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The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria

Chapter 721: CHAPTER XXX.
By Edward Farr
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The volume traces British political, parliamentary, and military developments from the accession of George III through the early nineteenth century, chronicling changes of ministry and cabinet, debates over colonial taxation and the American conflict, parliamentary controversies involving figures such as Wilkes and Warren Hastings, questions of Catholic relief and slave-trade abolition, and responses to the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars, including major naval and continental campaigns, the union with Ireland, and domestic legislation on finance, civil liberties, and parliamentary reform.

CHAPTER XXX.

GEORGE III. 1814-1818

Parliamentary Measures..... Campaign of Lord Wellington..... The Allies enter Paris; Napoleon dethroned, &c...... Treaty of Peace..... Honours conferred on Wellington, &c...... Visit of the Allied Sovereigns..... Congress of Vienna..... Campaign in America, &c...... Treaty of Peace with America, &c.....Meeting of Parliament..... Return of Napoleon from Elba..... Trial by Jury, &c...... War resolved on; Financial Measures..... Prorogation of Parliament..... Congress of Vienna..... Affairs of France..... Battle of Waterloo..... Capture of Paris..... Surrender of Napoleon, &c...... Return of Louis XVIII. to Paris..... Britain gains Possession of the Island of Ceylon..... East India Affairs..... Meeting of Parliament..... Debates on the Treaties..... Financial Statements..... Royal Marriages..... Various Motions..... Prorogation of Parliament..... Riots, &c...... Expedition to Algiers..... Meeting of Parliament..... Measures of Economy..... Restrictions on Public Liberty..... Committee on the Poor Laws, &c...... Prorogation of Parliament..... Riots at Manchester, &c...... Death of the Princess Charlotte.