second capitulation,165;
second treaty of,167,168,376;
treaty of Chaumont extended at,168,186,191,377;
revolution of July,274,285,376;
cholera at,311.
Park, Mungo,436.
Parker, Sir Hyde, admiral,3-5.
Parliament: general election of 1802,15;
of 1806,48;
of 1807,50;
of 1812,85;
of 1818,178;
of 1820,193;
of 1826,207,242;
of 1830,274;
of 1831,293,294;
of 1832,318;
of 1835,354;
reform,61;
liberals and conservatives,319;
houses destroyed by fire,349.
Parma, duchy of,145,150,166;
treaty with Austria,187.
Parnell, Sir Henry, M.P.,84,278.
Pasages,391.
Paskievitch, Russian general,388.
Patten, Colonel, M.P.,26,27.
Patuxent, river,146.
Paul, Tsar of Russia,5.
Peacock, the, British ship,141.
Pease, Edward,434,435.
Peel, Sir Robert (first baronet),327.
Peel, Robert (afterwards Sir Robert),44,71,172,183,200,227,283,286,287,290,292,294,300,303,305,319,323,324,330,331,334,335,343,345,347,348,351,359-362,364,365,371-373,375;
home secretary,199,201,202,209,226,231,235,236,242-248,252,270-272,274-278;
first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer,352-355,363,366,367,390,412;
resignation,356,357.
Pelham, Lord (afterwards second Earl of Chichester), home secretary,1;
resigns office,27;
chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster,27.
Pelican, the, British ship,142.
Peloponnese, the,393.
SeeMorea, the.
Peltier, Jean, editor,12,16.
Peña, La, Spanish commander,102.
Peninsular war,59-61,66,68,71,73,76,77,82,87,120,129,146,182,200,423.
Pennsylvania,139.
Penryn,193,235,236.
Pepys, Sir Charles (afterwards Lord and later Earl Cottenham), lord chancellor,363.
Perceval, Spencer,49;
chancellor of the exchequer,50,61,67n.,82,83;
first lord of the treasury, etc.,68,71,74-76,77,236,238,380;
assassination,76,81.
Perry, Commodore,139.
Persia,123,310,401,402,412,413;
treaties with East India Company and Great Britain,402.
Perth,306.
Peru,215,223.
Pesháwar,413.
Peshwá, the, of Poona,398,405,406;
treaty of Bassein,398,399,405.
Peter (afterwards Peter I., Emperor of Brazil, and Peter IV., King of Portugal),221,253,254,258,259,388,389.
Peter II., Emperor of Brazil,254,388.
Peterloo, massacre of. SeeRiots.
Petty, Lord Henry (afterwards Marquis of Lansdowne),241,345,421;
chancellor of the exchequer,45;
home secretary,228;
president of the council,279,280,357,369.
Philippeville,149,382.
Philippon, governor of Badajoz,106.
Phillip, Governor,438.
Phillpotts, bishop of Exeter,324.
Pichegru, French general,33.
Picton, Thomas (afterwards Sir Thomas),106,118,159,162.
Piedmont,17,38,213,217.
Pindárís, the,404-408,411.
Pitt, William, the elder (first Earl of Chatham),44,284.
Pitt, William, the younger,2,14,15,23,47-50,86,173,176,181,182,185,202,208,227,237,279,284,291,307,322,330,417,437,438;
his resignation in 1801,1,397,415;
alienation from Addington's ministry,24;
negotiations with Addington,24-26;
attacks Addington,30,31;
overtures from Eldon,30;
interview with the king,32;
first lord of the treasury,33-37;
organises third coalition,35,37,38,41;
loss of Melville,36;
collapse of the third coalition,43,46;
death,43;
his adherents,68,200.
Pius VII., Pope,7,35,78,150,166,163.
Plasencia,98.
Plata, La. SeeArgentine, the.
Plattsburg (United States),140,141,146.
Plunket, William (afterwards Lord Plunket),239;
attorney-general of Ireland,199,241,249.
Plymouth,259.
Poictiers, the British ship,132.
Poischwitz,135.
Poland,52,53,79,80,122,144,152,153,156,166,310,381,387,388,395.
Pole & Co.,206.
Pole, W. Wellesley (afterwards Lord Maryborough), master of the mint,174,178,202.
Polignac, French statesman,223.
Pomerania, Swedish,54,80,122,143,166.
Pondicherri,18;
French towns in India,18,19.
Ponsonby, Sir William,162.
Ponsonby, Lord (afterwards Viscount Ponsonby),383.
Poona,398,405,406.
SeePeshwá.
Poor law,171,181,311,312,420,437;
poor rates,182,203;
"new poor law,"340-344,366;
poor law board,343;
Ireland,312,316,317,372,373.
Popham, Sir Home,47.
Poros,266,392.
Porte, the. SeeTurkey.
Portland, third Duke of (Cavendish-Bentinck),49,66;
home secretary,1;
lord president of the council,1;
in cabinet without office,35;
first lord of the treasury,50,52,60;
minor reforms,51,61;
changes in his ministry,66;
resignation,67;
death,68.
Portland, fourth Duke of (Cavendish Scott Bentinck), lord privy seal,227;
in cabinet without office,228;
lord president of the council,230.
Port Mahon,188.
Port Phillip,439,440.
Portsmouth,39,148,197.
Portugal,11,53,60,122,151,190,200,201,226,395;
treaties of Badajoz and Madrid,6;
Junot's expedition to,54,58,89-91;
Peninsular war,59-61,66,68,71,73,76,77,82,87-120;
revolutions,211,220,221,254,255-258;
cortes,211,215,220,221,254,258;
junta,220,221;
relations with Brazil,221,222,253,254,388-390;
conference at London,222;
triple and quadruple alliances,389,390;
convention of Evora,390.
Posen,166.
Pottinger, British officer,412.
Potwallopers,281,289,308.
Prague,135.
Prescott,141.
Presqu'isle (Pennsylvania),139.
Press, liberty of the,180,358;
Indian press,411,412.
Pressburg, peace of,42.
Press-gang,23.
Preston,281,318.
Prevost, Sir George, governor of Canada,129,130,140,146.
Privy Council, acts relating to the,325,332.
Processions act (Ireland),316,317.
Procida, island,63.
Proclamation act,320.
Proctor, English colonel,138,139.
Prome,409.
Prout, Samuel,427.
Prussia,17,51-53,59,80,81,105,124,136,144,187-189,220,267,391;
guarantees independence of Malta,13;
vacillation,38,41-43,51;
treaty of Schönbrunn,43;
treaty with France,46,55;
treaty of Tilsit,52,53,55,57,59,62,78,87,124,401,402;
treaty with France,122;
convention of Tauroggen,125;
campaign of1813,133-138;
convention with Russia,134;
treaty of Kalisch,134;
treaty of Reichenbach,136;
treaty of Teplitz,137;
treaty of Ried,137;
campaign of 1814,118,143-145;
treaty of Chaumont,144,145,168,186,191,377;
first treaty of Paris,147,149,151,156,167;
congress of Vienna,149,151-153,156,166,168,186,188-190,378,381,388;
campaign of 1815,156-165;
gains Swedish Pomerania,166;
second treaty of Paris,167,168,376;
Holy Alliance,168;
conference of Aix-la-Chapelle,189-191,377;
congress of Troppau,211-214,395,396;
congress of Laibach,212,313;
congress of Verona,216-219,222,223,392;
conference at St. Petersburg,224;
conference of London,379-386,392;
secret convention at Münchengrätz,395,396;
convention at Berlin,396.
Pruth, river,263.
Public Advertiser, the, newspaper,422.
Puebla, pass,111.
Punjab,403,413.
Pusey, Edward Bouverie,336.
Putney,43.
Pyrenees, the,110,115,136,138;
battle,113.
Quadruple alliance,389,391.
Quakers, the,48.
Quarterly Review, the,423.
Quatre Bras,158-160;
battle,159.
Queen's County, murders in,320.
Queensland. SeeAustralia.
Queenstown (Canada),130.
Raeburn, Sir Henry,427.
Railways,275,276,427,428,434,435.