EAS

in, 472. Quarrels with the Mogul Go-
vernment, 473. Its position after the
Revolution, 474-477. Proposed re-
forms in formation of the New Com-
pany, 478. Contest between the Old
and New Companies, 479. Obtains a
new charter, iv. 37. Persecutes inde-
pendent traders: affair of the Red-
bridge, 72, 74. Parliamentary exami-
nation of its accounts, 133. Its losses
by privateers, 170. Its position in 1698,
374. Petitions against Montague's In-
dian policy, 376. Its absolute authority
in India, vi. 72. Its condition when
Clive first went to India, 383, 385.
war with the French East India Com-
pany, 388. Increase of its power, 401.
Its factories in Bengal, 406. Fortunes
made by its servants in Bengal, 429,
430. Its servants transformed into
diplomatists and generals, 547. Nature
of its government and power, 554, 556.
Rights of the Nabob of Oude over
Benares ceded to it. 594. Its financial
embarrassments, 597. Speech on the
government of India, viii. 111.

Its

East India House (in the 17th century),
iii. 468.

East Indies, trade with; question regard-
ing, iii. 465.

Ecclesiastical Commission, the, of the
time of Queen Elizabeth, v. 597.
Ecclesiastical Commission, appointed by
William III., iii. 172. Its first proceed-
ings, 173. Discussions regarding the
Eucharist, 173. Questions concerning
the baptismal service; the surplice;
Presbyterian ordination; the Calendar;
the Athanasian Creed, 174.
Ecclesiastics, fondness of the old drama-
tists for the character of, v. 606.
Eden, pictures of, in old Bibles, v. 401.
Painting of, by a gifted master, 402.
Edgehill, James II.'s visit to, ii. 107.
Edgeworth, Miss, i. 622 note.
Edinburgh, riots in, i. 610; ii. 350. State
of (1689), iii. 6. Surrender of the castle,
77. The city compared with that of
Florence, vi. 482. Speech at the Edin-
burgh election in 1839, viii. 143. And on
re-election to Parliament, in 1852, 414.
Education, speech on, viii. 385.
Education in England in the 16th century,
vi. 148. Duty of the government in
promoting it, 374.

Education in Italy in the 14th century,
v. 53.

Egerton, his charge of corruption against

Bacon, vi. 188. Bacon's decision
against him after receiving his present,
200.
Egotism, why so unpopular in conversa-
tion, and so popular in writing, v. 416.

ELW

Eland, Lord; his spirited defence of his
father the Marquess of Halifax in the
House of Commons, iii. 126. His mar-
riage to the Lady Mary Finch, iv. 126.
Eldon, Lord, on the Roman Catholic
question, ii. 61.

Election of 1660, i. 117.

of 1679, i. 186.

the second of 1679, i. 195.

of 1685, i. 372. Controverted re.
turns, 545.

of 1689, ii. 361, 362.

of 1690, iii. 220.

of 1695, iv. 180-184.

The result

favourable to William III., 184.

of 1698, 423-425.

of 1701, 549–552.

Elections, Bill for regulating, iv. 236.
Petitions against; the Bill passed, 237.
Negatived by the King, 238. Passed
by the Commons, 299. Rejected by the
Lords, 300.

Elephants, use of, in war in India, vi.
398.

Eleusinian Mysteries, vii. 599.

Eliot, Sir John, v. 553, 554. His Treatise
on Government, 554. Dies a martyr
to liberty, 555.

Elizabeth, Princess, suspected to have
been poisoned, i. 344.

Her

Elizabeth, Queen; her supremacy, how
defined, i. 44. Difficulties at her ac-
cession, 46. The leader of Protestant-
ism, 48. Grants monopolies, 49.
abandonment of them; her death, 50.
Her conduct in the question of mono-
polies, iii. 466. Fallacy entertained
respecting the persecutions under her,
v. 166, 167. Her penal laws, 167.
Condition of the working classes in her
reign, 360, 546. Her rapid advance of
Cecil, 591. Character of her govern-
ment, 598, 600, 603, 610. A persecutor,
though herself indifferent, 608, 609.
Her early notice of Bacon, vi. 146.
Her favour towards Essex, 152. Fac-
tions at the close of her reign, 145,
146, 166. Her pride and temper, 159;
and death, 166. Progress in knowledge
since her days, 456. Her Protestant-
ism, 474.

Ellenborough, Lord, counsel for Hastings,
vi. 630.

Ellenborough, Lord, his Proclamations,
vii. 157.

Elliot, a Jacobite agent, iii. 364. Ar
rested, 367.

Ellis, Welbore, vii. 366.

Elphinstone, an officer under Argyle; his
misconduct, i. 431, 433.
Elphinstone, Lord, vi. 453.
Elwes, vii. 43.

Elwood, Milton's friend, allusion to, v. 45.

EMI

Emigration of Puritans to America, v. 561.
Emigration to Ireland under Cromwell,
vi. 263.

Danish

Empires, extensive, often more flourishing
after a little pruning, v. 643.
Enfield Forest, i. 244.
England, early Christian, i. 5, 7.
invasions, 8. Under the Normans, 10.
Power of (14th century), 14, 15. The
laws binding on the Crown, 24. But
violated by the Kings, 25. The effects
of the civil wars partial, 27, 29. Union
with Scotland and Ireland, 50, 51. Di-
minished importance, 55. Long inter-
nal peace, 72. Origin and character of
the two great parties, 77-81. Their
first conflict, 84. The civil war, 89-94.
Military domination, 94. The Com-
monwealth, 101. England under Crom-
well, 109. Under Charles II., 139-
144. War with the Dutch, 150. In-
dignation against Charles II., 151.
The Triple Alliance with Holland and
Sweden, 158. Loss of power and in-
fluence, 181. State of, in 1685, 219–333.
Changes, 220. Population in 1685,
221-223. Rude state of the northern
counties, 223. Rapid progress, 224.
Revenue in 1685, 225. Military sys-
tem, 227. The Kings were the Cap-
tains-General of Militia, 228. The
Army, 229-233. Navy, 233-239. Ord-
nance, 239. Agriculture, 243. Wild
animals, 244, 245. Agricultural pro-
duce, 245. Domestic animals, 247. Mi-
neral produce, 247, 249. Rent of land,
249. Growth of towns, 262. Country
towns, 265. Manufacturing towns, 266.
Watering-places, 270. Kings of, after
the Revolution, 285. Travelling, 290,
297. First stage coaches, 297. Neglect
of female education, 307. Decline of
learning, 309. Scientific movement,
317-321. Fine arts, 322, 323. State
of the common people, 324-330. Cost
of food, 328. Pauperism, 328. Fierce-
ness softened by civilisation, 330, 331.
Past and present times, delusions re-
garding, 332. Feelings of continental
governments towards, 361. Dread of
Roman Catholics in, 526, 527. Feel-
ings in, on the persecution of the Hu-
guenots in France, 535. Discontent
against James II., ii. 27. State of parties
(1688), 353. Rejoicings on the acces-
sion of William and Mary, 400. Gene-
ral corruption of the Government, 445,
446. Effect produced by the news of
James II.'s persecution of Protestants
in Ireland, 572-574. Commercial re-
lations with Scotland, iii. 8. Parlia-
mentary corruption, 226. Prevalence
thereof after the Restoration, 227, 228.

326.

ENG

Re-

Not diminished by the Revolution, 229.
Danger, after the battle of Beachy
Head, 278. Spirit of the nation roused,
279, 311. Excitement against the
French, 312. Jealousy of the Dutch
in, 489. Era of fictitious plots, 498,
499. Preparations to repel invasion,
539. Rejoicings for the victory of La
Hogue, 551-552. Zeal in the war
against Lewis XIV., 566. Complaints of
naval maladministration, 590. Failure
of the harvest (1692), 591. Increase of
crime, 592. Increase of the National
Debt, and of wealth, 617-620. Origin
of government by a Ministry, iv. 44.
Failure of assassination plots in, 215
Feeling, on the discovery of the plot
against William, 222. Financial crisis
in, 241, 249. Conduct of the people,
250. Return of prosperity, 267.
storation of the finances, 270. General
anxiety during the negotiations at
Ryswick, 323. Rejoicings for the
peace, 325. The Thanksgiving Day,
Causes for thankfulness, 327,
328. Dislike of all classes to a stand-
ing army, 331. Pamphleteering war
on the question of disbanding the army,
336. Topics of the writers in favour
of immediate disbanding, 336, 337.
Reply by Lord Somers, 338-342. Re-
newed disputes on the subject; temper
of the army, 347. Commercial ques-
tions, 367. Smuggling, 368. Jealousy
of Irish woollen manufacturers, 370.
Early trade with Russia, 382.
tions with France, 387, 388. Embassy
to France, see Portland. Development
of the system of ministerial govern-
ment, 420. Prosperity of the country
under the ministry of 1695, 421.
Grounds of its unpopularity, 422. Alarm
in, on the death of the Prince of Ba-
varia, 456. Suspension of diplomatic
relations with Spain, 475. Previous
difference on the subject of the Scot-
tish colony at Darien. See Darien.
Political animosities during the recess
of Parliament, 501. Discontent in,
506. Agitation on the subject of the
Resumption Bill, 533. Indignation on
the proclamation of James III. by
Lewis XIV., 546. Reaction against
the Tories, 547-549. The election of
1701, 550, 551. The progress of Eng
land in civilisation due to the people,
v. 367. Her physical and moral con-
dition in the 15th century, 544, 545
Never so rich and powerful as since the
loss of her American colonies, 643. Her
conduct in reference to the Spanish suc-
cession, 657, 658. Successive steps of
her progress, vi. 95, 97. Influence of

Rela-

Mr.

her Revolution on the human race, 97.
124. Her situation at the Restoration
compared with France at the restora-
tion of Louis XVIII., 98, 100. Her
situation in 1678, 103, 106, 110. Cha-
racter of her public men at the later
part of the 17th century, 252, 253.
Difference in her situation under Charles
II. and under the Protectorate, 267.
Her fertility in heroes and statesmen,
382. Her language, 460. Revolution
in English poetry, v. 96. Mr. Mill's
remarks on the British Constitution,
253. His view of the constitution of
the English Government, 311.
Sadler's statement of the law of popu-
lation in England, 426, 485. The Eng-
lish Revolution compared with the
French, 620. Mildness of the Revolu-
tion caused by the Reform Bill, 623.
Makes war against France, vii. 403.
England, Bank of, first project of, iv. 91.
Clamours against, 92. Foundation of,
94. Effects of, 165. Attack on its
credit, 172. General Court of, sends
money to William III., 247.
England, Church of; its origin, i. 40. Was
a compromise, 41, 42. Its Liturgy,
41. Vestments, 42. Its relation to the
Crown, 43. Its loyalty, 45. Its in-
creased dislike of Puritans, 59. Its pa-
pistical tendencies, 60, 61. Its ritual,
how regarded by Reformers; by Church-
men under James I., 61. Its condition
at the Restoration, 124. Its zeal for
hereditary monarchy, 140. James II.'s
declaration in favour of, 345, 346. Its
loyal principles, 555. Under James II.;
its resistance to Popery, 605, 606. Its
alarm at James II.'s measures, ii. 42.
Its disputes with the King, 44. Courts
the Dissenters, 45. Alienated from
James II., 116. Placed in a dilemma,
117. Discontented with the Revolu-
tion, 401. Divided into High and Low
Church, 452. Divisions in regard to
oaths of allegiance, iii. 149. Argu-
ments for acknowledging William and
Mary, 150-152. Arguments of the
nonjurors, 153-155. The clergy take
the oaths, 157, 158. With exceptions,
159. See Nonjurors.

English, the, in the 16th century, a free
people, v. 598, 599. Their character,
vi. 105, 110.

English architecture, early, i. 15.
English constitution, i. 13. Development

of, 19. Gradual growth, 20. Not ac-
curately defined, 24. Ancient and
modern, compared, 27-29. Good go-
vernment under, 29.

English history, early, misrepresented, i.
20. The causes of this, 21.

ness, 16.

English plays of the age of Elizabeth, 399.
Englishman," a term of reproach in the
time of the Plantagenets, i. 13.
"Englishman," Steele's, vii. 109.
Enlightenment, its increase not necessarily
unfavourable to Catholicism, vi. 455.
Enniskillen, resists Tyrconnel's soldiers,
ii. 507. William and Mary proclaimed
at, 524. Successes of the Protestants,
574, 575.

Enniskillen Dragoons, iii. 290. At the
battle of the Boyne, 297.
Enniskilleners (the), reinforce Schom-
berg's army, iii. 136.

Enthusiasts, dealings of the Churches of
Rome and of England with them, vi.
476-480.

Epicureans, their peculiar doctrines, vi.
209.

Epicurus, the lines on his pedestal, ri. 209.
Epistles, Petrarch's, vii. 631.
Epitaph on Henry Martyn, viii. 543.

on Lord William Bentinck, viii. 589.
on Sir Benjamin Heath Malkin, viii.
590.

on a Jacobite, viii. 592.

on Lord Metcalfe, viii. 593.
Epitaphs, Latin, v. 532.
Ephesus, Council of, appealed to in the
question of the Athanasian Creed, iii.
174.

Epping Forest, highwaymen in, iv. 412.
Ercilla, Alonzo de, a soldier poet, v. 642.
Ernley, Sir John, i. 537.

Essay on Government, Sir W. Temple's,
vi. 280.

Essays, Lord Bacon's, vi. 156, 170, 202,
234, 243.

Essex, wages in, i. 325. Contested elec-
tion for (1685), 373.

Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, v. 611.
His character, popularity, and favour
with Elizabeth, vi. 152, 154, 177. His
political conduct, 154, 156. His friend-
ship for Bacon, 155, 156, 160, 177

ESS

His conversation with Robert Cecil, 155.
Pleads for Bacon's marriage with Lady
Hatton, 157, 183. His expedition to
Spain, 156. His faults, 157, 159, 177.
Decline of his fortunes, 159. His ad-
ministration in Ireland, 158. Bacon's
faithlessness to him, 159. His trial and
execution, 160. Ingratitude of Bacon
towards him, 160, 165, 178. Feeling of
King James towards him, 168. His re-
semblance to Buckingham, 177, 178.
Essex, Earl of (temp. Ch. I.), v. 582, 583.
Essex, Arthur Capel, Earl of, a minister

of Charles II., i. 190. Commits sui-
cide, 210. Inquiry into the cause of
his death, iii. 103.

Essex, Thomas Cromwell, Earl of, i. 489.
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, i. 489.
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, son of
the above, Parliamentary general; his
incompetency, i. 90, 93.

Estrees, Count of; his intended share in

the invasion of England, iii. 536.
Etherege, Sir George, i. 645; vi. 492.
Eucharisticon, the, iii. 396 note.
Euphuism in England, v. 97.
Euripides, Milton's admiration of him, v.
12. Emendation of a passage of, 507
note. His mother, vii. 593 note. His
Jesuitical morality, 597 note. How
regarded by Quintilian, 661.
Europe, factions in, on the subject of the
Spanish succession, iv. 404. State of,
at the peace of Utrecht, vi. 680. Want
of union in, to arrest the designs of
Louis XIV., 269. The distractions of,
suspended by the treaty of Nimeguen,
286. Its progress during the last seven
centuries, vii. 41.

Euston House, i. 243.
Evelina, Madame D'Arblay's, specimens
of her style from, vii. 47, 49.
Evelyn, John; his remarks on the elec-
tions of 1685, i. 372 note. Receives
the Czar Peter in his house at Dept-
ford, iv. 387. His character of Lord
Arlington, vi. 267.

Evertsen, Dutch admiral, joins the Eng-

lish fleet at St. Helen's, iii. 274. His
brave conduct in the battle of Beachy
Head, 277.

Evil, question of the origin of, in the
world, v. 421, 474.

Evils, natural and national, v. 348.
Exchequer, the, closed by the Cabal mi-
nistry, i. 169. Fraud in closing it, vi.

282.

Exchequer Bills, first issue of, iv. 244
and note.

Excise, produce of, i. 225.

Exclusion Bill, i. 195, 196. Violent dis-
cussions upon, 201. Passes the Com-
mons, 203. Rejected by the Lords, 203.

FEN

Exeter, i. 265. Jeffreys at, 501. Entry
of William Prince of Orange into, ii.
257, 259. William's Court at, 273.
Jacobites at, iv. 35. Contested election
for, in 1698, 425.

F

NABLE, A, of Pilpay, v. 369.

Fagel, Grand Pensionary; his letter
to Stewart, ii. 81. His draft of the De-
claration to be issued by William, 235.
Fagon, French physician, advises James
II. to try the waters of Bourbon, iv.
539. Consulted anonymously by Wil-
liam III., 552.

Fairfax, Doctor, Fellow of Magdalene
College, ii. 103. His firm resistance to
James II., 113.

Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, i. 93. Reserved
for him and Cromwell to terminate the
civil war, v. 583.

Falkland, Lucius Cary, Viscount, his po
litical views, i. 82. Becomes an adviser
of Charles I., 84. His conduct in re-

spect to the bill of attainder against
Strafford, v. 185. His character as a
politician, 197. At the head of the
Constitutional Royalists, 572.
Family Compact (the), between France and
Spain, vi. 681; vii. 227.
Fane, Sir Vere, ii. 363.

Fanshaw, Richard, Viscount, ii. 366.
Farmer, Anthony; his infamous charac-
ter, ii. 102, 103. Recommended by

James II. for the Presidency of Mag-
dalene College, Oxford, 102.
Farquhar's Recruiting Officer, i. 266 note.
His picture of the feelings of society on
the disbanding of the army in 1698, iv.
347.

Fauconberg, Viscount, ii. 131.

Favourites, royal, always odious, vii. 229.
Federalism, the new crime of, in France,
vii. 148. Federalism as entertained by
Barère, 149.

Fell, Bishop of Oxford, i, 462.
Female Quixote, vii. 50.
Fénélon, his principles of good govern-

ment, as shown in his Telemachus, v.
628. His morality in Telemachus, vi.
490.

Fenwick, Sir John, elected for Northum-
berland, i. 374. Carries up the bill of
attainder against Monmouth, 452. In-
sults Queen Mary, iii. 393. Consulted
by the conspirators for the assassination
of William, iv. 147. His plan for brib-
ing Porter to abscond, 255. Arrested,
256. His confession, 259. Its effects,
270. Examined by William III., 272.
Brought to the bar of the House of
Commons, 275. Bill of attainder against,
276. Brought before the Lords, 289,

FEN

291. The bill passed, 292, 296. At-
tempts to save his life, 297. His exe-
cution, 298. His case made a precedent
for the proceedings against Charles
Duncombe, 361. Grounds on which his
attainder is to be condemned, 362.
Fenwick, Lady Mary, conveys Monmouth's
letters to her husband, iv. 287. Pro-
duces the papers, 293. Her efforts to
save her husband, 297, 298.

Ferdinand II., devoted to Catholicism, vi.
474.

Ferdinand VII., resemblance between him

And

and Charles I. of England, v. 581.
Ferguson, Robert, his early life, i. 414.
His character and intrigues, 414. In-
stigates Monmouth's rebellion, 416, 417.
The author of Monmouth's declaration,
447. Advises Monmouth to proclaim
himself King, 457. His strange de-
meanour, 460. His sermon at Bridge-
water, 471. His flight, 514.
mysterious escape, 514 and note. Joins
William's expedition, ii. 235. His wild
conduct at Exeter, 261. Receives an
appointment in the excise, 418. Be-
comes a Jacobite, iii. 235. His intrigues
with Montgomery, 333. His unfounded
representations to James II., 538. Ar-
rested on suspicion, iv. 223.
Fernley, John, his trial and execution, i.
518, 519.

Feuquieres, his criticism of William III.'s
campaign of 1695, iv. 157.
Feversham, Lewis Duras, Earl of, at
Charles II.'s death-bed, i. 341. His
operations against Monmouth, 467. En-
camps on Sedgemoor, 469. His inca-
pacity, 471. His military executions,
478. Made Knight of the Garter, 492.
Commander of the forces of James II.;
reports disaffection among the troops,
ii. 278. Ordered by James to disband
his troops, 307. Sent by the Lords to
liberate James, 324. Sent by James to
William, 325. Arrested by William,
326. Released, 343.
Fictions, literary, v. 46.
Fidelity of the sepoys towards Clive, vi.

396.

Fielding, his contempt for Richardson, vii.

19. Case from his "Amelia," analogous
to Addison's treatment of Steele, 86.
Filicaja, Vincenzio, vii. 79.
Filmer, his system, i. 55. His doctrines
adopted by the University of Oxford,
212. His work edited by Edmund
Bohun, iii. 635.

Finance, Southey's theory of, v. 342, 347.
Finch, Heneage, Solicitor-General, takes

a copy of James II.'s speech, i. 346.
Chairman of the Committee of the Com-
mons on the King's speech, 539. Dis-

FOO

missed by James II., 586. Counsel for
the bishops, ii. 170. His conduct in
the trial, 174, 180. Suggests the expe-
dient of a Regency, 366. Defends his
conduct in the trial of Lord William
Russell, iii. 105. Speaks in defence of
his brother the Earl of Nottingham,
600. Resists the Triennial Bill, 630.
Defends Burnet in Parliament, 641.
Speaks against the Association, iv. 235.
Finch, Lord Keeper, a humble tool of
Charles I., v. 559. Suggests the raising
of ship-money, i. 71. His impeach-
ment and flight to Holland, 77; v. 567.
Fine Arts (the), in Italy in the 14th cen-
tury, v. 53. Decline in England after
the civil war, vi. 11. Government
should promote them, 373.

Finlaison, on the English population, i.

222.

Finland Regiment, at the battle of the
Boyne, iii. 290.

Finsbury, i. 274.

Fisher, Bishop, i. 489.

Fisher, Richard, his share in the assassin-
ation plot, iv. 211. Gives information

to Portland, 217.

Fitton, Alexander, Lord Chancellor of
Ireland, ii. 499. One of the Lords Jus-
tices appointed by James, iii. 442.
Fitzjames, James. See Berwick, Duke of.
Fitzwilliam, John, a nonjuror, iii. 167.
Five Mile Act, i. 139, 393; ii. 42.
Flamsteed, John, Astronomer Royal, i. 321.
Flanders, importation of horses from, i.
247.

Fleet, Sir John, Governor of the Old East
India Company; elected for London in
1698, iv. 424.

Fleetwood, Bishop of Ely, iv. 188 note.
Fleetwood, Charles, i. 112.

Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, i. 421. His
fatal quarrel with Dare, 449. Escapes
to the Continent, 449. Joins the Prince
of Orange at the Hague, n. 234. A
Member of the "Club" at Edinburgh,
iii. 41. His intimacy with William
Paterson, iv. 477. See Paterson.
Fletcher, the Dramatist, vi. 494, 502.
Fleurus, battle of, iii. 278.
Flood, Henry, iii. 456.

Florence, state of, in the 14th century, v.
52, 54. Its History, by Machiavelli, 81
Compared with Edinburgh, vi. 482.
Fluxions, discovery of the method of,
v. 85.

Foley, Paul, his politics and character, iv.
67. Chosen Speaker of the House of
Commons, 132. Re-elected Speaker in
1695, 198. Proposes the establishment
of the Land Bank, 238. His project
breaks down, 246.
Foote, Charles, his stage character of an