GRA

allegiance to William III., 423. At
the coronation of William and Mary,
490. Accompanies Marlborough to
Ireland, 330. Killed in the assault of
Cork, 331.

Grafton, Duke of, Secretary of State under
Lord Rockingham, vii. 254. First Lord
of the Treasury under Chatham, 265.
Joined the Bedfords, 272.
Granard, Lord, ii. 564.

Granby, Marquis of, his character, vi. 427.
Grand Alliance against the Bourbons, v.

657.

Grand Remonstrance, debate on and pass-
ing of it, v. 572.

Grandval, undertakes to assassinate Wil-
liam III.; his interview with James II.,
iii. 585. Taken, 586. Executed; his
confession, 586.

Grants (the), adhere to William III., iii.
68. Their territory wasted by the
Camerons, 73.

Granville, Dr. Dennis, conduct of James
II. to, ir. 3.

Granville, destroyed by the English, iv. 170.
Granville, Lord. See Carteret, Lord.

Grascombe, a nonjuror, his tract on the
recoinage, iv. 250.

Graunt's observations on the bills of mor-
tality, i. 221 note.

His

Gray, his want of appreciation of Johnson,
vii. 10. His Latin verses, 67.
unsuccessful application for a professor-
ship, 231.

"Great Commoner," the designation of
Lord Chatham, vi. 74; vii. 210.
Greece, its history compared with that of
Italy, v. 56. Its degradation and rise
in modern times, 395. Instances of
the corruption of judges in the ancient
commonwealths of, vi. 193. Its litera-
ture, 194. Review of Mr. Mitford's
History of, vii. 683. Gross ignorance
of the modern historians of Greece,
684. The imaginative and critical
schools of poetry in, v. 96.

Greek drama, its origin, v. 11. Com-
pared with the English plays of the age
of Elizabeth, 399.

Greek learning, state of, in England in
1685, i. 309.
Greeks, difference between them and the
Romans, v. 60. Their social condition
compared with that of the Italians of
the middle ages, 77. Their position
and character in the 12th century, 539.
Their domestic habits, vii. 621. Change
in their temper at the close of the
Peloponnesian war, v. 126. Character
of their fashionable logic, 127. Causes
of their exclusive spirit, 145, 147.
Greenock, Sir John Cochrane at, i. 431.
Greenwich Observatory, i. 321.

GUI

Greenwich Palace given up for disabled
seamen, iii. 553. The hospital estab-
lished in memory of Queen Mary, iv.

120.

Gregory XIII., his austerity and zeal, vi.

471.

Grenville, George, his alarm at the Na-
tional Debt, iii. 618. His character, vii.
221, 223. Entrusted with the lead in the
Commons under the Bute administra-
tion, 226. His support of the proposed
tax on cider, 238. His nickname of
"Gentle Shepherd," 238. Appointed
prime minister, 241. His opinions, 241.
Character of his public acts, 241. His
treatment of the king, 244. His de-
privation of Henry Conway of his regi-
ment, 246. Proposed the imposition
of stamp duties on the North American.
colonies, 247. His embarrassment on
the question of a regency, 249. His
triumph over the king, 251. Superseded
by Lord Rockingham and his friends,
254. Popular demonstration against
him on the repeal of the Stamp Act,
261. Deserted by the Bedfords, 272.
His pamphlet against the Rockinghams,
273. His reconciliation with Chatham,
274. His death, 275.

Grenvilles (the), vii. 211. Richard Lord
Temple at their head, 211.

Greville, Fulk, patron of Dr. Burney, his
character, vii. 3.

66

Grumbletonians." iii. 595.
Guadaloupe, fall of, vi. 71.

Guardian (the), its birth, vii. 100. Its
discontinuance, 104.

Guards of Charles II., i. 232
Guelfs (the), their success greatly pro.
moted by the ecclesiastical power, v. 50.
Guicciardini, v. 587.

Guicowar, its interpretation, vi. 583.
Guildford, Francis North, Earl of, Lord
Keeper, his character, i. 215. His
scientific pursuits, 319. Obnoxious to
James II., 348. His dispute with Jef-
freys, 354. His death, 496.
Guildhall, meeting of peers at; their de-
claration, ii. 308. Their deputation to
William Prince of Orange, 309.
Guise, Henry, Duke of, his conduct on the

Haines, Joseph, ii. 29.

Hale, Sir Matthew, ii. 420. His integrity,
v. 586; vi. 173.

Hales, Sir Edward; his apostacy to Po-
pery, i. 586. Mock proceedings against;
decision in favour of the dispensing
power, 587. Appointed Lieutenant of
the Tower, ii. 159. His conduct to the
seven bishops, 166. Dismissed, 287.
Accompanies James II. in his flight,
307, 321. Impeached by the House of
Commons, iii. 203.

Halifax, George Savile, Viscount (after-
wards Marquess), a member of Lord
Shaftesbury's administration, i. 191.
His character, 191-193. A "Trim-
mer," 192; vi. 305. Remains in office
on Shaftesbury's resignation, i. 199.
His speeches against the Exclusion Bill,
205. Resists the arbitrary measures of
the Court, 213. His advice to Charles
II., 216. French intrigues against,
218. His contest with Rochester, 336.
Disliked by James II., 348, 349. Keeps
aloof from Roman Catholic celebrations,
368. His foreign policy, 524. Opposes
James II.'s measures, and is dismissed
from the Cabinet, 531. Takes part in
the debate on the King's speech, 546.
Author of the "Letter to a Dissenter,"
ii. 46. His conferences with Dykvelt,
69. His Letter to William Prince of
Orange, 78. Believed to be the writer !
of the "Letter to the Clergy," 152. De-

HAL

of the "Letter to the Clergy," 152. De-
clines to commit himself to the Revo-
lution, 194. Invited to return to office,
240. Questioned by James II., 249.
Proposes the summoning of a Parlia
ment, 271. His speech in the Council
of Lords, 285. His interview with
James II., 285. Commissioner of James
at Hungerford, 298. Requests to see
Burnet, 299. His conversation with
Burnet at Littlecote, 302. Presides
over the Council of Lords, 322. Aban-
dons the cause of James, 323. Joins
William; presides at the consultation
of Peers at Windsor, 329. Sent with
message to James, 329. His interview
with James at Whitehall, 331. Pre-
sides over the assembly of Lords, 340.
Chosen Speaker of Peers, 364. Op-
poses the project of a Regency, 364.
His apprehensions of a Restoration,
406, 493. Made Lord Privy Seal, 411.
His defects as a minister, 448. Par-
liamentary attack on, iii. 124, 125.
Cleared from blame, 126. His retire-
ment, 192. Questioned before the
"Murder Committee," 204. Signs the
protest against the censorship of the
press, 644. Opposes the Bill for regu-
lating State Trials, iv. 75. His death,
127. His political character, 128.
Compared with Shaftesbury, vi. 306.
His political tracts, 306. His oratori-
cal powers, 307. The king's dislike to
him, 308.

Halifax, Charles Montague, Lord, re-
commends Addison to Godolphin, vil.
75, 76. Sworn of the Privy Council
of Queen Anne, 80.

Hall, Joseph, i. 60 note.

Hall, Robert, his eloquence, vii. 304.
Hall, Timothy, ii. 153. Made Bishop of
Oxford, 207.

Hallam, Mr., review of his Constitutional
History of England, v. 161-238. His
qualifications as a historian, 163. His
style, 164. Character of his Constitu-
tional History, 164. His impartiality,
166, 168, 217. His description of the
proceedings of the third parliament of
Charles I., and the measures which
followed its dissolution, 178, 179. His
remarks on the impeachment of Straf-
ford, 181, 183. On the proceedings of
the Long Parliament, and on the ques-
tion of the justice of the civil war, 185-
205. His opinion on the nineteen pro-
positions of the Long Parliament, 199.
On the vote of the crown on acts of
parliament, 199. On the control over
the army, 200. On the treatment of
Laud, and on his correspondence with
Strafford, 203. On the execution of
Charles I., 206. His parallel between

Halstead, Robert, his "Succinct Genea-
logies," i. 204 note, 381 note.
Ham House, i. 243; ii. 329.
Hamilton, Lieutenant-Colonel,

his ar-

rangements for the massacre of Glen-
coe, iii. 525. His unskilful execution
of them, 529. Declared by the Scotch
Parliament guilty of murder, iv. 151.
Hamilton, Anthony, ii. 516. Wounded

at Newton Butler, 588. His account
of James II.'s Court at St. Germains,
iv. 2.
Hamilton, George, marries Elizabeth Vil-
liers; created Earl of Orkney, iv. 523.
Hamilton, Gerard, his celebrated single
speech, vi. 62. His effective speeches
in the Irish Parliament, vii. 87.
Hamilton, Gustavus. See Boyne, Lord.
Hamilton, Richard, ii. 516. Sent to Ire-
land on parole, 517. Breaks his pledge,
and marches against the Protestants,
525. His success at Strabane, 543.
Succeeds to the command of the be-
siegers of Londonderry, 553. Endea-
vours to induce the defenders to sur-
render, 579. His gallant behaviour at
the Boyne, iii. 294, 295. Taken pri-
soner; his interview with William III.,

297.

Hamilton, William Douglas, Duke of, i.
612. Resists James II.'s policy, 615,
619. His political conduct, iii. 21.
Elected President of the Scotch Con-
vention, 21. Proposes measures of de-
fence against the Jacobites, 27. Ap-
pointed Lord High Commissioner for
Scotland, 38. Orders Dundee and Bal-
carras to be arrested, 63. Reopens
Parliament, 78. His vacillation, 79.
William's opinion of him, 337. His
speeches in the debate on the Scotch
Church, 339, 341. Reappointed Lord
High Commissioner, 654.

Hamlet causes of its power and influence,
vii. 614.

Hammond, discovered at the supper
party at the Blue Posts, iv. 547. Re-
jected by the University of Cambridge,

550.
Hammond, Henry, uncle of Sir William
Temple, his designation by the new
Oxonian sectaries, vi. 255.
Hampden, John, resists the levy of ship-
money, i. 72. His conduct in the ship-
money affair approved by the Royalists,
v. 179. Effect of his loss on the par-
liamentary cause, 204, 585. Review
of Lord Nugent's Memorial of him,
539. His public and private character,

HAP

539, 542. Baxter's testimony to his
excellence, 541. His origin and early
history, 541. Took his seat in the
House of Commons in 1621, 543.
Joined the opposition to the court, 543.
His first appearance as a public man,
548. His first stand for the funda-
mental principle of the Constitution,
551. Impeached, i. 85. Committed
to prison, v. 550. Set at liberty, and
re-elected for Wendover, 551. His re
tirement, 552. His remembrance of
his persecuted friends, 553. His letters
to Sir John Eliot, 553. Clarendon's
character of him as a debater, 553, 567.
Letter from him to Sir John Eliot, 554.
His acquirements, 540, 555. Death of
his wife, 555. His resistance to the
assessment for ship-money, 559, 560.
Strafford's hatred of him, 560. His in-
tention to leave England, 561. His
return for Buckinghamshire in the fifth
parliament of Charles I., 563. His
motion on the subject of the king's
message, 564. His election by two
constituencies to the Long Parliament,
566. Character of his speaking, 567.
His opinion on the bill for the at-
tainder of Strafford, 569. Lord Claren-
don's testimony to his moderation, 570.
His mission to Scotland, 570. His
conduct in the House of Commons on
the passing of the Grand Remon-
strance, 572. His impeachment ordered
by the king, 573-578. Returns in
triumph to the house, 578. His reso-
lution, 578. Raised a regiment in
Buckinghamshire, 582. Contrasted with
Essex, 583. His encounter with Ru-
pert at Chalgrove, 585. His death and
burial, 585. Effect of his death on his
party, 586.

Hampden, Richard (son of the preceding),
chairman of Committee of Commons, ii.
365, 368. Appointed Commissioner of
the Treasury, 414. Chancellor of the
Exchequer, iii. 231.

Hampden, John (son of the preceding),
tried for high treason, i. 550. His life
spared, 550. Prepares the address on
the proceedings of Lewis XIV., ii. 497.
His evidence against Halifax, iii. 204.
His virulence, 205. His violent pro-
ceedings in Parliament, 206. Excluded
from the Parliament of 1690, 222.
Commits suicide, iv. 184.
Hampton Court, ii. 441.
Hanover, Chatham's invective against
the favour shown to, by George II.,

vi. 54.

Happiness, principle of the greatest, of
the greatest number examined, v. 292-
296. The most elevated station the

HAR

principle is ever likely to attain, 296.
The Westminster Reviewer's defence of
the "greatest happiness principle,"
316.

Harbord, William, a follower of William
of Orange, ii. 383. Carries the news
of the mutiny of the Scotch Regiments
to the House of Commons, 429.
Harcourt, French ambassador to the court
of Charles II. of Spain, v. 651.
Harcourt, Simon, resists the attainder of
Fenwick, iv. 279.

Hardwicke, Earl of, vii. 212. High
Steward of the University of Cam-
bridge, 228. His views of the policy
of Chatham, 220.

Harlay, French negotiator at Ryswick,
iv. 312, 320.

Harley, Sir Edward, ii. 293.

Harley, Robert, iv. 63; v. 520. His po-

litical opinions; his narrow intellect,
64. His poetry, 65 and note. Adopts
Toryism, 67. Moves a violent address
to the King, 79. Proposes the estab-
lishment of a Land Bank, 239. His
project breaks down, 246. His speech
against the attainder of Fenwick, 281.
Proposes a resolution for the reduction
of the army, 343. His motion for that
purpose, 440. Obtains the lead in the
House of Commons, 453. His acces-
sion to power in 1710, v. 676. Cen-
sure on him by Lord Mahon, 677. His
kindness for men of genius, vi. 528.
His unsuccessful attempt to rally the
Tories in 1707, vii. 80. His advice to the
Queen to dismiss her Whig ministry,

94.

Harris, publisher of the first newspaper,
iv. 172.

Harrison, William; his description of
English inns, i. 300 note. His intro-
duction to Holinshed, on the condition
of the working classes in the reign of
of Queen Elizabeth, v. 360.
Hartington, Marquess of, carries the Bill
of Pains and Penalties against Charles
Duncombe up to the House of Lords,
iv. 360, 365. Proposes Sir T. Littleton
for the Speakership, 438.

Hastings, Captain, falls at La Hogue, iii.
552. His funeral, 553.

Hastings, Warren, question raised on his
trial, i. 406. Review of Mr Gleig's
memoirs of his life, vi. 543-644. His
pedigree, 544. His birth, and the death
of his father and mother, 545. Taken
charge of by his uncle and sent to
Westminster School, 545. Sent as a
writer to Bengal, his position there,
547. Events which originated his
greatness, 548. Becomes a member of
council at Calcutta, 548. His character

HAS

in pecuniary_transactions, 549, 613.
His return to England, generosity to his
relations, and loss of his moderate for-
tune, 550. His plan for the cultivation
of Persian literature at Oxford, 551.
His interview with Johnson, 551. His
appointment as member of council at
Madras, and voyage to India, 551. His
attachment to the Baroness Imhoff, 551.
His judgment and vigour at Madras,
553. His nomination to the head of
the government at Bengal, 553. His
relation with Nuncomar, 555, 558. His
embarrassed finances and means to re-
lieve them, 561, 593. His principle of
dealing with his neighbours and the
excuse for him, 560. His proceedings
towards the Nabob and the Great Mogul,
561, 562. His sale of territory to the
Nabob of Oude, 562. His refusal to
interfere to stop the barbarities of Sujah
Dowlah, 565. His great talents for ad-
ministration, 566, 608. His disputes
with the members of the new council,
565. His measures reversed, and the
powers of government taken from him,
570. Charges preferred against him,
571. His painful situation, and appeal
to England, 572. Examination of his
conduct, 577. His letter to Dr. Johnson,
578. His condemnation by the Direc-
tors, 578. His resignation tendered by
his agent and accepted, 580. His mar-
riage and reappointment, 581. His im-
portance to England at that conjuncture,
583, 591. His great influence, 592,
593. His financial embarrassment and
designs for relief, 594, 598. His trans-
actions with and measures against
Cheyte Sing, 597. His perilous situa-
tion in Benares, 599, 601. His treat-
ment of the Nabob Vizier, 602. His
treatment of the Begums of Oude, 603-
606. Close of his administration, 606.
Remarks on his system, 607-614. His
reception in England, 614. Prepara-
tions for his impeachment, 614–621.
His defence at the bar of the House,
622. Brought to the bar of the Peers,
627, 629. His appearance on his trial,
his counsel, and his accusers, 630. His
arraignment by Burke, 630, 631. Nar-
rative of the proceedings against him,
633-638. Expenses of his trial, 639.
His last interference in politics, 640.
His pursuits and amusements at Day-
lesford, 641. His appearance at the
bar of the House of Commons, 642. His
reception at Oxford, 642. Sworn of the
Privy Council, and gracious reception
by the Prince Regent, 643. His pre-
sentation to the Emperor of Russia and
the King of Prussia, 643. His death,

HAS

643. Summary of his character, 643,
644.
Hastings's regiment, iii. 84. At the battle

of the Boyne, 289.

Hatton, Lady, vi. 157. Her manners and
temper, 157. Her marriage with Sir
Edward Coke, 157.

Havannah, capture of, vii. 225.
Havre, bombardment of, iv. 104.
Hawcubites, i. 282.

Hawke, Admiral, his victory over the
French fleet under Conflans, vi. 71.
Hayley, his translation of the Divine
Comedy of Dante, vii. 617.

Hearth money, i. 226. Abolished, ii. 427.
Heat, Lord Bacon's mode of tracking the
principle of, v. 303.

Heathcote, Gilbert, iv. 73.

“Heathens,” (the), of Cromwell's time,
v. 40.

Heathfield, Lord, vi. 629.

Hébert, the Jacobin, his vile character,

vii. 154, 156. Accuses the Girondists
before the Revolutionary Tribunal, 158.
Hebrew writers (the), resemblance of
Eschylus to, v. 11.

Hebrides (the), Johnson's visit to, v. 534;
vii. 349. His letters from, v. 536.
Hectors, i. 282.

Hedges, Sir Charles, Secretary of State,
vii. 79.

Heidelberg, sacked by the French (1689);
ii. 494. The second sack of (1693),
iv. 38.
Heinsius, Anthony, Pensionary of Hol-
land, ii. 451. His fidelity to William
III., 451. William's letters to (1692),
His share in the treaty
of Loo, iv. 433. Last letter of William
III. to him, 552.

iii. 563, 564.

Helvetius, allusion to, v. 5.

Heming, Edward; his patent for lighting
London, i. 283.

Henderson, Major of Cameronians, killed
at Dunkeld, iii. 100.

Henderson, Thomas, of Paisley, iii. 351

note.

Henrietta Maria, Queen; popular feeling
towards, i. 83.

Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, i. 162.
Her death, 165.
Henry I. (Beauclerc), i. 11.

Henry IV.; his usurpation submitted to
by the Church, iii. 152.

Henry IV. of France, vi. 542. Twice ab-
jured Protestantism from interested
motives, 474.

Henry VII., effects of his accession, v.
231.

Henry VII.'s Statute violated in the De-

claration of James II., iii. 542.
Henry VIII., v. 175. Retracts his breach
of the laws, i. 32. His Anglican Church,

HIG

39. His views of supremacy, 43. His
position between the Catholic and Pro-
testant parties, v. 604.

Hephzibah, an allegory so called, v. 454.
Herbert, Admiral. See Torrington, Earl of.
Herbert, Lord, of Cherbury, ii. 293.
Herbert, Sir Edward, Lord Chief Justice,

his decision in favour of the dispensing
power, i. 587. Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioner, 596. His conduct in the case
of Bishop Compton, 597. Dismissed,
90. Nominal Chancellor of James II.
at St. Germains, iii. 541. Excluded
from James's Council, iv. 6.
Hereditary right, not authorised by Scrip-

ture, i. 55. Nor by English history, 57.
Heresy, remarks on, vi. 343-353.
Herodotus, character of his history, v.
123. His faults, 124. Character of
the people for whom the book was
composed, 125. His history compared
with that of Thucydides, 128.
garded as a delineator of character, 144.
Heroic couplet (the), its mechanical nature,
vii. 60, 61. Specimen from Ben Jonson,

Re-

323. From Hoole, 61. Its rarity before
the time of Pope, 61.

Heron, Robert, his drama of News from
Camperdown, v. 471.

Hertford, political parties at, iv. 501.

Suicide of Miss Stout, 502. Trial of
Spencer Cowper for the murder, 502-
504.

Hervey, Henry, his kindness to Samuel
Johnson, vii. 327, 330.

Hesiod, his complaint of the corruption of
the judges of Ascra, vi. 193.
Hesse Cassel, Landgrave of, iii. 373.
Hesse Darmstadt, Landgrave of, iii. 373.
Prince of, commands the land forces sent
against Gibraltar in 1794, v. 662. Ac-
companies Peterborough on his expedi-
tion, 664. His death at the capture of
Monjuich, 666.

Hesse Darmstadt, Prince George of, iii.
290. At the battle of the Boyne, 292.
Distinguished in the siege of Athlone,

433.

Hewling, William and Benjamin, exe
cuted, i. 504.

Hickes, a rebel fugitive, i. 496.
Hickes, George, Dean of Worcester, a non-
juror, iii. 163. A nonjuring bishop,
400. A noncompounder, iv. 5.

High Church party, ii. 433, 434. Resists
the Comprehension Bill, 470. Its pre-
ference of the Ritual to the Articles,
472.

High Commission, Court of, abolished,
ii. 241; v. 568.

Highgate, death of Lord Bacon at, vi. 203.
Highland army. See Dundee. Cannon.
Highlanders, Scotch, their code of mo-