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is ordered under an arreft, and brought to England, ib. committed close prifoner at Greenwich, ib. tried by a court martial, ib. is condemned, but recommended as an object of mercy, ib. his behaviour afterwards, ib. is executed at Portfmouth, 242

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CALCUTTA, taken by the Indians, 253; cruelty ufed there, ib. retaken by col Clive, 255

Cape Breton, taken by the English, 207; reftored to France, 223

Carteret, lord, made fecretary of state, 195; gains the confidence of the king, 199

Carthagena, attacked by the English, under Vernon and
Wentworth, 190; account of its trade, ib.
Catharine, St. ifland of, 188

Caftlemaine, earl of, fent ambaffador to Rome, 15; is
received by the pope with contempt, ib.
Chadenagore, taken by col. Clive, 257
Charitable Corporation, what, 177

Charles XII. of Sweden, forms a fcheme for invading England, 156; is killed before Fredericfhall, 157 Charles, fon to the old pretender, repairs to the court of France, 203; hated by the English, 207; fome account of, ib. embarks for Scotland, ib. lands in Lochaber, 108; proclaims his father king of Great Britain, 209; enters Edinburgh, ib defeats fir John Cope, ib. makes an irruption into England, 211; takes Carlisle, ib. marches to Manchester, ib. only the nominal leader, 212; retreats into Scotland, ib. defeats general Hawley, 213; totally routed at Culloden, 215; flies to the mountains for fafety, 216; his melancholy condition, ib. efcapes to France, 217

Charnock, engaged in the affaffination plot, 55; tried and executed, 56

Chefterfield, lord, made fecretary of state, 207
Chiefs, in Scotland, their power destroyed, 219
Churchill, John, lord, deferts from James II. to the
prince of Orange, 29. See Marlborough.
Clandeftine marriages, act against, 228

Clive, Mr. who, 252; clears the province of Arcot, ib.

defeats

defeats Tullagree Angria, 254; advances to Calcutta, ib. attacks and defeats the viceroy of Bengal, 255; obtains a second victory over that prince, 256; proclaims Ali Kan viceroy of Bengal, ib. refolves to humble the French in India, 257; oppofes the Dutch, for what, 259; orders three Indian fhips to fink the Dutch fleet, ib.

Clofter-Seven, treaty of, 248

Colchester,, lord, deferts to the prince of Orange, 28
Convention with Spain, debates occafioned by, 182
Coote, col. fome account of, 260; defeats the French, ib.
Cope, fir John, fent against the rebels, 208; defeated at
Prefton-Pans, ib.

Corbach, battle of, 274

Cornif, fheriff, condemned and executed, ; his eftate reftored to his family, ib.

Cornbury, lord, deferts, with a large body, to the prince of Orange, 29

Cornwall, captain, killed in the Mediterranean, 204 Cromartie, lord, joins the rebels, 209; tried and found guilty, 218; pardoned, ib.

Culloden, battle of, 215

Cumberland, See William, duke of

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DANBY, earl of, feizes York, 28
Declaration of rights, 36

Delamere, lord, takes arms in Cheshire, 28 Derwentwater, lord, takes the field, and proclaims the pretender, 148, taken prifoner, 150; executed for high-treafon, 153

Dettingen, battle of, 202

Donavert, battle of, 71

Dumblain, battle of, 146

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EUGENE, prince, joins the duke of Marlborough, 72; fome account of, ib. defeats the French, 73; attacks Toulon without fuccefs, 84; fent over to England, 116

Excife fcheme, account of, 179

FALKIRK,

F

FALKIRK, battle of, 213

Farmer, refufed the presidentship of Magdalen çollege, 17

Fenwick, fir John, cited before the commons, 57; condemned by a bill of attainder, ib. executed on Towerhill, 58

Ferdinand, prince, commands the allied army, 271; his great abilities, 273; defeats the French at Minden, 274; pursues his victories, ib.

Fernandez, Juan, island of, vifited by Anson, 188 Feverfbam, lord, commands the royal army fent againft Monmouth, 7; defeats that nobleman, 8; his cruelty, 9

Fitton, an infamous fellow, created chancellor of Ireland, 15; his remarkable declaration on the bench, ib. Fleury, cardinal, account of, 197

Fontenoy, battle of, 205

Forfter, Mr. takes the field, 148; proclaims the pre tender, 149; takes poffelhon of Preston, ib. made prifoner, 150; efcapes to the continent, 153

Francis, father, refufed a degree at the university of Cambridge, 17

Frederick, prince of Wales, offends his father, 184; is ordered to quit the court, ib. retires to Kew, ib. joins the country party, ib, refufes the advantageous offers made him by fir Robert Walpole, 193; is reconciled to his father, 195

Freind, for John, tried and executed, 56

G

GAME-ACT, account of, 229

George I. repairs to Holland, 128; afcends the throne of England, 131; his character, ib. his be haviour to his courtiers, 132; his partiality to the Whigs, 133; raises the murmurs of the people, ib. diffolves the parliament, and calls a new one, 135i complains of his fubjects, ib. openly heads the Whig party, 136; his fpeech to the commons, ib. attends the trial of the earl of Oxford, 142; a rebellion formed against him in Scotland, 144; caufes fir

William

William Wyndham, and many others to be taken into cuftody, 148; rejects the addrefs presented to him in favour of the rebels, 152; exercifes great rigour towards the rebels, ib. is mifled by his parliament, 155; refolves to visit his Hanoverian dominions, 156; arrives in Hanover, ib. enters into a new treaty with the Dutch and the new regent of France, ib. orders count Gyllenburg to be feized, ib. obtains a supply to enable him to fecure his Hanoverian dominions, ib. enters into a war with Spain, 157; approves the conduct of fir George Byng, 158; concludes a peace, 159; returns from the continent, ib. receives an addrefs from the lords, 160; receives information of a confpiracy formed against him, 164; pardons lord Bolingbroke, 166; orders the abuses of the court of chancery to be laid before the commons, 167; refolves to vifit his Hanoverian dominions, 170; appoints a regency, and embarks for Holland, ib. is taken ill on the road from Delden, ib. his death, ib. his character and iffue, ib.

George II. afcends the throne, 171; his partiality for Hanover, ib. difgufts the country party, 173; is careless of his prerogative, 174; figns a treaty with the emperor and the king of Spain, 176; is offended with the prince of Wales, why, 184; orders him to quit the court, ib. declares war againft Spain, 186; creates fir Robert Walpole earl of Orford, 194; changes his miniftry, 195; is reconciled to the prince of Wales, ib. treats the earl of Bath with neglect, ib. refolves to head his army in the Netherlands, 196; his fpeech to the parliament, 200; arrives at the camp, 201; finds his army in a deplorable fituation, ib. is furrounded by the enemy, ib. is attacked by the duke de Gramont, 202; obliges him to repafs the Mayne, ib. his admirable courage, ib. a rebellion formed against him, 207; refolves to op pofe the pretender in perfon, 211; appoints the earl of Sandwich and fir Thomas Robinfon his plenipotentiaries at Aix-la-Chapelle, 222; concludes a treaty of peace, ib. declares war against France, 237; receives the thanks of the Dutch, 238; alarmed for the dafety of Hanover, 243; enters into an agreement

with

with the king of Pruffia, 244; meditates a negocia tion in favour of that monarch, 251; his new minif ters rendered obnoxious to him, 263; orders Mr. Pitt to refign, ib. his death, 276; his character, 277 George, prince of Denmark, deserts to the prince of Orange, 30

Geriah, taken by Watson and Clive, 254
Ghent, taken by the allies, 102

Gibraltar, difcription of, 77; taken by the English, ib. Ginckle, general, commands the English army in Ireland, 47; takes Athlone, ib. defeats the Irish at Aughrim, 48; takes Limerick, ib.

Gordon, lord Lewis, joins the rebels, 213

Graunt, Mr. burnt for her benevolence, 11

Guifcard, arrested for high-treason, 110; ftabs Mr. Harley, 111; his death, ib.

H

HALLIFAX, lord, makes a folemn tender of the crown to the prince of Orange, 35 Hanoverians, who, 130

Harcourt, fir Simon, who, 93; joins Mr. Harley, and Mr. St. John, ib. relinquishes his employments, 96; defends Sacheverel, 99; receives the great feal, 109; his opinion concerning the trial of lord Oxford, 143 Harley, Mr. Secretary of state to queen Anne, 93; makes tool of Mrs. Mafham, ib. his antipathy to the Whigs, ib. his character, ib. chooses Henry St. John for his coadjutor, ib. joins him and fir Simon Harcourt in rallying the fcattered Tories, ib. is oppofed by Marlborough, 95; is fufpected of holding a fecret correfpondence with Gregg, ib. refigns his office, 96; poffeffes the entire confidence of the queen, ib. advifes her to change the miniftry, 108; is appointed chancellor of the exchequer, and under-treafurer, ib. his apparent moderation, 110; is in danger of being affaffinated, ib. acts in concert with Jersey, 115, created lord Oxford, 126; oppofes lord Bolingbroke, ib. his character, ib. diffembles his hatred to lord Bolingbroke, ib. advifes moderate measures, 127; purport of his letter to the

queen,

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