INDEX.

Abbot (Charles, 1st Baron Colchester)—his conferences, “after church,” with Mr. Perceval, ii. 49, 110.

Abercrombie (Rev. James), of Philadelphia, i. 194.

Adam (William)—C.’s counsel on first Government prosecution, i. 307.

Adams (John), President of U. S.—C. supports his administration, i. 187.

Addington (Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth) becomes Premier, i. 271;

C.’s letters to him on the peace, 279;

his incapacity as a statesman, 302;

bestows a sinecure upon his son, 327;

other references, ii. 170, 178.

Adet (Pierre A.), French envoy to America, i. 181.

Agricultural interest—its troubles, ii. 153, 154, 259.

America—The War of Independence, i. 16;

Raynal and other writers invoke interest in Europe concerning the country, 96;

current political condition in the United States, 121;

rise of the two great parties, 122;

treaty with England, 127, 138;

flogging abolished in the States, ii. 133;

the war of 1812 and its effects, 198;

C.’s writings again attract notice in America, 200.

André (Major)—exhumation of his remains, ii. 218.

Andrews’s “British Journalism” quoted, ii. 117.

Anti-Cobbett literature, i. 136, 172, 174, 177, 189, 303; ii. 43, 46, 47, 48, 55, 56, 110, 123, 171, 217, 226, 243, 260.

Anti-Gallicanism in London, i. 287.

Anti-Jacobinism, i. 131, 241, 252, 263.

Astley (Sir J.), ii. 65.

Attwood (Thomas), M.P. for Birmingham, ii. 286.

Bache (Benjamin F.)—his Philadelphia newspaper, i. 139, &c.;

notice of his family, 151;

his editorial virulence, 204.

Bagshaw (Richard), newsman, ii. 59, 76, 114, 126.

Baker (Rev. Richard), the “Botley parson,” ii. 74, 150, 151.

Bamford (Samuel)—his “Recollections” quoted, ii. 156.

Beevor (Sir Thomas) supports C.’s candidature for parliament, ii. 252.

Beloe (Rev. Wm.), i. 237, 251, 289.

Benbow (Wm.) a sufferer under the Press Laws, ii. 206.

Bentham (Jeremy) quoted, i. 197, 306;

contributes to the London Porcupine, 276.

Berkeley (Admiral Sir George), i. 23.

Bibliography, ii. 305.

Birkbeck (Morris)—his emigration scheme, ii. 205.

Blagdon (F. W.)—his Weekly Political Register, ii. 47.

Blount (Wm.), Governor of Tennessee, i. 207.

Booksellers and Authors, i. 117, 150; ii. 77.

Bosville (Colonel), parliamentary reformer, ii. 11, 146.

Botley, Hants—C. visits there, i. 316;

settles there, ii. 1;

its situation, 2;

rural sports, &c., 5, 20.

Bouverie (William Pleydell, 3rd Earl of Radnor)—his close friendship with C., ii. 23;

notice of him, ib.;

Commons motion for inquiry into Corruption, 49;

his plantings at Coleshill, 231;

attends on behalf of C. at his trial, 264;

his letter in support of C.’s candidature at Manchester, 277;

other references, 97, 112.

Bowles (John), Anti-Jacobin writer, i. 241, 263.

Bradford (Thomas), bookseller and printer, of Philadelphia—notice of family, i. 101;

his business relations with C., 116, 139, 146, 175.

Brand (Rev. John), i. 263.

Brissot de Warville (Jean Pierre)—his American Travels quoted, i. 97, 98.

British Critic, introduces C.’s American writings to the English public, i. 233;

recants, 291.

Brougham (Henry, 1st Lord), ii. 48, 132, 223, 267.

Budd (John) succeeds to C.’s book-shop in Pall Mall, i. 308;

is prosecuted with C., ii. 114, 126.

Buonaparte (Napoleon)—alternations of public feeling concerning him, i. 290.

Burdett (Sir Francis), i. 312;

C. begins to support him, 320;

elected M.P. for Westminster, ii. 29;

his popularity, 64;

is sent to the Tower, 110, 111;

his endeavours against military flogging, 130;

advances money to C., 146, 218;

his half-heartedness in the Reform cause, 179, 256.

Callender (James Thomson)—notice of him, i. 131.

Canning (George)—his anti-Jacobin services, i. 240, 241, 252;

his opposition to parliamentary reform, ii. 256.

Carey (Matthew)—notice of him, i. 116, 189.

Carleton (Guy, 1st Baron Dorchester), i. 52, 76.

Caroline, Queen of George IV.—the first delicate investigation, ii. 18;

C.’s advocacy of her cause, ii. 224.

Cartwright (Major John)—his advocacy of parliamentary reform; notice of him, ii. 11;

other references, 77, 78, 207.

Catholic Emancipation, ii. 224.

Chatham, co. Kent—C.’s life there as a recruit, i. 35.

Cintra, convention of—outcry against it in England, ii. 70.

Clarke (Mary Ann), the Duke of York’s mistress, ii. 58, 60.

Cleary (Thomas), ii. 221.

Clergy of the English Church—their antipathy to reform, ii. 152, 239, 263.

Cliffton (William), American poet, i. 189.

Cobbett (Ann, born Reid), i. 54, 57; ii. 119, 122.

Cobbett (Anne), ii. 72, 78, 79, 122.

Cobbett (William)—his birthplace, i. 1;

parents, 5;

early years, 7-21;

his employment in London, 26;

enlists, 28;

his life as a recruit, 35, 41;

his studies, 43;

discharge, 54;

his sweetheart, 55;

marriage, 58;

his first attacks on “corruption,” 60, 62;

the Soldiers’ Friend, 79, 88;

goes to France, 85;

to Philadelphia, 100;

teaches English and compiles “Le Tuteur Anglais,” 102;

translates for the booksellers, 103;

opposes himself to attacks on England, 109;

“Observations on Dr. Priestley’s Emigration,” 113;

his anti-Jacobinism, 131;

his political pamphlets, 133, 134;

sudden notoriety, 135;

“A little plain English,” 139;

his popularity as a partisan-writer, 145, 184;

quarrel with his publisher, 147, 150;

“Political Censor,” 148;

becomes a bookseller, 161;

publishes his “Life and Adventures,” 165;

anti-Cobbett literature, 177;

starts Porcupine’s Gazette, 185;

is prosecuted for “libel,” 202;

lampoons Dr. Rush, 211;

is sued by him, 215;

removes to New York, 218;

returns to England, 229;

what they had said of him in England, 232, et seq.;

Government offers, 245;

voyage home, 247;

influential visitors, 250;

dines with the ministers of state, 253;

his subsequent reflections, 256, 258;

more Government offers, 260;

resolves on “independence,” 261;

will support Mr. Pitt, 267;

starts the Porcupine newspaper, 268;

close of its career, 278;

his book-shop, 279;

heads the new opposition under Mr. Windham, 280;

the Political Register, 283;

his fixed principles, 286;

anti-Gallicanism, 288, 289;

excites envy, 292;

deserves a “statue of gold,” 293;

his anti-Gallican appeal to the nation, 295;

begins to study finance, 301;

first Government prosecution, 304;

success of the Register, 308;

relinquishes the book-shop, ib.;

miscellaneous publications, 309;

“Parliamentary Debates,” 310;

must live in the country, 311;

visits Botley, 316;

his determined war upon corruption in Church and State, 322, 327;

his reasons for deserting Mr. Pitt, 324;

altered attitude of people toward him in consequence, 328.

At Botley, ii. 1;

his pursuits and tastes, 4, 5;

determines to settle at Botley, 6;

“Parliamentary History,” and other projects, 8;

his advocacy of parliamentary reform, 10;

enemies thus raised up, 12;

at Honiton election, 13;

address to electors of Westminster, 14;

bitter hostility of the Morning Post, 19;

his home, &c., described by Miss Mitford, 22;

new friends, 21, 23;

is asked to contest Westminster, 25;

quarrel with Sheridan, 27;

he cannot live in London, 31;

threats of further prosecution, 35;

his devotion to the interests of the Labouring Poor, 39;

his high qualities as an employer, 42;

calumnies, 43;

increasing animosity toward him, 45;

anti-Cobbett literature of the period, 46, 48;

leads the Reformists, 50;

his usual pursuits, sports, &c., 51;

pecuniary pinches, 52;

supports inquiry into the affairs of the Duke of York, 58;

his plantings, &c., 63, 65, 68;

disinclination to enter parliament, 67;

his sphere as a comment maker, ib.;

“State Trials,” 70;

his children, 72;

speaks in public, 74;

independence of Party, 75;

defiance, 81, 82;

answers the court-martial story, 85;

his attachment to soldiers, 89;

reminiscences of flogging, 92;

the flogging “libel,” 93;

the Messrs. Swann, 98;

prosecution, 114;

verdict of the jury, 118;

sentence, 126;

in Newgate, 127;

renewed protests against flogging, 131;

life in prison, 135;

“Paper against Gold,” 136;

growing acrimony, 140;

pecuniary difficulties, 142;

his quarrel with Mr. Wright, 143;

release from Newgate, 147;

growing antipathy of the clergy, 149;

opposes the proposed Corn Law, 153;

hostility of the landed interest, ib.;

renewed urging of Reform, 155;

the first cheap Register, 158;

his abhorrence of violent measures, 176;

is again threatened, 181;

will go to America, 183;

his farewell, 185;

admirers in the United States, 199;

his settlement near New York, 202;

new works projected, 206;

“English Grammar,” and “Year’s Residence,” 207;

proposes to return, 209;

exhumes the bones of T. Paine, 212;

his arrival in England, 215;

quarrel with Burdett, 219;

actions brought against him by Cleary and Wright, 223;

his advocacy of Queen Caroline’s cause, 224;

is “in disgrace” over Paine and Burdett and Wright, 225;

Cobbett’s Evening Post, 229;

bankruptcy, 230;

his seed-farm at Kensington, 231;

books on rural and domestic affairs, 233;

is awarded the Society of Arts’ silver medal, 234;

aversion to the potato, 235;

“History of the Protestant Reformation,” 239;

other publications, 244;

“Rural Rides,” 246;

resolves upon entering parliament, 249;

contests Coventry, 251, and Preston, 255;

is prosecuted for “sedition,” 259;

his triumph, 266;

address to the Manchester electors, 275;

his reception in Lancashire, 279, and in Scotland, 281;

election for Oldham, ib.;

in parliament, 283;

his work is done, 291;

death, 304;

v. also Anti-Cobbett.

Cobbett (William, junior) at school, i. 312;

his early promise, ii. 32, 52, 72;

publisher of the Register, 178;

return from America with his father, 214.

Cochrane (Thomas, 10th Earl of Dundonald)—his candidature at the Honiton election, ii. 13, 18;

visits C. at Botley, 20;

M.P. for Westminster, 30;

a zealous Reformer, 156, 157;

other references, 78, 148, 179.

Colchester (Baron)—v. Abbot.

Commons (House of)—its corrupt state, ii. 36, 68;

its conservative habits, 284.

Corruption in Church and State—its prevalence, i. 57, 61, 321, 326, 327; ii. 36.

Coventry election of 1821, ii. 251.

Cox and Baylis (Messrs.), printers of the Register, ii. 101.

Currency, C.’s writings, ii. 137.

Currie (William), M.D., of Philadelphia, i. 210.

Curtis (Sir Wm.), M.P., ii. 128.

Dallas (Alex. J.), American politician, i. 129, 139.

Davies (Benjamin), bookseller, of Philadelphia, i. 148.

Day (Rev. Charles)—his attack upon C., ii. 263.

Debbieg (Colonel), i. 36.

Democracy—its progress, ii. 296.

De Morgan (Augustus) quoted, ii. 116.

Denman (Thomas, 1st Lord), counsel to Queen Caroline, ii. 224;

prosecutes C. for “sedition,” 264.

Dennie (J.), American man of letters, i. 122.

Drakard (—), Lincolnshire editor, sent to jail in the cause of humanity, ii. 129.

Droxford, co. Hants, ii. 8.

Duane (William), democratic writer, i. 189, 217.

Duncombe (Thos. Slingsby)—his memoirs quoted, ii. 255.

Dundas (Henry, Lord Melville), i. 78, 319, 325, 327.

Dundonald (Earl of)—v. Cochrane.

D’Yrujo (Chevalier), Spanish envoy to the American Republic, i. 201.

Eaton (Daniel), bookseller, stands in the pillory, ii. 150.

Edinburgh Review—its attack upon C., ii. 56.

Ellenborough (Lord)—v. Law.

Elliot (Gilbert, 1st Earl of Minto) testifies to C.’s loyalty, i. 306.

Elliott (William), M.P., ii. 29, 33.

Ellis (George), i. 241, 253.

Emigration to America, ii. 205.

Everley, co. Wilts, a famous place for coursing, ii. 51.

Ewing (William), barrister, of Philadelphia—anecdote of him, i. 192.

Examiner newspaper is persecuted, ii. 108, 130;

persecutes C., 110, 123, 148.

Farnham, co. Surrey—its situation and its people 100 years ago, i. 1.

Fauchet (J. A. J.), French envoy to America, i. 141.

Fearon (Henry B.), surgeon—his visit to America, ii. 205.

Fenno (John), newspaper editor, i. 166, 171.

Fenno (J. W.), son of the above, i. 189, 212, 223.

Fielden (John), M.P. for Oldham, ii. 278.

Finnerty (Peter)—notice of him, ii. 72;

other references, 16, 36, 59, 76, 108, 121.

Fitzgerald (Lord Edward), i. 54.

Flogging in the army—animadversions of the press, ii. 90;

case of, at Ely, and C.’s comments thereon, 91, 93;

gets into discredit, 129, 134.

Flogging of the poor—measure suggested in Parliament, ii. 130.

Flower (Benjamin)—his political review, ii. 47;

visits the United States, 205.

Folkestone (Viscount)—v. Bouverie.

Fox (Charles James), i. 82, 323; ii. 24.

French refugees in America, i. 104, 105.

French Republic—its relations with that of America, i. 181, 183.

Freneau (Philip)—his democratic poems, i. 189.

Frere (John Hookham), i. 241, 252.

Garlike (Benjamin), diplomatist, an early friend of C., i. 33.

Genest (Edmond Charles), French diplomatist—notice of him, i. 125.

Gibbs (Sir Vicary), Attorney-General in the Perceval administration, ii. 90, 102, 114;

his antipathy to the press, 115, 117.

Gifford (John), anti-Jacobin writer, republishes C.’s American pamphlets, i. 236;

notice of him, 240;

other references, 263, 264, 278; ii. 35.

Gifford (William), i. 181, 248, 263, 265.

Gilfillan (Rev. George)—his recollections of C., ii. 282.

Glasse (Rev. G. H.), i. 251.

Goodman (Thomas), agricultural labourer, convicted of incendiarism, ii. 262.

Gould (Sir Charles), Judge-Advocate-General in 1792, i. 62.

Grenville—v. Wyndham.

Grey (Charles, 2nd Earl Grey), ii. 34.

Grose (Sir N.) passes sentence upon C., ii. 124.

Hague (Thomas)—his pamphlet against the Duke of York, ii. 76.

Hamilton (Alexander), i. 122.

Hamlin (—)—his case of attempting to corrupt Mr. Addington, i. 327.

Hammond (George), Under-Secretary of State, i. 252, 260.

Hansard (T. C.) becomes the printer of the Register, ii. 101;

is prosecuted along with C., 114, 126;

takes over the “Parliamentary Debates,” i. 310; ii. 143.

Harding (J.) succeeds to Cobbett and Morgan’s book-shop, i. 308.

Hardwicke (Earl of)—v. Yorke.

Hawkesbury (Lord)—v. Jenkinson.

Hazlitt (William), ii. 195.

Heriot (John)—notice of him, i. 242;

quarrel with C., 294.

Hewlings (Abraham), a Westminster politician, ii. 25.

Hogan (Major D.)—his exposure of the Duke of York’s mistress, ii. 58.

Hone (William), ii. 116, 195.

Honiton, co Devon, election, ii. 13.

Howell (Thomas B.), editor of C.’s “State Trials,” ii. 70, 77, 78.

Howick (Lord)—v. Grey.

Huish (Robert)—his “memoirs of Cobbett” quoted, ii. 117.

Hunt (Henry), ii. 65, 177, 221.

Hunt (J. H. Leigh), ii. 123, 148.

Ireland (William), Dean of Westminster, i. 251, 263.

Irish affairs in 1804, i. 304.

Irishmen (The United)—political association, i. 136.

Jay (John), American statesman—his mission to England, i. 128;

notice of him, 129;

democratic feeling against him, 138.

Jefferson (Thomas), American statesman—his “Writings” quoted, i. 123.

Jeffery (Francis) attacks C. in the Edinburgh Review, ii. 56.

Jenkinson (Robt. B., 2nd Lord Liverpool), i. 278; ii. 170.

Johnson (Robert), Irish judge—his animadversions on the Irish administration, i. 304.

Johnstone (Col. Cochrane), ii. 20.

Juverna, pseudonym of Judge Johnson, i. 304.

Kent (H.R.H. Edward, Duke of) meets C. at Halifax, i. 52, 76.

Kew, co. Surrey—C.’s employment there as a boy, i. 15.

Laurence (Dr. French), i. 252, 283.

Lauriston (Jacques A.), French envoy to England, i. 276.

Law (Edward, 1st Baron Ellenborough) presides at C.’s trials for “libel,” i. 306; ii. 114;

his antipathy to a free press, 115, 117.

Lawless (John) reprints C.’s Register in Ireland, ii. 195.

Libel: What is it? i. 197;

prosecutions of C. for, i. 201, 213, 306; ii. 114—v. also Bagshaw, Finnerty, Law, Drakard, Examiner, &c.

Liston (Robert), English diplomatist—his attentions to C. in America, i. 191, 245;

testifies to C.’s loyalty, 306.

Liverpool (Earl of)—v. Jenkinson.

London—“sedition” in 1792, i. 58, 59, 84.

Mackay (Charles)—his “Recollections” quoted, concerning flogging in the navy, ii. 92.

M’Kean (Thomas), Pennsylvanian politician, i. 199, 201, 214.

Madison (James), American statesman, i. 122.

Madocks (W. A.), M.P.—his motion against corruption in the State, ii. 85.

Malone (Edmond), i. 252.

Marsh (Herbert), Bishop of Peterborough, i. 263.

Marvel (Andrew)—anecdote of him as M.P., ii. 112.

Maseres (Francis, Cursitor Baron), visits C. on his arrival in London, i. 250, and in Newgate, ii. 135;

notice of him, ib.

Mathias (Thomas J.) corresponds with C., i. 244;

“Pursuits of Literature” quoted, 249.

Melville (Viscount)—v. Dundas.

Mifflin (George), Governor of Pennsylvania, i. 204.

Minto (Earl of)—v. Elliot.

Mitford (John, 1st Baron Redesdale), i. 76, 305; ii. 128.

Mitford (Dr.), ii. 21, 22, 51, 74, 119.

Mitford (Mary Russell) visits C. at Botley, ii. 22.

Moreau de St. Méry (M. E.), French émigré at Philadelphia—notice of him, i. 103.

Morgan (John), i. 220, 224, 279, 308.

Morrice (Captain Thomas), i. 81.

Nares (Archdeacon), i. 237.

Newspaper Press of London—its hostility to C., ii. passim;

its great advance in character, 292;

forgives C. when he is gone for ever, 297.

Nova Scotia—C.’s life there as a soldier, i. 42.

Oldden (John), of Philadelphia, i. 164.

Paine (Thomas)—influence of his political writings, i. 99;

on the currency, 302;

notice of him, ii. 209;

C. recommends his writings on the currency, 211;

his remains exhumed and brought to England, 214, 217.

Parliamentary Reform—impulse given to the cause by support of C.’s Register, ii. 10;

and again in 1817, 197;

its progress not served by Party, 227;

how it came, at last, 257, 280.

Parr (Samuel, D.D.)—his support of Queen Caroline, ii. 224.

Paull (James)—his candidature for Westminster, ii. 15;

C.’s account of him, 25;

other references, 29, 33.

Peace of Amiens, i. 277.

Peel (Sir Robert)—C.’s motion concerning him, ii. 287.

Penn (John), i. 251.

Perceval (Spencer) prosecutes C. for “libel,” i. 306;

his antipathy to C., ii. 49;

inquiry into his alleged corruption is stifled, 85;

his gratification at C.’s conviction, 128.

Perry (James), editor of the Morning Chronicle, ii. 107, 109.

Philadelphia, U. S., described, i. 94;

strong party spirit there, 107, 131, 176;

anti-British feeling, 180;

yellow fever, 208;

the newspapers, 217.

Pitt (William)—his pamphleteers, i. 237, 241, 242;

C. dines with him, 253;

C.’s reasons for ceasing to support him, 324;

other references, i. 124, 130, 314, 317.

Place (Francis) quoted, ii. 59;

anecdote, 116;

his electoral purity, 221.

Planting, ii. 65, 69, 233.

Plunkett (William C., 1st Baron)—suit against C., i. 307.

Political Partisanship—its penalties, &c., i. 206.

Poor, Labouring, of England—their prosperous condition in the middle of the 18th century, i. 5;

their increasing poverty, 17;

growth of pauperism, ii. 37, 38;

proposals to flog them, 130;

their miserable condition after the peace, ii. 237, &c.

Potato—C.’s aversion to the, ii. 236.

Press, Liberty of the, i. 197;

its position at the close of the 18th century, 231;

prosecutions, 304, ii. 107, 115, &c.;

cessation of political prosecutions, ii. 274.

Preston election of 1826, ii. 254.

Priestley (Joseph, LL.D.)—his emigration to the U.S., i. 108;

notice of him, 110;

in retirement, 217.

“Pursuits of Literature”—v. Mathias.

Quakers in Pennsylvania, i. 95, 97;

their troubles at the period of Independence, 200.

Radnor (Earl of)—v. Bouverie.

Randolph (Edmund), American politician, i. 142.

Raynal (G. T., Abbé)—influence of his writings, i. 85, 96.

Redesdale (Lord)—v. Mitford.

Reeves (John), i. 263, 265, 295, 306, 319; ii. 96, 120.

Reviews, as organs of public opinion, i. 231.

Ridgway (James), bookseller, i. 80, 81, 133.

Robson (R. B.) associated with C. concerning barrack abuses, ii. 12, 16, 17.

Rogers (George), of Southampton, ii. 230.

Romilly (Sir Samuel), ii. 85, 130, 178.

Rose (Rt. Hon. George), i. 249; ii. 74, 83, 84.

Rowley (Wm., M.D.) quoted, i. 209.

Rowson (Mrs.), actress and novelist, i. 136.

Rush (Benjamin, M. D.)—his celebrity, i. 209;

his phlebotomy, 210;

his politics, ib.;

suffers from C.’s lash, 211;

obtains a verdict with damages against him, 217.

Scarlett (James, 1st Lord Abinger)—his antipathy to C. and the Reformers, ii. 224.

Scipion (L. H. Comte du Roure) edits C.’s “Maître d’Anglais,” i. 102.

Shadgett’s Weekly Review, ii. 195.

Sheridan (R. B.) succeeds Fox as M.P. for Westminster, ii. 24, 27;

other references, i. 292; ii. 28.

Sidmouth (Viscount)—v. Addington.

Six Acts—their purport, ii. 214.

Soldiers—anecdotes, i. 38, and v. Flogging.

Somerville (Alexander) quoted, ii. 44.

Spies employed by Government, ii. 196.

Sports—fishing, ii. 3;

single-stick, 4;

coursing, 21, 51;

dogs, 99.

Stuart (Lord Henry) with the English embassy at Philadelphia, i. 191;

testifies to C.’s loyalty, 306;

interchange of visits, 312; ii. 17.

Swann (James), celebrated paper-maker, an attached friend of C.’s, ii. 98;

correspondence, 99 et seq.

Symonds (H. D.), bookseller, in Newgate, i. 133.

Tait’s Magazine quoted on C.’s reception in Scotland, ii. 281.

Talleyrand—his exile in America, i. 104;

introduces himself to C., 158.

Taylor (Miss)—case of, ii. 81.

Thelwall (John)—his “memoirs” quoted, i. 58, 85.

Thornton (William)—his proposed American language, i. 160.

Tilghman (Edward), lawyer of Philadelphia, C.’s counsel in Rush v. Cobbett, i. 215, 224.

Tooke (J. Horne) quoted, ii. 29, 181.

Toryism—its narrow-minded fears, ii. 170, 196.

Twyford, co. Hants—celebrated school there, i. 312, 316.

Upcott (W.), i. 241.

Vansittart (Nicholas, 1st Lord Bexley), i. 263.

Walker (Peter), ii. 136.

Wardle (Colonel G. L.)—his exposure of the Duke of York, ii. 59, 60.

Washington (George), American President, i. 122, 126, 183, 203;

his death, 218.

Watson (Richard), surgeon, violent Reformist, ii. 175.

Webster (Noah)—his proposed improvement in orthography, i. 160.

Weld (Isaac)-his account of Philadelphia, i. 97.

Westminster politics, ii. 15, 24, 26, 59, 64.

Whiggism—its fine profession, ii. 256, 258, 271.

Whitbread (Samuel)—notice of him, ii. 39;

calumniated, 110.

White (Henry), Whig writer, ii. 227.

White (Holt), C.’s solicitor, ii. 77, 95, 113.

Wilberforce (William)—his horror of “disaffection,” ii. 38, and of C.’s advocacy of Reform, 171.

Windham (Right Hon. William) notices C. on his return to England, i. 251, 253;

his strong anti-Gallicanism, 255;

his new opposition party, 281;

gets up a subscription to start C.’s Register, 283;

defends C. in the House of Commons, 292;

testifies to his loyalty, 306;

his taste for pugilism, ii. 4;

coolness between him and C., 13;

attacks the parliamentary reporters, 109.

Wolcott (Oliver), American politician, i. 154, 182, 200, 201.

Wooler (T. J.), ii. 195, 251.

Wright (John), bookseller in Piccadilly, i. 226, 229, 241;

becomes C.’s man of business, 310;

correspondence with C., 314 et seq.;

rupture of their friendship, ii. 143, 144;

his suit against C., 223.

Wyndham (William, Baron Grenville) i. 276, ii. 34.

Yellow-fever in Philadelphia, i. 209.

Yonge (Sir George), Secretary-at-War, i. 68.

York (H.R.H. Frederick, Duke of)—his troubles over Mrs. Clarke, ii. 57, 60.

Yorke (Philip, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke), i. 305.

Yorke (Right Hon. Charles) testifies to C.’s loyalty, i. 306.

Yorke (Henry Redhead)—notice of him, ii. 47;

his opposition to C., 47, 123.

THE END.

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