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HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 051467
Cambridge:
Presswork by John Wilson & Son.
Classes from which parties were mainly drawn.
Revival of the Tory party on the accession of George III.
The king's efforts to break up parties
Alliance of the king's friends with the Tories
The Whigs in opposition
Resistance to change, a principle adopted by the Tories
Party principles tested by the American war
Secession of the Whigs from Parliament, 1776
The Whigs and the American war
Rise of the democratic party
The Whigs in power, 1782
Party crisis on the death of Lord Rockingham
The Coalition, 1783
Its overthrow
Principles of coalition considered
The Tory party under Mr. Pitt
Character of Lord Thurlow
The Whigs and the Prince of Wales
Influence of the French Revolution upon parties
Disruption of the Whigs ..
Democratic sentiments provoked by distress, 1817-1820
The Whigs associated with the people
Increasing power of public opinion.
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58
Disunion of the Tories on the death of Lord Liverpool
Mr. Canning supported by the Whigs.
The Duke of Wellington's administration
Effect of Catholic emancipation upon parties
The Whigs in power, 1830: their union with the people
Parties after the Reform Act
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70
The Tory party assume the name of Conservatives
Sir Robert l'eel's short ministry, 1834-35.
Parties under Lord Melbourne
Conservative reaction
Sir Robert Peel's second ministry
His free-trade policy
His relations with his party
Obligations of a party leader considered
Conservatives after Sir Robert Peel's fall
The Whigs in office, 1846-1852
Lord Derby's ministry, 1852. .
Union of Whigs and Peelites under Lord Aberdeen, 1853
Lord Palmerston as premier, 1855.
Combination of parties against him
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His popularity and sudden fall
Lord Derby's second ministry, 1858
Fusion of parties . .
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Lord Palmerston's second ministry, 1859
Essential difference between Conservatives and Liberals
Changes in the character of parties.
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ib.
92
Politics formerly a profession
93
THE PRESS, AND LIBERTY OF OPINION.
Freedom of opinion the greatest of liberties
The last to be recognized
Censorship of the press
The first newspapers
The press under the Stuarts and the Commonwealth
Junius's letters and the law of libel
Juries denied the right to judge of the offence of libel
Case of the Dean of St. Asaph
Stockdale's trial
Mr. Fox's Act to amend the law of libel
Progress of free discussion in the press
Public meetings and associations
The silk-weavers' riots, 1765.
Meetings and associations, 1768-70
Public meetings, 1779-80 .
Political associations considered
Protestant associations, their bigotry and violence
Lord George Gordon's riots, 1780
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133
134
Military action in absence of a magistrate
The Slave Trade Association, 1787: its means of agitation, and
Regulation of newspapers, 1789-98
Bill to suppress corresponding societies, 1799
Repressive measures completed: their effects
Trials of Mr. Wakefield and the "Courier," 1799
Trial of Jean Peltier, 1803
Trials of Cobbett and the Messrs. Hunt, 1804-11. Progress of free discussion reviewed
CHAPTER X.
THE PRESS, AND LIBERTY OF OPINION, CONTINUed.
Repressive policy of the regency