Index. 507 Scholefield, Joshua, 322 (note) Scholefield, William, 364 (note), 371 (note), 378 (note), 406 (note), 417 (note), 424 Scott, W., 33 Scully, Vincent, 417, 425 Secession, unjustifiable in Liberals, in- expedient generally, and Fox's case in 1797, 66 Secret committees of Lords and Com- mons, 121, 125 Seditious Meetings Act, 122 Septennial Act. See duration of Parlia- ment Sheffield, Lord, 58 Shell, R. L., 351, 352 Shelburne, Earl of, 28, 36, 39, 40 Sheridan, R. B. Connection with West- minster committee, 28, 29, 33 ; in office under Rockingham, 35 ; reform ques- tions, 37, 59 (note) ; Habeas Corpus, 64 ; attends the House on Fox's seces- sion, 66 ; suggests relays of members to overcome obstruction, 84 ; Irish Coercion Act, 93; exclusion of strangers, 98 Shipping laws, the, 404 Sibthorpe, Colonel, 305 Sicily, 366 Sidmouth, H. Addington, afterwards Viscount, becomes premier in 1801, 72 ; oppression of his Government, 73 ; has to negotiate treaty of peace with France, 74 ; instability of his Ministry without Pitt, 75 ; recommences war with France, 76 ; fall of his Govern- ment in 1804, 77 ; alliance with Pitt, he becomes Viscount Sidmouth, 78 ; joins Opposition in attack on Pitt's friend Melville, his resignation, 79 ; takes office under Grenville in 1806, 82 ; op- poses abolition of slave trade, 84 ; 1 cabals with King against Grenville, 87 ; bill to control dissenting ministers, 105 : his acts of coercion and oppression in 1812, 108 ; sides with Castlereagh against Canning in 1812, 109 ; letter to lords-lieutenant to suppress certain publications, 123 ; approval of Man- chester massacre, 135 ; retires from Home Office, 159 ; retires from Cabinet, 177 Sinecure bills, no, 246 " Six Acts," the, 137, 199 Slavery and the slave trade, 78, 84, 87, 242, 298 Socialism, 141 Societies, certain, declared unlawful, 123 Somersetshire, 189 Southampton, 141 Southwark, 127, 141, 150, 189, 228 (note), 231 Spa Fields meetings, 119 et seq. Spain, 168 et seq., 176, 191 ; Spanish colonies, see America (South) Spencean philanthropists, 119, 120, 123 Spencer, Herbert, quoted 22 Spencer, Lord, 58, 63, 72 Spies, Government, 119, 124, 125 Spitalfields Act, bill to repeal, 176 Stagnation in political institutions, long continuance of impossible, 48 ; it in- evitably leads to reaction, 55; its occur- rence under Palmerston, 410 Stamp Act, the, 15, 16, 17 Stanley, Lord (afterwards Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe ; afterwards Earl of Derby), in Grey's Ministry, 226 ; retires from same, 251 ; his connection with office at various times, 257, 386, 390, 410, 428, 430, 441, 475 ; national education, 302 ; corn laws, 328, 346 ; Lord Stan- ley of Bickerstaffe, 337 ; Tenants' Com- pensation (Ireland) Bill, 343; Protec- tionist and Reactionist, 353, 372 ; recognizes power of Radicals, 368 ; Palmerston, 379, 410, 446 ; reform question, 429, 475 ; Jewish disabilities, 432; Church rates abolition, 433; stroke for power, 437 ; description of the session, 453 Stanley, Lord (afterwards Earl of Derby, son of the above), 470, 472 State of the nation at various times, 47, 59, 64, 66, 107, 115 et seq. (after the war, 1815), 191, 224, 307 (1840), 308, 321, 323, 330, 337, 344, 354 (1847), 370 Stansfeld, James, 456, 465 Statute law, revision of the, 460 Stockport, 133 Stracy, Sir Henry, 457 Stradbroke, Earl of, 373 Strangers, exclusion of, from the House, 98 Strutt, E., 239 Stuart, Lord Dudley, 402, 404 Stuarts, the struggle with the, 2, 3, 4, 8 ; transfer of Tory allegiance from them, 13 Sturge, Joseph, 327 Subsidies to allies, 65 Suffrage, household, manhood or uni- versal, proposals for, 31, 154, 221, 288, 293. 3o. 3 2f . 3 2 7. 3 6 3> 37i. 374. 480, 481 Sugar bill, discussions on in 1844, 334 Sunday opening of British Museum, etc., motion for, 416 Supply, proposals to postpone or stop, 195, 278, 331, 332 Sutton, Manners, 235, 263 Tagus, the, expedition to, 191 Talents, the "All Talents" administration, 82 Tavistock, Marquis of, 128, 136 Tea duty, reduction of, 400 " Tea-Room Conspiracy," 481 Temple, Lord, 16, 28 Tenant right, English, 344 "Ten Minutes' Bill," 479 Tennyson, C. (afterwards C. T. D'Eyn- court), reform questions, 210, 364 (note) ; proposals to shorten duration of Parliament, 243, 2^5, 280, 370; national education, 378 (note) Territorial influence, defeat of, at 1830 election, 224
