... Henry Hodges, a bachelor, a bastard, and intestate Total... £7,169 3.8 LAND REVENUES. Fines, Forfeitures, and Amerciaments paid by the Sheriffs in £199 11 7 New Members. OFFICE FOR TAXES. Issues levied upon Collectors of Assessed Taxes, under the Act Issues in the hands of the sheriffs, as appear by returns to £ s. d. £2,182 12 9 NEW MEMBERS. Since the publication of the " KEY TO THE LOWER HOUSE," the follow- mons. William J. Bankes, for Cambridge, vice J. H. Smith, deceased. George Canning, for Harwich, vice N. Vansittart. John C. Herries, for Harwich, vice Bathurst. Edward C. Disbrowe, for Windsor, vice General Taylor. S. Wortley, for Bossyney, vice J. W. Ward. William Leader, for Winchelsea, nice Lucius Concannon. George Huskisson, for Liverpool, vice George Canning. William L. Poynitz, for Chichester. Walter Boyd, for Lymington. John Bond, for Corfe Castle, vice William J. Bankes. Index. INDEX. A Abuses, all private property according to the corruptionists, 126-can be no reform of Act of Settlement, various constructions of, an important clause in, 158. Administrations, character of, from the Revolution, 6-emoluments of, the sole object of public men, ib. Advertisements of MS. sermons, curious examples of, 229, 230. Agriculture, Board of, return made to, 349. Alien Office, charge of, 116. Alison, rev. M. patronized by Bishop Douglas, 237. Americans, plan of reducing their debt, 51. Anne, (Queen) a great admirer of Mother Church, 345. Ansons, numerous preferments of, 237. Armstrong, rev. W. J. an Irish pluralist, 350-his inordinate rapacity, ib. B Bank Restriction Act, not more unprincipled than a reduction of the debt, 83. Bankes, rev. E. a relative of the member of parliament, his numerous preferments, 240. Bathurst, numerous offices and pensions of this family, 138. Bayly, rev. John, his exemplary industry, 351. Beresfords, statement of their ecclesiastical income, 352. Brougham, Mr. character of, 141-his humourous description of Courtenay's progress Bubbles, government, carried on by, 56. Bull and Bear, what, 78. Burgess, Bishop, his history, 248. C Cadets, enormous expense of each, 114. Canterbury, Archbishop of, educated at the Charter-House, 312-cause of his sudden Carrs, rev. well-provided in the Church, 250. Cartwright, rev. E. an ingenious mechanic, and brother of the Major, 251. Catholic Clergy, monstrous persecution to which they are subjected in Ireland, 343. Chaplainships, an important source of clerical income, 219. Church, Established, temporalities of a waste which wants enclosing, 208—contrast of Index. age of, virtually in the king, 222-patronage saleable, and public offices for the Civil List, nature of, defined, 9-its extravagant amount, ib.-augmented half-a-million, Cleaver, Bishop, the preferments given to his relations, 253. Colonial Office, new establishment of, 116. Commissions, manner of filling up, a subject of great abuse, 112. Consolidated Fund, payments out of, 106. Copleston, rev. Dr. a writer of forgotten pamphlets, 256. County Members, inconsistency of their votes with their professions to their consti- Courtenay, T. P. a " family man," well-provided for, 148. Core, rev. Mr. travelling tutor to the late Mr. Whitbread, 256. Crabbe, rev. Geo. a popular poet, 256. Creevey, T. his exposure of the Sinecure Pension Bill, 124. Croft, rev. Mr. an archbishop's son-in-law, an instance of clerical abuse, 225. Crown Lands, leased out at very low rents, 20—a sufficient fund for the maintenance of the Civil List, ib. Crown Revenues, statement of, amount of, 413. Custs, rev. numerous canonries held by them, 258. Customs, amount of, on different articles, 99. D Daly, rev. James, an Irish pluralist, with £68,560 per annum, 354. Damiland, Augusta, her numerous pensions from the 4 per Cent. Fund, 18. Debt, mode of reducing of, 81-grand resource of Government instead of an incum- Delusions, Public, on the causes of England's prosperity; on the Revolution of 1688; Denman, lawyer, his infamous conduct as common sergeant, 151. Derry, Bishop of, a companion of lady Hamilton, 339. Diocesan, returns of, Ireland, 336. Dock-Yards, expenditure of, increased eight-fold, 115-lay-pluralists in, 385. Droits of Admiralty, purposes to which they have been applied, 16-their amount, 32. Dudley, rev. Sir Henry B. fights several duels, 262-intimate with Chevalier D'Eon, Durham, Bishop of, history of, 302. Index. E East India Company, pensions and salaries payable by, 381. Economy and retrenchment, 108-contrast between expenditure of 1791 and 1821, 109. Egerton, rev. F. H. immense income, 263-lives at Paris, ib. Ely, Bishop of, his history, 310. Erskine, lord, "makes hay while the sun shines," 278. Escheats to the Crown, in cases of bastardy, amount of, 39-statement of in 1822, 417. Excise, amount of, on different articles, 99. Expenditure, extravagant, the strength of corruption, 7. F Factions, bane of the country since the Revolution, 6. Finances, general principles of, 89-observations on, 91. Finches, rev. their numerous preferments in Church and State, 266. Fines paid for leases of Crown-lands, 38-amount of, ib. Fisher, Bishop, preferments bestowed on his relatives, 266. Fitz-Clarences, their pensions out of the 44 per Cent. Fund, 18. Fly, rev. H. the King's confessor, 267. Foster, rev. Thomas, his numerous livings, 356. French, rev. Dean, relation of Lord Clancarty, 356-valuable preferments, ib. Funds, what, 70. Funding system, mystery of, 64-origin of, 65— funds, 68-catastrophe of, 79. G -causes of fluctuation in the value of Garnier, rev. T. an instance of Church patronage forming comfortable marriage settle- Gibraltar Duties, a part of the Hereditary Revenues, 20-source of, ib. Gifford, Mr. editor of the Quarterly Review, and paymaster of the Board of Gentlemen Gloucester, Bishop of, his sermons and translations, 306. Gooch, rev. R. a relative of the Member of Parliament, 270. Gooch, T. his inconsistency, 157-ascribed to his connexions with the "Thing," 158. Grant, Alexander, disqualified, by Act of Settlement, from sitting in Parliament, 159. "Great Men," the absurdities of, considering the Foxes, Pitts, and Burkes as such, 6. Grey, hon. and ven. Thomas de, a Pluralist, 272. H Hacket, rev. T. thirteen livings, of great value, 357. Hamilton, Dr. first writer who exposed the Sinking-Fund Bubble, 51. Handley, Mr. his erroneous opinions on the effect of taxation, and the tendency of Hay, rev. W. Robert, promoted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, after his exploit at |