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PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
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.
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.
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.
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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