creafed 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 againft England in 1778 and 1779; fome obfervations on the particular charges exhibited by Spain; and the oftenfible causes 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 state compared, and the means by which it acquired its prefent power, i. 6, 7 -ftate 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 Portuguese military, and their great influence among the confederate Indians, in the neighbourhood of thefe fettlements, [9, 10] Bremen was attacked by the French in October 1761, when the horrid oppreffion and cruelty they exercifed on the neighbouring part of the country roufed the inhabitants of the city to join the garrifon (which was very weak), till at length the garrifon re pelled all the attacks of the French, and compelled them to make a precipitate retreat, iv. [30] Breflau taken by the Auftrians, with vaft ftores 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 morable, particulars relating to e the fiege, in. [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 description 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 relinquished 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] Buchareft, the negociation for peace which began October 29th, 1772, and produced an armiftice between the belligerent powers, which was to continue to March 20th, 1773, xv. [16] the mutual advantages to each of thefe 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 Mühl, the remarkable cannonade at that place, between the allies and the French, September 30th, 17622 v. [49, 50] Buckeridorff, the fpirited and fuccefsful attack made by his Pruffian majesty on the army of the Auftrians (July 22, 1762), the lofs fuftained by the Auftrians, and the important confequences of this victory to his Pruffian majefty, v. [23] Buenos Ayres, private and unsuccessful expedition of the English and Portuguefe againft, 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 defcribed, the lofs of men killed and wounded in the British army, and the fad fate of Charlestown in conse quence quence of this action, xviii. [133138*] Buxard, in Bengal, the compleat victory obtained by the Englifh under major Monro, in October 1764, viii. [10, 11] C. CALCUTTA taken by the nabob, who is guilty of exercifing great cruelty towards the garrison, which was made prisoners, i. 13-recovered by the English, with a promife of reftitution for all the loffes fuftained by the trade of the English Eaft-India Company, 31 Campen, the French furprised and greatly harraffed at, by the Hereditary Prince of Brunfwick, iii. [37, 38] -the 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] [5760]—laudable proceedings of the society 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 generofity of the British army in relieving them, particularly at Quebec, and in the neighbourhood thereof, iv. [135]immenfe advantage made by the English in the fur trade, fince they conquered this country, [150]-guarantied to England at the treaty of peace in 1763, when the boundary was much more clearly and diftinctly fettled than at the peace of Utrecht, v. [ss, 56] and [235, 236]-the declaration of his moft chriftian majefty'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 neighbouring Indian tribes, which produced 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 mifdemeanors, 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 proceedings of the English merchants trading to this country, on hearing that thefe fines were levied, and the method taken by the French government to pay to the fubjects of Canada the balance due to them, [120 122]-complaints made by the English 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 purpose, vii. [100]the value of Canada bills, March the 21ft, 1765, viii. [71]the fatisfactory arret of the French king's council, bearing date November 29, 1765, concerning the liquidation of the Canada bills, which fettled this difpute, [154, 155]-and ix. [5] and [47, 48]-the number of whites and blacks fuppofed capable of bearing arms in this country, 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 reafon for this indulgence being granted, [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 value of goods imported from Great Britain to this country, and of the produce of this country exported to Great Britain, and elfew bere, 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 difcontent 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 Congrefs 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 generals 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 governor, 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 moft confummate prudence and undaunted fortitude, in the moft 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 increafed by the ufual vigilance of general Carleton against every effort of fraud, force, and furprize ufed by the rebels; till at length the fiege was raifed; the rebels were repulfed 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 Ife 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 deftroyed 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 um brage which was given to general Carleton, who, notwithstanding the fuppofed umbrage, was affiduous in making the neceffary preparations for the fuccefs of this expedition, with a particular account of the line of conduct he purfued upon the new arrangement, [141-143]-plan, operations, and fuccefsful iffue of the expedition to Ticonderoga, [143-the difficulties, difappoint155ments, and hardships which general Burgoyne experienced previous to the unfortunate convention at Saratoga, [156-174*]-fome 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. [7-141-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 Schoharie to the Upper Sufquehanna, [16]-the deftruction of the Unadilla and Anaquago fettlements, [16, 17]-general Sullivan's fuccefsful expedition against 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] and [236] Carbonear Fort, in Newfoundland, taken and deftroyed by the French, [48] Caribbees, the beginning of the expedition against them, by the fettlers on the island of St. Vincent, in September 1772, xv. [149]-fome account of thefe people, as diftinguifhed by the names of the Black and Yellow Caribbs, and the great difference between them in their manners, xvi. [83]the ftate of this people till their illand was ceded to the English at the late treaty of peace, [84*]they refufe to have their lands furyeyed, and to fubmit to the tranf plantation propofed in 1768, [85 87*the orders which were iffued from England, in 1772, for military force to be fent, which, with the troops already at St. Vincent's, were to be employed in reducing the Caribbs to a due fubmiffion to government, [87, 88*]-a parliamentary enquiry, debates, and refolutions relating to this expedition, [88* -92*]—the treaty concluded with them by major-general Dalrymple, February 17, 1773, [92]--majorgeneral Dalrymple's return of the lofs of men in this expedition, [89, 901 Carical furrendered to the English, jii. [163] difputes about the divifion of the prize-money, vii. [92] Carolina, North, the total ftagnation of all bufinefs, civil or commercial, on the stamp act taking place in November 1765, viii. [53-56]--the number of men fuppofed capable of bearing arms in 1766, computed to be 30,000, ix. [60]-amount of Britifh fhips and feamen employed in the trade between Great Britain and this colony; the value of the imports from Great Britain to this colony, and the value of the exports from this colony to Great Britain and elfewhere, xii. [2157-the general affembly of this colony was diffolved by governor Tryon three days after its meeting in November 1769, xiii. [70]-the extraordinary conduct of the regulators in the back fettlements of this colony, [230, 231]-the lawlefs proceedings and violences committed in the frontier towns, by a defperate body of fettlers, the march of the army against them with the governor of the colony at their head, and the compleat victory gained over them, xiv. [132, 133]-the trial and conviction of fome of the regulators. in June 1771, [139]--the fum of fixty thousand pounds was voted by the general affembly, in January 1772, to discharge the expences of the late expedition, and for other fervices, xv. [86] a copy of the thanks delivered by order of his Britannic majefty to the military of the province who ferved under his excellency governor Tryon on his late expedition against the infurgents, [99] proceedings of the governor and the houfe of affembly in 1773, xvi. [105, 106]-a concife account of the meafures pursued by the governor, the provincial congrefs, and the committees, in 1775, the charges which they reciprocally brought against each. other, the retreat of the governor from his palace on board a floop of war in Cape Fear river, and the tranfactions of the provincial congrefs fubfequent to the departure of the governor out of the province, xix. [32, 33] -the neceffity under which the governor was obliged to feek refuge on board a fhip of war did not, however, damp his ardor in the public fervice, nor reftrain his attempts to reduce this province to obedience; for on publishing a proclamation, commanding all perfons on their allegiance to repair to the royal ftandard, which was erected by general Macdonald, an army of three thoufand men oppofed the provincial troops, but proved unfuccefsful, and the regulators and emigrants, who had joined the royal ftandard, were totally defeated and difperfed, [156*, 157*-this ill fuccefs of the loyalifts under Macdonald, with other difappointments and loffes, had confiderably broken their fpirits, till the fortunate fubmiffion of Georgia to the British army, in 1778, gave them frefh hopes of fuccefs againft the rebels, and in consequence of it they put themselves into motion against the enemy, xxii. [179]-the loyalifts are defeated with great lofs, [180]— rebels defeated by colonel Tarleton, at Waxfaw, on May the 29th, 1780, xxiii. [223]-the nature and caufe of the infurrections of the loyalifts in this colony, on the departure of fir Henry Clinton to New York, and the measures by which they were quelled; the effects produced by baron de Kalbe marching into that province with a continentil force, and the arrival of general Gates, who takes the chief command, [230*, 231*]-the compleat victory gained by lord Cornwallis at Camden, [230*, 231*] Carolina, South, the importation of negroes difcouraged by a duty, amounting almoft to a prohibition, in 1761, iv. [153]-produce of this country entered for exportation, from December 234, 1761, to September ift, 1762, both days inclufive, vi. [54], great encouragement given to perfons to fettle in the back country, near to this colony, [9]-the bill for granting, for a limited time, li berty to carry rice from this colony to other parts of America, on paying British duties, vii. [65]-the methods taken to elude the force of the ftamp act, paffed March 22d, 1765, or to compel a repeal of it, viii. [54 -56-the encouragement given to the breeding of filk-worms, in the western parts of this province, in 1765, [76]-the arrival of the German emigrants from England, and the great encouragement given to them at Hillsborough town, where they fettled, [98, 99]-the number of men fuppofed capable of bearing arms in 1766, computed to be 45,000 men, ix. [60]-the progrefs of cultivation in the back fettlements, their unanimity in councils, and the profpect of a lafting cordiality with the Indian nations, [125]-an account of feveral outrages and villanies committed in this province in 1767, X. [122]-the quantity of rice exported from Charlestown, from November 1, 1767, to September 23, 1768, and the value of rice on the 23d of September, 1768, by the hundred weight, xi. [172]the amount of British thips and feamen employed in the trade between Great Britain and this colony, the value of goods imported from Great Britain to this colony, and the produce of this colony- to Great Britain or elfewhere, xii. [215] difputes arifing from the fum of fifteen hundred pounds fterling being voted to the Bill of Rights people, and their refolution to ftop all commercial intercourfe with New York, on account of that province breaking the non-importation agreement, which was ftrictly adhered to in this colony, xiii. [159]-the genuine copy of a letter received by the honourable houfe of afferably in this colony, in anfwer to one fent them by the committee of the fupporters of the Bill of Rights, [224, 225]-the ftate of the war with the Indians in the back fettlements in 1771, xiv. [110]--the difpute between the commons houfe of affembly and the public treafurers of this province, and the diffolution of the general affembly which foon followed, [164, 165]--a very uncommon fale of negroes on December the 30th, 1771, XV. [77]-the new commons. houfe of affembly was haftily dif folved in January 1773, and the oc cafion of it, xvi. [85, 86]--the pow der magazines belonging to Charleftown feized by the British troops, September 1ft, 1774, xvii. [157] preparations previous to the engagement at Bunker's Hill, with an account of the lofs in killed and wounded (which amounted to 1054 men) in this hot and bloody battle, which was fought on June the 17th, 1775, xviii. [133-138*]-the caufe which is faid to have produced the disputes between the governor and the governed in this colony in 1775, previous to the governor retiring from Charlestown on board a ship of war in the river, from whence he returned no more to the feat of his government; and the measures which were afterwards purfued by the Council of Safety, in which the govern ment of the province was lodged, xix. [32]-the diftreffed Atate of the royalifts in this colony, in February and March, 1776, [156*158*]the unfuccefsful attack which was made by the British fleet, under the command of fir Peter Parker, upon Charlestown, where the feamen exerted themselves with the greateft valour and intrepidity, and underwent a great variety of hardships, [159*—163*]—the device for the great feal of this colony, xxi. [165] a defperate riot between the French and American failors, in the city and port of Charlestown, in 1778, where the quarrel ended in the laft extreme of hoftility, an open fight with cannon and fmall-arms; the French firing from their fhips, whither they had been haftily driven from the town, and the Americans from the adjoining wharfs and fhore; upon which the prefident and commander in chief of the colony published a proclamation, which fufficiently pointed. out the causes of the quarrel, at the time it offered a reward for difcovering and fecuring the rioters, xxii, [40]reafons which made this colony the great object of fear and hope to the different parties in 1778, and rendered its fate uncertain; the arrival of the American general Lincoln to oppose major-general Prevoft, who had been fuccefsful in reducing Georgia; the furprize and defeat of the rebels under the com, mand of general Afhe, on March the 3d. 1779, at Briar Creek, and the inglorious |