exceeded by the English agents in Bengal, vi. 430. Michell, Sir Francis, vi. 180. Middle Ages, inconsistency in the school- men of the, v. 530.
Middlesex election, the constitutional ques- tion in relation to it, vii. 272–277. Middlesex, Presbyterianism in, i. 124. Middleton Charles, Earl of, Secretary of State; Manager of the House of Com- mons for James II., i. 398, 536, 541. His moderate counsel to James, 555. His official denial of a secret league with Lewis XIV., ii. 230. Demands the seals from Sunderland, 246. Re- ceives William's messengers from Wind- sor, 331. His character, iv. 8. Invited by James to St. Germains, 9. His ac- count of Versailles, 15. At James II.'s death-bed, 539. Created Earl of Mon- mouth by James III., 544. Middleton, Dr., remarks on his Life of Cicero, vi. 138. His controversies with Bentley, ii. 48.
Midsummer Night's Dream, sense in which the word "translated " is therein used, vii. 111.
Milan, Addison's visit to, vii. 69. Mildmay, Colonel, ii. 429. Militia, system of, i. 227, 229. Dryden's satire on, 229 note. Resolution for in- creasing its efficiency, 546. Control of, by Charles I., or by the Parliament, v. 200.
Military science, studied by Machiavelli, v. 73.
Military service, relative adaptation of different classes for, v. 72.
Mill, James, his merits as a historian, vi. 94. Defects of his history of British India, 382. His unfairness towards Clive's character, 410. His severity towards Warren Hastings, 543. Mill, Mr., review of his Essays on Govern- ment, &c., v. 239. His utilitarianism, 239. False principles upon which his theory rests, 240. Precision of his arguments and dryness of his style, 241. His à priori method of reason- ing, 241. Curious instances of his peculiar turn of mind, 242. His views of democracy, oligarchy, and monarchy, 244, 245. His fallacies, 246 et seq. His proposed government by a representa- tive body, 258. His proposal of universal suffrage, but for males only, 258. The effects which a general spoliation of the rich would engender, 264. His remarks on the influence of the middle rank, 265. Review of the Westminster Reviewer's defence of Mr. Mill, 272, 300. Millar, Lady, her vase for verses, vii. 17. Millevoix, a French spy, iii. 579. De-
tected, and employed to deceive Lux- emburg, 579.
Millington, Sir Thomas, iv. 116. Milton, Christopher (brother of the poet), raised to the bench by James II., i.
585. Milton, John, his remonstrance against the censorship of the press, i. 195. His political works burned at Oxford, 212. His Paradise Lost, 313. His Areo- pagitica, iii. 638. Review of his Trea- tise on Christian Doctrine; Mr. Lemon's discovery of the MS. of it, v. 1. His style, 2. His theological opinions, 2. His poetry his great passport to general remembrance, 3-8. Power of his ima- gination, 8. The most striking charac- teristic of his poetry, 9. His Allegro and Penseroso, 10. His Comus and Samson Agonistes, 10. His minor poems, 13. Appreciated the literature of modern Italy, 13. His Paradise Re- gained, 13. Parallel between him and Dante, 14 et seq., His Sonnets most exhibit his peculiar character, 22. His public conduct, 23. His defence of the execution of Charles I., 32, 35. His refutation of Salmasius, 33. His con- duct under the Protector, 34. Peculiar- ities which distinguished him from his contemporaries, 36. Noblest qualities of every party combined in him, 41. His defence of the freedom of the press, and the right of private judgment, 42. His boldness in the maintenance of his opinions, 43. Recapitulation of his literary merits, 44, 45. One of the most "correct" poets, 397.
Milton and Shakespeare, character of Johnson's observations on, v. 532. Milton, Mr. John, and Mr. Abraham Cowley, conversation between, touching the great Civil War, vii. 641. His great modern epic, v. 103. Dryden's admira- tion for his genius, 116, 117. Minden, battle of, vi. 73. Mines, Spanish American, v. 644. Mings, Sir Christopher, i. 238. Ministers, their responsibility lessened by the Revolution, v. 230. Veto by Parlia- ment on their appointment, 199. Ministry, government by, iv. 44. first steps thereto, 45, 97. Gradual establishment of, 199, 421. Levelling tendency of the tenure of office, 451. Minorca, capture of, by the French, vi. 62. "Minute guns!" Charles Townshend's
exclamation on hearing Bute's maiden speech, vii. 226.
Mirabeau, Souvenirs sur, &c., M. Dumont's review of, v. 612. M. Dumont's picture of Mirabeau in the National Assembly 635. Mirabeau compared to Wilkes,
636. And to the Earl of Chatham, 636. Missionaries, Catholic, their zeal and spirit, vi. 455.
Mitchelburne, Colonel John, at London- derry, ii. 576. At the battle of the Boyne, iii. 290.
Mitford, Mr., criticism on his History of Greece, vii. 683. His principal cha- racteristic as a historian, 683. Errors
of almost all the most modern historians of Greece, 684. Estimation in which the later ancient writers have been held, 685. Differences between Mr. Mitford and the historians who have preceded him, 686. His love of singu- larity, 687. His hatred of democracy, 688. And love of the oligarchical form of government, 689. His illogical in- ferences and false statements, 696. His inconsistency with himself, 699. His deficiencies, 699, 700. Charges of mis- representation brought against him as a historian, v. 153, 154.
Modern history, the period of its com- mencement, v. 230. Mogul Empire, iii. 467.
with the East India Company, 474, 478. Mogul, the Great, vi. 561. Plundered by Hastings, 594.
Mohun, Lord, his part in the murder of Mountford, iii. 604. His trial before the Peers and acquittal, 605. A volun- teer in the expedition to Brest, iv. 101. Molière, vi. 514, 515.
Molyneux, William, character of his Irish patriotism, iii. 455. His efforts to pro- mote Irish manufactures, iv. 370. Denies the right of the English Parliament to legislate for Ireland, 371. His death, 374.
Mompesson, Sir Giles, conduct of Bacon in regard to his patent, vi. 175. Aban- doned to the vengeance of the Commons, 188.
Monarchical form of government, Mr. Mill's view of a, v. 245.
Monarchies, mediaval, general character
of, i. 22. Limited by the facility of resistance, 27. Become absolute, 33. Absolute monarchies in continental states, v. 195.
Monarchy, the English, in the 16th century, v. 598, 600.
Monasteries, benefits of, i. 6. Effects of their abolition, 255. Moncontour, the battle of, viii. 550. Monjuich, capture of the fort of, by Peter- borough, v. 666.
Monk, George. See Albemarle. Monmouth, Charles Mordaunt, Earl of
(afterwards Earl of Peterborough),
his maiden speech in the House of Peers, i. 548 and note. Advises Wil- liam of Orange to invade England, ii. 25. At the Hague, 235, 237. Ad- vances to Exeter, 257. Made First Commissioner of the Treasury, 414, 448. Raised to the earldom, 492. Attacks Halifax in the Lords, iii. 125, 126. Retires from office, 224. One of the Council of Nine, 269. Sent down to the fleet, 276. Accompanies William III. to Holland, 369. His secret ad- vice to Fenwick, iv. 287. His anger at its rejection, 289. His intrigue dis- covered, 293. His speech, 294. Sent
to the Tower, 295. Monmouth, James, Duke of, married to Anne Scott, heiress to the Dukedom of Buccleuch, i. 196. His titles and popu- larity, 196, 198. Rumoured legitimacy of his birth, 197. Supported by the Protestant party, 199. His disgrace, 211. His house in Soho Square, 279. His character, 413. His residence at the Hague, 413. Retires to Brussels, 417. Consents to the attempt on Eng- land, 417. His preparations at Am- sterdam, 423. Detained in the Texel,
Sails; arrives at Lyme, 446. His Declaration, 447. His popularity in the west, 448. Enters Taunton, 451. His reception, 456. Proclaimed King, 457. His reception at Bridge- water, 460. His army, 462. Marches to Glastonbury, 464. Threatens Bris- tol, 464. Marches towards Wiltshire, 466. His desperate condition, 467. His scheme of escape; marches to Wells, 468. At Bridgewater, 468. Sur- veys the royal army, 470. Resolves on a night attack, 471. His conduct in the battle of Sedgemoor, 474. His flight, 475, 478. And capture, 480 His entreaties for pardon, vi. 313. Taken to London, 481, 482. His interview with James II., i. 483. His interviews with his wife and others, 484-486. His execution, 486-488. Popular de- votion to, 486. Believed to be living, 490. Severities to his adherents, 491, 500, 507. His treatment by the Prince of Orange, ii. 23. His portrait burned by the University of Cambridge, 93. Expectation of his re-appearance,
Monopolies, Royal prerogative of, iii. 466. Settlement of the question of, iv. 73. Monopolies during the latter end of Eliza- beth's reign, vi. 154. Multiplied under James, 180. Connived at by Bacon, 181.
Mons, besieged by Lewis XIV., iii. 378. Capitulates, 380. Exultation of the
Jacobites, 393. Apathy of the Spanish Government in its defence, 568. Monson, Mr., one of the new councillors under the Regulating Act for India, vi. 570. His opposition to Hastings, 570. His death, and its important conse- quences, 580.
Montagu, Basil, review of his edition of Lord Bacon's works, vi. 135-245. Character of his work, 135, 138. His explanation of Lord Burleigh's conduct towards Bacon, 148. His views and arguments in defence of Bacon's con- duct towards Essex, 162-167. His excuses for Bacon's use of torture, and his tampering with the judges, 172, 174. His reflections on Bacon's admonition to Buckingham, 175. His complaints against James for not interposing to save Bacon, 189. And for advising him to plead guilty, 190, 191. defence of Bacon, 201. Montague, Charles, his early intimacy with Prior, ii. 32. Enters Parliament, 363. His argument on the Peers' privileges, iii. 486-488. Made Com- missioner of the Treasury, 509. Pro- poses to raise money by loan, 616. Defends Burnet in Parliament, 641. His family and education; destined for the church, iv. 56. His poetry, his parliamentary success, 57, 58. His patronage of literature, 59. His speech on the naval disasters, 69. Takes up Paterson's plan for a national bank, 91. Made Chancellor of the Exchequer, 96. Elected for Westminster, 181. Takes part in the discussions on the currency, 192, 197. His resolutions for a recoin- age, 200. Proposes to meet the expense by a window-tax, 201. His expedient of Exchequer bills, 244. His influence with the Bank of England, 247. Suc- -cess of his measures, 270. His speeches on the attainder of Fenwick, 278, 285. Made First Lord of the Treasury, 304. Parliamentary attack upon, 357, 359. Triumphant exculpa- tion, 359. His project of a General Company in opposition to the Old East India Company, 375. His success, and eminent position, 378. Elected for Westminster, 423. His loss of popu- larity, 444, 445. His alleged pride and corruption, 445. Absurd stories of his luxurious habits, 446. Cause of the libels published against him, 447. His conduct in regard to the Auditor- ship of the Exchequer, 447, 448. His conduct compared with that of Pitt under similar circumstances, 449. Par- liamentary mortifications, 449, 450. Resigns the Chancellorship of the Ex-
chequer, 507. Notice of him, vii. 63. Obtains permission for Addison to re- tain his fellowship during his travels, 64. Addison's epistle to him, 72. See also Halifax.
Montague, Chief Baron, dismissed by James II., i. 585. Montague, Lord, v. 520.
Montague, Mary, her testimony to Addı. son's colloquial powers, vii. 83. Montague, Mrs., vi. 630.
Montague, Ralph, his share in the French intrigues against Danby, i. 182. Montague House, i. 279.
Montchevreuil, commands the French left wing at the battle of Landen, iv. 21 Killed, 24.
Montesquieu, his style, v. 78. Horace Walpole's opinion of him, vi. 10. Montesquieu and Machiavelli, comparison between, v. 78.
Montgomery, Sir James, iii. 31, 35. As- pires to the Secretaryship of State for Scotland, 39. Organises the "Club" in Edinburgh, 40. Strength and mea- sures of his faction, 78. Intrigues with the Jacobites, 333, 334. His loss of influence, 337. Letters of James II. to, 344. Quarrels with his Jacobite allies, 344. Betrays his associates, 345. His interview with Shrewsbury, iv. 96. His death, 109. Montgomery, Robert, his Omnipresence of the Deity reviewed, v. 376. Charac ter of his poetry, 377-387. His Satan, 386, 387.
Montmorency, House of, iii. 577. Montreal, capture of, by the British, in 1760, vi. 72.
Montrose, James Graham, Marquess of,
his victories, why unprofitable, iii. 71. Moore, Dr., extract from his Zeluco, v. 534.
Moore's Life of Lord Byron, review
of, v. 388-418. Its style and mat- ter, 388. Similes in his Lalla Rookh, vi. 238.
Moorshedabad, its situation and impor- tance, vi. 547.
Moral feeling, state of, in Italy in the time of Machiavelli, v. 66.
Morality, political, low standard of, after the Restoration, v. 219. Mordaunt, Charles, Viscount. mouth, Earl of. More, Henry, i. 259. More, Sir Thomas, vi. 458. Morel, warns Burnet of the plan for as-
sassinating William, iii. 585, 586. Morison, James, of Londonderry, ii. 511. "Morley, Mrs.," name assumed by the Princess Anne, ii. 77; iii. 240.
Mortimer, Roger, precedent of his at- tainder quoted, iv. 284.
Morton, Judge, insists on the execution of Claude Duval, i. 299.
Moscow, state of, in the 17th century, iv.
Moses, Bacon compared to, by Cowley, vi. 243. 64 Mountain of Light," vi.
Mountain, sketch of the party in the French Convention called the, vii. 145. Votes for the death of the King, 146. Its victory over the Girondists, 151. Tyranny of the Mountain, 151 et seq. Violence of public opinion against it,
178. Mountcashel, Viscount (General Macar- thy), ii. 524. Marches on Enniskillen, 586. Defeated at Newton Butler, 587, 588. Breaks his parole; enters into the service of Lewis XIV., iii. 258. Mountford, William, the actor, iii. 603. Murdered, 605.
Mountjoy, William Stewart, Viscount,
sent by Tyrconnel into Ulster, ii. 512. At Londonderry and Enniskillen, 513. His mission to St. Germains, 517. Sent to the Bastile, 526. Included in James II.'s Act of Attainder, 567. Killed at the battle of Steinkirk, iii. 582. Mourad Bey, his astonishment at Buona- parte's diminutive figure, vii. 77. Mourning Bride, by Congreve, its high standing as a tragic drama, vi. 519. Moylan, Mr., review of his Collection of the Opinions of Lord Holland as re- corded in the Journals of the House of Lords, vi. 533-542. Muggleton, Lodowick, i. 129. Muhlberg, the success of the Protestant movement not checked by defeat at, vi. 473.
Mulgrave, Earl of. See Normanby, Mar- quess of.
Munny Begum, vi. 559, 572.
Munro, Captain of Cameronians, iii. 100. Munro, Sir Hector, vi. 592. Munro, Sir Thomas, vi. 453.
Muns," i. 282.
Munster, Bishop of, vi. 267.
Murphy, Mr., his knowledge of stage
effect, vii. 18. His opinion of "The Witlings," 18.
Murray, Alexander Stuart, Earl of, his apostasy to Popery, i. 610. Made Lord High Commissioner, 614.
Murray, Captain Adam, his share in the defence of Londonderry, ii. 547. His conference with Lord Strabane, 551. Leads a sally, 552.
Murray, Lord, son of the Marquess of Athol, takes up arms for William III., iii. 82. Besieges Blair Castle, 82. De- VOL. VIII.
serted by his followers, 85. Raises the siege, 85.
Musgrave, Sir Christopher, demurs to the resolution declaring James II. to have forfeited the crown, ii. 365. Defends Sharp, Dean of Norwich, 374. A Tory leader, iv. 63. Mover of the resolution for the exclusion of Lord Somers from office, 537. His rejection for West- moreland in 1701, 550. Mussulmans, their resistance to the prac- tices of English law, vi. 588. Mutiny Bill, the first, ii. 433. Mysore, its fierce horsemen, vi. 592, 593.
NABOBS, of to
TABOBS, class of Englishmen to whom
Nagle, Sir Richard, Irish Attorney-Gene- ral, ii. 500, 556. Appointed James's Secretary of State for Ireland, iii. 134. One of the Lords Justices appointed by James II., 442.
Names in Milton, their significance, v. 9. Namur, town and castle of, iii. 574. Be-
sieged by the French, 574. Surrender; patriotism of the citizens, 575. Be- sieged by William III., iv. 159, 160, 162. The town taken, 162. Surrender of the castle, 167. Effect of the suc- cess, 169, 170.
Nantes, Edict of, revoked, i. 534. Napier, Colonel, i. 442. Naples, vii. 170.
Narborough, Sir John, i. 238.
Nares, Rev. Dr., review of his "Burleigh and his Times," v. 587-611. Naseby, Battle of, i. 93. Song of the Battle of, viii. 551.
Nassau, House of, i. 170.
National Assembly, the French, v. 618. Mr. Burke's character of them, 619. M. Dumont's picture of the Assembly, 635. National Debt, origin of, iii. 614-616. Its growth, 617. Errors in regard to, 619, 620. Southey's notions of, v. 343, 345. Effect of its abrogation, 345. Eng- land's capabilities in respect to it, 370. National feeling, low state of, after the Restoration, v. 226.
Natural history, a body of, commenced by Bacon, v. 62.
Natural religion, vi. 456.
Navy, its mismanagement in the reign of Charles II., vi. 507.
Neal's History of the Puritans, i. 49 note.
Neale, makes arrangements for the lottery loan, iv. 85.
Neerwinden, village of, part of William's position at Landen, iv. 20. Severe fighting at, 21.
Nelson, Southey's Life of, v. 332. X X
Nelthorpe, a rebel fugitive, i. 496. Neville, Judge, dismissed by James II., i. 585.
Nevison, William, a Yorkshire highway- man, i. 299.
New Atlantis of Bacon, remarkable pas- sages in, vi. 241.
Newbury, Mr., allusion to his pasteboard pictures, v. 10.
Newcastle, Duke of, his relation to Wal- pole, vi. 25, 33. His character, 35. His appointment as head of the administra- tion, 58. His negotiations with Fox, 59, 60. Attacked in Parliament by Chatham, 60. His intrigues, 64. His resignation of office, 64. Sent for by the King on Chatham's dismissal, 66. Leader of the Whig aristocracy, 68; vii. 207. Motives for his coalition with Chatham, vi. 69. His perfidy towards the King, 69. His jealousy of Fox, 69. His strong government with Chatham, 70. His character and borough influ- ence, 403. His contests with Henry Fox, 403. His power and patronage, vii. 209. His unpopularity after the resignation of Chatham, 227. He quits office, 227.
Newcastle, John Holles, Duke of, enter- tains William at Welbeck, iv. 178. Newcastle-on-Tyne, dismissal of aldermen in, ii. 139.
Newdigate, Sir Roger, a great critic, v. 401.
Newmarket, William III.'s visit to, iv. 176. Tallard accompanies William to the Spring Meeting, 411. Distinguished attendance; various amusements, 413. Important discussions at, 413-415. Newport, Viscount, ii. 131. Newsletters, i. 305, 306.
Newspapers, i. 304. First appearance of, iv. 171. Their politics favourable to the Revolution, 172.
Newton Abbot, William's Declaration read at, ii. 256.
Newton Butler, battle of, ii. 588. Com-
pared with Killiecrankie, iii. 93, 94. Newton, Isaac, i. 321. Attends as a deputy from Cambridge before the High Commission, ii. 96. Member for Cam- bridge University in the Convention, 363. Votes for Sir R. Sawyer for Cambridge University, in 1690, iii. 222. Takes part in the discussions on the currency, iv. 193. Appointed Governor of the Mint, 248. His energy in the re-coinage, 249 and note. Elected for Cambridge University in 1701,
Newton, John, testimony to Shaftesbury's eloquence in his Autobiography, iv. 204 note. His connection with the slave-
trade, vi. 194. His attachment to the doctrines of predestination, 368. Newton, Sir Isaac, v. 5. His residence in Leicester Square, vii. 4. Malbranche's admiration of him, 65. Niagara, conquest of, vi. 72. Nichols, Dr., vi. 545. Nickers, i. 282.
Nimeguen, treaty of, i. 180; vi. 286. Its slow progress, iv. 315. Its hollowness and unsatisfactoriness, vi. 287.
Nizam, originally a deputy of the Mogul sovereign, vi. 583.
Nizam al Mulk, Viceroy of the Deccan, his death, vi. 392.
Noailles, Duke of, his successes in Cata- lonia, iv. 38, 104.
Nollekens, his cenotaph of Oliver Gold- smith in Westminster Abbey, vii. 323. Noncompounders, iv. 5. Dissatisfied with James's second Declaration, 13. Nonconformists, relieved by Charles II, vii. 305. Expelled from their benefices, i. 139. Persecuted, 140. Laws against, rigorously enforced, 208. Persecution of, by James II., 520-522. James II.'s design for a coalition with the Irish Nonconformists, ii. 35. The penal statutes suspended in their favour, 40. Their feelings with regard to the De- claration of Indulgence, 41, 42. Hold the balance of power between the Court and the Church, 43. Courted by both parties, 44, 45. Some of them side with the Court, 48. Their addresses to the King, 50. The majority with the Church, 51. Their dissatisfaction with their ministers of the Court party, 57. Their distrust of James II.'s policy, 138. (Of London), their patriotic conduct, 147. Their deputation to the bishops in the Tower, 159. Their address to William Prince of Orange, 333. Their dislike of the Comprehension Bill, 473, 474. Nonconformity. See Dissent, and Church of England.
Nonjurors, their arguments against taking the oaths, iii. 153, 154. Their princi- ples untenable, 155. Their numbers, prelates and eminent divines among, 159-167. General character of, 167- 170. Outcry against, during the alarm of French invasion, 315. Attempt of the Government to conciliate them, 394. Sees of the nonjuring bishops filled, 394. Succession of, provided for by Sancroft; they sink into contempt, 399,
No juors, Presbyterian, their political tenets, iii. 350, 351.
Norfolk, Dukes of, their palace at Nor wich, i. 264.
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