Rome, Court of; its policy, i. 363. Ad-
vises moderation to James II., 530, 538.
Reprobates Lewis XIV.'s conduct to the
Huguenots, 534.

Rome, Saxon pilgrimages to, i. 7. English
embassy at, ii. 83, 85. Privileges of
ambassadors in, 217. Report of Wil-
liam III.'s death arrives at, iii. 304.
Rome, Lays of Ancient, viii.
Romney, Earl of (Henry Sidney), ii. 192.
His conversation with Halifax, 196.
Transcribes the invitation to William
Prince of Orange, 196. Arrives in
Holland, 222. His intrigue with Lady
Sunderland, 225. One of the Lords
Justices for Ireland, iii. 329. Succeeds
Shrewsbury as Secretary of State, 361.
His interview with Penn, 391. Made
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 509, 645.
Adjourns the Parliament, 648. His
recall, 648. His display of fireworks
in St. James's Park, iv. 180. Grant of
forfeited Irish property to him, 522.
Ronquillo, Spanish ambassador; his house
plundered by rioters, ii. 313. His ac-
count of James II.'s conduct in Ireland,
572.

Rooke, Sir George, Rear-Admiral, escorts
William III. to Holland, iii. 369. Leads
the flotilla at the battle of La Hogue,
550. Convoys the Smyrna fleet, iv. 28.
Attacked by the French; escapes, 28.
His evidence before the Commons, 69.
His dispute with Lord Orford, 465.
His capture of Gibraltar, v. 662. His
fight with a French squadron near
Malaga, 662. His return to England,
662.

Rookwood, Ambrose; his share in the as-
sassination plot, iv. 210. Arrested, 220.
His trial, 231. Execution, 232.
Rosamond, Addison's opera of, vii. 79.
Rose Tavern, the meetings of Whig mem-
bers at, iv. 272.

Rosen, Count of, accompanies James II.
to Ireland, ii. 527. Commands the
troops besieging Londonderry, 544.
Returns with James to Dublin, 552.
Resumes the command of the siege of
Londonderry, 576. His barbarity, 578.
Recalled to Dublin, 579. Recalled to
France, iii. 258.

Roses, Wars of the, i. 16. Destruction of
great houses in, 30.

Rosewell, Thomas, ii. 49.

Ross, Lord, iii. 40. A confederate of

RUS

Montgomery, 333. Betrays his con-
spiracy, 345.
Roundheads, designation of, i. 79. The
party, how composed, 81. Their argu-
ments, 82. Their disputes with the
Cavaliers after the Restoration, 122-
125. Their literature, v. 23. Their
successors in the reign of George L
turned courtiers, vii. 207.
Rousseau, his sufferings, v. 417.

Horace
Walpole's opinion of him, vi. 10. His
egotism and its success, viii. 620.
Rowe, his verses to the Chloe of Holland
House, vii. 115.

Royal Society founded, i. 318.

Royal Society of Literature, on the, vii.
575.

Royalists, in the Long Parliament, i. 78.
Dissatisfied with Charles II., 148.
Their aversion to a standing army, 230.
The Royalists of the time of Charles I,
v. 40. Many of them true friends to
the constitution, 196. Some of the
most eminent formerly in opposition to
the court, 571.

Royalists, constitutional, in the reign of
Charles I., v. 571, 574.

Royston, military exactions at, iv. 128.
Rumbold, Richard, i. 411. Accompanies
Argyle, 424. Takes the castle of Ard-
kinglass, 433. Endeavours to support
Argyle's authority, 434. His capture,
440. Executed, 441. His justification
of the Rye House Plot, 441.
Rumford, Count, his proposition for feed-
ing soldiers cheaply, viii. 667.
Rump. See Parliament, the Long.
Rumsey, John, his evidence against Cor-
nish, i. 517.

Rupert, Prince, v. 584. His land and sea
service, i. 255. His scientific pursuits,
319. His encounter with Hampden at
Chalgrove, v. 585.

Russell, Edward. See Orford, Earl of.
Russell, Edward (cousin to the above),

joins William Prince of Orange, ii. 266
Russell, Lady Rachel, ii. 381; iii. 104.
Her letter to Halifax, 126. Refuses to
allow her son to be a candidate for
Middlesex, iv. 182. Intercedes with
William III. in behalf of Lord Clan-
carty, 353.

Russell, Lord William, his dealings with
the French ambassador, i. 180. Be-
comes a Privy Councillor, 190. His
execution, 211. Attended by Burnet
in his last moments, ii. 13. His at-
tainder reversed, iii. 103. Inquiry into
his trial, 204. His freedom from cor-
ruption, v. 226. His conduct in the
new council, vi. 311. His death, 313.
His last saying, v. 138.

Russia, insignificance of (time of Charles

RUS

II.), i. 155. Ignorance in regard to, in
the reign of William III., iv. 382.
Trade with, 383. Early English em-
bassies, their description of the bar-
barism of the court and capital, 383.
Barbarism of the Russian legations in
England, 384.

Russia and Poland, diffusion of wealth in,
as compared with England, v. 365.
Rutland, John, Earl of, ii. 131. Joins
the rising in the North, 276.
Rutland, Earl of, his character, vi. 187.
Ruvigny, Marquess of. See Galway, Earl
of.

Ruyter, Admiral de, vi. 281.

Rye House Plot, i. 210. Rumbold's justi-
fication of, 441.

Sacheverell, William, ii. 362, 414. His
clause of the Corporation Bill, iii. 208.
His impeachment and conviction, vii.
80, 289, 290.

Sackville, the Earl of (16th century), v.
611; vi. 427.

Sackville, Lord George, vii. 212.
Sackville, Colonel Edward, a Jacobite
agent; his interview with Marlborough,
iii. 412. Forwards Marlborough's letter
to Melfort, iv. 100 note.

Sadler, Mr., review of his work on the

Law of Population, v. 419. His style,
419, 444. And spirit, 420. His attack
of Mr. Malthus, 420. His distinctions
without a difference, 423. The great
discovery by which he has vindicated
the ways of Providence, 424. His Re-
futation refuted, 470. The motto on
his title-page, 470. His statements ex-
amined and refuted, 473 et seq.
Safety, Committee of Public, formation of
the, in Paris, vii. 150. Names of the
persons composing the, 159. Character
of the men composing the committee,
163. Its crimes and blunders, 163.
Robespierre's fiendish motion, 174.
Saint Germains, ii. 346. James II.'s
court at, iv. 1. Its fanaticism and
jealousies, 2.

Saint Helena, insurrection at, against the
East India Company, iii. 472.
Saint Ignatius. See Loyola.

Saint James's Square, i. 279. Nuisances
in, 281.

Saint John, Henry, his accession to power
in 1712, v. 676, 683. See also Boling-
broke, Lord.

SAN

Saint John, Oliver, counsel against Charles
I.'s writ for ship-money, v. 560, 564.
Made Solicitor-General, 570.

Saint Lewis, his persecution of heretics,
vi. 194.

Saint Lewis, order of, iv. 14.

Saint Malo, ships burnt in the harbour of,
vi. 70.

Saint Mawes, borough of, iv. 550.
Saint Patrick, vi. 366.
Saint Paul's Cathedral, the rebuilding of,
i. 275. Opened for public worship on
the Thanksgiving Day, iv. 326.
Saint Ruth, French General, arrives at
Limerick, iii. 427. Sends reinforce-
ments to Athlone, 431. Thwarted by
Tyrconnel, 432. His jealousy of Sars-
field, 432. Retreats, 434. Determines
to fight, 435. Gives battle at Aghrim,
437. Killed in the battle, 438.
Saint Simon, Duke of, iii. 572.

His

opinion of Lord Portland, iv. 316 note.
Saint Victor, aids the flight of the Queen
and Prince of Wales, ii. 303.
Salisbury, William's entry into, ii. 294.
Salisbury, James Cecil, Earl of, converted
to Popery, ii. 27. Conflict of his ser-
vants with the populace, 181. Im-
peached, iii. 203. His signature forged
by Robert Young, 556.

Salisbury, John, editor of the Flying
Post, iv. 300.

Sallust, vi. 136. His merits as a his-
torian, v. 141. His Conspiracy of Cati-
line, 141.

Salmasius, Milton's refutation of, v. 33.
Salvator Rosa, vii. 70.

Samson Agonistes, v. 12.

San Marino, visited by Addison, vii. 69.
Sancroft, Archbishop, attends at Charles
II.'s death-bed, i. 338. Consulted re-

garding the papers left in the hand-
writing of Charles II., 556. Declines
an Ecclesiastical Commissionership, 595.
Meetings of prelates at his house, ii.
148, 150. Draws up the petition of the
bishops, 150. (See Bishops, the Se-
ven.) His return to his palace after
the acquittal, 165. His pastoral letter,
184. His counsel to James II., 240.
Assures James of his loyalty, 250. His
conversation with James, 261, 263.
Presents a petition for the calling a
Parliament, 271. Presides over the
meeting of Lords at Guildhall, 309.
The head of the Royalist party, 338.
His plan for a Regency, 356, 357 note.
Absents himself from the Lords' de-
bate thereupon, 369. Inconsistency of
his principles, 370, 371. Refuses to
take the oath of allegiance to William
and Mary, 423. His seclusion, 457.
His scruples in regard to the conse-

SAN

cration of Burnet, and weak conduct,
458. Becomes a nonjuror, iii. 159.
Remains in his palace on sufferance,
219. Offers of the Government to,
394. His obstinacy, 397. Ejected from
Lambeth, 397. His anger, 398. His
hatred to the Established Church, 399.
Provides for a succession of nonjuring
prelates, 399. His name forged by
Robert Young, 556. Regarded with
aversion at the Court of St. Germains,
iv. 3.

Sanctuaries, advantages of, i. 6.
Sandwich, Lord, his conduct in respect to
the persecution of Wilkes, vii. 244.
Sanscrit, vi. 562, 611.

His

Sarsfield, Patrick, at the battle of Sedge-
moor, i. 475. Repulsed by the Prince
of Orange's troops at Wincanton, ii. 277.
His birth and early career, 557. His
successes in Connaught, iii. 141. In-
sists on defending Limerick, 321. Sur-
prises the English artillery, 324. His
administration at Limerick, 426. His
colleagues are jealous of him, 432.
advice to avoid a battle, 435. Com-
mands the reserve at Aghrim, 438, 439.
Retreats to Limerick, 441. Despairs
of the defence, 444. His interview
with Ruvigny, 445. His dispute with
Ginkell, 448, 449. Enlists Irish volun-
teers for the French service, 451. De-
sertions from his regiments, 452. Scene
at his departure from Cork, 453. Des-
tined to take part in the French inva-
sion of England, 536. Distinguishes
himself at the battle of Steinkirk, 581.
Mortally wounded at Landen, iv. 24.
"Satan," Robert Montgomery's, v. 386.
Satire of Juvenal and Dryden, v. 119.
Savage, Richard, his career, vii. 333, 334.
Savile, Sir George, vii. 253.

Savile, Henry, anecdote of, related by the
Duke of Leeds, iv. 138.
Savonarola, vi. 465.

Savoy, the, establishment of Jesuits in, i.
598. Privileges of, abolished, v. 302,
303.

Sawyer, Sir Robert, Attorney General, i.
586. Dismissed, ii. 143. Counsel for
the Bishops, 170. Raises difficulties
in regard to William III.'s title, 341.
Called to account for his conduct in the.
prosecution of Sir Thomas Armstrong,
iii. 213, 214. Elected for Cambridge
University, 222.

Saxons in Britain, i. 4. Their heathenism,

4. Their conversion, 5. Progress in
civilisation, 7. Their struggle with the
Danes, 8. Tyrannised over by the Nor-
mans, 11. Amalgamated with the Nor-
mans, 13.
Saxon colonists in Ireland,
623. The Elector of Saxony the natu

SCO

ral head of the Protestant party in Ger-
many, vi. 474. Saxon persecution of
the Calvinists, 475. Invasion of, by the
Catholic party in Germany, 480.
Saxony, Elector of, his unreasonable de-
mands in the alliance against France,
iii. 567. William III. compounds with
him, 570. His quarrel with Austria,
iv. 17.

Saxton, witness against Lord Delamere, i.
552.

Scarsdale, Earl of, ii. 131.

Schism, cause of, in England, vi. 479.
Schitab Roy, vi. 558.

Schoening, Saxon Minister, iii. 570. His
venality; arrested by the Austrian
authorities, iv. 17.

Schomberg, Frederick, Count of, after-
wards Duke, appointed Lieutenant of
the Prince of Orange in his expedition
to England, ii. 233. Made a Knight of
the Garter, 492. Prepares for the ex-
pedition to Ireland, iii. 127. His popu-
lar qualities, 128. His interview with
the House of Commons, 129. Lands in
Ireland, 130–134. Takes Carrickfergus,
135. Advances; arrives in the neigh-
bourhood of the enemy, 135. Compo-
sition of his army, 137. His troops ill
provided, 138. Detects a conspiracy
among his French troops, 138. Sick-
ness and demoralisation of his English
troops, 139, 140. His prudence and
skill under difficulties, 141. Retires to
Lisburn, 141. Opinions of his conduct,
142, 143. Takes Charlemont, 261. His
opinion against fighting at the Boyne,
293. His death, 296.
Schomberg, Meinhart. See Leinster, Duke
of.

Schoolmen, Lord Bacon's description of
the logomachies of the, of his time, v.
290, 309.
Schwellenberg, Madame, her position and
character, vii. 25, 27, 32, 35.

Science, political, progress of, vi. 89, 95,

132.

Scindia, origin of the House of, vi. 583.
Sclater, Edward; his double apostasy, i.
588.

Scotch Covenanters (time of Argyle's ex-
pedition); their fanaticism, i. 431, 432.
"Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence Dis-
played," iii. 348.

Scotch refugees in Holland, i. 418-421.
Their unreasonable conduct, 422.
Scotch soldiers, mutiny of, at Ipswich,
ii. 428. Surrender at discretion, 431.
Scotland, its union of Crowns with Eng-
land, i. 50. Character of the popula-
tion, 51. Effects of the Union, 52.
Reformation in, 52. Turbulence of
the people, 73. Their religious feel-

SCO

ings, 74. Charles I.'s war with, 76.
Recognition of Charles II. by, 102.
Conquered by Cromwell, 103. Under
Charles II., 144. Prelacy in, 145.
Under the government of James, Duke
of York, 212. State of (1686), 608.
Parties in the Council, 609. Favour
shown to Roman Catholics, 610. News
from, intercepted by James II., 617.
Arbitrary government in, 617, 618.
Partial toleration under James II., ii.
37. Sympathy for the Seven Bishops,
166. Affairs of, during the Prince of
Orange's invasion, 350. Violence of the
revolution in, iii. 1. Grievances, 2.

Elections, 3. Episcopal clergy "rab-
bled," 4. Proposed legislative union
with England, 6. Prosperity of, under
Cromwell, 7 and note. Commercial
relations with England, 8. Motives of
the advocates for a Union, 8, 9. A
Union of Churches would have been
injurious, 9. Strength of religious
parties, 12, 13. Religious obstinacy,
and want of political morality, 21. Af-
fairs of (1690), 332. Ecclesiastical
anarchy, 338. Settlement of Church
affairs, 339-343. General acquiescence
therein, 347. Complaints of the Epis-
copalians, 348. And of the extreme
Presbyterians, 349. Meeting of the
General Assembly of the Church, 353.
State of, in 1692, 511. The High-
landers take an oath to live peaceably,
516. Disputes of the General Assembly
with the civil government, 654. State
of (1697), iv. 306. The act for the
Settling of Schools and its effects, 306,
307. Bigotry and cruelty of the Privy
Council, 308. Eager adoption of Pater-
son's scheme for the colonisation of
Darien, 480-482. Shares rapidly sub-
scribed for, 483. Poverty of the
country at that time, 483. Indignation
at the resistance of the English Par-
liament to the colonisation scheme,
490. Rejoicings on the successful
establishment of the colony, 494. Se-
cond expedition, 495. Petition to the
King, on receiving news of the failure
of the first expedition, 506. Union
with England the object of William
III.'s anxiety in his last illness, 553.
Cruelties of James II., vi. 114, 125.
Establishment of the Kirk, 125, 356.
Progress of Scotland in wealth and
intelligence owing to Protestantism,

481.

Scots, the, effects of their resistance to
Charles I., v. 562 et seq. Ill feeling
excited against them by Bute's elevation
to power, vii. 230, 231.

Scott, Dr. John, visits Jeffreys in the

SEY

Tower, iii. 121. A member of the Ec-
clesiastical Commission, 174.
Scott, Major, his plea in defence of
Hastings, vi. 564, 615. His influence,
616. His challenge to Burke, 621.
Scott, Sir Walter, v. 163. Relative "cor-
rectness" of his poetry, 398. His Duke
of Buckingham (in Peveril "), 412.
Scotticisms in his works, vii. 67. His
use of the rejected fragments of history,

v. 158.

Scourers, i. 282.

Sea, mysterious horror of it entertained by
the natives of India, vi. 587.
Sedgemoor, i. 470. Battle of, 472-476.
Conflicting accounts, 476 note.

Sedley, Catharine. See Dorchester, Coun
tess of.

Sedley, Sir Charles, i. 574; vi. 492, 493.
His speech on the civil list, iii. 238.
Selden, i. 124.

"Self-denying Ordinance," i. 93; v. 206.
Seneca, his work "On Anger," vi. 205.
His claims as a philosopher, 205. His
work on natural philosophy, 208. The
Baconian system in reference to, 233.
Sermon in a Churchyard, viii. 557.
Settlement Act of (Ireland); Tyrconnel's

agitation for its repeal, i. 633. Debates
in the Jacobite Irish Parliament, ii. 561.
Resistance of James II., 563. The Bill
for its repeal carried, 564.
Sevajee, founder of the Mahratta empire,
vi. 583.

Seward, Mr., vii. 18.

Seymour, Sir Edward, i. 399. His speech
on corrupt elections, 401, 402. Sensa-
tion produced thereby. 402. His speech
against the augmentation of the army,
540. Joins William Prince of Orange,
ii. 273. His advice to William, 274.
Left in commard at Exeter, 276. His
position in the House of Commons, 363.
Leader of the Tory party, 421. Takes
the oath of allegiance to William and
Mary, 424. Supports the Government
in its measures for the preservation of
Ireland, 573. Defends the Hungerford
Commissioners, iii. 206. Appointed
Commissioner of the Treasury, 508.
His contest with his colleagues for pre-
cedence, 509. His speech on foreign
officers, 597. Resists the Triennial
Bill, 630, 632; iv. 76. His dealings
with the East India Company, 37, 133.
Dismissed from office, 97. Loses his
election for Exeter, 183. His speech
against the Association, 236. His
speeches against the attainder of Fen-
wick, 277, 281. Elected, in his absence,
for Exeter (1698), 424. His violent
speech on the election of Speaker, 438.
His violent conduct in the prosecution

SEY

of Kirke for the death of his son, 506.
His violent harangue in the House of
Commons, 514. His invectives against
Somers, 532. Manager of the confer-
ence on the Resumption Bill amend-
ments, 533.

Seymour, Conway, son of the preceding,
his death from a wound received in a
duel, iv. 505.

Sforza, Francis, v. 59.

Shadwell; his representation of a military
fop, iii. 418. His "Stockjobbers," 614.
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl
of; his character, i. 167; v. 5; vi. 254,
301, 305. Declares against the Decla-
ration of Indulgence, 175. Opposes
Danby's administration, 177. Made
President of the Council, 190. Resigns
his seat, 199. His opposition to Go-
vernment, 203. Flies to Holland; his
death, 211. His house in Aldersgate
Street, 278. John Newton's testimony
to his eloquence, iv. 204 note. Con-
trasted with Halifax, vi. 306.
Shakspeare, allusion to, v. 5, 611. One of
the most "correct" poets, 397. Rela-
tive "correctness" of his Troilus and
Cressida, 398. Contrasted with Byron,
413, 414. Johnson's observations on,
532. Language he gives to his super-
human beings, 28. His euphuism, v.
97. His dramas miracles of art, 99.
His exquisite imagery, 113. Publica-
tion of Johnson's edition of the works
of, vii. 344. Character of the work,
344.

Shales, Henry, Commissary-General for
William III.'s army in Ireland; his
speculations, iii. 137. Recalled at the
request of Parliament, 196.
Sharp, John, Dean of Norwich, i. 259.
Preaches against the pretensions of the
Church of Rome; the Bishop of Lon-
don required to suspend him, 592.
His sermon before the House of Com-
mons, ii. 374. Visits Jeffreys in the
Tower, iii. 120. A member of the
Ecclesiastical Commission, 172. Made
Archbishop of York, 401.
Shaw, the Lifeguardsman, vii. 77.
Shebbeare, Bute's patronage of, vii. 232.
Sheffield, i. 267.

Shelburne, William Earl of, Secretary of
State in Chatham's second administra-
tion, vii. 265. His dismissal, 272. In
the Whig opposition, 365. Placed
by the King at the head of the Trea-
sury, 368.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, v. 449.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, vi. 515. His

speech against Hastings, 626. His en-
couragement to Miss Burney to write
for the stage, vii. 18. His repartee, 370.

SHR

Sheridan and Congreve, effect of their
works upon the Comedy of England, v.
65. Contrasted with Shakspeare, 65.
Sheriffs, List of, for 1688, ii. 136.
Sherlock, Dr. William, i. 259. Incurs the
displeasure of James II., 592. Takes
part in the consultations of the London
clergy, ii. 148, 150. His plan for nego-
tiating with James II., 355. A non-
juror, iii. 161-163. Made Dean of St.
Paul's, 401. Change in his opinions,
402. Takes the oaths; his pamphlet,
403. Outery of the Jacobites against,
403. And of the Whigs, 405. Lam-
poons on, 406, 407 note.

Shields, Alexander, accompanies the second
expedition to Darien, iv. 495. His
death, 500.

Ship-money, resisted by Hampden; de
clared legal by the judges, i. 71; v. 559.
Levied rigorously, 75.

Short, Dr. Thomas, attends Charles II. in
his last illness, i. 337, 345.

Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, i. 238. Escorts
William III. to Ireland, iii. 272. Also
to Holland, 369.

Shower, Sir Bartholomew, ii. 91. Coun-

sel against the bishops, 170. Counsel
for Rookwood, iv. 231. Counsel for
Fenwick, 278. Elected for Exeter in
1698, 425. His previous career, 425.
Shrewsbury, Countess of, ii. 128; iii.

267.

Shrewsbury, Duke of, vii. 105.

Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, Earl of, ii.
127. Dismissed by James II. from the
Lord Lieutenancy of Staffordshire, 128.
Joins the revolutionary conspiracy, 194.
Signs the invitation to the Prince of
Orange, 197. Enters Bristol, 293.
Bearer of the Message to James from
Windsor, 329. Secretary of State to
William and Mary, 413. His dissen-
sions with the Earl of Nottingham, 448.
Decline of his political influence, iii.
207. Becomes a secret Jacobite, 235.
His interview with Lady Marlborough,
and with the Princess Anne, 244. His
character, 266. His treasonable cor-
respondence with James II., 268.
signs the Secretaryship, 268. His con-
duct after the battle of Beachy Head,
281. Brings forward the Triennial
Bill, 630. Signs the protest against
the censorship of the press, 644. His
communications with Middleton, iv. 9.
Refuses the Secretaryship of State, 71.
His interview with Montgomery, 96.
Accepts the Seals, 97. Appointed one
of the Lords Justices, 141. His efforts
to raise money for the war, 246, 247.
Implicated in Fenwick's confession, 260
His demeanour, 262. Retires from

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