Catholic Emancipation, ii. 224. Chatham, co. Kent--C.’s life there as a recruit, i. 35. Cintra, convention of--outcry against it in England, ii. 70. Clarke (Mary Ann), the Duke of York’s mistress, ii. 58, 60. Cleary (Thomas), ii. 221. Clergy of the English Church--their antipathy to reform, ii. 152, 239, 263. Cliffton (William), American poet, i. 189. Cobbett (Ann, _born_ Reid), i. 54, 57; ii. 119, 122. Cobbett (Anne), ii. 72, 78, 79, 122. COBBETT (William)--his birthplace, i. 1; parents, 5; early years, 7-21; his employment in London, 26; enlists, 28; his life as a recruit, 35, 41; his studies, 43; discharge, 54; his sweetheart, 55; marriage, 58; his first attacks on “corruption,” 60, 62; the Soldiers’ Friend, 79, 88; goes to France, 85; to Philadelphia, 100; teaches English and compiles “Le Tuteur Anglais,” 102; translates for the booksellers, 103; opposes himself to attacks on England, 109; “Observations on Dr. Priestley’s Emigration,” 113; his anti-Jacobinism, 131; his political pamphlets, 133, 134; sudden notoriety, 135; “A little plain English,” 139; his popularity as a partisan-writer, 145, 184; quarrel with his publisher, 147, 150; “Political Censor,” 148; becomes a bookseller, 161; publishes his “Life and Adventures,” 165; anti-Cobbett literature, 177; starts _Porcupine’s Gazette_, 185; is prosecuted for “libel,” 202; lampoons Dr. Rush, 211; is sued by him, 215; removes to New York, 218; returns to England, 229; what they had said of him in England, 232, _et seq._; Government offers, 245; voyage home, 247; influential visitors, 250; dines with the ministers of state, 253; his subsequent reflections, 256, 258; more Government offers, 260; resolves on “independence,” 261; will support Mr. Pitt, 267; starts the _Porcupine_ newspaper, 268; close of its career, 278; his book-shop, 279; heads the new opposition under Mr. Windham, 280; the _Political Register_, 283; his fixed principles, 286; anti-Gallicanism, 288, 289; excites envy, 292; deserves a “statue of gold,” 293; his anti-Gallican appeal to the nation, 295; begins to study finance, 301; first Government prosecution, 304; success of the _Register_, 308; relinquishes the book-shop, _ib._; miscellaneous publications, 309; “Parliamentary Debates,” 310; must live in the country, 311; visits Botley, 316; his determined war upon corruption in Church and State, 322, 327; his reasons for deserting Mr. Pitt, 324; altered attitude of people toward him in consequence, 328.