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THE
EDINBURGH
ANNUAL REGISTER,
FOR 1810.
VOL. THIRD-PART FIRST.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by James Ballantyne and Co.
FOR JOHN BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH;
LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; AND
JOHN MURRAY, LONDON.
1812.
I. V. J
CONTENTS
TO
VOLUME THIRD, PART FIRST.
CHAP. I.
PAGE.
Meeting of Parliament. Debates upon the King's Speech, and upon the Affairs of
Spain.
1
CHAP. II.
Lord Porchester's Motion for an Inquiry into the Walcheren Expedition. John
Gale Jones committed to Newgate. Lord Chatham's Memorial. Debates upon
that Subject, and upon the Expedition.
CHAP. III.
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35
Sir Francis Burdett's Motion for releasing John Gale Jones. His Letter to his Con-
stituents, Committal to the Tower, and consequent Proceedings.
CHAP. IV.
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74
Budget. Army, Ordnance, and Naval Estimates. Affair of Captain Lake. Lord
Melville's Motion respecting Troop-Ships.
CHAP. V.
Proceedings respecting Ireland. Irish Budget. Distilleries. Sir J. Newport's Mo-
tion upon the Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry. Tithes. Catholic Eman.
cipation.
CHAP. VI.
125
163
Measures of Reform. Offices in Reversion. Sinecures. Remarks on the Econo-
mical Reformers. Mr Brand's Motion for Parliamentary Reform. Sir Samuel
Romilly's Reform of the Criminal Law. Poor Clergy. Benchers of Lincoln's-Inn. 207
VOL. III. PART I.
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CHAP. VII.
State of the Dispute with America. Intrigues of the French in Canada. Capture
of Guadaloupe, St Martins, and St Eustatius.
246
CHAP. VIII.
Rise, Progress, and Termination of the Disturbances at Madras.
CHAP. IX.
Conquest of the Spice Islands, and the Isles of Mascarenhas and Mauritius.
CHAP. X.
Marriage of Buonaparte. Holland annexed to France. Anti-Commercial De-
crees. Affairs of France, and of the North of Europe.
CHAP. XI.
Spain. Conduct of the Central Junta. Plan for their overthrow disclosed. Ro-
mana's Attack upon them, and their Defence.
CHAP. XII.
The French cross the Sierra Morena, and obtain Possession of Andalusia. Tu-
mults at Seville. Appointment of a Regency. Alburquerque's Retreat. Siege
of Cadiz. Attempt to deliver Ferdinand.
381
CHAP. XIII.
Catalonia. Death and reported Murder of Mariano Alvarez. Suchet's attempt
upon Valencia. Siege of Hostalrich. Exploits of O'Donnell. Lerida betrayed.
Mequinenza and Tortosa taken,
404
CHAP. XIV.
State of Portugal. Portugueze Troops taken into British pay. Debates upon that
Subject. Portugueze Army reformed by Marshal Beresford.
CHAP. XV.
418
State of the British Army. Astorga taken by the French. Siege and Fall of Ciu-
dad Rodrigo. Success of the Portugueze at Pueblo de Sanabria.
CHAP. XVI.
Capture of Almeida. Conduct of the Portugueze Government. Battle of Busaco,
and subsequent Events in Portugal till the end of the Year.
437
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