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THE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND,

FROM

THE INVASION OF JULIUS CAESAR TO THE END OF THE REIGN
OF JAMES II.

BY DAVID HUME;

CONTINUED

FROM THE REIGN OF WILLIAM AND MARY TO THE DEATH
OF GEORGE II.

BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT;

AND

FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE III. TO THE THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR
OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA.

INCLUDING A NARRATIVE OF THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR.

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VIRTUE AND CO., LIMITED, CITY ROAD AND IVY LANE.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.

CHAP. I.

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Parliamentary Session-Speech from the Throne-The Ad-
dresses of both Houses-Her Majesty's Reply-Debates
on National Education-Bill for the Abolition of Church
Rates-Marriages of Affinity Bill-Motion on the Grant
to Maynooth College-Public Education in Ireland-
Debates in both Houses on the Civil War in the United
States-Debate on the Production of Cotton in the East
Indies-Bill for Relieving the Distress caused by the
"Cotton Famine "-Annual Statement of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer-Motion for the Reduction of the Na-

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Parliamentary Session-The Queen's Speech-Debates on

the Address-Irish Emigration-The Budget-Bill for

granting Government Annuities through the medium of

Savings-Banks-Army and Navy Estimates-Debates on

Foreign Politics-Miscellaneous Measures-Close of the

Session-Finance-Public and Sanitary Works-Archi-

tecture and Sculptural Memorials-The Atlantic Tele-

graph Cable-Birth of a Royal Prince-Visit of the

Prince and Princess of Wales to Cambridge-The Church

-Explosion of a Ship laden with Gunpowder-Piracy

and Murder on board the Flowery Land-The Great Shef-
field Flood-Garibaldi's Visit to England-Shakspere
Festivals-Savoy Chapel destroyed by Fire-Murder of
Mr. Briggs-National Rifle Association-Social Science
-Reform-Ireland-Colonial: India-Canada-Australia
-Africa-Foreign Affairs: Denmark-Russia-Italy-
Greece and the Ionian Islands-United States of Ame-
rica-Action between the Kearsage and the Alabama-
Brazil and Uraguay-Mexico-Japan-Decease of Emi-
nent Persons: Duke of Newcastle, Earl of Carlisle, Cap-
tain Speke, Walter Savage Landor, Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, David Roberts, Jolin Leech, Smith O'Brien

Dublin International Exhibition-Education-Agricul-

tural Statis ics, &c.-Law and Law Reform-the Fenian

Conspiracy-Judicial Statistics - Colonial - Foreign:

France-Prussia-Austria-Italy-Denmark - Russia-

The Nile-America: Assassination of President Lincoln-
Chili-Mexico-Hayti - Decease of Eminent Persons
King of the Belgians, Viscount Palmerston, Richard
Cobden, Viscount Combermere, Abraham Lincoln, Car-
dinal Wiseman, Isaac Taylor, Sir Charles Eastlake, Sir
William Jackson Hooker, Dr. Lindley

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