made secretary of state, 109---created viscount Be-
lingbroke, 121---is sent to the court of France, ib.
received there with great marks of distinction, ib.
adjusts the interests of the duke of Savoy, &c.
ib. returns to England, ib. opposes lord Oxford,.
126-his character, ib. dissembles his dislike to
lord Oxford, ib. advises the setting the Whigs at
defiance, 127---charges lord Oxford with inviting.
Marlborough back to England, ib. his disagree-
able situation, 128---his ambition defeated, ib.
withdraws to the continent, 137---purport of the
letter he left behind him, ib. is impeached of
high treason, 139---deprived of his honours in.
England, 142---obtains his majesty's pardon, 166.
Suncroft, archbishop of Canterbury, remonstrates
against reading the king's declaration, 18---sum-
moned before the council, 19---sent to the Tower,.
ib.---tried and acquitted, 20.

Saxe, count, who, 205---made commander of the
French army, ib. defeats the English at Fontenoy.,.
ib. his rapid success, 206.

Schomberg, duke, appointed to command the English:
army, 43---some account of, ib, slain in battle, 45,
---his character, ib.

Sedgemore, battle of, 8.,

Septennial act passed, 155.

Seymour, sir Edward, joins the prince of Orange, 29.
Sharpe, Dr. declaims against a change in religion, 13:
---ordered to be suspended, ib.

Shovel, sir Cloudesly, lost on the rocks of Scilly, 85.
Sidney, Henry, joins the prince of Orange, 24.
Silesia, taken by the king of Prussia, 192.

Somerset, duke of, dismissed from his employments, 16-
South sea scheme, account of, 161.

Stadtholder, chosen by the Dutch, 220.

Stair, earl of, commands the English forces, 201.---
defeats the French at Dettingen, 202---solicits
leave to resign, ib..

Stanislaus, titulary king of Poland, some account of

198.

Steele, sir Richard, expelled. the house of commons,

120.

Suicide, a dreadful instance of, 173.

TALLARD.

T

TALLARD, marshal, some account of, 72-taken
prisoner, 75---his compliment to Marlborough, ib.
Tinian, island of, 189.

Torbay, the prince of Orange lands in, 27.

Tourney, famous siege of, 102---taken by the allies, 103
Townly, col. commands the Manchester regiment, 212
Trelawney, bishop of Bristol, remonstrates against
reading the king's declaration, 18---summoned be
fore the council, 19---sent to the Tower, ib. tried
and acquitted, 20.

Trentham, lord, account of, his contessed election,
226.

Triennial bill, passed, 54.

Turner, bishop of Ely, remonstrates against reading
the king's declaration, 18---summoned before the
council, 19--sent to the Tower, ib. tried and ac-
quitted, 20.

Tyrconnel, made lord lieutenant of Ireland, 13.

V

VANDEPUT, sir George, account of his being a
candidate for Westminster, 226.

Vernon, admiral, sent to the West Indies, 186---takes
Porto Bello, ib. destroys the fortifications of
Carthagena harbour, 192.

Vigo, taken by the English, 86.

Villeroy, marshal, commands the French army, 71---
some account of, ib. deceived by Marlborough, 72.
Union, between England and Scotland, 86---substance
of that, treaty, 87.

Utrecht, peace of, 122---substance of that treaty, 123.

W

WADE, captain, deserts admiral Benbow, 69--shot
at Plymouth, ib.

Walker, a dissenting minister, his brave defence of
Londonderry, 40.

Walpole, sir Robert, made secretary at war, 96---acts
against Sacheverel in the house of commons, 98---is

obliged

obliged to resign, 109---acts as chairman of the
committee appointed to inspect papers relative to
the peace, 138---moves that Mr. Prior and Mr.
Harley might be apprehended, ib. reads the report
of the committee, ib. pronounces lord Oxford guil-
ty of treason, ib. his declaration concerning lord
Oxford's answer to his articles of impeachment,
141- forms a scheme for lessening the national
debt, 161---some account of him, 172---is leader
of the court party, 173---endeavours to introduce
a general excise, 179---is burnt in effigy, 180---
brings in a bill to limit the number of play-houses,
&c. 182---brands the opposite party with the ap-
pellation of traitors, 133---alters his conduct, ib. his
assurance to the house of commons, 185---is earnest
in a preparation for war, 196---receives considera-
ble supplies, 187---endeavours to gain the prince
of Wales over to his party, 193---finds his power
at an end, ib. fears for his person, ib. labours to
over-rule a petition presented by the electors of
Westminster, 19---finds the majority against him
considerably augmented, ib. declares he will no
longer sit in that house, ib. created earl of Orford,
and resigns all his employments, ib. his measures
adopted by his opposers, ib. applies to the discon-
tented Whigs, 195.

Warren, admiral, retrieves the honour of the British
flag, 207.

Watson, admiral, takes Geriah, 25 4.

Wentworth, general, commands the troops in the West
Indies, 190- -miscarries at Carthagena, 192.

White, bishop of Peterborough, remonstrates against
the king's declaration, 18-summoned before the
council, 19-sent to the Tower, ib. tried and ac-
quitted, 20.

William III. his character, 23-gives instructions to
his envoy at the court of England, ib. receives invi
tations from several of the nobility, 24-determines
to accept them, ib. augments his fleet, 25---raises
troops and money, ib. possesses the entire confi-
dence of the Dutch, ib. his declaration circulated
throughout the kingdom, 27---prepares for a vigo
rous invasion, ib. meets with a dreadful storm, ib.

refits.

refits his fleet, and sails again for England, ib.
lands at Broxholine, ib. joined by few of the
English, 28 marches to Exeter, ib. thinks of re-
embarking his forces, ib. is joined by several
persons of consequence b. is desirous that James
should fly to France, 31--declines a personal con-
ference with the king's commissioners, ib. pro-
ceeds on his march towards London, ib. is discon-
certed by the unexpected return of the king, 32
---puts lord Feversham under arrest, ib. orders the
king to retire to Ham, ib. is advised to summon a
parliament, 33---convenes those members who had
sat in the time of Charles, II. ib. writes circular
letters for the choosing a new parliament, 34---
possesses full authority, ib. receives the thanks of
parliament, ib. his prudent conduct, ib. assembles
some of the lords, 35---his speech, ib. receives a
solemn tender of the crown, ib. is proclaimed
king of England, ib. his limited power, 36---con-
firms the bill of rights, ib. disappointed in his
expectations of the English, 37---attempts to re-
peal some laws, ib. grants a toleration to dissenters,
ib. his lenity towards the papists, ib. his authority
acknowledged in Scotland, 38---declares war
against France, ib. raises twenty-three new regi-
ments, 42---appoints Schomberg next in command
to himself, 43---resolves to attempt the relief of the
Irish protestants in person, ib. lands at Carrickfer-
gus, ib. receives advice that the French fleet had
sailed for England, 44---hastens to attack James, ib.
arrives on the banks of the Boyne, ib. is wounded
in reconnoitering the situation of the enemy, ib.
summonses a council of war, 45---orders a pass to
be forced over the river, ib. leads his cavalry to
the attack, ib. contributes by his great courage to
secure the victory, ib. his title to the crown se-
cured by the defeat of the enemy at La Hogue,
53---is opposed by his parliament, ib. his chief
motive for accepting the crown, ib. disgusts his
subjects, ib. his indifference, 54--resolves to main-
tain his prerogative, ib. opposes the triennial bill,
ib. is obliged to sign it, 54---is in danger of being
assassinated, 55---orders sir John Fenwick to be
brought to his trial, 56.--compounds with his par-

liament,

liament, 58---receives immense sums of money for
carrying on the war, 59---his title acknowledged
by France, ib. endeavours to strengthen his au-
thority at home, ib. disappointed in his hopes of
keeping a standing army, ib is enraged against
the commons, ib. passes a bill for reducing his
forces, 60---his conduct with respect to parties, ib.
is desirous of a second war with France, ib. his
negociation with the prince of Hesse, and other
foreign powers, ib. his endeavours to repair his
constitution, 61---dislocates his collar bone by a
fall from his horse, ib. is seized with a fever, ib.
confers with the earl of Albemarle, ib. his death,
ib. character, 62.

William, duke of cumberland, is appointed comman-
der of the forces in the Netherlands, 205---is de-
feated at Fontenoy, 206---arrives in England, 210
---obliges the garrison of Carlisle to surrender, 213
---heads the troops at Edinburgh, 214---advances
to Aberdeen, ib. is joined by several of the Scotch
nobility, ib. pursues the rebels, ib. advances to the
river Spey, ib. attacks and defeats the enemy at
Culloden, ib. commands the Hanoverians, 248---
is driven beyond the Weser, ib.

Wolfe, general, ordered to undertak the siege of Que-
bec, 266---some account of him, 267--- his huma-
nity in carrying on the war, ib. part of his letter to
the ministry, 268---lands below the town, ib. re-
ceives a shot in the wrist, 269---is wounded in the
breast, ib. his death, ib.

Wyndham, sir William, his remarkable speech against
the septennial bill, 180.