References to and accounts relating to writing and publishing a pamphlet entitled Poor Laws in Ireland considered in their probable effects upon the capital, the prosperity and the progressive improvement of that country (pp. 6, 8-9, 17-18, 22-4, 33) together with favourable comments on the same by R.G. Stanley [later 14th earl of Derby], [Thomas] Malthus and Sir Henry Parnell and not so favourable comments from sections of the Press (pp. 22, 24, 33-4); discussions about the possibility of standing as a parliamentary candidate in either Sudbury or New Romney, 24 June 1830 (pp. 68-74); exploratory visit to Sudbury and including a brief history of the parliamentary representation of the bor., of canvassing and campaigning there, 28 June - 30 July, 1830 (pp. 68-92) [cf. G 35, ff. 78-106] a holiday on the Isle of Wight, 17 Aug. - 13 Oct. 1830 (pp. 96-114); taking his seat in the House of Commons and early parliamentary debates of the session, 26 Oct. - 3 Nov., 9-10 Nov. 1830 (pp. 118-27, 129-30); references to [Swing] riots in Kent, Sussex and Berkshire, to his proposals to establish an Association to apprehend the rioters and to meetings relating to the proposed Association and to the Special Commission at Reading to try the rioters at which he was the foreman of the grand jury, 13 Nov. - 11 Dec. 1830 (pp. 131-3, 135-9, 148-50); brief reports of debates on the Reform Bill, 13 Nov. - 11 Dec., 27-31 Dec., 1830 (pp. 131-3, 135-9, 148-50) and 1 Mar. - 17 Dec. 1831 (pp. 169-72, 199-204, 206, 208-9, 236-7, 241-2); his work on the Forfar election committee, 2-12 Dec. 1830 (pp. 140-4); his maiden speech on Irish grand juries, 9 Dec. 1830 (pp. 142-3); references to writing pamphlets entitled Popular Opinions on Parliamentary Reform (pp. 162, 165-7, 170) and Observations on the Ministerial Plan of Reform (pp. 172, 174); election campaign at Sudbury, 23-30 Apr. 1831 (pp. 177-80) and helping in the campaign in the Berkshire election, 2-4 May 1831 (pp. 176-80) and the Cambridgeshire by-election, 24 Oct. - 1 Nov. 1831 (pp. 215-19); brief accounts of meetings of the Tories at Sir Robert Peel's and elsewhere, ?, June, ?, July, 5-6 Dec. 1831 (pp. 186, 189-91, 234, 236); holiday on the Isle of Wight, 13-15 Aug., 30 Aug. - 11 Sept. 1831 (pp. 195-8); remarks on Lord Brougham's character, 7 Oct. 1831 (pp. 204-6) and anecdotes relating to alleged misconduct of the same, 20 Dec. 1831 (p. 244); remarks on the proclamation against the Political Unions and a press cutting of the said proclamation, 23 Nov. 1831 (pp. 225-6); political gossip about splits in the Whig cabinet, Peel's tactics, etc., 27 Nov. and 11 Dec. 1831 (pp. 227, 239); accounts of riots in Lyons, 28 Nov. and 2 Dec., 1831 (pp. 228, 230-1); references to writing a pamphlet entitled The Balance of Parties in the State, Dec. 1831 (pp. 241-3, 245-6) and his views on Macaulay, 16 Dec. 1831 (pp. 241-2).