viii CONTENTS. 



CHAP. V. 



Ersignation of the Speaker, and suhse(/uent Proceedings. — Lord Sidmoulh's 

 circular Leler discussed in Ivth Houses . - - - - [57 



CHAP. VI. 



Prince Regent's Message to both Houses, and proceedings in consequence [60 



C H A P. VII. 

 The Budget [84 



CHAP. VHI. 



Continuance of Irish Insurrection Act. — Mr. IFilberforce's Motion fur an 

 Address to the Prince Regent relative to the Foreign Slave T'rade. — Par- 

 liament closes. — Prince Regent's Speech. ----- [C)'> 



CHAP. IX. 



Dumestic Events. — Course of the Year. — Double suspension of the Habeas 

 Corpus. — Celebration of the Quesn's and Prince Regent's Birth-Days. — 

 Trials. — Special Commission held at Derbt/. . . . - [lOO 



CHAP. X. 



France. — Decree respecting Slaves introduced in the Colonies. — Negociations 

 with the Allied Powers. — Ordinance concerning the Debts of the City of 

 Paris. — Disturbances at Lyons. — Royal Ordinances fur the creation of 

 Majorats. — Election for the Chamber of Deputies, and Royal Speech. — 

 Project of a Law for the Press. — Law for the establishment of Re- 

 ligion - - [103 



CHAP. XI. 



Sj ain. — Disturbance in Valencia. — Edict prohibiting Books.— Conspiracy in 

 Barcelona. — Custunos and his Accomplices condemned. — Papal Bull re- 

 specting the Property of the Church in Spain.— Queen of Etruria. — Decree 

 relative to the Culture 0/ Tobacco in the Havannah. — Abolition of the Slave 

 Trade — Portugal. — Irruption of its Army into Montevideo. — Part taken 

 by the Allied Powers. — Dejection ef Pcrnambuco, and its Reduction. — 

 Plot in Portugal [Il() 



CHAP. XII. 



Russia. — Regulation for the Di.icharge of the Public Debt. — Facilities 

 granted to Mercantile Men. — 'The Emperor (juits his Capital, having Jirst 

 published a Decree for the Regulation of Proprietors and Colonists. — 

 Sweden. — Conspiracy against the Crown Prince, and his jlddress to the 

 Citizens nf Stockholm. — Proclamation by the King respecting Economy. 

 — His Address to Prince Oscar. — Speech read by the Prince. — Vienna. 

 — Bcilin ----._,.,.- 128 



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