6MUTINY IN THE ARMY.
602PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.
7CORONATION—ABOLITION OF HEARTH-MONEY.
603THE KING OF SPAIN PUBLISHES A MANIFESTO.
8THE COMMONS VOTE MONEY TO INDEMNIFY THE DUTCH.
604THE EMPEROR AND CZARINA CONCLUDE A PEACE WITH THE TURKS.
9WILLIAM’S EFFORTS IN FAVOUR OF DISSENTEES.
605PREPARATIONS FOR WAR IN ENGLAND.
10ACT FOR A TOLERATION.
606PENSION-BILL REVIVED AND LOST.
11VIOLENT DISPUTES ABOUT THE BILL FOR A COMPREHENSION.
607PORTO BELLO TAKEN by ADMIRAL VERNON.
12THE COMMONS ADDRESS THE KING TO SUMMON A CONVOCATION.
608MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS MARY TO THE PRINCE OF HESSE.
13SETTLEMENT OF THE REVENUE.
609STRONG ARMAMENT SENT TO THE WEST INDIES.
14THE KING TAKES UMBRAGE AT THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE WHIG PARTY.
610DEATH OF THE EMPEROR AND CZARINA.
15HEATS AND ANIMOSITIES ABOUT THE BILL OF INDEMNITY.
611PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.
16BIRTH OF THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.
612DISCONTENTS AGAINST THE MINISTRY.
17AFFAIRS OF THE CONTINENT.
613MOTION FOR REMOVING SIR R. WALPOLE FROM HIS MAJESTY’S COUNCILS.
18WAR DECLARED AGAINST FRANCE.
614DEBATE ON THE MUTINY BILL.
19PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVENTION.
615PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
20LETTERS TO THE CONVENTION FROM KING WILLIAM AND KING JAMES.
616CHAPTER IV.
21THE CONVENTION RECOGNIZE THE AUTHORITY OF KING WILLIAM.
617ARMY UNDER LORD CATHCART AND SIR CHALONER OGLE.
22CROWN VOTED VACANT, AND AN ACT OF SETTLEMENT PASSED.
618NATURE OF THE CLIMATE ON THE SPANISH MAIN.
23THE CROWN TENDERED TO WILLIAM.
619ADMIRAL VERNON SAILS TO CARTHAGENA.
24THE CONVENTION STATE THEIR GRIEVANCES.
620EXPEDITION TO CUBA.
25PRELACY ABOLISHED IN SCOTLAND.
621RUPTURE BETWEEN THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY AND THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
26DISPUTES IN THE PARLIAMENT.
622A TREATY OF NEUTRALITY CONCLUDED WITH FRANCE FOR HANOVER.
27SCOTCH PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED.
623A BODY OF FRENCH FORCES JOIN THE ELECTOR OF BAVARIA.
28THE CASTLE OF EDINBURGH BESIEGED.
624WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN.
29KING WILLIAM’S TROOPS DEFEATED.
625REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA.
30KING JAMES CORDIALLY RECEIVED BY THE FRENCH KING.
626INACTIVITY OF THE NAVAL POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN.
31TYRCONNEL TEMPORIZES WITH WILLIAM.
627REMARKABLE MOTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BY LORD SOMERSET.
32JAMES ARRIVES IN IRELAND.
628THE COUNTRY PARTY OBTAIN A MAJORITY IN THE COMMONS.
33ISSUES FIVE PROCLAMATIONS AT DUBLIN.
629SIR ROBERT WALPOLE CREATED EARL OF ORFORD.
34SIEGE OF LONDONDERRY.
630CHANGE IN THE MINISTRY.
35COURAGEOUS DEFENCE.
631INQUIRY INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.
36CRUELTY OF ROSENE.
632THE ELECTOR OF BAVARIA CHOSEN EMPEROR.
37THE PLACE IS RELIEVED BY KIRKE
633THE KING OF PRUSSIA GAINS THE BATTLE AT CZASLAW.
38THE INNISKILLINEES DEFEAT AND TAKE GENERAL MACARTY.
634EXTRAORDINARY RETREAT OF M. DE BELLEISLE.
39MEETING OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
635THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN FORMS AN ARMY IN FLANDERS.
40THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT REPEALED.
636PROGRESS OF THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN.
41THEY PASS AN ACT OF ATTAINDER.
637THE KING OF SARDINIA DECLARES FOR THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA.
42JAMES COINS BASE MONEY.
638OPERATIONS IN THE WEST INDIES.
43PROTESTANT CHURCHES SEIZED BY THE CATHOLICS.
639EXTRAORDINARY MOTION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
44ACTION WITH THE FRENCH FLEET.
640BILL FOR QUIETING CORPORATIONS.
45DIVERS SENTENCES REVERSED.
641CONVENTION BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY.
46INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF MISCARRIAGES IN IRELAND.
642DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND THE ELECTOR OF HANOVER.
47BILLS PASSED IN THIS SESSION.
643THE ENGLISH OBTAIN A VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH.
48CHAPTER II.
644TREATY OF WORMS.
49SCHOMBERG LANDS WITH AN ARMY.
645AFFAIRS IN THE NORTH.
50THE INNISKILLINERS OBTAIN A VICTORY.
646BATTLE OF CAMPO-SANTO.
51SCHOMBERG CENSURED.
647TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH FLEET.
52THE FRENCH WORSTED AT WALCOURT.
648FRUITLESS ATTEMPTS UPON THE SPANISH SETTLEMENTS.
53SUCCESS OF THE CONFEDERATES IN GERMANY.
649CHAPTER V.
54DEATH OF POPE INNOCENT XI.
650PROJECTED INVASION OF GREAT BRITAIN.
55KING WILLIAM BECOMES UNPOPULAR.
651A FRENCH SQUADRON SAILS UP THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
56A GOOD NUMBER OF THE CLERGY REFUSE TO TAKE THE OATHS.
652The KINGDOM PUT IN A STATE OF DEFENCE.
57THE KING GRANTS A COMMISSION FOR REFORMING CHURCH DISCIPLINE.
653THE DESIGN OF THE FRENCH DEFEATED.
58MEETING OF THE CONVOCATION.
654BILL AGAINST THOSE WHO SHOULD CORRESPOND WITH THE PRETENDER’S SONS.
59THEIR SESSION PROROGUED.
655NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF TOULON.
60PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.
656TREATY OF FRANCKFORT.
61THE WHIGS OBSTRUCT THE INDEMNITY BILL.
657PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH KING IN THE NETHERLANDS
62INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF THE MISCARRIAGES IN IRELAND RESUMED.
658PRINCE CHARLES OF LORRAINE PASSES THE RHINE.
63WILLIAM IRRITATED AGAINST THE WHIGS.
659CAMPAIGN IN BAVARIA AND FLANDERS.
64PLOT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
660BATTLE OF CONI.
65DEBATES ABOUT THE CORPORATION BILLS.
661RETURN OF COMMODORE ANSON.
66THE KING RESOLVES TO FINISH THE IRISH WAR IN PERSON.
662REVOLUTION IN THE BRITISH MINISTRY.
67LUDLOW ARRIVES IN ENGLAND, BUT IS OBLIGED TO WITHDRAW.
663TREATY OF DRESDEN.—THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY ELECTED EMPEROR.
68EFFORTS OF THE JACOBITES IN SCOTLAND.
664THE ALLIES ARE DEFEATED.
69THE COURT INTEREST PREVAILS.
665THE KING OF SARDINIA IS ALMOST STRIPPED OF HIS DOMINIONS.
70THE TORY INTEREST PREVAILS IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT.
666THE ENGLISH TAKE CAPE BRETON
71BILL FOR RECOGNISING THEIR MAJESTIES.
667PROJECT OF AN INSURRECTION IN GREAT BRITAIN.
72KING WILLIAM LANDS IN IRELAND.
668THE ELDEST SON OF THE CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGE LANDS IN SCOTLAND.
73JAMES MARCHES TO THE BOYNE.
669EFFORTS OF THE FRIENDS OF GOVERNMENT IN SCOTLAND.
74WILLIAM RESOLVES TO GIVE HIM BATTLE
670PRECAUTIONS TAKEN IN ENGLAND.
75BATTLE OF THE BOYNE.
671THE REBELS RETREAT INTO SCOTLAND.
76DEATH OF SCHOMBERG.
672THE KING’S TROOPS UNDER HAWLEY ARE WORSTED AT FALKIEK.
77JAMES EMBARKS FOR FRANCE.
673THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND COMMANDS THE ROYAL TROOPS.
78WILLIAM ENTERS DUBLIN.
674THE REBELS UNDERTAKE THE SIEGE OF FORT-WILLIAM.
79VICTORY GAINED BY THE FRENCH.
675CHAPTER VI.
80TORRINGTON COMMITTED TO THE TOWER.
676THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND TAKES POSSESSION OF INVERNESS.
81PROGRESS OF WILLIAM IN IRELAND.
677THE PRETENDER ESCAPES TO FRANCE.
82HE INVESTS LIMERICK; IS OBLIGED TO RAISE THE SIEGE.
678CONVULSION IN THE MINISTRY.
83CORK AND KINSALE REDUCED.
679TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF THE REBELS.
84THE FRENCH FORCES QUIT IRELAND.
680THE STATES-GENERAL ALARMED AT THE PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH.
85SAVOY JOINS THE CONFEDERACY.
681COUNT SAXE SUBDUES ALL FLANDERS, BRABANT, AND HAINAULT.
86PRINCE WALDECK DEFEATED.
682THE FRENCH AND SPANIARDS ABANDON PIEDMONT AND THE MILANESE.
87ARCHDUKE JOSEPH ELECTED KING.
683THE GENOESE EXPEL THE AUSTRIANS.
88MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT.
684MADRAS TAKEN BY THE FRENCH.
89COMMONS COMPLY WITH THE KING’S DEMANDS.
685NAVAL TRANSACTIONS in the WEST INDIES.
90PETITION OF THE TORIES.
686PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED.
91ATTEMPT AGAINST CARMARTHEN.
687THE FRENCH AND ALLIES TAKE THE FIELD IN FLANDERS.
92THE KING’S VOYAGE TO HOLLAND.
688THE PRINCE OF ORANGE ELECTED STADTHOLDER.
93HE ASSISTS AT A CONGRESS.
689SIEGE OF BERGEN-OP-ZOOM.
94CHAPTER III.
690THE CHEVALIER DE BELLEISLE SLAIN.
95A CONSPIRACY.
691A FRENCH SQUADRON TAKEN.
96THE KING FILLS UP THE BISHOPRICS.
692ADMIRAL HAWKE OBTAINS ANOTHER VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH.
97AFFAIRS-OF SCOTLAND.
693CONGRESS AT AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.
98CAMPAIGN IN FLANDERS.
694COMPLIANT TEMPER OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT.
99ELECTION OF A NEW POPE.
695PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS.
100THE EMPEROR’S SUCCESS AGAINST THE TURKS.
696SIEGE OF MAESTRICHT. FORMS A CESSATION.
101AFFAIRS OF IRELAND.
697TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST AND WEST INDIES.
102THE FRENCH AND IRISH OBTAIN AN HONOURABLE CAPITULATION.
698CONCLUSION OF THE DEFINITIVE TREATY AT AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.
103TWELVE THOUSAND IRISH CATHOLICS ARE TRANSPORTED TO FRANCE.
699CHAPTER VII.
104MEETING OF THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.
700REFLECTIONS ON THE PEACE.
105TRANSACTIONS IN PARLIAMENT.
701THE PRINCE OF WALES’ ADHERENTS JOIN THE OPPOSITION.
106THE ENGLISH AND DUTCH FLEETS BAFFLED BY THE FRENCH.
702CHARACTER OF THE MINISTRY.
107THE KING DISOBLIGES THE PRESBYTERIANS OF SCOTLAND.
703SESSION OPENED.
108MASSACRE OF GLENCOE.
704EXORBITANT DEMAND OF THE EMPRESS-QUEEN OPPOSED.
109PREPARATIONS FOR A DESCENT UPON ENGLAND.
705VIOLENT CONTEST CONCERNING THE SEAMEN’S BILL.
110DECLARATION OF KING JAMES.
706BILL FOR LIMITING THE TERM OF A SOLDIER’S SERVICE.
111PRECAUTIONS TAKEN BY THE QUEEN FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE NATION.
707MEASURES TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THE AFRICAN TRADE.
112ADMIRAL RUSSEL PUTS TO SEA.
708SCHEME FOR IMPROVING THE BRITISH FISHERY.
113HE OBTAINS A COMPLETE VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH.
709ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE COMMERCE TO HUDSON’S BAY.
114THE FRENCH TAKE NAMUR IN SIGHT OF KING WILLIAM.
710PLAN FOR MAINTAINING THE NAVY.
115THE ALLIES DEFEATED AT STEENKIRK.
711ELECTION OF A CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
116EXTRAVAGANT REJOICINGS IN FRANCE.
712SCHEME FOR A NEW SETTLEMENT.
117CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE LIFE OF WILLIAM.
713TOWN OF HALIFAX FOUNDED.
118THE CAMPAIGN INACTIVE ON THE RHINE AND IN HUNGARY.
714FRENCH ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE THE ISLAND OF TOBAGO.
119THE DUKE INVADES DAUPHINE.
715REJOICINGS FOR THE PEACE.
120THE DUKE OF HANOVER CREATED AN ELECTOR OF THE EMPIRE.
716APPEARANCE OF A RUPTURE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN.
121CHAPTER IV.
717INTERPOSITION OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
122THE EARL OF MARLBOROUGH, BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, &c, FALSELY ACCUSED.
718CONDUCT OF DIFFERENT EUROPEAN POWERS.
123SOURCES OF NATIONAL DISCONTENT.
719INSOLENCE OF THE BARBARY CORSAIRS.
124DISSENSION BETWEEN THE QUEEN AND PRINCESS ANNE.
720DISTURBANCES IN ENGLAND.
125THE LORDS VINDICATE THEIR PRIVILEGES.
721SESSION OPENED.
126THE COMMONS PRESENT ADDRESSES TO THE KING AND QUEEN.
722SCHEME FOR REDUCING THE INTEREST OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
127THE LORDS PRESENT AN ADDRESS OF ADVICE TO THE KING.
723NEW MUTINY BILL.
128THE COMMONS ADDRESS THE KINO.
724BILL FOR ENCOURAGING the IMPORTATION OF IRON FROM AMERICA.
129BURNET’S PASTORAL LETTER BURNED.
725ERECTION OF THE BRITISH HERRING FISHERY.
130THE TWO HOUSES ADDRESS THE KING.
726NEW AFRICAN COMPANY.
131ACCOUNT OF THE PLACE AND TRIENNIAL PARLIAMENT BILLS.
727WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
132TRIAL OF LORD MOHUN—ALTERATIONS IN THE MINISTRY.
728EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON.
133THE KING ASSEMBLES THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IN FLANDERS.
729PESTILENTIAL FEVER AT THE SESSION IN THE OLD BAILEY.
134THE FRENCH REDUCE HUY.
730DISPUTES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN.
135THE DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG RESOLVES TO ATTACK THE ALLIES.
731PLAN FOR ELECTING THE ARCHDUKE JOSEPH KING OF THE ROMANS.
136CHARLEBOY TAKEN BY THE ENEMY.
732DISPUTES WITH THE FRENCH ABOUT THE LIMITS OF NOVA SCOTIA.
137CAMPAIGN ON THE RHINE.
733TREATY WITH SPAIN.
138TRANSACTIONS in HUNGARY and CATALONIA.
734SESSION OPENED.
139NAVAL AFFAIRS.
735DEATH AND CHARACTER OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
140EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES.
736SETTLEMENT OF A REGENCY IN CASE OF A MINOR SOVEREIGN.
141BENBOW BOMBARDS ST. MALOES.
737GENERAL NATURALIZATION BILL.
142THE FRENCH KING HAS RECOURSE TO THE MEDIATION OF DENMARK.
738CENSURE PASSED UPON A PAPER ENTITLED “CONSTITUTIONAL QUERIES.”
143THE KING RETURNS TO ENGLAND.
739PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMONS ON THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
144BOTH HOUSES INQUIRE INTO THE MISCARRIAGES BY SEA.
740MR. MURRAY SENT PRISONER TO NEWGATE.
145VAST SUMS GRANTED FOR THE SERVICES OF THE ENSUING YEAR.
741SESSION CLOSED. STYLE ALTERED.
146ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
742CHAPTER VIII.
147EAST INDIA COMPANY’S CHArTER.
743DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF DENMARK AND PRINCE OF ORANGE.
148GENERAL NATURALIZATION BILL.
744MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CZARINA AND KING OF PRUSSIA.
149THE ENGLISH ATTEMPT TO MAKE A DESCENT IN CAMARET-BAY.
745MEASURES FOR ELECTING A KING OF THE ROMANS.
150ADMIRAL RUSSEL RELIEVES BARCELONA.
746DEATH OF THE KING OF SWEDEN.
151CAMPAIGN IN FLANDERS.
747SESSION OPENED.
152THE ALLIES REDUCE HUY.
748PROCEEDINGS UPON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED “THE CASE OF MR. MURRAY.”
153PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH.
749LAW RELATING TO THE FORFEITED ESTATES IN SCOTLAND.
154DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP TILLOTSON AND OF QUEEN MARY
750NEW CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS.
155RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THE KING AND THE PRINCESS OF DENMARK.
751TWO PORTS OPENED FOR THE IMPORTATION OF IRISH WOOL.
156CHAPTER V. WILLIAM.
752THE KING SETS OUT FOR HANOVER.
157ACCOUNT OF THE LANCASHIRE PLOT.
753DISPUTE BETWEEN HANOVER AND PRUSSIA.
158INQUIRY INTO THE ABUSES IN THE ARMY.
754MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COURTS OF LONDON AND BERLIN.
159EXAMINATION OF COOKE, ACTON, AND OTHERS.
755IMPROVEMENT OF POMERANIA.
160THE DUKE OF LEEDS IMPEACHED.
756TREATY WITH THE ELECTOR PALATINE.
161THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT.
757SESSION OPENED.
162THEY INQUIRE INTO THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE.
758GAME ACT.
163THEY PASS AN ACT FOR ERECTING A TRADING COMPANY.
759ACT FOR PERFORMING QUARANTINE.
164PROCEEDINGS IN THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
760ACT FOR PREVENTING THE PLUNDERING OF SHIPWRECKED VESSELS.
165DISPOSITION OF THE ARMIES.
761BILL RELATING TO THE BOUNTY OF CORN EXPORTED.
166WILLIAM UNDERTAKES THE SIEGE OF NAMUR.
762TURKEY TRADE LAID OPEN.
167FAMOUS RETREAT OF PRINCE VAUDEMONT.
763NATURALIZATION OF THE JEWS.
168CAMPAIGN ON THE RHINE.
764MARRIAGE ACT.
169THE DUKE OF SAVOY TAKES CASAL.
765DELIBERATIONS CONCERNING THE SUGAR COLONIES.
170TRANSACTIONS IN CATALONIA.
766FATE OF THE REGISTER BILL.
171THE ENGLISH FLEET BOMBARDS ST. MALOES, &c.
767SIR HANS SLOANE’S MUSEUM PURCHASED BY PARLIAMENT.
172EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES.
768EXECUTION OF DR. CAMERON.
173A NEW PARLIAMENT.
769TUMULTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE KINGDOM.
174BILL FOR REGULATING TRIALS IN CASES OF HIGH-TREASON.
770DISTURBANCES IN FRANCE.
175RESOLUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO A NEW COINAGE.
771PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIET RELATIVE TO EAST FRIEZELAND.
176INTRIGUES OF THE JACOBITES.
772EXTRAORDINARY TREATY.
177CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE LIFE OF WILLIAM.
773CONFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO NOVA SCOTIA BROKE UP.
178DESIGN OF AN INVASION DEFEATED.
774DESCRIPTION OF NOVA SCOTIA.
179THE TWO HOUSES FORM AN ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEFENCE OF HIS MAJESTY.
775CHAPTER IX.
180ESTABLISHMENT OF A LAND-BANK.
776AMBITIOUS SCHEMES OF THE FRENCH.
181THE ALLIES BURN THE MAGAZINE AT GIVET.
777RISE AND CONDUCT OF THE OHIO COMPANY.
182LOUIS MAKES ADVANCES TOWARDS A PEACE WITH HOLLAND.
778PERFIDY OF THE FRENCH.
183NAVAL TRANSACTIONS.
779MAJOR LAURENCE DEFEATS THE FRENCH NEUTRALS.
184PROCEEDINGS IN THE PARLIAMENTS OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.
780BRITISH AMBASSADOR AT PARIS AMUSED WITH GENERAL PROMISES.
185ZEAL OF THE ENGLISH COMMONS IN THEIR AFFECTION TO THE KING.
781SESSION OPENED.
186RESOLUTIONS TOUCHING THE COIN, &c.
782REPEAL OF THE ACT FOR NATURALIZING JEWS.
187SIR JOHN FENWICK IS APPREHENDED, CONDEMNED, AND BEHEADED.
783MOTION FOE REPEALING A FORMER ACT FAVOURABLE TO THE JEWS.
188EARL OF MONMOUTH SENT TO THE TOWER.
784EAST-INDIA MUTINY BILL.
189INQUIRY INTO MISCARRIAGES BY SEA.
785SESSION CLOSED.
190NEGOTIATIONS AT RYSWICK.
786DEATH OF MR. PELHAM. CHANGE IN THE MINISTRY.
191THE FRENCH TAKE BARCELONA.
787NEW PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED AND PROROGUED.
192EXPEDITION OF ADMIRAL NEVIL TO THE WEST INDIES.
788DISPUTES IN THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
193THE ELECTOR OF SAXONY IS CHOSEN KING OF POLAND.
789TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST INDIES.
194THE CZAR OF MUSCOVY TrAVELS IN DISGUISE.
790ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS.
195CONGRESS AT RYSWICK.
791DISPUTE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT OF ARCOT.
196THE AMBASSADORS SIGN THE TREATY.
792MAHOMMED ALI KHAN SUPPORTED BY THE ENGLISH.
197A GENERAL PACIFICATION.
793MR. CLIVE TAKES ARCOT.
198CHAPTER VI.
794MR. CLIVE REDUCES THREE FORTS, &c.
199CHARACTERS OF THE MINISTERS.
795CHUNDA SAIB TAKEN AND PUT TO DEATH.
200THE NUMBER OF STANDING FORCES REDUCED TO TEN THOUSAND.
796CONVENTION BETWEEN THE EAST INDIA COMPANIES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
201CIVIL LIST ESTABLISHED, &c.
797GENERAL VIEW OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA.
202COGNIZANCE TAKEN OF FRAUDULENT ENDORSEMENTS OF EXCHEQUER BILLS.
798THE FRENCH SURPRISE LOG’S TOWN.
203A NEW EAST INDIA COMPANY CONSTITUTED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
799CONFERENCE WITH THE INDIANS.
204SOCIETY FOR THE REFOrMATION OF MANNERS.
800COLONEL WASHINGTON DEFEATED AND TAKEN BY THE FRENCH.
205THE EARL OF PORTLAND RESIGNS.
801DIVISIONS AMONG THE BRITISH COLONIES.
206THE KING DISOWNS THE SCOTTISH TRADING COMPANY.
802HEREDITARY PRINCE OF HESSE-CASSEL PROFESSES THE CATHOLIC RELIGION.
207HE EMBARKS FOR HOLLAND.
803PARLIAMENT OF PARIS RECALLED FROM EXILE.
208FIRST TREATY OF PARTITION.
804AFFAIRS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
209INTRIGUES OF FRANCE AT THE COURT OF MADRID.
805SESSION OPENED.
210THE COMMONS ADDRESS THE KING.
806BILL IN BEHALF OF CHELSEA PENSIONERS.
211THE SCOTTISH COMPANY MAKE A SETTLEMENT ON THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN.
807MESSAGE FROM THE KING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
212REMONSTRANCES OF THE SPANISH COURT.
808COURT OF VERSAILLES AMUSES THE ENGLISH MINISTRY.
213THE COMMONS PERSIST IN THEIR RESOLUTIONS.
809SESSION CLOSED.
214INQUIRY INTO THE EXPEDITION Of CAPTAIN KIDD.
810CHAPTER X.
215INQUIRY INTO THE IRISH FORFEITURES.
811PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
216THE COMMONS PASS A BILL OF RESUMPTION.
812EARL PAULET’S MOTION.
217A SEVERE BILL PASSED AGAINST THE PAPISTS.
813REGENCY APPOINTED.
218LORD SOMERS DISMISSED.
814BOSCAWEN’S EXPEDITION.
219SECOND TREATY OF PARTITION.
815FRENCH AMBASSADOR RECALLED.
220A FLEET SENT INTO THE BALTIC.
816AFFAIRS OF THE ENGLISH IN AMERICA.
221SECOND TREATY OF PARTITION.
817BRADDOCK’S UNFORTUNATE EXPEDITION.
222THE FRENCH INTEREST PREVAILS AT THE COURT OF SPAIN.
818EXPEDITION AGAINST CROWN POINT AND NIAGARA RESOLVED ON.
223DEATH OF THE KING OF SPAIN.
819BRAVERY OF CAPTAIN M’GINNES.
224PHILIP ACKNOWLEDGED KING OF SPAIN.
820DESCRIPTION OF FORT OSWEGO, &c
225A NEW MINISTRY, AND A NEW PARLIAMENT.
821EXPEDITION AGAINST NIAGARA.
226AN INTERCEPTED LETTER.
822GENERAL SHIRLEY RETURNS TO ALBANY.
227SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN SETTLED.
823TREATY WITH THE LANDGRAVE OF HESSE-CASSEL.
228INEFFECTUAL NEGOTIATION with FRANCE.
824NEWS OF THE CAPTURE OF THE ALCIDE AND LYS REACHES ENGLAND.
229SEVERE ADDRESSES FROM BOTH HOUSES.
825THE KING RETURNS FROM HANOVER, AND CONCLUDES A TREATY WITH RUSSIA.
230WILLIAM IS OBLIGED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE KING OF SPAIN.
826DECLARATION OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY AT THE COURT OF VIENNA.
231EARL OF ORFORD, &c, IMPEACHED.
827SPIRITED DECLARATION OF PRUSSIA.
232DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES.
828THE FRENCH MAKE ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT UPON THE COURT OF SPAIN.
233THE IMPEACHED LORDS ACQUITTED.
829THE IMPERIAL COURT REFUSES AUXILIARIES TO ENGLAND.
234PETITION OF KENT.
830THE FRENCH TAKE THE BLANDFORD.
235PROGRESS OF PRINCE EUGENE.
831STATE OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH NAVIES.
236SITUATION OF AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.
832SESSION OPENED.
237TREATY OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE MARITIME POWERS.
833REMARKABLE ADDRESSES OF BOTH HOUSES.
238DEATH OF KING JAMES.
834HIS MAJESTY’S ANSWER.
239LOUIS OWNS THE PRETENDED PRINCE OF WALES AS KING OF ENGLAND.
835ALTERATIONS IN THE MINISTRY.
240THE KING’S LAST SPEECH TO BOTH HOUSES.
836EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON.
241THE BILL OF ABJURATION PASSED.
837RELIEF VOTED TO THE PORTUGUESE.
242AFFAIRS OF IRELAND.
838MUTINY BILL, MARINE, AND MARINERS’ ACTS CONTINUED.
243THE KING RECOMMENDS AN UNION.
839ACT FOR RAISING A REGIMENT OF FOOT IN NORTH AMERICA.
244HE FALLS FROM HIS HORSE.
840MARITIME LAWS OF ENGLAND EXTENDED TO AMERICA.
245HIS DEATH AND CHARACTER.
841QUIET OF IRELAND RESTORED.
246MAPS:
842TREATY CONCLUDED WITH PRUSSIA.
247CHAPTER VII.
843NEW MILITIA-BILL.
248ANNE SUCCEEDS TO THE THRONE.
844SESSION CLOSED.
249THE ENGAGEMENTS OF HER PREDECESSOR WITH HIS ALLIES FULFILLED.
845CHAPTER XI.
250A FRENCH MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE STATES-GENERAL.
846LETTER FROM M. ROUILLE.
251QUEEN’S INCLINATION TO THE TORIES.
847THE FRENCH THREATEN GREAT BRITAIN WITH AN INVASION.
252WAR DECLARED AGAINST FRANCE.
848REQUISITION OF SIX THOUSAND DUTCH TROOPS.
253THE PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.
849HESSIANS AND HANOVERIANS TRANSPORTED INTO ENGLAND.
254WARM OPPOSITION TO THE MINISTRY IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT.
850FRENCH PREPARATIONS AT TOULON.
255THEY RECOGNISE HER MAJESTY’S AUTHORITY.
851ADMIRAL BYNG SAILS FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN.
256THE QUEEN APPOINTS COMMISSIONERS TO TREAT OF AN UNION.
852ADMIRAL BYNG ARRIVES AT GIBRALTAR.
257STATE OF AFFAIRS ON THE CONTINENT.
853HE ENGAGES M. DE LA GALISSONNIERE OFF MINORCA.
258KEISEESWAERT AND LANDAU TAKEN.
854ADMIRAL BYNG SUPERSEDED AND SENT HOME PRISONER.
259PROGRESS OF THE EARL OF MARLBOROUGH.
855ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF ST. PHILIP’S FORT IN MINORCA.
260HE NARROWLY ESCAPES BEING TAKEN BY A FRENCH PARTISAN.
856PRECAUTIONS taken by GENERAL BLAKENEY.
261THE IMPERIALISTS ARE WORSTED AT FEIDLINGUEN.
857SIR E. HAWKE SAILS TO MINORCA.
262BATTLE OF LUZZARA, IN ITALY.
858GALLANTRY OF FORTUNATUS WRIGHT.
263THE KING OF SWEDEN DEFEATS AUGUSTUS AT LISSOU.
859GENERAL BLAKENEY CREATED A BARON.
264FRUITLESS EXPEDITION TO CADIZ.
860MEASURES TAKEN FOR THE DEFENCE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
265SPANISH GALLEONS TAKEN and DESTROYED.
861EARL OF LOUDON APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN AMERICA.
266BENBOW’S ENGAGEMENT WITH DU CASSE.
862HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S DECLARATION OF WAR.
267A NEW PARLIAMENT.
863SUBSTANCE OF THE FRENCH KING’S DECLARATION.
268DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES.
864ADDRESS OF THE CITY OF LONDON.
269THE LORDS INQUIRE INTO THE CONDUCT OF SIR GEORGE ROOKE.
865TRIAL OF GENERAL FOWKE.
270COMMERCE PROHIBITED BETWEEN HOLLAND, FRANCE, AND SPAIN.
866AFFAIRS OF AMERICA.
271BILL FOR PREVENTING OCCASIONAL CONFORMITY.
867EARL OF LOUDON ARRIVES AT NEW YORK.
272INQUIRY INTO THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
868OSWEGO REDUCED BY THE ENEMY.
273DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES OF CONVOCATION.
869FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN AMERICA.
274ACCOUNT OF PARTIES IN SCOTLAND.
870NAVAL OPERATIONS IN AMERICA.
275DANGEROUS HEATS IN THE PARLIAMENT.
871TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST INDIES.
276THE COMMISSIONER IS ABANDONED BY THE CAVALIERS.
872CALCUTTA BESIEGED.
277HE IS IN DANGER OF HIS LIFE.
873FATE OF THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE DUNGEON AT CALCUTTA.
278PROCEEDINGS OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
874ADDITIONAL CRUELTIES EXERCISED ON MR. HOLWELL.
279A SEVERE ACT PASSED AGAINST PAPISTS.
875FORT GERIAH TAKEN BY ADMIRAL WATSON AND MR. CLIVE.
280THE ELECTOR TAKES POSSESSION OF RATISBON.
876CHAPTER XII.
281THE ALLIES REDUCE BONNE.
877MOTIVES OF THE WAR IN GERMANY.
282BATTLE OF ECKEREN.
878MEASURES TAKEN BY THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND ELECTOR OF HANOVER.
283PRINCE OF HESSE DEFEATED BY THE FRENCH.
879THE KING OF PRUSSIA DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION.
284TREATY BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE DUKE OF SAVOY.
880THE PRUSSIAN ARMY ENTERS SAXONY.
285SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL SAILS WITH A FLEET.
881PRUSSIANS PENETRATE INTO BOHEMIA.
286ADMIRAL GRAYDON’S BOOTLESS EXPEDITION.
882SAXON ARMY SURRENDERS.
287CHARLES KING OF SPAIN ARRIVES IN ENGLAND.
883KING OF POLAND’S MEMORIAL TO THE STATES-GENERAL.
288CHAPTER VIII.
884IMPERIAL DECREES PUBLISHED AGAINST THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
289BILL AGAINST OCCASIONAL CONFORMITY.
885DECLARATION OF DIFFERENT POWERS.
290CONSPIRACY OF SIMON FRASER, LORD LOVAT.
886HIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY’S ANSWER TO THE SAXON MEMORIAL.
291A REMONSTRANCE PRESENTED TO THE QUEEN.
887DISPUTES BETWEEN THE PARLIAMENT OF PARIS AND THE CLERGY.
292DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES.
888DEARTH OF CORN IN ENGLAND.
293THE QUEEN’S BOUNTY to the POOR CLERGY.
889SESSION OPENED.
294INQUIRY INTO NAVAL AFFAIRS.
890DEBATES ON THE ADDRESS.
295TRIAL OF LINDSAY.
891BILL PASSED FOr PROHIBITING THE EXPORTATION OF CORN.
296THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT.
892REFLECTIONS ON THE CONTINENTAL WAR.
297VIOLENT OPPOSITION TO THE MINISTRY.
893MESSAGES FROM THE KING TO THE PARLIAMENT.
298THEY PASS THE ACT OF SECURITY.
894MEASURES TAKEN TO REMOVE THE SCARCITY OF CORN.
299SITUATION OF THE EMPEROR’S AFFAIRS.
895MILITIA BILL.
300MARLBOROUGH MARCHES WITH THE ALLIED ARMY INTO GERMANY.
896BILL FOR QUARTERING FOREIGN TROOPS, &c.
301FRUITLESS NEGOTIATION WITH THE ELECTOR.
897BILL FOR THE MORE SPEEDY RECRUITING THE LAND-FORCES AND MARINES, &c.
302THE CONFEDERATES OBTAIN A COMPLETE VICTORY AT HOCHSTADT.
898ACT FOR IMPORTING AMERICAN IRON DUTY FREE.
303SIEGE OF LANDAU.
899REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPORTATION OF SILK.
304MARLBOROUGH RETURNS TO ENGLAND.
900INQUIRY INTO THE SCARCITY OF CORN.
305STATE OF THE WAR IN EUROPE.
901INVESTIGATION OF THE LOSS OF MINORCA.
306CAMPAIGN IN PORTUGAL.
902EXAMINATION of the AMERICAN CONTRACT.
307SIR GEORGE KOOKE TAKES GIBRALTAR.
903INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF ADMIRAL KNOWLES, &c.
308SESSION OF PARLIAMENT IN ENGLAND.
904RESOLUTIONS concerning MILFORD-HAVEN.
309AN ACT OF ALIENATION PASSED.
905SESSION CLOSED.
310DISAGREEMENT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE AYLESBURY CONSTABLES.
906TRIAL OF ADMIRAL BYNG.
311THE PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED.
907BILL TO RELEASE THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT-MARTIAL, &c
312PROCEEDINGS IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT.
908EXECUTION OF ADMIRAL BYNG.
313ACT PASSED FOR A TREATY OF UNION.
909REMARKS ON ADMIRAL BYNG’S FATE.
314DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARLIAMENT AND CONVOCATION IN IRELAND.
910CHAPTER XIII.
315CAMPAIGN ON THE MOSELLE.
911MR. PITT AND MR. LEGGE TAKEN INTO THE ADMINISTRATION.
316THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH FORCES THE FRENCH LINES IN BRABANT.
912COALITION OF PARTIES.
317HE VISITS THE COURT OF VIENNA.
913DESCENT ON THE COAST OF FRANCE MEDITATED.
318STATE OF THE WAR ON THE UPPER RHINE, IN HUNGARY, &c.
914COMMAND OF THE FLEET GIVEN TO SIR EDWARD HAWKE, &c.
319THE FRENCH FLEET DESTROYED, &c.
915ADMIRAL KNOWLES SENT TO TAKE AIX.
320BARCELONA REDUCED BY SIR C. SHOVEL AND LORD PETERBOROUGH.
916ATTACK AND SURRENDER OF AIX.
321THE EARL’S PROGRESS IN SPAIN.
917THE FLEET RETURNS TO SPITHEAD.
322NEW PARLIAMENT IN ENGLAND.
918SIR JOHN MORDAUNT TRIED BY A COURT-MARTIAL.
323BILL FOR A REGENCY.
919FLEETS SENT TO THE EAST AND WEST INDIES.
324THE PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.
920RIOTS OCCASIONED BY THE HIGH PRICE OF CORN.
325CONFERENCES OPENED FOR A TREATY OF UNION WITH SCOTLAND.
921OPERATIONS IN AMERICA.
326SUBSTANCE OF THE TREATY.
922LORD LOUDON’S CONDUCT IN AMERICA.
327CHAPTER IX.
923FORT WILLIAM-HENRY TAKEN by the FRENCH.
328THE FRENCH DEFEATED AT THE BATTLE OF RAMILLIES.
924NAVAL TRANSACTIONS IN AMERICA.
329THE SIEGE OF BARCELONA RAISED.
925STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE EAST INDIES.
330PRINCE EUGENE OBTAINS A COMPLETE VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH.
926SEDUCTION OF CHANDERNAGORE.
331SIR C. SHOVEL SAILS WITH A REINFORCEMENT TO CHARLES.
927COLONEL CLIVE DEFEATS THE SUBA AT PLAISSEY, &c.
332THE KING OF SWEDEN MARCHES INTO SAXONY.
928ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE KING OF FRANCE.
333THE FRENCH KING DEMANDS CONFERENCES FOR A PEACE.
929CHANGES IN THE FRENCH MINISTRY.
334MEETING OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT.
930STATE OF THE CONFEDERACY.
335VIOLENT OPPOSITION TO THE UNION.
931SKIRMISHES BETWEEN THE PRUSSIANS AND AUSTRIANS.
336PROCEEDINGS in the ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.
932NEUTRALITY OF THE EMPEROR, AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE DUTCH.
337THE COMMONS APPROVE OF THE ARTICLES OF THE UNION.
933DECLARATION OF THE CZARINA AGAINST THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
338PARLIAMENT REVIVED BY PROCLAMATION.
934KING OF PRUSSIA ENTERS BOHEMIA.
339THE QUEEN GIVES AUDIENCE TO A MUSCOVITE AMBASSADOR.
935PRAGUE INVESTED.
340PROCEEDINGS IN CONVOCATION.
936COUNT DAUN COMMANDS THE AUSTRIANS.
341FRANCE THREATENED WITH TOTAL RUIN.
937KING OF PRUSSIA DEFEATED AT KOLIN.
342THE ALLIES ARE DEFEATED AT ALMANZA.
938PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEFENCE OF HANOVER.
343UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT UPON TOULON.
939SKIRMISHES WITH THE FRENCH.
344SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL WRECKED.
940DUKE OF CUMBERLAND PASSES THE WESER.
345INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE KING OF SWEDEN AND THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.
941BATTLE OF HASTENBECK.
346INACTIVE CAMPAIGN in the NETHERLANDS.
942THE FRENCH TAKE POSSESSION OF HANOVER AND HESSE-CASSEL.
347A PARTY FORMED AGAINST MARLBOROUGH.
943THE FRENCH REDUCE VERDEN and BREMEN.
348MEETING OP THE FIRST BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
944CHAPTER XIV.
349INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE WAR IN SPAIN.
945THE FRENCH ENTER THE PRUSSIAN DOMINIONS.
350THE PRETENDER EMBARKS AT DUNKIRK FOR SCOTLAND.
946A RUSSIAN FLEET BLOCKS UP THE PRUSSIAN PORTS IN THE BALTIC.
351STATE OF THE NATION AT THAT PERIOD.
947ARMY OF THE EMPIRE RAISED.
352PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED.
948THE AUSTRIANS TAKE GABEL.
353THE FRENCH SURPRISE GHENT AND BRUGES.
949THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA LEAVES THE ARMY.
354THE ALLIES INVEST LISLE.
950COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND OSTEND BROKE OFF.
355LISLE SURRENDERED, GHENT TAKEN, AND BRUGES ABANDONED.
951MARESCHAL LEHWALD ATTACKS THE RUSSIANS NEAR NORKITTEN.
356CONQUEST OF MINORCA.
952HASTY RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS OUT OF PRUSSIA.
357RUPTURE BETWEEN THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR.
953FRENCH AND IMPERIALISTS TAKE GOTHA.
358DEATH OF PRINCE GEORGE OF DENMARK.
954ACTION BETWEEN THE PRUSSIANS AND AUSTRIANS NEAR GOERLITZ.
359THE NEW PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
955THE FRENCH OBLIGE FERDINAND TO RETIRE.
360NATURALIZATION BILL.
956BATTLE OF ROSBACH.
361ACT OF GRACE.
957THE AUSTRIANS TAKE SCHWEIDNITZ.
362DISPUTES ABOUT THE MUSCOVITE AMBASSADOR COMPROMISED.
958MARESCHAL KEITH LAYS BOHEMIA UNDER CONTRIBUTION.
363CHAPTER X.
959HOSTILITIES of the SWEDES in POMERANIA.
364NEGOTIATION FOR PEACE INEFFECTUAL.
960MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE DUTCH.
365THE ALLIED ARMY TAKE TOURNAY.
961DISPUTES CONCERNING THE CONVENTION OF CLOSTER-SEVEN.
366THE FRENCH ARE DEFEATED.
962PROGRESS OF THE HANOVERIAN ARMY.
367MONS SURRENDERED.
963DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF POLAND, &c.
368CAMPAIGN IN SPAIN.
964FATE OF CAPTAIN DEATH.
369FRENCH KING’S PROPOSALS OF TREATING REJECTED BY THE STATES-GENERAL.
965SESSION OPENED.
370ACCOUNT OF DE SACHEVEREL.
966SECOND TREATY WITH PRUSSIA.
371HIS TRIAL.
967BILLS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SEAMEN, &c.
372DEBATES UPON IT IN THE LORDS.
968ACT FOR ASCERTAINING THE QUALIFICATION OF VOTING.
373CONFERENCES AT GERTRUYDENBURGH.
969BILL FOR MORE EFFECTUALLY MANNING THE NAVY.
374PRIDE AND OBSTINACY OF THE DUTCH.
970HABEAS-CORPUS ACT AMENDED.
375DOUAY, BETHUNE, AIRE, &c. TAKEN BY THE CONFEDERATES.
971SCHEME IN FAVOUR OF THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL.
376KING CHARLES, OBTAINING A VICTORY AT SARAGOSSA, ENTERS MADRID.
972PROCEEDINGS RELATIVE TO THE AFRICAN COMPANY.
377BATTLE OF VILLAVICIOSA.
973SESSION CLOSED.
378THE WHIG MINISTRY DISGRACED.
974VIGOROUS PREPARATIONS FOR WAR, &c.
379DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH INSULTED.
975THE FRENCH EVACUATE EMBDEN.
380INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR IN SPAIN.
976ADMIRAL BRODERICK’S SHIP BURNT.
381HARLEY STABBED AT THE COUNCIL BOARD.
977DESCENT AT CANCALLE BAY.
382DEATH OF THE EMPEROR JOSEPH.
978EXPEDITION AGAINST CHERBOURG.
383PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVOCATION.
979DESCENT AT ST. MALOES.
384THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH CONTINUES TO COMMAND THE ALLIED ARMY.
980ENGLISH DEFEATED AT ST. CAS.
385BOUCHAIN REDUCED.
981CLAMOURS OF THE DUTCH MERCHANTS, &c.
386DUKE OF ARGYLE COMMANDS THE BRITISH TROOPS IN SPAIN.
982CHAPTER XV.
387EXPEDITION TO CANADA.
983EXPEDITION AGAINST SENEGAL.
388NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE COURTS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
984FORT LOUIS AND SENEGAL TAKEN.
389MENAGER ARRIVES PRIVATELY in ENGLAND.
985EXPEDITION TO CAPE-BRETON.
390THE FRENCH KING’S PROPOSALS DISAGREEABLE TO THE ALLIES.
986LOUISBOURG TAKEN.
391DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH DISMISSED FROM ALL HIS EMPLOYMENTS.
987ATTEMPT UPON TICONDEROGA.
392PRINCE EUGENE ARRIVES IN ENGLAND.
988FORT FRONTENAC TAKEN AND DESTROYED BY THE ENGLISH.
393WALPOLE EXPELLED.
989BRIGADIER FORBES TAKES FORT DU QUESNE.
394RESOLUTIONS AGAINST THE BARRIER-TREATY AND THE DUTCH.
990SHIPWRECK OF CAPTAIN BARTON.
395ACTS UNFAVOURABLE TO THE PRESBYTERIAN DISCIPLINE IN SCOTLAND.
991GALLANT EXPLOIT OF CAPTAIN TYRREL.
396CHAPTER XI.
992TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST INDIES.
397THE QUEEN’S MEASURES OBSTRUCTED.
993TRANSACTIONS on the CONTINENT of EUROPE.
398DEATH OF THE DAUPHIN AND HIS SON.
994STATE of the ARMIES on the CONTINENT.
399THE QUEEN DEMANDS PHILIP’S RENUNCIATION OF THE CROWN.
995THE FRENCH KING CHANGES THE ADMINISTRATION OF HANOVER.
400THE DUKE OF ORMOND TAKES THE COMMAND OF THE BRITISH FORCES.
996TREATY BETWEEN THE FRENCH KING AND THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK.
401PHILIP PROMISES TO RENOUNCE THE CROWN OF FRANCE.
997DECREE OF THE AULIC COUNCIL.
402THE QUEEN COMMUNICATES THE PLAN OF THE PEACE TO PARLIAMENT.
998BREMEN TAKEN AND RETAKEN.
403IRRUPTION INTO FRANCE BY GENERAL GROVESTEIN.
999THE FRENCH ABANDON HANOVER.
404FOREIGN TROOPS IN BRITISH PAY REFUSE TO MARCH WITH ORMOND.
1000PRINCE FERDINAND DEFEATS THE FRENCH, &c.
405THE ALLIES DEFEATED AT DENAIN.
1001PRINCE OF YSEMBOURG DEFEATED.
406PROGRESS OF THE CONFERENCES AT UTRECHT.
1002GENERAL IMHOFF DEFEATS M. DE CHEVERT.
407THE DUKE OF HAMILTON AND LORD MOHUN ARE KILLED IN A DUEL.
1003GENERAL OBERG DEFEATED by the FRENCH.
408THE STATES-GENERAL SIGN THE BARRIER-TREATY.
1004DEATH OF THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.
409PEACE WITH FRANCE.
1005OPERATIONS OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
410THE TREATY WITH FRANCE.
1006PROGRESS OF THE RUSSIANS.
411THE SCOTTISH LORDS MOVE FOR A BILL TO DISSOLVE THE UNION.
1007THE PRUSSIANS DEFEAT THE RUSSIANS.
412VIOLENCE OF PARTIES IN ENGLAND.
1008SUBURBS OF DRESDEN BURNT.
413PROCEEDINGS OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
1009THE PRUSSIANS RAISE THE SIEGE OF NEISS, AND RELIEVE DRESDEN.
414NEW PARLIAMENT IN ENGLAND.
1010INHABITANTS OF SAXONY OPPRESSED.
415TREATY OF RASTADT BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND FRANCE.
1011PROGRESS OF THE SWEDES IN POMERANIA.
416THE LORDS TAKE COGNIZANCE OF A LIBEL AGAINST THE SCOTS.
1012PRINCE CHARLES OF SAXONY ELECTED DUKE OF COURLAND.
417MR. STEELE EXPELLED THE HOUSE.
1013THE KING OF ENGLAND’S MEMORIAL.
418WHIGS’ PRECAUTION FOR SECURING THE PROTESTANT SUCCESSION.
1014DEATH OF POPE BENEDICT.
419A WRIT DEMANDED FOR THE ELECTORAL PRINCE OF HANOVER.
1015KING OF PORTUGAL ASSASSINATED.
420THE PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.
1016PROCEEDINGS OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY.
421PRECAUTIONS TAKEN FOR SECURING THE PEACE OF THE KINGDOM.
1017CONDUCT OF THE KING OF DENMARK.
422DEATH AND CHARACTER OF ANNE.
1018CONFERENCES AT THE HAGUE.
423MAPS:
1019CHAPTER XVI.
424GEORGE I.
1020TRIALS OF DRS. HENSEY AND SHEBBEARE
425GEORGE I.
1021INSTITUTION OF THE MAGDALEN AND OTHER ASYLUMS.
426STATE OF PARTIES.
1022SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS.
427KING GEORGE PROCLAIMED.
1023NEW TREATY WITH THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
428THE CIVIL LIST GRANTED TO THE KING.
1024SUPPLIES GRANTED.
429THE ELECTORAL PRINCE CREATED PRINCE OF WALES.
1025KING’S MESSAGE TO THE COMMONS.
430THE KING ARRIVES IN ENGLAND.
1026BILLS RELATING TO THE DISTILLERY, &c.
431THE TORIES TOTALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE ROYAL FAVOUR.
1027REGULATIONS with RESPECT to PRIVATEERS.
432PRETENDER’S MANIFESTO.
1028NEW MILITIA LAWS.
433NEW PARLIAMENT.
1029ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF DEBTORS REVIVED.
434THE KING’S FIRST SPEECH.
1030BILLS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF IRISH BEEF AND TALLOW.
435COMMITTEE OF SECRECY.
1031CASE OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
436SIR JOHN NORRIS SENT WITH A FLEET TO THE BALTIC.
1032CASE OF CAPTAIN WALKER.
437DISCONTENT OF THE NATION.
1033REMARKS ON THE BANKRUPT-LAWS.
438REPORT OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE.
1034INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE POOR.
439EARL OF OXFORD SENT TO THE TOWER.
1035REGULATION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
440THE KING DECLARES TO BOTH HOUSES THAT A REBELLION IS BEGUN.
1036THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL.
441DUKE OF ORMOND AND LORD BOLINGBROKE ATTAINTED.
1037PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
442INTRIGUES OF THE JACOBITES.
1038DEATH OF THE PRINCESS OF ORANGE, &c.
443DEATH OF LOUIS XIV.
1039EXAMPLES MADE OF PIRATES.
444THE EARL OF MAR SETS UP THE PRETENDER’S STANDARD.
1040MURDER OF DANIEL CLARKE.
445MACKINTOSH JOINS THE ENGLISH INSURGENTS.
1041MAJORITY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
446BATTLE AT DUMBLANE.
1042A NEW BRIDGE AT BLACKFRIARS.
447THE PRETENDER ARRIVES IN SCOTLAND.
1043FIRE IN CORNHILL.
448PROCEEDINGS OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
1044METHOD CONTRIVED TO FIND OUT THE LONGITUDE.
449THE REBEL LORDS ARE IMPEACHED.
1045INSTALLATION AT OXFORD.
450EARL OF DEEWENTWATER AND LORD KENMUIR ARE BEHEADED.
1046CAPTURES MADE BY CRUISERS.
451TRIALS OF REBELS.
1047PRIZES TAKEN IN THE WEST INDIES.
452ACT FOR SEPTENNIAL PARLIAMENTS.
1048ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE HERCULES AND THE FLORISSANT.
453DUKE OF ARGYLE DISGRACED.
1049HAVRE-DE-GRACE BOMBARDED.
454THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
1050BOSCAWEN DEFEATS M. DE LA CLUE.
455COUNT GYLLENBURGH ARRESTED.
1051PREPARATIONS MADE BY THE FRENCH FOR INVADING ENGLAND.
456ACCOUNT OF THE OXFORD RIOT.
1052ACCOUNT OF THUROT.
457DIVISION IN THE MINISTRY.
1053FRENCH FLEET SAILS FROM BREST.
458THE COMMONS PASS THE SOUTH-SEA ACT, &c.
1054ADMIRAL HAWKE DEFEATS M. DE CONFLANS.
459TRIAL OF THE EARL OF OXFORD.
1055THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
460PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVOCATION WITH REGARD TO DR. HOADLEY.
1056LOYALTY OF THE IRISH CATHOLICS.
461CHAPTER II.
1057INSURRECTION IN DUBLIN.
462DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE KING AND THE CZAR OF MUSCOVY.
1058ALARM OF A DESCENT IN SCOTLAND.
463THE KING OF SWEDEN IS KILLED.
1059CHAPTER XVII.
464NEGOTIATION FOR A QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE.
1060STATE OF THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE.
465PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.
1061EXPEDITION AGAINST THAT ISLAND.
466NATURE OF THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE.
1062ATTEMPT UPON ST. PIERRE.
467ADMIRAL BYNG SAILS.
1063DESCENT ON GUADALOUPE.
468HE DESTROYS THE SPANISH FLEET.
1064FORT-LOUIS REDUCED, &c.
469REMONSTRANCES OF THE SPANISH MINISTRY.
1065ENGLISH FLEET SAILS TO DOMINIQUE.
470ACT FOR STRENGTHENING THE PROTESTANT INTEREST.
1066GENERAL BARRINGTON TAKES GOSIER, &c.
471WAR DECLARED AGAINST SPAIN.
1067ISLAND OF MARIGALANTE TAKEN.
472CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE REGENT OF FRANCE.
1068TREATY WITH THE INDIANS.
473INTENDED INVASION BY ORMOND.
1069PLAN OF THE CAMPAIGN.
474THREE HUNDRED SPANIARDS LAND AND ARE TAKEN IN SCOTLAND.
1070GENERAL AMHERST EMBARKS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
475ACCOUNT OF THE PEERAGE BILL.
1071NIAGARA REDUCED.
476COUNT MERCI ASSUMES THE COMMAND OF THE IMPERIAL ARMY
1072INTRODUCTION TO THE EXPEDITION AGAINST QUEBEC.
477ACTIVITY OF ADMIRAL BYNG.
1073GENERAL WOLFE LANDS ON THE ISLAND OF ORLEANS.
478THE SPANISH TROOPS EVACUATE SICILY.
1074ENGLISH FLEET DAMAGED BY A STORM.
479PHILIP OBLIGED TO ACCEDE TO THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE.
1075GENERAL WOLFE ENCAMPS NEAR THE FALLS OF THE RIVER MONTMORENCI.
480BILL FOR SECURING THE DEPENDENCY OF IRELAND UPON THE CROWN.
1076BRIGADIER MURRAY DETACHED UP THE RIVER.
481SOUTH-SEA ACT
1077THE TROOPS LAND AT THE HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM.
482CHARTERS GRANTED TO THE ROYAL AND LONDON ASSURANCE OFFICES.
1078BATTLE OF QUEBEC.
483TREATY OF ALLIANCE WITH SWEDEN.
1079QUEBEC TAKEN.
484THE PRINCE OF HESSE ELECTED KING OF SWEDEN.
1080CHAPTER XVIII.
485EFFECTS OF THE SOUTH-SEA SCHEME.
1081SIEGE OF MADRAS.
486A SECRET COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
1082SUCCESS OF COLONEL FORDE.
487SEVERE RESOLUTIONS AGAINST THE SOUTH-SEA COMPANY.
1083SURAT TAKEN BY THE ENGLISH.
488CHAPTER III.
1084ADMIRAL POCOCKE DEFEATS MONSIEUR D’APCHE.
489BILL AGAINST ATHEISM.
1085HOSTILITIES OF THE DUTCH.
490ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND SPAIN.
1086COLONEL COOTE TAKES WANDEWASH.
491PLAGUE AT MARSEILLES.
1087COLONEL COOTE CONQUERS ARCOT.
492DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ABOUT MR. LAW.
1088STATE OF THE BELLIGERENT POWERS IN EUROPE.
493SENTIMENTS OF SOME LORDS TOUCHING THE WAR.
1089FRANCKFORT SEIZED BY THE FRENCH.
494PETITION OF THE QUAKERS..
1090PROGRESS OF THE HEREDITARY PRINCE OF BRUNSWICK.
495NEW PARLIAMENT.
1091PRINCE FERDINAND ATTACKS THE FRENCH.
496DECLARATION OF THE PRETENDER.
1092RETREAT OF PRINCE FERDINAND.
497REPORT OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE.
1093ANIMOSITY BETWEEN PRINCE FERDINAND AND THE BRITISH COMMANDER.
498BILL OF PAINS AND PENALTIES AGAINST THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER.
1094THE FRENCH ENCAMP AT MINDEN.
499PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THOSE CONCERNED IN THE LOTTERY AT HAMBURGH.
1095DUKE DE BRISSAC ROUTED.
500AFFAIRS OF THE CONTINENT.
1096GENEEAL IMHOFF TAKES MUNSTER.
501CLAMOUR IN IRELAND ON ACCOUNT OF WOOD’S COINAGE.
1097A BODY OF PRUSSIANS MAKE AN INCURSION INTO POLAND.
502DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS.
1098PRINCE HENRY PENETRATES into BOHEMIA.
503AN ACT FOR LESSENING THE PUBLIC DEBTS.
1099GENERAL WEDEL DEFEATED BY THE RUSSIANS.
504PHILIP, KING OF SPAIN, ABDICATES THE THRONE.
1100BATTLE OF CUNERSDORF.
505ABUSES IN CHANCERY.
1101ADVANTAGES GAINED BY THE PRUSSIANS IN SAXONY.
506TRIAL OF THE EARL OF MACCLESFIELD.
1102GENERAL FINCK SURROUNDED AND TAKEN.
507DEBATES ABOUT THE DEBTS OF THE CIVIL LIST.
1103DISASTER OF THE PRUSSIAN GENERAL DIERCKE.
508BILL IN FAVOUR OF THE LATE LORD BOLINGBROKE.
1104CONCLUSION OF THE CAMPAIGN.
509TREATY OF ALLIANCE.
1105ARRET OF THE EVANGELICAL BODY AT RATISBON.
510TREATY OF HANOVER.
1106FRENCH MINISTRY STOP PAYMENT.
511A SQUADRON SENT TO THE BALTIC.
1107THE STATES-GENERAL SEND OVER DEPUTIES TO ENGLAND.
512ADMIRAL HOSIER’S EXPEDITION.
1108MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE STATES BY MAJOR-GENERAL YORKE.
513DISGRACE OF THE DUKE DE RIPPERDA.
1109A COUNTER-MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY THE FRENCH MINISTER.
514SUBSTANCE OF THE KING’S SPEECH.
1110DEATH OF THE KING OF SPAIN.
515DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
1111DON CARLOS SUCCEEDS TO THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN.
516CONVENTIONS WITH SWEDEN AND HESSE-CASSEL.
1112DETECTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CONSPIRATORS AT LISBON.
517VOTE OF CREDIT.
1113SESSION OPENED IN ENGLAND.
518SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR
1114SUBSTANCE OF THE ADDRESSES.
519PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE.
1115PETITIONS RESPECTING THE PROHIBITION OF THE MALT DISTILLERY.
520DEATH AND CHARACTER OF GEORGE I.
1116OPPOSITION TO THE BILL FOR PREVENTING THE EXCESSIVE USE OF SPIRITS.
521NOTES:
1117ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A MILITIA IN SCOTLAND.
522GEORGE II.
1118BILL FOR REMOVING THE POWDER MAGAZINE AT GREENWICH.
523CHAPTER I.
1119ACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STREETS OF LONDON.
524GEORGE II. ASCENDS THE THRONE.
1120BILL RELATIVE TO THE SALE OF FISH, &c.
525CHARACTERS OF THE PRINCIPAL PERSONS CONCERNED IN THE MINISTRY.
1121ACT FOR ASCERTAINING the QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
526DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT CONCERNING THE CIVIL LIST.
1122ACT FOR CONSOLIDATING ANNUITIES GRANTED IN 1759.
527NEW PARLIAMENT.
1123BILL FOR SECURING MONIES FOR THE USE OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL.
528VIOLENT DISPUTE CONCERNING THE NATIONAL DEBT.
1124ACT IN FAVOUR OF GEOEGE KEITH, &c.
529A DOUBLE MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
1125SESSION CLOSED.
530LIBERALITY OF THE COMMONS.
1126CHAPTER XIX.
531DEBATES ON THE SUBSIDIES OF HESSE-CASSEL AND WOLFENBUTTLE.
1127DETECTION OF A MURDER.
532COMMITTEE FOR INSPECTING THE GAOLS.
1128CLAMOUR AGAINST LORD SACKVILLE.
533ADDRESS TOUCHING THE SPANISH DEPREDATIONS.
1129HE DEMANDS A COURT-MARTIAL.
534PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
1130SENTENCE OF THE COURT-MARTIAL.
535WISE CONDUCT OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
1131EARL FERRERS APPREHENDED.
536ABDICATION OF THE KING OF SARDINIA.
1132TRIED BY THE HOUSE OF PEERS.
537SUBSTANCE OF THE KING’S SPEECH.
1133EARL FERRERS EXECUTED.
538OBJECTIONS TO THE TREATY OF SEVILLE.
1134ASSASSINATION OF MR. MATTHEWS.
539OPPOSITION TO A STANDING ARMY.
1135NEW BRIDGE BEGUN AT BLACKFRIARS.
540BILL PROHIBITING LOANS.
1136REMARKABLE ADVENTURE OF FIVE IRISHMEN.
541CHARTER OF THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY.
1137THE RAMILLIES MAN OF WAR WRECKED.
542THE EMPEROR RESENTS THE TREATY OF SEVILLE.
1138TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES. HOSTILITIES RECOMMENCED.
543ARRIVAL OF SEVEN INDIAN CHIEFS.
1139FATE OF THE GARRISON AT FORT LOUDOUN.
544BILL AGAINST PENSIONERS SITTING AS MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
1140BRITISH INTEREST ESTABLISHED ON THE OHIO.
545TREATY OF VIENNA.
1141THE FRENCH UNDERTAKE THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC.
546DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PARMA.
1142QUEBEC BESIEGED.
547DON CARLOS TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS TERRITORIES.
1143THE ENEMIES SHIPPING DESTROYED.
548FRANCE DISTRACTED BY RELIGIOUS DISPUTES.
1144GENERAL AMHERST REDUCES THE FRENCH FORT AT THE ISLE ROYALE.
549THE MINISTRY VIOLENTLY OPPOSED.
1145FRENCH SHIPS DESTROYED, &c.
550DEBATE ON A STANDING ARMY.
1146DEMOLITION OF LOUISBOURG.
551THE CHARITABLE CORPORATION.
1147INSURRECTION IN JAMAICA.
552REVIVAL OF THE SALT-TAX.
1148ACTION AT SEA OFF HISPANIOLA.
553MR. PULTENEY’S NAME STRUCK OUT OF THE LIST OF PRIVY-COUNSELLORS.
1149GALLANT BEHAVIOUR OF CAPTAINS O’BRIEN AND TAYLOR.
554THE KING SETS OUT FOR HANOVER.
1150TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST-INDIES.
555CHAPTER II.
1151ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE BAY OF QUIBERON.
556REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF SUICIDE.
1152ASTRONOMERS SENT TO THE EAST INDIES.
557AFFAIRS OF THE CONTINENT.
1153EARTHQUAKES IN SYRIA.
558MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT.
1154AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL.
559ADDRESS TO THE KING.
1155PATRIOTIC SCHEMES OF THE KING OF DENMARK.
560THE EXCISE SCHEME PROPOSED.
1156MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE STATES-GENERAL.
561BILL FOR A DOWER TO THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
1157STATE OF THE POWERS AT WAR.
562DOUBLE ELECTION OF A KING OF POLAND.
1158DEATH OF THE LANDGRAVE OF HESSE-CASSEL.
563CONFEDERACY AGAINST THE EMPEROR.
1159OFFERS MADE BY THE NEUTRAL POWERS, &c.
564ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.
1160SKIRMISHES IN WESTPHALIA.
565ALTERCATION IN THE COMMONS.
1161SITUATION OF THE FRENCH ARMIES.
566MOTION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE SEPTENNIAL ACT.
1162EXPLOIT OF COLONEL LUCKNER.
567CONCLUSION OF A REMARKABLE SPEECH BY SIR W. WYNDHAM.
1163THE HEREDITARY PRINCE OF BRUNSWICK DEFEATED.
568PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED.
1164VICTORY OBTAINED BY THE ALLIES.
569DANTZIC BESIEGED BY THE RUSSIANS.
1165THE HEREDITARY PRINCE MARCHES TO THE LOWER RHINE.
570PHILIPSBURGH TAKEN BY THE FRENCH.
1166ADVANTAGES GAINED by M. DE STAINVILLE.
571BATTLE OF PARMA.
1167THE ALLIES AND FRENCH GO INTO WINTER QUARTERS.
572THE IMPERIALISTS ARE AGAIN WORSTED.
1168CHAPTER XX.
573NEW PARLIAMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN.
1169EXPLOIT OF THE SWEDES IN POMERANIA.
574DEBATE ON A SUBSIDY TO DENMARK.
1170AUSTRIANS IN SAXONY.
575PETITION OF SOME SCOTTISH NOBLEMEN.
1171POSITION OF THE ARMIES IN SAXONY AND SILESIA.
576MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COURTS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
1172GEN. LAUDOHN DEFEATS GEN. FOUQUET, AND REDUCES GLATZ.
577PRELIMINARIES SIGNED BY THE EMPEROR AND THE KING OF FRANCE.
1173THE KING OF PRUSSIA MAKES AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT UPON DRESDEN.
578PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.
1174ACTION BETWEEN GENEEAL HULSEN AND THE IMPERIAL ARMY IN SAXONY.
579BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF QUAKERS IN THE ARTICLE OF TITHES.
1175SITUATION OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
580MORTMAIN ACT.
1176THE RUSSIANS AND AUSTRIANS POSSESS THEMSELVES OF BERLIN.
581REMARKABLE RIOT AT EDINBURGH.
1177KING OF PRUSSIA DEFEATS THE AUSTRIANS AT TORGAU.
582RUPTURE BETWEEN THE CZARINA AND THE OTTOMAN PORTE.
1178DIETS of POLAND AND SWEDEN ASSEMBLED.
583THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT OPENED
1179INTIMATION GIVEN TO THE STATES OF WESTPHALIA BY THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
584MOTION IN BOTH HOUSES FOR A SETTLEMENT ON THE PRINCE OF WALES.
1180THE KING OF POLAND’S REMONSTRANCE.
585SCHEME FOR REDUCING THE INTEREST OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
1181REDUCTION OF PONDICHERRY.
586BILL AGAINST THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.
1182PART OF THE BRITISH SQUADRON WRECKED IN A STORM.
587PLAY-HOUSE BILL.
1183DEATH and CHARACTER of KING GEORGE II.
588CHAPTER III.
1184RECAPITULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF HIS REIGN.
589THE RUSSIANS TAKE OCZAKOW.
1185ACCOUNT OF THE COMMERCE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
590DEATH OF CAROLINE, QUEEN CONSORT.
1186STATE OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY.
591DISPUTE IN PARLIAMENT.
1187FANATICISM.
592SPANISH DEPREDATIONS.
1188METAPHYSICS AND MEDICINE.
593MOTIVES FOR AVOIDING A WAR.
1189MECHANICS.
594BILL FOR SECURING THE TRADE IN AMERICA.
1190GENIUS.
595BIRTH OF PRINCE GEORGE.
1191MUSIC.
596PROGRESS of the WAR AGAINST the TURKS.
1192PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.
