Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• Part I. THE MONARCHY
• Introduction to Part I
• Bibliography
• A. The Theory of the Constitution
• 1. Sir William Blackstone on the mixed nature of the Constitution, 1765
• 2. Jean Louis De Lolme's view of the stability of the English Constitution and the reasons for that stability, 1775
• 3. David Hume on "Whether the British Government inclines more to Absolute Monarchy, or to a Republic", circa 1740
• B. THE ROYAL FAMILY
• 4. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu on the Character of George I
• 5. George II and Queen Caroline on England and the English, 1735
• 6. Lord Waldegrave on the Character of George II and of George III as Prince of Wales, 1758
• 7. Nathaniel Wraxall on the Charter of George III
• 8. The Royal Marriage Act, 1772
• C. THE CROWN AND ITS MINISTERS
• 9. Letter from the duke of Newcastle to Lord Chesterfield on the ministerial crisis of 1746, 18 February 1746
• 10. Letters from Lord Hardwicke describing the ministerial crisis of 1757, June 1757
• 11. The Grenville Ministry state the terms on which they are prepared to remain in office, 22 May 1765
• 12. George III's view of the Grenville Ministry's behaviour to him, 1765
• 13. Letter from George III to Lord Bute on the 'King's Friends' and the Rockingham Ministry, 10 January 1766
• 14. Letters between George III and Lord North, June-November 1778
• 15. Letters from George Selwyn on the ministerial negotiations of March 1782
• 16. Letter from Lord North to George III insisting on resignation now that his ministry has lost the support of the House of Commons, 18 March 1782
• 17. Memoranda By George III on the negotiations ending in his unwilling acceptance of the coalition of North and Fox, 30 March-1 April 1783
• 18. Documents illustrating the fall of the Coalition government, December 1783
• 19. Sir Robert Walpole as 'Prime Minister'
• 20. The duke of Newcastle's proposals for increased solidarity amongst the members of the 'inner cabinet', 19 January 1745
• 21. Letters between the duke of Newcastle and |Lord Hardwicke
• 22. Extracts from the Diary of George Grenville, 1763-1764
• 23. Two views of the collective responsibility of ministers, 1741 and 1778
• 24. Speaker Onslow on the collective responsibility of ministers, circa 1765
• 25. Speech by Alderman Oliver in the House of Commons on 'responsible' and ' secret' advisers, 27 November 1775
• 26. The duke of Grafton disapproves of |Lord Shelburne's "view of becoming Prime Minister", 16 February 1783
• 27. Speech by Lord Shelburne in the House of Lords censoring ministers for their conduct towards Ireland, 1 December 1779
• Part II. PARLIAMENT
• Introduction to Part |II
• Bibliography
• A. Summons, Duration and Composition
• 28. Proclamation summoning the first Parliament of George I, 15 January 1715
• 29. The Septennial Act, 1716
• 30. Arguments for and against the Septennial Act, 1716
• 31. The Peerage Bill, 1719
• 32. A Place Act, 1743
• 33. A Place Act (Members), 1782
• 34. A Place Act (Electors), 1782
• B. Proceedings
• 35. Formal business in the House of Commons at the beginning of a session, 6 August 1714
• 36. Horace Walpole's account of the different styles of oratory in the House of Commons, circa 1755
• 37. Carl Philipp Moritz's description of the House of Commons, 1782
• C. Privilege
• 38. John Wilkes and The North Briton, 1763
• 39. John Wilkes and the Middlesex Election, 1769
• 40. Speeches by Sir William Windham and W9ill9iam Pulteney on the reporting of debates, 13 April 1738
• 41. The Case of Brass Crosby, 1771
• D. Elections
• 42. Expenses of Sir Robert Kemp, Bart., in his son's election at Orford, 1730
• 43. Extracts from the Diary of George Bubb Dodington, 1753-1754
• 44. Election petitions, March 1738
• 45. The Grenville Act, 1770
• 46. Carl Philipp Moritz's description of an election, 1782
• E. Political Parties
• 47. An account of political parties at the accession of George I. 1714
• 48. Letter from Lord Chesterfield to George Bubb Dodington
• 49. A pamphlet on the wickedness of 'faction', 1761
• 50. Speech by Lord Sandwich in the House of Lords, 22 November 1770
• F. The Movement for Parliamentary Reform
• 51. Speech by Lord Chatham in the House of Lords on parliamentary reform, 22 January 1770
• 52. Major John Cartwright on the evils of long parliaments, 1776
• 53. Petition and Resolutions of the Yorkshire Association, 1779-1780
• 54. Letter from Lord Rockingham to Pemberton Milnes on parliamentary reform, 28 February 1780
• 55. Letter from Lord Shelburne to the chairman of the Wilshire Committee, 26 March 1780
• 56. The duke of Richmond's plan for parliamentary reform, 3 June 1780
• 57. Prospectus and List of Members of the Society for Constitutional Information, 1780
• 58. Speech by William Pitt in the House of Commons on parliamentary formation, 1780
• 59. Speech by Edmund Burke in the House of Commons against Pitts proposal, 7 May 1782
• Part III. THE LAW AND ITS ADMINISTRATION
• A. The Law
• B. Central Administration and the Keeping of Order
• C. Local Government
• Part IV. PUBLIC FINANCE
• A. Revenue and Expenditure
• B. Customs and Excise
• C. Direct Taxes
• D. Financial Administration
• E. The National Debt
• Par V. THE CHURCHES
• A. Church and State
• B. The Condition of the Church of England
• (a) Ecclesiastical Revenues
• (b) The Work of the Clergy
• C. The Methodists
• D. Non Conformity
• (a) The Protestant Dissenters
• (b) The Catholics
• Part VI. THE STATE OF TE NATION: ECONOMIC
• A. Agriculture
• B. Industry
• (a) Textiles
• (b) The Midland Industries
• (c) Mines
• C. Combinations of Workmen
• D. Trade
• E. Some Population Statistics
• Part VII. THE STATE OF THE NATION: SOCIAL
• A. Social Life
• B. Transport and Communications
• C. Humanitarianism
• D. Education
• Part VIII. THE ARMED FORCES
• A. The Navy
• (a) Recruitment and General Conditions
• (b) Administration
• (c) Tactics and Fighting Instructions
• B. The Army
• (a) Recruitment, Discipline and General Conditions
• (b) Unpopularity of a Standing Army
• C. The Militia
• Part IX. SCOTLAND
• A. The Church
• B. The Highlands and the Risings of 1715 and 1745
• C. Scotland after 1745
• Part X. IRELAND
• A. Relations with England
• B. Religion
• C. Economic and Social Conditions
• Part XI. THE COLONIES
• A. Eighteenth-Century View on Colonies
• B. Colonial Trade
• C. General Organization
• D. America
• (a) The Thirteen Colonies
• (b) The West Indies
• (c) Canada
• (d) Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
• E. India
• F. Africa
• Part XII. FOREIGN POLICY AND WARS
• A. Policy
• B. Wars
• (a) War of the Austrian Succession
• (b) Seven Years War
• (c) War of American Independence
• C. Treaties
• Appendices
• Diagrams
• Maps
• Index to Texts