William Cobbett: A Biography in Two Volumes, Vol. 2Smith, Edward
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William Cobbett: A Biography in Two Volumes, Vol. 2
Smith, Edward
Cobbett, William 1763-1835
Jenkinson (Robt. B., 2nd Lord Liverpool), i. 278; ii. 170.
Johnson (Robert), Irish judge--his animadversions on the Irish
administration, i. 304.
Johnstone (Col. Cochrane), ii. 20.
Juverna, pseudonym of Judge Johnson, i. 304.
Kent (H.R.H. Edward, Duke of) meets C. at Halifax, i. 52, 76.
Kew, co. Surrey--C.’s employment there as a boy, i. 15.
Laurence (Dr. French), i. 252, 283.
Lauriston (Jacques A.), French envoy to England, i. 276.
Law (Edward, 1st Baron Ellenborough) presides at C.’s trials for
“libel,” i. 306; ii. 114;
his antipathy to a free press, 115, 117.
Lawless (John) reprints C.’s _Register_ in Ireland, ii. 195.
Libel: What is it? i. 197;
prosecutions of C. for, i. 201, 213, 306; ii. 114--_v._ also Bagshaw,
Finnerty, Law, Drakard, _Examiner_, &c.
Liston (Robert), English diplomatist--his attentions to C. in
America, i. 191, 245;
testifies to C.’s loyalty, 306.
Liverpool (Earl of)--_v._ Jenkinson.
London--“sedition” in 1792, i. 58, 59, 84.
Mackay (Charles)--his “Recollections” quoted, concerning flogging
in the navy, ii. 92.
M’Kean (Thomas), Pennsylvanian politician, i. 199, 201, 214.
Madison (James), American statesman, i. 122.
Madocks (W. A.), M.P.--his motion against corruption in the
State, ii. 85.
Malone (Edmond), i. 252.
Marsh (Herbert), Bishop of Peterborough, i. 263.
Marvel (Andrew)--anecdote of him as M.P., ii. 112.
Maseres (Francis, Cursitor Baron), visits C. on his arrival in
London, i. 250, and in Newgate, ii. 135;
notice of him, _ib._
Mathias (Thomas J.) corresponds with C., i. 244;
“Pursuits of Literature” quoted, 249.
Melville (Viscount)--_v._ Dundas.
Mifflin (George), Governor of Pennsylvania, i. 204.
Minto (Earl of)--_v._ Elliot.
Mitford (John, 1st Baron Redesdale), i. 76, 305; ii. 128.
Mitford (Dr.), ii. 21, 22, 51, 74, 119.
Mitford (Mary Russell) visits C. at Botley, ii. 22.
Moreau de St. Méry (M. E.), French _émigré_ at
Philadelphia--notice of him, i. 103.
Morgan (John), i. 220, 224, 279, 308.
Morrice (Captain Thomas), i. 81.
Nares (Archdeacon), i. 237.
Newspaper Press of London--its hostility to C., ii. _passim_;
its great advance in character, 292;
forgives C. when he is gone for ever, 297.
Nova Scotia--C.’s life there as a soldier, i. 42.
Oldden (John), of Philadelphia, i. 164.
Paine (Thomas)--influence of his political writings, i. 99;
on the currency, 302;
notice of him, ii. 209;
C. recommends his writings on the currency, 211;
his remains exhumed and brought to England, 214, 217.
Parliamentary Reform--impulse given to the cause by support of
C.’s _Register_, ii. 10;
and again in 1817, 197;
its progress not served by Party, 227;
how it came, at last, 257, 280.
Parr (Samuel, D.D.)--his support of Queen Caroline, ii. 224.
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