Ireland, conquest of, 54, 190; trou- | LABORERS [see Peasants], miserable bles in, 201, 356, 451; rebellions, 228, condition of, 410; improvement in, 238, 282, 38; cruelty in suppres420 sion of, 358; government, 284; Protestant ascendency, 284, 356; parliamentary independence, 357; its rejection of liberal propositions, 357; the union, 360; famine, 421; church disestablished, 452; land act, 453 Laborers, Statute of, 91 Italy, Bonaparte in 364; war in, Latimer, supports Henry VIII.'s 443 church policy, 151; preaches against the nobles, 160, burned, 164 JACOBITES, the, 290; risings of, 304, Laud, William, his church policy, 310 219 219 James I., his ancestry, 195; trouble Lauderdale, minister of Charles II., with Puritans, 196; with the Commons, 198, 202, 208;- with the Catholics, 199; favoritism. 203; efforts to get money, 202, 204; war in the Palatinate, 207, 210, 212; death, 213 Janies II., becomes a Catholic, 258; proposed exclusion of, 261; accession, 267; violation of law, 271; efforts in behalf of Catholics, 272, 273; quarrel with the bishops, 274; deposition, 277; in Ireland, 283; death, 294 Jeffreys, 269 Jellahabad, 419 Jerusalem, kingdom of, 57 John, King, rebels, 55; becomes Jury, origin of, 49; dishonesty, 120 KENT, kingdom of, 10; risings in, 95, Ket, rebellion of, 158 Kings, the, see Crown Lawlessness, mediæval, 118 Lewis XIV., influence over Charles Lewis XVI., 347, 348 Lollards, 98, 103 London, fire of, 251; charter for- London, Tower of, 88, 127 Long Parliament, 226; corruption Lucknow, relief of, 288 Lundy, governor of Londonderry, 283 MCDONALD, FLORA, 314 McIan, 281 McNaughton, Sir William, 417 Madras, 323 Magdalen, Fellows of, 273 Magellen, Straits of, 172 Magenta, battle of, 444 Malta, 355, 364 Mamelukes, 355 Manchester massacre, 390 Marlborough, Duke of, 296, 299, 300 Mary I., restores Catholicism, 161; marries Philip II., 162; death, 164 Mary II., married to Prince of Orange, 259; crown settled on, 278; death, 287 Mary Stuart, married to French Medway, Dutch fleet in the, 254 Mehemet Ali, 415 Melbourne, Lord, 407, 409 Mercia, 22 "Merry Monarch," 244 Middle Class, oppression of, 119 Militia, 230 Milton, 249 Mines, 3, 6 Minorca, loss of, 317 Monasteries, suppression of, 148, 158 Monk, George, 243 Monks, origin of the, 17; character, 26 Monmouth, Duke of, 262, 268 Monopolies, granted to favorites, 191, 208 Montcalm, 320 Montfort, Simon de, 68, 70 Moore, Sir John, 374 More, Sir Thomas, 140, 145 Mountjoy, Lord, 190 Murder, punishment for, 12 NAMES of places, Roman, 5; Danish, 20 Namur, siege of, 289 Nana Sahib, 439 Naples, kingdom of, 445 Napoleon III, 425; attempt to kill, Nelson, Lord, 352, 361, 367 Nobles, oppression by, 46, 160; cease to give military service, 48; government by, 68; retainers, 119; subjection to crown, 131, 133 Nore, mutiny at the, 354 Outram, Sir James, 440 Oxford, provisions of, 68 PALATINATE, war in the, 207, 209 Palmerston, Lord, foreign policy, 414: prime minister, 433-442; second ministry, 443–449 Pandulph, 61 Parker. Hyde, 261 Parliament [see Commons, Lords]. beginning of, 68, 69; division into two houses, 78; Scotch representatives, 78; indifference to popular welfare, 122 Parma, Duke of, 181, 184 Pepper seizure, 225 Perceval. Mr., 309. 27, 388 Persecution [see Catholics, Martyrs, I hiip II of France, 61 Philip VI of France, ST Philip II of Spain, marries Mary, 162; persecution of Protestants, 171 Picts, the. 6 "Pilgrimage of Grace," 150 Pillory, the. 220 Pitt, William, see Chatham. Earl of Pitt, William. the youngest prinie minister, 337; success. 38; adoption of new ideas, 339: opposes slave-trade, 341; efforts in behalf of Ireland, 357; and of the Catho⚫ lics, 360; second ministry, 265; death, 368 Plague, the. 251 Pope, the, 14; victorious over king, | Reformation, the, 141, 144 61; taxes for, 67, 97; authority 163 Popish plot, 260 Portugal, defence of, 378, 393 Post-office reform, 411 Potatoes, 421 Prayer book, the, 157, 159, 161, 167, 220; in Scotland, 223 Presbyterians, 233; Regency, tae, 379 Regicides, vne, 246 Reginald, 59 Richard I., his crusade, 56; arrest of, 57; death, 58 Richard II., and the peasants, 96; tyranny, 100; murder, 101 Richard III., murders by, 123, 125, 128; death, 130 Ring, wedding, 196 driven from Riots, 389 303, 310 Pretenders, the first, 132; the later, Rodney, Admiral, 336 Romans in Britain, 5 Prime minister, the first, 306 Princes, murder of the, 128 Printing-press imported, 124 Protestants, 153; burned, 145, 154 Puritans, the, 166; their demands, 196, 217, 228; division of, 233; persecution of, 248; called dissenters, 249; settlements in America, 316 Pym, John, 228. 233 Pyramids, battle of the, 355 QUEBEC, capture of, 321 RAGLAN, Lord, 429 Railways, introduction of, 401 Raleigh, Sir Walter, 189, 205 Ramilies, battle of, 296 Reform of House of Commons [see Chartists], Pitt's plan defeated, 339; artisans' demand for, 389; rotten boroughs, 395; postponed by French revolution, 396; agitation for, 405; accomplished, 406; further reform proposed, 442 Rome, 445 Romilly, Sir Samuel, 388 Rooke, Sir George, 297 Roses, wars of the, 116 for parliamentary reform, 397, 398, 404; prime minister, 422. 449 Russia. early trade with, 175; French in, 382; war with, 427 Rye House plot, 265 Ryswick, peace of, 292 SACHEVERELL, Dr., 300 St. Domingo, 179 St. Paul's cathedral, 253, 292 Salamanca, battle of, 382 Saxors, the, 7 Schism act, 503 Schoolmasters, importation of, 26 Scotland, acknowledges English su- Self-denying ordinance, 234 Sepoys, 323, 324, 437 Seven Bishops, the, 274 Shaftesbury, Earl of, 257, 261, 265 Shakespere quoted, 193 Ship money, 221 Shrewsbury, battle of, 105 Sidney, Sir Philip, 187 Sidonia, Duke of, 185 Sikhs, 437 Silver, clipped, 291 Silver seized by Drake, 174 Simnel, Lambert, 132 Six Articles, 153 Slave-trade, early, ..1, agitation against, 340; abolition of, 368 Slavery, abolished, 406 Sluys, battle of, 86 Smith, Adam, 339 Spain, hostility to, 171, 205; war with, 187, 293, 297, 308 [see Peninsular war] Spanish colonies, booty from, 172, 187 Star Chamber, 134, 220 Stonehenge, 4 Strafford, Earl of, 224, 227 Strahan, Sir Richard, 376 Suffolk, Duke of, 115 Surajah Dowlah, 325 Surplices, objection to, 196 Sussex, kingdom of, 10, 22 TALAVERA, battle of, 375 Taxation, of land, 40; must be approved by people, 63; arbitrary, 123, 216, 242 Tea, duties on, 328; destruction of, 329 Teignmouth, landing at, 285 Test-act, 257; suspension of, 271; re peal, 398 Tewkesbury, battle of, 123. Smuggling, effort to stop, 307; by Throckmorton's plot, 177 |