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CONTENTS.

VOL. III.

CHAPTER X.

THE COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1653.

Commonwealth established.-Mutinies in the army.-Affairs of Scotland.-

Fate of Montrose.-Charles II. in Scotland.-Affairs of Ireland.-Cromwell

in Scotland. Battle of Dunbar.-Invasion of England.-Battle of Worcester.

Escape of Charles.—Conquest of Ireland.—Dutch war.-Designs of Cromwell;

-he dissolves the parliament;-its character, 1.

CHAPTER XI.

THE PROTECTORATE. 1653-1658.

Form of government.-Barebone's parliament.-Cromwell made Protector.

-Conspiracies.-The parliament.-Rising of royalists.-Conquest of Jamaica.

-Conspiracy.-New parliament.-The Petition and Advice. The protector's

inauguration.-Death of Blake.-A fourth parliament.-Plots.-Illness and

death of the Protector;-his character, 41.

CHAPTER XII.

THE COMMONWEALTH RESTORED. 1658-1660.

The Protector's funeral.-State of parties.-Dissolution of parliament.-The

Rump recalled.-Royalist insurrection.-Despotism of the officers.-Proceed-

ings of general Monk.-Restoration of the king, 75.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHARLES II. 1660-1667.

First measures of the crown.-Trials and executions of the regicides.-

Crown- and church-lands.-Duke of York's marriage.-Savoy conference.-

Trial and execution of sir Henry Vane.-Affairs of Scotland;-of Ireland.—

King's marriage.-Sale of Dunkirk.-Act of Uniformity.-Dutch war.-

Great plague.-Five-mile act.-Fire of London.-End of the Dutch war.-

Fall of Clarendon, 95.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHARLES II. (CONTINUED). 1668-1678.

The Cabal.—Plot of the king against the protestant religion.—Royal mis-

tresses.-Coventry act.-Attempts of Blood.-Second Dutch war.-Parties in

parliament.-Pensions given by France.-Marriage of the prince of Orange.-

Parliament.-Peace of Nimeguen.-Conduct of the country-party, 129.

CHAPTER XV.

CHARLES II. (CONTINUED). 1678-1680.

Popish plot.-Sir Edmundbury Godfrey.-The Plot.-Impeachment of

Danby.-Parliament dissolved.-Trials.-New parliament.-Trials.-Persecu

tion in Scotland.-Murder of archbishop Sharp.-Battle of Bothwell-bridge.

-Efforts of Shaftesbury.-Meal-tub plot.-Bill of exclusion.-Trial and ex-

ecution of lord Stafford, 164.

Oxford parliament and triumph of the court.-Execution of Oliver Plunket.

Duke of York in Scotland.-Surrender of charters.-Rye-house plot.-Trial

and execution of lord Russell.-Oxford decree.-Trial and execution of Alger-

non Sidney.-Plans of the king;-his death and character, 198.

CHAPTER XVII.

JAMES II. 1685-1688.

Accession of James;-he goes publicly to mass.-Parliament.-Invasion of

Argyle :-of Monmouth;-his execution.-Jeffreys's campaign.-Overthrow of

the Test act.-Attacks on the church.-Parties at court.-Negotiations with

the court of Rome.-Failure of the king in making converts.-Attacks on the

universities.-State of Ireland.-Fallacious prospects of the king.-Prosecution

of the seven bishops.-Birth of the prince of Wales.-Invitation to the prince

of Orange.-State of the continent.-Invasion of England.-Desertion of

James; his flight;-return to London ;-second flight ;-The Convention.-

Prince and princess of Orange declared king and queen.-Reflections, 221.

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HOUSE OF STUART.-PART II.

CHAPTER I.

WILLIAM III. AND MARY II.-1689-1694.

Convention parliament.-Affairs of Scotland.-Battle of Killicrankie.-Af-

fairs of Ireland.-Siege of Derry.-Irish parliament.-Battle of the Boyne.-

English parliament.-Conspiracy.-Taking of Athlone.-Battle of Aghrim.-

Siege of Limerick.-Massacre of Glenco.-Battle of La Hogue.-Plots to re-

store James.-Death of the queen, 269.

CHAPTER II.

WILLIAM III. 1694-1702.

Proceedings in parliament.-Assassination plot.-Attainder of Fenwick.-

Peace of Ryswick.-Proceedings in parliament.-Act of Settlement.-Parti-

tion treaty.-Death of William III;-his character, 298.

CHAPTER III.

ANNE. 1702-1714.

Queen's accession.-Expedition to Cadiz.-Admiral Benbow.-War of the

Succession.-Battle of Blenheim.-War in Spain.-Battle of Ramillies;-of

Almanza;-of Oudenarde;-of Malplaquet.-Campaign in Spain.-Union

with Scotland.-Struggles of parties.-Trial of Sacheverell.-Triumph of the

tories. Harley stabbed by Guiscard.-Negotiations for peace.-Charges

against Marlborough.—Peace of Utrecht.—Oxford and Bolingbroke.-Death

of the queen.-State of the constitution, 315.

HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK.

CHAPTER I.

GEORGE I. 1714-1727.

New ministry.-Impeachments.-Mar's rebellion.-Septennial bill.-Hano-

verian Junto.-Peerage bill.-South-sea scheme.-Death and character of

Marlborough.-Atterbury's plot.-Death of the king, 355.

CHAPTER II.

GEORGE II. 1727-1760.

Character of the king.—Ministry and parliament.—Walpole's Excise-scheme

-Murder of Porteous.-Death and character of the queen.-Anson's Voyage

-Overthrow of Walpole ;-his character.-The Silesian war.-Scottish rebel-

lion. Battle of Culloden.-Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle.-Contest in America.—

Seven Years' War.—Admiral Byng.—Changes of ministry.-Victories of Bos-

cawen and Hawke.-Taking of Quebec.-Death of George II.-State of the

nation, 372.

CHAPTER III.

GEORGE III. 1760-1784.

Accession of George III.-Resignation of Mr. Pitt.-Capture of the Ha-

vanna and Manilla.-Peace of Fontainebleau.—Change of ministry.—John

Wilkes.-Public writers.-Dispute with the American colonies.-American

war.—Change of ministry.-Rodney's victory.—Attack on Gibraltar.-Coali-

tion-ministry, 404.

East India Company.-State of India. First exploits of Clive.-Capture of

Calcutta. Successes of Clive.-Battle of Plassey.-English in India.-Vigor-

ous reforms of Clive ;-his death.-Warren Hastings.-The Rohillas.-Cheyte

Sing. The Begums.-Impeachment of Hastings.-East India bills of Fox and

Pitt.-Marquess Cornwallis, 443.

CHAPTER V.

GEORGE III. (CONTINUED). 1789-1802.

The French revolution;-its effect in England.-War with France.-Lord

Howe's victory.-Mutiny in the navy.-Battles of St. Vincent and Camper-

down.-State of Ireland.-United Irishmen.--Irish rebellion.-Union with

Ireland. Battle of the Nile;-of Copenhagen;-of Alexandria.-Peace of

Amiens, 466.

CHAPTER VI.

GEORGE III. (CONCLUDED). 1802-1837.

War renewed. Battle of Trafalgar.-Whig ministry.-Seizure of the Da-

nish fleet.-Peninsular War.-Battle of Vimiero ;-of Corunna ;—of Talavera.

Expedition to Walcheren.-Lines of Torres Vedras.-Battle of Albuera;-of

Salamanca ;-of Vittoria, Orthes, and Toulouse.-War with the United States.

-Battle of Waterloo.-State of the country.-George IV. and Catholic Eman-

cipation.—William IV.; the Reform-bill.-Victoria.-Concluding observations,

497.

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