these abuses had taken place. They stated, that they had heard with surprise, that the burgesses would be satisfied with the constitution of the Burgh, if the magistrates were subjected to an audit. They would only be satisfied with a real representation, instead of a nominal one, as at present, there being now no popular election; but the magistrates and town council, who were not chosen by the people, and among whom was a nobleman, and several gentlemen in the neighbourhood, nominating certain delegates, who, along with the delegates from certain other Burghs, nominated a representative to parliament. They contended, that it was a breach of the privileges of the House of Commons for a lord of parliament or lords-lieutenant of counties to interfere with elections. The petition was ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. I N D E X TO VOL. XXXVII. INDEX TO DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Address on the Prince Regent's Speech at | Libel Law, 1186. the Opening of the Session, 5. Offices in Reversion, 117. Prince Regent's Speech on Opening the Ses- sion, 1. Prince Regent's Message respecting Royal Marriages, 1295. Protest against the Indemnity Bill, 813. Repeal of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, 4, 56. Report of the Secret Committee on the State of the Country, 568. the Country, 123, 155. Report of the, 568. respecting certain alleged, 215. Slave Trade, 575. Stock Debentures, 1181. Window Tax in Ireland, 1100. Water Companies, 1183, 1210. INDEX TO DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Address on the Prince Regent's Speech at the , Beer; Petition against the Monopoly of, 930 1072. Blood Money, 615. in the Election of a Member of the House of Commons, 1219, 1266. Chimney Sweepers Regulation Bill, 216, 506 Conviction of Offenders Rewards Bill, 690. to the, 131. Resumption of Cash Payments by the, 778. crease of Poverty, 671. Coroners Reward Bill, 330. Cotton Factories ; Petition for restricting the Navy Estimates, 148, 1102, 1157. Northern Circuits; Motion respecting the, 1259. Pardons under the Great Seal; Motion res- pecting, 1207. Petitions complaining of the Operation of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, from Fran- cis Ward, 104; from John Knight, 191; from Samuel Haynes, 197 ; from Joseph Mitchell, 399 ; from Thomas Evans, 405; Stewart, 414; from William Benbow, 415; from John Bagguley, 441; from James Leach, 453 ; from Benjamin Scholcs, 458; from the Corporation of London, 578; from Richard Lee, 590; from Benjamin Whiteley, 592; from the Corporation of London, 672 ; from Samuel Bamford, 674; from Elijah Dixon, 676; from Robert Pile from Jarnes Robertson, 947 ; from William Edgar, 950; from James Sellers, 961; from Robert Swindells, 1069; Poor Laws, 66, 150, 735, 1055. Poor; Employment of the, 1289. Police of the Metropolis, Petition of Surrey pecting the Petitions complaining of Im- 740. Political Books; Petitions of J. B. Mellor, Prince Regent's Speech on Opening the Ses sion ; Address on ihe, 19, 81. Privately Stealing in Shops Bill, 610, Public Finances; State of the, 158. 88, 418, 752, 945, 1183, 1219. Act, 18,91. Report of the Secret Committee on the in. ternal State of the Country, 679. Right of Magistrates to visit County Gaols, 1143. Royal Burghs of Scotland, 423, 1291, 1298. Salt Duties, 952. Saving Banks Amendment Bill, 1156, 1177. Scotch Lunatic Asylum Bill, 142. Scotland ; Royal Burghs of, 423, 1291, 1298. Scotland; State Prosecutions in, 19, 65, 268. Seamen; Case of the Distressed, 19. the Country; Motion for, 162, 200. Re- port of, 676. Seditious Practices; Petition from Manches. ter respecting, 217. in, 610. ing the, 67, 232, 352. > Slave Trade; Motion respecting Spanish | Thames Watermen, 1187. Spain; Treaty with, for preventing the Slave Spies and Informers; Motion respecting the Surgery Practice Regulation Bill, 396, 1285. Tithe Laws Amendment Bill, 545, 1131. Treaty with Spain for preventing the Slave Votes of the House; Mode of Printing the, 146. Weights and Measures, 1080. INDEX OF NAMES.-HOUSE OF LORDS. Auckland, Lord, 788. Bathurst, Earl, 532, 575, 794, 1065. Lansdowne, Marquis of, 12, 123, 127, 438, 533, Carnarvon, Earl of, 125, 127, 438, 519, 669, Liverpool, Earl of, 5, 15, 117, 118, 120, 126, 718, 726, 731, 733, 734, 810. Downshire, Marquis of, 1100. Eldon, Lord, see Lord Chancellor. Grenville, Lord, 719. Grosvenor, Earl, 17, 117, 119, 156, 515, 517, Holland, Lord, 4, 17, 56, 215, 438, 439, 518, 158, 438, 516, 517, 518, 533, 607, 634, 720, Lord Chancellor (Eldon) 17, 118, 439, 652, Montrose, Duke of, 606, 609, 617, 623. Rolle, Lord, 804. Selsey, Lord, 6. Shaftesbury, Earl of, 1184, 1210. Sidmouth, Viscount, 17, 56, 61, 119, 124, King, Lord, 120, 121, 439, 518, 531, 732, 791. Westmoreland, Earl of, 808. INDEX OF NAMES.-HOUSE OF COMMONS. Abercromby, hon. James, 112, 430, 820. Acland, Sir Thomas Dyke, 1055. Allan, George, 693. Babington, Thomas, 331, 709, 1157. Althorp, Viscount, 18, 28, 31, 336, 862, 911, Bankes, George, 508, 510. 1043, 1197. Ashurst, William Henry, 496. Atkins, Alderman John, 398, 601, 1180, 1285. Barclay, Charles, 600, 937, 1115. Bennet, hon. Henry Grey, 54, 110, 216, 256, 261, 349, 366, 399, 497, 502, 505, 506, 557, | Douglas, hon. F. S. N, 171, 267, 697, 830, Benson, Ralph, 1049, 1200, 1281. Binning, Lord, 142. Blackburne, J. 834. Bourne, Sturges, 150, 1055, 1150, Brougham, Henry, 54, 55, 88, 92, 95, 101, Burdett, Sir Francis, 89, 137, 152, 155, 414, Burrell, Sir Charles, 510. 1207. Dugdale, S. D. 396. Dundas, William, 19, 1272, 1287. Egerton, Wilbraham, 952. Fazakerley, Nicholas, 338. Fitzgerald, Vesey, 111, 112, 145, 146, 324. Folkestone, Viscount, 46, 92, 99, 100, 104, Forbes, Charles, 189, 437, 709, 1157, 1161, Burroughs, Sir William, 96, 103, 184, 204, 260, Fremantle, William Henry, 912, Calcraft, John, 87, 155, 203, 337, 704, 736, 763, 952, 953. Calvert, Charles, 776, 945, 1072, 1075. Chancellor of the Exchequer [right hon. Ni- Cochrane, Lord, 19, 55, 752. Colquhoun, Sir Archibald, 314. Colthurst, Sir Nicholas, 672. Compton, Lord, 1052, 1199. Courtenay, William, 396, 836, 1285. Gascoyne, Isaac, 1053. Gifford, Sir Robert, see Solicitor-General. Gordon, Robert, 258, 266, 483, 577, 769. Grant, Charles, jun. 150, 254, 348, 1195. Gurney, Hudson, 875, 1219. Heathcote, Sir Gilbert, 244. Holmes, William, 1185. Howorth Humphry, 1263, 1266. Croker, John Wilson, 876, 879, 1041, 1109, Jackson, Sir John, 565. Curtis, Sir William, 260, 504, 596, 602. 158, 265, 332, 396, 508, 545, 557, 564, 577, Davenport, Davies, 585, 952. Deerhurst, Lord, 1198. Dickinson, William, 944. Lamb, hon. William, 500, 511, 999, 1022. Lascelles, Lord, 560, 582, 839, 956. Lemon, Sir William, 483. Lewis, Frankland, 210, 711, 737. Lockhart, John, 88, 96, 397, 416, 417, 555, |