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555 for themselves, to guard their Co-Religionists in Ireland from the oppression with which they were menaced; and earnestly to oppose any attempts to place the loyal Protestant inhabitants of Ireland under a Legislature so composed and so dominated.'
The Twenty-Fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom was opened on 4th August 1892, and it can scarcely pass away without leaving its mark on the principal themes and issues of this History. On the 'Address,' in reply to the Speech from the Throne, an 'Amendment' was carried by a majority of 40, 'respectfully representing to her Majesty that it was essential that the Government should possess the confidence of this House and of the Country, and that such confidence was not reposed in the present advisers of her Majesty."1 That was on the 11th August. On the 15th August, Lord Salisbury's Government resigned, or rather the resignation was 'intimated,' and at the same time Mr. Gladstone's acceptance of Office as Prime Minister, with a Cabinet pledged to Home Rule.
In this History, we have shunned all Partisan Politics, while illustrating and enforcing those Principles which incontestably bear on the 'safety and welfare' of the British Empire. Nor shall we now be seduced from our chosen path, namely, the portraiture of events, and letting them, in their unmistakable eloquence, speak to every reader's own judgment. But we must affirm our own invincible assurance, that, in the next 'Struggle for Supremacy' in Britain, whether brought on by the measures now looming on the horizon, or by some altogether different, and perchance unexpected emergency in National or International affairs, the destiny of this Empire will depend on whether the people and their leaders read aright, and wisely apply, the lessons of the past through British History in relation to Papal Claims, or, on the other hand, ignore and even despise all such guidance, 1 Hansard's P. D. (fourth series), vol. vii. p. 430.
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and imperil at once our Liberty and our Religion-at once our Protestant Freedom, and our Imperial Unity.
Finally, it becomes not a Historian to prophesy, nor shall we add another to the voluminous record of forecasts unfulfilled. But it is only very ordinary sagacity, applied to the pages of this History, which enables us confidently to indicate, that, as we lay down our pen when the 'Modern Reaction' has reached as nearly as possible its culmination, so the writer that follows us, and continues this theme for succeeding generations, may begin his next chapter with a title which we here present to him beforehand-Supremacy in Britain: the Struggle Renewed. We have done our humble best, by the preceding pages, to ensure Posterity, that whensoever and wheresoever this 'Conflict of the Centuries' shall be reopened, every statesman, every thinker, and the whole mass of the people may have in their hands the fullest and the most authoritative materials, for a true understanding of the times and a clear perception of what all men who love their Country and their Religion are called upon to do,—that is, in the evolution under God of our National Destiny, as the guardians of Civil and Religious Liberty, especially against all Papal Claims.
We bid our readers a respectful Good-bye.
ABBOT, Mr. Speaker, kills first Roman
Catholic Relief Bill, ii. 149; holds office
as Lord Tenterden under Canning,
247.
Abdication (v. James II.), the price of, i.
416.
Aberdeen, on Romanists making proselytes,
ii. 159; Colonial Secretary, 461.
Abjuration, the Bill rejected, i. 400; the
Oath of, 453; ii. 416, 420, 512.
Anglesey, on the Catholic Association, ii.
224, 282; on the Relief Act, 382.
Anne, forsakes her father's cause, i. 314;
intrigues for a Provision, 384; accedes
to Throne, 449; promotes Marlborough,
451; advocates Union with Scotland,
452, 456, 463, 465; addresses First
British Parliament, 467; favours the
Pretender, 470; dismisses Marlborough,
475; passes Patronage Act, 477; dies
suddenly, 480.
Acts of Parliament, v. list of, at the end of Anselm appeals to Rome, and is opposed
Index.
Addington, M Speaker, gives reasons
for Union with Ireland, ii. 67; succeeds
Pitt as Prime Minister, 77; collapses
before the Napoleon scare, 80.
Anstey introduces new Roman Catholic
Relief Bills, ii. 497, 499.
Antrim leads 1200 Papists against Loyalists
of North, i. 377.
Addis reveals ulterior aims of the Irish Argyle rises against James 11., is sent to
Directory, ii. 220.
Addison, prompts Steele's defence, i. 478;
replies to him in 'Old Whig,' 488.
Albemarle, is despatched by William to
Heinsius, i. 442; quotes Pitt's Three
Questions, and the Answers of the Six
Universities, ii. 90.
Alexander, on separation from England
as the ultimate Roman Catholic design,
ii. 94.
Allybone, Judge, and Jesuit, a type of
others, ii. 360.
Allegiance, only 'Half Subjects,' i. 53,
118, 125; Oath of, 126, 162, 218, 353,
367, 401, 433, 459; dominated by the
Pope, ii. 16, 91, 169, 186, 226, 230,
271, 275, 356, 357, 550.
Althorp, refuses to interpret Catholic Oath,
ii. 442; on Concession, 444; on O'Con-
nell, 450; on Irish Church, 455; on
creating Peers to pass Bills, 437.
Ambler, on the forfeiture of Popish heirs,
ii. 28; results of Savile's Act, 32.
America, Colonies of, i. 497; Stamp Act
and its issues, ii. 3-10; Independent
States, 11-14.
the block, i. 294-296;
offers the
Crown of Scotland to William and Mary,
373; promotes the Protestant Succession,
480.
Arlington, impeached, defends himself
before the Commons, i. 248; ii. 177.
Armada, the Spanish, launched, i. 103;
destroyed, 106; referred to, ii. 329, 330.
Arundel, Archbishop, attacks Statute of
Provisors, i. 26; Earl, sent to the
Tower, 147; one of the five Popish
Lords, 263; promoted by James, 310;
petitions for Relief Bill, ii. 184.
Atkinson, of Inner Temple, on Royal
Supremacy, i. 95;
on the Bible-Burning Scene, ii. 457.
Attainder, the Great, i. 379; how passed,
ii. 162.
Atterbury,
of Rochester, denounces
Quakers, i. 493; is denounced as a
Jacobite plotter, 494, 495; corresponds
with Alexander Pope, ii. 212.
Attwood, Sir William, refuses admission
to Archbishop, i. 17.
Aughrim, battle of, i. 414.
Austerlitz, battle of, ii. 297.
BACON, on Henry VII., i. 38; on hus-
bandry, 110; on his fall, 128; on the
natural-born subject, ii. 175; his name
on the Papal Index, 219; his preference
of an Atheist to a Romanist, 233.
Balfour, A. J., on demands of Roman
Catholic Prelates for University Educa-
tion, ii. 533.
Bancroft, against the Plotters, i. 124; ad-
vanced by Laud, 176.
Bankes, George, on Concessions to Popery,
ii. 196, 233, 284, 334; Henry, on
Peel's Speeches, 309, 343; the fate of
the Irish Church, 341;
John, on a Jesuit in the State, 357.
Bantry Bay, Battle of, i. 382.
Barebone's Parliament, the brothers' names,
Barillon's Despatches to France, i. 295;
revealing the Popish Plans of James II.,
and Counsellors, 298, 301, 392, 303,
306.
Barnes on Edward's tussle with his
Archbishop, i. 18.
Bathurst, Lord, resigns over the Catholic
Question, ii. 246; promotes it, 268,
278; Bishop of Norwich, advocates
Roman Catholic Emancipation, ii. 109,
123, 159, 170, 224, 401; on John Locke
and Alexander Pope, 165.
Baxter, Bunyan, etc., refuse the trap set
by the Indulgence, i. 311.
Beachy Head, battle of, i. 405.
Beauchamp on Savile's Roman Catholic
Relief Bill and Amendments, ii. 18, 28,
32, 33.
Beaufort, Cardinal, relieved of Praemunire
by Act of Parliament, i. 38.
Becket, Thomas à, opposes Constitutions
Bellasis, one of the Five Popish Lords, i.
263; promoted by James, 310.
Bellingham, proposes abolition of all re-
ligous checks, ii. 545, 549;
nates Perceval, 133.
Bill of Rights, First Petition of, i. 152;
the original claim of, 345, 349;
analysis of, 350; Scotch do., 373;
turned into Bill of, 385, 387; Clause
ix., the Protestant Succession, 389;
Disabilities of, not Religious but Political,
390; our Constitutional Charter, 163,
398; relation of, to Roman Catholic
Relief Measures, 142, 366.
Bible, the, British and Foreign Society's,
prohibited by the Index, ii. 219; burned
in Ireland, 456; and buried, 459; Stig-
matised by the Pope as Gospels of the
Devil, 436; Douay, with Notes, mutil-
ating and misrepresenting, 434, 469, 470;
Roman Catholic rule as to permission
for reading the Scriptures, 458.
Birch, Colonel, on a Popish Successor,
i. 281, 343; on safety and welfare,
240, 357, 384.
Bishops (v. Episcopacy; v. Domestic
Nomination; v. Veto), trial of the, i.
313; effect of acquittal, 314, 324;
Petition of, 327.
Blackstone answers Montesquieu regarding
our Popery Laws, ii. 108; his dictum
argued upon by Bathurst, 109;
Canning, 136; Eldon, 138, 177;
Nugent, 174; Scott, 183; and
Wetherell, 361.
Bloody Assize (v. Jeffreys).
Bloody Bill, the, against the Lollards, i.
31; do., against Dissenters from Henry's
Six Articles, 62.
Boleyn, Ann, married by Henry, i. 54;
beheaded, 56; mother of Elizabeth,
85.
Bolingbroke, promotes Jacobite plans, i.
480; is impeached, 484.
Boniface, Pope, appealed to by Edward,
not as arbiter, but as friend, i. 15;
claims Scotland as a fief of Rome, 16.
Book of Service, First, i. 71; New, 75;
Elizabeth's, 91; Parliament ordered not
Boscawen, on the King's cry for money, i.
245; on the Regency expedient, 284;
he Vacation of the Throne, 342; the
little Pretender, 386.
Boufflers negotiates with Portland for
Peace, i. 423.
Boycotting (v. Exclusive Dealing).
Boyne, the year of the battle, i. 396; the
day and scene, 404, 405; issues at
stake, 408.
Bradley, Thomas, burned as a heretic, i. 32.
Bradshaw, John, excepted from In-
demnity for Regicide, i. 222.
Bright, on Maynooth Endowment, ii. 491;
on Ecclesiastical Titles, 507.
Treason, ii. 242; Act repealed, 496,
498.
Burdett, Sir Francis, on the State of Ire-
land, ii. 203; on Emancipation and
Relief Measures, 193, 205, 209, 225,
227, 231, 250, 267, 276; on the power
and influence of the Pope, 205, 253,
319; on our Catholic forefathers, 232;
on Treaty of Limerick, 251; Treaty of
Union, 252; on Peel and Wellington,
252; on Securities, 254; on Union of
Hearts, 289.
Burrell, Sir C., opposes Roman Catholic
Relief Bill, ii. 320; proves that Popery
tends to make bad subjects, 356.
on Scotch and Protestant riots, 25, 27,
30, 33; on the Hindoos and their
rights, 40; opposes Fox, 50, 51, 55,
100; his reflections on French Revolu-
tion, 57; on the Protestant qualification
for Rule, 163; on the best Protestant,
212; on the Irish Establishment, 220,
466.
Bristol, is impeached by Charles, i. 148; Burke, on American troubles, ii. 6, 9, 10;
vindicates the Test Act, 241.
Brougham, on the Oaths of Roman
Catholics, ii. 131; on Queen Caroline,
172; on Canning, 194; on the Catholic
Association, 204; on the Treaty of
Limerick, 208, 240; on Civil Rights,
209; on Union of Hearts, 217; on
Pledges at the Union, 240; on Duke
of Wellington, 248; on Emancipation
Measures, 223, 225, 227, 241, 267, 276;
on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, 289,
315; on Cancelling the Relief Act, 478;
on the absurdity of opening the Chan-
cellorship to Roman Catholics, 483; on
the delusion that the Irish Establishment
is a grievance, 485.
Browne, Dominick, proposes the Establish-
ment of Roman Catholic Religion in
Ireland, ii. 201.
Brownlow, Charles, denounces Catholic
Association, ii. 201; recants, 210; a
typical convert, 211; praises Catholic
Association, 234; and Surrender of
Wellington, 285; the Electors' Quali-
fication Bill, 329; and would enlarge
Maynooth Grant, 429.
Buckingham, accompanies the Prince to
Spain, i. 133; is impeached, 146; de-
fends himself before the Commons, 249;
Buckinghamshire refuses further Con-
cession than that of 1793, ii. 90, 155.
Bulls, Papal, defied as to Oxford, i. 33;
superseded by Great Seal, 58; excluded
by Elizabeth, 97; publication of, High
Burleigh, saying of, that England could be
ruined only by her own Parliament, ii.
Burnet, Bishop, on admission of Bishops
by Letters Patent, i. 70; on marriage
of priests, 72; on Elizabeth's Council-
lors, 86; on Charles I., 217; on drink-
ing at the Restoration, 224; on Duke of
York and Exclusion Bill, 263; on Meal
Tub Plot, 272; Fitzharris Plot, 282;
on Princess Sophia clause, 386; on
William's balancing of Whig and Tory,
397; William and the worst of Govern-
ments, 400; Mary and the war in Ire-
land, 403; William's death-bed, 444;
the news on the Continent, 451; Oc-
casional Conformity Bill, 453; Anne
and the Jacobites, 470.
Bygot (or Bigod), of Norfolk, defies Ed-
ward I., i. 15.
Byron speaks in Emancipation debate, ii.
128.
CABAL, CHARLES's, i. 234; accusations
against, 248.
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