Volume II.

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CONTENTS

[List of illustrations]

[ MAPS: ]

[ CHAPTER I. ]

[ STATE OF THE NATION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REVOLUTION. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF THE NEW MINISTRY. ]

[ THE CONVENTION CONVERTED INTO A PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MUTINY IN THE ARMY. ]

[ CORONATION—ABOLITION OF HEARTH-MONEY. ]

[ THE COMMONS VOTE MONEY TO INDEMNIFY THE DUTCH. ]

[ WILLIAM’S EFFORTS IN FAVOUR OF DISSENTEES. ]

[ ACT FOR A TOLERATION. ]

[ VIOLENT DISPUTES ABOUT THE BILL FOR A COMPREHENSION. ]

[ THE COMMONS ADDRESS THE KING TO SUMMON A CONVOCATION. ]

[ SETTLEMENT OF THE REVENUE. ]

[ THE KING TAKES UMBRAGE AT THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE WHIG PARTY. ]

[ HEATS AND ANIMOSITIES ABOUT THE BILL OF INDEMNITY. ]

[ BIRTH OF THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ WAR DECLARED AGAINST FRANCE. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVENTION. ]

[ LETTERS TO THE CONVENTION FROM KING WILLIAM AND KING JAMES. ]

[ THE CONVENTION RECOGNIZE THE AUTHORITY OF KING WILLIAM. ]

[ CROWN VOTED VACANT, AND AN ACT OF SETTLEMENT PASSED. ]

[ THE CROWN TENDERED TO WILLIAM. ]

[ THE CONVENTION STATE THEIR GRIEVANCES. ]

[ PRELACY ABOLISHED IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ DISPUTES IN THE PARLIAMENT. ]

[ SCOTCH PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED. ]

[ THE CASTLE OF EDINBURGH BESIEGED. ]

[ KING WILLIAM’S TROOPS DEFEATED. ]

[ KING JAMES CORDIALLY RECEIVED BY THE FRENCH KING. ]

[ TYRCONNEL TEMPORIZES WITH WILLIAM. ]

[ JAMES ARRIVES IN IRELAND. ]

[ ISSUES FIVE PROCLAMATIONS AT DUBLIN. ]

[ SIEGE OF LONDONDERRY. ]

[ COURAGEOUS DEFENCE. ]

[ CRUELTY OF ROSENE. ]

[ THE PLACE IS RELIEVED BY KIRKE ]

[ THE INNISKILLINEES DEFEAT AND TAKE GENERAL MACARTY. ]

[ MEETING OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT REPEALED. ]

[ THEY PASS AN ACT OF ATTAINDER. ]

[ JAMES COINS BASE MONEY. ]

[ PROTESTANT CHURCHES SEIZED BY THE CATHOLICS. ]

[ ACTION WITH THE FRENCH FLEET. ]

[ DIVERS SENTENCES REVERSED. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF MISCARRIAGES IN IRELAND. ]

[ BILLS PASSED IN THIS SESSION. ]

[ CHAPTER II. ]

[ SCHOMBERG LANDS WITH AN ARMY. ]

[ THE INNISKILLINERS OBTAIN A VICTORY. ]

[ SCHOMBERG CENSURED. ]

[ THE FRENCH WORSTED AT WALCOURT. ]

[ SUCCESS OF THE CONFEDERATES IN GERMANY. ]

[ DEATH OF POPE INNOCENT XI. ]

[ KING WILLIAM BECOMES UNPOPULAR. ]

[ A GOOD NUMBER OF THE CLERGY REFUSE TO TAKE THE OATHS. ]

[ THE KING GRANTS A COMMISSION FOR REFORMING CHURCH DISCIPLINE. ]

[ MEETING OF THE CONVOCATION. ]

[ THEIR SESSION PROROGUED. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE WHIGS OBSTRUCT THE INDEMNITY BILL. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF THE MISCARRIAGES IN IRELAND RESUMED. ]

[ WILLIAM IRRITATED AGAINST THE WHIGS. ]

[ PLOT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. ]

[ DEBATES ABOUT THE CORPORATION BILLS. ]

[ THE KING RESOLVES TO FINISH THE IRISH WAR IN PERSON. ]

[ LUDLOW ARRIVES IN ENGLAND, BUT IS OBLIGED TO WITHDRAW. ]

[ EFFORTS OF THE JACOBITES IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ THE COURT INTEREST PREVAILS. ]

[ THE TORY INTEREST PREVAILS IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ BILL FOR RECOGNISING THEIR MAJESTIES. ]

[ KING WILLIAM LANDS IN IRELAND. ]

[ JAMES MARCHES TO THE BOYNE. ]

[ WILLIAM RESOLVES TO GIVE HIM BATTLE ]

[ BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. ]

[ DEATH OF SCHOMBERG. ]

[ JAMES EMBARKS FOR FRANCE. ]

[ WILLIAM ENTERS DUBLIN. ]

[ VICTORY GAINED BY THE FRENCH. ]

[ TORRINGTON COMMITTED TO THE TOWER. ]

[ PROGRESS OF WILLIAM IN IRELAND. ]

[ HE INVESTS LIMERICK; IS OBLIGED TO RAISE THE SIEGE. ]

[ CORK AND KINSALE REDUCED. ]

[ THE FRENCH FORCES QUIT IRELAND. ]

[ SAVOY JOINS THE CONFEDERACY. ]

[ PRINCE WALDECK DEFEATED. ]

[ ARCHDUKE JOSEPH ELECTED KING. ]

[ MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT. ]

[ COMMONS COMPLY WITH THE KING’S DEMANDS. ]

[ PETITION OF THE TORIES. ]

[ ATTEMPT AGAINST CARMARTHEN. ]

[ THE KING’S VOYAGE TO HOLLAND. ]

[ HE ASSISTS AT A CONGRESS. ]

[ CHAPTER III. ]

[ A CONSPIRACY. ]

[ THE KING FILLS UP THE BISHOPRICS. ]

[ AFFAIRS-OF SCOTLAND. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN FLANDERS. ]

[ ELECTION OF A NEW POPE. ]

[ THE EMPEROR’S SUCCESS AGAINST THE TURKS. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. ]

[ THE FRENCH AND IRISH OBTAIN AN HONOURABLE CAPITULATION. ]

[ TWELVE THOUSAND IRISH CATHOLICS ARE TRANSPORTED TO FRANCE. ]

[ MEETING OF THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ TRANSACTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE ENGLISH AND DUTCH FLEETS BAFFLED BY THE FRENCH. ]

[ THE KING DISOBLIGES THE PRESBYTERIANS OF SCOTLAND. ]

[ MASSACRE OF GLENCOE. ]

[ PREPARATIONS FOR A DESCENT UPON ENGLAND. ]

[ DECLARATION OF KING JAMES. ]

[ PRECAUTIONS TAKEN BY THE QUEEN FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE NATION. ]

[ ADMIRAL RUSSEL PUTS TO SEA. ]

[ HE OBTAINS A COMPLETE VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH. ]

[ THE FRENCH TAKE NAMUR IN SIGHT OF KING WILLIAM. ]

[ THE ALLIES DEFEATED AT STEENKIRK. ]

[ EXTRAVAGANT REJOICINGS IN FRANCE. ]

[ CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE LIFE OF WILLIAM. ]

[ THE CAMPAIGN INACTIVE ON THE RHINE AND IN HUNGARY. ]

[ THE DUKE INVADES DAUPHINE. ]

[ THE DUKE OF HANOVER CREATED AN ELECTOR OF THE EMPIRE. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. ]

[ THE EARL OF MARLBOROUGH, BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, &c, FALSELY ACCUSED. ]

[ SOURCES OF NATIONAL DISCONTENT. ]

[ DISSENSION BETWEEN THE QUEEN AND PRINCESS ANNE. ]

[ THE LORDS VINDICATE THEIR PRIVILEGES. ]

[ THE COMMONS PRESENT ADDRESSES TO THE KING AND QUEEN. ]

[ THE LORDS PRESENT AN ADDRESS OF ADVICE TO THE KING. ]

[ THE COMMONS ADDRESS THE KING. ]

[ BURNET’S PASTORAL LETTER BURNED. ]

[ THE TWO HOUSES ADDRESS THE KING. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF THE PLACE AND TRIENNIAL PARLIAMENT BILLS. ]

[ TRIAL OF LORD MOHUN—ALTERATIONS IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ THE KING ASSEMBLES THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IN FLANDERS. ]

[ THE FRENCH REDUCE HUY. ]

[ THE DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG RESOLVES TO ATTACK THE ALLIES. ]

[ CHARLEBOY TAKEN BY THE ENEMY. ]

[ CAMPAIGN ON THE RHINE. ]

[ TRANSACTIONS in HUNGARY and CATALONIA. ]

[ NAVAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ BENBOW BOMBARDS ST. MALOES. ]

[ THE FRENCH KING HAS RECOURSE TO THE MEDIATION OF DENMARK. ]

[ THE KING RETURNS TO ENGLAND. ]

[ BOTH HOUSES INQUIRE INTO THE MISCARRIAGES BY SEA. ]

[ VAST SUMS GRANTED FOR THE SERVICES OF THE ENSUING YEAR. ]

[ ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. ]

[ EAST INDIA COMPANY’S CHARTER. ]

[ GENERAL NATURALIZATION BILL. ]

[ THE ENGLISH ATTEMPT TO MAKE A DESCENT IN CAMARET-BAY. ]

[ ADMIRAL RUSSEL RELIEVES BARCELONA. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN FLANDERS. ]

[ THE ALLIES REDUCE HUY. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH. ]

[ DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP TILLOTSON AND OF QUEEN MARY ]

[ RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THE KING AND THE PRINCESS OF DENMARK. ]

[ CHAPTER V. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF THE LANCASHIRE PLOT. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE ABUSES IN THE ARMY. ]

[ EXAMINATION OF COOKE, ACTON, AND OTHERS. ]

[ THE DUKE OF LEEDS IMPEACHED. ]

[ THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THEY INQUIRE INTO THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE. ]

[ THEY PASS AN ACT FOR ERECTING A TRADING COMPANY. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISPOSITION OF THE ARMIES. ]

[ WILLIAM UNDERTAKES THE SIEGE OF NAMUR. ]

[ FAMOUS RETREAT OF PRINCE VAUDEMONT. ]

[ CAMPAIGN ON THE RHINE. ]

[ THE DUKE OF SAVOY TAKES CASAL. ]

[ TRANSACTIONS IN CATALONIA. ]

[ THE ENGLISH FLEET BOMBARDS ST. MALOES, &c. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ A NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ BILL FOR REGULATING TRIALS IN CASES OF HIGH-TREASON. ]

[ RESOLUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO A NEW COINAGE. ]

[ INTRIGUES OF THE JACOBITES. ]

[ CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE LIFE OF WILLIAM. ]

[ DESIGN OF AN INVASION DEFEATED. ]

[ THE TWO HOUSES FORM AN ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEFENCE OF HIS MAJESTY. ]

[ ESTABLISHMENT OF A LAND-BANK. ]

[ THE ALLIES BURN THE MAGAZINE AT GIVET. ]

[ LOUIS MAKES ADVANCES TOWARDS A PEACE WITH HOLLAND. ]

[ NAVAL TRANSACTIONS. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE PARLIAMENTS OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. ]

[ ZEAL OF THE ENGLISH COMMONS IN THEIR AFFECTION TO THE KING. ]

[ RESOLUTIONS TOUCHING THE COIN, &c. ]

[ SIR JOHN FENWICK IS APPREHENDED, CONDEMNED, AND BEHEADED. ]

[ EARL OF MONMOUTH SENT TO THE TOWER. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO MISCARRIAGES BY SEA. ]

[ NEGOTIATIONS AT RYSWICK. ]

[ THE FRENCH TAKE BARCELONA. ]

[ EXPEDITION OF ADMIRAL NEVIL TO THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ THE ELECTOR OF SAXONY IS CHOSEN KING OF POLAND. ]

[ THE CZAR OF MUSCOVY TrAVELS IN DISGUISE. ]

[ CONGRESS AT RYSWICK. ]

[ THE AMBASSADORS SIGN THE TREATY. ]

[ A GENERAL PACIFICATION. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. ]

[ CHARACTERS OF THE MINISTERS. ]

[ THE NUMBER OF STANDING FORCES REDUCED TO TEN THOUSAND. ]

[ CIVIL LIST ESTABLISHED, &c. ]

[ COGNIZANCE TAKEN OF FRAUDULENT ENDORSEMENTS OF EXCHEQUER BILLS. ]

[ A NEW EAST INDIA COMPANY CONSTITUTED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ SOCIETY FOR THE REFOrMATION OF MANNERS. ]

[ THE EARL OF PORTLAND RESIGNS. ]

[ THE KING DISOWNS THE SCOTTISH TRADING COMPANY. ]

[ HE EMBARKS FOR HOLLAND. ]

[ FIRST TREATY OF PARTITION. ]

[ INTRIGUES OF FRANCE AT THE COURT OF MADRID. ]

[ THE COMMONS ADDRESS THE KING. ]

[ THE SCOTTISH COMPANY MAKE A SETTLEMENT ON THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN. ]

[ REMONSTRANCES OF THE SPANISH COURT. ]

[ THE COMMONS PERSIST IN THEIR RESOLUTIONS. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE EXPEDITION Of CAPTAIN KIDD. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE IRISH FORFEITURES. ]

[ THE COMMONS PASS A BILL OF RESUMPTION. ]

[ A SEVERE BILL PASSED AGAINST THE PAPISTS. ]

[ LORD SOMERS DISMISSED. ]

[ SECOND TREATY OF PARTITION. ]

[ A FLEET SENT INTO THE BALTIC. ]

[ SECOND TREATY OF PARTITION. ]

[ THE FRENCH INTEREST PREVAILS AT THE COURT OF SPAIN. ]

[ DEATH OF THE KING OF SPAIN. ]

[ PHILIP ACKNOWLEDGED KING OF SPAIN. ]

[ A NEW MINISTRY, AND A NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ AN INTERCEPTED LETTER. ]

[ SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN SETTLED. ]

[ INEFFECTUAL NEGOTIATION with FRANCE. ]

[ SEVERE ADDRESSES FROM BOTH HOUSES. ]

[ WILLIAM IS OBLIGED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE KING OF SPAIN. ]

[ EARL OF ORFORD, &c, IMPEACHED. ]

[ DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES. ]

[ THE IMPEACHED LORDS ACQUITTED. ]

[ PETITION OF KENT. ]

[ PROGRESS OF PRINCE EUGENE. ]

[ SITUATION OF AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. ]

[ TREATY OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE MARITIME POWERS. ]

[ DEATH OF KING JAMES. ]

[ LOUIS OWNS THE PRETENDED PRINCE OF WALES AS KING OF ENGLAND. ]

[ THE KING’S LAST SPEECH TO BOTH HOUSES. ]

[ THE BILL OF ABJURATION PASSED. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. ]

[ THE KING RECOMMENDS AN UNION. ]

[ HE FALLS FROM HIS HORSE. ]

[ HIS DEATH AND CHARACTER. ]

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[ QUEEN ANNE ]

[ CHAPTER VII. ]

[ ANNE SUCCEEDS TO THE THRONE. ]

[ THE ENGAGEMENTS OF HER PREDECESSOR WITH HIS ALLIES FULFILLED. ]

[ A FRENCH MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE STATES-GENERAL. ]

[ QUEEN’S INCLINATION TO THE TORIES. ]

[ WAR DECLARED AGAINST FRANCE. ]

[ THE PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ WARM OPPOSITION TO THE MINISTRY IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THEY RECOGNISE HER MAJESTY’S AUTHORITY. ]

[ THE QUEEN APPOINTS COMMISSIONERS TO TREAT OF AN UNION. ]

[ STATE OF AFFAIRS ON THE CONTINENT. ]

[ KEISEESWAERT AND LANDAU TAKEN. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE EARL OF MARLBOROUGH. ]

[ HE NARROWLY ESCAPES BEING TAKEN BY A FRENCH PARTISAN. ]

[ THE IMPERIALISTS ARE WORSTED AT FEIDLINGUEN. ]

[ BATTLE OF LUZZARA, IN ITALY. ]

[ THE KING OF SWEDEN DEFEATS AUGUSTUS AT LISSOU. ]

[ FRUITLESS EXPEDITION TO CADIZ. ]

[ SPANISH GALLEONS TAKEN and DESTROYED. ]

[ BENBOW’S ENGAGEMENT WITH DU CASSE. ]

[ A NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES. ]

[ THE LORDS INQUIRE INTO THE CONDUCT OF SIR GEORGE ROOKE. ]

[ COMMERCE PROHIBITED BETWEEN HOLLAND, FRANCE, AND SPAIN. ]

[ BILL FOR PREVENTING OCCASIONAL CONFORMITY. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. ]

[ DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES OF CONVOCATION. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF PARTIES IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ DANGEROUS HEATS IN THE PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE COMMISSIONER IS ABANDONED BY THE CAVALIERS. ]

[ HE IS IN DANGER OF HIS LIFE. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ A SEVERE ACT PASSED AGAINST PAPISTS. ]

[ THE ELECTOR TAKES POSSESSION OF RATISBON. ]

[ THE ALLIES REDUCE BONNE. ]

[ BATTLE OF ECKEREN. ]

[ PRINCE OF HESSE DEFEATED BY THE FRENCH. ]

[ TREATY BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE DUKE OF SAVOY. ]

[ SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL SAILS WITH A FLEET. ]

[ ADMIRAL GRAYDON’S BOOTLESS EXPEDITION. ]

[ CHARLES KING OF SPAIN ARRIVES IN ENGLAND. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. ]

[ BILL AGAINST OCCASIONAL CONFORMITY. ]

[ CONSPIRACY OF SIMON FRASER, LORD LOVAT. ]

[ A REMONSTRANCE PRESENTED TO THE QUEEN. ]

[ DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES. ]

[ THE QUEEN’S BOUNTY to the POOR CLERGY. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO NAVAL AFFAIRS. ]

[ TRIAL OF LINDSAY. ]

[ THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ VIOLENT OPPOSITION TO THE MINISTRY. ]

[ THEY PASS THE ACT OF SECURITY. ]

[ SITUATION OF THE EMPEROR’S AFFAIRS. ]

[ MARLBOROUGH MARCHES WITH THE ALLIED ARMY INTO GERMANY. ]

[ FRUITLESS NEGOTIATION WITH THE ELECTOR. ]

[ THE CONFEDERATES OBTAIN A COMPLETE VICTORY AT HOCHSTADT. ]

[ SIEGE OF LANDAU. ]

[ MARLBOROUGH RETURNS TO ENGLAND. ]

[ STATE OF THE WAR IN EUROPE. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN PORTUGAL. ]

[ SIR GEORGE KOOKE TAKES GIBRALTAR. ]

[ SESSION OF PARLIAMENT IN ENGLAND. ]

[ AN ACT OF ALIENATION PASSED. ]

[ DISAGREEMENT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE AYLESBURY CONSTABLES. ]

[ THE PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ ACT PASSED FOR A TREATY OF UNION. ]

[ DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARLIAMENT AND CONVOCATION IN IRELAND. ]

[ CAMPAIGN ON THE MOSELLE. ]

[ THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH FORCES THE FRENCH LINES IN BRABANT. ]

[ HE VISITS THE COURT OF VIENNA. ]

[ STATE OF THE WAR ON THE UPPER RHINE, IN HUNGARY, &c. ]

[ THE FRENCH FLEET DESTROYED, &c. ]

[ BARCELONA REDUCED BY SIR C. SHOVEL AND LORD PETERBOROUGH. ]

[ THE EARL’S PROGRESS IN SPAIN. ]

[ NEW PARLIAMENT IN ENGLAND. ]

[ BILL FOR A REGENCY. ]

[ THE PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ CONFERENCES OPENED FOR A TREATY OF UNION WITH SCOTLAND. ]

[ SUBSTANCE OF THE TREATY. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. ]

[ THE FRENCH DEFEATED AT THE BATTLE OF RAMILLIES. ]

[ THE SIEGE OF BARCELONA RAISED. ]

[ PRINCE EUGENE OBTAINS A COMPLETE VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH. ]

[ SIR C. SHOVEL SAILS WITH A REINFORCEMENT TO CHARLES. ]

[ THE KING OF SWEDEN MARCHES INTO SAXONY. ]

[ THE FRENCH KING DEMANDS CONFERENCES FOR A PEACE. ]

[ MEETING OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ VIOLENT OPPOSITION TO THE UNION. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS in the ENGLISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE COMMONS APPROVE OF THE ARTICLES OF THE UNION. ]

[ PARLIAMENT REVIVED BY PROCLAMATION. ]

[ THE QUEEN GIVES AUDIENCE TO A MUSCOVITE AMBASSADOR. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN CONVOCATION. ]

[ FRANCE THREATENED WITH TOTAL RUIN. ]

[ THE ALLIES ARE DEFEATED AT ALMANZA. ]

[ UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT UPON TOULON. ]

[ SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL WRECKED. ]

[ INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE KING OF SWEDEN AND THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. ]

[ INACTIVE CAMPAIGN in the NETHERLANDS. ]

[ A PARTY FORMED AGAINST MARLBOROUGH. ]

[ MEETING OP THE FIRST BRITISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE WAR IN SPAIN. ]

[ THE PRETENDER EMBARKS AT DUNKIRK FOR SCOTLAND. ]

[ STATE OF THE NATION AT THAT PERIOD. ]

[ PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. ]

[ THE FRENCH SURPRISE GHENT AND BRUGES. ]

[ THE ALLIES INVEST LISLE. ]

[ LISLE SURRENDERED, GHENT TAKEN, AND BRUGES ABANDONED. ]

[ CONQUEST OF MINORCA. ]

[ RUPTURE BETWEEN THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR. ]

[ DEATH OF PRINCE GEORGE OF DENMARK. ]

[ THE NEW PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. ]

[ NATURALIZATION BILL. ]

[ ACT OF GRACE. ]

[ DISPUTES ABOUT THE MUSCOVITE AMBASSADOR COMPROMISED. ]

[ CHAPTER X. ]

[ NEGOTIATION FOR PEACE INEFFECTUAL. ]

[ THE ALLIED ARMY TAKE TOURNAY. ]

[ THE FRENCH ARE DEFEATED. ]

[ MONS SURRENDERED. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN SPAIN. ]

[ FRENCH KING’S PROPOSALS OF TREATING REJECTED BY THE STATES-GENERAL. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF DE SACHEVEREL. ]

[ HIS TRIAL. ]

[ DEBATES UPON IT IN THE LORDS. ]

[ CONFERENCES AT GERTRUYDENBURGH. ]

[ PRIDE AND OBSTINACY OF THE DUTCH. ]

[ DOUAY, BETHUNE, AIRE, &c. TAKEN BY THE CONFEDERATES. ]

[ KING CHARLES, OBTAINING A VICTORY AT SARAGOSSA, ENTERS MADRID. ]

[ BATTLE OF VILLAVICIOSA. ]

[ THE WHIG MINISTRY DISGRACED. ]

[ DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH INSULTED. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR IN SPAIN. ]

[ HARLEY STABBED AT THE COUNCIL BOARD. ]

[ DEATH OF THE EMPEROR JOSEPH. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVOCATION. ]

[ THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH CONTINUES TO COMMAND THE ALLIED ARMY. ]

[ BOUCHAIN REDUCED. ]

[ DUKE OF ARGYLE COMMANDS THE BRITISH TROOPS IN SPAIN. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO CANADA. ]

[ NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE COURTS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND. ]

[ MENAGER ARRIVES PRIVATELY in ENGLAND. ]

[ THE FRENCH KING’S PROPOSALS DISAGREEABLE TO THE ALLIES. ]

[ DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH DISMISSED FROM ALL HIS EMPLOYMENTS. ]

[ PRINCE EUGENE ARRIVES IN ENGLAND. ]

[ WALPOLE EXPELLED. ]

[ RESOLUTIONS AGAINST THE BARRIER-TREATY AND THE DUTCH. ]

[ ACTS UNFAVOURABLE TO THE PRESBYTERIAN DISCIPLINE IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ CHAPTER XI. ]

[ THE QUEEN’S MEASURES OBSTRUCTED. ]

[ DEATH OF THE DAUPHIN AND HIS SON. ]

[ THE QUEEN DEMANDS PHILIP’S RENUNCIATION OF THE CROWN. ]

[ THE DUKE OF ORMOND TAKES THE COMMAND OF THE BRITISH FORCES. ]

[ PHILIP PROMISES TO RENOUNCE THE CROWN OF FRANCE. ]

[ THE QUEEN COMMUNICATES THE PLAN OF THE PEACE TO PARLIAMENT. ]

[ IRRUPTION INTO FRANCE BY GENERAL GROVESTEIN. ]

[ FOREIGN TROOPS IN BRITISH PAY REFUSE TO MARCH WITH ORMOND. ]

[ THE ALLIES DEFEATED AT DENAIN. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE CONFERENCES AT UTRECHT. ]

[ THE DUKE OF HAMILTON AND LORD MOHUN ARE KILLED IN A DUEL. ]

[ THE STATES-GENERAL SIGN THE BARRIER-TREATY. ]

[ PEACE WITH FRANCE. ]

[ THE TREATY WITH FRANCE. ]

[ THE SCOTTISH LORDS MOVE FOR A BILL TO DISSOLVE THE UNION. ]

[ VIOLENCE OF PARTIES IN ENGLAND. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ NEW PARLIAMENT IN ENGLAND. ]

[ TREATY OF RASTADT BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND FRANCE. ]

[ THE LORDS TAKE COGNIZANCE OF A LIBEL AGAINST THE SCOTS. ]

[ MR. STEELE EXPELLED THE HOUSE. ]

[ WHIGS’ PRECAUTION FOR SECURING THE PROTESTANT SUCCESSION. ]

[ A WRIT DEMANDED FOR THE ELECTORAL PRINCE OF HANOVER. ]

[ THE PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ PRECAUTIONS TAKEN FOR SECURING THE PEACE OF THE KINGDOM. ]

[ DEATH AND CHARACTER OF ANNE. ]

[ NOTES: ]

[ MAPS: ]

[ GEORGE I. ]

[ CHAPTER I. ]

[ STATE OF PARTIES. ]

[ KING GEORGE PROCLAIMED. ]

[ THE CIVIL LIST GRANTED TO THE KING. ]

[ THE ELECTORAL PRINCE CREATED PRINCE OF WALES. ]

[ THE KING ARRIVES IN ENGLAND. ]

[ THE TORIES TOTALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE ROYAL FAVOUR. ]

[ PRETENDER’S MANIFESTO. ]

[ NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE KING’S FIRST SPEECH. ]

[ COMMITTEE OF SECRECY. ]

[ SIR JOHN NORRIS SENT WITH A FLEET TO THE BALTIC. ]

[ DISCONTENT OF THE NATION. ]

[ REPORT OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE. ]

[ EARL OF OXFORD SENT TO THE TOWER. ]

[ THE KING DECLARES TO BOTH HOUSES THAT A REBELLION IS BEGUN. ]

[ DUKE OF ORMOND AND LORD BOLINGBROKE ATTAINTED. ]

[ INTRIGUES OF THE JACOBITES. ]

[ DEATH OF LOUIS XIV. ]

[ THE EARL OF MAR SETS UP THE PRETENDER’S STANDARD. ]

[ MACKINTOSH JOINS THE ENGLISH INSURGENTS. ]

[ BATTLE AT DUMBLANE. ]

[ THE PRETENDER ARRIVES IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ THE REBEL LORDS ARE IMPEACHED. ]

[ EARL OF DEEWENTWATER AND LORD KENMUIR ARE BEHEADED. ]

[ TRIALS OF REBELS. ]

[ ACT FOR SEPTENNIAL PARLIAMENTS. ]

[ DUKE OF ARGYLE DISGRACED. ]

[ THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. ]

[ COUNT GYLLENBURGH ARRESTED. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF THE OXFORD RIOT. ]

[ DIVISION IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ THE COMMONS PASS THE SOUTH-SEA ACT, &c. ]

[ TRIAL OF THE EARL OF OXFORD. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVOCATION WITH REGARD TO DR. HOADLEY. ]

[ CHAPTER II. ]

[ DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE KING AND THE CZAR OF MUSCOVY. ]

[ THE KING OF SWEDEN IS KILLED. ]

[ NEGOTIATION FOR A QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT. ]

[ NATURE OF THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE. ]

[ ADMIRAL BYNG SAILS. ]

[ HE DESTROYS THE SPANISH FLEET. ]

[ REMONSTRANCES OF THE SPANISH MINISTRY. ]

[ ACT FOR STRENGTHENING THE PROTESTANT INTEREST. ]

[ WAR DECLARED AGAINST SPAIN. ]

[ CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE REGENT OF FRANCE. ]

[ INTENDED INVASION BY ORMOND. ]

[ THREE HUNDRED SPANIARDS LAND AND ARE TAKEN IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF THE PEERAGE BILL. ]

[ COUNT MERCI ASSUMES THE COMMAND OF THE IMPERIAL ARMY ]

[ ACTIVITY OF ADMIRAL BYNG. ]

[ THE SPANISH TROOPS EVACUATE SICILY. ]

[ PHILIP OBLIGED TO ACCEDE TO THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE. ]

[ BILL FOR SECURING THE DEPENDENCY OF IRELAND UPON THE CROWN. ]

[ SOUTH-SEA ACT ]

[ CHARTERS GRANTED TO THE ROYAL AND LONDON ASSURANCE OFFICES. ]

[ TREATY OF ALLIANCE WITH SWEDEN. ]

[ THE PRINCE OF HESSE ELECTED KING OF SWEDEN. ]

[ EFFECTS OF THE SOUTH-SEA SCHEME. ]

[ A SECRET COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. ]

[ SEVERE RESOLUTIONS AGAINST THE SOUTH-SEA COMPANY. ]

[ CHAPTER III. ]

[ BILL AGAINST ATHEISM. ]

[ ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND SPAIN. ]

[ PLAGUE AT MARSEILLES. ]

[ DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ABOUT MR. LAW. ]

[ SENTIMENTS OF SOME LORDS TOUCHING THE WAR. ]

[ PETITION OF THE QUAKERS.. ]

[ NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DECLARATION OF THE PRETENDER. ]

[ REPORT OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE. ]

[ BILL OF PAINS AND PENALTIES AGAINST THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THOSE CONCERNED IN THE LOTTERY AT HAMBURGH. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ CLAMOUR IN IRELAND ON ACCOUNT OF WOOD’S COINAGE. ]

[ DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. ]

[ AN ACT FOR LESSENING THE PUBLIC DEBTS. ]

[ PHILIP, KING OF SPAIN, ABDICATES THE THRONE. ]

[ ABUSES IN CHANCERY. ]

[ TRIAL OF THE EARL OF MACCLESFIELD. ]

[ DEBATES ABOUT THE DEBTS OF THE CIVIL LIST. ]

[ BILL IN FAVOUR OF THE LATE LORD BOLINGBROKE. ]

[ TREATY OF ALLIANCE. ]

[ TREATY OF HANOVER. ]

[ A SQUADRON SENT TO THE BALTIC. ]

[ ADMIRAL HOSIER’S EXPEDITION. ]

[ DISGRACE OF THE DUKE DE RIPPERDA. ]

[ SUBSTANCE OF THE KING’S SPEECH. ]

[ DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. ]

[ CONVENTIONS WITH SWEDEN AND HESSE-CASSEL. ]

[ VOTE OF CREDIT. ]

[ SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR ]

[ PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE. ]

[ DEATH AND CHARACTER OF GEORGE I. ]

[ NOTES: ]

[ GEORGE II. ]

[ CHAPTER I. ]

[ GEORGE II. ASCENDS THE THRONE. ]

[ CHARACTERS OF THE PRINCIPAL PERSONS CONCERNED IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT CONCERNING THE CIVIL LIST. ]

[ NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ VIOLENT DISPUTE CONCERNING THE NATIONAL DEBT. ]

[ A DOUBLE MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. ]

[ LIBERALITY OF THE COMMONS. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE SUBSIDIES OF HESSE-CASSEL AND WOLFENBUTTLE. ]

[ COMMITTEE FOR INSPECTING THE GAOLS. ]

[ ADDRESS TOUCHING THE SPANISH DEPREDATIONS. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. ]

[ WISE CONDUCT OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ ABDICATION OF THE KING OF SARDINIA. ]

[ SUBSTANCE OF THE KING’S SPEECH. ]

[ OBJECTIONS TO THE TREATY OF SEVILLE. ]

[ OPPOSITION TO A STANDING ARMY. ]

[ BILL PROHIBITING LOANS. ]

[ CHARTER OF THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY. ]

[ THE EMPEROR RESENTS THE TREATY OF SEVILLE. ]

[ ARRIVAL OF SEVEN INDIAN CHIEFS. ]

[ BILL AGAINST PENSIONERS SITTING AS MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. ]

[ TREATY OF VIENNA. ]

[ DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PARMA. ]

[ DON CARLOS TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS TERRITORIES. ]

[ FRANCE DISTRACTED BY RELIGIOUS DISPUTES. ]

[ THE MINISTRY VIOLENTLY OPPOSED. ]

[ DEBATE ON A STANDING ARMY. ]

[ THE CHARITABLE CORPORATION. ]

[ REVIVAL OF THE SALT-TAX. ]

[ MR. PULTENEY’S NAME STRUCK OUT OF THE LIST OF PRIVY-COUNSELLORS. ]

[ THE KING SETS OUT FOR HANOVER. ]

[ CHAPTER II. ]

[ REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF SUICIDE. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF THE CONTINENT. ]

[ MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT. ]

[ ADDRESS TO THE KING. ]

[ THE EXCISE SCHEME PROPOSED. ]

[ BILL FOR A DOWER TO THE PRINCESS ROYAL. ]

[ DOUBLE ELECTION OF A KING OF POLAND. ]

[ CONFEDERACY AGAINST THE EMPEROR. ]

[ ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE. ]

[ ALTERCATION IN THE COMMONS. ]

[ MOTION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE SEPTENNIAL ACT. ]

[ CONCLUSION OF A REMARKABLE SPEECH BY SIR W. WYNDHAM. ]

[ PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. ]

[ DANTZIC BESIEGED BY THE RUSSIANS. ]

[ PHILIPSBURGH TAKEN BY THE FRENCH. ]

[ BATTLE OF PARMA. ]

[ THE IMPERIALISTS ARE AGAIN WORSTED. ]

[ NEW PARLIAMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN. ]

[ DEBATE ON A SUBSIDY TO DENMARK. ]

[ PETITION OF SOME SCOTTISH NOBLEMEN. ]

[ MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COURTS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. ]

[ PRELIMINARIES SIGNED BY THE EMPEROR AND THE KING OF FRANCE. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT. ]

[ BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF QUAKERS IN THE ARTICLE OF TITHES. ]

[ MORTMAIN ACT. ]

[ REMARKABLE RIOT AT EDINBURGH. ]

[ RUPTURE BETWEEN THE CZARINA AND THE OTTOMAN PORTE. ]

[ THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT OPENED ]

[ MOTION IN BOTH HOUSES FOR A SETTLEMENT ON THE PRINCE OF WALES. ]

[ SCHEME FOR REDUCING THE INTEREST OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. ]

[ BILL AGAINST THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. ]

[ PLAY-HOUSE BILL. ]

[ CHAPTER III. ]

[ THE RUSSIANS TAKE OCZAKOW. ]

[ DEATH OF CAROLINE, QUEEN CONSORT. ]

[ DISPUTE IN PARLIAMENT. ]

[ SPANISH DEPREDATIONS. ]

[ MOTIVES FOR AVOIDING A WAR. ]

[ BILL FOR SECURING THE TRADE IN AMERICA. ]

[ BIRTH OF PRINCE GEORGE. ]

[ PROGRESS of the WAR AGAINST the TURKS. ]

[ DISPUTE BETWEEN HANOVER AND DENMARK. ]

[ PETITIONS AGAINST THE CONVENTION. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE CONTENTION. ]

[ SECESSION OF THE CHIEF MEMBERS IN THE OPPOSITION. ]

[ THE HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE UPON AN ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY. ]

[ PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. ]

[ THE KING OF SPAIN PUBLISHES A MANIFESTO. ]

[ THE EMPEROR AND CZARINA CONCLUDE A PEACE WITH THE TURKS. ]

[ PREPARATIONS FOR WAR IN ENGLAND. ]

[ PENSION-BILL REVIVED AND LOST. ]

[ PORTO BELLO TAKEN by ADMIRAL VERNON. ]

[ MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS MARY TO THE PRINCE OF HESSE. ]

[ STRONG ARMAMENT SENT TO THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ DEATH OF THE EMPEROR AND CZARINA. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT. ]

[ DISCONTENTS AGAINST THE MINISTRY. ]

[ MOTION FOR REMOVING SIR R. WALPOLE FROM HIS MAJESTY’S COUNCILS. ]

[ DEBATE ON THE MUTINY BILL. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. ]

[ ARMY UNDER LORD CATHCART AND SIR CHALONER OGLE. ]

[ NATURE OF THE CLIMATE ON THE SPANISH MAIN. ]

[ ADMIRAL VERNON SAILS TO CARTHAGENA. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO CUBA. ]

[ RUPTURE BETWEEN THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY AND THE KING OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ A TREATY OF NEUTRALITY CONCLUDED WITH FRANCE FOR HANOVER. ]

[ A BODY OF FRENCH FORCES JOIN THE ELECTOR OF BAVARIA. ]

[ WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN. ]

[ REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA. ]

[ INACTIVITY OF THE NAVAL POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN. ]

[ REMARKABLE MOTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BY LORD SOMERSET. ]

[ THE COUNTRY PARTY OBTAIN A MAJORITY IN THE COMMONS. ]

[ SIR ROBERT WALPOLE CREATED EARL OF ORFORD. ]

[ CHANGE IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE. ]

[ THE ELECTOR OF BAVARIA CHOSEN EMPEROR. ]

[ THE KING OF PRUSSIA GAINS THE BATTLE AT CZASLAW. ]

[ EXTRAORDINARY RETREAT OF M. DE BELLEISLE. ]

[ THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN FORMS AN ARMY IN FLANDERS. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN. ]

[ THE KING OF SARDINIA DECLARES FOR THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA. ]

[ OPERATIONS IN THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ EXTRAORDINARY MOTION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. ]

[ BILL FOR QUIETING CORPORATIONS. ]

[ CONVENTION BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY. ]

[ DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND THE ELECTOR OF HANOVER. ]

[ THE ENGLISH OBTAIN A VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH. ]

[ TREATY OF WORMS. ]

[ AFFAIRS IN THE NORTH. ]

[ BATTLE OF CAMPO-SANTO. ]

[ TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH FLEET. ]

[ FRUITLESS ATTEMPTS UPON THE SPANISH SETTLEMENTS. ]

[ CHAPTER V. ]

[ PROJECTED INVASION OF GREAT BRITAIN. ]

[ A FRENCH SQUADRON SAILS UP THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. ]

[ The KINGDOM PUT IN A STATE OF DEFENCE. ]

[ THE DESIGN OF THE FRENCH DEFEATED. ]

[ BILL AGAINST THOSE WHO SHOULD CORRESPOND WITH THE PRETENDER’S SONS. ]

[ NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF TOULON. ]

[ TREATY OF FRANCKFORT. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH KING IN THE NETHERLANDS ]

[ PRINCE CHARLES OF LORRAINE PASSES THE RHINE. ]

[ CAMPAIGN IN BAVARIA AND FLANDERS. ]

[ BATTLE OF CONI. ]

[ RETURN OF COMMODORE ANSON. ]

[ REVOLUTION IN THE BRITISH MINISTRY. ]

[ TREATY OF DRESDEN.—THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY ELECTED EMPEROR. ]

[ THE ALLIES ARE DEFEATED. ]

[ THE KING OF SARDINIA IS ALMOST STRIPPED OF HIS DOMINIONS. ]

[ THE ENGLISH TAKE CAPE BRETON ]

[ PROJECT OF AN INSURRECTION IN GREAT BRITAIN. ]

[ THE ELDEST SON OF THE CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGE LANDS IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ EFFORTS OF THE FRIENDS OF GOVERNMENT IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ PRECAUTIONS TAKEN IN ENGLAND. ]

[ THE REBELS RETREAT INTO SCOTLAND. ]

[ THE KING’S TROOPS UNDER HAWLEY ARE WORSTED AT FALKIEK. ]

[ THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND COMMANDS THE ROYAL TROOPS. ]

[ THE REBELS UNDERTAKE THE SIEGE OF FORT-WILLIAM. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. ]

[ THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND TAKES POSSESSION OF INVERNESS. ]

[ THE PRETENDER ESCAPES TO FRANCE. ]

[ CONVULSION IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF THE REBELS. ]

[ THE STATES-GENERAL ALARMED AT THE PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH. ]

[ COUNT SAXE SUBDUES ALL FLANDERS, BRABANT, AND HAINAULT. ]

[ THE FRENCH AND SPANIARDS ABANDON PIEDMONT AND THE MILANESE. ]

[ THE GENOESE EXPEL THE AUSTRIANS. ]

[ MADRAS TAKEN BY THE FRENCH. ]

[ NAVAL TRANSACTIONS in the WEST INDIES. ]

[ PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. ]

[ THE FRENCH AND ALLIES TAKE THE FIELD IN FLANDERS. ]

[ THE PRINCE OF ORANGE ELECTED STADTHOLDER. ]

[ SIEGE OF BERGEN-OP-ZOOM. ]

[ THE CHEVALIER DE BELLEISLE SLAIN. ]

[ A FRENCH SQUADRON TAKEN. ]

[ ADMIRAL HAWKE OBTAINS ANOTHER VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH. ]

[ CONGRESS AT AIX-LA-CHAPELLE. ]

[ COMPLIANT TEMPER OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ]

[ PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS. ]

[ SIEGE OF MAESTRICHT. FORMS A CESSATION. ]

[ TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST AND WEST INDIES. ]

[ CONCLUSION OF THE DEFINITIVE TREATY AT AIX-LA-CHAPELLE. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. ]

[ REFLECTIONS ON THE PEACE. ]

[ THE PRINCE OF WALES’ ADHERENTS JOIN THE OPPOSITION. ]

[ CHARACTER OF THE MINISTRY. ]

[ SESSION OPENED. ]

[ EXORBITANT DEMAND OF THE EMPRESS-QUEEN OPPOSED. ]

[ VIOLENT CONTEST CONCERNING THE SEAMEN’S BILL. ]

[ BILL FOR LIMITING THE TERM OF A SOLDIER’S SERVICE. ]

[ MEASURES TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THE AFRICAN TRADE. ]

[ SCHEME FOR IMPROVING THE BRITISH FISHERY. ]

[ ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE COMMERCE TO HUDSON’S BAY. ]

[ PLAN FOR MAINTAINING THE NAVY. ]

[ ELECTION OF A CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. ]

[ SCHEME FOR A NEW SETTLEMENT. ]

[ TOWN OF HALIFAX FOUNDED. ]

[ FRENCH ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE THE ISLAND OF TOBAGO. ]

[ REJOICINGS FOR THE PEACE. ]

[ APPEARANCE OF A RUPTURE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN. ]

[ INTERPOSITION OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ CONDUCT OF DIFFERENT EUROPEAN POWERS. ]

[ INSOLENCE OF THE BARBARY CORSAIRS. ]

[ DISTURBANCES IN ENGLAND. ]

[ SESSION OPENED. ]

[ SCHEME FOR REDUCING THE INTEREST OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. ]

[ NEW MUTINY BILL. ]

[ BILL FOR ENCOURAGING the IMPORTATION OF IRON FROM AMERICA. ]

[ ERECTION OF THE BRITISH HERRING FISHERY. ]

[ NEW AFRICAN COMPANY. ]

[ WESTMINSTER ELECTION. ]

[ EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON. ]

[ PESTILENTIAL FEVER AT THE SESSION IN THE OLD BAILEY. ]

[ DISPUTES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN. ]

[ PLAN FOR ELECTING THE ARCHDUKE JOSEPH KING OF THE ROMANS. ]

[ DISPUTES WITH THE FRENCH ABOUT THE LIMITS OF NOVA SCOTIA. ]

[ TREATY WITH SPAIN. ]

[ SESSION OPENED. ]

[ DEATH AND CHARACTER OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. ]

[ SETTLEMENT OF A REGENCY IN CASE OF A MINOR SOVEREIGN. ]

[ GENERAL NATURALIZATION BILL. ]

[ CENSURE PASSED UPON A PAPER ENTITLED “CONSTITUTIONAL QUERIES.” ]

[ PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMONS ON THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION. ]

[ MR. MURRAY SENT PRISONER TO NEWGATE. ]

[ SESSION CLOSED. STYLE ALTERED. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. ]

[ DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF DENMARK AND PRINCE OF ORANGE. ]

[ MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CZARINA AND KING OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ MEASURES FOR ELECTING A KING OF THE ROMANS. ]

[ DEATH OF THE KING OF SWEDEN. ]

[ SESSION OPENED. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS UPON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED “THE CASE OF MR. MURRAY.” ]

[ LAW RELATING TO THE FORFEITED ESTATES IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ NEW CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS. ]

[ TWO PORTS OPENED FOR THE IMPORTATION OF IRISH WOOL. ]

[ THE KING SETS OUT FOR HANOVER. ]

[ DISPUTE BETWEEN HANOVER AND PRUSSIA. ]

[ MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COURTS OF LONDON AND BERLIN. ]

[ IMPROVEMENT OF POMERANIA. ]

[ TREATY WITH THE ELECTOR PALATINE. ]

[ SESSION OPENED. ]

[ GAME ACT. ]

[ ACT FOR PERFORMING QUARANTINE. ]

[ ACT FOR PREVENTING THE PLUNDERING OF SHIPWRECKED VESSELS. ]

[ BILL RELATING TO THE BOUNTY OF CORN EXPORTED. ]

[ TURKEY TRADE LAID OPEN. ]

[ NATURALIZATION OF THE JEWS. ]

[ MARRIAGE ACT. ]

[ DELIBERATIONS CONCERNING THE SUGAR COLONIES. ]

[ FATE OF THE REGISTER BILL. ]

[ SIR HANS SLOANE’S MUSEUM PURCHASED BY PARLIAMENT. ]

[ EXECUTION OF DR. CAMERON. ]

[ TUMULTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE KINGDOM. ]

[ DISTURBANCES IN FRANCE. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIET RELATIVE TO EAST FRIEZELAND. ]

[ EXTRAORDINARY TREATY. ]

[ CONFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO NOVA SCOTIA BROKE UP. ]

[ DESCRIPTION OF NOVA SCOTIA. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. ]

[ AMBITIOUS SCHEMES OF THE FRENCH. ]

[ RISE AND CONDUCT OF THE OHIO COMPANY. ]

[ PERFIDY OF THE FRENCH. ]

[ MAJOR LAURENCE DEFEATS THE FRENCH NEUTRALS. ]

[ BRITISH AMBASSADOR AT PARIS AMUSED WITH GENERAL PROMISES. ]

[ SESSION OPENED. ]

[ REPEAL OF THE ACT FOR NATURALIZING JEWS. ]

[ MOTION FOE REPEALING A FORMER ACT FAVOURABLE TO THE JEWS. ]

[ EAST-INDIA MUTINY BILL. ]

[ SESSION CLOSED. ]

[ DEATH OF MR. PELHAM. CHANGE IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ NEW PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED AND PROROGUED. ]

[ DISPUTES IN THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST INDIES. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS. ]

[ DISPUTE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT OF ARCOT. ]

[ MAHOMMED ALI KHAN SUPPORTED BY THE ENGLISH. ]

[ MR. CLIVE TAKES ARCOT. ]

[ MR. CLIVE REDUCES THREE FORTS, &c. ]

[ CHUNDA SAIB TAKEN AND PUT TO DEATH. ]

[ CONVENTION BETWEEN THE EAST INDIA COMPANIES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE. ]

[ GENERAL VIEW OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA. ]

[ THE FRENCH SURPRISE LOG’S TOWN. ]

[ CONFERENCE WITH THE INDIANS. ]

[ COLONEL WASHINGTON DEFEATED AND TAKEN BY THE FRENCH. ]

[ DIVISIONS AMONG THE BRITISH COLONIES. ]

[ HEREDITARY PRINCE OF HESSE-CASSEL PROFESSES THE CATHOLIC RELIGION. ]

[ PARLIAMENT OF PARIS RECALLED FROM EXILE. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. ]

[ SESSION OPENED. ]

[ BILL IN BEHALF OF CHELSEA PENSIONERS. ]

[ MESSAGE FROM THE KING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. ]

[ COURT OF VERSAILLES AMUSES THE ENGLISH MINISTRY. ]

[ SESSION CLOSED. ]

[ CHAPTER X. ]

[ PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. ]

[ EARL PAULET’S MOTION. ]

[ REGENCY APPOINTED. ]

[ BOSCAWEN’S EXPEDITION. ]

[ FRENCH AMBASSADOR RECALLED. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF THE ENGLISH IN AMERICA. ]

[ BRADDOCK’S UNFORTUNATE EXPEDITION. ]

[ EXPEDITION AGAINST CROWN POINT AND NIAGARA RESOLVED ON. ]

[ BRAVERY OF CAPTAIN M’GINNES. ]

[ DESCRIPTION OF FORT OSWEGO, &c ]

[ EXPEDITION AGAINST NIAGARA. ]

[ GENERAL SHIRLEY RETURNS TO ALBANY. ]

[ TREATY WITH THE LANDGRAVE OF HESSE-CASSEL. ]

[ NEWS OF THE CAPTURE OF THE ALCIDE AND LYS REACHES ENGLAND. ]

[ THE KING RETURNS FROM HANOVER, AND CONCLUDES A TREATY WITH RUSSIA. ]

[ DECLARATION OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY AT THE COURT OF VIENNA. ]

[ SPIRITED DECLARATION OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ THE FRENCH MAKE ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT UPON THE COURT OF SPAIN. ]

[ THE IMPERIAL COURT REFUSES AUXILIARIES TO ENGLAND. ]

[ THE FRENCH TAKE THE BLANDFORD. ]

[ STATE OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH NAVIES. ]

[ SESSION OPENED. ]

[ REMARKABLE ADDRESSES OF BOTH HOUSES. ]

[ HIS MAJESTY’S ANSWER. ]

[ ALTERATIONS IN THE MINISTRY. ]

[ EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON. ]

[ RELIEF VOTED TO THE PORTUGUESE. ]

[ MUTINY BILL, MARINE, AND MARINERS’ ACTS CONTINUED. ]

[ ACT FOR RAISING A REGIMENT OF FOOT IN NORTH AMERICA. ]

[ MARITIME LAWS OF ENGLAND EXTENDED TO AMERICA. ]

[ QUIET OF IRELAND RESTORED. ]

[ TREATY CONCLUDED WITH PRUSSIA. ]

[ NEW MILITIA-BILL. ]

[ SESSION CLOSED. ]

[ CHAPTER XI. ]

[ LETTER FROM M. ROUILLE. ]

[ THE FRENCH THREATEN GREAT BRITAIN WITH AN INVASION. ]

[ REQUISITION OF SIX THOUSAND DUTCH TROOPS. ]

[ HESSIANS AND HANOVERIANS TRANSPORTED INTO ENGLAND. ]

[ FRENCH PREPARATIONS AT TOULON. ]

[ ADMIRAL BYNG SAILS FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN. ]

[ ADMIRAL BYNG ARRIVES AT GIBRALTAR. ]

[ HE ENGAGES M. DE LA GALISSONNIERE OFF MINORCA. ]

[ ADMIRAL BYNG SUPERSEDED AND SENT HOME PRISONER. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF ST. PHILIP’S FORT IN MINORCA. ]

[ PRECAUTIONS taken by GENERAL BLAKENEY. ]

[ SIR E. HAWKE SAILS TO MINORCA. ]

[ GALLANTRY OF FORTUNATUS WRIGHT. ]

[ GENERAL BLAKENEY CREATED A BARON. ]

[ MEASURES TAKEN FOR THE DEFENCE OF GREAT BRITAIN. ]

[ EARL OF LOUDON APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN AMERICA. ]

[ HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S DECLARATION OF WAR. ]

[ SUBSTANCE OF THE FRENCH KING’S DECLARATION. ]

[ ADDRESS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. ]

[ TRIAL OF GENERAL FOWKE. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF AMERICA. ]

[ EARL OF LOUDON ARRIVES AT NEW YORK. ]

[ OSWEGO REDUCED BY THE ENEMY. ]

[ FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN AMERICA. ]

[ NAVAL OPERATIONS IN AMERICA. ]

[ TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST INDIES. ]

[ CALCUTTA BESIEGED. ]

[ FATE OF THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE DUNGEON AT CALCUTTA. ]

[ ADDITIONAL CRUELTIES EXERCISED ON MR. HOLWELL. ]

[ FORT GERIAH TAKEN BY ADMIRAL WATSON AND MR. CLIVE. ]

[ CHAPTER XII. ]

[ MOTIVES OF THE WAR IN GERMANY. ]

[ MEASURES TAKEN BY THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND ELECTOR OF HANOVER. ]

[ THE KING OF PRUSSIA DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION. ]

[ THE PRUSSIAN ARMY ENTERS SAXONY. ]

[ PRUSSIANS PENETRATE INTO BOHEMIA. ]

[ SAXON ARMY SURRENDERS. ]

[ KING OF POLAND’S MEMORIAL TO THE STATES-GENERAL. ]

[ IMPERIAL DECREES PUBLISHED AGAINST THE KING OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ DECLARATION OF DIFFERENT POWERS. ]

[ HIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY’S ANSWER TO THE SAXON MEMORIAL. ]

[ DISPUTES BETWEEN THE PARLIAMENT OF PARIS AND THE CLERGY. ]

[ DEARTH OF CORN IN ENGLAND. ]

[ SESSION OPENED. ]

[ DEBATES ON THE ADDRESS. ]

[ BILL PASSED FOr PROHIBITING THE EXPORTATION OF CORN. ]

[ REFLECTIONS ON THE CONTINENTAL WAR. ]

[ MESSAGES FROM THE KING TO THE PARLIAMENT. ]

[ MEASURES TAKEN TO REMOVE THE SCARCITY OF CORN. ]

[ MILITIA BILL. ]

[ BILL FOR QUARTERING FOREIGN TROOPS, &c. ]

[ BILL FOR THE MORE SPEEDY RECRUITING THE LAND-FORCES AND MARINES, &c. ]

[ ACT FOR IMPORTING AMERICAN IRON DUTY FREE. ]

[ REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPORTATION OF SILK. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE SCARCITY OF CORN. ]

[ INVESTIGATION OF THE LOSS OF MINORCA. ]

[ EXAMINATION of the AMERICAN CONTRACT. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF ADMIRAL KNOWLES, &c. ]

[ RESOLUTIONS concerning MILFORD-HAVEN. ]

[ SESSION CLOSED. ]

[ TRIAL OF ADMIRAL BYNG. ]

[ BILL TO RELEASE THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT-MARTIAL, &c ]

[ EXECUTION OF ADMIRAL BYNG. ]

[ REMARKS ON ADMIRAL BYNG’S FATE. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. ]

[ MR. PITT AND MR. LEGGE TAKEN INTO THE ADMINISTRATION. ]

[ COALITION OF PARTIES. ]

[ DESCENT ON THE COAST OF FRANCE MEDITATED. ]

[ COMMAND OF THE FLEET GIVEN TO SIR EDWARD HAWKE, &c. ]

[ ADMIRAL KNOWLES SENT TO TAKE AIX. ]

[ ATTACK AND SURRENDER OF AIX. ]

[ THE FLEET RETURNS TO SPITHEAD. ]

[ SIR JOHN MORDAUNT TRIED BY A COURT-MARTIAL. ]

[ FLEETS SENT TO THE EAST AND WEST INDIES. ]

[ RIOTS OCCASIONED BY THE HIGH PRICE OF CORN. ]

[ OPERATIONS IN AMERICA. ]

[ LORD LOUDON’S CONDUCT IN AMERICA. ]

[ FORT WILLIAM-HENRY TAKEN by the FRENCH. ]

[ NAVAL TRANSACTIONS IN AMERICA. ]

[ STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE EAST INDIES. ]

[ SEDUCTION OF CHANDERNAGORE. ]

[ COLONEL CLIVE DEFEATS THE SUBA AT PLAISSEY, &c. ]

[ ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE KING OF FRANCE. ]

[ CHANGES IN THE FRENCH MINISTRY. ]

[ STATE OF THE CONFEDERACY. ]

[ SKIRMISHES BETWEEN THE PRUSSIANS AND AUSTRIANS. ]

[ NEUTRALITY OF THE EMPEROR, AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE DUTCH. ]

[ DECLARATION OF THE CZARINA AGAINST THE KING OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ KING OF PRUSSIA ENTERS BOHEMIA. ]

[ PRAGUE INVESTED. ]

[ COUNT DAUN COMMANDS THE AUSTRIANS. ]

[ KING OF PRUSSIA DEFEATED AT KOLIN. ]

[ PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEFENCE OF HANOVER. ]

[ SKIRMISHES WITH THE FRENCH. ]

[ DUKE OF CUMBERLAND PASSES THE WESER. ]

[ BATTLE OF HASTENBECK. ]

[ THE FRENCH TAKE POSSESSION OF HANOVER AND HESSE-CASSEL. ]

[ THE FRENCH REDUCE VERDEN and BREMEN. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. ]

[ THE FRENCH ENTER THE PRUSSIAN DOMINIONS. ]

[ A RUSSIAN FLEET BLOCKS UP THE PRUSSIAN PORTS IN THE BALTIC. ]

[ ARMY OF THE EMPIRE RAISED. ]

[ THE AUSTRIANS TAKE GABEL. ]

[ THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA LEAVES THE ARMY. ]

[ COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND OSTEND BROKE OFF. ]

[ MARESCHAL LEHWALD ATTACKS THE RUSSIANS NEAR NORKITTEN. ]

[ HASTY RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS OUT OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ FRENCH AND IMPERIALISTS TAKE GOTHA. ]

[ ACTION BETWEEN THE PRUSSIANS AND AUSTRIANS NEAR GOERLITZ. ]

[ THE FRENCH OBLIGE FERDINAND TO RETIRE. ]

[ BATTLE OF ROSBACH. ]

[ THE AUSTRIANS TAKE SCHWEIDNITZ. ]

[ MARESCHAL KEITH LAYS BOHEMIA UNDER CONTRIBUTION. ]

[ HOSTILITIES of the SWEDES in POMERANIA. ]

[ MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE DUTCH. ]

[ DISPUTES CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CLOSTER-SEVEN. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE HANOVERIAN ARMY. ]

[ DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF POLAND, &c. ]

[ FATE OF CAPTAIN DEATH. ]

[ SESSION OPENED. ]

[ SECOND TREATY WITH PRUSSIA. ]

[ BILLS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SEAMEN, &c. ]

[ ACT FOR ASCERTAINING THE QUALIFICATION OF VOTING. ]

[ BILL FOR MORE EFFECTUALLY MANNING THE NAVY. ]

[ HABEAS-CORPUS ACT AMENDED. ]

[ SCHEME IN FAVOUR OF THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS RELATIVE TO THE AFRICAN COMPANY. ]

[ SESSION CLOSED. ]

[ VIGOROUS PREPARATIONS FOR WAR, &c. ]

[ THE FRENCH EVACUATE EMBDEN. ]

[ ADMIRAL BRODERICK’S SHIP BURNT. ]

[ DESCENT AT CANCALLE BAY. ]

[ EXPEDITION AGAINST CHERBOURG. ]

[ DESCENT AT ST. MALOES. ]

[ ENGLISH DEFEATED AT ST. CAS. ]

[ CLAMOURS OF THE DUTCH MERCHANTS, &c. ]

[ CHAPTER XV. ]

[ EXPEDITION AGAINST SENEGAL. ]

[ FORT LOUIS AND SENEGAL TAKEN. ]

[ EXPEDITION TO CAPE-BRETON. ]

[ LOUISBOURG TAKEN. ]

[ ATTEMPT UPON TICONDEROGA. ]

[ FORT FRONTENAC TAKEN AND DESTROYED BY THE ENGLISH. ]

[ BRIGADIER FORBES TAKES FORT DU QUESNE. ]

[ SHIPWRECK OF CAPTAIN BARTON. ]

[ GALLANT EXPLOIT OF CAPTAIN TYRREL. ]

[ TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST INDIES. ]

[ TRANSACTIONS on the CONTINENT of EUROPE. ]

[ STATE of the ARMIES on the CONTINENT. ]

[ THE FRENCH KING CHANGES THE ADMINISTRATION OF HANOVER. ]

[ TREATY BETWEEN THE FRENCH KING AND THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. ]

[ DECREE OF THE AULIC COUNCIL. ]

[ BREMEN TAKEN AND RETAKEN. ]

[ THE FRENCH ABANDON HANOVER. ]

[ PRINCE FERDINAND DEFEATS THE FRENCH, &c. ]

[ PRINCE OF YSEMBOURG DEFEATED. ]

[ GENERAL IMHOFF DEFEATS M. DE CHEVERT. ]

[ GENERAL OBERG DEFEATED by the FRENCH. ]

[ DEATH OF THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. ]

[ OPERATIONS OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE RUSSIANS. ]

[ THE PRUSSIANS DEFEAT THE RUSSIANS. ]

[ SUBURBS OF DRESDEN BURNT. ]

[ THE PRUSSIANS RAISE THE SIEGE OF NEISS, AND RELIEVE DRESDEN. ]

[ INHABITANTS OF SAXONY OPPRESSED. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE SWEDES IN POMERANIA. ]

[ PRINCE CHARLES OF SAXONY ELECTED DUKE OF COURLAND. ]

[ THE KING OF ENGLAND’S MEMORIAL. ]

[ DEATH OF POPE BENEDICT. ]

[ KING OF PORTUGAL ASSASSINATED. ]

[ PROCEEDINGS OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY. ]

[ CONDUCT OF THE KING OF DENMARK. ]

[ CONFERENCES AT THE HAGUE. ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. ]

[ TRIALS OF DRS. HENSEY AND SHEBBEARE ]

[ INSTITUTION OF THE MAGDALEN AND OTHER ASYLUMS. ]

[ SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS. ]

[ NEW TREATY WITH THE KING OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ SUPPLIES GRANTED. ]

[ KING’S MESSAGE TO THE COMMONS. ]

[ BILLS RELATING TO THE DISTILLERY, &c. ]

[ REGULATIONS with RESPECT to PRIVATEERS. ]

[ NEW MILITIA LAWS. ]

[ ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF DEBTORS REVIVED. ]

[ BILLS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF IRISH BEEF AND TALLOW. ]

[ CASE OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS. ]

[ CASE OF CAPTAIN WALKER. ]

[ REMARKS ON THE BANKRUPT-LAWS. ]

[ INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE POOR. ]

[ REGULATION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. ]

[ THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL. ]

[ PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. ]

[ DEATH OF THE PRINCESS OF ORANGE, &c. ]

[ EXAMPLES MADE OF PIRATES. ]

[ MURDER OF DANIEL CLARKE. ]

[ MAJORITY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. ]

[ A NEW BRIDGE AT BLACKFRIARS. ]

[ FIRE IN CORNHILL. ]

[ METHOD CONTRIVED TO FIND OUT THE LONGITUDE. ]

[ INSTALLATION AT OXFORD. ]

[ CAPTURES MADE BY CRUISERS. ]

[ PRIZES TAKEN IN THE WEST INDIES. ]

[ ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE HERCULES AND THE FLORISSANT. ]

[ HAVRE-DE-GRACE BOMBARDED. ]

[ BOSCAWEN DEFEATS M. DE LA CLUE. ]

[ PREPARATIONS MADE BY THE FRENCH FOR INVADING ENGLAND. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF THUROT. ]

[ FRENCH FLEET SAILS FROM BREST. ]

[ ADMIRAL HAWKE DEFEATS M. DE CONFLANS. ]

[ THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. ]

[ LOYALTY OF THE IRISH CATHOLICS. ]

[ INSURRECTION IN DUBLIN. ]

[ ALARM OF A DESCENT IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. ]

[ STATE OF THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE. ]

[ EXPEDITION AGAINST THAT ISLAND. ]

[ ATTEMPT UPON ST. PIERRE. ]

[ DESCENT ON GUADALOUPE. ]

[ FORT-LOUIS REDUCED, &c. ]

[ ENGLISH FLEET SAILS TO DOMINIQUE. ]

[ GENERAL BARRINGTON TAKES GOSIER, &c. ]

[ ISLAND OF MARIGALANTE TAKEN. ]

[ TREATY WITH THE INDIANS. ]

[ PLAN OF THE CAMPAIGN. ]

[ GENERAL AMHERST EMBARKS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. ]

[ NIAGARA REDUCED. ]

[ INTRODUCTION TO THE EXPEDITION AGAINST QUEBEC. ]

[ GENERAL WOLFE LANDS ON THE ISLAND OF ORLEANS. ]

[ ENGLISH FLEET DAMAGED BY A STORM. ]

[ GENERAL WOLFE ENCAMPS NEAR THE FALLS OF THE RIVER MONTMORENCI. ]

[ BRIGADIER MURRAY DETACHED UP THE RIVER. ]

[ THE TROOPS LAND AT THE HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM. ]

[ BATTLE OF QUEBEC. ]

[ QUEBEC TAKEN. ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. ]

[ SIEGE OF MADRAS. ]

[ SUCCESS OF COLONEL FORDE. ]

[ SURAT TAKEN BY THE ENGLISH. ]

[ ADMIRAL POCOCKE DEFEATS MONSIEUR D’APCHE. ]

[ HOSTILITIES OF THE DUTCH. ]

[ COLONEL COOTE TAKES WANDEWASH. ]

[ COLONEL COOTE CONQUERS ARCOT. ]

[ STATE OF THE BELLIGERENT POWERS IN EUROPE. ]

[ FRANCKFORT SEIZED BY THE FRENCH. ]

[ PROGRESS OF THE HEREDITARY PRINCE OF BRUNSWICK. ]

[ PRINCE FERDINAND ATTACKS THE FRENCH. ]

[ RETREAT OF PRINCE FERDINAND. ]

[ ANIMOSITY BETWEEN PRINCE FERDINAND AND THE BRITISH COMMANDER. ]

[ THE FRENCH ENCAMP AT MINDEN. ]

[ DUKE DE BRISSAC ROUTED. ]

[ GENEEAL IMHOFF TAKES MUNSTER. ]

[ A BODY OF PRUSSIANS MAKE AN INCURSION INTO POLAND. ]

[ PRINCE HENRY PENETRATES into BOHEMIA. ]

[ GENERAL WEDEL DEFEATED BY THE RUSSIANS. ]

[ BATTLE OF CUNERSDORF. ]

[ ADVANTAGES GAINED BY THE PRUSSIANS IN SAXONY. ]

[ GENERAL FINCK SURROUNDED AND TAKEN. ]

[ DISASTER OF THE PRUSSIAN GENERAL DIERCKE. ]

[ CONCLUSION OF THE CAMPAIGN. ]

[ ARRET OF THE EVANGELICAL BODY AT RATISBON. ]

[ FRENCH MINISTRY STOP PAYMENT. ]

[ THE STATES-GENERAL SEND OVER DEPUTIES TO ENGLAND. ]

[ MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE STATES BY MAJOR-GENERAL YORKE. ]

[ A COUNTER-MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY THE FRENCH MINISTER. ]

[ DEATH OF THE KING OF SPAIN. ]

[ DON CARLOS SUCCEEDS TO THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN. ]

[ DETECTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CONSPIRATORS AT LISBON. ]

[ SESSION OPENED IN ENGLAND. ]

[ SUBSTANCE OF THE ADDRESSES. ]

[ PETITIONS RESPECTING THE PROHIBITION OF THE MALT DISTILLERY. ]

[ OPPOSITION TO THE BILL FOR PREVENTING THE EXCESSIVE USE OF SPIRITS. ]

[ ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A MILITIA IN SCOTLAND. ]

[ BILL FOR REMOVING THE POWDER MAGAZINE AT GREENWICH. ]

[ ACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STREETS OF LONDON. ]

[ BILL RELATIVE TO THE SALE OF FISH, &c. ]

[ ACT FOR ASCERTAINING the QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. ]

[ ACT FOR CONSOLIDATING ANNUITIES GRANTED IN 1759. ]

[ BILL FOR SECURING MONIES FOR THE USE OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL. ]

[ ACT IN FAVOUR OF GEOEGE KEITH, &c. ]

[ SESSION CLOSED. ]

[ CHAPTER XIX. ]

[ DETECTION OF A MURDER. ]

[ CLAMOUR AGAINST LORD SACKVILLE. ]

[ HE DEMANDS A COURT-MARTIAL. ]

[ SENTENCE OF THE COURT-MARTIAL. ]

[ EARL FERRERS APPREHENDED. ]

[ TRIED BY THE HOUSE OF PEERS. ]

[ EARL FERRERS EXECUTED. ]

[ ASSASSINATION OF MR. MATTHEWS. ]

[ NEW BRIDGE BEGUN AT BLACKFRIARS. ]

[ REMARKABLE ADVENTURE OF FIVE IRISHMEN. ]

[ THE RAMILLIES MAN OF WAR WRECKED. ]

[ TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES. HOSTILITIES RECOMMENCED. ]

[ FATE OF THE GARRISON AT FORT LOUDOUN. ]

[ BRITISH INTEREST ESTABLISHED ON THE OHIO. ]

[ THE FRENCH UNDERTAKE THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC. ]

[ QUEBEC BESIEGED. ]

[ THE ENEMIES SHIPPING DESTROYED. ]

[ GENERAL AMHERST REDUCES THE FRENCH FORT AT THE ISLE ROYALE. ]

[ FRENCH SHIPS DESTROYED, &c. ]

[ DEMOLITION OF LOUISBOURG. ]

[ INSURRECTION IN JAMAICA. ]

[ ACTION AT SEA OFF HISPANIOLA. ]

[ GALLANT BEHAVIOUR OF CAPTAINS O’BRIEN AND TAYLOR. ]

[ TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST-INDIES. ]

[ ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE BAY OF QUIBERON. ]

[ ASTRONOMERS SENT TO THE EAST INDIES. ]

[ EARTHQUAKES IN SYRIA. ]

[ AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. ]

[ PATRIOTIC SCHEMES OF THE KING OF DENMARK. ]

[ MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE STATES-GENERAL. ]

[ STATE OF THE POWERS AT WAR. ]

[ DEATH OF THE LANDGRAVE OF HESSE-CASSEL. ]

[ OFFERS MADE BY THE NEUTRAL POWERS, &c. ]

[ SKIRMISHES IN WESTPHALIA. ]

[ SITUATION OF THE FRENCH ARMIES. ]

[ EXPLOIT OF COLONEL LUCKNER. ]

[ THE HEREDITARY PRINCE OF BRUNSWICK DEFEATED. ]

[ VICTORY OBTAINED BY THE ALLIES. ]

[ THE HEREDITARY PRINCE MARCHES TO THE LOWER RHINE. ]

[ ADVANTAGES GAINED by M. DE STAINVILLE. ]

[ THE ALLIES AND FRENCH GO INTO WINTER QUARTERS. ]

[ CHAPTER XX. ]

[ EXPLOIT OF THE SWEDES IN POMERANIA. ]

[ SKIRMISHES BETWEEN THE PRUSSIANS AND ]

[ POSITION OF THE ARMIES IN SAXONY AND SILESIA. ]

[ GEN. LAUDOHN DEFEATS GEN. FOUQUET, AND REDUCES GLATZ. ]

[ THE KING OF PRUSSIA MAKES AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT UPON DRESDEN. ]

[ ACTION BETWEEN GENEEAL HULSEN AND THE IMPERIAL ARMY IN SAXONY. ]

[ SITUATION OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ THE RUSSIANS AND AUSTRIANS POSSESS THEMSELVES OF BERLIN. ]

[ KING OF PRUSSIA DEFEATS THE AUSTRIANS AT TORGAU. ]

[ DIETS of POLAND AND SWEDEN ASSEMBLED. ]

[ INTIMATION GIVEN TO THE STATES OF WESTPHALIA BY THE KING OF PRUSSIA. ]

[ THE KING OF POLAND’S REMONSTRANCE. ]

[ REDUCTION OF PONDICHERRY. ]

[ PART OF THE BRITISH SQUADRON WRECKED IN A STORM. ]

[ DEATH and CHARACTER of KING GEORGE II. ]

[ RECAPITULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF HIS REIGN. ]

[ ACCOUNT OF THE COMMERCE OF GREAT BRITAIN. ]

[ STATE OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. ]

[ FANATICISM. ]

[ METAPHYSICS AND MEDICINE. ]

[ MECHANICS. ]

[ GENIUS. ]

[ MUSIC. ]

[ PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. ]

[ NOTES ]


Illustrations

[ Frontispiece: Marleborough ]

[ Titlepage: Execution of Dudley ]

[ Map of India ]

[ Map of United States ]

[ Map of Scotland ]

[ Map of the Baltic ]

[ Dover ]

[ Battle of La Hogue ]

[ William III. ]

[ Map of Central America and West Indies ]

[ Map of the East Indian Islands ]

[ Map of Ireland ]

[ Map of the Eastern Hemisphere ]

[ Portrait of Queen Anne ]

[ Map of England and Wales ]

[ Map of Europe ]

[ Map of Australia ]

[ Map of British Colonies in North America ]

[ George I. ]

[ Culloden Moor ]

[ Bombay ]

[ Calcutta: the Esplanade ]

[ Portsmouth Harbour ]

[ Portrait of William Pitt ]

[ Death of General Wolfe ]

[ Forces and Fleets of Great Britain ]


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