LIVES OF LORD CASTLEREAGH

AND

SIR CHARLES STEWART

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

CHAPTER XV.

LORD CASTLEREAGH, FROM THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA IN

NOVEMBER 1815, TO THE CLOSE OF THE CONGRESS OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE IN

DECEMBER 1818.

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1. Change in the objects of Lord Castlereagh's life after the peace, and

conclusion of the Congress of Vienna,

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2. Extreme difficulties in the internal government of the country during

this period,

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3. Material and social evils of this period,

4. Pernicious effect of the contraction of the currency,

5. Which was all ascribed by the Liberal party and the Radicals to the

taxes and expenditure of Government,

6. Effect of this on Lord Castlereagh's future life,

7. These difficulties first appear in the debates on the income-tax,

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8-12. Lord Castlereagh's argument for the continuance of the tax,

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13. Result of the debate,

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14. Vast importance of this vote,

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15. Proof which subsequent events have afforded of the truth of these prin-

ciples,

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16. Repeal of war malt-tax,

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17. Continuance of Bank Restriction Act for two years more,

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18, 19. Lord Castlereagh's observations on the army reductions,

20-22. Lord Castlereagh's speech on agricultural distress,

23. Lord Castlereagh's circular recommending a pacific policy to all the em-

bassies, Dec. 28, 1815,

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24. Difficulty regarding garrisons of Mayence and Landau adjusted by Lords

Castlereagh and Stewart, .

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25. Mr Brougham's motion for production of the treaty of the Holy Alliance, 29

26. Lord Castlereagh's argument for the detention of Napoleon,

28. Aggravation of these evils by the declamations of the Whigs and Radicals, 34

29. Treasonable designs of the Chartists,

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