Volume II.
CONTENTS
[ STATE OF THE NATION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REVOLUTION. ]
[ ACCOUNT OF THE NEW MINISTRY. ]
[ THE CONVENTION CONVERTED INTO A PARLIAMENT. ]
[ CORONATION—ABOLITION OF HEARTH-MONEY. ]
[ THE COMMONS VOTE MONEY TO INDEMNIFY THE DUTCH. ]
[ WILLIAM’S EFFORTS IN FAVOUR OF DISSENTEES. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ ISSUES FIVE PROCLAMATIONS AT DUBLIN. ]
[ 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[ THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT REPEALED.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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ SCHOMBERG LANDS WITH AN ARMY. ]
[ THE INNISKILLINERS OBTAIN A VICTORY. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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 ]
[ VICTORY GAINED BY THE FRENCH. ]
[ TORRINGTON COMMITTED TO THE TOWER. ]
[ PROGRESS OF WILLIAM IN IRELAND. ]
[ HE INVESTS LIMERICK; IS OBLIGED TO RAISE THE SIEGE. ]
[ THE FRENCH FORCES QUIT IRELAND. ]
[ SAVOY JOINS THE CONFEDERACY. ]
[ ARCHDUKE JOSEPH ELECTED KING. ]
[ MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT. ]
[ COMMONS COMPLY WITH THE KING’S DEMANDS. ]
[ ATTEMPT AGAINST CARMARTHEN. ]
[ THE KING’S VOYAGE TO HOLLAND. ]
[ THE KING FILLS UP THE BISHOPRICS. ]
[ THE EMPEROR’S SUCCESS AGAINST THE TURKS. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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 DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG RESOLVES TO ATTACK THE ALLIES. ]
[ CHARLEBOY TAKEN BY THE ENEMY. ]
[ TRANSACTIONS in HUNGARY and CATALONIA. ]
[ 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. ]
[ DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP TILLOTSON AND OF QUEEN MARY ]
[ RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THE KING AND THE PRINCESS OF DENMARK. ]
[ ACCOUNT OF THE LANCASHIRE PLOT. ]
[ INQUIRY INTO THE ABUSES IN THE ARMY. ]
[ EXAMINATION OF COOKE, ACTON, AND OTHERS. ]
[ THE DUKE OF LEEDS IMPEACHED. ]
[ 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. ]
[ THE DUKE OF SAVOY TAKES CASAL. ]
[ TRANSACTIONS IN CATALONIA. ]
[ THE ENGLISH FLEET BOMBARDS ST. MALOES, &c. ]
[ EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ THE AMBASSADORS SIGN THE TREATY. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ PROGRESS OF PRINCE EUGENE. ]
[ SITUATION OF AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. ]
[ TREATY OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE MARITIME POWERS. ]
[ LOUIS OWNS THE PRETENDED PRINCE OF WALES AS KING OF ENGLAND. ]
[ THE KING’S LAST SPEECH TO BOTH HOUSES. ]
[ THE BILL OF ABJURATION PASSED. ]
[ THE KING RECOMMENDS AN UNION. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ MARLBOROUGH RETURNS TO ENGLAND. ]
[ STATE OF THE WAR IN EUROPE. ]
[ SIR GEORGE KOOKE TAKES GIBRALTAR. ]
[ SESSION OF PARLIAMENT IN ENGLAND. ]
[ AN ACT OF ALIENATION PASSED. ]
[ DISAGREEMENT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE AYLESBURY CONSTABLES. ]
[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. ]
[ ACT PASSED FOR A TREATY OF UNION. ]
[ DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARLIAMENT AND CONVOCATION IN IRELAND. ]
[ 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. ]
[ CONFERENCES OPENED FOR A TREATY OF UNION WITH SCOTLAND. ]
[ 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. ]
[ THE FRENCH SURPRISE GHENT AND BRUGES. ]
[ LISLE SURRENDERED, GHENT TAKEN, AND BRUGES ABANDONED. ]
[ RUPTURE BETWEEN THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR. ]
[ DEATH OF PRINCE GEORGE OF DENMARK. ]
[ THE NEW PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. ]
[ DISPUTES ABOUT THE MUSCOVITE AMBASSADOR COMPROMISED. ]
[ NEGOTIATION FOR PEACE INEFFECTUAL. ]
[ THE ALLIED ARMY TAKE TOURNAY. ]
[ FRENCH KING’S PROPOSALS OF TREATING REJECTED BY THE STATES-GENERAL. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ DUKE OF ARGYLE COMMANDS THE BRITISH TROOPS IN SPAIN. ]
[ 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. ]
[ RESOLUTIONS AGAINST THE BARRIER-TREATY AND THE DUTCH. ]
[ ACTS UNFAVOURABLE TO THE PRESBYTERIAN DISCIPLINE IN SCOTLAND. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ PRECAUTIONS TAKEN FOR SECURING THE PEACE OF THE KINGDOM. ]
[ DEATH AND CHARACTER OF ANNE. ]
[ 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. ]
[ SIR JOHN NORRIS SENT WITH A FLEET TO THE BALTIC. ]
[ 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. ]
[ THE EARL OF MAR SETS UP THE PRETENDER’S STANDARD. ]
[ MACKINTOSH JOINS THE ENGLISH INSURGENTS. ]
[ THE PRETENDER ARRIVES IN SCOTLAND. ]
[ PROCEEDINGS OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. ]
[ THE REBEL LORDS ARE IMPEACHED. ]
[ EARL OF DEEWENTWATER AND LORD KENMUIR ARE BEHEADED. ]
[ ACT FOR SEPTENNIAL PARLIAMENTS. ]
[ COUNT GYLLENBURGH ARRESTED. ]
[ ACCOUNT OF THE OXFORD RIOT. ]
[ THE COMMONS PASS THE SOUTH-SEA ACT, &c. ]
[ TRIAL OF THE EARL OF OXFORD. ]
[ PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVOCATION WITH REGARD TO DR. HOADLEY. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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 ]
[ THE SPANISH TROOPS EVACUATE SICILY. ]
[ PHILIP OBLIGED TO ACCEDE TO THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE. ]
[ BILL FOR SECURING THE DEPENDENCY OF IRELAND UPON THE CROWN. ]
[ 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. ]
[ ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND SPAIN. ]
[ DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ABOUT MR. LAW. ]
[ SENTIMENTS OF SOME LORDS TOUCHING THE WAR. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ TRIAL OF THE EARL OF MACCLESFIELD. ]
[ DEBATES ABOUT THE DEBTS OF THE CIVIL LIST. ]
[ BILL IN FAVOUR OF THE LATE LORD BOLINGBROKE. ]
[ 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. ]
[ DEATH AND CHARACTER OF GEORGE I. ]
[ GEORGE II. ASCENDS THE THRONE. ]
[ CHARACTERS OF THE PRINCIPAL PERSONS CONCERNED IN THE MINISTRY. ]
[ DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT CONCERNING THE CIVIL LIST. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ MR. PULTENEY’S NAME STRUCK OUT OF THE LIST OF PRIVY-COUNSELLORS. ]
[ THE KING SETS OUT FOR HANOVER. ]
[ REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF SUICIDE. ]
[ MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT. ]
[ 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. ]
[ DANTZIC BESIEGED BY THE RUSSIANS. ]
[ PHILIPSBURGH TAKEN BY THE FRENCH. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ THE RUSSIANS TAKE OCZAKOW. ]
[ DEATH OF CAROLINE, QUEEN CONSORT. ]
[ MOTIVES FOR AVOIDING A WAR. ]
[ BILL FOR SECURING THE TRADE IN AMERICA. ]
[ PROGRESS of the WAR AGAINST the TURKS. ]
[ DISPUTE BETWEEN HANOVER AND DENMARK. ]
[ PETITIONS AGAINST THE CONVENTION. ]
[ SECESSION OF THE CHIEF MEMBERS IN THE OPPOSITION. ]
[ THE HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE UPON AN ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY. ]
[ 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. ]
[ ARMY UNDER LORD CATHCART AND SIR CHALONER OGLE. ]
[ NATURE OF THE CLIMATE ON THE SPANISH MAIN. ]
[ ADMIRAL VERNON SAILS TO CARTHAGENA. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH FLEET. ]
[ FRUITLESS ATTEMPTS UPON THE SPANISH SETTLEMENTS. ]
[ 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. ]
[ PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH KING IN THE NETHERLANDS ]
[ PRINCE CHARLES OF LORRAINE PASSES THE RHINE. ]
[ CAMPAIGN IN BAVARIA AND FLANDERS. ]
[ RETURN OF COMMODORE ANSON. ]
[ REVOLUTION IN THE BRITISH MINISTRY. ]
[ TREATY OF DRESDEN.—THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY ELECTED EMPEROR. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ THE FRENCH AND ALLIES TAKE THE FIELD IN FLANDERS. ]
[ THE PRINCE OF ORANGE ELECTED STADTHOLDER. ]
[ THE CHEVALIER DE BELLEISLE SLAIN. ]
[ 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. ]
[ THE PRINCE OF WALES’ ADHERENTS JOIN THE OPPOSITION. ]
[ CHARACTER OF THE MINISTRY. ]
[ 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. ]
[ FRENCH ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE THE ISLAND OF TOBAGO. ]
[ APPEARANCE OF A RUPTURE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN. ]
[ INTERPOSITION OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. ]
[ CONDUCT OF DIFFERENT EUROPEAN POWERS. ]
[ INSOLENCE OF THE BARBARY CORSAIRS. ]
[ SCHEME FOR REDUCING THE INTEREST OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. ]
[ BILL FOR ENCOURAGING the IMPORTATION OF IRON FROM AMERICA. ]
[ ERECTION OF THE BRITISH HERRING FISHERY. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ TREATY WITH THE ELECTOR PALATINE. ]
[ ACT FOR PERFORMING QUARANTINE. ]
[ ACT FOR PREVENTING THE PLUNDERING OF SHIPWRECKED VESSELS. ]
[ BILL RELATING TO THE BOUNTY OF CORN EXPORTED. ]
[ NATURALIZATION OF THE JEWS. ]
[ DELIBERATIONS CONCERNING THE SUGAR COLONIES. ]
[ FATE OF THE REGISTER BILL. ]
[ SIR HANS SLOANE’S MUSEUM PURCHASED BY PARLIAMENT. ]
[ TUMULTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE KINGDOM. ]
[ PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIET RELATIVE TO EAST FRIEZELAND. ]
[ CONFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO NOVA SCOTIA BROKE UP. ]
[ DESCRIPTION OF NOVA SCOTIA. ]
[ AMBITIOUS SCHEMES OF THE FRENCH. ]
[ RISE AND CONDUCT OF THE OHIO COMPANY. ]
[ MAJOR LAURENCE DEFEATS THE FRENCH NEUTRALS. ]
[ BRITISH AMBASSADOR AT PARIS AMUSED WITH GENERAL PROMISES. ]
[ REPEAL OF THE ACT FOR NATURALIZING JEWS. ]
[ MOTION FOE REPEALING A FORMER ACT FAVOURABLE TO THE JEWS. ]
[ 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 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. ]
[ BILL IN BEHALF OF CHELSEA PENSIONERS. ]
[ MESSAGE FROM THE KING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. ]
[ COURT OF VERSAILLES AMUSES THE ENGLISH MINISTRY. ]
[ 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. ]
[ REMARKABLE ADDRESSES OF BOTH HOUSES. ]
[ ALTERATIONS IN THE MINISTRY. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ BILL TO RELEASE THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT-MARTIAL, &c ]
[ EXECUTION OF ADMIRAL BYNG. ]
[ REMARKS ON ADMIRAL BYNG’S FATE. ]
[ MR. PITT AND MR. LEGGE TAKEN INTO THE ADMINISTRATION. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ THE FRENCH TAKE POSSESSION OF HANOVER AND HESSE-CASSEL. ]
[ THE FRENCH REDUCE VERDEN and BREMEN. ]
[ THE FRENCH ENTER THE PRUSSIAN DOMINIONS. ]
[ A RUSSIAN FLEET BLOCKS UP THE PRUSSIAN PORTS IN THE BALTIC. ]
[ ARMY OF THE EMPIRE RAISED. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ VIGOROUS PREPARATIONS FOR WAR, &c. ]
[ THE FRENCH EVACUATE EMBDEN. ]
[ ADMIRAL BRODERICK’S SHIP BURNT. ]
[ EXPEDITION AGAINST CHERBOURG. ]
[ ENGLISH DEFEATED AT ST. CAS. ]
[ CLAMOURS OF THE DUTCH MERCHANTS, &c. ]
[ EXPEDITION AGAINST SENEGAL. ]
[ FORT LOUIS AND SENEGAL TAKEN. ]
[ EXPEDITION TO CAPE-BRETON. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ THE PRUSSIANS DEFEAT THE RUSSIANS. ]
[ 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. ]
[ KING OF PORTUGAL ASSASSINATED. ]
[ PROCEEDINGS OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY. ]
[ CONDUCT OF THE KING OF DENMARK. ]
[ 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. ]
[ KING’S MESSAGE TO THE COMMONS. ]
[ BILLS RELATING TO THE DISTILLERY, &c. ]
[ REGULATIONS with RESPECT to PRIVATEERS. ]
[ ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF DEBTORS REVIVED. ]
[ BILLS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF IRISH BEEF AND TALLOW. ]
[ CASE OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS. ]
[ REMARKS ON THE BANKRUPT-LAWS. ]
[ INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE POOR. ]
[ REGULATION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. ]
[ DEATH OF THE PRINCESS OF ORANGE, &c. ]
[ MAJORITY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. ]
[ A NEW BRIDGE AT BLACKFRIARS. ]
[ METHOD CONTRIVED TO FIND OUT THE LONGITUDE. ]
[ CAPTURES MADE BY CRUISERS. ]
[ PRIZES TAKEN IN THE WEST INDIES. ]
[ ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE HERCULES AND THE FLORISSANT. ]
[ BOSCAWEN DEFEATS M. DE LA CLUE. ]
[ PREPARATIONS MADE BY THE FRENCH FOR INVADING ENGLAND. ]
[ FRENCH FLEET SAILS FROM BREST. ]
[ ADMIRAL HAWKE DEFEATS M. DE CONFLANS. ]
[ LOYALTY OF THE IRISH CATHOLICS. ]
[ ALARM OF A DESCENT IN SCOTLAND. ]
[ STATE OF THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE. ]
[ EXPEDITION AGAINST THAT ISLAND. ]
[ ENGLISH FLEET SAILS TO DOMINIQUE. ]
[ GENERAL BARRINGTON TAKES GOSIER, &c. ]
[ ISLAND OF MARIGALANTE TAKEN. ]
[ GENERAL AMHERST EMBARKS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. ]
[ 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. ]
[ SURAT TAKEN BY THE ENGLISH. ]
[ ADMIRAL POCOCKE DEFEATS MONSIEUR D’APCHE. ]
[ 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. ]
[ GENEEAL IMHOFF TAKES MUNSTER. ]
[ A BODY OF PRUSSIANS MAKE AN INCURSION INTO POLAND. ]
[ PRINCE HENRY PENETRATES into BOHEMIA. ]
[ GENERAL WEDEL DEFEATED BY THE RUSSIANS. ]
[ 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. ]
[ CLAMOUR AGAINST LORD SACKVILLE. ]
[ HE DEMANDS A COURT-MARTIAL. ]
[ SENTENCE OF THE COURT-MARTIAL. ]
[ TRIED BY THE HOUSE OF PEERS. ]
[ 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. ]
[ THE ENEMIES SHIPPING DESTROYED. ]
[ GENERAL AMHERST REDUCES THE FRENCH FORT AT THE ISLE ROYALE. ]
[ FRENCH SHIPS DESTROYED, &c. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
Illustrations
[ Frontispiece: Marleborough ]
[ Titlepage: Execution of Dudley ]
[ Map of Central America and West Indies ]
[ Map of the East Indian Islands ]
[ Map of the Eastern Hemisphere ]
[ Map of British Colonies in North America ]
[ Forces and Fleets of Great Britain ]