496 Index. opposes Maynooth grant, 343 ; bills to amend Irish land laws, 354, 393 ; votes for Hume's reform motion 1848, 364 (note) ; teller for motion on charter 1849, 37i Crespigny, Sir W. de, 141 Crimean war, 407, 408, 409, 410, 417, 418, 419 Crown, the influence of the, 13 ; its cor- ruption a plea for reform, 22 ; Dun- ning's motion to diminish, 33 ; the Westminster committee objects to, 34 ; its power over ministers at the present time and at the end of the eighteenth century, 61 ; at the general election 1807, 89 Cumberland, Duke of, connected with Orange conspiracy, 271 Curtis, Sir W., opposes corn laws in 1815, 116 Curwen's bill to prevent bribery and cor- ruption, 95, 187 D Debates in Parliament, the, struggle over the right of publishing, 20 Debating societies, act to suppress, where money is taken, 123 Declaration of the law, unconstitutional, 123, 124 Delay, instance of its leading to more Radical measures, 445 Democracy, consideration of the meaning of, 5 2 Derby, 124, 410 Derby, Earl of. See Stanley, Lord Despard, Colonel, execution of, 76 Devon commission, the, 330 Devonshire, Duke of, 28 Development : Radicalism part of national development, 197 ; loss of one man, however eminent, cannot stop it, 204; development of Radical party, exempli- fied in Mr. Gladstone, 463 D'Eyncourt. See Tennyson Dilke, Sir Charles W., 483 Dillwyn, L. L., administrative reform, 417 (note) ; endowed schools, 434, 443, 445 ; Irish Church, 460 Disestablishment. See Church of Eng- land Disraeli, Benjamin (afterwards Earl of Beaconsfield) , attacks on Peel and his Government, 335, 340 ; Whig aris- tocracy, 351 ; the reform question, 363, 393. 445- 475. 477~4 Sl '< becomes leader of the Tories, and the consequences, 366 ; attack on Whig Ministry, 367 ; Protectionist proposals, 369, 370, 372, 384 ; 442 ; " Papal Aggression," 384 ; attacks Graham, 386 ; Russell's militia bill, 390 (note) ; defeat of Government on his budget, 397 ; declaration of " Conservative principles," 422 ; Glad- stone's 1857 budget, 424 ; " India Bill, No. 2," 431 Distress in the country, in 1815, 116 ; in 1820, 147 ; in 1825, 186 ; in 1841, 316, 318 Disturbances in the country, fear of, in 1817 greatly exaggerated, 125 ; in 1830, 224 ; in 1843, 327 Divett, E., 249 Donoughmore, Lord, 108 Dorset, Duke of, 196 Drummond, H., 375 Dublin, 285 Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, 289 Dudley, Lord, 205, 211 Dumfries, 378 Duncombe, T. S., enters Parliament, his position, connections, and influence, 189 ; estimate of parties, 267 ; Anglican episcopacy, 275 ; the reform question, 296, 316, 355, 424 ; Roebuck and Ward, 316 ; Chartist petition, 321, 322 ; ' ' Chartists of to-day Radicals of to- morrow," 322 ; redress of grievances, 332 (note) ; opening of letters by the post-office, 336 ; ecclesiastical courts, 336 ; Maynooth grant, 343 ; national education, 355 ; position in 1847 amongst the Chartists (letter from O'Connor) 358 ; letter to O'Connor on Chartist proceedings, 361 ; primogeni- ture, 406 (note) Dundas, Henry (afterwards Lord Melville), 72, 79, 196 Dunkellin, Lord, 472 Duration of Parliament, proposals in Par- liament for shortening, 22, 154, 221, 243, 255, 280, 288, 327, 363, 370, 371, 374 ; advocated by Westminster com- mittee, 34. See also annual parlia- ments Durham, J. S. Lambton, Lord, his Radicalism, family connections, position and influence, and work required of him, 151 et seq.; plan of reform 1821, 154 ; his sympathy with Radicals in 1822, 161 ; his influence on Whig re- form policy, 174 ; supports Canning, 199 ; 1832 Reform Bill, 227 ; Irish Coercion Bill, 253 ; his position and influence in 1834, 255 ; and in 1837, 277 ; differences with Brougham, 256 et seq. ; Government of Canada and desertion by Whig Government, 290 ; his last work, 290 ; his character, 291 Eastern Question, the, 401 et seq., 410, 418, 419 East Retford, 210, 220 " Ecclesiastical Titles" Bill, 383, 386, 388 Economic reform. See retrenchment Edinburgh, 256, 368 Edinburgh Review, the, 153 Education, national : Whitbread's bill passes Commons in 1807, 94 ; part of the Radical scheme in 1833, 246 ; par- liamentary proposals and motions, 247, 280, 302, 328, 355, 377, 387, 399, 406, 416, 420, 421, 468 ; Roebuck's com- mittee, 271 ; establishment of national system, 280 ; opposition of Tories and Lords to it in 1839,302 ; establishment
