Canning, George, becomes Foreign Secretary, ii. 56; his character, 57, 73; his opinion of democrats, 59; his wit, 60; his eloquence, 61; his negotiation with Monroe respecting the “Chesapeake” affair, 40 _et seq._; his reasons for disavowing Berkeley’s act, 76 _et seq._; his opinion on Spencer Perceval’s proposed Order in Council, 92, 97; instructs Erskine with regard to the Orders in Council, 99; instructions to Rose, 178 _et seq._; opposes interference with the effect of the embargo, 326; his confidence in Napoleon’s overthrow in 1808, 331; on the causes of the embargo, 332; replies to Pinkney’s conditional proposition to withdraw the embargo, 334 _et seq._; letter of, to Pinkney published in the “New England Palladium,” 419. Cantrelle, M., i. 300. Capitol at Washington, the south wing completed, ii. 152, 209. Casa Calvo, Marquis of, i. 71, 73, 74, 79. Castlereagh, Lord, on Howick’s Order in Council, ii. 80, 81; becomes War Secretary, 81; urges retaliation on France, 83, 90, 325, 421. Cazeneau, Mr., i. 379. Cevallos, Don Pedro, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, his negotiation with Monroe, i. 24-36; refuses to countenance Burr’s designs, 249. Champagny, Jean Baptiste de, succeeds Talleyrand as Minister of Foreign Affairs, ii. 107; his letter of Jan. 15, 1808, declaring war to exist between England and the United States, 221. Charles IV. of Spain, abdication of, ii. 117, 298. Cheetham, James, i. 272, 273. “Chesapeake,” frigate, the desertion of British seamen to, ii. 2; delay in getting her ready for sea, 5; starts for sea, 9; fired on by the “Leopard,” 16; strikes her flag, 19; returns to Norfolk, 20. “Chesapeake Affair,” measures taken by the Cabinet after the, ii. 31, 163; Madison’s instructions on, 39, 45; its effect on English society, 44; attack disavowed by the British Ministry, 51, 149; Canning’s instructions on, 178-182; Rose’s negotiation on, ii. 187-197; laid aside, 199; Gallatin’s plan for settling, 388. Chickasaw Bluff, i. 284, 290, 325. Claiborne, W. C. C., governor of Orleans Territory, character of, i. 297 _et seq._; his anxieties, 304; his ignorance of Burr’s conspiracy, 308; warned by Wilkinson and Andrew Jackson, 316 _et seq._ Claims against Spain, i. 23-26, 28-30, 32, 35, 107.