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Sicily, island and kingdom of,47,57,58,150;

army in Spain,109,114.

Sidmouth, Viscount. SeeAddington, Henry.

Sikhs, the,403.

SeeRanjít Singh, Sikh ruler.

Silesia,53,135,137.

Silistria,396.

Simmons, Dr. Samuel Foart,29.

Sind,402,413,414.

Sindhia, Daulat Ráo Sindhia,397-399,401,405.

Six acts, the,180,229.

Skaw, the,3.

Small-pox,15;

hospital, SeeLondon.

Smeaton, John,434.

Smohain, hamlet,162.

Smith, Adam,415,420.

Smith, Sydney,423.

Smith, William,428.

Smyth, American general,130.

Socialists,175.

Society for diffusion of useful knowledge,338.

Society, Highland,433.

Society, Kildare Place,317.

Society of friends of the people,279.

Society, Water-colour,427.

Soissons,145.

Sombreffe, French general,158.

Somerset, Lord Robert,162.

Somersetshire,175,298.

Sophia, Princess (daughter of George III.),184n.

Sophia, Princess, of Gloucester (niece of George III.),184n.

Souham, French general,108.

Soult (Duke of Dalmatia), French general,94-96,98,99,102-108,110,112-119.

South Australia. SeeAustralia.

Southey, Robert,416,420.

Southwark. SeeLondon.

Spa Fields, Bermondsey. SeeLondonandRiots.

Spain,13,35,39-41,47,58,59,81,85,123,144,149-151,166,187,188,190,200,205,231,254,259;

treaties of Aranjuez, Badajoz and Madrid,6;

treaty of Amiens,13;

alliance with France,35;

Peninsular war,59-61,66,68,71,73,76,77,82,87-120,423;

juntas,68,92,93,96,97,103,120;

secret treaty of Fontainebleau,87;

abdication of Charles IV.,87;

Joseph Bonaparte, king of,59,88,89,104,122,123;

treaties with England,96,150,151;

cortes,103,109,112,210,215;

insurrection,210,215-217;

loss of colonies in America,190,205,215,216,219,220,222,223,253,257;

dispute with France,215,217-221,256,257,264;

aggressions in Portugal,254-256,258;

triple and quadruple alliances,389,390;

Carlist war,389-391.

Speculation,205,206.

Speenhamland,341.

Spenceans, the,175.

Spencer, second Earl,14,25,34,230,349;

home secretary,45,49;

resignation,50.

Spencer, General,90,103.

Spitalfields. SeeLondon.

Spithead,39.

Stafford, Marquis of, afterwards Duke of Sutherland (Gower),66.

Standard, the, newspaper,250.

Stanley, Edward Geoffrey Smith- (afterwards Lord Stanley, later fourteenth Earl of Derby),277,347,352,354,360,374;

chief secretary for Ireland,280,281,294,313,315-317,321;

secretary for war and colonies,322,323,325-327,334;

resignation,345,346.

Steamboats,427,428,434.

Stephenson, George,275,276,427,434,435.

Stewart, Sir Charles (afterwards Lord Stewart, later third Marquis of Londonderry),146,212,228,296,356.

Stewart, Dugald,421.

Stockholm, treaty of,136.

Stockton on Tees,435.

Strachan, Sir Richard, admiral,64.

Stralsund,43.

Strand Bridge. SeeLondon.

Strangford, Viscount (Smythe),214-216.

Strassburg,41.

Strikes,178,204.

Stroud,359.

Stuart, Sir Charles (afterwards Lord Stuart de Rothesay),218.

Stuart, Sir John,47.

Sturt, Charles,439.

Subsérra, Count of,222.

Suchet, Marshal,100,107,109,112,114,115,118,119.

Suez,413;

canal,413.

Suffolk,175n.

Sugden, Sir Edward (afterwards Lord St. Leonards),283.

Sumatra,81.

Sumner, John B., bishop of Chester,341.

Sunderland,309,310.

Surrey,281.

Sussex,281.

Sussex (Augustus), Duke of (son of George III.),184,185.

Sutlej, river,403.

Sutton, Charles Manners- (afterwards Sir C. Manners-Sutton, later Viscount Canterbury), speaker,251,304,354.

Sweden,43,51-54,58,59,78,80,105,151,166,190;

third coalition,37,38;

treaties with Russia and England,38,123,136;

declares war on England,78;

ally of Russia,122,123,133,136;

treaty of Åbo,123;

treaty of Stockholm,136;

war with France,136,137;

treaty of Kiel,142,143,189;

acquires Norway (convention of Moss),150.

Swift, Jonathan,422.

Switzerland (Helvetian republic),9,38,79,138,143,166,387;

civil war,17;

invasion of,17,20;

revolts,133.

Sydney,439.

Syria,18,393,394,396,413.

Tagus, the,89,90,92,96,98,99,102,104-106,221,388.

Talavera,93;

battle,98,99,101.

Talleyrand, French statesman,10,19,21,22,34,46,78,151,152,156,379,382,387.

"Tamworth manifesto," the,332,354,371.

Tarái, the,405.

Tarbes,118.

Tarragona,112,114.

Tasmania. SeeVan Diemen's Land.

Tauroggen, convention of,125.

Taylor, Sir Herbert,286.

Telford, Thomas,275,434.

Temporalities, Irish Church, act,321-325.

Tenasserim,408,409.

Tenedos, the, British frigate,142.

Tennyson, Alfred (afterwards Lord),419.

Tennyson, Charles (afterwards Tennyson D'Eyncourt), M.P.,235,374.

Teplitz, treaty of,137;

conference at,396.

Terceira, island,259.

Terneuze,65.

Test act,229,234,235,242.

Thagí,411.

Thames, the,435.

Thames, river (Canada),139.

Thermopylæ,268.

Thiers, French statesman,390,391.

Thistlewood, Arthur,192,193.

Thompson, Charles Poulett (afterwards Lord Sydenham), president of the board of trade,346,357.

Ticino, river,149,166.

Tierney, George,26,28,86;

master of the mint,228-230.

Tigris, the,413.

Tihran,402,412.

Tilsit, treaty of,52,53,55,57,59,62,78,87,124,401,402.

Times, the, newspaper,343,348,351,422.

Timur,310.

Tipú,397,400.

Tithe, agitation against (Ireland),313-316,320.

Tithe commutation act,355,365,366.

Tithe commutation bills (Ireland),347,348,365,372.

Tobago,9,11,149,167.

Tooke, Horne,3,421;

act,3.

Tormes, river,107.

Toronto,139.

Torres Vedras,90,91,100-102,115.

Tortosa,112.

Toulon,39.

Toulouse, battle,109,118,119.

Tower of London. SeeLondon.

Tractarians. SeeOxford movement.

Tracts for the Times,339.

Trades Unions,204.

Trafalgar, battle,40,41.

Traz-os-Montes, province,255,257.

Trekroner, the, battery,4,5.

Trianon tariff, the,79.

Trieste,62,66,142.

Trinidad,9,151,167.

Triple alliance,389.

Tripoli,394;

Bey of,187,188.

Tripolitza,225.

Trondhjem, diocese of,136.

Troppau, congress of,211-214,395,396.

Trotter, paymaster,36.

Tudela, battle,92,93.

Tugendbund, the,62.

Tuileries, the. SeeParis.

Tunis, Dey of,187,188.

Turin,213.

Turkey,7,57-59,122,188,269,387;

treaty of Amiens,13;

treaty with France,14;

war with Russia,52,57,77;

armistice,81;

treaty of Bucharest,123;

Greek revolt,213,214,216,217,223-225,232-234,259-267,392;

rupture with Russia,214,217,225;

war with Russia,234,260-267;

treaty of Akherman,260;

peace of Adrianople,267,268;

treaty and protocol of London,267;

Egyptian revolt,393,394;

assisted by Russia,393-396;

treaty of Unkiar Skelessi,394,395;

treaty of Kiutayeh,394;

Austrian mediation,395,396;

treaty with Russia,396;

Asiatic Turkey,310.

Turner, J. M. W.,427.

Tuscany, treaty with Austria,187.

Tyrol, the,66,134.

Ucles,96.

Ulm,42.

Ulster,270.

Union, act of,237,239,240,248;

movement for repeal,252,275,313,314,316,344.

United States,56,58,83,131,157,190,216,223,257,312,337,438;

sale to them of Louisiana,18;

war with England,82,85,126-132,138,146,147;

non-intercourse act,83,128;

treaty of Ghent,147,156,203;

buys Florida,215;

treaty with England,225.

United States, the, American ship,132.

Universities,247,306,308,430;—

Cambridge,419,428-432.

Dublin,274.


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