Part 56

Gunpowder, inventor of, unknown, ii. 452.

Habeas Corpus Act, Lord Shaftesbury's connection with, ii. 570, 578.

Hale, Sir Matthew, integrity of, ii. 405.

Halifax, Charles Montague, Earl of, his attainments, iii. 409. Draws Addison into politics, 411. Addison's Epistle to, 421. Loses power, 422. Returns to the Council, 432.

Halifax, George Savile, Viscount, a trimmer; compared with Shaftesbury, ii. 573. His political tracts, 575. His oratorical powers, 575, 576. The king's dislike of him, 576, 577.

Hallam, Henry, his History of England dry but accurate, i. 287. His perfect fairness to all parties, 290. Just condemnation of Cranmer, 298. His view of Strafford's punishment, 312. Of the Parliament of 1640, 316. Condemns the Long Parliament, 336. His estimate of Cromwell, 347. Of Clarendon, 362. Of William III.'s reign, 809.

Hamilton, Gerard, his celebrated speech, ii. 205.

Hammond, Henry, uncle of Sir William Temple, ii. 509.

Hampden, John, review of Lord Nugent's Memorials of, ii. 1. His public and private character, 2, 3. Baxter's testimony to his excellence, 4. His origin and early history, 4,5. Took his seat in the House of Commons in 1621, and joined the opposition to the court, 6. His first appearance as a public man, 13. His first stand for the fundamental principle of the Constitution, 16. Committed to prison, 16. Set at liberty and reëlected for Wendover, 17. His retirement, 18. His remembrance of his persecuted friends, 19. His letters to Sir John Eliot, 19. Clarendon's characterization of him as a debater, 19. Letter from him to Sir John Eliot, 20. His acquirements, 21. Death of his wife, 22. His resistance to the assessment for ship-money, 27. Strafford's hatred of him, 29. His intention to leave England, 29. His return for Buckinghamshire in the fifth Parliament of Charles I., 31. His motion on the subject of the king's message, 32. His election by two constituencies to the Long Parliament, 36. Character of his speaking, 37. His opinion on the bill for the attainder of Strafford, 40. Lord Clarendon's testimony to his moderation, 41. His mission to Scotland, 41. His conduct in the House of Commons on the passage of the Grand Remonstrance, 44. His impeachment ordered by the king, 45-49. Returns in triumph to the House, 50. Raises a regiment in Buckinghamshire, 56. Contrasted with Essex, 57, 58. His encounter with Rupert at Chalgrove, 59. His death and burial, 60. Effect on his party, 61.

Hanover, Chatham's invective against the favor shown it by George II., ii. 254.

Harcourt, French ambassador to Spain, ii. 144, 145.

Harley, Robert, his accession to power, ii. 177. Censured by Lord Mahon, 178. Thrown into prison, 182.

Hastings, Warren, essay on, iii. 114-242. Birth and ancestry, 115. Education, 117. Beginnings in India, 119. Returns to England, 123. Appointed to the Council at Madras, 124. Meets Baroness Imhoff, 125. Effects reforms at Madras, 126. Dispenses with the double government at Bengal, 133. His principle "Thou shalt want ere I want," 135. His dealings with the Prince of Oude, 137. Helps him conquer the Rohillas, 141. His successful financial policy, 143. Made Governor-General, 144. Opposed by majority of the Council, 148. Accused by Nuncomar, 150. Supported by the English sentiment in Bengal, 151. Motive in destroying Nuncomar, 157. Opposition to, in England, 159. Maclean presents his resignation, 160. Repudiates the resignation and retains his position, 161. Marries Baroness Imhoff, and is reappointed Governor-General, 163. Plans to meet the Mahratta encroachments, 164. Stops the legal excesses of Impey, 172. Fights a duel with Francis, 174. Sends Coote against Hyder Ali, 178. Notes the advantage to the English of the double government in India, 181. His demands on the Rajah of Benares, 182. Visits Benares, 184. Adds it to British dominions, 187. Extorts money from the Begums of Oude, 191. Condemned in England but supported by the Company, 194. His extension of the Indian dominions, 195. Internal administration in India reviewed, 196. Ability in writing dispatches, 198. His encouragement of literature, 199. Loved by all classes, 200. His offences, 201. Returns to England, 203. Insensible of his danger, 205. Mistakes in his course of defence, 206. Supported by the ministry, 207. His opponents, 209. His defence, 214. Cleared on the charge relating to the Rohilla war, 215. Deserted by the ministry on the charge respecting Cheyte Sing, 216. Spoliation of the Begums charged by Sheridan, 220. Scene at his trial, 223. His counsel, 225. Acquitted, 233. Ruined financially, 235. Aided by the East India Company, 236. Later life at Daylesford, 238. Tardy acknowledgment of his services, 240. Death, 241.

Hastings, Mrs. Warren, her influence, iii. 203. See Imhoff, Baroness.

Hatton, Lady, marries Sir Edward Coke, ii. 385.

Hawke, Admiral, defeats French fleet under Conflans, ii. 277.

Hawkins, Sir John, interpolation of extracts from, in Boswell's Johnson, condemned, i. 707-710.

Henry VII., his reign the starting-point of modern English history, i. 371.

Henry VIII., his interest in the Reformation, i. 302. Attempts to raise a forced loan, ii. 82. His intermediate position between the Catholic and Protestant parties, 86.

Henry IV. of France, ii. 621.

Heresy, remarks on, ii. 622-634.

Herodotus, as an historian, his simplicity, i. 236. Inaccuracy of, 237. His work adapted to oral publication, 239. His reality, 240.

Hesiod, his complaint of the corruption of the judges of Ascra, ii. 431.

Hesse Darmstadt, Prince of, commands the land forces sent against Gibraltar in 1704, ii. 158. Accompanies Peterborough on his expedition. 161. His death at the capture of Monjuich, 164.

High Commission, Court of, abolished, ii. 38.

Highgate, death of Lord Bacon at, ii. 443.

Hind and the Panther, The, i. 231.

Historians, their difficulties, i. 235. The early, 236. The modern, 264. Their progress, 265. Exclusive spirit of the Grecian, 266. Dependence of the Latin on the Greek, 267. Points of superiority of modern, 272. Prejudiced, 273. Their neglect of narrative history, 276. Ideal, their characteristics, 280.