ftria to feveral parts, or the whole of the Upper Palatinate, were much controverted, particularly by the prince of Deux Ponts, by the electress dowager of Saxony, and by the dukes of Mecklenburg, who found a very powerful fupport in the king of Pruffia, who has a jealous eye upon every thing which may aggrandize the houfe of Auftria, and prefented public acts and memorials upon this procedure of the houfe of Auftria at Vienna and Ratifhon, [11. 13-the various memorials and documents laid before the diet, by the Pruffian and Auftrian minifters; the memorial of complaint by the prefent elector of Bavaria, and the will of the late elector, which was laid before the diet, [13, 14]-the direct reprefentations to the court of Vienna, which were made by the king of Pruffia in favour of the Palatine line and the other claimants of the Bavarian fucceffion, and the haughty anfwer which was fent to thefe reprefentations, mult be confidered as little lefs than tantamount to a declaration of war; though the king of Pruffia regulated his conduct in this whole bufinefs with remarkable guard and caution, and did not proceed to hoftilities, till after he had tried the force of various negociations, and propofals for an accommodation, which were anfwered by propofitions on the other fide, till at length all pacific propofals proved ineffectual, and great preparations for war were made on both fides, [14. 19]

Belgrade; city of, almost reduced to afhes by fire, viii. [75] Belleifle; glorious defeat of the French off, ii. 52, 53-described, with an account of the nature and fuccefs of the expedition against it in 1761, under the direction of commodore Keppel and general Hodgson, iv. [15, 16] -the great and fincere rejoicing made in England, at the conquest of this -place, [17, 18] Reftored to France, in the fame condition it was in when taken by the English, v. [61. 237] Bender; its fituation, ftrength, and importance, defcribed, xiii. [20]-is befieged by count Panin, who is ftrenuously oppofed by the garrifon and the inhabitants, [20, 21]-an account of the globe of compreffion, a kind of mine fo called by the Ruffians, which was fprung upon this occafion, and

the final capture of the place by ftorm, which was burned, and followed with great flaughter among the garrifon, [21. 24]

Benevento; violently feized by the king of Naples in 1768, who continued in poffeflion without any formal ceffion of this duchy from the Pope, or a purchase being agreed upon with his holinefs, till the year 1773; when the Pope was reinstated in it on passing a bill for the fuppreffion of the order of Jefuits, xi. [53]-xii. [38] xvi. [57]

Bengal; the military honour of the English re-established here in 1757, and a total revolution of their affairs in favour of their Eaft India company, by the bravery of admiral Watfon and colonel Clive, i. 30. 33. -The fuccefs of the English arms in 1761, iv. [56, 57]ftipulations made by the French, at the general peace, relating to this country, v. [61. 238]- -The ftate of affairs here, after Mir Jaffier Ali Cawn was appointed mogul by the East India company, vii. [34, 35]-the depofition of Jaffier Ali Cawn, and the appointment of Mir Coffim to fucceed him, with a defcription of his character, and defigns again't the English, till a war is undertaken against him; with a narrative of the feveral and fuccefsful military operations in favour of the English, till Mir Coffim, after fuffering repeated defeats, flies out of Bengal, [36. 44] -The ill confequence of depofing Mir Coffim Aly Cawn, and the politic conduct of Sujah Doula, who for a time obferved a pacific conduct to. wards the English; till, at length, he drew a formidable army into the field, and oppofed the English with fome fuccels in 1764, but was afterwards routed in 1765, viii. [8. 14]-The profecution of this war, in 1765; the irruption of the Marattas made in favour of Sujah Doula; the fuccefs of general Carnac, who puts them to the route; the furrender of Sujah Doula; the conclusion of the war (begun on account of Mir Coffim); the death of Jaffier Aly Cawn; and the advantageous treaty concluded by the company with the young nabob his fucceffor, ix. [20. 24]—the absolute power vefted in the felt committee, appointed by the Company in England, for reforming the domeftic difpofition,

difpofition, and adminiftration of af-
fairs in this country, on lord Clive's
arrival there in 1765; the great dif-
fentions produced by fome of their
proceedings; the immenfe revenue
arifing to the Company in confe-
quence of their treaty with the fuc-
ceffor of Jaffer Aly Cawn, and the
profperous state of their affairs, (25.
31]-The court of record, called the
fupreme court of judicature, at Fort
William, in the bay of Bengal, was
inftituted by his majefty, March the
224, 1774, when the feveral judges
appointed to conftitute this court re-
ceived their nomination by his ma-
jesty, xvii. [103, 104]-The Danish
trade between Denmark and this
country was declared free by the go-
vernment in 1775, on paying a duty
of 8 per cent. which deprived the
Danish East India Company of their
exclufive privilege, xviii. [89]-the
unfortunate difagreement which took
place between the members of the
fupreme council in the British fettle-
ments in 1774, with other particu-
lars relating to the fame, [162. 184]
Berbicia; a valuable Dutch colony, in
South America, a very dangerous in-
furrection, and rebellion, among the
negroes at that place, in 1762, vi.
[84]

Bergen; the action at, in 1759, and the

advantages which the French anny
derived from it, ii. 8, 9. 15. 17.
Berlin; laid under contribution by the
Auttrians, i. 20-Dangerous confpi-
racy in 1759, difcovered, ii. 109-
Attacked and bombarded by the Ruf-
fians and Auftrians in 1760, who foon
take it; the city, with its buildings,
defcribed; is pillaged, and the king's
palaces plundered; the retreat of the
enemies, after they had laid waste the
whole adjacent country, on the ap-
proach of his Pruflian majefty, iii.
[42.45-The rejoicings, illumina-
tions, &c. on his majefty's arrival at
his palace, March 30, 1763, after an
abfence of fix years, vi. [73, 74)-
An account of the approaches to,
xvi. 180, 181.

Bermudas, the; a dreadful confpiracy in
1761, iv. [76]-v. [76]-The dif
mal apprehenfions of a famine in 1775,
in confequence of the difagreeable fi-
tuation of affairs between the mother-
country and the British colonies in
North America, xviii. [140]
Berne, Switzerland; an account of the

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oppofition fhewed by this canton to
the king of Pruffia, for interpofing as
fovereign in fome religious difputes,
relative to the punishments of the dead,
in 1761, iv. [151].

Black Sea, the; the important advan-
tages which Ruffia would acquire,
and the Turks lofe, from the Ruf-
fians being able to establish ports upon
this fea; and the reafons for afferting
that the court of Peterburg had this
in view in 1770, when the undertook
the naval expedition into the Medi-
terranean, and penetrated to the
Streights of the Dardanelles, xiii. [5,
6]
Bohemia; ftate of the war in, for 1758,
i. 8. 16. 18-for 1759, ii. 9, 10-
for 1760, iii. [27]-for 1762, v.[16.
53-Great infurrections and devafta-
tions of the pealants, and redrefs of
their grievances, in 1775 and 1776,
xviii. [151*. 153*. 103. 178, 179]
-xix. [188*-A particular and au-
thentic narrative of the beginning and
progrefs of the campaign in this couri-
try, in 1778, between the emperor
of Germany and his Pruffian majefty,
till the king evacuated this country,
and the Pruffians over-ran the Au-
ftrian Silefia, xxi. [19. 351-The
event of this campaign induces a dif-
pofition favourable to the pacific views
of the empress queen; which are fur-
ther feconded by the mediation of
Ruffia and France, xxiii. [3, 4]—
this produced a fufpenfion of arms to
be published, and a congrefs to be
affembled at Tefchen for negociating
a peace, which was finally concluded
May 13th, 1779, [5]-the fubftance
of this peace, and the equitable prin-
ciples upon which this peace was con-
ducted, [5, 6]

Bolbec, in Normandy; nearly deftroyed
by fire, viii. [114]

Bourbon; the alliance, or family com-
pact, took place in 1761, iv. [51]-
the great danger of this alliance to
England, and the fecrecy obferved in
this treaty till the negociation for peace
between England and France was
broken off, and Spain was prepared
to declare war against England, [51.
53]-Some articles of this treaty, ob-
fervations upon thefe articles, and
the confequences of this treaty to
Europe, v. [3. 5-was the caufe of
haftening the peace, after the loffes
of the French and Spaniards in the
Weft Indies,[55]-An account of the

alliances

alliances which took place in 1765 between the houses of Bourbon and Auftria by intermarriages, viii. [2, 3] -and in 1770, xiii. [102]-The firm ftate of this alliance in 1766, between the courts of Verfailles, Madrid, and Naples, ix. [4] Reflections on the nature, and probable confequences of this alliance, in 1767, x. [3]—The visible and apparent effects of the firm union of this family compact, increafed by the addition of the houses of Auftria and Portugal, which were manifeft in their proceedings against the pope, in feveral Roman catholic ftates of Europe, in 1767 and 1768, xi. [3, 4. 35]—the caufe and progrefs of the oppofition made by the feveral branches of this family to the fee of Rome, in 1768, [53*. 55*]— The perfect reconciliation which took place between the houfe of Bourbon and the court of Rome, and the ceffion of Avignon and the duchy of Benevento, which was made to this court in confequence of this reconciliation, xvi. [57]-Various manifeftos, fchedulas, and other public pieces, iffued by the two formidable branches of this houfe (France and Spain) on entering into a war against England in 1778 and 1779; some obfervations on the particular charges exhibited by Spain; and the oftenfible caufes and real motives for war, on the fide of this houfe, xxiii. [17. 20] Braganza; taken by the Spaniards, v. [29, 30]

Brandenbourg; houfe of, its former and prefent ftate compared, and the means by which it acquired its prefent power, i. 6, 7-State of the war in it, i. 20. -iii. [42.45] Brandywine; the famous battle at, xx. [128. 131]

Brafils, the; the very dangerous infurrection which broke out in May 1772, and threatened the very existence of the Portuguese power in that part of the world, xv. [9]-the caufe of this infurrection confidered, the formidable army raised by the infurgents, and their repeated attacks on the Portuguefe military, and their great influence among the confederate Indians, in the neighbourhood of these fettlements, [9, 10] Bremen; was attacked by the French in

October 1761, when the horrid oppreffion and cruelty they exercised on

the neighbouring parts of the country, roufed the inhabitants of the city to join the garrifon (which was very weak) till at length the garrifon repelied all the attacks of the French, and compelled them to make a precipitate retreat, iv. [30]

Breslau; taken by the Auftrians, with valt stores of provifion, ammunition, and money, i. 23, 24-retaken by the Pruffians, 25-Befieged by the Auftrians, who are compelled to raise the fiege; with fome curious and memorable particulars relating to the fiege, iii. [18, 19]-Inactivity of his Pruffian majefty, and the motions of the Ruffians and the Auftrians, under general Laudohn, previous to the fiege, which took place Auguft 1, 1761, iv. [31. 33]-the fiege raised, [34

Breft; formidable preparations made by the French in 1759 at this place, with an intention to invade England; the means by which their defigns were fruftrated; and a defcription of the ever-memorable defeat of the French fleet by admiral Hawke, near Belleifle, ii. 22. 23, 51. 53. Brunswick; the city of invefted by the French, and relinquifhed by the reigning prince, who flies to Hamburgh for fafety; which, being a free city, afforded a general afylum to about 40.000 ftrangers, and to two fovereign princes, driven there by the diftreffes and ravage of the war, iv. [29. 186, 187]

Bryant, M.; a popish bishop fent to Canada, and the reafon of this indulgence being granted, ix. [122] Buchareft; the negociation for peace, which began October 29th, 1772, and produced an armistice between the belligerent powers, which was to ontinue to March 20th, 1773, xv. [16] -The mutual advantages to each of thele powers by the armiftice, although peace was not the iffue of the negociation, and the oftenfible impediments to the peace confidered, xvi. [11, 12]

Bucker Muhl; the remarkable canno

nade at that place, between the allies and the French, September 30th, 1762, v. [49, 50] Buckerfdorff; the fpirited and fuccessful attack made by his Pruffian majefty, on the army of the Austrians (July 22, 1762); the lofs fuftained by the Au

ftrians,

ftrians, and the important confe-
quences of this victory to his Pruffian
majefty, v. [23]

Buenos Ayres; private and unfuccefsful
expedition of the English and Portu-
guefe against, and the caufe of this
failure, vi. [15. 18]
Bunker's Hill; the preparations which
took place, previous to the hot and
bloody engagement at this place on
June the 17th, 1775; the action de-
fcribed, the lofs of men killed and
wounded in the British army (which
amounted to 1,054 men) and the fad
fate of Charleftown in confequence
of this action, xviii. [133*. 138*]
Buxard, in Bengal; the compleat vic-
tory obtained by the English, under
major Monro, in October 1764, viii.
[10, 11]

C.

CALCUTTA; taken by the nabob,

who is guilty of exercising great
cruelty towards the garrifon, which
was made prifoners, i. 13-reco-
vered by the English, with a promise
of reftitution for all the loffes fuf-
tained by the trade of the English
Eaft India Company, 31
Campen; the French furprifed and
greatly harraffed at, by the Heredi-
tary Prince of Brunswick, iii. [37,
38]

Canada; the fuccefsful operations of
the British arms, and their entire
conqueft of it in the years 1759 and
1760, ii. 35. 45-iii. [5. 9. 57.
60]-laudable proceedings of the fo-
ciety inftituted for the relief of the
British troops in this country in 1760,
[67]-The great diftreffes fuffered by
the natives, from the calamities of
the war, and the generosity of the
British army in relieving them, par-
ticularly at Quebec, and in the neigh-
bourhood thereof, iv. [135]-the
immenfe advantage made by the Eng-
lith in the fur trade, fince they con-
quered this country,[150]-Guaran-
tied to England at the treaty of peace
in 1763, when the boundary was
much more clearly and diftinctly set-
tled than at the peace of Utretcht,
V. [55, 56. 235, 236]-the de-
claration of his moft chriftian ma-
jetty's plenipotentiary, with regard
to the debts due to the inhabitants of
this country, when fubject to him,

[243, 244]-The great extent of the
English territorial government in this
country, fettled by the peace; the
great exertions made by the English
to derive the moft folid advantages
from it; the jealoufy of the neigh-
bouring Indian tribes, which pro-
duced a war between the English and
the Indians; the plan and iffues of
the war in 1763, vi. [18. 32]—the
judicial proceedings of the French
court against feveral of their officers,
formerly employed in this country,
who were charged with high misde-
meanors, and the reftitution required
of them, in proportion to the frauds
they were found guilty of; to which
is added a fhort hiftory of the pro-
ceedings of the English merchants
trading to this country, on hearing
that these fines were levied, and the
method taken by the French govern-
ment to pay to the fubjects of Ca-
nada the balance due to them, [120.
122]-Complaints made by the Eng-
lih merchants on account of the
non-payment of the Canada bills by
the French government, contrary to
the exprefs ftipulations of the late
treaty of peace for that purpofe, vii,
[100]-The value of Canada bills,
March the 21st, 1765, viii. [71]-
the fatisfactory arret of the French
king's council, bearing date Novem-
ber 29, 1765, concerning the liqui-
dation of the Canada bills, which
fettled this difpute, [154, 155]—
ix. [5. 47, 48]-the number of
whites and blacks fuppofed capa-
ble of bearing arms in this coun-
try, and in Labradore, computed at
30,000 men, [60]-a convention for
a final adjustment of the Canada bills,
between the courts of London and
Verfailles, was figned March the 31st,
1766, [79]-Mr. Bryant, a popish
bishop, fent hither, after refiding for
fome months in England, and the rea-
fon for this indulgence being grant-
ed, [122]-the great joy teftified on
the arrival of this bishop at Quebec,
June 28, 1766,[133]-An account of
the difcovery, in 1767, of a river
which is fuppofed to penetrate into
the South Seas, x. [124, 125]-The
amount of British fhips and feamen
employed in the trade between Great
Britain and this country, of the va
lue of goods imported from Great
Britain to this country, and of the
produce of this country exported to

Great

Great Britain, and elfewhere, xii. [215]-The very extraordinary opening of the earth, in September 1771, and the bank which was formed by this immerfion, xiv. [164]-The internal discontent and diforder among the inhabitants, and the want of harmony among the civil and military in the city of Quebec, together with the weakness of the garrifon, contributed in a great measure to encourage the bold defign and enterprize of the Congress to bring the war into this country, and gave ftrength and fuccefs to their forces in the fiege of Fort St. John's, and of Montreal, under the command of general Montgomery and Arnold, till on December 31st, 1775, they appeared before Quebec, where general Montgomery fell, the progrefs of his army was ftopt, and Quebec was preferved by the great military abilities of its go vernor, general Carleton; an officer, who through the whole of this campaign in Canada, (begun by the provincials the latter end of Auguft) had fhewed the most confummate prndence, and undaunted fortitude, in the most critical fituations for himfelf and the city of Quebec, till the well conducted and arduous plans of the enemy were in a great measure defeated, xix. [1. 16]-the fiege of the capital was continued for fome time, under great difficulties, by general Arnold, which were encreased by the ufual vigilance of general Carleton against every effort of fraud, force, and furprife ufed by the rebels; till at length the fiege was raised; the rebels were repulsed at Three Rivers, and Montreal, Chamblee, and St. John's were retaken, and all Canada was recovered from the rebels, [151*. 156*]-Particulars relating to the campaign in the fummer of 1776, defcriptive of the armament made by the royal party on Lake Champlain, the state of the American force, and engagement between the royal and provincial fhips, near the Ile Valicour, in October 1776, xx. [1. 5]-the engagement near Crown Point, where Arnold retires, is purfued, overtaken, and burns his veffels, and evacuates Crown Point, after having fet fire to the houses, and destroyed every thing which could not be carried off, [5] -general Carleton marches from

Crown Point to Ticonderoga, with

an intent to attack it, and the reafons why he did not proceed to the attack, [5, 6]-the conduct of the northern expedition to Ticonderoga is committed to general Burgoyne in 1777, with fome reflections on this appointment, and the fuppofed umbrage which was given to general Carleton, who, notwithstanding the fuppofed umbrage, was affiduous in making the neceffary preparations for the fuccefs of this expediton, with a particular account of the line of conduct he purfued upon the new arrangement, [141. 143]-plan, operations, and fuccefsful iflue of the expedition to Ticonderoga, [143. 155]-the difficulties, duappointments, and hardships which general Burgoyne experienced previous to the unfortunate convention at Saratoga, [156. 174*]-Some clear proofs of the difcontent produced in this country by the Quebec bill, xxi. [176]-Cruel depredations faid to be committed by Butler, Brandt, and the favages, on the back frontiers of this country, particularly at the fettlement of Wyoming, with a particular defcription of the fituation, climate, and flourishing ftate of this colony, xxii. [7. 14]-colonel Clarke's expedition from Virginia, for the reduction of the Canadian towns and fettlements in Illinois country, and the confequences of colonel Clarke's fuccefs, [14. 16]-the expedition from Schohsire to the Upper Sufquehanna, [16]-the deftruction of the Unadilla and Anaquago fettlements, [16, 17]-General Sullivan's fuccefsful expedition aga the Indians of the Six Nations, inhabitants of this country; and fome obfervations on the policy of that people, and on the ftate of culture and improvement which the Americans difcovered in their country, xxiii. [208*. 211*] Cape Breton; ceded to the English at、 the general peace in 1763, v. [57. -236] Carbonear Fort, in Newfoundland; taken and destroyed by the French, v. [48]

Caribbees; the beginning of the expe

A

dition against them, by the fettlers on the inland of St. Vincent, in September 1772, xv. [149]-Some account of thefe people, as diftinguished by the names of the Black and Yellow