchioness of Stafford to William Pitt 13 Feb 1787 | 653 |
Lord Chancellor Eldon to William Adam 2 Nov 1824 | 654 |
The Rev John Smith to Robert Peel 15 June 1825 | 655 |
Robert Peels Memorandum 28 March 1827 | 656 |
c Bible and Missionary Societies 438 Mrs Trimmer on the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge | 657 |
Sir Stamford Raffles to William Wilberforce 23 Oct 1817 | 658 |
Nicholas Vansittarts second letter to the Rev Dr Marsh 23 March 1812 | 659 |
Debate in the House of Lords 18 March 1828 | 661 |
Receipts of the principal religious charities in London for the year ending Lady Day 1821 | 662 |
d Dissent 445 Extracts from John Wesleys Journal 17831789 | 663 |
Thomas Thompson to William Wilberforce 18 July 1791 | 664 |
Address of the conference to the Methodist societies in Great Britain 7 Aug 1819 | 665 |
G Aust to the earl of Hardwicke 21 Oct 1784 | 667 |
e The Test and Corporation Acts and Catholic Emancipation 450 Francis Russell to Lord Hawkesbury 23 Oct 1786 | 668 |
George III to William Pitt 29 March 1787 | 671 |
The repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts 1828 | 674 |
The Irish Catholic Relief Act 1793 | 675 |
Earl Fitzwilliam to Lord Grenville 25 Jan 1807 | 678 |
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 | 687 |
Debate in the House of Commons on the Jews 5 April 1830 | 690 |
EDUCATION 461 The Rev Sydney Smith on English education 1809 | 694 |
William Wilberforce to W Gray 31 Dec 1830 | 696 |
Advertisement in the Morning Chronicle 26 Oct 1809 | 700 |
Prospectus of the New Academical Institution Hackney 24 April 1787 | 701 |
Sixthform examination paper in modern history at Harrow School Nov 1829 | 702 |
Number of children educated free or as feepayers in the endowed and unendowed day schools of England in 1819 | 705 |
Hannah More to the bishop of Bath and Wells 1801 | 706 |
James McPhail to Lord Hawkesbury 14 Feb 1796 | 707 |
Debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords on Whit breads Parochial Schools Bill 13 July and 11 Aug 1807 | 713 |
Report from the Select Committee on the Education of the Lower Orders 3 June 1818 | 715 |
Henry Brougham on the Mechanics Institutes | 718 |
The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge | 720 |
FACTORY LEGISLATION a The Factory Children 476 The Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802 | 723 |
Report from the Committee on Parish Apprentices 11 April 1815 | 724 |
Evidence of Robert Owen before the Select Committee on the state of children employed in Manufactories 1816 | 728 |
Debates in the House of Commons on the Factory Bill 19 and 23 | 732 |
The Factory Act of 1819 | 734 |
Report on the Cotton Mills in the Parish of Bolton 1823 | 736 |
The Factory Act of 1831 | 739 |
Evidence of Richard Oastler on Yorkshire Slavery | 740 |
b The Chimney Sweepers 484 Report from the Committee of the House of Commons on the petitions against the employment of boys in sweeping ch... | 742 |
E TRADE UNIONS COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND SAVINGS BANKS a Trade Unions 485 Debates in the House of Co... | 746 |
Debates in the House of Commons on the Combination Bill 13 and 30 June 1800 | 747 |
The Combination Act of 1800 | 749 |
Resolutions of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Combination Laws 21 May 1824 | 752 |
Debate in the House of Commons on the Combination Laws 29 March 1825 | 754 |
bination Laws 1825 | 755 |
The Combination Act 1825 | 758 |
Evidence of William Longston before the Committee on the Bill to regulate the labour of children in the mills and factories of the United Kingdom 1... | 760 |
b Cooperative Societies 493 Dr William King to Henry Brougham 12 Dec 1828 | 762 |
William Lovetts Autobiography | 763 |
c The Friendly Societies 495 Earl Fitzwilliam to Joseph Becket 25 Dec 1792 | 765 |
Sir Frederick Morton Eden on the Friendly Societies | 766 |
d Savings Banks 497 Number of Savings Banks in each county with the number of depositors and amount of deposits 1830 | 768 |
Debate in the House of Commons on the Savings Banks Bill 2 April 1816 | 769 |
The Hertfordshire Savings Bank 1820 | 770 |
THE EMPIRE INTRODUCTION TO PART VII | 773 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 777 |
A THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN AUSTRALIA 500 Lord Sydney to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury 18 Aug 1786 on the decision to esta... | 781 |
An account of the expedition to Botany Bay 7 Nov 1787 | 783 |
Governor Arthur Phillip to Lord Sydney 15 May 1788 | 785 |
Letter from a woman convict in Australia 14 Nov 1788 | 787 |
Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Transportation 1812 7999888 | 788 |
sos Advertisement in the Inverness Courier 23 Sept 1829 | 791 |
B THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE WEST INDIES 506 Thomas Clarkson on the abolition of the slave trade | 793 |
Debates in the House of Commons on the slave trade 12 and 21 May 1789 | 795 |
George Canning to his uncle the Rev William Leigh 31 May 1799 | 802 |
Richard Ryder to his brother Lord Harrowby 27 Feb 1807 | 803 |
Resolutions of a Select Committee of the House of Commons 13 July 1830 | 804 |
Debate in the House of Commons on Thomas Fowell Buxtons Motion for the Abolition of Slavery 15 May 1823 | 805 |
The AntiSlavery Societys Address to the Nation 7 July 1830 | 811 |
Report of a Select Committee of the House of Commons on the com mercial state of the West India Colonies 13 April 1832 | 812 |
Debate in the House of Commons on the Quebec Government Bill | 815 |
J B Robinson to Earl Bathurst on the proposed reunion of Upper | 823 |
The Marquess Wellesleys speech in the House of Lords on Indian affairs | 832 |
The Marquess Cornwalliss Minute of 11 Feb 1793 | 839 |
Views of Warren Hastings the marquess of Hastings and Sir Thomas | 845 |
WARS AND FOREIGN POLICY | 853 |
A THE ARMY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF WAR AND POLICY | 859 |
Circular letter respecting prices of commissions in the army 29 Sept | 863 |
The duke of Wellington on the defence of the country | 870 |
The petitions of the Seamen to the House of Commons and to the Board | 877 |
THE REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS | 885 |
The landing of French troops in Ireland 1798 | 892 |
Charles Yorke to the Attorney and SolicitorGeneral 3 Oct 1803 | 900 |
The Times on the Battle of Trafalgar 7 Nov 1805 | 907 |
The Secret Committee of the Court of Directors to the Governor | 909 |
Letters from Earl Grey to Lord Grenville on the conduct of the war | 915 |
The First Treaty of Paris 30 May 1814 | 921 |
The Treaty of Ghent 24 Dec 1814 | 928 |
Napoleons letter to the Prince Regent 13 July 1815 translation | 937 |
The Holy Alliance Treaty 26 Sept 1815 | 949 |
Treaty of Alliance and Friendship between Great Britain Austria Prussia | 955 |
George IVs communication to the Cabinet on the Spanish American | 966 |
Wellingtons Memorandum on British relations with France 14 | 973 |
The Coalfields of England and Wales and the areas supplied by them in 1830 529 | 979 |
Mrs Canning to the duke of Portland c 20 April 1827 | 983 |
INDEX TO TEXTS | 985 |