Sienna, cathedral of, vii. 71.
Sieyes, the Abbé, M. Dumont's sketch of the character of, v. 637. Sigismund of Sweden, vi. 474. Silius Italicus, vii. 77. Similitudes, Dante's, vii. 612.
Simon, Saint, his character and opinions, v. 628.
Simonides, his speculations on natural re- ligion, vi. 456. Simpkin, Mr., i. 467. Sismondi, M., v. 163. Sixtus V., vi. 471.
Skelton, Colonel Bevil, English envoy at Amsterdam, i. 427. His endeavours to prevent Monmouth from sailing, 444, 445. English envoy at Versailles; his efforts to save James II., ii. 228, 229. Re- called and committed to the Tower, 229. Appointed Lieutenant of the Tower,
Skinner, Cyriac, v. 1.
Skinners' Company; their hall in Dow- gate, iii. 478. Slane Castle, iii. 286.
Slavery, domestic, the cause of the violence of factions in ancient times, vii. 695. Sleat, Macdonald of. See Macdonald. Sloane, i. 320.
Smalridge, Dean of Carlisle and Christ Church, vii. 289.
Smith, Aaron, made Solicitor to the Trea- sury, ii. 418. Examined by the Lords on the commitment of Marlborough and Huntingdon, iii. 596. His influence with Sir John Trenchard, 662. Inves- tigates the Lancashire plot, iv. 108. His mismanagement, 110. His exa- mination by the Lords, 115. Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 507. Smith, Adam; his alarm at the National Debt, iii. 618.
Smith, Dr. Thomas, ii. 101. Aids James
II.'s attack on Magdalene College, Ox- ford, 103, 114.
Smith, John, made Commissioner of the Treasury, iv. 97.
Smith, Matthew, a spy, iv. 295. Smith, Robert; his "Dying Testimony,"
Solmes, Count of, occupies Whitehall, for the Prince of Orange, ii. 331. Com- mands the Dutch troops in Ireland, iii. 127. Leads the charge at the battle of the Boyne, 294. Left in command of William III.'s forces in Ireland, 318. Commands the British at Steinkirk, 581. Fails to support Mackay's divi- sion, 582. Outcry against him, 584. Complaints against him in Parliament, 597. Killed at Landen, iv. 22. Somers, John (afterwards Lord), junior counsel for the Bishops, ii. 171. speech at the trial, 175. Enters Par- liament, 363. At the conference with the Lords on the question of declaring the throne vacant, 384. Frames the Declaration of Right, 388. Appointed Solicitor General, 416. Manager for the Commons of the Conference in the case of Oates, iii. 112. Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, 207, 211. His speech on the Bill declaring the Acts of the Parliament of 1689 valid, 247. Conducts the prosecution of Preston and Ashton, 381. Attorney General, 602. Appointed Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, 653. His eminent qualities, iv. 53. His conversation and demeanour, 54. His patronage of merit, 54. Libels against him, 55 and note. Appointed one of the Lords Justices, 141. Promotes the reconciliation of the Princess Anne with William III., 143. Takes part in the discussions on the Currency, 192. His proposed ex- pedient, 197. Made Lord Chancellor 303. His pamphlet against disbanding the army, known as "The Balancing Letter," 338-342. His retirement, for his health, to Tunbridge Wells, 426.
Receives a despatch announcing the First Partition Treaty, 431. His repre- sentation to the King of the feeling of the country, 431. Remonstrates with William on his resolution to abandon England, 443. His speech on the Bill for disbanding the army, 454. His rapid rise, and modesty; hatred of, by the violent Tory leaders, 508. His connexion with the proceedings of Wil- liam Kidd, 510, 513. Parliamentary attack upon, 515. Triumphant excul- pation, 515; vi. 629. Grant of Crown property conferred on him, 517. Parlia mentary attack upon, 518, 519. Rancour of the Tory leaders towards him, 532. His prudent advice on the subject of the Resumption Bill, 534. Unsuccess- ful motion for his exclusion from office, 556, 557. His encouragement of litera- ture, vii. 64. Procures a pension for Addison, 64. Made Lord President of
the Council, 80. Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, i. 212. Assists at the coronation of Wil- liam and Mary, ii. 490.
Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, Protector, i. 488. As a promoter of the English Reformation, v. 175. His fall, vi. 177.
Somerset, Duke of, vii. 115.
Somersetshire, traditions of the pea- santry, i. 470. Their valour at the battle of Sedgemoor, 475, 476. Jef- freys in, 501-505.
Somnauth, gates of, speech on the, viii.
Song, viii. 581.
Sonnet-fanciers, vii. 629. Sonnets, Milton's, v. 22.
Sophia, Princess, placed in the succession of the crown, iii. 115.
Sophocles and the Greek drama, v. 11. Soul, vi. 457.
Soult, Marshal, reference to, vii. 249. South, Robert, i. 259.
Southampton, Earl of, notice of, vi. 168. Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, Earl
of, i. 141, 155. Joins in the resistance of the Peers to the Resumption Bill, iv. 531.
Southampton House, near Holborn, i. 279.
Southcote, Johanna, vi. 459, 479. Southern and Northern countries, dif-
ference of moral feeling in, v. 58, 60. Southey, Robert, review of his Colloquies on Society, v. 330. His characteristics, 330, 332. His poetry preferable to his prose, 332. His lives of Nelson and John Wesley, 333. His Peninsular War, 333. His Book of the Church, 333. His political system, 334. Plan
of his present work, 336. His opinions regarding the manufacturing system, 339. His political economy, 343 et seq. The national debt, 344 et seq. His theory of the basis of government, 348. His remarks on public opinion, 350, 351. His view of the Catholic claims, 356. His ideas on the pros- pects of society, 358, 366. His prophe- cies respecting the Corporation and Test Acts, and the removal of the Catholic disabilities, 358. His obser- vations on the condition of the people in the 16th and 19th centuries, 360. His arguments on national wealth, 362, 365. Review of his edition of Bun- yan's Pilgrim's Progress, 445. See also Bunyan.
South Sea Bubble, vi. 41. Southwark, election for (1701), iv. 550. Spain, the monarchy of, becomes abso- lute, i. 34. Becomes formidable to England, 48. State of (time of Charles II.), 155. War with France, 157. Horses from, 247. Feeling of, towards England, 363. The court of, con- demns Lewis XIV.'s conduct to the Protestants, 534. State of, in 1692, iii. 568. Miserable state of its army and navy (1694), iv. 104. Conduct of, in the peace negotiations, 311. Ex- pected vacancy of the crown, 398. Magnitude and importance of the do- minions at stake, 399. Weakness of the empire, 400. Its tendency to dis- solution, 400. Supremacy of Castile, 401. Candidates for the succession, the Dauphin, the Emperor Leopold, 402. The Electoral Prince of Bavaria, 403. Factions in the court of Madrid, 404. Discussion regarding the Sue- cession between the Duke of Portland and Lewis XIV.'s Ministers, 406, 407. Proposals on the part of France, 410. Discussions at Newmarket between Wil- liam III. and the Count of Tallard, 413-415. Renewed negotiations at Loo, the First Partition Treaty, 426-432. The provisions become known to the Spaniards, 434. Complications caused by the death of the Prince of Bavaria, 455. Renewed discussions, 468. The Second Partition Treaty, 469. Riots in Madrid, 470. Consequent supre- macy of the French faction under Car- dinal Portocarrero, 470. Information received of the Second Partition Treaty, 473. Sentiments towards William III., 474. Insulting message, 475. Sus- pension of diplomatic relations between England and Spain, 475. Previous quarrel on the subject of Darien; see Darien. Review of Lord Mahon's War
of the Succession in, v. 638. Her state under Philip, 641. Her litera- ture during the 16th century, 642. Her state a century later, 643. Effect pro- duced on her by the Reformation, 646. Her disputed succession, 647, 648. The Partition Treaty, 648, 650. Conduct of the French towards her, 650. How affected by the death of Charles, 654 et seq. Designation of the War of the Spanish Succession, vi. 482. No con- versions to Protestantism in, 487. Re- volution of the poetry of Spain, v. 97. Spanheim, Ezekiel; his share in arranging the rejoicings at the Hague for William III.'s entry in 1691, iii. 372. Spanish and Swiss soldiers in the time of Machiavelli, character of, v. 74. Sparre, the Dutch general, v. 660. Sparta, the great men of, 73. Mr Mitford's
admiration of the stability of the insti- tutions of, 74. Real character of the Spartans, 74. Their kind of liberty, v.
Spectator (the), notices of it, vii. 96-100, 103. Crowds of imitators of the, vii. 336.
Speeches, viii. 1–442.
Speke, Hugh, i. 603.
Distributes John- son's tracts, 603. Claims the author- ship of the forged proclamation against Papists, ii. 292. Asserts himself the contriver of the "Irish night," 318. Spencer, Charles Lord (son of the Earl of Sunderland), his entry on public life, iv. 333. His taste for books, and Whiggism, 334. Object of his policy, 334.
Spencer, George Earl, his able administra- tion of the Admiralty, vii. 396. Spenser, Edmund, v. 447. His opinion of Irish ballads, i. 52.
Spies, political, in France, vii. 189. Their unpopularity in England, 190. The modus operandi of a spy, 190. Spires, destroyed by the French, ii. 495. Spirits, Milton's materiality of them, v. 18. Sprat, Thomas, Bishop of Rochester, i. 259.
An Ecclesiastical Commissioner, 595. Reads the Declaration of Indulgence in Westminster Abbey, ii. 154. Resigns the Commissionership, 206. Summoned by James II. to a conference, 261. Takes the oath of allegiance to William, 422. Assists at the coronation of William and Mary, 490. Ecclesiastical Commissioner under William, iii. 173. Withdraws from the Ecclesiastical Com- mission, 173. Treasonable paper hidden in his palace, 557. His character, 558. Arrested, 559. His innocence proved,
general; his defeat at Stratton, i. 90. Stamford, Thomas Grey, Earl of, accused of participation in the Rye House Plot, i. 549. Joins the rising for the Prince of Orange in the North, ii. 276. Chair- man of the "Murder Committee," iii. 203. Entertains William III. at Brad- gate, iv. 179.
Stamp Act, disaffection of the American colonies on account of the, vii. 257. Repeal of the, 261.
Standing armies, strong aversion to, in England, i. 526; iv. 332. Arguments against them, 335-337. The arguments self-contradictory, 337. Lord Somers' reply, 338-342. Contingency of a French invasion, 339. Reference to Grecian history, 340 and note. To the army of Hannibal, 341. Stanhope, Earl of, vi. 41. Stanhope, General, v. 666. Commands in Spain (1707), 673, 675.
Star Chamber (the), i. 70; v. 561, 564. Abolished, i. 77; v. 568.
Staremberg, the imperial general in Spain, (in 1707), v. 673, 675. Statesmanship, contrast of the Spanish and Dutch notions of, vi. 270. Statesmen, the character of, greatly affected by that of the times, v. 231. Character of the first generation of professed statesmen that England produced, vi.
State Trials, vi. 108, 111, 127, 198. Steel, Sir Richard, vii. 83. His character,
85. Treatment of him, 86. His origina- tion of the Tatler, 89, 90. His subse- quent career, 95, 100, 109. Steevens, George, vii. 16. Steinkirk, battle of, iii. 579-583. Fight between the French household troops and the British division, 582. French and allied losses; moral effect of the victory, 583.
Steward, Lord High, Court of the, i. 552; iii. 603.
Stewart of Ballenach, iii. 82.
Stewart, James; his correspondence with the Grand Pensionary Fagel, ii. 81. Attached to the Whig-Jacobite party in Edinburgh, iii. 344. His conduct as Lord Advocate in the prosecution of Thomas Aikenhead, iv. 308. Stewarts of Appin, iii. 56, 65. Stillingfleet, Edward, i. 252. His answer
to the papers found in the writing of Charles II., 638. Declares against reading the Declaration of Indulgence, ii. 149. A member of the Ecclesiastical Commission, iii. 172. Made Bishop of Worcester, 184. His claims for the Primacy, iv. 113. Stirling, plan of the Scotch Jacobites for secession to, iii. 20, 26. Stockjobbing, origin of, iii. 612, 613 and note. Was anterior to the National Debt, 614. Fluctuations in the Stock Exchange, iv. 456.
Stoicism, comparison of that of the Ben- galee with the European, vi. 555. Stoics, their philosophy, vi. 209, 220, 224.
Storey, Samuel, i. 513.
Stories, good, fondness of the later ancient writers for, vii. 686.
Stout, Quaker family at Hertford, endea- vour to fix a charge of murder on Spencer Cowper, iv. 502, 504. Cowper, Spencer. Strabane, skirmish at, ii. 543. Strabane, Claude Hamilton, Lord, ii. 551. Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, v. 180, 182. His character and policy, i. 68, 69; v. 180. Deprecates Charles I.'s Scotch war, i. 74. Persists in his policy, 76. His impeachment and execution, 77; v. 180, 559. Precedent of his at- tainder quoted, iv. 284, 286. Defence of the proceedings against him, v.
Sulivan, Mr., Chairman of the East India Company; his character, vi. 430. His relation to Lord Clive, 433. Sumner, Rev. C. B., v. 227. Sunderland, Countess of; her intrigue with Henry Sidney, ii. 225. Her letters,
226. Sunderland, Robert Spencer, Earl of; his political character, i. 193, 194. Sup- ports the Exclusion Bill, 203. His in- trigues, 217. Retained in office by James II., 349. Conforms to Roman Catholic observances, 367. His letter to Penn, 510 note. Encourages the errors of James II., 571. His motives; bribed by France, 572. Joins the Je- suitical cabal; converted by James, 572. His intrigues against Rochester, 573. Made an Ecclesiastical Commis- sioner, 596. Bribed by Tyrconnel, 643. Anecdote of, ii. 124. Made Lord Lieu- tenant of Warwickshire, 135. His ad- vice with regard to the Seven Bishops, 156. Recommends James II. to make concessions, 167. Professes himself a Papist, 168. Proves the publication of the alleged libel by the bishops, 175. His suspected treachery to James II. 222. His official gains, 223. Alarmed for his safety, 224. His secret corre- spondence with the Prince of Orange, 225. Deludes James into security, 227, 230. Disgraced, 246. His protesta- tions of loyalty, 247. His secret ser- vices to William, iv. 46. His flight to Holland, 47. His return to England,
47. Ingratiates himself with William, 48. Advises the employment of Whig ministers, 50. Promotes the reconcilia- tion of William and the Princess Anne, 141. Receives William at Althorpe, 177.
Induces Godolphin to resign office, 271. Appointed Lord Chamber- lain and one of the Lords Justices, 304. Alarm at his appointment, 333, 335. His political character, 333. Attacks on him in the House of Commons; his friends in the House, 344. Utterly distrusted by his colleagues, 345. His alarm at the clamour raised against him, 346. Resigns office, 346, Sunderland, Earl of, vi. 41. Secretary of State, vii. 80. Appointed Lord Lieute- nant of Ireland, 106. Reconstructs the ministry in 1717, 116.
Superstition, instances of, in the 19th cen- tury, vi. 462.
Supremacy, Act of, i. 590. Curtailment of its powers, 591.
Supremacy, oath of, difficulties in regard to, ii. 476-481. The Houses of Parlia- ment differ, 487.
Supremacy, royal, i. 43. Assertion of,
by Henry VIII. and Cranmer, 44. The claim modified by Elizabeth, 45. Supreme Court of Calcutta, account of, vi.
Surajah Dowlah, Viceroy of Bengal, his character, vi. 407. The monster of the "Black Hole," 408. His flight and death, 416, 420. Investigation by the House of Commons into the circum- stances of his deposition, 447. Sutherland, Colonel Hugh, repulsed by the Enniskilleners, ii. 575. Sutherland, Earl of, iii. 339.
Sweden, a member of the Triple Alliance,
i. 159. Its jealousy of England and Holland, iii. 564. Its part in the Tri- ple Alliance, vi. 274. Its relations to Catholicism, 474.
Swedish troops of William Prince of Orange, ii. 258.
Swift, Jonathan, constancy of the Irish
populace to, i. 491. His patriotism con- fined to the Saxon inhabitants of Ire- land, iii. 455 and note. His birth and early career, 649. Secretary to Sir William Temple, 650. Bearer of a letter to William III. on the Triennial Bill, 651. His character of Somers, iv. 55 note. Of Wharton, 62. His position at Sir William Temple's, vi. 315. Instance of his imitation of Addison, vii. 61. His relations with Addison, 104, 106. Joins the Tories,
character of, v. 637. His fine percep- tion of character, v. 219; vi. 258. Pic- ture of him at Holland House, 542. Tallien, his attack on Robespierre in the Convention, vii. 175.
Talmash, Thomas, serves under Marl- borough at Walcourt, iii. 147. Serves under Ginkell in Ireland, 428. At Athlone, 433. His conduct in the battle of Aghrim, 438. His high military character, 598. At the battle of Lan- den, iv. 23. Commands the attack on Brest; attempts a landing, 101. Mor- tally wounded, 102.
Tangier, garrisoned by the English, i. 150. Relinquished by Charles II., 207. Colonel Kirke at, 492.
Tankerville, Ford Grey, Earl of (Lord Grey of Wark); a political prisoner in the Tower; escapes; his trial for the seduction of Lady Henrietta Berkeley, i. 412. Lands at Lyme with Monmouth, 446. His flight from Bridport, 449. Resists Monmouth's design of deserting his followers, 468. His cavalry routed at Sedgemoor, 473. Accompanies Mon- mouth's flight; taken, 479. His inter- view with the King, 484. Ransomed, 513. His speech on the Association, iv. 233. Supports the Bill for Fenwick's attainder, 290. His speech on the Bill for disbanding the army, 454. Ap- pointed First Lord of the Treasury; his unhappy career, 507.
Tarbet, Viscount; plan recommended by him for the pacification of the High- lands, iii. 66. His plan adopted by William III.'s government, 511. Tasso, v. 408. Difference of the spirit of his poem from that of Ariosto, vi. 472. Specimen from Hoole's translation, vii. 63. Character of his "Secchia Rapita," vii. 605.
Tatler (the), its origination, vii. 89, 90. Its popularity, 93. Change in its cha- racter, 96. Its discontinuance, 96. Taunton, prosperity of (1685), i. 455. Its civil and religious politics, 456. Young ladies of; their ransom assigned to the Queen's maids of honour, 509. Favour shown to, by James II., ii. 44. Taxation, parliamentary consent necessary to, i. 25. Importance of this right, 33. The right involved in the question of Ship-money, 71. The principles of tax- ation, v. 345, 347.
Tea, consumption of (1691), iii. 469 and
Teignmouth destroyed by the French, iii.
310. The sufferers relieved by church- collections through England, 312. Teignmouth, Lord, his high character and regard for Hastings, vi. 614.
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