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THE POPULAR
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
BY
CHARLES KNIGHT.
VOLUME V.
FROM THE REIGN OF WILLIAM III. TO GEORGE II.
First American Edition.
NEW YORK
JOHN WURTELE LOVELL,
1880.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.-A.D. 1694 to A.D. 1696.
Extreme grief of William.-Parliamentary Corruption.-War in the Netherlands.-Siege
of Namur by the Allies.-Namur taken.-William's reception in England.-State of
the Currency.-A new Parliament.-Measures for a new Coinage.-Trials for Trea-
son regulated by Law.-The Assassination Plot.
Page 13-32
CHAPTER II.-A.D. 1696 to A.D. 1698.
William in the Netherlands.-His Financial Embarrassments.-Great Crisis of Com-
mercial Difficulty.-Revival of Credit. The New Currency established. Attainder
of Sir John Fenwick.-Negotiations for Peace.-The Peace of Ryswick. Opening
of St. Paul's Cathedral.-Parliament. -Reduction of the Army.-Dangers of an
insufficient Force.-The East India Company.-Statute against Socinians.-Reforma-
tion of Manners.-Societies for Promoting Christian Knowledge and for the Propa-
gation of the Gospel.-Licentiousness of the Stage.-Embassy to France.-French
Embassy to England.-Czar of Muscovy in England.
CHAPTER III.-A.D. 1698 to A.D. 1700.
33-54
Commercial Policy of England.-System of Prohibition.Restrictions upon the trade of
Ireland. Restrictions upon the trade of Scotland.-Scotch spirit of Commercial
Adventure.-African and Indian Company.-Scotch Colony at Darien.
CHAPTER IV.-A.D. 1698 to A.D. '1699.
55-70
Question of the Succession to the Crown of Spain.-The Partition Treaties.-Negotia
tions at Loo.-Correspondence of the king with his ministers.-First Partition Treaty
signed.-The new Parliament.-The troops disbanded.-William's mortification.-A
rash resolve, and a calmer judgment.-The Dutch guards dismissed.-Penal law
against Catholics.-Portland and Albemarle.-Admiral Rooke in the Baltic.-Policy
of Louis the Fourteenth.
71-87
CHAPTER V.-A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1702.
A Tory administration.-Death of the duke of Gloucester.-The electress Sophia of
Hanover.-Death of the king of Spain.-Will of Charles, which Louis accepts.-
The new Parliament.-The king asks assistance for the States.-The Act of Settle-
ment.-Impeachment of Somers and other Whigs.-The Kentish Petition.--The
Legion Memorial.-The Great Alliance formed by William.-- Death of king James.
-Louis declares the son of James king of England.--William opens his last Parlia-
ment. His accident.-His message on the Union.--Death of William the Third.-
Note: The Act of Settlement. Page 88-110
CHAPTER VI.—A.D. 1702 to A.D. 1703.
Accession of queen Anne.-Her declaration to the Privy Council.-Parliament continues
sitting. Preponderance of Tories.-Marlborough sent as envoy to the States-Gen-
eral. War declared.-Marlborough's first Campaign.-Expedition to Cadiz.-Vigo.
-New Parliament.-Tory majority.-Bill against Occasional Conformity.-Defoe's
Shortest Way with the Dissenters.-Marlborough created a Duke.-Revolt in the
Cévennes. -Marlborough's second Campaign.-The Methuen Treaty with Portugal.
-Occasional Conformity Bill again rejected by the Lords.-Aylesbury Election Case.
-The Great Storm.Oaths of Witnesses.-Queen Anne's Bounty, Touching for
the Evil-May-Poles,
111-130
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CHAPTER VII.-A.D. 1704.
Difficulties of recruiting the English army.-The Campaign of 1704.-Marlborough's
secret plan of operations.-His march along the Rhine.-Arrives at the Danube.-
Battle of the Schellenberg.-Devastation of Bavaria-Junction of the French and
Bavarian armies.-The battle of Blenheim.-Results of the victory. Subsequent
operations of the Campaign.-Marlborough returns to England.-Honours, and
Rewards. Party Conflicts.-Parliament dissolved. 131-150
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CHAPTER VIII.-A.D. 1704 to A.D. 1706.
The War in Spain.-Expedition to Catalonia.-Gibraltar taken by Sir George Rooke and
the Prince of Darmstadt.-Sea-fight off Malaga.-Siege of Gibraltar by the Spaniards.
-Expedition to Spain under Peterborough.-Siege of Barcelona.-Peterborough sur-
prises Montjouich.-Barceloan taken.-Peterborough's rapid successes in Valencia.-
Philip V. besieges Barcelona.-It is relieved. The Allies enter Madrid. Supineness
of the Austrian king. Disgust of Peterborough He leaves Spain.-Prince Eugene
drives the French out of Italy.. 151-163
CHAPTER IX.-A.D. 1705 to A.D. 1706.
Marlborough's Campaign of 1705.-His disappointment and anxieties.-He forces the
French lines. Retreat of the French under Villeroy.-New Parliament.-State of
Parties. The Regency Bill.-Cry of the Church in danger.-Marlborough's Cam-
paign of 1706 in the Netherlands.-The French and Bavarian armies under Villeroy
pass the Dyle. The battle of Ramilies.-Results of the Victory.
164-175