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Cavendish, Lord John, becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer. Resigns.

Cervantes, delight with which his Don Quixote is read.

Charles II., King of England. Influence of his residence abroad upon his character and tastes. His treaty respecting Roman Catholics.

Chatham, first Earl of, compared by Mirabeau. His declining years. His last appearance in the House of Lords.

Chatham, second Earl of, his mismanagement of the Admiralty.

Chaumette, one of the accusers of the Girondists before the Revolutionary Tribunal.

Christ Church, Oxford, cry of, against Bentley.

Christianity, effect of the victory of, over paganism.

Church of Ireland, Speech on.

Churchill, his insult to Johnson.

Civil War, the great.

Clarendon, his history of the Rebellion, charge of garbling it.

Classical writers, celebrity of the great.

Cleomenes, causes and results of his raving cruelty.

Clergyman, the Country, his Trip to Cambridge.

Club, The, formation of. Members of the.

"Coalition," formation of the. Universal disgust. End of the Coalition.

Coates, Romeo, the actor.

Cock Lane Ghost, the.

Collot, d'Herbois, becomes a member of the Committee of Public Safety. Attacked in the streets. Brought to trial. Condemned by the Convention to be removed to a distant place of confinement. His end.

Condorcet, strength brought by him to the Girondist party. His melancholy end.

Confidence in Ministry of Lord Melbourne. Speech on.

Constantinople, empire of, its retrogression and stupefaction.

Convention, the French, of. The Girondists. The Mountain. Character of the diplomatic language during the reign of the Convention.

Copyright, Speeches on.

Corday, Charlotte, her murder of Marat.

Corn Laws, Speech on.

Corneille, attempts of the Academy to depress the rising fame of.

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