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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-

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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.

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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

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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,

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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.

Its relations

with the East India Company, 474, 478.
Mogul, the Great, vi. 561. Plundered by
Hastings, 594.

"Mohawks," i. 282.

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),

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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,

444.

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,

167.

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

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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.

His

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-

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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.

Mont Cenis, vii. 72.

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.

See Mon-

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.

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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.

383.

Moses, Bacon compared to, by Cowley,
vi. 243. 64 Mountain of Light," vi.

389.

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-
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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.
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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,

551.

Newton, John, testimony to Shaftesbury's
eloquence in his Autobiography, iv. 204
note. His connection with the slave-

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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,

400.

No juors, Presbyterian, their political
tenets, iii. 350, 351.

Norfolk, Dukes of, their palace at Nor
wich, i. 264.

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