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A.

ABBA-THULLE; Pelew islands, 390.
Abdalla, king of Candihar, 167
Abdallah; Morocco, 350
Abdel-Kader; Morocco, 350
Abelard; his amour, 2
Abercromby, sir R., battle of Alex-

andria; Trinidad, 518
Aberdeen, earl of, minister, 7
Abingdon, earl of; his trial, 513
Abrantes, duke of. See Junot.
Acbar, the illustrious, 266
Acca Laurentia; courtesan, 172
Achæus founds Achaia, 4
Achaius, king of Scotland, 504
Achmet, emperor of Turkey, 521
Acilius; temples; statues, 484, 500
Acron, of Agrigentum, 36, 196
Actuarius; purgatives, 431
Adair, serjeant, 284
Adalbert, St.; Prussia, 429
Adams, John; U. States, 19, 525
Adams, lieut., killed in a duel, 517
Adams v. Dundas; trial; seduc-
tion, 516

Addington, Mr.; his ministry, 7
Addison, Joseph; C. L. I. O, 131
Adelaide, queen, 434**

Adelais, queen of Henry I. 434*
Adelmus; see of Wells, 546

Agricola, in Scotland, 98
Agricola ; Wales, 539
Agricola; the wall of, 399
Agricola, John; Antinomians, 26
Aholiab; sculpture, 464
Alaric, the Goth, 220, 276
ALBA, Kings of, 13
Albemarle, lord; Cuba, 159
Albert, of Austria, 261
Albert, of Austria, 45, 76
Albert I., surnamed Achilles, 430
Albert, of Brandenburg, 429
Albert, prince consort, 197, 434** ;
regency bill, 441
Alcamenes; Sparta, 482*
Alcibiades; naval battles, 357
Alcock, Mr.; duel, 182
Aldebert; impostor, 264

Alphonsus, of Castile, 18
Alphonsus, of Portugal, 416
Alphonsus, of Spain, the Chaste,
the Wise, &c., 112, 479
Alpinus; Dublin, 180
Alsop, Mr. Joseph, trial of, 517
Alstedius; cyclopædias, 161
Alva, duke of; Antwerp, 27
Alvanley, lord; duel, 182
Alvinzy, field-marshal, 32
Alyathes, king of Lydia, 323
Alypius, of Alexandria; dwarf, 184
Amadeus, of Savoy, 25
Amenophis; Egypt, 192
AMERICA, Presidents of, 527
Americus Vespucius, 20

Amherst, lord; India, 122*, 268
Amphictyon, 21, 178, 375

Aldhelme; poetry in England, 405 Amulius; Alba, 13
Alectus, in Britain, 87
Alexander the Great, 443; Arbela,
29; Egypt, 192; Granicus,
240; Greece, 241; Issus, 276;
Jerusalem, 281; Macedon,
324; Persia, 394; the Gordian
knot, 238

Amurath, of Turkey, 520
Amurath IV.; Beyrout, 68
Amyntas, of Macedon, 324
Anacreon, of Teos, 22
Anastasia; dwarf, 184
Anaxagoras; earthquakes, 186
Anaxandrides, 334

Alexander, emperor of Russia, 45, Anaximander, 229, 331, 567

179, 303, 452

Alexander, king of Scotland, 461
Alexander II, 463

Adhelm, St.; see of Salisbury, 457 Alexander III., 463

Alexander I, pope, 410

Adolphus Frederic, of Sweden, 493 Alexander II., pope, 411

ADMINISTRATIONS, 6

Adrian; Rome, 447

Adrian I., pope, 409

Aedan, prince of N. Wales, 540

Egeus; Athens, 42

Ægineta, Paulus, 491

Ægisthus; Mycenæ, 355, 354
Emilianus, emperor of Rome, 448
Eneas; Greece, 241

Eropas, king of Macedon, 324
Eschylus, 151**

Æsop; his Fables, 10, 208
Etolus, of Elis, 10
Agamemnon; Mycenæ, 353, 354
Agathocles; Carthage, 109
Age, propr. of the, trial of, 517*
Agesander; Laocoon, 298
Agesilaus; Sparta, 482*
Agis; Sparta, 482*
Agnodice; midwifery, 343.
Agricola, in Britain, 87

Alexander III., pope, 409
Alexander V., pope, 411
Alexander VI., pope, 411

Alexander of Paris, 16

Anaximenes of Miletus, 13
Ancaster, Robert, duke of, 317
Andhelme; ballads, 48
André, major; executed, 23
Andrew, St., of Scotland, 23, 455
Andronicus; the drama, 178
Andronicus; Eastern empire, 188
Angela, St.; Ursuline nuns, 528*
Angelo, Michael, 484
Angerstein, John Julius, 24

Alexander, Mr., Morning Jour- Anglesey, marquess of, 319

nal; trial, 516

Alexander, Sir William, 20, 372
Alexius Angelus, 188
Alfred the Great, 140, 158, 196*, 344
Alfred, son of Ethelred II., 352
Ali, son-in-law of Mahomet, 16
Ali Pacha, of Janina, 521
Alibaud, French assassin, 221*
Alleyne, Edward; Dulwich col-
lege, 183

Almagro, Diego de, 122
Almeida, Lorenzo, 326
Alphonsus of Arragon; Sicily, 470
Alphonsus IV. of Arragon, 459
Alphonsus XI.; the Moors, 349

R R

Angria, the pirate, 267
Anjou, duke of; Jarnac, 278
Anjou, first earl of, 403
Anjou, Charles of; Naples, 355
Anjou, Margaret of; St. Albans, 14
Ankerstrom, count; Sweden, 493
Anna Boleyn, queen of Henry
VIII., 434**

Anne, regnant queen of England,
198, 434**

Anne of Cleves, queen, 434**
Anne Hyde, queen, 434**
Anne, consort of James I. 434**
Anne, queen of Richard II., 434*
Anne, queen of Richard III., 434*

Anson, admiral, 4, 128, 358
Anthony, St.; monk, 348
Antigonus; battle of Ipsus, 273
Antigonus; Sparta, 482**
Antigonus; profiles, 427
Antiochus the Great, 21
Antiochus, takes Jerusalem, 281
Antiochus; Syria, 495

Antipater; battle of Cranon, 155
Antiphiles; painting, 382
Antipopes. See Popes, 410
Antisthenes, the Cynic, 161
Antoninus Pius, 336, 401

Antony, Mark, 5, 34, 193, 397, 407
Apollinarius, 27
Apollodorus, 510
Apollonius; Syria, 495
Appius Claudius, 536
Applegarth; printing-rollers, 425
Apries; Egypt, 192

Aram, Eugene, 205, 513

Arbaces; Media, 340
ARCADIA, Kings of, 30
Arcadius and Honorius, 448
Arcas, of Arcadia, 30
Archelaus, of Cappadocia, 106
Archelaus, of Macedon, 325
Archemorus, 363

Archilochus; Iambic verse, 263
Archimedes ; mechanics, 339;
mensuration, 341; organs,
379;
reflectors, 440; the
screw, 463; the planetarium,
482**

Archytas; automatons, 46
Archytas, of Tarentum, 430
Ardesoif, Mr., cock-fighting, 134
Ardysus, king of Lydia, 323
Aretin, Guy; music, 352
ARGOS, Kings of, 33
Argyle, duke of; Sheriffmuir, 467
Ariarathes, of Cappadocia, 106
Ariarathes, crucified, 158
Ariobarzanes, of Pontus, 408
Aris, governor; prisons, 426
Aristarchus, of Samos, 235, 490
Aristaus; Cyrene, 162
Aristæus; conic sections, 144
Aristides the Just, 42, 332
Aristippus the Elder, 162
Aristocrates, of Arcadia, 30
Aristophanes, 443

Aristotle; botany, 79; Alexander's
tutor, 325; mechanics, 339;
metaphysics, 342; philoso-
phy, 393

Arius; the Arians, 33
Arkwright; cotton-spinning, 152,
300*, 483

Arlington, lord, cabal, 96; intro-
duces tea, 498

Arlotta, of Falaise, 250
ARMENIA, Kings of, 34
Arminius; the Arminians, 35
Arnold, Mr.; balloons, 49
Arsaces; Parthia, 388
Artabazes, king of Pontus, 408
Artavasdes, king of Armenia, 34
Artaxerxes, 394, 442

Artaxias, king of Armenia, 34

Artemisia; mausoleum, 338
Artois, Count d'; duel, 181
Arundel, lord; Parian marble,
37, 385

Ascanius founds Alba, 13
Asdrubal; Carthage, 110
Asellius; lymphatics, 295, 324
Ashburton, lord; U. States, 527
Ashe, American general, 85
Ashford, Mary; murdered, 28, 56
Ashley, lord; cabal, 96
Ashley, of Dorset, lord, 96
Ashmole, Elias, 38

Ashton, colonel; Wigan, 550
Ashur; builds Nineveh, 47
Asicus, St.; Elphin, 195
Aske; pilgrimage of grace, 400
Aslett, Rob.; his trial, 514
Assheton, William, 131
Assise, Francis de, 222
ASSYRIA, Kings of, 39
Astley, lord; Naseby, 355

Aston, sir A.; Drogheda, 179
Aston, Mr. Harvey; duel, 181
Astor, of Amphipolis, 31
Astyages; Media, 340
Athanasius; the Creed, 41
Athelstan; the Mint, 345
Athenodorus; Laocoon, 298
ATHENS, Kings, &c. of, 42
Athlone, earl of, 42*
Athol, duke of; Man, 330
Athol, earl of; Edinburgh, 191
Athol, earl of; the regicide, 395
Athothes; hieroglyphics, 18, 256
Atossa; marriage by sale, 334
Attila, the Hun, 42*, 259
ATTORNEY-GENERALS, 43
Auchmuty, sir Samuel, 55, 348
Auckland, lord; India, 268
Augustin, St., 87, 105, 125, 314, 446
Augustus Cæsar, 5, 374, 447
Auletas; Egypt, 193
Auliana; Dublin, 180
Aumaile, duke de, 221*
Aurelian, emperor of Rome, 448
Aurelius, Ambrosius, 151
Aurelius Carus; Rome, 448
Aurelius, Marcus; Rome, 448
Aurelius Probus ; Rome, 448
Aurungzebe; India, 266
Austin, St.; see Augustin, St.
AUSTRIA, Emperors of, 45

Baffin, Wm.; Baffin's bay, 48
Bagnal, lieut.; duel, 182
Bagration, prince; Mohilow, 347
Bagster, Miss M.; murdered, 516
Bagueley, Drummond, &c.; trial,
515

Bailey, rev. W., trial for forgery,
517*

Baillie, colonel; Arcot, 32
Baillie, general; Alford, 16
Bain, aims at the queen, 197

Baird, major-gen.; India, 326, 466
Baird, sir David, 106

Bajazet, of Turkey, 520

Balchan, admiral; Alderney, 15
Baldwin II., king of Jerusalem, 499
Bales, P.; stenography, 100, 486
Balfour, John, of Burley, 462

Baliol, Edward, king, 463

Baliol, John; Oxford, 381

Baliol, John; Scotland, 461
Ballasteros; Ximera, 562*
Balmerino, lord, 205, 439, 462*,

513

Baltimore, lord, the notorions, 513
Bannister, Mr.; theatres, 502*
Baradæus, Jacob; Jacobites, 277
Barbarossa; Tunis, 520

Barber, Fletcher, Saunders, and

Dorey; trial, 517*
Barclay, captain, pedestrian, 52
Barclay, Robert, of Ury, 432
Barclay, Perkins, & Co.; brewers,
415

Barentz; his expedition, 371
Barker, Robert; panoramas, 334
Barlow; repeating watches, 131
Barlowe, William, 142

Barnett, Geo., his trial, 515
Barrett, capt.; the ship Cumber-
land, 160

Barrie, capt.; naval action, 359
Barrington, Mr.; duel, 181
Barrington, pickpocket, 446, 513
Barron, the Misses; drowned, 551
Barton, Dr.; insurance, 270
Barton, Elizabeth, 258, 265
Baschi, Matthew; Capuchins, 107
Basil, St.; Basilians, 54
Basil, of Russia, 452

Basilowitz, John, of Russia, 452
Bass; Bass's straits, 54

Bathurst, earl; minister, 117

Austria, don John of; battle of Bathyllus; pantomimes, 384

Lepanto, 303

Averani; diamonds, 171
Avisa, queen of John, 434*

B.

Babington; his conspiracy, 46
BABYLON, Kings of, 47
Bacchus, 47, 149

Back, Capt.; his expeditions, 371
Bacon, lord Verulam, 41, 300
Bacon, sir Nicholas, minister, 6
Bacon, Roger; camera lucida;

loadstone, 311; magic-lantern,
327; magnet, 328; optics,
377; spectacles, 482**

Bayle; his dictionary, 172

Bayley, lieut.; duel; killed, 182
Baynard, Geoffrey; combat, 138
Bean, trial of, 517*
Beauchamp, Henry de, 550
Beauharnais, Eugene, 277, 346
Beaulieu, general; Lodi, 312
Beaumont, Mr.; duel, 182
Beaumont, viscount, 536
Beauvoir, sir J. de; trial of, 517
Beazley, Mr.; theatres, 502
Becket, Thomas à, 62, 105
Beckford, Mr.; Fonthill abbey,
217

Bedford, duke of; duel, 182
Bedford,duke of; lord lieut.12, 319

Bedford, duke of; France, 220
Bedford, Geo. Neville, duke of, 369
Bedingfield, Anne; burnt, 513
Beeby, William; longevity, 316
Behem, Martin; the Azores, 46
Behring; Behring's straits, 63
BELGIUM, Kings of, 64

Belinus Magnus, 70

Belisarius, 336, 374

Blood; his conspiracy, 75, 145
Blood, Mr., Clare, murdered, 517
Blucher, marshal, 278, 307

Brendon, St. Clonfert, 132
Brenn, capt. ; ship Hibernia, 256
Brennus, prince of Britain, 86

Blundell, lieut.; duel; killed, 182 Brent, Foulke de, 145
Boadicea, queen, 87

Brereton, colonel; Bristol, 86

Boardman, capt.; duel; killed, 182 Brewster, Mr.; kaleidoscope, 285
Boccaccio, 75

Bodington trial; crim. con. 514
BOOTIA, Sovereigns of, 76

Bell, Dr.; Lancasterian schools, Boeticher; Dresden china, 179

296

Bell, professor, 315

Bellamont, lord; duel, 181
Bellingham, assassin, 206
Bellingham, sir Daniel, 319
Belus; temple of Babel, 46
Ben-Asher; the Bible, 69
Benbow, admiral; Carthagena, 338
Bentinck, lord Wm.; India, 268
Berenger, Butt, lord Cochrane, and

others; trial, 515

Bogle v. Lawson, printer of The
Times, 517.

Bric, Mr.; duel; killed, 182
Bridport, lord, 359
Brienne, Mons, de, 372

Bright, Mr.; corpulency, 151*
Brindley, Mr. ; tunnels, &c.,86,520
Briscoe, Mr.; antarctic, 25

Bohemia, king of; "Ich dien," 263 Bristol, mayor of, trial, 517
BOHEMIA, Kings of, 76

Bohemia, John, duke of, 156
Boiroimhe, Bryan, king, 132, 250
Bolam, Mr.; tried for murder, 517
Boldero, captain; duel, 182
Boleslaus I. of Poland, 405, 429
Boleslaus II. of Poland, 405
Boleslaus III. of Poland, 406

Berengera, queen of Rich. I., 434* Boleslaus IV. of Poland, 406

Berenthobaldus, 24

Beresford, lord; Albuera, 14
Beresford, lord J.; suicide, 490
Berkeley cause, trial of the, 515
Berkeley, lord; New Jersey, 20
Berkeley, hon. C.; duel, 182
Bermudas, Juan, 67

Bern, abbot of Cluny, 132

Bolingbroke, lord; deism, 167
Bolivar; Colombia, 137
Bolton, Mathew, 71
Bonar, Mr. and Mrs., 515
Bonavisa, Anthony; distaff, 173
Booth, Mr.; theatres, 502*
Borde, Andrew; called the "Merry-
Andrew," 341

Bernadotte, king of Sweden, 169, Boreham family; murdered, 514

493

Bernard, Sir Thomas, 89

Berri, duke and duchess de, 221*
Berry, lieut.; trial, 514
Bertie, lady Georgina C., 317
Berwick, duke of, 297
Berwick, duke of; Almanza, 18
Berwick, duke of; Newry, 366
Berwick; wood-engraving, 199, 556
Bessus, assassin of Darius, 394
Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, 68
Best, captain; duel, 182
Betterton; the drama, 178
Betty, master; theatres, 502
Bevern, prince; Breslau, 84
Bezaleel; sculpture, 464
Biela; his comet, 139

Big Sam, P. of Wales' porter, 233
Bird, the boy; trial, 516

Bishop, the murderer, 94

Black, Dr.; duel, 182

Black, Dr.; magnesia, 328
Blackstone, on tithes, 506
Blaeu, Wm.; printing-press, 425
Blair, Dr., 443
Blake, admiral; Algiers, 16;
Dover Straits, 357; Portland
isle, 416; Santa Cruz, 458*
Blakesley, Rob.; trial of, 517
Blanchard, madame; balloon, 212
Blanchard, madame, 49
Blandy, Miss; her trial, 513
Bleddyn ab Cynvyn; Wales, 540
Bligh, captain v. Mr. Wellesley

Pole; trial, 516

Borelli; mechanics, 9, 339
Borowlaski, count; dwarf, 184
Borringdon, lady; crim. con., 514
Boscawen, admiral, 358
BOSPHORUS, Kings of, 79
Boswell, sir Alexander; duel, 182
Bothwell, earl of; Scotland, 191*,

462

| Bottle Conspirators, Ireland, 516
Bouchet, Anthony, 264
Bouillé, marquis de, 204
Boulton and Watt; coinage, 136
Bourbon, Anthony de, 80
Bourbon, duke of; duel, 181
Bourbon family restored, and
afterwards banished France,

221

BRITAIN, Kings of; see Britain, 87
Britton, T., small-coal man, 532
Broke, captain; the Shannon fri-
gate, 121
Brougham, lord, lord-chancellor,
117; queen's trial, 264
Brown, gen.; battle of Prague, 420
Browne, American gen., 123, 219
Browne, Hannah, murdered, 517
Browne, Robert; Brownists, 90
Brownrigg, Eliz.; her trial, 513
Brownrigg, general; Candy, 102
Bruce, the Traveller, 90
Bruce, David; Nevill's Cross, 363
Bruce, Edward, 34, 183, 273
Bruce, Robert; battle of Bannock-
burn, 51; of Durham, 184
Bruce, Michael, esq., 299
Brucher, Antonio; coinage, 136.
Brudenell, lord, v. Wathen, 517
Brunel; Thames tunnel, 501
Bruno, of Cologne, 110
Brunswick, duke of, killed, 433
Brunswick, duke of, deposed, 90
Brunswick, family of, 90
Brunt, Davidson, Thistlewood,
Ings, and Tidd, 113
Brutus, Lucius Junius, 146
Brutus and Cassius; Philippi, 397
Bryan Boiroimhe, 132, 250
Buchan, captain, 371
Buckingham, duke of; cabal, 96
Buckingham, duke of; duel, 182
Buckingham, Stafford, duke of,
317

Bourgainville; circumnavigation, Buckingham, Villiers, duke of,

128

Bourgeois, sir Francis, 183
Bourignon, Antoinette, 81
Bourmont, marshal, Algiers, 16
Bourrienne, M., 221*
Bowes, Miss, of Durham, 488
Boyd, capt.; duel; murdered, 182
Boydell, alderman, 81, 89
Boyle, earl of Orrery; Orrery, 379
Boyle, hon. Robert, 398, 451
Brabant, duke of; merchants, 9
Bradley, admiral; trial, 515
Braham, Mr.; theatres, 502

minister, 6; dress, 179; mur-
dered, 196**

Buckingham, marquess of, 319
Bufalmaco; caricatures, 107
Bularchus; colours in pictures,

399

Bunn, Mr. Alfred; theatres, 502
Buonaparte, Napoleon. See Na-
poleon.
Buonaparte, Jerome, abdicates, 2
Buonaparte, Joseph, 2; Madrid,
327; Naples, 355; Sicily, 470;
Spain, 480

Brahé, Tycho; artificial globe, 235 Buonaparte, Louis; Holland, 258
Brandenburgh family, 82
Brandreth, the Luddite, 170
Brandt, count, 567

Bligh, captain; mutiny of the Brandt; cobalt, 133; phosphorus,

ship Bounty, 80

Bligh, Mr.; murdered, 514
Blomfield, bishop; geology, 229

398

Brekespeare, Nicholas; pope, 409

| Bremer, sir Gordon; China, 122*
RR 2

Burbage, James; plays, 178, 404
Burdett, sir Francis; duel, 182;

arrested, 197; the riot, 445;
his trial, 515

Burdock, Mary Ann, 517
Burdon, Mr., murdered, 517

Burgoyne, gen. ; Saratoga, 458*

Bulkeley, bishop; Bangor, 49
Burke, Edmund, 284
Burke, lieutenant, 455
Burke, the murderer, 94
Burleigh, lord, his ministry, 6
Burns, Robert, 462*
Burr, colonel; duel, 182
Bury, Richard de; libraries, 305
Bute, earl of; his ministry, 6
Butler, sir Toby; Limerick, 308
Butt, Mr.; trial for libel, 515

Caraffa, bishop; Theatines, 501
Caranus; Macedon, 324
Carausius, in Britain, 87
Cardigan, lord, 182, 517, 517*
Cardigan, lord, and captain Rey-
nolds, 517

Carleton, sir Guy; U. States, 525
Carlisle, atheist, 515, 516
Carlos, Don; Spain, 62, 255, 480
Caroline, queen of George II.,
**434; parks, 386

Button, sir Thomas; voyages, 371 Caroline, queen of George IV., 82,

Buxton, Mr., trial of, 516
Buxton, sir T. F.; prisons, 426
Byng, admiral; Gibraltar, 233
Byng, hon. admiral John, 96, 345
Byrne, Miss; Dublin riot, 445
Byron, commodore, 96, 128, 414
Byron, lord, 197; Missolonghi, 242
Bysse, Dr.; musical festivals, 352

C.

Cabot, Sebastian, 20, 108, 366
Cabral, Alvarez de; Brazil, 83
Cabrera, Carlist general, 480
Cade, Jack; London, 97, 315
Cadmus; the alphabet, 18
Cadogan, capt.; duel, 182
Cadwallader, 87, 88, 540
Cadwgan, prince of Wales, 540
Cæcilius Isidorus, 474
Cæsar, Julius, 193, 397, 566
Cæsar, Octavius, 336, 397
Cæsarea, St., of Arles, 158
Cailan, bishop of Down, 176
Calcraft, Mr.; theatres, 502*
Calder, sir Robert; Ferrol, 359
Calepini; dictionaries, 172
Calhoun, Mr.; temp. soc., 499
Caligula; Rome, 448
Calippus, 99

Callicratus; calligraphy, 100
Callimachus; architecture, 1
Callinicus; the Greek fire, 242
Callisthenes, 325

Calonne; notables of France, 372
Calverly, Hugh; pressed to death,

423

Calvert and Co.; brewers, 415
Calvin, John; Calvinism, 100
Cambacérès; the directory, 173
Cambyses; Egypt, 192
Camden, lord chancellor, 43, 117
Camden, earl; ld. lieutenant, 319
Camden, lord; ministry, 446
Camelford, lord; duel; killed, 182
Campbell, lord, 43

Campbell, major; trial, 514
Canic, St.; bishop of Ossory. 379
Canning, Rt. Hon. George; minis-

ter, 7; duel, 182, 197, 291
Canton; his phosphorus, 398
Canute, king of England, 198
Capet family of France, 220
Capo d'Istria, count, 95, 242
CAPPADOCIA, Kings of, 106
Car, the king; Asia Minor, 44
Caracalla; murdered, 448
Caractacus, of Britain, 87, 469

167, 434**

Carpenter, general; Preston, 423
Carpus; mercury, 341
Carstairs, rev. William, 505
Carteret; circumnavigator, 128
Carteret, lord, minister, 6
CARTHAGE, Rulers of, 109
Carthage, St., 309

Cartwright, major; trial, 516
Carvilius, Spurius; divorces, 174
Cashin, Miss, 432

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Charles Emmanuel, of Savoy, 494
Charles Martel, mayor, 338

Cashman, trial of; Spa-fields, 515 Charles Stuart, prince, 423
Casimir, of Poland, 405
Cassander; Macedon, 273, 324, 325
Cassibelanus; chariots, 118
Cassini, astronomer, 77, 459
Cassius, 336; Philippi, 397
Castel, M.; Dartmouth, 164
Castile, Ferdinand, count of, 111
Castlereagh, lord; minister, 7;

Charlotte, consort of George III.,

duel, 182; union, 524
Catesby, Robert; gunpowder plot,

246

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Catherine, queen of Henry V., 434*
Catherine, queen of Henry VIII.,

434**

376

Catherine Howard, queen, 434**
Catherine Parr, queen, 434**
Catherine of Russia, 452, 476
Catiline, 112, 336
Cato; his suicide, 112
Catullus defeats the Cimbri, 127
Caulaincourt, 120
Cavalero, Emelio de; opera,
Cavaliere, Emilio del, 439
Cavanagh; fasting impostor, 3
Cavenagh, archd.; hanged, 302
Cavendish, circumnavigator, 128
Cavendish, Mr.; æronautics, 9
Cavendish, lord John, 446
Caxton, Wm.; printing, 422, 424
Caylus, count; painting, 196
Cecil, sir William, minister, 6
Cecil, lieut.; duel, 182
Cecilia, St.; music, 352
Cecrops; Athens, 42, 375
Celeste, Madame; theatres, 502*
Celsus; midwifery, &c., 310, 343
Cerdicus; West Saxons, 547
Ceres, corn, 150
Chamber, bishop, 396
Chambers; his cyclopædia, 161,172
CHANCELLORS OF ENGLAND, 117
Chappe, M.; telegraphs, 499
Chares of Lindus; colossus, 138

196**, 434**
Charlotte, princess, of Wales, 130
Chassé, general; Antwerp, 27
Chatham, earl of, minister, 6, 7
Chatham, earl of; Walcheren,
217, 539

Chaves, marquess of; Portugal,
417

Cheshire rioters, trial of the, 317*
Chester, earl of; Wales, 540
Chevalier de St. George, 462*
Chichely, archb. of Canterbury,

381

CHINA, Emperors of, 123
Ching-Noung; China, 83
Cholmondeley, general, 259*
Chrishna, the Hindoo Virgin, 536
Christian, king of Denmark, 168
Christian, king of Sweden, 492
Christina, of Spain, 2, 481
Cibber, Colley; laureate, 404
Cicalpinus, 74

Cicero, 112, 447, 484

Ciemond the Fair; Grist-mill, 244
Cimon; battle of Eurymedon, 203
Cinna, 336

CIRCUMNAVIGATORS, 128

Clanny, Dr. Reid; safety-lamp, 454
CLANS of SCOTLAND, 130
Clare, earl of; duel, 182
Clare, Nuns of St., 130
Clare, Richard de, 130

Clarence, duke of, admiral, 8

Clarence, d. of; Clarencieux, 130

Clarence and Warwick, 439

Clarendon, Hyde, earl of, 6, 117
Clarke, celebrated Mary Anne, 515
Clarke, general, 106

Claudius; Rome, 87, 447
Claudius, Appius, 166
Clausel, marshal; Algiers, 16
Clayton, Mr., duel; killed, 182
Clemens Romanus, 130
Clement IV., pontiff, 142
Clement VII., pontiff, 130, 411

Clement VIII., pontiff, 266

Clement, Jacques; regicide, 220
Clement, Julian; midwifery, 344
Cleombrotus, king of Sparta, 303
Cleomenes; Sparta, 482**
Cleopatra, queen, 5, 193, 449
Clifford, lord: R. Catholics, 446*
Clifford, sir Thomas; cabal, 96
Clinton, sir H.; York town, 565
Clive, colonel; India, 32, 267
Clive, lord; Plassey, 403
Cloncurry, lord, v. Piers ; trial, 514
Close, Mr.; duel; killed, 182
Clothaire, king of France, 220
Clovis, of France, 132, 215, 443, 457
Clymer; his printing-press, 422
Clysthenes; ostracism, 380
Cobb, capt.; Kent Indiaman, 286
Cobbett, William; trials, 514, 515
Cobden, Mr. ;

league, 150

Anti-corn law

Cobham, lord; roasted alive, 445
Coburg, prince of; Fleurus, 215
Cocceius, John, 133

Conway, hon. Henry Seymour, 140
Cook, captain; his voyages, 128,
147, 371; Botany Bay, 80;
Flattery Cape, 214; New He-
brides, 252; New Zealand,
566; Otaheite, 380; Owhyhee,
381; Port Jackson, 414
Cook, capt.; Kent Indiaman, 286
Cook, Dr.; Scotland, 462*
Cook, Mrs., murdered, 517
Cooke, Eliz., tried for murder, 517
Cooke, Geo, Fred.; theatres, 502
Cooper, Mr.; slavery, 475
Cooper, trial of, for murder, 517*
Cooper, Hackney monster, 514
Coote, sir Eyre; India, 32, 108, 326
Cope, sir John; Preston pans, 423
Copernicus, his system, 43, 148, 477
Coram, captain; the Foundling
Hospital, 219

Corbred, king of Scotland, 462*
Corday, Charlotte, 221
Corder, Wm.; trial of, 516
Corin; libertines, 305
CORINTH, Kings of, 149

Cochrane, lord; stock fraud, 487
Cochrane, sir A.; Basseterre, 359
Cocking, Mr.; balloons, 49
Codrington, adml.; Navarino, 360 Cork, earl of, 81
Codrus; Athens, 42

Corinthian Maid; models, 346
Coriolanus; Rome, 446**

Coke, sir Edward; on sleep, 476
Colborne, sir John; Canada, 102
Colclough, Mr. ; duel; killed, 182
Coleman, St., 132, 179, 288
Collatinus, 321
Collingwood, lord, 359

Collins, govr. of Hobart Town, 257
Colman, Mr.; theatres, 502
Colpoys, admiral, 353
Columba, St., 276, 286, 438
Columbiere; armorial bearings, 35
Columbus; America, 20, 455, 456
Columbus, Bartholomew, 229, 331
Colville, sir Charles, 100
Combe, Delafield & Co., 415
Combermere, lord; India, 268
COMMANDERS IN CHIEF, 139
Commodus, emperor, 166, 448
Comnenus; Eastern empire, 188
Comnenus, Angelus, 23
Comnenus Alexis; Pontus, 408
Comyn, Mr., trial of, at Ennis, 516
Condé, Louis, prince of, 278
Conflans, French admiral, 435
Confucius, of China, 122
Congalus, king of Scotland, 462*
Congleton, lord; suicide, 490
Congreve, sir Wm., 144, 212, 446
Conon, Athenian com., 357, 482*
Conrad, emperor of Germany, 231
Conrad II., of Germany, 93
Conradin of Naples, 355
Constantine, king of Scotland, 463
Constantine, emperor, 8; Britain,

87; Eastern Empire, 188,443;
Rome, 447

Cormac, bishop of Cashel, 110
Cormac, king; militia, 344
Cornelia Maximiliana, 533
Cornwall, captain; Toulon, 358
Cornwallis, lord; America, 101,

525, 565

Cornwallis, marquis, India, 49;
his government, 267; lord-
lieut., 319; Seringa patam, 466
Corcbus; Olympiads, 375
Coropas; dwarf, 184

Corry, right hon. Isaac; duel, 182
Corsica, Theodore, king of, 151*
Cortereal; north-west passage, 370
Cortes; Mexico, 343

Coryate, Thos.; use of forks, 219
Cosmo I., d. of Florence; Elba, 416
Cottenham, lord, 117

Cotter, the Irish giant, 232

Cræsus, king of Lydia, 323
Croft, Elizabeth; impostor, 265
Croft, sir Richard; suicide, 490
Crompton, Mr.; cotton, 152
Cromwell, Oliver; the protecto-
rate, 141, 196**; commons'
mace, 324; Ireland, 179, 274;
Marston Moor, 335; Naseby,
355; Worcester, 557
Cromwell, Richard, made pro-
tector, 196**; resigns, idem.
Cromwell, lord Essex, 6, 166, 350,
441

Crosbie, sir Edw. ; his trial, 514
Cross, Mr.; his menagerie, 568
Cross, Miss; theatres, 346
Crouch, murderer, trial of, 517*
Crown prince of Sweden, 493
Crowther, lieut.; duel; killed, 182
Crozier, capt. ; his expedition, 371
Cruikshank; wood-engraving, 556
Ctesias; history, 257
Ctesibius; organ, 379; pump, 430
Ctesiphon; Ephesus, 200
Cubitt, Mr.; the treadmill, 511
Cumberland, duke of; Closter-

seven, 132; Culloden, 160;
Fontenoy, 217

Cumming, v. lord De Roos, 517
Curiatii, the, 259*
Curio; amphitheatres, 21
Curran, John Philpot; duel, 181
Cursor, Papirius, 171
Curtius, Marcus, 186, 447
Cuthbert, St., 108, 184
Cuthbert, capt.; duel, 181
Cuthbert, v. Browne; trial, 516
Cyrus the Great; Jerusalem, 281;

Media, 340, 443; Persia, 394
Cyrus, the younger, 442, 562
CZARS of Russia, 453
Czerni George, Greece, 241

D.

Dædalus, 46; labyrinth, 295
Dagobert; St. Denis, 170

Cotton, R.; Cottonian library, 152 Daguerre, M., 101
Cotton, sir Stapleton, 535
Courcy, sir John de, 63, 177, 185
Courtenay, the Thomite, 445
Courtois, M. de; iodine, 272
Courvoisier, trial of, &c., 207, 517
Cowper, lord; his ministry, 6
Cox, alderman; his lottery, 320
Cox, Walter, the notorious, 515
Coyle, Mr. Bernard; duel, 182
Crane, sir Francis; tapestry, 497
Cranmer, archbishop, 155; homi-

lies, 259; his martyrdom, 335
Crassus Marcus; ovation, 381
Craterus; battle of Cranon, 155
Crawfurd, earl of, 84
Crawley, Mr. ; trial for murder, 514
Crellin, Miss; abduction case, 517*

Constantine; standard of " In hoc Crespigny, Mr.; duel, 182

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Constantius; Rome, 447

Dahl, professor; dahlias, 162
Dalhousie, earl of; India, 268
Dalmatia, duke of. Sce Soult, 539
Dalrymple, sir Henry, 127
Damasius, pontiff, 158, 410, 505
Damiens, the regicide, 163
Damnoni, the; Ireland, 273
Damon and Pythias, 163
Dampier; circumnavigator, 128
Danaus; Greece, 241, 468
Dangerfield; mail-tub plot, 339
Daniel; Jerusalem, 281
Daniel, S.; poet-laureate, 404
Darbon v. Rosser; trial, 517
D'Arcon, M.; Gibraltar, 56
Dardanus, of Ilium, 263, 519
Darius; Persia, 276, 325, 394
Darius Codomanus, 29, 443
Darius, son of Hystaspes, 498
Darling, Grace, the Heroic, 218
Darmes, French assassin, 221*

Crockatt, Miss, v. Dick; trial, 515 Darnley, lord; Scotland, 191**, 46?

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