es Prime-minister;
again.
Post-office, reform of;
letters opened by the order of the Secretary of State.
Powis, Earl, brings in a bill to preserve the Welsh sees.
Pownall, Governor, introduces a corn bill.
Poynings' Act;
repeal of.

RADETSKY, MARSHAL, his campaign in North Italy.
Reform of Parliament, Alderman Sawbridge proposes a measure of;
Mr. Pitt brings in a bill for;
agitation for, in 1818;
introduced and carried by Lord Grey's administration;
the people indifferent to farther reform.
Regency bill of 1764;
of 1840;
former Regency bills had been passed in the reigns of Edward III.,
Richard II., Henry VI., and George II.;
in Ireland;
bill of 1810.
Registration, extension of, 342.
Rice, Mr. Spring, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduces
Post-office reform;
as Lord Monteagle proposes the rejection of the paper-duty bill.
Roberts, Mr., returning officer for New Shoreham.
Rochfort, Lord, introduces the Royal Marriage Act.
Rockingham, Marquis of, Prime-minister in 1768;
moves a resolution condemning the proceedings against Wilkes;
Prime-minister a second time;
repeals the American taxes;
disapproves of the employment of Hanoverian troops at Gibraltar;
wisdom of his policy toward America;
his speech on the influence of the crown;
becomes Prime-minister a second time.
Rolle, Mr., moots the question of the Prince's marriage.
Romilly, Sir S., opposes the Regency bill;
applies himself to reforms of the law.
Rose, Mr., opposes Sir A. Pigott's bill on the slave-trade.
Russell, Lord J., his opinion on Fox's conduct in Opposition;
on the Regency bill;
carries the repeal of the Test Act;
introduces the Reform Bill;
introduces a bill for municipal reform;
his resolutions in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard;
becomes Prime--minister.
Russia, war with.

SANDWICH, EARL OF, denounces Wilkes's "Essay on Woman."
Sarsfield, General, takes refuge in France.
Savile, Sir G., his bill for the limitation of the _Nullum Tempus_ Act.
Seaforth, Lord, reports of the treatment of slaves in Barbadoes.
Seditious Meetings Act.
Shelburne, Lord, denounces the employment of Hanoverian troops at
Gibraltar;
becomes Prime-minister.
Sheridan, Mr. R., his language on the Prince's marriage;
opposes the Alien Act;
conceals Lord Yarmouth's intention to resign.
Sidmouth, Lord, as Home-secretary, introduces six bills for the
suppression of sedition;
resigns office.
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