ABHORRERS, who, 88-many of them committed
Addifon, Mr. made secretary of state, 250. ! Almanza, battle of, 196.
Anne, princess, deserts the interests of her father 135— is suspected of disaffection, 159-ascends the throne of England, 172-her parentage, 173-her character at that time, ib. her council divided in opinion, ib.- is attached to the earl of Marlborough, why, 174- declares war against France, ib.her allegations against Lewis XIV. 175-creates Marlborough a duke, 178-gains the confent of the commons to aug- ment her forces, 180-orders a magnificent palace to be built at Woodstock, 187-her noble deportment to Charles, son of the emperor, 191-her councils go- verned by a Whig ministry, 195-begins to balance in favour of the Tories, 196-appoints commissioners to treat of an union with Scotland, 199-gives the royal sanction to that happy event, 204 is attached to Mrs. Masham, 206-beftows bifhoprics on clergymen who had condemned the Revolution, 207 endeavours to reconcile her minifters, 209-is in danger of being de- serted by her ministry, ib. perceives the unbounded power acquired over her councils by the duke of Marl- borough and the lord treasurer, ib.resolves to change. her ministry, 210-orders Harley to resign his office, ib.-reposes an entire confidence in that gentleman, ib.-discovers a public partiality in favour of the Tories, ib. is a private spectator, at the trial of Sacheverel, 213 -issues a proclamation for suppressing tumults, ib.- favours Sacheverel, 214-summons a new parliament, 215-receives addresses from all parts of the kingdom, 220-her reasons for disliking the Whig ministry, 221
-is disgusted with the duchess of Marlborough, ib.- her conduct towards the duke of Marlborough, ib.- secure in her popularity, 222-dissembles her resent- ment towards the Whigs, ib.-wishes for the duke's, removal, ib.-treats the duchess with contempt, 223- begins the changes in her ministry, ib.-resolves to be come entirely free, ib.-displaces all the Whigs, Marl- borough excepted, 224-recommends the prosecution of the war with vigour, ib.-dismisses Marlborough from all his employments, 229-transmits a memorial from the court of France to the Dutch, 237-orders her minister to sign certain preliminary articles, 232- purport of her letter to the states-general, 237-prevents a duel between the duke of Marlborough and the earl Pawlet, ib. ratifies the treaties of peace and commerce with France, 239-informs her parliament of the steps she had taken, ib.-her disagreeable situation, 244- is perplexed in the choice of a treasurer, 245-declares she shall not survive the fatigue, ib.-sinks into a le- thargy, ib.-her life is despaired of, ib.—her death, 247— her character, ib.
Anson, commodore, appointed to the command of a squa- dron, destined for the South Seas, 313-sails with five ships of the line, &c. ib. lands on the island of St. Catharine, ib.his fleet dispersed by a tempest, 314 -attacks, plunders, and sets fire to the city of Paita, ib.hopes to take one of the galleons, ib.-traverses the Pacific Ocean, ib. assembles all his men into one ship, ib. steers for the island of Tinian, 315— sails for China, ib.-steers for America, ib.-discovers and takes a Spanish galleon, ib. returns to England, ́ib. Antinomians, what, 16.
Argyle, duke of, joins with Monmouth, 108-lands in Scotland, 100-taken and executed, ib.
John duke of, opposes the earl of Mar, 265-some account of, ib.-defeats the rebels, 266.
Arlington, lord, minister to Charles II. 61.
Ashton, Mr, sent to inform James of a conspiracy forined in his favour, 158-taken in his passage to France, ib. tried and executed, ib.
Assassination plot, account of, 164. Athlone taken by the English, 155.
Atterbury, Francis, bishop of Rochester, sent to the Tower, 286-banished the kingdom, 288. Aughrim, battle of, 156.
BAKER, major, his noble defence of Londonderry, 147.
Balmarino, lord, joins the rebels, 338-tried and found guilty, 347-beheaded on Tower-hill, ib. Barcelona taken by the English, 192. Barebone's parliament, what, 116.
Barclay, sir George, engages in the assassination-plot, 164-flies on the plot's being discovered, ib.
Barnard, sir John, his scheme for diminishing the in- terest of the funds, 305.
Bath, earl of, declares for the prince of Orange, 134. Bedford, earl of, his poignant answer to James II. 136. Bedlow, William, account of his plot, 77.
Benbow sent to the West Indies, 179-deserted by three of his captains, ib.-his death, 180.
Bergen-op-Zoom taken by the French, 350.
Bill of rights, what, 143,
Black-hole at Calcutta, what, 387-dreadful scene there, ibid.
Blake, admiral of the fleet, some account of, 12-his intrepid behaviour in the Mediterranean, 20-his death. and character, 21.
Blenheim, battle of, 184.
Blount, Mr. forms the South-sea scheme, 283.
Bolingbroke, lord. See St. John.
Bonne taken by the English, 181.
Boyne, battle of, 152.
Bouchain taken by the allies, 228.
Braddock, general, marches against Fort du Quesne, 366
—his unfortunate defeat, 367.
Breslau, battle of, 406.
Broxholme, in Torbay, the prince of Orange lands at, 133.
Buckingham, duke of, one of Charles II.'s ministers, his conduct, 61.
Burrington, major, joins the prince of Orange, 133.
Byng, sir George, sent to the Mediterranean, 279-to- tally defeats the Spanish fleet, 280.
John, admiral, sent out with a fleet to relieve Minorca, 371-refused assistance from the governor of Gibraltar, ib.-makes no attempt to land troops for the relief of Minorca, ib.-descries a French fleet, ib.— resolves to act upon the defensive, ib.-his great skill in naval tactics, 372-keeps aloof while part of his fleet is engaged with the enemy, ib.-holds a council of ib.-incurs the national resentment, ib.—satisfied with his own conduct, ib.-is ordered under an arrest, and brought to England, ib.-committed close prisoner at Greenwich, ib.-tried by a court martial, 373-is condemned, but recommended as an object of mercy, ib.-his behaviour afterwards, ib.—is executed at Ports mouth, 374.
CALCUTTA taken by the Indians, 386-cruelty used there, 387-retaken by col. Clive, 388.
Cape-Breton taken by the English, 335-restored to France, 353.
Carteret, lord, made secretary of state, 321-gains the confidence of the king, 327.
Carthagena attacked by the English, under Vernon and Wentworth, 316-account of its trade, ib.
Catharine, St. island of, 313.
Castlemain, earl of, sent embassador to Rome, 119—is received by the pope with contempt, ib. Chandenagore taken by colonel Clive, 391. Charitable Corporation, what, 301.
Charles II. is invited from France by the Scots, 3- enters Edinburgh, ib.-his disagreeable situation ib. heads the there, 4- endeavours to escape, Scotch army, 7-marches into England, ib. - is abandoned by the Scots, ib.-is defeated and obliged to fly, 8-cuts faggots for several days, ib.-endea- vours to escape into Wales, ib.-meets with colonel Careless, ib.-conceals himself in an oak, ib.-retires to the house of colonel Lane, ib.-goes to Bristol, ib.-recognised by the butler of the family he is with, 9-goes to Dorsetshire, ib.-is in danger of being discovered by a smith, 10-embarks on board
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