When did a revolution take place in Poland, and what was its result? In France, why were the Jacobins called by that name? What was now the state of parties in France? To what resolution formed by the convention, did Louis refuse his assent? What transactions marked the 10th of August, 1792? Who was the British ambassador at Paris? What orders did he receive? Whither did thousands of the French loyalists repair? Who was the general at the head of the revolutionists; and by whom opposed? How did this revolutionary spirit affect Britain? When was Louis the 16th brought to trial? What was his fate? What success attended the arms of the revolutionists? Who opened the way to Valenciennes? What was now the state of France under the Sanguinary Robespierre? To what resolution did the Convention come? What was the conduct of the king of Prussia? What were the changes in the government of France during five years? When did Bonaparte first distinguish himself? What effect had the union of France with Holland? When did we take possession of the Cape of Good Hope? What were the successes of Bonaparte's campaign? What were the difficulties of the Bank of England, and how were they relieved? With whom did the Austrians form a

treaty in 1797? Relate the particulars of the naval engagement between the British and Dutch fleets in 1797? Relate the particulars of the Irish rebellion of 1798. What bill was introduced the same year by Mr. Dundas? What was the progress of Bonaparte after his capture of Malta? Relate the particulars of the battle of the Nile? In London, with whom did the earl of Mornington remonstrate and wherefore? What success had Bonaparte in his siege of Acre? On his return to France with what power was he invested? When was the union between Great Britain and Ireland concluded? What were the successes of Bonaparte against the Austrians in Italy? What changes were made in the English administration and from what cause? What occasioned the Northern confederacy against Great Britain? Relate the particulars of the siege of Copenhagen? What nations afterwards entered into an armistice with Great Britain ? After the reduction of Malta, who was sent into Egypt to expel the French? What success had Abercrombie, and by whom was he succeeded? When was the treaty of Amiens signed, and how long did peace continue? What were the provisions of two bills brought into parliament in 1803. To what extent was our military force increased? What was the success of General Wellesley in India? Relate the particulars of the battle of Trafalgar? What honours were shown to the memory of Nelson? What occasioned the dissolution of the ministry, and what new ministerial arrangements were made? When did the death of Mr. Fox take place? How did Bonaparte dispose of thrones and principalities? When was the treaty of Tilsit signed? How did Bonaparte gain possession of Spain? What were the suc cesses of Sir Arthur Wellesley in Spain during the year 180s? Where, and on what occasion was Sir John Moore killed? What parties were engaged in the battle of Wagram, and who were the victors? What ensued upon the peace made with Austria by the French? What unfortunate expedition did the British undertake in 1810? What changes took place in the English ministry? What capital did Joseph Bonaparte re-enter in 1809; and with what booty had he previously decamped? What was now the French force in

the Peninsula, and under what generals? Relate the proceedings of Sir Arthur Wellesley from his defeat of Soult at Oporto, to his taking up his position at Cartaxo.

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WHEN was the regency appointed, and wherefore? Relate the successes of Wellington? Describe the fate of Mr. Percival? What changes took place in the ministry? What occasioned a difference between the emperor of Russia and Bonaparte? What was his resolution, and what his force? Relate the particulars of Bonaparte's invasion of Russia? When did the second American war commence? Relate the particulars of the contest? When did Bonaparte again leave Paris, and with what force? In August, what power joined the allies? What were the successes of Blucher? What the success of Bernadotte? Describe the battle of Leipsic ? What were the consequences of this victory? What was the success of Wellington at Vittoria? Whither did Soult retreat, and who invested Bayonne? What change occurred favourable to Ferdinand the seventh? What force had the allies on the Rhine? What did they purpose? When did Paris capitulate? What were the proceedings of the French senate? With what battle did the campaign and war close? what island was Bonaparte banished? Who now returned to Paris? When was a treaty of peace signed? What high personages visited England? Of whom was the congress of Vienna composed? What honours and rewards were conferred on Wellington? When did Bonaparte escape from Elba? What impression was made on the allies by the intelligence of Bonaparte's return? What were Bonaparte's means for commencing his campaign? Relate what took place at Quatre Bras and Ligny. Relate the particulars of the battle of Waterloo? What happened to Bonaparte after his defeat? What were the stipulations of the treaty signed at Paris by the allied powers? What was our success in the East Indies? When and to whom was the Princess Charlotte married? Give an account of Lord Exmouth's operations in 1814, against Algiers? To what terms was the Dey brought. What was the domestic state of England about this time? When did the Princess Charlotte die? When did the death of George the third take place? What was his age, how long had he reigned, and where was he interred?

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EORGE the Fourth ascended the British throne under peculiar advantages. For many years he had performed all the functions of royalty in the name of his venerable father; by which he had obtained a thorough knowledge of the executive government, of the state of the nation, and likewise of foreign politics.

Parliament was opened on the 27th of April, and the first object of consequence which engaged its attention, was the situation of her majesty. In 1796, the Prince of Wales separated from the Princess; who for some time lived in a state of comparative seclusion. In 1812, a commission was appointed to examine into the accuracy of a report that she had borne a male child in 1802; and had an improper intimacy with a Captain Manby. The former part of the report was clearly disproved; but some uncertainty seemed still to be attached to the latter. A previous enquiry had taken place in 1806, which was kept quite secret; and on that account, as well as from the nature of the subject, was called " the delicate investigation."

In 1814, she received from parliament a grant of £35,000 a year. Soon after, she obtained permission to go abroad; on which she quitted England to make a tour on the continent.

During her absence, she visited most of the chief places on the coast of the Mediterranean; stayed some time at Jerusalem; and at length settled in the north of Italy; where, it was asserted, she passed her time in a manner incompatible with her exalted station.

On the death of George the Third, she set out for England; and although ministers offered her £50,000 a year to prevent her return, she refused every offer, and soon appeared in London; where she was hailed by the populace with applause. By this step, she rendered a public trial inevitable. A bill of pains and penalties, to divorce her from her husband, and to deprive her of her privileges as Queen, was introduced into the House of Lords; numerous witnesses from different countries were examined, and their evidence published in minute detail. For the second reading of the bill, the numbers were 122; against it, 95; for the third reading, 108; against it 99, Lord Liverpool then moved, that further proceedings on it should be postponed until that day six months, which was carried by acclamation, and this was tantamount to an abandonment of the inquiry.

She was not only denied the honour of being herself crowned, but was not even permitted to witness the coronation of the King; although she made several attempts to gain admittance. The relinquishment of the bill of pains and penalties, was hailed by her party as an acquittal; but though the whigs pronounced her guiltless, there were few who paid her that respect to which persecuted innocence is entitled; and she was not generally countenanced by the higher classes.

She lived but a short time after her repulse from Westminster Abbey on the day of the coronation; and her death was attributed by her partizans to a broken heart. That she had been subject to organic disease, was satisfactorily proved; but there can be little doubt that the mortification of mind which she had experienced, had produced ill-effects on her bodily health, and rendered that disease fatal. She died on the 7th of August, 1821.

The death of the Marquis of Londonderry, the secretary for foreign affairs, who in a fit of insanity had committed suicide, occasioned some changes in the ministry, and Mr. Canning was appointed his successor.

In 1822, Louis XVIII assembled on the frontiers of Spain, a powerful armament, for the purpose of overawing the constitutionalists, and of securing the arbitrary power to Ferdinand. The French army having crossed the Pyrenees, the Duke

d'Angouleme found little difficulty in overrunning the country, occupying Madrid, and compelling the liberals, who had carried the king along with them, to deliver him up. For this success against the liberties of the Spanish people, the French loaded the Duke d'Angouleme with extravagant applause; and he entered Paris in the manner of a conqueror. Ferdinand, reinstated in uncontrolled power, soon revived the odious inquisition, and all those institutions which had so long been a disgrace to the intelligence and humanity of Spain; and failed not to visit with a cruel persecution, all the partizans of a liberal government.

The gradual rise on the price of all agricultural produce, `alleviated the distress of the British farmers in 1824, and silenced the murmurings of the landed gentlemen. The content produced by this change of circumstances, saved parliament the trouble of discussing "agricultural distress;" attempting to devise means, as in former years, for ameliorating the condition of landlord and farmer. The agricultural labouring classes, obtaining sufficient employment at advanced wages, were enabled to bear the increased price of provisions, and became satisfied; and, with the exception of some disturbances in Ireland, the kingdom was in a tranquil state, affording a satisfactory proof of its general prosperity.

At this time, the immense sum of unoccupied capital, and the low rate of interest, induced money-holders to contract for foreign loans, and to form joint-stock companies, to an unprecedented extent, and the nation seemed infected with a species of mania. To check the rapid increase of these companies, parliament judged it expedient to pass a resolution, that two thirds of the intended capital should be actually subscribed before the bill for the incorporation of any joint-stock company should be read the second time. The consequences of these speculations in the commercial world, were severely experienced for the next two or three years, by all classes of the people who were not land owners, which coupled with the high price of provisions, causing an immense diminution in the purchase of manufactures, threw a large number of working people out of employment.

On the 16th of September, 1824, Louis the XVIII. expired, and was succeeded by his brother, Charles X.

The spirit of independence which had of late years pervaded several European states, long subjected to despotic govern. ments, at last excited the dormant energies of the Greeks, who had for nearly four centuries submitted to the yoke of the