494 Index. attack on, by Government, 183, 184 ; renewal of, in 1828, 213 ; unnecessary suppression of, 215 Catholic emancipation, Pitt's pledge with regard to, and its consequences, 71, 72 ; Grenville and Fox, 76 ; Fox's and Grey's determination to support it, although in the Cabinet, 83 ; Govern- ment bill to admit Catholics into both services, 1807, 87. George III. 's aver- sion to it, 87; Grenville's declaration, 88 ; its increasing importance, 104 ; motions for it in 1812, 108 ; Canning's motion carried, 109 ; effect of death of George III. on the question, 144 ; bill passes Commons, divisions in Ministry, rejected by Lords, 156 ; Catholic Peers Bill passed Commons, rejected by Lords, 162 ; Marquis of Wellesley, Lord Lieu- tenant of Ireland, 162, 163 ; Canning's advocacy of, 167 ; position of the ques- tion in 1824, 180 ; bill of 1825, 185 ; Duke of York, 185 ; loss of bill, 186 ; general election of 1826, 189, 190; effect on Canning on Liverpool's retirement, 192 ; Burdett's motion in 1827, and split in the Cabinet, 193 ; no possible premier to oppose the question, 197 ; resolution in 1828 carried against Government, 212 ; determination of Government to concede it, 213 ; how received, 214 ; description of the Govern- ment bill, 216 ; its passing, 217 Cavendish, Lord, 106 Cavendish, five of the family members of Westminster committee, 28 "Cave of Adullam," formation 0^469; lists of members, 471, 473 ; their folly shown on Lord Derby's taking office, 473, 475 ; overtures to, by Derby, 475 Cayley, Protectionist, 375 Cecil, Lord Robert (afterwards Lord Cranbourne and Marquis of Salisbury), attack on Mr. Lowe, 457, 458 ; action on Lord Derby's reform bill, 478, 479 Chamberlain, Joseph, 483 Change, always necessary in political institutions, 55 ; the general fear of, in 1797, 66 Charitable Trusts and Municipal Reform Act, 274 Charter, the People's, publication of, its committee, its six points, 293 ; vin- dication of, 294 ; motions in the House in favour of, 371, 374 Chartists : seed of their agitation sown in 1836, 276 ; violent action, 295 ; alarm at their agitation, 296, 301 ; presentation of petition, list of supporters, 300 ; physical force, Chartists and O'Connor, 301, 347 ; agitation in 1841, 317 ; petition in 1842 and its consequences, 321, 322 ; position in 1847, 357 ; riotous proceedings in 1848, their effect on the Radicals, ^getseq.; end of the agita- tion, 362 Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of, trust of the people and dislike of parties, 12 ; view of taxation of colonies, 16 ; illness, 17 ; position on subjects raised by Wilkes, 19 ; plan of reform, 21 ; letter to Calcraft about Whigs, 23 ; contributes to origin of Radical party, 23 Children, factory, act to abolish slavery of, 242 China, the "Arrow" affair, 423, 424 Christie, W. S., 330 Church and State, Whig and Radical ideas on, 104 Church of England : its traditional authority superseded by the interests of churchmen, 61 ; national education, 302 ; proposal to disestablish in 1833, 243 ; bill to strengthen episcopacy, 275 ; Chartist petition in 1842 advocates disestablishment, 321 ; and education of factory and pauper children, 329 ; motion to abolish ecclesiastical courts, 336 ; committee on form of subscription, Church rates, proposals to abolish or amend, debates and divisions, 249, 279, 372, 407, 416, 421, 423, 433, 434, 443, 445, 450, 451, 453, 468, 475 Churchill, John, 28, 33, 36, 38, 43 Civil list, proposals with regard to, cause defeat of Wellington's Ministry in 1830, 226 ; settlement of, 289 Civil service reform, 404 Clarendon, Lord, 401 Clay, Sir W., moves for repeal of corn laws, 279 ; on abolition of Church rates, 406, 416, 421, 423, 424 Coalition, of Fox and North, 40, 41, 42 ; attempt to form one in 1804, 76 ; Peelites and Whigs in 1852, 398 Cobbett, J. M., 424 Cobbett, William, his Weekly Register, 98 ; fined and imprisoned in 1810, 105, 106 ; agitates for reform, 118 ; stands for Preston in 1826, 188 ; character of, 238 ; seconds resolution for disestablish- ment in 1833, 243 ; death of, 272 Cobden, Richard, first enters Parliament, 314 ; reform, 316 (note), 321, 328, 341 (note), 364 ; corn laws, 319, 332, 339 ; votes for hearing Chartist petition, 322 (note) ; national education, 330, 377, 378 ; votes for motion for redress of grievances, 332 (note) ; Peel's sugar bill in 1844, 335 ; supports Maynooth grant, 343 ; position in 1847, 358 ; the Chartists, 360 ; opposes increase of tax- ation in 1848, 365 ; great influence, 368 ; financial reform, 369, 375 ; in- ternational arbitration, 372 ; non-in- tervention, 379 ; tenant right, 393 ; his position an element to be considered in forming a ministry in 1852, 394 ; the Eastern Question, 403 ; abolition of primogeniture, 406 (note) ; rebukes Palmerston for attack on Bright, 407 ; administrative reform, 417 (note) ; car- ries resolution against Government on Chinese "Arrow" question, 424; loses his seat in consequence, 425 ; elected for Rochdale, 425 ; offered seat in Cabi-
