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THE
LIFE AND TIMES
OF
HENRY LORD BROUGHAM
1871
PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH.
CONTENTS OF SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER X.
The Orders in Council.
CONTEST WITH THE "ORDERS IN COUNCIL"-THEIR ORIGIN-THE
BERLIN AND MILAN DECREES-THE POLICY OF RETALIATION
ADOPTED IN THE ORDERS-PREPARATIONS FOR ATTACKING
THEM CORRESPONDENCE WITH MERCANTILE MEN-MOTION
FOR SELECT COMMITTEE-JAMES STEPHEN-ALEXANDER BAR-
ING PERCEVAL INCIDENTS OF HIS ASSASSINATION -ITS
POLITICAL EFFECTS-RECALL OF THE ORDERS-STATE OF
PARTIES-WARD (LORD DUDLEY) AND HIS FOLLOWERS-IN-
STANCES OF THE POPULARITY OF THE RECALL-QUESTION OF
TESTIMONIALS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES-AMERICAN DECLARATION
OF WAR-WILBERFORCE WRITES ABOUT HIS RETIREMENT FROM
THE REPRESENTATION OF YORKSHIRE-AN OPENING IN LIVER-
POOL ACCOUNT OF UNSUCCESSFUL CONTEST THERE
TURNED FOR WINCHELSEA,
RE-
PAGE
1-65
CHAPTER XI.
Home and Foreign Politics.
CORRESPONDENCE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS-AMERICA AND SPAIN
-TRIAL OF THE HUNTS-THE LUDDITES-TRIAL AT YORK-
AN ACCIDENT-THE PENINSULAR WAR-THE GREAT BATTLES
ON THE ELBE-HOME POLITICS-IMPRESSMENT-THE CONTI-
NENT-BERNADOTTE'S DESIGNS-HOLLAND-HOGENDORP—
MADAME DE STAËL-LADY HOLLAND-THE ALLIED ARMIES
ACROSS THE RHINE-HOME POLITICS-LORD COCHRANE, BUR-