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A treaty signed May 15, 1902, between Great Britain and Ethiopia (Abyssinia), It pro- vides for the rectification and delimitation of the frontier be- tween Abyssinia and the Soudan. The Negus undertakes not to sanction any damming of the Sobat or the Blue Nile without the consent of Great Britain, grants a lease of a tract of country on the Baro river, for the formation of a commercial entrepot, and gives Great Britain the right to connect Uganda and the Soudan by a railway running through Abyssinia. A further treaty, to which Italy is also a party, provides for the rectification of the frontiers of Eritrea with Abyssinia and the Soudan. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Adjutators. Delegates elected by each regiment of the Parliamentary Army in 1647, to act with the officers in placing their demands and grievances before Parlia- ment prior to disbandment. Admonition, A document issued by Thomas Cartwright, the leader of the Puritans, in 1572, demanding the establishment of Presbyter- ianism, as being a divine in- stitution. Admonition, Cardinal Allen's. A pamphlet addressed to the " Nobility and People of Eng- land," bringing a series of scandalous charges against Queen Elizabeth, issued by Cardinal Allen in 1588. Adonis of Fifty. A nickname of George IV. Adrian, Bull of. A bull issued by Adrian IV, in 1 1 56, granting the sovereignty of Ireland to Henry II. in re- turn for his undertaking to support the Papal authority, and to pay Peter's Pence. Adrianople, Treaty of. A treaty between Russia and Turkey, signed in 1829, following the capture by Russia of the fortresses of Varna, Silistria, and Adrianople. It gave Russia control over the mouths of the Danube, and the appointment of protector of the privileges of Moldavia and Wallachia. Adriatic, Marriage of the. An ancient ceremony cele- brated yearly at Venice on Ascension Day, and typifying the greatness of Venice as a maritime power. The Doge was conveyed in his state barge to the sea, and threw into the water a consecrated ring. The ceremony was established in 1 1 74 by Pope Alexander III, in memory of the victory of the Venetians over the fleet of Bar- barossa. Adscriptus Glebas. A person who was compelled to remain on his lord's estate. The condition of a villein or serf in feudal times. Adullamites. A small section of the Liberal party, headed by Mr. Lowe (Lord Sherbrooke) who opposed Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill of 1866. The name had its origin in a speech of John Bright, who likened the mal- contents to those who took refuge in the Cave of AduUam. The term "cave " is now applied to any small knot of dissentients within the ranks of one of the great political parties. Adventurers of 1642. The gentlemen and others who had advanced money to the Government during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, to be repaid by grants of forfeited land. In 1653 these claims were recognized by grants in various parts of Leinster and Munster. Afrancesados. The partizans of Napoleon in Spain and the Spanish Colonies. Afrikander Bond. An organization formed in Cape Colony in 1881, with the avowed object of securing for the Afrikanders a larger share of political power. Its moving 4 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS spirit was Mr. Hofmeyr, a mem- ber of the Cape Ministry. It has taken a leading part in Cape pohtics, generally in opposition to British rule, and during the Boer war of 1 899-1902 gave strong evidence of disloyalty. Agraviados. The Catalan insurgents, in 1825, called themselves the Agraviados, or men with a grievance. Agrarian League. A league formed in Berlin in 1893, to advocate bimetalism and a return to protection. In the latter portion of its pro- gramme, it has had considerable success. Agricultural Alliance Bill. The name given to a bill passed by the Prussian Parlia- ment in 1896, at the instigation of the Agricultural Alliance, It prohibited time bargains in corn, mining shares, etc., and provided for the regulation of the Berlin Bourse, Corn Exchange, and other Exchanges, by a com- mitteee under a Government official. To escape these vexa- tious restrictions, the produce brokers deserted the Exchange and formed a Free Commercial Union, meeting in another building to carry on their busi- ness. Aids. Taxes levied on their feuda- tories by the English kings, prior to Magna Charta. By that instrument, however, it was provided that they were to be granted only by the Great Council, except in three speci- fied cases : the delivery of the king from prison, the knighting of the king's eldest son, or the marriage of his eldest daughter. Aigun, Convention of. A treaty between Russia and China, signed in 1858, by which Russia obtained all the territory eastward of the Ussuri river to the Japan Sea, and fixed her southern boundary at the frontier of Corea. Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress of. A congress held in 1818, and attended by plenipotentiaries from Great Britain, Prussia, Austria and Russia, to arrange for the evacuation of France by the army of occupation, and the readmission of France, as one of the Great Powers, to the Councils of Europe. Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of. A treaty between the Triple Alliance (England, Holland and Sweden) and Louis XIV of France, signed in May, 1668. Spain, which acceded to the Treaty, received Franche Comte from France, and surrendered certain frontier towns, including Lille, Courtray, and Tournay. The Triple Alliance were thus enabled to checkmate Louis' designs in the Low Countries. Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of. A treaty signed by England, France, Austria, Spain, and Holland, in 1748, putting an end to the War of the Austrian Succession. Territorially, its provisions in the main amounted to a return to the status quo ante, but it was provided that the Pretender should be expelled from France, that Spain should renew the Asiento treaty with England, and that Austria was to receive the acknowledgment by the signatories of the Duke DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS of Lorraine, husband of Maria Theresa, as Emperor, in return for the cession of Silesia to Prussia. Akerman, Treaty of. A treaty between Russia and Turkey, supplementary to the Treaty of Bucharest, signed in 1826. It provided that the Hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia should rule inde- pendently, each with a council of Boyars, and should not be deposed without the Czar's con- sent ; that Servia should elect her own princes, and that Russia should occupy the East coast of the Black Sea, and should have free access to all Turkish waters. Alabama. A privateer fitted out in Eng- land during the American Civil War, to prey upon the commerce of the Northern States. After the war the United States made an enormous claim for compensa- tion, which was submitted to arbitration, with the result that England was condemned to pay about three and a half millions sterHng. Alais, Treaty of. A treaty between the Cathohcs and the Huguenots in France, signed in 1629, after the fall of La Rochelle. By this treaty the Huguenots were finally de- prived of their political rights. Alaric Cottin. A sobriquet of Frederick the Great of Prussia, given him by Voltaire. It infers that he was a great soldier but a very poor poet. Alascans. The name given to the foreign Protestant refugees in Eng- land during the reign of Ed- ward VI. The name is derived from Laski, the superintendent of foreign church communities. Alaska Purchase. By a treaty between the United States and Russia, in 1867, the latter Power surren- dered all her possessions on the continent of the United States, together with the Probyloff Is- lands, in consideration of a payment of 7,200,000 dols. Alaska Treaty. A treaty between Great Brit- ain and the United States, signed in 1903, by which it was agreed to submit the question of the boundary between Alaska and Canada to a commission of six jurists, three to be nomin- ated by each side. This ques- tion had been pending since the cession of Alaska to the United States by Russia in 1867, the doubt as to the true frontier arising from the very indefinite terms of the Anglo-Russian Con- vention of 1825, Albanian League. A league founded by the Porte in 1880, to oppose the aspirations of Montenegro to- wards an increase of territory. In 1887 the league presented to the Sultan a petition for auto- nomy, under an Albanian governor, and receiving no answer, rose in rebellion. The outbreak, however, was easily suppressed. Albany Regency. A coterie of Democrats who from 1820 to 1854 exercised a controlling influence over the politics of New York State, and had consequently considerable power in national politics. Their headquarters were at Albany. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Albigenses. A sect of dissenters from the Romish doctrine, settled in the South of France, under the pro- tection of Raymond, Count of Toulouse, their name being de- rived from the town of Albi. Innocent III organiced a crusade against them in 121 5, under the leadership of Simon de Montfort, and at the siege of Beziers it is estimated that 15,000 Albi- genses were put to the sword. They nevertheless held out until 1229, when Raymond capitu- lated, and the Inquisition was established in Toulouse. The sect, though dispersed, was not des- troyed, and its members carried the seeds of Protestantism into Bohemia, Germany and Eng- land. Alcantara, Knights of. A Spanish order of religious chivalry, established in 1177, and directed against Moham- medanism. Ale Conner. An official appointed annually by the Court-Leet to test and examine the ale sold in the borough, and to prosecute dis- honest vendors. Alexander of Bulgaria, Abduc- tion of. A conspiracy of the pro-Russian party in Bulgaria, in 1886. Prince Alexander, whose policy was to free his country from Russian influence, was kid- napped by some Bulgarian officers, and carried off in his yacht to Russian territory. An attempt was then made to establish a pro-Russian govern- ment under M. Zankoff, but the sympathies of the Bulgar- ians were with the Prince, and M. Stambuloff set up a Council of Regency, and demanded his return. The Prince came back, but with nerves completely shattered by his experiences, or, as was alleged, by the adminis- tration of certain drugs, and he shortly afterwards abdicated. There seems little doubt that the Russian Foreign Office was privy to the plot. Alexander of the North. A sobriquet of Charles XII of Sweden (1682-17 18). Alexander, The Albanian. Iskander Beg (George Cas- triot, 1404-1467) was so called. Alexander, The English. A sobriquet of Henry V. Alexander Newski, Order of. A Russian order of knight- hood, founded by Peter the Great in 1722. Alien Act. An act passed in 1793, to deal with the enormous influx of foreigners into England, due to the French Revolution. Aliens were required to state the object of their visit, to register their names, and to obtain passports for moving to and fro. Alien and Sedition Laws. A series of Acts of Congress passed in 1798, to deal with the situation caused by the residence in the United States of a large number of naturalized French- men who sympathized with France in the difficulties then pending between the two countries. They gave the President the power to banish undesirable aliens. They were very unpopular, and were, in fact, never enforced with any stringency, but are noticeable DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS as having led to the first declaration of States Rights, Kentucky and Virginia declar- ing them unconstitutional. Aliwal North, First Treaty of. A treaty, signed in 1858 be- tween the Orange Free State and Moshesh, the Basuto chief, through the mediation of Sir George Grey. This treaty rectified the frontier somewhat in favour of the Basutos, and made other provisions tending to the maintenance of peace, Aliwal North, Second Treaty of. A treaty between Great Britain and the Orange Free State, signed in 1869, seftling the boundary between the two contracting parties in Basuto- land. After the annexation by Great Britain of the territories of Moshesh, the Orange Free State claimed the boundary line fixed by the treaty of Thaba Bosigo, while Great Britain claimed that in existence before the war of 1865. A compromise was eventually arrived at, and the frontier thus fixed is that at present existing between the Orange River Colony and the Cape. All Red Cable. A cable route from England to Australia, touching only British soil, projected by the Otta.wa Conference in 1894. The scheme met with the ap- proval and support of the Imperial Parliament, and the cable was completed in 1902. Allgemeines Landrecht. The Prussian Code of Law, amplified from the Landrecht of Frederick the Great. Alliance Society. A political association formed in Belgium in 1897, with the object of uniting the different branches of the Liberal Party. Allodial Lands. Among the Franks, lands held in absolute proprietorship, as opposed to lands held as fiefs, and dependent upon a superior. They were subject to no burden, except the call to arms for national defence, and passed at death to all the chil- dren equally, or, failing issue, to the next of kin. Alte Fritz. Frederick the Great of Prussia is constantly referred to by this sobriquet. Althing. The general assembly of the Norsemen, {See also Thing.) Alumbrados. A sect of mystics, founded in Spain about 1520, the fore- runners of the better known lUuminati of Germany. They were finally suppressed by the Inquisition. Amalfitan Code. A code of maritime law, drawn up during the First Crusade by the mercantile community of Amalfi. It is the oldest known maritime code, Amboise, Conspiracy of. A plot on the part of Conde and the Bourbons, in 1560, to seize the Guises, and the King, Francis II, who was a mere puppet in their hands. The plot was discovered, and several of the leaders were executed. Amboise, Convention of. An agreement between Cathe- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS rine de' Medici and the Hugue- nots in 1563, after the first civil war, by which the Huguenots were allowed the free exercise of their religion. Amboyna, Massacre of. The murder of ten English- men, in the employment of the India Company, at the Dutch factory of Amboyna in 1623. America Act. An Act passed in 1775, con- solidating all the previous penal acts relating to the American Colonies. It declared that all American vessels were lawful prizes, and that all Americans captured in them, or elsewhere, could be forced to take service against America. Commission- ers were appointed to receive the submission of the revolted colonies, but no provisions were made for the redress of griev- ances. America, Discovery of. According to the Norse Sagas, the discovery of America should be placed to the credit of the Vikings, who made five ex- peditions to the coast between 985 and loii, the first being that of Eric the Red, who settled in Greenland in 986, and the most famous that of Thorfinn Karlsefne, about 1007. The rediscovery by Columbus took place in 1492. American Customs Act. An Act passed in 1764, levying customs duties on goods im- ported into the American Colonies. These duties were to be levied for the benefit of England, and the proceeds there- of paid into the English Treasury. The assertion of this right to tax the Colonies for the benefit of the Mother Country may be considered the cause of the loss of the American Colonies. American-Japanese Treaty. A treaty negotiated between the Shogun and Commodore Perry on behalf of the United States in 1854, by which Japan opened the ports of Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, and Hakodate to foreign commerce. Foreigners had been excluded from Japan for 216 years before this date, with the exception of the Dutch, who however were strictly con- fined to their factory at De- shima. American-Spanish Treaty. A treaty signed in 1898, at the close of the war, by which Spain surrendered her sove- reign rights over Cuba, and ceded Porto Rico and her other West Indian possessions. The United States undertook to pay twenty million dollars for the Philippines and Sulu Islands, but did not assume any responsibility for the Cuban debt. Ami des Hommes. A sobriquet of the Marquis de Mirabeau (1715-1789). Ami du Peuple. Jean Paul Marat, the French revolutionary leader, was known as the Friend of the People. It was also the title of the journal which he edited. Amiens, Award of. The award of Louis IX of France, in 1264, in the dispute between Henry III of England and his Barons, which had been referred to the arbitration of the French King. He pronounced entirely in favour of the Crown, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS annulling the Provisions of Ox- ford, especially with regard, to the King's right to employ- aliens as governors of his castles. Also known as the Mise of Amiens, Amiens, Peace of. A treaty signed by France and England, in 1801, after the defeat of the French army in Egypt. England restored all her conquests from France, Spain and Holland, excepting Ceylon and Trinidad. Both parties agreed to the evacuation of Egypt, and the independence of Portugal was guaranteed. This peace was of very short duration, England and France being at war again in 1803. Amistad Case. The case of a Spanish slaver in 1839, in which the slaves had broken out and seized the ship. She was afterwards captured by a U.S. cruiser, and the Supreme Court declared that the seizure of the vessel by the slaves was not an act of piracy. Amour, Loi d'. The name ironically applied to a severely repressive measure against the Press, introduced in the French Chamber by Peyronnet in 1827. Amoureux, Guerre des. The name given to the war between Henry III and Henry of Navarre in 1580. It arose purely out of a court intrigue, and its only event of importance was the capture of Cahors by the Huguenots. Ampoule, La Sainte. The Holy Vase, containing the consecrated oil with which the French kings were anointed at their coronation at Reims. It was preserved in the Church of Saint Remi in that city. Anabaptists. A fanatical sect which had its rise in Westphalia, early in the sixteenth century. In 1535 the Anabaptists seized the city of Miinster, and under their leader Boccold, otherwise John of Leyden, who had arrogated to himself royal prerogatives, they held out for some time against the forces of the Bishop of Miinster. They were, how- ever, eventually overpowered, and their leaders put to death. Among other extreme doctrines, they advocated communism and polygamy. Anarchist Riots, Chicago. Riots arising out of the Labour agitation in Chicago in the spring of 1886. The Anar- chists took advantage of the disturbed condition of the city, and in the course of a meeting which they summoned, a bomb was thrown at the police, which was followed by shooting. Sixty poHce were wounded. Seven of the rioters, mostly Germans, were convicted of murder. Ancients, Council of. The second chamber of the French Directory (i 794-1 799). It was composed of 250 members. Ancon, Treaty of. A treaty of peace between Chile and Peru, putting an end to the War of the Pacific, signed in 1883. Chile obtained by this treaty and one concluded shortly afterwards with Bolivia, the coast region of the latter state, and the district of Tarapaca in lo DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Peru. She further secured impor- tant concessions with regard to the guano deposits. Andrassy Note. A note of remonstrance pre- pared by Count Andrassy, the Austrian Foreign Minister, and addressed to the Porte in 1876 by the Powers signatory of the Treaty of Paris, insisting on Turkey fulfilling her engage- ments. Anes, Journee des. The name given by the French to the defeat of the Papal Army, under the Duke of Urbino, near Bologna, on May 22, 1571, by the Bolognese and the French men-at-arms. The name was given to this battle on account of the enormous number of baggage animals captured. Anglo-Chinese Agreement, 1902. An agreement between Great Britain and China providing for the abolition of Likin, and an increase of duties at the port of entry, to compensate for the loss of revenue thus incurred. This agreement, however, can only come into operation if the other nations having commercial treaties with China agree to the increase of the import duties. Anglo-Dutch Treaty, 1872. A treaty by which Holland surrendered to Great Britain all her possessions on the Gold Coast. Anglo-French Agreement, 1896. An agreement with respect to Siam, by which Great Britain agreed to the cession to France of Mongain, and a strip of territory, twenty-five kilometres wide, on the right bank of the Mekong. Both parties agreed not to invade the territory left to Siam by this arrange- ment, and it was further stipu- lated that any commercial privi- leges in Yunnan and Sze-Chuan accorded by China to either nation should be common to both. Anglo-German Agreement, 1 890. An agreement, fixing the limits of the spheres of influence of the two Powers in East, West, and South-West Africa, with the exception of the southern limit of Walfisch Bay, left open for further inquiry. The agree- ment further provided for the cession of Heligoland to Ger- many, and the recognition by the latter of Great Britain's protectorate over Zanzibar. Anglo-German Agreement, 1900. An agreement, also known as the Yang-tse Agreement, signed May 16, 1900, defining the policy of the two Powers in China. It was agreed to sup- port the policy of the " Open Door," and to permit free access for all nations to the ports, rivers and littorals where the signatories have influence ; to refrain from seeking special territorial advantages, and to oppose the grant of such to other Powers, the right being reserved to concert measures in the event of such advantages being sought. Germany has since declared that she does not consider this agreement to have any bearing on the Russian occupation of Manchuria. Anglo-Italian Agreement, 1885. An agreement by which Great Britain recognizes Italy's rights to the East Coast of Africa between Massowah and Obock, and further agrees to give her DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS ii her moral support in Tripoli. Italy in return undertakes the same friendly of&ces for Great Britain in Egypt. Anglo- Japanese Agreement, 1902. An agreement signed in London, January 30, 1902, by which the relations of the two Powers in the 'China seas are defined. It is provided that if one of the signato- ries be involved in war, in defence of her interests in these regions, the other shall maintain a strict neutrality, but that if the belligerent be at- tacked by a second Power, the other signatory shall join her ally, and that the war shall thenceforward be conducted in common, and peace made only by mutual agreement. It is further stipulated that neither party shall enter into a separate agreement with another Power, to the prejudice of the joint interests of the allies, these interests being defined as the maintenance of the territorial integrity of China and Korea, and the securing therein equal opportunities for the commerce of all nations. Anglo- Japanese Treaty, 1895. A treaty between Great Brit- ain and Japan, signed in 1895, abolishing extra-territorial juris- diction in Japan for British subjects. Great Britain was thus the first European nation to acknowledge the entry of Japan into the comity of nations. The treaty became operative in 1899. Anglo-Portuguese Treaty, 1891. Following the disturbances on the Mashonaland border, where a collision had taken place between Portuguese troops and British South African Police, an ultimatum was despatched to Portugal, demanding the withdrawal of her troops from the disputed territory. A treaty was subsequently signed de- limiting the spheres of influence of the two Powers and declaring the navigation of the Shire and the Zambesi open to all nations, while Portugal agreed to facili- tate communication by these and other river and land routes. Anglo-Russian Convention, 1825. A convention by which it was agreed that both Powers should enjoy equal fishing rights in the Pacific Ocean. A line of de- marcation was also drawn be- tween Alaska and British Colum- bia, but it was never properly de- marcated, and the vagueness of the boundary has been a fruit- ful source of dissension be- tween England and the United States, probably to be ended by the Alaska Treaty of 1903. Ankarstrom's Conspiracy. A conspiracy of Swedish nobles, headed by Counts Rib- bing and Horn and Captain Ankarstrom, to assassinate Gus- tavus III of Sweden. Captain Ankarstrom, who had a per- sonal grievance against the king, shot him at a masquerade in the Opera House at Stockholm on March 16, 1792. Annates. The first year's income of a benefice, claimed as tribute by the Popes. This and all other tributes to the Roman See were abolished in England in the reign of Henry VIII. by the Annates Act, passed in 1534- 12 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Annunziata. An Italian order of knight- hood, holding the third place (after the Garter and the Golden Fleece) among the orders of chivalry. It was founded by Amadeus V of Savo}?- in 1362, and has been twice remodelled, namely, by Charles III in 15 18, and by Victor Emmanuel in 1869. It is restricted to twenty members, exclusive of royal knights. Annus Mirabilis. The year 1666, famous in English history for two decisive victories over the Dutch fleet, and for the Great Fire of London. Dryden's poem of this name commemorates these events, Anti-Corn Law League. An association founded in Manchester in 1838, to work for the repeal of the Corn Laws, which imposed heavy duties on imported corn. Its leaders were Richard Cobden and Charles Villiers. The agita- tion bore fruit in 1846, in which year the Act repealing the Corn Laws was passed. Anti-federalists. See Federalists. Antigone, The Modern. Marie Ther^se, the daughter of Louis XVI, was so called. Anti-Parnellites. The majority of the Irish Parliamentary Party, who deposed Mr. Parnell from the leadership, after the O'Shea divorce case, at the bidding of Mr. Gladstone and the Irish Bishops. Anti-Remonstrants. A party among the Irish Catholics, who declined to sign the Petition of Remonstrance, drawn up by Peter Walsh, in 1666, protesting against the belief prevalent in England that toleration of Catholicism was incompatible with the safety of the State. Anti-Semitism. An anti-Jewish crusade which broke out in Eastern Europe in the latter part of the nineteenth century. It was especially virulent in Russia and Austria, while in Germany an Anti-Semitic League was formed in Berlin in 1880, to "prevent the Judification of Germany." The Judenhetze, as it was called, was carried to such lengths as to call for the inter- ference of the Emperor. Still later the crusade against the Jews extended to France, where the anti-Semitic party is strong. As a consequence of this perse- cution, thousands of Jews have emigrated from the Continent to England and to the United States. Anti-Slavery Society. A society formed at Phila- delphia in 1833, under the presidency of William Lloyd Garrison, to work for the abolition of slavery in the United States. It was dissolved in 1870, having accomplished its object. Anziani. The Council of the Ancients of Florence, established about the middle of the thirteenth century, to control all matters relating to the government of the State. It consisted of fourteen leading citizens. Apologie of William of Orange. A justification of his actions. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 13 presented by William of Orange to the States-General of Holland in 1580, in reply to the pro- scription edict of Philip II. The States declared Philip's charges against the Prince to be without foundation. Appanages (France). The provision made for the younger sons of the French Kings. It consisted of feudal lands held by the Crown. Appanages (Russia). The Russian Imperial estates are so called. Apparel, Statutes of. A series of sumptuary laws, passed about 1540, regulating the dress of the labouring and farming classes. Appeals, Act of. An Act passed in 1533, under Henry VIII, declaring the Church of England capable of dealing with its own spiritual questions, and forbidding ap- peals to any dignitary higher than the Archbishop. Apprentices, Statute of. A statute of Elizabeth, passed in 1 563, by which no person was permitted to exercise a trade in England unless he had previously served an apprenticeship to it of seven years. Apprenticeship (Transvaal). This question was much de- bated in England in the early seventies, some people alleging that the apprenticeship of black children was a covert form of slavery, especially as indentures were transferable before a land- drost. On the annexation of the country in 1877, however, . it was found that the charge was quite groundless. Arabi's Rebellion. This revolt arose originally from a quarrel between the Circassian and the Arab officers of the Egyptian Army in 1881. Three Arab colonels, one of them Arabi, headed a successful mutiny, demanding a change at the Ministry of War, which was controlled entirely by the Circassians. Later in the year further trouble arose, and Arabi, supported by the whole army, obtained the appointment of Under Secretary, and subse- quently that of War Minister. By June, 1882, he was practi- cally a military dictator, and commenced fortifying Alex- andria. An ultimatum from the British Government was without effect, and Alexandria was bombarded by the British fleet. The defeat of Arabi at Tel-el-Kebir put an end to the rebellion. Aragon, Privilege of. A charter granted to the nobles of Aragon by Alfonso III in 1287. It gave them a con- stitutional right to federate against the king, if he infringed their immunities, and at need to depose him and elect a successor. The Privilege was withdrawn by Pedro IV in 1348. Arbitration Court. See Hague Congress. Arbitrations. See Alabama, Amiens, Beh- ring Sea, Caroline Islands, Keate, San Juan, Venezuela. Argonauts of Forty-nine. The name given to the early settlers in California after the discovery of gold in 1849. They are also called Forty- 14 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Arima, Rebellion of. A rising of his dependents against the Daimio of Arima, which was joined by a large number of Japanese Christians. The rebels were finally subdued in 1658, the Shogun having had recourse to the Dutch for help, and the result was the complete suppression of Christianity in Japan. Arkansas Civil War. A dispute, in 1874, between the factions of Brooks and Baxter, each of whom claimed to be the duly elected Governor of Ar- kansas and was backed by an armed force, dignified by the name of the State Militia, It was found necessary to call out United States troops, where- upon Baxter relieved the situa- tion by withdrawing. Armagh, Synod of. A Synod of the Irish Prelates, held in 11 70, at which, in view of the threatened English inva- sion, it was resolved to release all English captives held in slavery. Armagnac War. The war between Frederick III of Germany and the Swiss in 1444, so called because Frederick's forces were princi- pally composed of mercenaries who had been engaged in the French civil war on the Armagnac side. Armagnacs. The party of the Orleans Princes in the French civil war, which broke out in 1410, during the reign of the imbecile Charles VI. Their opponents, the Burgun- dians, succeeded in obtaining possession of Paris by treachery in 14 1 8, and the Armagnac leaders were captured and thrown into prison. The Paris mob, always hostile to this party, broke into the prisons and murdered all the prisoners. In this affair, which is known as the Massacre of the Armag- nacs, it is said that 3,500 persons perished, including the Comte d' Armagnac, the Chan- cellor, and many nobles and members of the Parlement. Amiatoli. A body of Greek mercenaries in the service of the Sultans of Turkey from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. Armed Neutrality. A league of the northern nations of Europe, formed under the leadership of Prussia and Russia in 1870, to contest the right of search exercised by British ships of war over neutrals. The contentions of the league were that the flag covers the merchandise, except in the case of contraband of war, and that a blockade must be effective to be respected. Armenian Massacres. In 1895 aiid. 1896 terrible massacres of the Armenians took place in Anatolia, at the hands of the Kurds, who were probably aided, and certainly not hindered, by the regular Turkish garrison. In 1896, on the ground that a dangerous conspiracy was on foot, the authorities connived at a massacre of Armenians in Con- stantinople, in which over two thousand are believed to have perished. This produced a strong joint protest from the Powers, followed by the re- establishment of some sem- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 15 blance of order in the disturbed districts. Arminians. The followers of Arminius, a Leyden professor, in the early part of the seventeenth century, who dissented from the strict Calvinism of the Dutch Protest- ants, and endeavoured to intro- duce a milder system. By a decree of the Synod of Dort, in 161 8, the Arminian preachers were banished, while the Great Pensioner, Barneveldt, the chief lay supporter of the sect, was executed. The English High Church party in the reign of Charles I were sometimes called Arminians. Army Plot. An abortive conspiracy in the army, in 1641, under Wil- mot, the Commissary- General, formed, with the connivance, of Charles I, to overawe the Parlia- ment. Goring, one of the ring- leaders, becoming dissatisfied, betrayed the plot to Pym, but by that time the conspirators had already decided against active measures. Army Purchase. The system of purchase of commissions in the army was abolished by an Act of Parlia- ment introduced by Mr. Card- well in I 87 I. Arrabiati. The party of the Medici, during the existence of the Florentine Republic, established in 1493. Arras, Congress of. The first instance of a con- gress of the European Powers, held at Arras in 1435. All the leading States were represented, and an attempt was made to settle the peace of Europe, but the rival claims of France and England, the two countries most immediately concerned, proved irreconcilable, and no solution was arrived at. Arras, Treaty of. During the Congress of Arras, in 143 s, France succeeded in detaching Burgundy from the English alliance, and a treaty was signed by which the Duke of Burgundy acknowledged the sovereignty of Charles VII, but stipulated that he himself should be freed from personal homage during his own and Charles' lifetime. In return his claim was admitted to the Boulonnais, and he received Macon, Arcis-sur-Aube and Auxerre. Burgundy renounced the English alliance, and France that of the Emperor. Arriere Fief. Land held by the vassal of a vassal is an arriere fief of the overlord. Artels. Associations of workmen in Russia, living and working together, and dividing the profits of each job. They are sometimes of a temporary nature and sometimes more nearly resembling a guild, as in the case of the bank porters, where the association is responsible to the employers for the acts of its members. Articles. See Eleven, Five, Forty-two, Henry, Lambeth, Louvain, Nine, Schmalkald, Six, Ten. Thirty- nine, Thirty-three. i6 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Articles, Lords of the. The Committee which prepared measures to be submitted to the Scottish Parliament was so called. Articles of Henry. See Pacta Conventa. Articles of Prague. The confession of faith of the Hussites, issued by John Zisca in 1420. Articuli super Cartas. Twenty clauses added to Magna Charta, when it was confirmed by Edward I during the Parliament of 1300. The most important are those deal- ing with purveyance, the juris- diction of the officers of the Crown, and the jury system. Arya Somaj. A Hindu sect founded by Dayanandu Sarasvati (died 1882). While reforming many of the grosser superstitions of the Brahminical faith, its followers still hold by the doctrinal teachings of the Vedas. Aschaffenburg, Concordat of. An agreement between the Emperor Ferdinand III and Pope Nicholas V, in 1448, regulating the Papal rights in ecclesiastical matters in Ger- many. The Pope surrendered the right of appointing arbit- rarily to all benefices, but retained it for those falling in during each alternate six months. He retained the annates, and gave the chapters the right of electing to bishoprics, except in the case of translations, or of the appointment of some notoriously unfit person. Ashbourne's Act, Lord. See Irish Land Act, 1885. Ashburton Treaty. A treaty between England and the United States, signed in 1842, finally settling the boundary line between Canada and the States. This treaty is also known as the Treaty of Washington. Asiento. The right to trade in slaves with the American Colonies was claimed by Spain, and was at different periods granted by treaty to France or to England. The permission thus granted was known as the Asiento. Assassination Plot. A Jacobite plot in 1696, to assassinate William III. He was to be shot while returning from hunting in Richmond Forest. It is probable that James was privy to it, but the actual ringleader was Sir George Barclay. The plot was dis- covered, and several of the leaders convicted and executed. Assassins. The followers of the Old Man of the Mountain, Hassan ben Sabah, who founded the sect on the borders of the Caspian Sea about 1090. The motto of the Society was " To the faithful nothing is forbidden," and its adherents were guilty of the foulest murders. Among its other well-known victims, was Conrad of Montferrat, in 1192. Asssertion of the Seven Sacra- ments. The book written by Henry VIII against Luther, which procured for him from Leo X the title of Defender of the Faith. Assignats. An issue of paper money DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS ij authorized by the French Na- tional Assembly in December, 1789, secured on the lands and buildings of the church, which were to be confiscated and sold. They were largely forged by Royalists and others, and went to an extraordinary discount; thus in February, 1796, a gold louis of 20 francs was worth on the Paris Bourse 5,300 francs in assignats. Assize of Arms. A reorganization of the old Militia of England, carried out by Henry II in 1181. Assize of Bread. An ordinance of Henry III of England in 1266, regulating the prices to be charged by bakers, in accordance with the fluctuations in the value of Assize of Clarendon. An ordinance issued by Henry II in 1 166, to provide for the trial of criminal cases in the Shire Courts. It was ordained that twelve men should be selected from each hundred, and four from each township, to determine whether there were any criminals in their district, and if so to present them for trial. This is the origin of the Grand Jury system. This Assize also abolished trial by compurgation. Assize of Northampton. An ordinance issued by Henry II in 1176, confirming and strengthening the Assize of Clarendon. Assize of Woodstock. An ordinance issued by Henry II in 11 84, containing regulations for the government of the royal forests. Many of the rules were very oppressive, and were considerably modified by the Charter of Forests, in 1217. Association, The. A bond drawn up by the Council and nobles of England in 1 5 84, whereby the signatories bound themselves to take arms against all who should attempt to harm the person of Queen Elizabeth. It was signed by Catholics and Protestants aUke, and Parliament was speedily summoned to endorse it. Association, The. A union of the Eastern counties, formed in 1643, with the object of keeping the civil war beyond its borders. Association Treaty. A treaty, signed in 1682, be- tween Holland, Sweden, the Emperor and certain German Princes, pledging the signatories to defend the treaties of Utrecht and Nimeguen. It provided that any of the contracting parties accused of violating the pro- visions of these treaties should submit the matter to the arbi- tration of the other signatories, who, in the event of his refusal, agreed to unite against him in arms. Similar provisions were agreed to to meet the case of a non-signatory power violating the peace of Europe and re- fusing to submit to arbitration. Associations Act, Ireland. An Act passed in 1826, di- rected mainly against the Catho- lic Association. It restricted the right of meeting of political associations, and forbade the levying of subscriptions or the administration of oaths. c i8 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Associations Law, 1833. A law passed by the French. Government in 1833, forbidding any association, even literary or religious, to exist without Government authorization. Associations Law, 1901. A law passed by the French Assembly in 1901, requiring all religious associations engaged in teaching or charitable work to apply to the Government for authorization. It was specially aimed at associations like the Assumptionist Fathers, who had taken an active part in politics in opposition to the Govern- ment. In 1902 the law was strenuously enforced by M. Combes, the French Premier, against many harmless com- munities of nuns and others engaged in teaching, causing serious disturbances in Brittany and other Catholic centres. Assurance, The. A form of oath exacted in Scotland after the accession of William III from all persons holding positions of trust. It set forth that William was King not only de facto but de jure and by just title, and was in- tended' to discriminate, in the Church, between those Episco- palians who were at heart Jacobites, and those who were honestly ready to accept the new regime. About a hundred Episcopalian divines took the oath, and were permitted to retain their benefices. Assured Lords. The Scottish lords captured at Sol way Moss, and allowed to return to Scotland under the ob- ligation to further the interests of Henry VIII, in 1542. Among them were the Earl of Angus, Lords Cassilis, Glencairn, and Maxwell. Assysthement. The ancient Scottish law of the assessment of the 'value of a life, to be paid by the mur- derer. Astor Place Riot. A serious riot in New York in 1849, arising out of a dispute between Macready, the English actor, and Edwin Forest, the American actor. A mob of 20,000 men attacked the Astor Place Opera House, where Macready was playing in " Mac- beth," and it was found necessary to call out the troops in order to quell the disturbance. Ataman. The chief of a community of Cossacks. The office was elective. Ateliers Nationaux. Government workshops estab- lished in Paris in 1 848 to provide work for the unemployed. Within the year the workers rose against the Government, and erected barricades in the streets of Paris. They were, however, promptly suppressed by General Cavaignac, and their leaders arrested and condemned to transportation. * Attainder, Act of. An Act passed by the Irish Parliament, summoned by James after the landing of William III in England in 1689. The Act contained a list of between two and three thousand names, and was made the ve- hicle of many private ven- geances. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 19 Attalik Ghazi. The title bestowed on Yakoub Beg, the leader of the revolt against China in Kashgar in 1870. The revolt was sup- pressed in 1877, after the death of Yakoub Beg. Atterbury's Plot. A Jacobite plot to depose George I in 1722, and to place the old Pretender, James Ed- ward, on the throne. The ring- leaders were Lord Orrery, Lord North, Lord Gower, and Atter- bury, Bishop of Rochester. The plot included a plan for an expedition under James and Lord Ormonde, to sail from Spain. The scheme, however, was disclosed to the British Minister in Paris, and the leaders, including Atterbury, were arrested. Audiencias. The final courts of appeal in South America, under Spanish rule. They were eleven in number, and in addition to their judicial functions, acted as advisory boards to the Viceroys and Captains-General. Augmentations, Court of. A Court appointed by Henry VIII, after the dissolution of the monasteries, to deal with all questions arising out of the confiscation of the Church Lands. Augsburg, Confession of. A statement of the Protestant doctrine drawn up by Melanc- thon at the Diet of Augsburg, in 1529. Augsburg, League of. A league between the Emperor, Spain, the Nether- lands, Sweden, Bavaria, and the circles of Suabia and Fran- conia, formed in 1682, to pre- serve the peace of Europe against the encroachments of Louis XIV. The war, which began in 1688 and was ended by the Peace of Ryswick in 1697, is known as the War of the League of Augsburg. Augsburg, Peace of. See Religious Peace. Aulic Council. A tribunal established by the Emperor Maximilian I in 1 501. It was reorganized by Rudolf II, to deal with questions arising out of the interpretation of the Peace of Augsburg, dur- ing the counter-reformation in Germany. The Council accom- panied the Emperor, having no fixed place of meeting, and was almost entirely under the domination of the Court, and thoroughly Catholic in its tend- encies. Aurum Reginae. See Queen's Gold. Ausculta Fill, Bull. A bull, also known as the Greater Bull, issued by Pope Boniface VIII against Philip IV of France in 1302. It calls on Philip to cease his opposition to the claims of the Church, and reminds him that he holds his throne only by the goodwill of the Pope. The bull was publicly burnt in Philip's pres- ence. Ausgleich. The agreement settling the economic relations between Austria and Hungary. The first Ausgleich was signed in 1867, for a period of ten years, and was renewed with slight 20 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS variations in 1877 and 1887. The Austrian Reichsrath refused to sanction the Ausgleich of 1897, and it was promulgated by what is known as the Dic- tatorship paragraph of the Austrian Constitution, in other words by Imperial decree. In 1899 it was amended by the Szell formula, by which M. Szell, the Hungarian premier, stipulated that if the Aus- gleich were not formally re- newed before the end of 1902, the economic union between the two countries should come to an end in 1907. On New Year's Eve, 1902, a new Aus- gleich, to run for ten years, was agreed to by the Austrian and Hungarian Premiers. Austin Riots. An outbreak of the Coloured League against the White League, at Austin, Mississippi, in 1874. Several sanguinary engagements took place, in which the blacks were worsted, and many killed. Austragal Court. A court consisting of several members of the Germanic Confederation, convened to de- cide whether questions pending between one of the Confederated States and a foreign power could be taken up by the Con- federation as a whole. Australasian League. A society established in Mel- bourne in 185 1, under the auspices of the Rev. John West, to secure " by moral means only " the abolition of the transportation of convicts to any part of the Australasian continent. Australian Colonies Act. An Act passed in 1849, separating Victoria from New South Wales, and providing a constitution for the new colony, as well as for Tasmania, South Australia, and (subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions ) Western Australia. Australian Commonwealth Act. An Act to give force to the Constitution drafted by Aus- tralian statesmen for the union into a Commonwealth of the Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Western Aus- tralia, and Tasmania, power being reserved to New Zealand to enter the union if she so desire. The Act provides for the establishment of a central Government, with the control of the customs, postage, and certain other matters, each colony retaining its own Parlia- ment, with power to manage its internal affairs as before. Considerable difference of opin- ion arose as to the right of appeal from the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth to the Privy Council, and it was finally enacted that in the case of constitutional questions affecting the rights of the Commonwealth or individual States no appeal should lie, unless the Supreme Court certi- fied that the matter was one which should be determined by the Privy Council. Austrian Succession, War of the. The war which broke out in 1 74 1, in connexion with the Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VI. It was ended by the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 21 Auto de fe. The Act of Faith, the name given to the ceremony which accompanied the execution of persons condemned for heresy by the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal. The last Auto de Fe took place at Valencia, in 1826. Avignon Captivity. The period of seventy years during which the Popes resided at Avignon, practically in a condition of vassalage to the French Crown. It lasted from 1305 to 1377, or from the Papacy of Clement V to that of Gregory XI. It is also known as the Babylonish Captivity. Avignon, Reunion of. From the time of the return of the Popes to Rome in 1377, until 1 79 1, Avignon was, with certain short intervals, governed by Papal Legates. In the latter year, by a decree of the National Assembly, it was reunited to France, and this reunion was acknowledged by the Pope, by the Treaty of Tolentino in 1797. Ayankeeados. The name given by the Mexi- cans to the sympathizers with America during the Mexican War of 1846. B Babington Plot. A plot set on foot by Babing- ton and a Jesuit, named Ballard, in 1585, to assassinate Queen Elizabeth. Letters secured by Walsingham were said to have proved the complicity of Mary Queen of Scots, and led to her imprisonment at Fotheringay, and subsequent trial and exe- cution. Babylonish Captivity. See Avignon. Back Lane Parliament. An assembly of Delegates from the whole of Ireland, which met in Dublin in 1792. They prepared an address ex- pressing their loyalty to the throne, and asking for the franchise. Baconists. The Liberal Party in Virginia in 1676, who rose in rebellion under Nathaniel Bacon. The name was afterwards adopted by the Maryland Liberals in 1678. Badger State. The popular name of the State of Wisconsin, U.S.A., from the badger in its coat of arms. Badinguet. A nickname of Napoleon III. It was the name of the workman in whose clothes he escaped from the Chateau of Ham, in 1846. Bag and Baggage Policy. The policy advocated in speech and pamphlet by Mr. Gladstone in 1876 (while in opposition), at the time of the Bulgarian Atrocities. It was to the effect that if Turkey would not reform the administration of her Christian provinces, she must be turned out of Europe " bag and baggage." Bagimont's Roll. A valuation of the ecclesi- astical benefices of Scotland, compiled by Bagimont of Vicci in 1274. On this .valuation the 22 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS tithes payable to the Roman See were computed, up to the time of the Reformation. Bailli. In French feudal times the bailli was the representative of the king in the territories of the great feudal lords. He held a court which took cogni- zance of matters concerning the rights of the Crown, and outside the jurisdiction of the feudal courts. Baiser de Lamourette. A reconciliation between the extreme parties in the French Legislative Assembly in 1792, effected by the persuasive elo- quence of Lamourette, Bishop of Lyons. It was purely emo- tional and irrational, and only lasted a few days. It is also called the Norman Reconcilia- tion. Balafre, Le. The sobriquet of Henry de Guise (1550-1589). Balkan Agreement. An agreement between Aus- tria and Russia, officially com- municated to the Balkan States in 1897, by which the parties announced their intention of maintaining the status quo in the Balkan Peninsula. Ballarat Reform League. An association of miners, formed at Ballarat (Victoria) in 1854, to agitate for reforms in the administration of the gold- fields, as well as for certain political reforms, including man- hood suffrage, payment of mem- bers, and short Parliaments. The more militant members eventually took up arms against the Government. Ballot Act. The Act to substitute secret for open voting at Parlia- mentary elections was passed in 1 87 1. Banbury Man. A term applied to the Puritans during the sixteenth and seven- teenth centuries. Banda Oriental. The old name of the Republic of Uruguay. Bandes d'Ordonnance. A body of 3,000 cavalry which formed the only standing army of the Netherlands, circ. 1550. Bank Charter Act, 1833. An Act renewing the charter of the Bank of England, origin- ally granted in 1694. It made the notes of the bank legal tender, and provided that the notes issued should bear to the specie in hand a ratio not exceeding three to one. Bank Charter Act, 1844. By this Act it was provided that the Bank of England should not issue notes in excess of ;^ 1 4,000,000, unless a corre- sponding reserve of specie were held. It also restricted the note issue of other banks, and pro- vided that no banks established after the passing of the Act should have the right to issue notes. Bar, Confederation of. A league of Polish nobles, formed in 1876, with the object of dethroning Stanislas Augustus (Poniatowski), and freeing the country from foreign influence. Barbarossa. Frederick II, Emperor of DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 23 Germany (11 52-1 190), so called was also known as the Little from his red beard. Parliament. Barbons. The name given to Sillery, Jeannin, and Villeroy, the veteran councillors of Louis XIII, circ. 161 2. Barcelona, Treaty of, 1493. A treaty between Charles VIII of France and Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, by which Roussillon and Cerdagne were restored to the Crown of Arragon. Barcelona, Treaty of, 1529. A treaty between Charles V and Pope Clement VII, by which the Emperor undertook to proceed to Rome to receive the crown at the Pope's hands, and to take all the steps in his power to check the spread of the reformed religion. Bardo, Treaty of. A treaty between France and Tunis, signed in 1861. The Bey recognized the French right to occupy military positions securing the frontier and the sea coast, France in return guaranteed to the Bey his personal security, and that of his dynasty and dominions. She also undertook the due execution of all treaty obliga- tions to foreign powers, but for the future reserved the right to control all the international relations of the Bey. Barebone's Parliament. A Parliament summoned by Cromwell on July 4, 1653, which lasted only till December 12 of the same year. It took its name from one of its mem- bers, a leather merchant named Praise-God Barebone, and it Bari, Council of. At this council, summoned by Pope Urban II in 1098, the orthodox doctrine of the Holy Ghost was established. Barmecides. A celebrated Persian family, who rose to the highest offices of state under the Abbaside Khalifs. One of their number, Jaafar, was the favourite Vizier of Haroun-al-Raschid. For some reason not sufficiently ex- plained by the Arab historians, Haroun, without warning, caused the whole family, numbering over a thousand, to be massacred in 802. Barnburners. Bands of agricultural labour- ers who, from 1830 to 1833, ^^• deavoured, by burning ricks and farm buildings, to terrorize the landlords into the concession of improved conditions. The threatening letters written to their employers were generally signed "Captain Swing." Barnburners. A name given to the Radical wing of the Democratic party in New York in 1844. The Barn- burners joined the Freesoilers Baroda Commission. A commission appointed in 1875, composed of three Euro- peans and three natives, to in- vestigate the charge against the Gaekwar of Baroda of attempt- ing to poison Colonel Phayre, the English Resident. The com- mission disagreed, the English- men considering the charge proved, while the natives were 24 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS of the contrary opinion. Lord Northbrook, however, decided on deposing him. Barons, League of the. A league of the Barons of Northern France, under Peter, Count of Brittany, during the regency of Blanche of Castile, in support of the rights of their order against the usurpations of the Crown. Barons' War. The war which broke out under Simon de Montfort in 1263, in consequence of the failure of Henry III to fulfil his various engagements to his Barons. The war lasted till 1267, though only desultory fighting took place after the death of de Montfort at the battle of Evesham in 1265. Barrackpur Mutiny, A mutiny of the 42nd Native Infantry Regiment in 1826, the reason assigned being the harsh treatment to which they were subjected by their officers. The mutiny was promptly sup- pressed. Barricades, Journee des. May 12, 1588, on which date Henri III sent his Swiss Guards to oppose the return to Paris of Henri de Guise. The Parisian mob formed barricades of paving stones, from behind which they shot down the Swiss. The same name has been given to other days on which the Parisians have erected barricades against the constituted authorities. Barrier Treaty, First. A treaty between England and Holland, signed in 1709, by which Holland agreed to recognize the Protestant suc- cession in England, and to make the expulsion of the Pretender a sine qua non of peace with France. In return England guaranteed to Holland a barrier line of strong places, including Nieuport, Lille, Ryssel, Tournay, Maubeuge, Charleroi and Namur. Barrier Treaty, Second. , A treaty between England and the Netherlands signed in 17 13, by which the line of fortresses, as set out in the Barrier Treaty of 1709, was altered, somewhat to the disadvantage of the Dutch. The Treaty of Utrecht in the same year confirmed the principle of the Barrier. Barwalde, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1631 be- tween Louis XIII. and Gustavus Adolphus, providing for the security of the Ocean and the Baltic, with liberty of com- merce to the ships of both nations. It was also provided that the forts on both seas and in the Canton of the Grisons should be demolished. Bashi-Bazouks. Turkish irregular troops, generally recruited amongst the Kurds and other Asiatic tribes in the Ottoman Empire. They became notorious during the Bulgarian atrocities of 1875. Basilikon Doron. A book written in iS99Tby James VI of Scotland (after- wards James I of England) , con- taining advice on the art of government, and intended for the instruction of his eldest son, Henry. Basle, Council of. A council summoned by Mar- tin V, but held under Eugenius IV, in 1433. The council DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 25 abolished many of the privileges claimed by the Popes, including annates and the reservation of benefices. Finding the Pope obdurate in his refusal to accept their decrees, they suspended and finally deposed him. Basle Treaties. Two treaties made by Na- poleon with Prussia and Spain respectively in 1795, by which he detached these two powers from the European coalition. His bribe to Prussia was the withdrawal of the French troops from the right bank of the Rhine, while the inducement offered to Spain was the return to her of the Spanish half of the island of San Domingo. Basle, Treaty of. A treaty between Austria and the Swiss Cantons in 1499, whereby the virtual indepen- dence of the thirteen cantons was recognized. Bassein, Treaty of. A treaty between the British and Baji Rao II, Peshwa of Poonah, signed in 1802. The Peshwa agreed to receive a subsidiary force, and to pay for its maintenance ; to admit into the Mahratta States no European hostile to England; to surrender all claims to Surat, and to re- main the faithful ally of the English. This treaty practi- cally put an end to the Mahratta independence. Bastard of Orleans. Jean Dunois (natural son of Louis of Orleans), the famous French general ( 1402- 146 8), was so called. Bastille. The famous state prison of Paris, built in 1370 by Charles V, and destroyed by the mob in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution. Bates' Case. A case decided in 1606, in the reign of James I, in which the judges held that it was lawful for the King to raise the customs duties without the consent of Parliament, Bath, Order of the. An order of knighthood, founded by Henry IV in 1399- From the time of Charles I it lapsed, until revived by George I in 1725 as a military order, which it remained until 1845, when it was established on its present basis with a military and a civil division. Bats, Parliament of. See Club Parliament. Battles. See Brothers, Chapter of Mit- ton, Clan Chattan, Clouds, Death Ride, Dingaan, Dysiefald, Eperons, Field of Mourning, Giants, Glorious, Herrings, Last, Loose Coat, Nations, Seven Days, Soldiers, Spurs, Standard, Thirty, Three Emperors. Bavarian Succession, War of the. A war between Austria and Prussia, arising out of the failure of the male line of the Bavarian princely house. No fighting took place, and the pending questions were settled by the Peace of Teschen in 1779. Bay State. A name given to the State of Massachusetts, U.S.A., from the old name of the Colony, namely " Massachusetts Bay." Bayonne Decree. A decree issued by Napoleon 26 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS in 1808, ordering that all foreign vessels then in French ports should be seized. Bayou State. The State of Mississippi, U.S.A., is so called from the number of creeks or bayous along its shores. Bear State. Arkansas, U.S.A., is so called from the bears that in former days infested its forests. Bearnais, Le. Henri IV of France was so called from Beam, his native province. Beau Sabreur, Le. The sobriquet of Joachim Murat, Napoleon's best cavalry leader, created by him King of Naples. Beauclerc. The sobriquet of Henry I of England, in allusion to his scholarship, which was superior to that of most mediaeval monarchs. Bee, Compromise of. An arrangement between Henry I and Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1 106, by which the long standing dispute as to the King's right of investiture was settled. By this arrange- ment the King retained the right of exacting from the Bishops the oath of fealty and homage, surrendering the purely formal right of bestowing the ring and crozier. Bedchamber Question. The dif&culty that arose be- tween Queen Victoria and Sir Robert Peel, on the resignation of the Melbourne Ministry in 1839. Through some misunder- standing the Queen thought that Peel wished her to change all the ladies holding Court ap- pointments, a step she refused to take. It ended in Peel re- fusing to take office, and Lord Melbourne coming back. Bedford Protest. A protest signed by a hastily summoned meeting of the min- ority of the House of Lords in March, 1766, on the night that the repeal of the Stamp Act, imposing stamp duties on the American Colonies, passed that House. The signatories to the protest were headed by the Duke of Bedford. Beggars, The. See Gueux. Beggars of the Sea. A company of Dutch priva- teersmen, commissioned by the Prince of Orange, circ. 1570, to prey upon Spanish commerce. Their chief was William de la Marck. Beggars, The Wild. A brotherhood of freebooters, who, under the guise of a revolutionary faction, infested the Netherlands about 1568. Behring Sea Fisheries. The question as to the right of Canadian sealers to capture seals in Behring Sea (known as Pelagic Sealing), after being long in dispute, was submitted to arbitration in 1892. The United States claimed to have acquired from Russia, by the purchase of Alaska, the ex- clusive right to the seal fisheries of the Behring Sea, alleging that this right had always been claimed by Russia, without pro- test from Great Britain, and that DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 27 their interest in the seal herd justified them in putting a stop to pelagic sealing. In 1893 the arbitrators decided that the United States had not acquired any such exclusive right. Fur- ther, as authorized by the terms of the reference, they made the following regulations : all seal- ing within sixty maritime miles of the ProbylofE Islands to be forbidden; a close time for seals to be established, and all sealing vessels to be licensed. Bekcagsog, Convention of. A treaty between Great Brit- ain and Sweden, by v/hich Great Britain undertook to pay 12,000 men to be employed in Pom- erania in aid of the coalition against Napoleon in 1805, Bel Anglais, Le. A name given by the French to John Churchill, the great Duke of Marlborough. Belgian Neutrality Treaty. The neutrality of Belgium being threatened by the Franco- German War in 1870, treaties were signed by Great Britain with France and Germany re- spectively, by which the bel- ligerents agreed to respect the neutrality of Belgium during the war and for one year after its close, from which date the Treaty of London of 1839 was again to become operative. Belgrade, Treaty of. A treaty between Austria and Russia on the one hand, and Turkey on the other, by which Austria surrendered Wallachia and Servia, while Russia with- drew from her conquests in Moldavia and Bessarabia, and renounced her rights of navi- gation in the Black Sea. This treaty was signed in 1739, after the capture of Belgrade by the Turks. Bell the Cat. The sobriquet of Archibald Douglas, the " great " Earl of Angus, which he earned by undertaking to take the lead in removing James III of Scot- land from the pernicious in- fluence of Cochrane, Earl of Mar, in 1481. Belski. One of the two factions of nobles who between them ruled Russia during the minority of Ivan IV (The Terrible), circ. 1533, The other faction was that of the Chouiski. Belted Will. Lord WilUam Howard (1563- 1640), Warden of the Marches, was so called, Benares, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1773 be- tween Warren Hastings and the Vizier of Oude, by which it was stipulated that an English force should be lent to Oude for ser- vice against the Rohillas, the Vizier paying forty lacs down and two lacs per month for their services. Further, Hastings agreed to cede Oorah and Alla- habad to Oude, in return for an annual tribute of fifty lacs of rupees. Benedictines. The first regular monastic order, founded by St. Benedict in 527. Benefit of Clergy. The right claimed by the Church to withdraw its members from the jurisdiction of the secular courts, to be dealt with by the ecclesiastical coiirts. In the 28 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS dark ages " clerk " was held to cover all who could read, but with the spread of education after the Renaissance, the abuse of this definition became in- tolerable, and in 1532, an act was passed limiting the right of pleading benefit of clergy, in cases of felony, to those of the rank of sub-deacon and above. Benevolences. An arbitrary method of tax- ation without the consent of Parliament, introduced by Ed- ward IV of England. Benevo- lences were declared illegal by the Parliament of Richard III. Bengal Land Law. An Indian Act passed in 1859, by which the proprietary rights of the cultivators under the Zemindari system in Bengal were recognized with certain restrictions. Bengal Mutiny. An agitation in the East India Company's regiments in 1795-6 for the assimilation of the con- ditions of pay and pensions to those established by Lord Corn- wallis in the Civil Service. The Company handled the matter with very little discretion, pro- moting one of the leading mal- contents to an important post, but Lord Wellesley on his arrival took stern measures, and the embryo mutiny quickly subsided. Bergara, Convention of. The surrender of the Carlists under General Maroto in 1839, which ended the great Carlist war. Berlin Congress. A congress held at Berlin in 1878, after the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish war. The out- come of the Congress was a Treaty, which modified the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano. By its provisions Roumania, Servia and Monte- negro were made independent States, the latter also obtaining a port on the Adriatic. The northern portion of Bulgaria was made a self-governing State, under the suzerainty of the Porte, and the southern portion, known as Eastern Roumelia, remained Turkish territory, but under a Christian governor. Austria was to administer Bos- nia and Herzegovina, Roumania returned a portion of Bessarabia to Russia, while in Asia Turkey ceded Ardalian, Kars, and Batoum to Russia. It is of this treaty that Lord Beaconsfield used the famous phrase " We have brought back Peace with Honour." Berlin Decree. A decree issued by Napoleon in 1806, proclaiming the Con- tinental Blockade. Berserker. The bravest champions of the Vikings were so called, perhaps because they fought in their shirts, without coats of mail. They seem in battle to have worked themselves into a kind of frenzy, known as the Berserk rage, somewhat resembling that of the Mohammedan " Ghazi." Berwick, Treaty of. A treaty between Charles'|i and the Scotch in 1639, following Charles' abortive attempt to invade Scotland, by which it was agreed that a free Scottish Parliament should be held, in return for which concession DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 29 the royal castles were to be re- turned, and the army of the Covenanters disbanded. Bessborough Commission. A commission, under the chairmanship of the Earl of Bessborough, appointed to re- port on the Irish Land Laws. Following on its report, Mr. Gladstone introduced the Irish Land Bill of 189 1. Betterment. The increase in the value of property in a certain limited area, owing to municipal im- provements, such as roads and bridges. Certain municipal re- formers advocate the levying of a special rate from persons thus benefiting, instead of throwing the whole cost of the improvements upon the rate- payers as a body. Betting Act. See Cockburn's Act. Bezaaygeld. A tax levied in Holland about the middle of the eighteenth century on seed put into the ground. Bianchi. A sect of fanatics who appeared in Italy in 1399. They dressed always in long white garments, and lived entirely on bread and water. They are said to have brought about a remarkable im- provement in the morals of the time, but they were neverthe- less opposed by the Pope. Bianchi and Neri. The two factions of the Guelf party in Florence, circ. 1300. Modern Italian society is di- vided into sections, also bearing these two names, of which the former are supporters of the House of Savoy, while the latter uphold the temporal claims of the Vatican. Biatagh. A tenant in Ireland, in the Celtic times, who held his land on the tenure of providing hos- pitality for travellers. Bien Aime, Le. The sobriquet of Louis XV of France (17 15-1774). Bien Public, Guerre du. An insurrection against Louis XI of certain malcontent nobles, aided by the Dukes of Bur- gundy, Brittany, and Bourbon. It was ended by the Treaty of Conflans, in 1465. Big Beggarman. Daniel O'ConneU was so called by the Irish landlords. Bill of Right. The Act passed by the Con- vention Parliament in 1689, embodying as a statute the Declaration of Rights accepted by William III. Bills of Exchange Act. An Act passed in 1882, codi- fying the various acts and de- cisions relating to Bills of Ex- change. It is practically the only codification in the law of Great Britain. Bimetallists. The advocates of a monetary system which would place gold and silver on the same basis for coinage purposes, by making silver legal tender to any amount, and establishing a fixed ratio of value between the two metals. Birkenhead, Wreck of the. The Birkenhead, a troopshipi was wrecked near the Cape of 30 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Good Hope in 1852. There were not sufficient boats to save all on board, and while the women and children were all saved, the troops stood to at- tention on the main deck, and went down with the ship. Birmingham Riots. An outbreak in Birmingham in 1 79 1, directed against Dr. Priestley, who had organized a dinner of sympathizers with the French Revolution, to celebrate the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. Dr. Priestley's house and library were wrecked. Biron's Plot. An attempt by the Baron de Biron, one of the King's most trusted generals, to unite the Catholic and Huguenot mal- contents against Henri IV, in conjunction with a league of Spain and Savoy against the French king. The plot was be- trayed by a subordinate, named La Fin, and Biron was con- demned and executed in 1602. Bishop Usher's Model. A compromise between the Episcopalians and Presby- terians, proposed by Bishop Usher after the Restoration. He suggested that while the bishops were restored, a number of suffragan bishops should be appointed, each of whom was to be president of a council of Presbyters. Charles II de- clared himself in favour of this form of union, but when a bill was prepared to carry it into effect, the whole power of the Court was utilized to secure its rejection. Bishops in Partibus Infidelium. In theRoman Catholic Church, Bishops holding imaginary sees, in countries where there is no Catholic community, were for- merly so called. Since 1882 they have been styled Titular Bishops. Bismarck of Asia. Li Hung Chang, the Chinese statesman, was so called. Black Act. An Act passed in 1722 to put a stop to the depredations of certain persons who frequented Epping Forest in disguise and killed the deer. The Act was repealed in 1827. Black Agnes. Agnes, wife of the Earl of March, who was distinguished for her gallant defence of Dunbar against the English in 1339. Black Assize. The assize held at Oxford in July, 1577, when an' outbreak of typhus fever carried off three hundred persons, including many of the officials and jurors at- tending the court. Black Bands. A body of German soldiers enlisted by Louis XII of France, and employed in the Italian wars of the sixteenth century. Black Bartholomew. St. Bartholomew's Day, 1662, is so called. On this day all beneficed clergy had to declare their assent to the Book of Common Prayer, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Uniformity, and those who re- fused were deprived of their livings. Over two thousand Presbyterians were ejected from their parishes on this day. Black Book. The name given to the report DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 31 of the committee appointed by- Henry VIII in 1535 to investi- gate the condition of the monas- teries. Black Box. A box said to have contained the marriage certificate of Charles II and Lucy Waters, the mother of the Duke of Monmouth, and to have been stolen from her. Had the documents it purported to contain been forthcoming, they would, of course, have es- tablished the Duke's right to the throne in the place of James II. Black Brunswickers. A regiment of horse raised by the Duke of Brunswick in 1809, to avenge the death of his father who was killed at Auerstadt. They wore black uniforms, and their badge was the skull and crossbones. Black Circuit. A circuit held in Cape Colony in 18 12 to investigate the charges brought by the London Missionary Society against the Dutch settlers of iUtreating their native slaves. The results showed that the charges were grossly exaggerated, but a great deal of illfeehngwas engendered amongst the Dutch by the thoroughness with which the EngUsh Government went into the matter. Black Clergy. The members of the regular monastic orders in Russia. They alone take any part in the ecclesiastical administration. Black Death. A pestilence which passed over Europe, and finally reached England in 1349. Its ravages were terrible, amounting, ac- cording to some chroniclers, to a third of the population. It probably had its origin in the East, and is thought by some to have been the disease now known as the Bubonic Plague. Black Eagle, Order of the. The most coveted of the Prussian orders of knighthood. It was founded by Frederick I in 1 70 1, to commemorate his assumption of the royal title. It is limited to thirty members, who must be of noble descent for four generations. Black Flags. Rebel Chinese in the service of the King of Annam, who were the most dangerous op- ponents of the French during the Tong-King war. Black Friday. May II, 1866, on which day the failure of Overend and Gur- ney was announced. There was a terrible panic in financial circles, and, among other extraordinary measures, it was found necessary to suspend the Bank Charter. Black Hole of Calcutta. The dungeon in which some 200 English prisoners were con- fined when Calcutta was taken by Surabjah Dowlah, the Subah- dar of Bengal, in 1756. Only twenty-three survived the night. Black Monday. The name given to an Irish rising in County Dublin in 1209, which nearly exterminated the newly-established English Colony. Black Popes. The chiefs of the Society of Jesus, during the Papacy of Pius IX, were known by this name, their power in Rome 32 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS being almost as great as that of the Pope himself. Black Prince. The sobriquet of Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Edward III, from the black armour which he habitually wore. Black Rent. An annual stipend paid by the English settlers within the Pale to the Irish chieftains on their borders, in consideration of their restraining their fol- lowers from raiding the English settlements. Black Rent was first paid about 14 lo. Black Sea Treaty. A treaty signed in London in 1 87 1 by the signatories of the Treaty of Paris of 1856. In 1870, Russia, taking advan- tage of the Franco-German war, issued a note, declaring herself no longer bound by the clause of that treaty neutralising the Black Sea. A conference was called in London to consider the situation, and by the resulting treaty the clause in question was abrogated. The conference also took the opportunity to prolong the existence of the Danubian Commission for a further period of twelve years. Black Thursday. Thursday, February 6, 185 1, is so called in Victoria. A very dry summer was followed by the simultaneous outbreak on that day of numerous bush fires, which did enormous damage, and even threatened Melbourne, coming within a few miles of the town. Black Watch. A body of Highlanders, en- rolled in 1725 for the purpose of maintaining order in the High- lands. They were made a regu- lar line regiment in 1739, and numbered the 43rd. They later became the 42nd, and are now the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). Black Wednesday. See Victorian Deadlocks. Blackbirders. The name given to the vessels engaged in the Kanaka labour trafiic in the Southern Seas. Blackburn Riots. A series of disturbances by the Lancashire weavers, in 1826, as a protest against the intro- duction of machinery. A large amount of damage was done before the rioters were dis- persed by the troops. Blanche Nef. The White Ship, in which Prince William, son of Henry I, was returning to England, after the close of Henry's second French war. The vessel struck coming out of Barfleur harbour, and only one of the crew escaped. Blancs d'Espagne. The name given to the ultra- royalist party in France who support the claim of the Spanish Bourbons, represented by Gene- ral de Bourbon, to the throne of France. Bland Act. An Act of Congress passed in 1878, at the instance of Mr. Bland, providing for the coin- age' of silver dollars of 41 2^ grains Troy, which should be legal tender in payment of all debts and dues. The State was bound to purchase not more than four or less than two mil- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 33 lion dollars worth of silver per annum, to be so coined, and the profit in the operation was to belong to the State. Blanketeers. The name given to a party of Lancashire operatives, who, in the famine year of 18 17, started to march to London, to demand assistance from Parliament. Each man carried provisions and a blanket, hence the name. Blanquillos. The supporters of Oribe in Uruguay, in 1835. Their op- ponents, who followed Rivera, were called Colorados. Bloc, Le. The name given to the general body of Republicans, of various shades of opinion, in the French Chamber, who supported the Ministry of M. Combes in 1902-3. Bloemfontein Conference. A conference of delegates from Cape Colony, Natal, and the Orange Free State, which met in 1895 to discuss the question of a Customs Union. Natal could not come to terms, and with- drew, but an arrangement was arrived at by the other two parties, and a convention tariff, with five per cent, ad valorem duties, was accepted by both Governments. Bloemfontein Convention. A convention signed in 1854, by which the British Govern- ment abolished the Orange River Sovereignty, and recognized the independence of the Orange Free State. Among the pro- visions of the treaty were clauses binding the British Government to make no treaties with native chiefs likely to be detrimental to the interests of the Republic, forbidding slavery, and pro- viding for extradition. Blood and Iron, The Man of. A nickname of Prince Bis- marck, taken from a phrase in a speech delivered by him in 1862. Blood Bath of Stockholm. The execution, by Christian II, the last king of United Scandi- navia, of many of the leaders of the Swedish National party, in 1520, after the capture of Stockholm. In the same year Gustavus Vasa raised the stan- dard of revolt, and the war which followed led to the final ex- pulsion of the Danes, and the crowning of Gustavus as ICing of Sweden. Blood Council. A tribunal established in 1567 by Alva in the Nether- lands, to deal with the crime of treason. It had no charter, or of&cial authority of any kind, but it practically usurped the functions of the Council of State, and exercised jurisdiction over all municipal bodies and provincial parliaments. It was abolished in 1576. It was also known as the Council of Troubles. Blood, Man of. Charles I was so called by the Puritan party, because he waged war on the Parliament. Blood Tax. The sixteenth section of the Crimes Act of 1882, by which it was proposed to levy compen- sation for murder or maiming on the ratepayers of the dis trict where the crime was com- D 34 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS mitted, was so called by the Irish members. Blood-red Wedding. See Noces Vermeilles. Blood-wite. Another name for Were-gild. Bloods, The Five. The five chief septs or clans in Ireland in the middle ages. They were the O'Neills of Ulster, the O'Briens of Thomond, the O'Connors of Connaught, the O'Lachlans of Meath, and the M'Murroughs of Leinster. Bloody Assize of Eperies. A tribunal established by Leopold I of Austria after the defeat of the Turks at Vienna and their expulsion from Hun- gary. It was intended to remove those who had been concerned in Tokoli's rising, and many nobles and magnates were brought before this tribunal on the charge of being in corres- pondence with Tokoli. Most of those accused were condem- ned, and so numerous were the victims that thirty executioners were employed. Bloody Assizes. The Assizes held by Jeffreys on the Western Circuit, shortly after the suppression of Mon- mouth's rebellion in 1686. Hun- dreds of Monmouth's adherents were sent to the scaffold, or transported as slaves to the West Indies. Bloody Statute. The Act of the Six Articles, passed in the reign of Henry VIII, was so called. Blue-Grass State. A name sometimes given to the State of Kentucky, U.S.A., which contains the famous blue grass region, celebrated for the raising of horses. Blue Laws of Connecticut. A series of enactments said to have existed in Connecticut, circ. 1640, by which the death penalty was inflicted for idola- try, blasphemy, witchcraft, theft, perjury, adultery and disobedience to parents. It is, however, generally believed that they are apocryphal. Bluff King Hal. The nickname of Henry VIII. Board of Control. The board established by Pitt's India Act in 1784 to supervise the Government of India by the East India Com- pany. Bobbing John. The sobriquet of the Earl of Mar, the Jacobite leader in the rebellion of 18 15. He was a notorious trimmer. Bocca di Leone. The name given to the open- ing in the wall of the ante- chamber in the Doge's Palace at Venice, into which anonymous accusations were dropped. Bocland. In Saxon times, land held by grant or by charter from the public lands. Body of Liberties. The first constitution of Mas- sachusetts, prepared by Nathan- iel Ward. It provided that all public officials should be chosen annually by the freemen of the plantation. Each town also elected deputies to a general assembly, to serve for one year. Each town had the right to make DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 35 its own bye-laws. It further provided for the annual election of judges, and for equal justice to all, including foreigners, while severe penalties were enacted for witchcraft and blasphemy. Bomba. The sobriquet of Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1759-1825). Bombay, Cession of. Bombay was ceded to Charles II by Portugal in 1662, as part of the dowry of the Infanta of Portugal. In 1668 it was surrendered by the Crown to the East India Company. Bonaght. See Coyne and Livery. Bond. See Afrikander. Bond-Blaine Convention. An agreement between New- foundland and the United States, signed in 1890, providing for the continuance of the modus Vivendi affording reciprocal fish- ing rights to the two countries. Bondevenner. The Peasants' Friends, a political party formed in Den- mark in 1845, in the interests of the rural population. Bondi. In Norse times, the freeholders or owners of Odal land. Book of Rates. A table of unauthorized im- port duties issued by Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, in 1608, after the decision in the Crown's favour in Bates' case. In 1610 the Commons declared these im- positions illegal. Book of Sports. A declaration of James I in 161 8, as to the sports which might lawfully be indulged in on Sundays after Divine Ser- vice. Dancing, archery, may- poles, leaping were permitted; bear-baiting was forbidden. None, however, might take part unless they had been to church. Booth's Conspiracy. A conspiracy headed by John Wilkes Booth, at the end of the American Civil War, having for its object the assassination of the President, Vice-President, and some others. President Lincoln was shot by Booth on April 14, 1865, and on the same date Seward, the Secretary of State, was wounded by Payne, another of the conspirators. The conspirators were brought to trial, and four of them hanged, the others being sen- tenced to various terms of im- prisonment. Border Laws. A code of laws framed in 1249 by a commission composed of twelve English and twelve Scot- tish knights. They dealt with the surrender of fugitives cross- ing the border, and provided for the trial of border raiders by special courts, held under the joint authority of the two nations. Border States. Before the American Civil War, this name was applied to the States bordering on the free states, namely, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri. Borough English, Custom of. An old system of land tenure, still existing in certain ancient boroughs, whereb}'' real estate passes to the youngest son. 36 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Boston Massacre. A small affray in Boston in 1770, in which the troops fired on the rioters, and a few persons were killed. Captain Preston, who commanded the troops, was tried and acquitted. Boston Port Act. An Act passed in 1774, closing the Custom House and Port of Boston. It was passed as a measure of retaliation for the action of the inhabitants in preventing the importation of tea by the East India Company free of the English duty. Boston Tea Riots. In December, 1773, on the arrival of the tea-ships of the East India Company, bringing duty-free tea, the ships were boarded by a party of men dis- guised as Red Indians, who threw the tea into the harbour. The result of this action was the passing of the Boston Port Act. Botany Bay. A small inlet in the coast of New South Wales, where the first convict establishment was formed in 1787. The penal settlement was removed to Port Jackson in the following year, but the name was constantly used, generically, for the convict settlements in Australia. Boulangists. The supporters of General Boulanger, who obtained a brief popularity in France in 1886, largely owing to the army re- forms he introduced while Minis- ter of War. He gradually, however, attracted to his stan- dard the reactionary parties, who hoped that he would destroy Parliamentary Government. He quickly obtained a large following in the country, rather by denunciation of Parliament- ary abuses than by the advo- cacy of any definite policy, and in 1888 he was elected for three Departments. At this period he might have overturned the Government, but shrank from the decisive step, and from that time his influence began to wane. He left France to escape prose- cution, and his following quickly dwindled awav, until in 1890, it was found desirable to dissolve the Boulangist committee. Boulanger committed suicide in Brussels in 189 1. Bounty, Mutiny of the. A mutiny on board H.M.S. Bounty, Captain Bligh, headed by a master's mate named Christian, in 1790. The mutin- eers made first for Tahiti, but eventually settled on Pitcairn Island, where they founded a community whose descendants still inhabit the island. Pit- cairn Island was taken under British protection in 1839. Boustrapa. A nickname of Napoleon III, compounded of the first syllables of Boulogne, Strasbourg, and Paris, the scenes of his two unsuccessful and one successful coups d'etat, in 1840, 1836, and 1 85 1 respectively. Bow Street Runners. Eight famous police officers, attached to Bow Street Police Court, who were appointed about 1805. The most famous of them was Townsend. They were also known as the " Robin Redbreasts " from their red waistcoats. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 37 Boxers. A Chinese Secret Society, whose principal object is the expulsion from China of Euro- peans, and especially of mission- aries. They have met with considerable sympathy in Court circles, and their outrages in 1900 led to a joint European expedition. Their rising was suppressed for a time, but the agitation is seething, and may break out again at any time. Boy Popes. This title is given to John XII, who was elected Pope in 956, at the age of eighteen, and Bene- dict IX, who was Pope from 1033 to 1044, having been chosen at the age of ten. Boyars. In early Russian history, the large landowners, under the authority of the great princes who ruled the various Principali- ties into which Russia was divided. Boycotting. One of the weapons employed by the Irish Land League, in its campaign against the land- lords. It consists in ostraciz- ing the person aimed at, and forbidding any one to deal with or work for him, or supply his wants. Its first victim was Captain Boycott, the agent of the Earl of Erne in 1880, and from his name the word is derived. Boys. The name given by Walpole to the party of young Whigs, under William Pitt, who acted with the " Patriots " in 1733. Braemar Gathering. See Hunting of Braemar. Brahmins. The highest or priestly caste among the Hindus, Brahmo Somaj. A Hindu sect, founded in 1830 by Rammohun Roy. Its tenets are monotheistic, reject- ing the numerous gods of the Hindu Pantheon, and adoring Brahma as the supreme deity. Its adherents ignore all caste distinctions. Brandy Nan. Queen Anne was so called by the Londoners. Bras de Fer. The sobriquet of Baldwin, first Count of Flanders. Bras Droit du Cardinal. A nickname of Fran9ois du Tremblay, the familiar of Cardinal' Richelieu. He was also called the Alter Ego of Richelieu, and VEminence Grise. Brass Band, The Pope's. A band of agitators in Ireland, under the leadership of John Sadleir, who stumped the country in opposition to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill in 1851. Brave des Braves, Le Plus. The sobriquet of Marshal Ney, conferred on him by Napoleon during the Russian campaign of 18 12. Bread and Cheese War. A peasant revolt in Kemmer- land and Friesland in 1491, caused b}' the exaction of the Ruytergeld, notwithstanding the enormous price of bread. Bread Riots. A series of disturbances in various parts of England, in 38 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 1816, caused by the high prices of food-stuffs, due to the bad harvest and the cessation of the Great War. In many places it was necessary to call out the military to disperse the rioters. Breda, Compromise of. The agreement between the Catholic and Protestant nobles of the Netherlands to agitate for the exclusion of the Inquisi- tion. It was signed at Breda in 1566, and from it originated the Society of the Gueux. Breda, Declaration of. A manifesto issued by Charles II, in 1660, after the retirement of Richard Cromwell. By this instrument he promised a general amnesty, liberty of conscience, the settlement by Parliament of the various claims to forfeited estates, and pay- ment of all arrears due to the army, subject always to such advice as might subsequently be tendered him by Parliament, Breda, Peace of. Three treaties signed by England with Holland, France and Denmark respectively in 1667, after the naval war with Holland, in which de Witte had succeeded in penetrating to Sheerness. By the treaty with Holland, each country retained her conquests, England thus securing New York and New Jersey, and Holland, Surinam. By the treaty with France, England acquired St. Kitts, Antigua and Montserrat, and restored to France Nova Scotia and Cayenne. By that with Denmark, the latter power re- served her right to the Orkneys. Brehon Law. The Irish Law which pre- vailed throughout Ireland after the conquest by Henry II, excepting within the Pale. It was abolished in the reign of James I. Breslau, Treaty of. A treaty between Prussia and Austria, signed in 1742, after Frederick's victory at Chotusitz. Austria ceded Si- lesia to Prussia. Bretigny, Peace of. A treaty, signed in 1360, four years after the battle of Poi- tiers, between Edward III and the Dauphin Charles. By it France surrendered to England, Gascony, Guienne, and Poitou, Saintonge, Perigord,Limoges and other counties in the south, Montreuil, Ponthieu and Calais in the north, freed from all feudal claims. England sur- rendered her claim to the French crown, and to all sovereignty in Normandy, Touraine, Anjou, Maine, Brittany and Flanders, and agreed to release King John on payment of a ransom of three million gold pieces. Breton Club. A revolutionary club formed in Paris in the early days of the Revolution. Its founders were certain Breton deputies, and among its members were many who were afterwards prominent Jacobins, amongst others Robes- pierre. Bretts and Scots, Laws of the. The code of laws under which the Celtic inhabitants of Scot- land were governed, up to the thirteenth century. This code was abolished by an edict of Edward I, when he conquered Scotland in 1305. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 39 Bretwalda. Under the Saxon Heptarchy, the sovereign of one of the seven kingdoms was often ac- knowledged as the leader of the Federation, under the title of Bretwalda. Brewer of Ghent. James van Arteveldt, the leader of the Burgher party in Flanders in 1338, was so called. Bridal of Norwich. A conspiracy against Wil- liam I, entered into at the bridal feast of Ralph of Gwader, Earl of Norfolk, and Emma, sister of the Earl of Hereford. The two earls, with Waltheof, Earl of Nottingham, designed to depose William and divide the kingdom between them. Wal- theof seems to have repented, and confessed the plot to Lan- franc. The conspiracy was at once suppressed, Waltheof exe- cuted, and Hereford imprisoned for life, while Ralph escaped to Brittany. Bride of the Sea. Venice was so called, in allu- sion to the annual ceremony of the Marriage of the Adriatic. Brig-bot. In Anglo-Saxon times, a tax levied on freemen for the repair of bridges, Brigham, Treaty of. A treaty between England and Scotland signed in 1290, by which a marriage was ar- ranged between the Maid of Norway, heiress to the Scottish throne, and the son of Edward I. It was agreed that the two king- doms, though under one crown, should remain separate, each under its own laws. England was not to call on Scotland for military aid, and no appeal was to lie from the Scotch to the English courts. The death of the Maid of Norway, however, rendered the stipulations of this treaty null and void. Bright Clauses. The clauses in the Irish Land Act of 1870, dealing with the sale of land to tenants are so called, John Bright having for many years advocated State aid in the creation of a peasant proprietary in Ireland. Brilliant Madman. Charles XII of Sweden is so called. Brissotins. The followers of Brissot, one of the leaders of the Gironde, during the French Revolution. The name fell into disuse, as the party became merged in the Girondins. Bristol Riots. A riot in Bristol in 1831, con- sequent upon the rejection of the Reform Bill by the House of Lords. The Recorder of Bristol, Sir Charles Wetherell, was mobbed on his entrance into the city, and the rioters seized the town hall. The weakness of the authorities left the disorder unchecked for two days, but at the last the mihtary were called out and the disturb- ance suppressed. British Empire League. An association formed in 1896 to carry on the work of the Imperial Federation League, in educating the nation to an understanding of the needs of the Empire. The Duke of Devonshire was the first presi- dent. 40 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Broad-bottomed Administration. Pelham's Ministry as recon- structed in 1744 was so called, because it contained members representing every shade of Whig opinion, and even a certain admixture of Toryism. Bromsebro, Treaty of. A treaty between Sweden and Denmark, signed in 1645, by which Denmark surrendered Jamtland, Hejealand and Halland, and granted to Swed- ish vessels exemption from the payment of Sound Dues. Brother Jonathan. The nickname of the American nation. Brothers, Battle of the. The name given to the battle of Fontenay, June 25, 841, at which Charles the Bald and Louis the German, sons of Louis le Debonaire, totally defeated their brother Lothair. Brownists. A dissenting sect, who seceded from the Church in 1582. They objected to general church government, and claimed for each congregation the right to regulate its own worship. They may be considered the fore- runners of the Independents. Brunnen, League of. See Perpetual League. Brussels Conference, 1874. A conference of the Powers held in Brussels in 1874, at the suggestion of the Russian Government, to consider the usages of war. Great Britain entered the conference with many reservations, declining to send a plenipotentiary, and no changes of any importance were agreed to. Brussels Conference, 1876. A conference of the Powers held at Brussels in 1876, at which an International Associa- tion was formed for the purpose of exploring and civilizing Central Africa, This association was the germ of the Congo Free State. Brussels Convention. A convention signed by the sugar-producing countries in 1902, by which the contracting parties undertook that in the event of any sugar-producing country declining to abolish bounties, they would prohibit the importation of sugar from such country, or impose counter- vailing duties. Brussels, Union of. An agreement, signed in 15 17 by certain Catholic noblemen of the Netherlands, to unite for the purpose of expelling the Spanish garrison, while at the same time maintaining the Catholic religion, and the sover- eignty of the king. Buccaneers. An association of sea-rovers formed about 1525, to harry the Spanish possessions in South America, and prey upon their commerce. They were of various nationalities, but chiefly English and French, and their most famous leaders were Mont- bars, known as the Exterminator, and Henry Morgan, afterwards Sir Henry, and Deputy-Governor of Jamaica. Under the latter leader they crossed the Isthmus and sacked the city of Panama in 1 67 1, and for years they paralyzed the Spanish trade, both in the Caribbean Sea and in the Pacific. They ceased to DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 41 exist as an association early in the eighteenth century, but some of them continued a career of indiscriminate piracy for many years longer. They were called by the French Flibustiers. Bucharest, Treaty of. A treaty, signed by Russia and Turkey in 18 12, after the war which began in 1806, and ended in the defeat of the Turks by Kutusoff in the later year. Turkey by this treaty surren- dered all her territory north of the Pruth. Buckeye State. The popular name of the State of Ohio, U.S.A., from the number of buckeye-trees found within its borders. Budchaz, Treaty of. A treaty between Poland and Turkey, signed in 1670, by which Poland surrendered the Ukraine, and agreed to pay an annual tribute of 20,000 ducats. Bulgarian Atrocities. A rising of the Mohammedan inhabitants of Bulgaria, assisted by the Bashi-Bazouks, or Turkish Irregulars, against the Christians in 1876. Thousands of Christians were massacred, and horrible cruelties perpe- trated, though it is held by some authorities that the stories told were grossly exaggerated. Turkey refused redress, and Russia consequently declared war in the following year. Bulls, Papal. See Adrian, Ausculta Fili, Clericis Laicos, Cum ex Aposto- latus, Decet Romanum, Demar- cation, Deposition, Dominus ac Redemptor, Exsurge Dom- ine, Golden, Greater, In Coena Domini, In Eminenti, Ineffa- bilis Deus, Inter Gravissimas, Lesser, Regimen Militantis, Unam Sanctam, Unigenitus, Vox in Excelso. Bundesrath. The assembly of representa- tives of the twenty-two states forming the North German Confederation. Bundschuh. A peasant revolt in Germany in 1502. Burgage. The tenure by which bur- gesses of towns held their lands. It was similar to socage. Burgfrieden. A confederation of the cities of the Rhine, formed for com- mercial purposes, circ. 1255. Burgher Senate. A council of six members, established at the Cape in 1796, after the capture of that Colony by the English. Its duties were to advise the Governor in matters of internal adipinistra- tion. It was abolished in 1828. Burgos, Laws of. A code of laws regulating the employment of Indian labour in the Spanish-American Colo- nies, promulgated at Burgos in 1572. Burgundians. See Armagnacs. Burlaw. See Jedburgh Justice. Burning of Frendraught. A feud between the Crichtons of Frendraught and the Gordons of Huntly having been tem- porarily adjusted, the Gordons escorted the Crichtons home. The Gordon party, including 42 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Lord Aboyne, Huntly's heir, were entertained for the night by the Crichtons, and during the night the tower in which they were sleeping was burnt to the ground. The fire was beUeved to be incendiary, but the crime was not brought home to the Crichtons. Burnt Candlemas. The name given to the march of Edward III into Scotland in 1355. He burnt every build- ing, and laid waste the country for a distance of twenty miles from the coast. Burr's Conspiracy. A plot initiated by Aaron Burr and Harman Blenner- hassett in 1805, to free Mexico from Spanish rule, and unite it into an independent empire with some of the Western American States. Burr was arrested and tried for treason in Kentucky, and again in Virginia in 1807, but was on both occasions acquitted. Burschenschaft. A club of German students who had fought in the Napole- onic wars, founded at Jena in 18 1 5. It was suspected of revolutionary tendencies, and was dissolved by the Prussian Government in 18 19. Butcher, The. The Duke of Cumberland was so called by the Scots, on account of his cruelties after the battle of Culloden in 1746. Bye Plot. A conspiracy in 1603, under the leadership of George Brooke and Markham, to unite the Roman Catholics and Puritans in an attempt to secure tolera- tion for the extremists of both classes. Their idea was to seize James I, and hold him to ransom. At the same period a plot to overthrow Cecil was entered into by Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Cobham, the Duke of Northumberland and others, known as the Main Plot. These plots were be- trayed to Cecil by the Jesuits, one of whom named Watson had been concerned in them, and the ringleaders were ar- rested. Watson and another were executed, Raleigh im- prisoned, and the others par- doned. Bywoners. Boers in the Transvaal and Orange Free State who had no land of their own, and lived by working on the farms of others, or sometimes as small tenant farmers. Ca Ira. A revolutionary song, highly popular in Paris, composed in 1789 for the Fete de la Federa- tion. Caaba. The sacred shrine of Mecca, the holy place of the whole Moslem world. A Moham- medan who has made the pil- grimage to Mecca is known as a Hadji. Cabal. The Ministry which succeeded to power when Charles II dis- missed Clarendon in 1667. Its members were Clifford, Arling- ton, Buckingham, Ashley (after- wards Lord Shaftesbury), and Lauderdale, the initials of these names forming the word" Cabal." DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 43 Cabal, American. A low intrigue in the Ameri- can Congress in 1777, directed against Washington. Those con- cerned in it were mostly re- presentatives of the Northern States, and its object was the advancement of Lee. It is also known as Conway's cabal, from the name of its leader. Cabanagem. The rebels who overran the Amazon Valley and other parts of Brazil, in 1833 to 1836, after the abdication of Pedro I. The name means cottagers. Cabinet Noir. A department of the French Post Office, established in the reign of Louis XIV, for the sur- veillance of the correspondence of suspected persons. Napo- leon III availed himself of its services freely, and it was only abolished in 1886. Cabochiens. The guild of butchers in Paris, so called from Caboche, one of their leaders. They were bitter opponents of the Armagnacs, and were guilty of terrible atrocities on the persons of their political foes. The cor- poration was dissolved in 14 16. Cacos. A pohtical party in Guate- mala in 1820, who favoured complete separation from Spain, and the establishment of a republic. The word means pickpockets. Cadan, Treaty of. A treaty between the leading German Princes, signed in 1534, by which Ferdinand of Austria acknowledged Ulrich, Duke of Wurtemberg, with the proviso that Wurtemberg was to be considered an arriere-fief of the Empire, dependent on Austria* The League of Schmalkald acknowledged Ferdinand as King of the Romans, but stipulated that in future that dignity should only be con- ferred by the unanimous vote of the electors. Caen, Treaty of. A treaty between William Rufus and Robert of Normandy, signed in 1091, by^^ which Robert renounced all claim to England, and recognized WiUiam's feudal rights over certain Norman Seigneuries, among others those of Cherbourg, Fecamp, and .Mont^St.^ Michel. Cahiers de Doleances. The instructions given to the Deputies of the States-General, as to the grievances to be laid before the King in 1789. The principal demands were : equality in punishments ; sup pression of the sale of public o£&ces ; suppression of seig- norial judicial powers, of the Gabelle, the corvee and the militia ballot ; religious tolera- tion, and amelioration of the condition of the parish clergy. Caisse de Poissy. A species of bank, established at Poissy, near Paris, under municipal control, to secure the proper provisioning of the Paris market. It proceeded by way of loan to the butchers, charging interest on the ad- vances and a percentage on all meat purchased, and as none could enter the markets without a certificate of s the payment of this fee, it had abso- lute control of the trade. It 44 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS was abolished in 1791, re- established in 1 8 10, under the control of the Prefect of the Seine, and finally abolished in 1858. Calatrava, Knights of. A Spanish order of religious chivalry, established by Papal Bull in 1 164. The rules of the order were similar to those of the Benedictines, the knights being bound, among other vows, to perpetual celibacy. The object of the order was the expulsion of the Mussulman power from Spain. Calendar Act. An Act passed in 175 1 sub- stituting the Gregorian for the Julian Calendar. With the exception of Sweden and Russia, England was the last country to adopt the new style. Calixtines. The more moderate of the two sections into which the Hussite sect was divided after the death of Jerome of Prague. The more fanatical section was that of John Zisca, known as the Taborites. Calvin, Institutes of. The profession of the Calvin- istic doctrine, issued by Calvin, 1535- Camarilla. The name given to the favour- ites and admirers of Fer- dinand VII of Spain, after his restoration in 18 14. They were in reality the rulers of Spain, distributing justice and office throughout the kingdom to the highest bidder. Cambray, League of. An alliance between Louis XII and the Emperor Maximilian, formed in 1508, for the parti- tion of the Venetian provinces between the contracting parties. The Venetian armies were forced to retreat before the allies, but the partition was never carried into effect, and the league was dissolved by the Treaty of Noyon in 15 16. Cambray, Treaty of. A treaty between Charles V and Francis I, signed in 1529, confirming the main provisions of the Treaty of Madrid (1526), which had been found unaccept- able by the French notables. This treaty is generally known as the Paix des Dames. Camel-driver of Mecca. A nickname of Mohammed. Cameronians. An extreme section of the Covenanters who followed Richard Cameron in 1679. They were afterwards (1689) formed into a regiment, and served against the Jacobites in the Highlands in that year. The regiment later became the Twenty-sixth Regiment of the Line, and is now known as the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Camissards. The Protestants of the Ceven- nes, who rose in rebellion in 1702. The revolt was sup- pressed in 1704. Camorra. A secret society in Naples, which for many years terrorized the kingdom. An attempt was made by Francis II of Naples to suppress the society, and many of its members were deported, but the remainder joined the Garibaldians and were largely instrumental in DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 45 the expulsion of the Bourbons in 1867. Campo Formio, Treaty of. A treaty between France and Austria, following Napo- leon's successful campaign in Northern Italy, signed in 1797. France secured possession of the Belgian provinces, the left bank of the Rhine, and the Ionian Islands, and recognized the Cisalpine Republic, formed out of the territories conquered from Austria, Venice and the Pope. Austria resigned the city of Venice, and her eastern provinces, Dalmatia, Friuli and Istria. Canada Act. An Act passed in 1774, giving a constitution to Canada. Canada, Confederation of. An Act was passed in 1867, for the purpose of confederating the two provinces of Canada with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and providing a federal constitution. Pro- vision was also made for the admission into the Dominion of such other of the North American Colonies as might desire to come in. Under this clause Manitoba joined the con- federation in 1870, British Columbia and Vancouver's Island in 1871, and Prince Edward's Island in 1873. The Hudson's Bay Territory having been acquired in 1869, the whole of the British possessions in North America are now included in the Dominion, with the exception of Newfound- land. Canadian Fisheries Question. A long-standing dispute be- tween Canada and the United States, dating from the treaty of peace of 1783, when American fishermen were given fishing rights on the coast of Canada. The Americans claimed that this right was inalienable, England that it was forfeited during the second war. In 18 18 a modus vivendi was ar- rived at by which the Americans were allowed to fish outside the three mile limit, but friction still continued till 1871, when a treaty was signed at Washing- ton giving the two countries reciprocal rights. Canada maintained that the right to fish off the American coast was of little value to her, and in 1877 a commission was appointed, which met at Halifax, to assess the damage she had sustained. The award of the commission was that Canada and Newfound- land should receive five and a half million dollars as compensa- tion. Canons of 1604. The new canons, issued by Convocation in 1604, contained regulations for the conduct of public worship. They excom- municated all who attacked the Prayer Book, the Thirty-nine Articles, or the Supremacy of the Crown, as also those who seceded from the Church. They were, however, held by the Courts at Westminster to be binding only on the clergy. Canons of 1640. A series of seventeen canons, supplementary to the canons of 1604, issued by Convocation, and confirmed by the King, under the Great Seal. Parlia- ment subsequently passed a measure giving them full canoni- 46 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS cal validity, but not the force of an Act of Parliament. Canossa. The castle of Matilda of Tus- cany, where Gregory VII was staying when the Emperor Henry IV made a pilgrimage to Italy, in 1077, to make his submission to the Pope, who had excommunicated him. He was treated in the most humili- ating fashion by Gregory, who left him for three days in the snow in the courtyard of the Castle before consenting to re- ceive him. It is to this incident that Bismarck referred in the famous phrase, " Nach Canossa gehen wir nicht " (We are not going to Canossa), uttered in the Reichstag in 1872, during the Kulturkampf. Canossa Bill. A bill introduced into the Prussian Landstag in 1880, making great concessions to the Catholic clergy, but maintaining the supremacy of the State over the Church. Capitularies. The edicts of the early French Kings were so called. Capitulations. Arrangements by which foreigners are subject to the jurisdiction of their own con- suls, and not to the tribunals of the country in which they are residing. These are gener- ally in force in Mohammedan and other non-Christian states, where Western ideas of justice are non-existent. Caporal Violet. Napoleon was so called by his adherents in France, during his exile in Elba in 1814-15. Cappel, Treaty of. A treaty between the five Catholic Cantons of Switzerland, and Zurich and Berne, follow- ing the defeat of the two latter States at Cappel, and the death of Zwingli, in 1531. Zurich and Berne consented to tolerate Catholicism in their dominions. Carbonari. A Sicilian secret society, utilized by the Bourbons of Naples against Murat. The name was afterwards adopted by the ultra-royalist secret societies in France, which con- spired against Louis XVIII in 1822. Carlisle, Statute of. A statute of 1307, enacting that no Papal instruments should be permitted in Eng- land. Carlists. The supporters of Don Carlos and his branch of the Bourbon family, as claimants to the Spanish throne. Don Carlos was the younger brother of Ferdinand VII, and under the constitution of 18 12 should have inherited the throne, as the female succession was ex- cluded. In 1832, however, Ferdinand, who had already, by a decree which he subse- quently withdrew, readmitted the principle of female succes- sion, finally settled the crown on his daughter Isabella, who succeeded in the same year, with her mother, Christina, as regent. Don Carlos was exiled, but various risings have since taken place in support of his claims, chiefly in the Biscayan provinces, including the first Carlist War, which lasted till 1840. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 47 Carlowitz, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1699, by which Turkey finally surren- dered the various provinces of the Ottoman Empire conquered by the Allies during the wars of the preceding forty years. Austria retained Transylvania, Sclavonia and Hungary ; Po- land took Podolia and part of the Ukraine ; Russia, her con- quests on the Black Sea, and Venice, the Morea. Carlsbad, Congress of. A congress of Austria, Prussia, and other German States, held in 1 8 19, to consider measures for dealing with the growth of democratic movement in Ger- many. It issued the Carlsbad Decrees. Carlsbad Decrees. A series of proposals sub- mitted to the German Diet by the Congress of Carlsbad, and accepted by the Diet. They included the establishment of a strict censorship of the press, and the suppression of the Burschenschaft. Carmagnole. The favourite song of the Paris mob, during the Reign of Terror (1792-3.) Carmelites. A religious order, originally formed by associating the her- mits living on the slopes of Mount Carmel about 11 56. They were recognized as a monastic order by Honorius III, in 1224. They were driven out of Palestine by the Saracens in 1238, and were made a mendicant order by Innocent IV. in 1247. Carolina, Proprietaries of. The original landowners of Carolina, to whom the Colony was granted by Charles II in 1643. They were eight in number, among whom were Clarendon, Monk and Lord Craven. Their authority was practically absolute, Charles exacting a bare allegiance to the English crown. Caroline Islands Arbitration. In 1885 Germany endeavoured to establish a protectorate over the Caroline Islands, which Spain claimed to have been under her dominion since the seventeenth century. Germany disputed this claim and occu- pied Yap. Matters became very serious, and the two coun- tries were on the verge of war. It was, however, finally agreed to submit the question to the Pope, who gave his award in favour of Spain, as to the sovereignty, but allowed to Germany free trading and colo- nizing rights. Caroline Ordinance. A codification of the criminal laws of Germany, issued by the Diet of Ratisbon, in the name of Charles V, in 1532. Carpet-baggers. Northerners who came into the Southern States after the Civil War, many of them with the object of getting returned for Congress by the aid of the negro vote. The name was intended to convey the idea that they had no stake or interest in the country, beyond the baggage they carried with them. Cartel System. A system prevailing in Ger- many and Austria, by which a ring of sugar manufacturers, aided by heavy import duties, 48 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS combine to obtain very high prices for all sugar consumed at home. They utilize the large profits thus secured to ship the surplus sugar below cost price, thus securing for themselves all unprotected markets. Cartellpartie. A party in the German Reichstag, formed in 1888, by a coalition of the Conservatives and the old National Liberals, and pledged to support Bismarck. Carthage of the North. Liibeck was so called when the head of the Hanseatic League. Carthusians. A monastic order, with very severe rules, founded by St. Bruno, during the papacy of Urban II in 1086, The order was recognized by Alexander III in 1 176. Their most famous convent is that of La Grande Chartreuse, near Grenoble. The Charterhouse, in London, was formerly one of their mon- asteries. Carucage. A tax imposed by the early English Kings on every caru- cate or hundred acres of land. It was first levied by Richard I in 1 198, when the tax amounted to five shillings on the carucate. Cas Royaux. All cases in which the sover- eign and his interests were con- cerned were so called in France. By the " Etablissements " of Louis IX, all such cases were withdrawn from the jurisdiction of feudal courts, and could be decided only by the Royal Bailiffs, or by the Parlement. Casenbrotspel. See Bread and Cheese War. Casket Letters. A series of letters and sonnets, purporting to be written by Mary Queen of Scots to Both- well, and left behind by him when he fled from Edinburgh in 1567. If genuine, these letters un- doubtedly prove Mary to have been privy to the murder of Darnley. Cassini Convention. A secret treaty between Russia and China, supposed to have been signed in 1896, by which Russia secured certain definite rights over Manchuria. She has since made several attempts to replace this agree- ment by a public treaty, but has been prevented by the opposition of the Powers. Russia's present position in Manchuria, therefore, is correct so far as China is concerned, but has not been acknowledged by the other Powers. Castle Council. A council established in Dub- lin by Lord Wentworth in 1633. Catamaran Expedition. An unsuccessful attempt on the part of the British to burn Napoleon's flotilla in Boulogne harbour in 1804. Cateau Cambresis, Treaty of. A treaty between Henry II of France and the Emperor, Charles V. Both parties agreed to return the conquests made by them during the war of the previous eight years, and bound themselves to maintain the Catholic faith throughout their dominions. Categories de La Bourdonnaye. A list of Imperialists whose DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 49 proscription he advocated, drawn up by La Bourdonnaye, in 18 1 5. They were divided into three categories. Catherine, Conspiracy of. A conspiracy entered into by Catherine II of Russia, with the Orloffs and Princess DashkofE, to remove her husband, Peter III, and ascend the throne as his successor. She succeeded in getting herself recognized by the nobles as Catherine II, and in 1762 the conspirators, headed by one of the Orloffs, strangled Peter III at a house near Peter- hof. Catholic Association. An association formed by Daniel O'Connell in 1823, to press the claims of the Irish Catholics upon Parliament. It held entirely aloof from all the secret societies, and endeavoured to keep strictly with the Hmits of the law, but in 1825 it had become so powerful that an Act was passed declaring it an illegal association. Catholic Emancipation Act. An Act passed in 1829, substi- tuting for the old formula, which included abjuration, a new form of oath, and thus enabling Catholics to sit in either House. It opened to them all offices under the state, except those of Regent, Lord Chancellor, Viceroy of Ireland, and Royal Commissioner of the General Assembly of Scotland. The Roman Catholic Church was to remain a dissenting church, and restrictions were placed on the immigration of members of the monastic orders, and especially of Jesuits, while the use of ecclesiastical titles was forbidden. Catholic League (France). See League. Catholic League (Germany.) A league of the Catholic Princes of Germany, formed at Frankfort in 165 1, to carry out the provisions of the Peace of Westphalia. Catholic Relief Act. An Act passed in 1793, ad- mitting Catholics to the magis- tracy, grand juries, and the franchise. Catholic Rent. An unauthorized tax or cess levied upon Irish Catholics by O'Connell's Catholic Association in 1823, and afterwards. The funds thus obtained w-ere placed in O'Connell's hands, to be used at his absolute discretion for furthering the objects of the Association. Cato Street Conspiracy. A plot to murder the Minis- ters, during Lord Liverpool's administration in 1820, at a dinner which they were to attend at Lord Harrowby's house. The plot was discovered by a police agent named Edwards, who posed as one of the conspirators, and Thistlewood, the ringleader, and four others were executed. Caucus. A private meeting of mem- bers of a political party to decide upon the adoption of candidates, or the platform of the party. The name is of American origin. Cautionary Towns. The Dutch towns of Flushing, Walcheren, Rammerkins and Briel, which were handed over to Elizabeth in 1585, to be held as security for the payment of 50 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS the English troops in the Nether- lands. They were restored to Holland by James I. Cavalier Parliament. See Pensioned Parliament. Cavaliers. The supporters of Charles I against the Parliament. The name was first applied to them in the course of the frequent disturbances which arose in London between the King's party and the City party, the " Roundheads," in 1641. Cave. See Adullamites. Cawnpore, Massacre of. The massacre by Nana Sahib of the English Garrison in Cawn- pore, during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. The garrison had surrendered under a pledge of being permitted to retire un- harmed. Of those massacred, 560 were women and children. Cecil's Fast. The name given to an Act passed by Cecil, Lord Burleigh, after the Reformation, enjoining the eating of fish on certain days. Fish had almost ceased to be an article of diet in Eng- land, as it was looked upon as a badge of Romanism. Cent Jours. See Hundred Days. Centralists. A party in Mexico, who sup- port the centralized republican government, and are opposed to undue extension of the autonomy of the various states. The party came into existence about 1823. Centralists. A party in Switzerland in 1800, who supported the Hel- vetic Constitution, which estab- lished a uniform republican government, and abolished the old cantonal liberties. Centennial State. Colorado is so called, as having been admitted a State in 1876, the year of the cen- tenary of the Union. Centro-Americana, Confedera- cion. A league of Nicaragua, Hon- duras, and Salvador, formed in 1842, with the object of uniting the Central American States into a federal republic. Guatemala opposed the scheme and it fell to the ground. Centrumsfraction. The Centre, or Clerical, party in the first German Reichstag in 1 87 1, under the leadership of Dr. Windhorst. They were strong supporters of the Papal claims in the subsequent Kultur- kampf. Centum Gravamina. The list of grievances and charges against the Roman Catholic clergy, drawn up by the Diet of Nuremburg in 1523. Ceorl. In Saxon times, a freeman owning his own land, and inde- pendent of any overlord. Chambre Ardente. A court, specially composed of bigoted Catholics, estab- lished by Henri II in 1551, for the trial of heretics. Chambre Introuvable. The French Assembly elected in 1 81 5, and dissolved in the following year, was so named by Louis XVIII. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 51 Champ de Mars. The annual meetings of the Franks for military purposes during the early times were held during the month of March, At a later period the month of meeting appears to have been altered to May, when the as- sembly was called a Champ de Mai. The great parade-ground in Paris is known as the Champ de Mars. Chaperons Blancs. The White Capes, the popular party in Ghent in 1379, under the leadership of Jan Yoens. Chapter of Mitton. The name given by the Scots to the defeat of the Archbishop of York's forces at Mitton, in 1 3 19, by a Scottish invading army. It was so called on account of the number of ecclesi- astics in the Archbishop's army. Charte La. The charter issued by Louis XVIII on ascending the French throne in 18 14. He proclaimed the equality of all Frenchmen before the law, liberty of opinion and liberty of the press, and confirmed the inviolability of all property sold by the state. He established an hereditary peerage, and fixed, as the qualification for electors to the Chamber of Deputies, the pay- ment of direct taxes amount- ing to 300 francs per annum. Charter of 1826. A constitution promulgated by Pedro IV of Portugal, on the model of the English Parlia- mentary system. Charters. See Acte Additionel, Aragon, Confirmatio, First, Forests, Fuero, Groote Privilegie, Irish, Joyeuse Entree, Justice, Mary- land, Magna, Massachusetts, People's, Pfaffenbrief, Priests', Virginia. Chartism. An agitation which broke out in 1837 and culminated in the Chartist riots of 1839. It was probably due to the declaration by the Liberal party that they were satisfied with the results of the Reform Bill of 1832, and did not intend to press for fur- ther reform in this direction. The movement takes its name from the " People's Charter," a manifesto setting forth the aims of the agitators. This Charter demanded manhood sufl'rage, annual Parliaments, the ballot, abolition of the property qualification for a member of Parliament, pay- ment of members, and equal electoral districts. The most prominent Chartists were Feargus O'Connor, Frost, and Williams. Chartres, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1299, by Edward I of England and Philip IV of France, after Edward's abortive Flemish expedition. England recovered Guienne, and undertook to give up the Flemish alliance, while France renounced the alliance with Scotland. Chastisement of Novgorod. The massacre, by Ivan the Terrible, of over i , 500 prominent citizens of Novgorod, owing to his suspecting the aristocracy of the city of a design to open the gates to the Poles. Chateaubriand, Edict of. An edict issued by Henri III, 52 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS enacting severe measures against heresy. Among its provisions was one forbidding all argument on religious matters, and another confiscating the pro- perty of any person who went to Geneva. This edict also established the Chambre Ar- dente. Chatillon, Congress of. A congress opened at Cha- tillon on February 5, 18 14, to treat with Napoleon as sovereign of France. The allies, however, found his demands impossible, and before the Congress was dissolved, the Treaty of Chau- mont had been signed, by which Napoleon lost all chance of obtaining the terms that the allies were at first prepared to grant. Chauffeurs. Bands of brigands, who in 1793 infested the northern and afterwards the central depart- ments of France. They took their name from their habit of roasting the feet of their victims, to force them to disclose the whereabouts of their valuables. Chaumont, Treaty of. A treaty signed by England, Austria, Russia and Prussia, in March, 18 14, after the allies had entered France. The signa- tories bound themselves for twenty years to unite in resisting the designs of France. Each of the contracting parties was to provide 150,000 men, and England in addition a subsidy of ;^ 5, 000,000. It was the know- ledge of the signature of this treaty which induced Joseph, in Napoleon's absence, to order the Marshals to capitulate, and the army to leave Paris, thus entailing the abdication of the Emperor. Chauvinism. Originally an unreasoning admiration for Napoleon, the name being taken from Chauvin, a character in Scribe's " Le Soldat Laboureur." At the present time, the word has lost its dynastic significance, and is used to express a perfervid patriotism, somewhat corres- ponding to the English Jingo- ism. Chefoo Convention. A convention between Great Britain and China, negotiated by Sir Thomas Wade in 1876, by which China recognized the right of foreigners to travel in the interior, and to be duly pro- tected while so doing. Chester, County Palatine of. A County Palatine, estab lished by William the Con- queror, who bestowed it on his nephew, Hugh Lupus. The earldom was seized by Henry III in 1237, and has since been an appanage of the crown. Chevalier Sans Feur et sans Reproche. Pierre du Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard (1476-1524), is called by his biographer " the fearless and stainless knight." Chevaliers du Poignard. A band of royalists, who, armed with daggers and hunting knives, assembled at the Tui- leries on February 28, 1791. They were dispersed and dis- armed by Lafayette, and being charged with a conspiracy to carry off the king, maintained that they were assembled only for ,his protection. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 53 Chiltern Hundreds. The Hundreds of Bodenham, Desborough, and Stoke, in Buckinghamshire, the steward- ship of which is a sinecure, in the gift of the crown, originally- established to keep down the bands of robbers which infested the Chiltern Hills. It is now- used as a means of enabling a member of Parliament to vacate his seat, as by accepting the office he becomes disqualified for a seat in Parliament, unless re-elected. Chimney Money. See Hearth Money. Chinandega, Pacto de. A name given to the Con- federacion Centro-Americana, which was formed at Chinandega in 1842, with the object of uniting the Central American States. Chinese Gordon. The sobriquet of General Charles Gordon, the conqueror of the Taepings. Chonin. In old Japan the wardsmen or trading class, the lowest in rank of the four Japanese classes. Chouans. The royalist party in La Vendee and other parts of Brittany, who held out against the revolutionary armies until 1779. Among their most cele- brated leaders were Laroche- jaquelin and Cadoudal. Chouiski. See Belski. Christ, Order of. A Portuguese order of knight- hood, founded circ. 1318. Christian Alliance. An offensive and defensive alliance entered into in 1529 by Austria and the Canton of Zurich. It was also known as the Treaty of Ferdinand. Christines. The Spanish party supporting the Regency of Queen Christina in 1833, in opposition to the Carlists. Chupatties. Small cakes of unleavened bread, which were sent through the villages of British India just before the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny in 1857. It is supposed that they were a signal to prepare for a rising, though other explanations have been given of their meaning. Cicero, The British. A sobriquet of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778). Cid, The. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, a celebrated Spanish chieftain, in the reigns of Ferdinand I, Sancho II, and Alfonso VI, was known as the Cid Cam- peador, or Campaigning Chief. He died in 1099. Ci-devants. The name given during the French Revolution to those who, owing to the abolition of all titles of honour, were no longer known by their titles, but by their family names. Thus Marie Antoinette was brought to trial as the " Widow Capet." Cincinnatus, The American. A sobriquet of George Wash- ington. Cinq-Mars, Conspiracy of. A conspiracy directed against Richelieu, the leaders of which 54 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS were Cinq-Mars, the favourite of Louis XIII, the Due d' Or- leans and De Thou. An arrangement was made with Spain, by which she was to support the conspirators with men and money. This agree- ment was discovered by Riche- lieu in 1642, and Cinq-Mars and De Thou were arrested and executed. Cinque Cento. The sixteenth century, the later period of the Italian Renaissance. Cinque Ports. These were originally Hast- ings, Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich, to which were afterwards added Rye and Win- chilsea. They were incorpor- ated at a very early, though uncertain date, to provide and man ships for the defence of the Channel, and in return enjoyed certain privileges, judicial and other. Their earliest known charter was granted by Edward I, but they were summoned to send Barons to Parliament by Henry III in 1265, and there is no doubt that they were incorporated in some form at a considerably earlier period. Their privileges were finally abolished by the Municipal Corporations Act in 1835. Cintra, Convention of. A convention signed by Junot and Sir Hew Dalrymple in 1808, after the defeat of the French at Vimeira. It per- mitted Junot to evacuate Portu- gal, England providing trans- port, with liberty to him and his troops to serve elsewhere. The convention caused great indignation in England, and led to the recall of the three English generals, Dalrymple, Burrard, and Wellesley. Circe of the Revolution. Madame Roland was so called from the influence exercised by her fascinating manner over the leaders of the French Revolu- tion, and especially over the Girondins. Circumspecte Agatis, Statute. A statute of Edward I, issued in 1205, to put a stop to the pretensions of the ecclesiastical courts, which were gradually encroaching more and more upon the functions of the civil courts. Cisalpine Republic. A republic formed by Napo- leon out of the provinces con- quered by him in Northern Italy in 1796-1797. Cispadane Republic. A republic, with Bologna for its capital, established by Napoleon in Italy in 1797. Civil Marriage Bill. A Bill introduced into the Hungarian Diet in 1893, by Dr. Wekerle. It made civil marriage compulsory, permitted marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and made sundry changes in the divorce laws in the direc- tion of greater freedom. It was violently opposed by the Catholics, and only passed the Upper House through the per- sonal interposition of the King Emperor. Civil Rights Act. An Act of Congress, passed in 1875, conferring equal rights on all citizens, black or white, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 55 in the matter of public convey- ances, inns, places of amuse- ment and jury service. Claim of Right. A declaration by the Scottish Convention of 1689, accompany- ing the offer of the crown to William III. It was similar in character to the Declaration of Rights of the English Parlia- ment, but in addition it pro- claimed the abolition of the Episcopacy. Claimant, The. Thomas Castro, alias Arthur Orton, a butcher of Wagga- Wagga, New South Wales, who in 1 87 1 brought an action with intent to prove that he was Sir Roger Tichbourne, the right- ful owner of the Tichbourne estates in Hampshire. His case broke down, after a long trial, and in 1874 he was con- victed of perjury and sentenced to fourteen years' penal servi- tude. Clair- on-Epte, Treaty of. A treaty between Charles the Simple of France, and the North- men under Rolf the Ganger, in 912. In order to obtain im- munity from the Viking raids, Charles ceded to the Northmen the coast of Normandy. Clan Act. An Act passed in 171 5, pro- viding (i) that if a feudal chief rebelled, all his vassals who remained loyal should in future hold direct from the crown. (2) That a loyal tenant whose landlord was convicted of treason should have two years gratuitous possession added to his lease. (3) That the lands of a disloyal tenant should revert to his chief if loyal. (4) That settlements of estates after August i, 17 14, should be no bar to their forfeiture for high treason. Clan Chattan and Clan Quhele. A combat between thirty picked men of each of these clans was fought at Perth in 1396. It is supposed to have been for the purpose of deciding a dispute as to the chieftain- ship of the Clan Clattan. Clan-na-Gael. An Irish secret society, an offshoot of the Fenians, formed in 1 88 1. It was composed of the extreme physical force men among the Fenians, and was also known as the United Brotherhood. Clarendon Code. The name given to the four Acts composing the repressive ecclesiastical legislation of Clarendon, in the reign of Charles II, namely the Corpora- tion, Uniformity, Conventicle, and Five Mile Acts. Clarendon, Council of. See Constitutions of Claren- don. Classes, Act of. An Act of the Scots Parlia- ment, passed in 1649, dis- qualif3dng from public office and seats in Parliament, all Mahgnants, enemies of the Covenant, Engagers, etc. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. A treaty between Great Britain and the United States, signed in 1850, providing for the construction of a canal to connect the Atlantic and PacifxC Oceans. It was stipulated that in the event of such canal being 56 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS constructed, neither party should erect fortifications on the line of the canal, nor assume any sovereign rights over any portion of Central America. The United States afterwards repudiated the treaty, and it is now superseded by the Hay- Pauncefote Treaty. Clean the Causeway. The name given to a brawl in the streets of Edinburgh in 1 5 19, in which the Douglas faction were attacked by the supporters of the Government. The Douglasses swept their opponents from the streets, killing their leader, Sir Patrick Stuart. Cleargrits. The extreme democratic party in Canada in 1850 were so called. They were in favour of secession from England and annexation to the United States. Clemency Canning. A nickname given to Lord Canning, Governor-General of India, in consequence of what many considered his undue leniency in the treatment of the rebels, after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny in 1858. Clementine League. See Holy League. Clergy of France, Declaration of the. A manifesto issued by Bossuet in 1682, declaring that the Pope had no power in France in temporal affairs; and that his spiritual authority was subject to that of a General Council, as proclaimed by the Council of Constance ; that the constitu- tion of the Gallican Church was not to be subverted, and that, in questions of faith, the Pope's opinion was not binding unless supported by the Church. This declaration was, by Royal Edict, given the force of law. Clericis Laicos, Bull of. A Bull issued by Pope Boni- face VIII in 1296, forbidding the clergy to pay tribute to a temporal sovereign. The re- sult of this Bull in England was that the clergy refused to pay taxes. They were consequently outlawed, and much church property was confiscated by Edward I. Clermont, Council of. A Council summoned by Urban II in 1095, at which the Pope proclaimed the duty of Christians to free the Holy Sepulchre from the hands of the Saracens. At the Council Godefroi de Bouillon and other notable personages assumed the red cross, and the First Crusade followed. Clicquot, King. The nickname by which Frederick William IV of Prus- sia was known in England. Clontarf Meeting. The name given to an inci- dent which marked the collapse of O'Connell's Repeal agitation. A monster meeting was fixed to be held at Clontarf on October 8, 1843. The Government proclaimed the meeting, and O'Connell did his best to prevent the peasants assembling. In this he was successful, but the proof that he did not mean under any circumstances to resort to strong measures was the death blow to his move- ment. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 57 Clouds, Battle above the. The name given to the attack on Lookout Mountain by the Federal troops at the battle of Chattanooga in 1863, during the American Civil War. They advanced to the attack through a heavy mist, and the battle was fought in a clear atmos- phere, with the fog below. Closter Seven, Convention of. A convention, signed in July, 1757, between the French and the Duke of Cumberland, who had advanced to the Weser in command of an English force, and had been driven back by a French army, under D'Estrees, to the mouth of the Elbe. The Duke agreed to disband his army. Club, The. A section of the Whig party in Scotland, who, at the accession of William and Mary, advocated extreme views as to the limita- tions to be set to the power of the king. Notwithstanding their opinions, they did not hesitate to ally themselves with the Jacobites in their opposition to William, Club Parliament. The Parliament of 1346, so called because the Barons at- tended it accompanied by their retainers armed with clubs. It is also called the Parliament of Bats (or Batons.) Clubmen. The name assumed by bands of peasants who, in 1644, as- sembled in various parts of England, but especially in the West, to protect their lands from the ravages of the civil war. They sided with neither party, but attacked both im- partially when their property was threatened. Coalition Ministry. A Ministry formed under Lord Aberdeen in 1853, com- posed of Liberals and Peel- ites, and including among its members. Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston and Mr. Glad- stone. Cockburn's Act. The Betting Act, passed in 1853, is so called after its intro- ducer. Sir Alexander Cockburn. It did away with betting houses, and rendered the exhibition of betting lists illegal. In 1874 the Act was extended to Scot- land, Cockerton Judgment. A judgment in the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of Regina v. Cockerton. Mr, Cockerton, the auditor of the Local Government Board, had surcharged certain expenditure of the London School Board, and the correctness of his action being called in question, the court held that it was illegal to make a payment out of the rates (i) for advanced instruc- tion in art and science in ele- mentary day schools, (2) for any instruction to adults at evening continuation classes. Cockpit of Europe. The name given to Belgium on account of the numerous important battles which have been fought there. Code Napoleon. The Code of Law issued by Napoleon in 1 803 . It was based on the old French law, with such alterations as had been 58 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS rendered necessary by the Revolution, and certain new provisions, introduced by Napo- leon, notably those relating to the law of succession and to the marriage law. For the purpose of this codification, which remains the law of France, he called to his councils the most eminent French lawyers, irrespective of party, among others Tronchet, Cambaceres, Portalis and Roederer. Codes. AUgemeines Landrecht,Brehon, Bretts and Scots, Burgos, Caro- line Ordinance, Clarendon, Con- solato. Doom- Book, Etablisse- ments, Frederic, Frostathing, Fuerojuzgo, Gragas, Gulathing, Jus Magdeburgicum, Jutland, Landrecht, Louis, Libro de Tasas, Liibeck, Ludlow, Martian, Mulmutine, Noir, Oleron, Recess of Colding, Regiam Majesta- tem, Savary, Siete Partidas, Thirty-three Articles, Wisbuy, Wisliza. Codini. The Pigtail Party, a name given by the supporters of the House of Savoy to the Papal party in Rome, the suggestion being that they are behind the times. Coercion Act. , An Act of Parliament passed in 1833, giving the Lord Lieu- tenant of Ireland power to pro- hibit an}^ meeting of whatever nature which he regarded as dangerous to the peace, and to declare any district to be in a disturbed state. The bill gave the right to search for arms and suspended the Habeas Corpus Act in the proclaimed districts, substituting martial law for the regular tribunals. Coeur de Lion. The sobriquet of Richard I of England. Cognac, League of. See Holy League. Collectivism. A form of socialism, the lead- ing tenet of which is that capital and the means of production should be in the hands of associations of workers, and not be privately owned. College of Justice. The supreme court of Scot- land in civil cases. It was established by James V in 1533, and was composed of fourteen judges and a president. At the same time the body of Advo- cates was created. Colonial Conference. A conference held in London in 1902, between Mr. Chamber- lain and the Colonial Premiers, The principal recommendations of the conference were an increase in the Colonial con- tribution to the navy, increased facilities for Colonial cadets to enter the services, that prefer- ential duties between Great Britain and the Colonies should be kept in view, that the metric system should be adopted, and that postage rates should be lowered. Colonies, Council for the. A Council appointed by Charles II in 1660, to supervise all the affairs of the oversea plantations, Coloquy of Poissy. A conference of divines sum- moned by Catherine de' Medici in 1 561, and attended, among others, by Peter Martyr and Beza. It was hoped that a DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 59 modus Vivendi with the Hugue- nots might be arrived at, but the divergences between the two rehgions were perhaps un- duly emphasized by the re- formers, and the conference proved abortive, though in the following year an edict was issued permitting the Hugue- nots to worship outside the towns. Colorados. See Blanquillos. Coloured League. A confederation of the col- oured people of the Southern States of America, formed after the war, with the object of securing for the negroes the free exercise of their political rights. Comite de Salut Public. The Committee of Public Safety was appointed by the French Convention in April, 1893. to exercise the functions of a Ministry. The first object was to drive the Girondists from power. The members of the first Comite were compara- tively moderate men, but it was reorganized in July of the same year, from which time it was composed almost entirely of the extremists, and became a mere instrument in the hands of Robespierre. Comitia Paludata. The Diet which met in Poland during an interregnum only. The whole body of nobles attended, the meeting taking place on an open plain, and the members appearing armed and mounted. Comitia Togata. The ordinary Polish Diet of representatives of the nobles • It was summoned by the king, and the members attended un- armed. Commando. The military system estab- lished by the English in South Africa in 1806. The country was split up into districts, each under a field cornet, whose duty it was to summon the burghers when called out for military service. The burghers were divided into three classes, according to age, and every male was liable to service from sixteen to sixty. The system was maintained by the indepen- dent Dutch States, till the close of the Boer War in 1902, but compulsory service was abolished in Cape Colony in 1834. Commendation. In feudal times the personal submission of a man to a feudal lord, by which he became his vassal, was so called. Commercial Treaty of 1786. A treaty between France and England, abolishing prohibitive duties and establishing a moder- ate tariff between the two countries. The Methuen Treaty between England and Portugal, which had been very prejudicial to French interests, was abro- gated. Commission of Government. A Commission of Peers, author- ized by Richard II in 1386, to inquire into abuses in the Gov- ernment, and to prepare a scheme of reform. Commission of Grace. A proclamation under the Great Seal by James I in 1604, securing Irish landowners from 6o DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS all claims of the Crown, and empowering the governor, in all cases of precarious tenure, to grant indefeasible titles. Commissions of Array. Commissions given by the English Kings to certain com- missioners to impress men for military service. They were first issued under Edward I. Committee of Religion. A committee appointed by the Long Parliament in 1641 to consider the question of religi- ous reform. Commune, Paris. An outbreak of the extreme revolutionary party in Paris in 1 87 1, after the withdrawal of the Germans. Its leaders were Assi, Billioray, Blanqui, Cluseret, Paschal Grousset, Felix Pyat, and other noted extremists. They obtained complete pos- session of Paris, and were guilty of terrible atrocities, including the cold-blooded murder of the so-called hostages, amongst whom was the Archbishop of Paris. The city underwent a second siege at the hands of the Provisional Government, but after severe fighting the Govern- ment troops, under the Marquis de Gallifet, surmounted the last barricade, and those of the Communist leaders who failed to escape were brought to trial, and executed or transported. Many of the public buildings, including the Tuileries, were set fire to during the fighting by the " Petroleuses." Communeros, Revolt of the. See Santa Junta. Compactata of Prague. An agreement between the Hussites and their religious opponents in 1433. This agree- ment afterwards formed the basis of the Treaty of Iglau. Compagnies d'Ordonnance. The first French regular army, called into existence by Charles V in 1370. Complaints of the Commons of Kent. A document submitted to the Government in 1450 by the in- surgents under Jack Cade. It set forth the causes of the un- popularity of Suffolk, and de- manded the restoration to favour of the Duke of York. Composition of Connaught. An arrangement between Sir James Perrot, Governor of Ire- land, and the landowners of Connaught in 1585, by which the landowners agreed to pay a fixed ground rent, in considera- tion of a patent from the Crown, and relief from all other taxes and imposts. At the same time all members of the clans were released from their allegiance to their chiefs, and placed di- rectly under the Crown. Compound Householder. The occupier of a small tene- ment who did not pay poor rates directly, but compounded with his landlord, who was re- sponsible for the rate to the authorities. During the debates on the Reform Bill of 1867, the question of his enfranchisement was very hotly contested, and in the end the compound house- holder was abolished, and every name put on the rate book. Compounders. The name given to the more moderate section of the English DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 6i Jacobites in 1692. They de- sired a restoration of the Stuarts, but accompanied by a general amnesty. The non-compound- ers, who would listen to no sug- gestions of moderation, were, however, more powerful at St. Germains. Compromise, The. A document signed in 1566 by some 2,000 nobles and gentle- men of the Netherlands, by which the signatories bound themselves to offer the most strenuous resistance to the In- quisition, while loyally sup- porting the sovereignty of Philip "II. Compromise Act. An Omnibus Act passed by Congress in 1850. It provided for the admission to the Union of California as a state, and of New Mexico and Utah as territories, for the settlement of the boundaries of Texas, the return of fugitive slaves to the owners, and the suppression of the slave trade in the district of Columbia, Compte Rendu. A manifesto by the Moderate party in the French Chamber, drawn up by Odilon Barrot in May, 1832. It denounced the Ministry for continuing the Res- toration rather than the Revolu- tion, and complained of the in- stitution of hereditary peerages, the excessive civil list, and the extravagant expenditure on the army. With regard to foreign policy it pointed out that, through lack of firmness, the Government was abandoning Italy to Austria and Poland to Russia. Compurgation. The acquittal of an accused person, in consequence of an oath taken by his kinsmen to the effect that he was innocent of the charges brought against him. This was abolished by the Assize of Clarendon in 1 166. Concentration Camps. Camps formed in the Trans- vaal and Orange River Colony, during the Boer War, for the re- ception of women and children who could not be protected in their ov/n homes in the dis- turbed parts of the two colonies. Charges were made of gross mis- management of these camps, but a commission appointed to in- vestigate pronounced that the complaints were absurd, and that everything had been done for the refugees that the cir- cumstances permitted. Conclave. An assembly of the Cardinals summoned for the purpose of electing a Pope. The regu- lations governing the Conclave were issued by Gregory X in 1275. Conclusions. An argument drawn up by the Puritans of Salem, Mas- sachusetts, in 1629, and circu- lated among the Puritans of England, setting forth the de- sirability of strengthening the Colony of Salem. Concordat. An agreement entered into in 1801 between Napoleon and the Pope, providing for the re- establishment of Roman Ca- tholicism, which had been pro- scribed during the Revolution, 62 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS as the religion of the majority of the French nation. It was agreed, among other pro- visions, that bishops were to be nominated by the State, but instituted by the Pope. The nomination of parish priests was vested in the bishops, the State having a right of veto. The State undertook to see that adequate stipends were pro- vided for the clergy, to replace the ancient revenues which had been confiscated during the Revolution. Concordat of 1516. An agreement between Francis I of France and Leo X, by which the King obtained the right of nominating archbishops, bi- shops and mitred abbots, the inferior clergy being appointed by the bishops as before. In return for this, Francis granted the Pope annates and the right to levy a yearly tribute. Concordat of 1855. An agreement between Francis Joseph of Austria and Pius IX, by which the control of public education was entrusted to the priesthood, and all offences against canon law were sent for trial before ecclesiastical courts. This concordat was abrogated in 1870. Concordats. See Aschaffenburg, Bee, German, Worms. Condottieri. Soldiers of fortune who hired themselves out to the various petty states of Italy, during the wars of the fifteenth and six- teenth centuries. Confederate Catholics. A federation of Irish Catholics formed in 1642, at the com- mencement of the Great Re- bellion. They formed a pro- visional government, consisting of a general assembly, with two houses, and appointed a judicial body for each county under their control, with an appeal to a supreme council of twenty- four persons. Confederate States. The independent republic formed, under the presidency of Jefferson Davis, by the states which seceded from the Union prior to the American Civil War of i860. Confederation of 1573. An enactment of the Polish Diet, granting to all sects liberty of conscience and equal rights and privileges. This is the first instance of the establishment of complete religious toleration. Confederation, Treaty of. An agreement entered into in 1643, by Connecticut, Mas- sachusetts, and New Haven, and later joined by Plymouth, uniting the four communities under the title of the United Colonies of New England. Confines, Audiencia de los. During the Spanish domina- tion, the Supreme Court of Cen- tral America. It was established in 1542. Confirmatio Cartarum. The confirmation by Edward I in 1297 of Magna Charta and the Charter of Forests, to which was added an article known as " De Tallagio non Conceden- do," sometimes referred to as a separate statute, and denying the right of the king to levy Tallages without the consent of Parliament. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 63 Conflans, Treaty of. A treaty between Louis XI and his nobles,signed in i465,put- ting an end to the Guerre du Bien Public. Louis ceded the Duchy of Normandy to his brother, the Due de Berri, to be held as a fief of France, and made certain concessions to the Due de Bretagne, the Comte de Charolais, and others. Conge d'Elire. The invitation sent by the Crown to a cathedral chapter to elect a certain person as bishop of the diocese. Congo Conference. A conference of the Powers held at Berlin in 1884-5. It declared for freedom of com- merce in the basin and mouths of the Congo, and along the coast from Gaboon to Angola, and appointed an international commission to regulate the navigation of the Congo and the Niger. It recognised the neu- trality of the Congo Free State, decreed the abolition of slave gangs and slave markets, and all monopolies, and insisted that foreigners should enjoy equal rights with the subjects of the sovereign state. Congregation, Lords of the. The leaders of the reforming party in Scotland, who issued the First Covenant in 1557, took this title. Congress. The Parliament of the United States, consisting of two Cham- bers, a House of Representa- tives, and a Senate. The for- mer consists of a certain number of members from each state, elected by direct popular vote. The number of representatives of each state is in proportion to the population, as shown in the decennial census. The Senate is composed of two members from each state, irrespective of population, elected by the re- spective state legislatures. One third of the Senate retires annually. Congresses. See Aix-la-Chapelle, Arras, Berlin, Brussels, Carlsbad, Chat- illon, Congo, General, Hague, Heilbronn, Kilkenny, Laibach, Troppau, Vienna, Verona. Conservative. This name came into use to designate the Tory party about 1837. It was first employed by John Wilson Croker, in an article in the Quarterly Review. Consistoriali. A secret society, "established in Naples,with the Papal authori- zation, during the first decade of the nineteenth century, to oppose the Carbonari and sup- port the Church. Consistorium. A tribunal established in Geneva by Calvin in 1541, to deal with offences against re- ligion and morals. Its rule was terribly severe, all amuse- ments being proscribed and all criticism of the Calvinist doc- trine being sternly repressed. In five years the Consistorium imprisoned over 800 persons, and put to death fifty-eight. Consistory. An assembly of the Cardinals, in the presence of the Pope; summoned for the transaction of business. Consolato del Mare. A code of maritime law, 64 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS said to have been compiled, from Roman and Rhodian laws, by the trading communities of Barcelona about the middle of the thirteenth century. Other authorities attribute it to the Venetians or the Pisans. Conspiracies, Plots, etc. See Alexander, Amboise, An- karstrom, Army, Assassination, Atterbury, Babington, Biron, Booth, Bridal of Norwich, Burr, Bye, Catherine, Cato Street, Cinq Mars, Craigmillar. Des- pard, Dutch, Emmett, Falieri, Fieschi, Gowrie, Gunpowder, Hunting of Braemar, Incident, Jerviswood, Malet, Meal Tub, Orsini, Overton, Pahlen, Pazzi, Pichegru, Popish, Porcari, Strelitzi, Ridolfi, Rye House, Queensberry, Throgmorton, Tie- poli, Venner, Vowel, Waller. Constance, Council of. A council summoned by John XXIII, at the instance of the Emperor Sigismund in 1415- It was concerned with the Hus- site heresy, and John Huss, who attended under a safe-conduct, was declared a heretic and, notwithstanding the safe-con- duct, burnt at the stake. The council further dealt with the schism, deposing two popes, and electing Martin V. Constance, Peace of. A treaty, signed at Constance in 1 183, between Frederick Barbarossa and the Italian cities, after the successful revolt of the Lombard League. It provided for the re-establish- ment of self-government in the cities, including the right of electing their magistrates, sub- ject to certain unimportant reservations of the Imperial prerogative. Constantinople, Conference of. A conference of the Great Powers, summoned in 1876, with the object of preventing war between Russia and Turkey. The terms agreed upon by the Powers were, however, rejected by the Porte, and war followed. Constantinople, Council of. A council of the Church, held at Constantinople in 754, under the auspices of Leo the Icono- clast. It proscribed the use of images and religious pictures in worship. The decrees of this council were anathematised by the Synod of Rome in 769, and reversed by the Council of Ni- caea in 787. It is not regarded by the Church as an Oecumeni- cal Council. Constantinople, Fourth Council of. An Oecumenical Council, held in 869, which declared that no Metropolitan could enter upon his functions until he had re- ceived the pallium from the Pope. This decision practically placed the nomination of the higher church dignitaries in the Pope's hands. Constitution of 18 12. The Constitution drawn up by the Spanish Cortes which met at Cadiz in 18 10. Ferdinand VIl, on his restoration in 18 14, refused to subscribe to the in- strument, and continued to govern the country on absolute principles, but a military pro- nuncianiiento forced him finally to give way and agree to its conditions in 1820. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 65 Constitutions. See Body of Liberties, Cana- da, Eadgar, Estatuto Real, Federal Pact, May, Mediation, Model, Nine Articles, Walde- Constitutions of Clarendon. A recital of the ancient cus- toms of England, defining the relations between the Church and the Crown, drawn up by order of Henry II, and accepted, after much opposition, by Thomas a Becket on behalf of the Church. It made the criminous clerk subject to the civil jurisdiction, provided that questions relating to land claimed by the Crown should be submitted to a jury, con- stituted the King the final court of appeal, and limited the power of the bishops. By these and other provisions, the supremacy of the Crown was assured. The constitutions were promulgated at the Council of Clarendon in 1 164. Consulta. The committee of three mem- bers of the Council of State of the Netherlands, during the regency of Margaret of Parma, 1559 to 1567. The three were Viglius, Barlaymont, and the Bishop of Arras. Continental Blockade. A system established by Napo- leon, in 1806, by the Berlin Decree. In this instrument he declared the whole of the British Isles to be in a state of blockade, and forbade any correspondence with them on the part of the countries dependent on him. He further declared all English- men found in any country oc- cupied by French troops to be prisoners of war, and ordered all English merchandise and all private property of English subjects wherever found to be confiscated. So impracticable was it to carry out this system that, within the year. Napoleon found it necessary to purchase English cloth to clothe his own troops. Contra- Remonstrants. The Gomarists, the opponents of the Arminians in the Nether- lands, were so called from their having presented to the States- General a counter-remonstrance, protesting against the five arti- cles set out in the remonstrance of the Arminians in 16 10. Contracting Out. The chief point at issue in the Employers' Liability Bill of 1893. The difference of opinion be- tween the two Houses on this point wrecked the bill. See Employers' Liability. Conventicle Act. An Act passed in 1664, render- ing illegal any meeting for re- ligious purposes which was at- tended by more than five persons beyond the family, unless held in accordance with Church of England practice. Conventicles. Open air meetings for public worship held by the dispossessed Scotch ministers, after the es- tablishment of the Episcopal Church in Scotland at the Restoration. They were de- clared illegal, were then per- mitted b^T- Indulgence, and finally again made illegal, and suppressed whenever possible. Convention Parliament. Two Parliaments are known F 66 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS by this title, being irregular assemblies, as not having been summoned by Royal Writ — ( i ) The Parliament which restored the Crown to Charles II in 1660. (2) The Parliament which of- fered the throne to William and Mary in 1689. Conventions Bill. An Act passed by the Irish Parliament in 1793. It forbade the holding of meetings for the purpose of petitioning the King or Parliament, and also the election of delegates to attend such meetings. Convicts Prevention Act. An Act passed by the Vic- torian Legislature in 1852, for- bidding the immigration into the colony of any but free men, thus shutting out ticket-of-leave men from the penal settlements. The Queen at first refused her assent, but the bill was passed a second time and became law. Conway's Cabal. See Cabal, American. Co-operation. The first Co-operative Society was started in 1844 by twenty- eight Rochdale weavers. They began their operations with a capital of £28 only, and in sixteen years the Society was worth over ;^ 120,000. Copperheads. A name given by the Federals, during the American Civil War, to the Peace Party in the Northern States. The copper- head is a peculiarly venomous snake, as deadly as the rattle- snake and more dangerous, because not provided with the warning rattle. Coppernose. A nickname of Henry VIII. derived from the silver coinage of his reign, which was made of an alloy containing a quantity of copper. Copyhold. A tenure by service, as op- posed to freehold or leasehold. In most cases the service has long since been commuted for a small annual payment. In the event of a copyholder dying in- testate and without issue, the copyhold reverts to the Lord of the Manor. Cordeliers. A revolutionary club in Paris, in the early days of the French Revolution, composed mainly of the partisans of Danton. It took its name from an old monastery of the Cordelier order, where its meetings were held. Corn Law of 1804. An Act establishing a prohibi- tive duty on foreign corn while the price of English wheat stood at 63s. per quarter or under, and fixing the duty at 3s. 6d. per quarter with the price between 63s. and 66s., and at 6d. per quarter with the price above 66s. Corn Law of 1815. An Act prohibiting the im- portation of foreign corn, until the price of English wheat stood at 80s. per quarter. Corn Law of 1824. An Act reaffirming the prin- ciple of the sliding scale of duties on imported grain, as in the Corn Law of 1 804. Corn Laws, Repeal of the. An Act passed by Sir Robert DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 67 Peel's Government in 1846, re- ducing immediately the tax on foreign grain, and providing for its ultimate abolition, with the exception of a registration duty- amounting to IS. per quarter. This Act was mainly the result of the efforts of the Anti-Corn Law League. Cornwall, Duchy of. Cornwall was created a Duchy by Edward III, and its revenues were assigned to the main- tenance of his eldest son, the Prince of Wales. Since that period the eldest son of the Sovereign has borne the title of Duke of Cornwall, and en- joyed the revenues of the Duchy. Alterations in the internal ad- ministration were made by Acts passed in 1863 and 1893. Coronation Stone. The ancient Scottish Coro- nation Stone of Scone was brought to England by Edward I, after his defeat of Balliol at Dunbar in 1296, and is now in Westminster Abbey. Corporal John. The great Duke of Marl- borough was so called by his soldiers. Corporation Act. An Act passed in 1661, com- pelHng all holders of office in corporations to swear to their belief in the doctrine of Passive Obedience, to receive the sacra- ment according to the rites of the English Church, and to re- nounce the Covenant. This Act was not repealed until 1828, Corsican Ogre. A nickname of the great Napoleon. Cortes. The Spanish Parliament is so called. Corti Compromise. A compromise proposed by Count Corti, Itahan Ambassador to the Porte in 1880, to meet the difficulties raised by Turkey in carrying out the provisions of the Berlin Treaty, relative to Montenegro. He proposed that Turkey should retain Gussinje and Plava, ceding in- stead Kutschi-Kraina and Podgoritza. Corvee. Enforced labour on the roads and other public works, exacted from the French peasant before the Revolution. The same system prevailed in Egypt prior to the English occupation. Cossacks. The inhabitants of the de- bateable land between the Rus» sian frontier and the Crim Tar- tars. The most important of these communities were those of the Dnieper and the Don. They retained a certain degree of independence until the reign of Catherine II of Russia. The soldiers of the military cor- don established by the Russians and Poles along their southern frontiers were also known as Cossacks. Cottereaux. Bands of mercenaries in the French service during the twelfth century. Cotton Famine. The name given to the distress in Lancashire in 1862, in conse- quence of the cessation of cotton shipments from America during the Civil War, by which thou- 68 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS sands of operatives were thrown out of employment. Large sums were received by- subscriptions in aid, and in August of that year the Relief Act was passed, by which loans were granted to the guardians to enable them to establish relief works. Council of State. A council of forty-one mem- bers, in whom Parliament vested the executive power, on the proclamation of the Common- wealth in 1649. They were ap- pointed for one year. Councils. See Ancients, Anziani, Aulic, Blood, Castle, Clarendon, Con- sulta. Colonies, Federal, Fifteen, Five Hundred, Hlutdaw, Indies, Kilkenny, Magnum, North, Policy, Reason, Sixteen, Ten, Thirty-six. Councils, Church. See Bari, Basle, Clermont, Constance, Constantinople, Dort, Lateran, Lyons, Nicaea, OEcu- menical, Pisa, Trent, Vatican, Vienne. Country Party. A political party, formed about 1673, under the leadership of Lords Russell and Cavendish. They were in full sympathy with the demands of the Dissenters for toleration, and made it their special business to keep a watch on the religious and political designs of the Court. They afterwards became known as Whigs. County Palatine. A county possessing certain Royal privileges, created origi- nally for defence of the frontier against the Welsh, the Scotch and the French. They were Chester, Lancaster, Durham, Kent, Shropshire, Pembroke- shire, and Hexhamshire. Only the three first named retained any of their privileges beyond the sixteenth century. Coup d'Etat. A term applied to any over- throw of free institutions by military intervention, but used especially to denote the bold stroke of Louis Napoleon, who by a display of military force in the Paris streets in December, 1 85 1, and the imprisonment of the Republican members of the Chamber, succeeded in getting himself proclaimed Consul, and, later. Emperor. Cour d' Heritage. An ancient feudal court in Jersey, having jurisdiction over all disputed questions as to landed property. Cours Plenieres. Assemblies of the Barons, called, on the great festivals ,of the year, by the early kings of France and England. Court Baron. A court of the old Norman Manor, summoned to settle all questions arising out of the cultivation of the demesne land of the Manor. Court Customary. A baronial court in feudal times held to decide questions arising out of the tenure of land by villeins. Court Leet. Under Henry I the Hundred Court was so called, when it sat for the purpose of trying crimi- nal cases under the presidency of the Sheriff. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 69 Courte Paix. See Longjumeau. Courts. See Audiencias, Augmenta- tions, Aulic, Austragal, College of Justice, Chambre, Confines, Consistorium, Curia Regis, Four Burghs, Great Session, Haute Cour, Heemraden, High Com- mission, Jews, Manor, Parle- ment. Pies Poudrees, Reichs- kammergericht, Requests, Sal- ford, Star Chamber, TrilDunal, T5niwald, Vehmgericht, Wales. Coventry Act. An Act passed in 1671 de- claring nose-slitting or other mutilation of the person to be a felony. It was passed in con- sequence of a dastardly attack upon Sir James Coventry, a Member of Parliament, who, having incurred the enmity of the Court party by some com- ments in the House on Charles the Second's liaison with Nell Gwynne, was waylaid on his way home by Sir Thomas Sandys and some of the King's friends, who dragged him from his coach and slit his nose to the bone. Cowboys. Bands of British marauders who infested the banks of the Hudson River during the Ameri- can War of Independence. The name is now applied to the cattlemen on the ranches in the Far West. Cowper-Temple Clause. A clause inserted in the Edu- cation Act of 1870, embodying an amendment moved by Mr. Cowper-Temple. It provides that unsectarian Bible teaching shall be given during school hours in all rate-aided schools under the School Boards, Coyne and Livery. The right of an Irish chieftain to quarter his soldiery on the tenants. It was forbidden by the Statute of Kilkenny in 1 307, and was finally stopped in 1603. It was called by the Irish " Bonaght." Cradle of Liberty. The name given to Faneuil Hall, Boston, which was the place of meeting of the American patriots during the period of the Revolution. Craigmillar, Bond of. An agreement entered into in 1566, at the instigation of Bothwell, by Argyle, Huntly, Maitland and Sir James Balfour, with the object of compassing the death of Darnley. Crapaud, Jean. A Frenchman is so called, probably from the fleur-de-lys of the old French standard, which bears a faint resemblance to a toad (crapaud). Creole State. The State of Louisiana is so called because of the large num- ber of its inhabitants who are descendants of the original French and Spanish settlers. Creoles. In Spanish America this term is applied to all persons of pure European descent, born in South America. Those with an ad- mixture of Indian blood are known as Mestizos. The word Creole was also applied in Louis- iana to those of pure French descent who were born in the Colony. 70 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Cretan Convention. A convention between the Porte and the Powers, signed in September, 1896. It provided for the appointment of a Chris- tian Governor, and for the sum- moning of an Assembly within six months. Two-thirds of the official appointments were to be held by Christians and one third by Mohammedans. The Cretan Government was to retain one half of the Customs duties, the other half being taken by the Sultan, in lieu of the old tribute. Crimes Act, 1882. An Act empowering the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to suspend jury trial in disturbed districts, and to send agrarian cases for trial by a commission of three judges, with an appeal to the Court of Criminal Cases Re- served. Power of search was given to the police in proclaimed districts, and, further, power to arrest and remove strangers thought dangerous to public safety. Crimes Act, 1887. An Act to repress the lawless- ness of the Irish Land League. It gave power to the Lord Lieutenant to proclaim the affected districts, and to sup- press seditious gatherings and unlawful associations. It also provided for change of venue, in cases where a fair trial could not be relied upon under ordi- nary conditions. Croppies. A name given to the Round- heads during the Civil War. The Irish rebels of 1798 were also called by this name. Crown, Treaty of the. A treaty signed at Vienna in 1700, between the Emperor Leopold I, and Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, by which Leo- pold recognized Frederick as King of Prussia. Frederick undertook to place 10,000 men in the field for the service of the empire, if required, to support Austria in the German Diet, and to vote, as Elector, for Leopold's son, Joseph, and his successors as occupants of the Imperial throne. Crusade of Children. In 12 1 2, some 90,000 children, mostly from Germany, inspired by the crusading spirit of the times, left their homes for the Holy Land. Many who em- barked at Marseilles were carried to Alexandria and there sold as slaves. Others got no further than Genoa, where they were enslaved by the Genoese. Cum ex Apostolatus Officio, Bull. A Bull of Pope Paul IV, issued in 1559, declaring all Protestant Princes incapable of reigning, and giving Catholics the right to levy on their possessions. Cumbernauld, Bond of. An agreement signed by John Graham, Earl of Montrose, and his associates, prior to their invasion of England in August, 1640, by which they bound themselves to oppose any dic- tatorship vested in the hands of subjects. Cupar Justice. See Jedburgh Justice. Curfew, or Couvrefeu. The famous enactment of William the Conqueror, ordering all persons in the country districts to be in their houses, with all lights extinguished, by DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 71 eight o'clock in winter and sunset in summer. It was presumably designed to prevent secret meetings and conspira- cies directed against the King, of which there were many, owing to his unpopularity with the Saxon element of the popu- lation. Curia Regis. A court of law established by William the Conqueror as the Final Court of Appeal of the realm. At its head was the Justiciary, as the King's re- presentative. It was re-organ- ised in the reign of Henry I, when the Exchequer Court was established by Roger of Salis- bury, the Barons of the Curia Regis sitting as Barons of the Exchequer for financial pur- poses. It was again reconstituted by Henry II, who limited its numbers to five, and by Magna Charta, when it was divided into three courts, those of the Exchequer, the Common Pleas, and the King's Bench. It thus took the form which lasted, with minor modifications, until the Judicature Acts of 1873-5. Curt-Mantle. The nickname of Henry II of England, from his wearing the short cloak of Anjou instead of the longer mantle worn by his predecessors. Custer Massacre. The destruction by a body of Sioux Indians of the whole of General Custer's force, on the Little Big Horn, Montana, in 1876. Custos Rotulorum. The keeper of the rolls of the County Sessions. The office is generally held by the Lord Lieutenant of the County. Cyprus Treaty. A treaty between Great Britain and Turkey, signed in 1788, whereby the Sultan re- cognized the occupation and administration of Cyprus by Great Britain, with the following provisos: that a Mussulman religious tribunal should be established ; that all surplus revenue should be paid to him ; that the Porte should retain the right to sell or lease lands be- longing to the Crown, and that Cjrprus should be restored to the Porte in the event of Russia restoring Kars. Dacoity. The name given in India to brigandage or highway robbery. It was very prevalent in Burmah after the annexation. Daimios. The great hereditary nobles of Japan. The principal Dai- mios, such as the Princes of Satsuma, Choshiu, Kaga, and some others, were almost in the position of independent sove- reigns, though they owed a nominal allegiance to the Em- peror, and in some cases to the Shogun. The word, strictly Dai-miyo, signifies " Great Name." Dalai Lama. The sovereign pontiff or spirit- ual ruler of Thibet. He is supposed to be always a re- incarnation of a previous holder of the office. The actual gov- ernment is carried on by the Des-ri, or king. 72 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Dancing Chancellor. Sir Christopher Hatton, Chan- cellor of Queen Elizabeth, was so called. The Queen first saw him at a masque, where her attention was attracted by his graceful dancing. Dandy King. A nickname of Joachim Murat, King of Naples. Danegelt. A tax imposed for the first time by iEthelred the Unready, for the purpose of buying off the Danish invaders, in 994. It became a permanent tax till the reign of Henry II, who replaced it by " Scutage." Danelagh. The country ceded to the Danes bythe Treaty of Wedmore, in 878. Danites. A Mormon secret society, founded in 1838, for the pro- tection of the Mormons from the " Gentiles." It contained organized companies, called " Destruction Companies/' whose business it was to burn and destroy " Gentile " pro- perty, nominally by way of reprisals, and there is little doubt that these bands did not stop short of assassination. They were probably concerned in the Mountain Meadow Mass- Dannebrog, Order of the. A Danish order of knight- hood, founded by Waldemar II in 1 2 19, and reconstituted by Christian V in 1693. Danube Navigation Commission. An international commission appointed in 1856, when the navigation of the Danube was thrown open to all nations. It was originally appointed for two years only, but has from time to time been continued, the last extension being for twenty-one years from 1883. Its jurisdiction extends from the mouths of the Danube to the Iron Gate. Dardanelles, Treaty of. A treaty signed in London in 1 841, after the conclusion of the Syrian War, by England, France, Russia, Prussia, Austria and Turkey. It con- firmed the agreement arrived at by the Convention of London of the previous year, depriving Mehemet Ali of all his Asiatic possessions, but securing him the Government of Egypt. It also provided that the Bos- phorus and the Dardanelles should be closed to all ships of war, excepting small vessels under a special firman. This provision was confirmed by the Treaty of Paris of 1856. The Treaty of the Dardanelles is also known as the Treaty of London. Darien Scheme. A scheme promoted by a Scotchman named Paterson, in the reign of William III, to secure the trade with the Far East by utilising a route across the Isthmus of Darien. A company was formed, and ob- tained a charter from the Scottish Parliament, granting a monopoly for thirty-one years of the trade with Asia, Africa, and America, and the right to introduce all goods from those regions free of duty, excepting sugar and tobacco. In 1698, 1,200 colonists started for Darien, but were at once DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 73 opposed by the Spanish colonists, and though a further expedition was dispatched in the following year, the whole enterprise failed ignominiously. The scheme had from the first been opposed in England, and was the cause of much bad blood between the two countries, and of a heavy pecuniary loss to Scotland. Dauphin. The title of the first-born heir-male to the French throne. Da Facto King, Statute of. A Statute of Henry VII, passed in 1485, enacting that no person could be convicted of high treason for services rendered to the King who was actually on the throne. Death Ride. The charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade at Balaclava, on September 20, 1854, is so called. Debateable Land. A district on the English and Scottish borders, claimed by both countries, and inhabited by the Grahams, who were gener- ally on the Enghsh side in war time, though they raided both sides of the border im- partially in time of peace. The district lay between the waters of the Esk and the Sark. Under James I the whole Graham Clan was removed to Ulster. Decamisados. The extreme section of the Spanish revolutionists in 1821. They may be said to correspond to the French sans-culottes. The word means the " shirtless ones." December Emeute. A meeting of about 200 students and young people, on the Nekvsi Prospekt in St. Petersburg, in 1876, at which cheers were raised for the exiles in Siberia. The poUce interfered, and arrested some thirty, but there seems to have been little resistance, and the affair, though supposed to have been part of a more important movement, was probably much exaggerated by the authorities. December, Man of. Napoleon III was so called because December was the month of his election to the Presidency, of the Coup d'Etaf, and of his taking the title of Emperor. December Rising. An outbreak in St. Peters- burg in December, 1825, on the accession of Nicholas I, fomented by a revolutionary society known as the Society of the North. The rightful heir to the throne was Constantine,the elder brother of Nicholas, but he had waived his rights. The revolutionists, however, made use of the question of succession to excite the mob, their real object being the overthrow of the dynasty. The rising was easily suppressed, and the ring- leaders convicted and hanged. The conspirators were after- wards known as the Dekabrists. Decet Romanum Pontificum, Bull. A Bull of Leo X, issued in January, 1521, calling upon the German Princes to uphold the Papal authority by condemning Luther unheard. 74 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Decimation. An arbitrary income-tax of ten per cent, levied on all Royalists by Cromwell's Major- Generals, in 1655. Declaration of Independence (America). The Manifesto issued by the second Congress in America, on July 4, 1776, declaring the colonies independent. It was only carried in Congress by a majority of one. Declaration of Independence (Brazil). This instrument, promulgated in 1822, proclaimed the separa- tion of Brazil from the Crown of Portugal. The colony was erected into a constitutional monarchy, Pedro, the second son of John VI of Portugal, being proclaimed Emperor. Declaration of Indulgence, 1673. A proclamation by Charles II, suspending all penal laws against Dissenters. Parliament, how- ever, held that while the King had the power of pardon in individual cases, he had no constitutional right to suspend general enactments. The King was consequently forced to withdraw the Declaration. Declaration of Indulgence, 1687. A proclamation by James II, issued on his sole authority, annulling all religious tests, and all penal enactments against Dissenters, which he ordered to be read in the churches. This led to the famous Protest of the Seven Bishops. Declaration of Right. A declaration by the Con- vention, accompanying the offer of the Crown to William of Orange in 1689. It declared that the dispensing power was non- existent, that the sovereign could only raise money by the aid of Parliament, and that no army could be maintained in time of peace. It further asserted the right of petition, of freedom of debate in Parlia- ment, of free choice of repre- sentatives, and of pure adminis- tration, and the necessity of frequent Parliaments. The declaration was accepted by William, and afterwards em- bodied in the Bill of Right. Declaration of Rights. A manifesto issued by the General Congress in America, in 1774, maintaining the rights of American colonists as Englishmen, and demanding the repeal of the Boston Port Act and other obnoxious legislation. Decretals, False. A collection of Decretals, or Papal Edicts, purporting to have been issued by very early Popes, which was produced in the ninth century. These Decretals were designed to sup- port the claim of the Bishops of Rome to supreme authority in the Church. Defender of the Faith. The title granted to Henry VIII by Leo X in 1521, in recognition of his book " The Assertion of the Seven Sacra- ments," written in opposition to the Lutheran doctrine. This title has been borne by all the English Sovereigns since Henry VIII. Defenders. The name assumed by the agrarian bands formed by the Catholic farmers of Ulster for DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 75 defence against the Peep o' Day Boys, in 1782, Defensionale. A joint military scheme for the defence of the country, drawn up by the Federated States of Switzerland, in 1647. Deficit, Madame. A name given by the Paris- ians to Marie Antoinette, circ. 1786, the constant deficits in the French Budget being attri- buted to her extravagance. Dekabrists. The name given to the con- spirators concerned in the December rising in St. Peters- burg in 1825. Delegations. A body of 120 members, chosen half by the Austrian and half by the Hungarian Legislature, which controls all questions afifecting the common interests of the dual monarchy. To this body the Ministers of War, Foreign Affairs, and Finance are responsible. To have the force of law, its enactments require the con- firmation of both Parliaments. Demarcation, Bull of. The Bull issued by Pope Alexander VI in 1493, defining the respective colonial spheres of Spain and Portugal. A line was drawn north and south, 100 leagues west of the Azores, All extra-European countries east of this line were granted to Portugal, and all west of it to Spain. On this Bull Spain based her claim to the whole of the American Continent. Demesne Lands. The lands belonging to the Crown were so called in the early days of English History. Demetrius, The False. A pretender to the Russian throne, who appeared in Poland, and obtained the support of the Jesuits in 1591. He claimed to be the Demetrius Ivanovitch who was supposed to have been murdered by the usurper Boris. After the death of Boris, the Pretender, aided by the Poles, entered Moscow, and ascended the throne, but the Muscovites soon discovered the fraud and put him to death. Democrats (U.S.A.). See Republicans. Deogam, Treaty of. A treaty between the British and the Rajah of Berar, at the, close of the second Mahratta War in 1803. The Rajah sur- rendered Katak and Balasore, and all his territory west of the Wardha, and assented to the conditions of the Treaty of Bassein. Deposition, Bull of, 1535. A Bull of Pope Paul III, dated in 1535, and issued in the following year, excommunicating and deposing Henry VIII . It was the Pope's reply to the Act of Supremacy and the execution of Fisher and Sir Thomas More. Deposition, Bull of, 1569. A Bull issued by Pius V, declaring Queen Elizabeth to have forfeited her right to the throne, and freeing her sub- jects from their allegiance. Derby Dilly. A name given to a section of the Tory party in 1835, which followed Lord Stanley, after- wards Earl of Derby. Despard's Plot. A conspiracy, headed by 76 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Colonel Despard, a retired army officer, who had become imbued with the principles of the French Revolution, to assassinate George III, 1802. His accom- plices were almost all men of the labouring classes. The con- spirators were seized, and Des- pard and some others hanged. Des-ri. The king or political ruler of Thibet, to whom the functions of government are handed over by the Dalai Lama. Destiny, Man of. Napoleon I was so-called, owing to his firm belief in his lucky star. Devil's Parliament. A Parliament summoned by Kenry VI at Coventry in 1459. It passed a Bill of Attainder against the Yorkist leaders. Devil's Wall. The wall which in ancient times separated England from Scotland. Devolution, Law of. An ancient local custom in certain fiefs of Brabant, where- by, upon the death of one parent the fief passed to the children. Diamond, Battle of. The name given to an affray in 1795, at Diamond, a village near Armagh, between the Defenders and the Peep o' Day Boys, in which the latter were victorious. Diamond Necklace. A scandal of the Court of Louis XVI, in 1785, to which the unpopularity of Marie An- toinette was largely due, Mme. Lamothe, the mistress of the Cardinal de Rohan, gave the Cardinal an order, purporting to be signed by the Queen, for a diamond necklace, which the Cardinal ordered from the Court jeweller, giving bills for pay- ment by instalments, Madame Lamothe, by means of another forged document, obtained pos- session of the necklace, and turned it to her own uses. The Cardinal being unable to meet the first bill when it became due, the jeweller applied to the Queen. The matter came to the ears of the King, who ordered an inquiry, and Mme. Lamothe was arrested and con- victed, and the Cardinal dis- graced. Nothing was proved against the Queen, but the public remained convinced that she was in some way mixed up in the affair. Diamond State. The State of Delaware, U.S.A., is so called. Diamond Trade Act. An Act passed by the Cape Parliament in 1882, to suppress illicit diamond buying, or I.D.B. This Act made it criminal to possess an uncut diamond without being able to account for its lawful possession. It also gave the police large powers of search, including the right to open suspicious parcels in the post. The administration of this Act was the cause of the Kimberley Riots. Dictator of a Day. Pavia, Captain-General of Madrid, who by a pronuncia- miento in 1869, obtained the supreme power, which he at once handed over to Marshal Serrano. Dingaan's Day. December 16, 1838, on which DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 77 day the Transvaal Commandos completely routed the Zulu chief Dingaan, thus avenging the massacre of the Boer farmers in the early part of the same year. Directoire. The Government established in France after the fall of Robespierre, in July, 1794. The power was vested in five directors, assisted by a Council of five hundred, and a Council of two hundred and fifty mem- bers known as the Council of Ancients. It lasted until 1799, when the Consulate was estab- lished by the Coup d'Etat of November 9 (i8th Brumaire). Disarming Act. One of the Irish Penal Laws, passed in 1695, under which all Papists were ordered to sur- render their arms, under penalty of a heavy fine for the first offence, and of imprisonment for life for the second. Disarming the Highlands, Act for. An Act passed in 1825, for- bidding the carrying of arms by the Highland clansmen. Disastrous Peace. The Treaty of Cateau Cam- bresis in 1559, whereby Henri renounced his Italian claims, was so called by the French. Discipline, Books of. The two publications embody- ing the constitution and proce- dure of the Church of Scotland. The first was drawn up by John Knox, and four other ministers, in 1560. The second, a revised version of the first, was drawn up by Andrew Melville, and sanctioned by the General Assembly in 1578. Discoverers. Certain persons in Ireland, circ. 1616, who made it their business to investigate some of the older titles to land. In the event of their discovering any flaw in the titles, such lands were confiscated, the informer receiving a percentage of the value. Disinherited. The Barons who continued the Barons' War after the Battle of Evesham were so called because a decree of forfeiture had been issued against aU the supporters of Simon de Montfort. Dissolution of Monasteries. This was carried out by an Act passed in 1536, supple- mented in 1539 by a further Act, vesting all monastic pro- perty in the Crown. Divine Right. The doctrine of the inalienable right of the next in succession to ascend the throne by virtue of inheritance, apart from any considerations of fitness or Parliamentary sanction. It reached its apogee in the Stuart times, and was discarded with the adoption of William III as King of Great Britain and Ire- land. Dix-huit Brumaire. The Coup d'Etat of Novem- ber 9, 1799, when Napoleon overthrew the Directoire, and had himself appointed First Consul. Dix-huit Fructidor. The Coup d'Etat of Sept- ember 4, 1797, whereby the Royalist plot in which certain 78 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS members of the Directoire and the Councils were implicated, was frustrated. Dixie's Land. A popular name for the Southern States of America in the slavery days. Doctrinaires. The name given to the philo- sophic Liberals in France, in the reign of Louis XVIII. Domesday Book. A register of the holders of land compiled by Commis- sioners appointed by William, the Conqueror. Dominicans. An order of mendicant friars, known as the Preaching Friars, and in England as the Black Friars, founded by St. Dominic and recognized by Pope Honorius III in 1216. To this Order was entrusted the conduct of the Inquisition. Dominus ac Redemptor noster, Bull. The Bull of Clement XIV, issued in 1773, suppressing the Jesuits. Don Pacific©. A British subject, a Jew of Gibraltar, whose house at Athens was burnt by a mob in 1847. The difficulty and delay in ob- taining compensation led to Lord Palmerston sending a fleet to the Piraeus. Greece appealed to France and Russia, and a European war was for some time within measurable distance. Donation of Charles. A gift of Charlemagne to Pope Adrian I, in 774. It is uncertain of what the donation consisted, though it included a confirmation of the " Donation of Pepin." It was declared by the Popes, however, to have been a gift of the whole of the ItaUan peninsula, and by some even to have been a renewal of the fabled "Donation of Constantine." Donation of Constantine. A legendary gift to the Pope of the imperial sovereignty over Italy and the whole of the Western Empire. This document is included amongst the False Decretals. Donation of Pepin. The gift of Pepin, the first king of the Carlovingian dynasty, to the See of Rome, in 1755, of Ravenna and the surrounding country, which he had recently conquered from the Lombards. This donation may be said to be the foundation of the temporal power of the Popes, which lasted until 1870. Donauworth, Troubles of. A series of disturbances at Donauworth, a free Protestant town in Suabia, in 1606, due to the Catholic minority insist- ing on holding religious pro- cessions through the streets of the town. The Aulic Council, supported by the Emperor, placed Donauworth under the ban of the Empire, and eventu- ally made it a Catholic town, within the jurisdiction of Bavaria. The action of the Aulic Council in this case resulted in the formation of the Protestant League in 1608. Dongan Charter. The charter of the City of New York, granted in 1686 by DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 79 Thomas Dongan, Governor of New York under James II. Donis Conditionalibus, Statute De. A Statute of Edward the First's reign, which provided that if an estate were given to a man and his children, he had only a life interest in it, and in the event of his dying without issue, the estate re- verted to the donor. Prior to this statute, it was sufficient that a child was born to him, when the estate became his absolute property, and could be alienated at will. This statute, in fact, established the system of entails. Doom-Book. A codification of the Anglo- Saxon laws and customs, made by Alfred the Great (871-901). Doppers. The members of the Separatist Reformed Church in the Trans- vaal and Orange Free State. It was established by Mr. Postma in the Transvaal, in 1859, and is now a very influ- ential body. Its tenets are not unlike those of the Scottish Covenanters. Dorr's Rebellion. An insurrection in Rhode Island, headed by Thomas W. Dorr, in 1841, having for its object the extension of the suffrage, which remained as originally instituted by the Charter of Charles II in 1663. He seized the State Arsenal, but was overpowered, and later was arrested and sentenced to imprisonment for life. He was afterwards pardoned. His movement, however, resulted in the adoption, in 1842, of a con- stitution to supersede the- Charter of 1663. Dort, Synod of. A synod held in 16 18, to which aU the Protestant Churches were invited to send representatives. It was specially convened for the purpose of considering the Arminian heresy, and resulted in the con- demnation of Arminianism, and the expulsion of its followers from Holland. Douglas Larder. When Sir James Douglas (The Good) recovered his castle from the English in 1 306, he massacred the garrison, and threw their bodies, together with all the stores and provisions found in the castle, into a cellar. This was called by the English the " Douglas Larder." Douglas Wars. The Civil War in Scotland between the King's men and Queen's men from 1568 to 1573^ was so called from the family name of the Earl of Morton, who was Regent during the later period of the war. Dover, Treaty of. A treaty between Charles II and Louis XIV, signed in 1670, by which Charles was to re-establish Roman Cathohcism, receiving from Louis ;^200,ooo a year, and the use of 6,00a French troops. He was to aid Louis in lus designs against Holland, receiving as a reward the Province of Zeeland, and further to support Louis in his claim to the Spanish succession, for which service he was to receive as payment Minorca and Ostend. So DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Dozsa Revolt. A revolt of peasants under George Dozsa, in Hungary, in the reign of Ladislas ( 1 490- 1516) which was suppressed with con- siderable difficulty and great cruelty, and led to the peasants being reduced to a condition little removed from serfdom. Draft Riots. An outbreak in New York in 1863, to resist the drafting of New Yorkers into the Union Army. The mob held possession of the city for four days, the absence of the militia at the front having left only the police available for the protection of the city. It is calculated that over 1,000 persons were killed, and damage done to the extent of two million dollars during the riots. Dragonnades. The persecution of the Huguenots in Poitou and other parts of France by the dragoons of Louvois and Marillac in 1685. Dred Scott Case. A case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1855. Dred Scott, a negro, claimed that having lived with his owner in a free labour state, he could not be sold back into slavery on his master's death. The Supreme Court decided against him, and further laid it •down that he had no locus standi before the Court, as the rights of citizenship could not be claimed by any person who had been a slave or was the descendant of a slave. Dreikaiserbund. An alliance, more or less formal, between the three Em- perors of Austria, Germany, and Russia, dating from a personal meeting in 1872. It had ceased to exist in any form prior to 1879, when the foundation of the existing Triple Alliance was laid, Dreyfus Case. In December, 1894, Captain Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer, employed at the General Staff in Paris, was found guilty of supplying confidential docu- ments to foreign Powers, and sentenced to degradation and transportation for life. His friends were convinced of his innocence, and began an agita- tion which by degrees attracted the attention of many eminent Frenchmen, among others Emile Zola, who took up his cause with great warmth. Eventually the Government were forced to sub- mit the case to the Cour de Cassation, which quashed the conviction and ordered a new trial. Dreyfus was brought back to France in 1899, and tried by court-martial at Rennes. Though his innocence was gen- erally believed in outside France, he was again found guilty, but was almost immedi- ately pardoned by the President, The case was the occasion of a wild outburst of anti-semitism in France. In February, 1903, it was rumoured that the case was to be re-opened by the Drey- fusites, evidence having come to light of the methods adopted by the General Staff to secure the second conviction. Drifts, Closing the. In 1 895 the Transvaal Govern- ment raised the rates on mer- chandise on the railway between the Vaal and Johannesburg, in order to force importers to use DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 8i the newly-opened Delagoa Bay Railway. The Cape importers thereupon unloaded their mer- chandise at the frontier, and sent it on to Johannesburg by waggon. President Kruger then closed the drifts, or fords, on the Vaal on October i. He was reminded that this action was a breach of the London Convention, but he remained obdurate, and it was found necessary to resort to a display of force, before which he gave way. Drogheda, Statute of. Generally known as Poyn- ing's Act. Drunken Parliament. A Scottish Parliament which assembled in 1661. It passed the Episcopal Ordination and the Mile Acts, and it is said that at the passing of the first-named Act, the whole assembly, with one exception, was intoxicated. Dual Alliance. The alliance at present exist- ing (1903) between France and Russia. Its earliest form was a military convention, signed in 1 89 1, whereby it was stipu- lated that either nation should, with a specified force, assist in repelling an attack on the other by Germany. This convention was extended in 1894, and in 1897 became a definite alliance, for defensive purposes only, wherein all special reference to Germany is dropped. Dual Control. The control by England and France of the Egyptian finances established by a decree of September 4, 1879, which pro- vided that the Comptrollers- General of the two Powers should have the rank of Egyptian Ministers, and the right to attend, but not to vote at, meetings of the Council, together with full powers of inquiry into all questions of finance. The Dual Control ceased to exist when France declined to co-operate with England in the suppression of the Arabi revolt. Duclair Incident. This name is given to the seizure and destruction of six English vessels at Duclair, on the Seine, by the Germans during their occupation of France in 1870. FuU apologies and compensation were given. Duel, Trial by. Among the Norsemen a claim- ant was allowed, under certain conditions, to make good his claim by an appeal to arms. If victorious his claim was con- sidered established. This sys- tem WcLS abolished among the Danes and Norsemen by King Knut. Dukhobors. A Russian sect, claiming to live without submitting them- selves to human laws, and without reference to any other authority than that of Gods The refusal to undergo military service led to their expulsion from Russia, and they are now domiciled in Canada, where, in 1902, they caused the authorities no little trouble by their refusal to sub- mit to the law of the land. Dulcigno Arrangement. The final settlement of the Montenegro boundary question, long pending between the Great Powers and Turkey, replacing G 82 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS the Corti Compromise which wavS not carried out. The transfer of territory fixed by this arrangement was completed in 1881. Dumb Captain. The Prince de Conde, the leader of the conspiracy of Amboise, was so called by his confederates. Dunces, Parliament of. The Parliament of Henry IV, which met at Coventry in 1404. See Unlearned Parliament. Dungannon Convention. A convention of Ulster volun- teer corps, held in 178 1, at which resolutions were passed protesting against Irish legis- lative dependence on England and against a perpetual Mutiny Act.^'fJ'The meeting further demanded freedom of commerce for Ireland, and proclaimed its belief in the right of private judgment in religious matters. Dupes, Journee des. November 11, 1603, on which day Marie de' Medici, Anne of Austria, and the Duke of Or- leans, were outwitted by Riche- lieu, whom they had persuaded Louis XIII to dismiss from his service. The Cardinal returned to office more powerful than ever. Durham, County Palatine of. Durham was made a County Palatine in the reign of Wil- liam I, and Palatine privileges were enjoyed by the Bishops of Durham until 1836. The ad- ministrative authority is now exercised on behalf of the Crown. Dutch East India Company. A company with trading and political rights, to which a charter was granted in 1602. Its affairs were controlled by a board of directors in Holland, and a governor-general in the Indies. It founded a colony at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. In 1795 the Company ceased to exist, having become insolvent. Dutch Plot. A rising in New York in 1690 under Jacob Leisler, declaring for William III. Dysiefald. The catastrophe of Dysieaa, where the revolting peasants were defeated by Waldemar I of Denmark in 1 1 8 1 . Eadgar's Law. The constitution of England during the reign of Eadgar (959-975 ) when, under the virtual rule of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, the various tribes of Saxons and Danes were united under one administration. Knut re-established Eadgar's Law on his accession in 1016. Eagle of Brittany. Bertrand Duguesclin, Con- stable of France (died 1380), was so called. Ealdorman. In Saxon times, a national ofi&cer, appointed by the king and council to control military affairs in the shire. He sat with the sheriff in the Shire Court. Earthquake, Council of the. The name given to the Synod of the English Church at which the Wycliffite doctrines were declared heretical. It was so DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 83 called from a shock of earth- quake which was felt during the sitting of the Synod. East India Company. The first charter to the Indian merchants was granted in 1600, and made perpetual in 1609, a company being constituted under the title of the India Company, with the monopoly of the East- ern trade. During the Revolu- tion a rival company was formed whose competition threatened to extinguish the older Com- pany, but eventually the two were amalgamated in 1708. As the field of operations in India was extended, political questions became increasingly important, and such was the maladministration of the Com- pany, that the Government was constantly forced to interfere. In 1773 a Regulating Act was passed, by which a new council was appointed and other ad- ministrative reforms introduced, but the consequent improve- ment was not marked, and in 1784 Pitt's India Bill withdrew all political power from the hands of the Company, while leaving their trading rights intact, and established a Board of Control, to be appointed by the British Government. In 181 3 the trading monopoly of the Company was broken, so far as India was concerned, by the admission of independent traders to the Company's terri- tories, but they still retained the China trade. In 1834, how- ever, the restrictions on trade still afforded by the Company's charter were felt to be out of harmony with modern com- mercial ideas, and the whole of the Company's trading rights were swept away, in return for an annuity, payable for forty years, of ;^630,ooo, redeemable at the end of that period, at the Government's option, for a sum of ;^i 2,000,000. Before that period was ended, however, the Indian Mutiny broke out, and on its suppression, in 1858, the Company was finally dis- solved, and India passed under the direct rule of the United Kingdom. Ecclesiastical Reservation. A clause in the Religious Peace of Augsburg, of 1555, providing that any spiritual prince who changed his religion was to forfeit his office and the revenues of his see. Ecclesiastical Titles Act. An Act passed in 185 1 in response to the agitation caused by the action of the Pope in appointing Cardinal Wiseman to the Roman Catholic Arch- bishopric of Westminster. The Act declared the assumption of such titles to be illegal, but provided no penalties for a breach of the law, and hence was never enforced. It was repealed in 1871. Economists. A philosophical school, or sect, founded in France about 1 76 1 by a physician of Mantes, named Quesnay. He main- tained that there was a natural order of human institutions, divinely ordained, and that, if this were adhered to, prosperity must ensue. He further argued that agriculture was the only true source of wealth. These doctrines largely influenced Turgot, the finance minister of Louis XVI. 84 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Ecorcheurs. Bands of brigands who har- ried France during the Hundred Years' War. Edict of Nantes. An edict issued in 1598 by- Henri IV of France (Henry of Navarre) granting toleration to the Huguenots. It was revoked by Louis XIV in 1685, as a preHminary to a cruel persecu- tion of the Protestants, one result of which was their whole- sale emigration to England, Holland, and other Protestant countries. Edicts. See Capitularies, Chateau- briand, Emancipation, Frater- nity, Hatti Humayun, Majes- tats Brief, Moulins, Nemours, Orleans, Pavia, Perpetual, Quar- antaine. Reformation, Restitu- tion, Reunion, Romorantin, Six, Soissons, Tours, Villers-Cotterets, Worms. Edinburgh, Treaties of. Two treaties, signed in 1560, between France and Scotland and France and England re- spectively. By the first France undertook to withdraw her troops from Scotland, leaving the Government in the hands of the Council of the Lords. By the second she acknowledged Elizabeth's sovereignty over England and Ireland, and under- took to maintain her pledges to the Scots. Edmunds Law. A stringent law against poly- gamy, passed by the United States Congress in 1882. It was specially directed against the practice prevailing in the Mormon settlements of Utah. Education Act, 1870. An Act passed in 1870, estab- lishing a system of national elementary education in Eng- land and Wales, controlled by popularly elected bodies known as School Boards. Its intro- ducer was Mr. W. E. Forster. The system lasted till 1902, when it was abolished by the Act passed in that year. Education Act, 1902. An Act for the regulation and co-ordination of primary and secondary education in Eng- land and Wales, excepting London. It abolishes the School Boards established by the Act of 1870, and makes the County Council or Borough Council the education authority, subject in certain respects to the Board of Education. It further provides for the inclusion in the scheme of denominational schools,which prior to the passing of the Act received no support from the rates, but are now maintained from the same sources as the old board schools for all purposes of secular educa- tion. Egalite. The sobriquet of Philippe, Due d'Orleans, assumed by him to show his sympathy with the Revolutionary party in France in 1789. Eight Cantons, League of the. The confederation formed in 1351-1353 by the admission of Zurich, Glarus, Zug and Berne into the Perpetual League of the four Forest Cantons. Eikon Basilike. A book published in 1649, shortly after the execution of Charles I, purporting to be his DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 85 own account of his reign. 'In 1660, however, the authorship of it was claimed by Dr. Gauden, Bishop of Exeter. The point in dispute is still unsettled, though most authorities oppose the theory that it is the work of Charles. El Dorado. See Manoa. Elephant, Order of the. A Danish order of knighthood, said to date from the first Crusade, but reorganized in 1693 by Christian V. It is confined to thirty members, exclusive of royal knights. Eleven Articles. A short profession of the Protestant faith, issued on the accession of Queen Elizabeth, pending the revision of the forty-two Articles of 1552. Eltchi, The Great. The sobriquet of Sir Stratford Canning (Lord Stratford de Redcliffe), British Ambassador to the Porte from 1825 to 1828, and again from 1842 to 1858. Emancipation Act. An Act passed in 1833 for the abolition of slavery in the British dominions. It pro- vided that all children under six, and all born after the pass- ing of the Act, should be free. All other slaves were, for a period of twelve years, to serve their masters for three-fourths of their time, the remaining fourth being their own. This period was subsequently re- duced to seven years, and after being tried for four years the system was abandoned, and all slaves completely freed. Twenty million pounds was voted as compensation to the planters for the loss of their slave pro- perty. Emancipation, Edict of. An edict issued by Freiherr von Stein, Prussian Minister in 1807, abolishing every form of villeinage then existing in Prussia, and declaring that from 18.10 there should be none but freemen in the Prussian do- Emancipation Proclamation. A proclamation, issued by President Lincoln in January i, 1863, declaring that all persons held in slavery in the States in arms against the Union were henceforth free. This procla- mation did not apply to those States which had not seceded from the Union, whose slaves were liberated by an amend- ment to the Constitution. Embargo Act, First. An Act of Congress, passed in 1807, as a reply to the English Orders in Council, prohibiting English vessels from making use of American ports. The Act was repealed in 1809. Embargo Act, Second, An Act passed by the United States Congress in 1810, by which vessels flying the United States flag were forbidden to trade between France and England, while French and English vessels were, at the same time, forbidden to touch at American ports. The American shipowners very soon found means to evade this law. Embassy, The. A deputation from the Vic- torian Government, under 86 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Graham Berry, to the Colonial Ofi&ce, in 1878, arising out of the Victorian Deadlock, The Colonial Secretary declined to interfere, and the " Embassy " became the laughing-stock of the Colony. Emigres. The nobles and other Royal- ists, to the number of 123,000, who left France during the Revolution. Their estates were forfeited, and owing to the terms of the " Charte " of Louis XVIII were not, as a rule, recovered at the Restora- tion. It was said of them that they returned from exile " hav- ing learnt nothing and forgotten nothing." Eminence Grise, L'. A nickname of Fran9ois du Tremblay, the familiar of Car- dinal Richelieu. Emmett's Rebellion. An Irish rising under Robert Emmett in 1803. It was fo- mented by Napoleon, who had despatched numerous emissaries to Ireland during the currency of the Peace of Amiens. The rising was easily suppressed, and Emmett was hanged. Empire State. The State of New York is so called as being the richest and most influential of the States of the Union. Empire State of the South. The State of Georgia is so- called. Employers' Liability Bill, 1893. A bni rendering employers liable for compensation to their workmen for injuries received while at work. The bill was not passed, being wrecked by the question of " contracting out." Many large employers of labour had arrangements with their men, by which the latter contributed to an assur- ance fund, maintained in the main by the employer, for the purpose of providing compensa- tion for injury, the men being bound, under these conditions, not to take legal action for compensation. The House of Commons passed a clause ren- dering such contracts illegal, but the Lords inserted an amend- ment rendering them legal under certain safeguards as to the amount of the employers' contribution to the fund, etc. Neither party would give way; and the bill was withdrawn. Employers' Liability Act, 1897. An Act providing compensa- tion for death or injury, to work- men or their representatives, to be paid by the employer. The Act permits " contracting out," but in cases where the insurance fund is not suf&cient to provide the compensation required by the Act, the em- ployer is bound to make up the amount. Encomiendas. Concessions granted to the colonists in South America under Spanish rule, whereby they were permitted to hold as slaves, for a certain number of years, such Indians as they might require, for agricultural or mining purposes. Encumbered Estates Act. An Act to facilitate the sale of encumbered estates in Ire- land, and to give certain powers to sell, in cases otherwise restricted under entail. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 87 Encyclopaedia. The famous work of Diderot Voltaire, d'Alembert and others, which was declared to be irre- ligious, and was undoubtedly hos- tile to the Church and to super- stition. It was produced be- tween 175 1 and 1765, and was proscribed in 1757, but con- tinued to circulate notwith- standing. Enfant de la Fortune. The nickname of " The Child of Fortune " was given to Massena by Napoleon, after the battle of Rivoli in 1797. Enfants de Dieu. The Camissards called them- selves by this title. Engagement. An agreement between Charles I and the two Scottish com- missioners at Carisbrooke, in 1647, by which the Scotch agreed to support the king with an armed force, in return for which he undertook to accept the Covenant and es- tablish Presbyterianism . The supporters of this agreement in Scotland were known as En- gagers. Englishry, Law of. This arose from an edict of William I, inflicting a heavy fine for the murder of one of his soldiers. It was always as- sumed that any dead body discovered was that of a Nor- man, and to escape the fine it was necessary to prove that the corpse was that of an English- man. This was called " Pre- sentment of Englishry." Enrages, Club des. The Club of the Due d'Orleans, Philippe Egalite, circ. 1789. Entail. A system of land tenure, introduced by the statute " De Donis" in 1285, wherein the holder has only a life interest in the land, which passes at his death to his heirs male, and is precluded from alienation, or from any act which may diminish the capital value of the estate. Eperons d'Or, Journee des. See Spurs. Episcopal Ordination^ Act (Scot- land), ^-^^ym^^rn^ An Act passed by the Drunken Parliament in 1662, enacting that all holders of livings should be episcopaUy ordained. It is said that under this act some 350 ministers were deprived of their livings. Equador, Confederacao do. A revolutionary sdciety,f ormed at Pernambuco in 1824, with the object of seceding from the Empire of Brazil and forming a republic. Its leader was Paes de Andrade. The revolt was suppressed in the same year. Era of Good Feeling. The period of Monroe's presidentship of the United States (1816-1820), during which there was a truce between the two great poHtical parties. Erastians. The followers of Thomas Liebler, known as Erastus, a Swiss theologian (1524-1583). He held that the Church was a civil institution, and subject to the State, and that consequently the Church per se had no right to punish by excommunication or otherwise any offences against the Church, its doctrine or 88 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS government, such right be- longing to the State alone. Eric. Under the Brehon Law in Ireland, the only punishment recognized for all classes of offences, namely a money com- pensation. Erie Ring. A confederation of specula- tors who obtained control of the Erie Railway, and, working in with the Tammany Ring in New York, succeeded in amass- ing large fortunes, at the ex- pense of the shareholders. The various transactions between the two rings were exposed in 1 87 1, and the Erie Ring was ousted from the management of the railway. Escheat. The reversion to the crown of an estate held in vassalage, on the failure of heirs to the vassal. Escuage. See Scutage. Essex Junto. The name given to a party of extreme Federalists in the United States about 1800. The name is taken from Essex County, Massachusetts, which was the centre of their influ- ence. Est-it-possible. The nickname of George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne. It was his invariable remark when any startling news was told him. Estates of Scotland. The Scottish Parliament was so called, as being an assembly of the three estates of the king- dom, namely the Clergy, the Barons, and the Burgesses. All the three Estates sat in one chamber. Estatuto Real. The new constitution promul- gated by Bermudez, the Minister of the Queen-Regent, Christina of Spain, in 1834, to replace the despotic system of Ferdinand. Etablissements de St. Louis. The code of laws issued by Louis IX of France, directed against the abuses of seignorial jurisdiction, and providing for the regular administration of justice by state functionaries. It also settled the principles of procedure in the courts thus established. Etas. The outcasts in old Japan. They exercised all the most degrading trades, acting as scavengers, butchers, tanners, executioners, etc. They are supposed by some authorities to be descendants of Korean prisoners of war. Etcetera Oath. An oath imposed upon the English clergy by the Canons of 1640, to the effect that they would never consent to any alteration in the government of the Church of England, by Archbishops, Deans, Archdea- cons, etcetera. Ethel. In early Anglo-Saxon times land held on the original allot- ment made at the time of the Saxon invasion, as opposed to Bocland, land held by grant or charter. Etruria, Kingdom of. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was thus re-named, on passing I DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 89 to the Duke of Parma under the provisions of the Treaty of Luneville in 1801. Eureka Stockade. A stockade erected and de- fended by the Ballarat miners under Peter Lalor in 1854. The stockade was taken by the Government troops, and the outbreak quickly suppressed, but it resulted in the appoint- ment of a commission to inquire into the miners' griev- ances, which reported largely in their favour in the course of the following year. European Association. A society of foreign political refugees, formed in London in 1855 to promote the Republican movement on the Continent. Its founders were Mazzini, Kos- suth, and Ledru-Rollin. Ever Victorious Army. The name given to the army which finally overpowered the Taeping rebels in 1865 under General Gordon. Evil May-day. May I, 1 5 17, the date of a serious outbreak of the London apprentices, when grave out- rages were perpetrated on for- eigners and others. Evora, Convention of. A convention putting an end to the civil war in Portugal, signed in 1834, by which the Pretender, Don Miguel, re- nounced the throne, and agreed to leave Portugal. Excelsior State. A name given to the State of New York, from its motto, " Excelsior." Exchequer. A court formed out of the Curia Regis to deal with ques- tions of finance. It was estab- lished by Roger of Salisbury, in the reign of Henry I. Exclusion Bill. A Bill introduced into Parlia- ment in 1679, providing for the exclusion of James, Duke of York, from the succession. The bill failed to pass, but was reintroduced in 1681. After it had been read a first time Charles II dissolved Parhament, and did not summon another during his reign. Executors. See Sixteen, Council of. Exsurge Domine, Bull. The Bull issued by Leo X in 1520, " against the errors of Martin Luther." It was pub- licly burnt by Luther in the market place of Wittemburg. F. F. Vs. The First Families of Virginia. The name given to the descend- ants of the adventurers who colonized Virginia under the Charter of 1606. Fabius, The American. George Washington was so called. Factory Acts. A series of Acts providing for the inspection and regulation of factories in Great Britain. The first Act dealing with this question was the Cotton Indus- try Act of 1 83 1, and further legislation took place in 1834, 1844, 1850, 1864, 1867, 1870. and 1874, some of these Acts relating to factories as a whole, and others to particular trades. The most important enactment. 90 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS however, is that of 1878, which deals with factories and work- shops of all kinds, as well as with domestic workshops. Regu- lations are made limiting the hours of employment of women, young persons, and children, forbidding the carrying on of certain trades by women, and providing for systematic inspec- tion by Government officials. Faggot Votes. Votes manufactured, chiefly in country districts, by the creation of small freeholders. The sale of land to accomplish this was often merely nominal, no money passing, and the vendor lending the purchase money under mortgage. Fair Maid of Kent. The sobriquet of Joan, Count- ess of Salisbury, the wife of Edward the Black Prince. Fair Quakeress. Hannah Lightfoot, whom George III married in 1759, the year before he ascended the throne. The marriage was, of course, not recognized. Fair Rosamond. The daughter of Lord Clifford and mistress of Henry II of England. Falaise, Treaty of. A treaty between Henry II of England and William the Lyon of Scotland, signed in 1 174. William, who had been captured by the English and carried off to Normandy, agreed, as the price of his liberty, to acknowledge Henry's suzerainty and do homage for his crown. The right was, however, surrendered by Richard Cceur de Lion in 1189, in exchange for a payment of 10,000 marks. Falczi, Treaty of. See Pruth. Falieri, Conspiracy of Marino. A plot, headed by Falieri, the Doge of Venice, to over- throw the Government of the Republic. The conspiracy was discovered, and Falieri was beheaded within the walls of the Ducal Palace in 1355. Falk Laws. A series of laws introduced by Dr. Falk, Prussian Minister of Public Worship, between 1872 and 1879, in pursuance of the Kulturkampf. They were exceedingly oppressive to the Catholic population. The more important of them were passed in the month of May, 1873, whence they are also known as the May laws. Family Compact. A secret agreement, made in ^733, between Louis XV of France and Philip V of Spain, the object of which was the harassing of English commerce in the South Seas, and the re covery by Spain of Gibraltar and Minorca. It culminated in 1 76 1 in a close alliance be- tween the two Powers, to which the Bourbon Princes of Parma and Naples were also admitted. Family Convention. An agreement between Gio- vanni de' Medici and Philip V of Spain, in 173 1, by which the former recognized Don Carlos as his heir to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Farines, Journee des. The day of the Cornsacks was January 3, 1591, when DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 91 some of the followers of Henri IV of France disguised themselves as millers, and attempted to seize the barrier of St. Honore, with the object of making themselves masters of Paris. Farmer George. A nickname of George III. Farmers' Alliance. A political organization formed in the United States in 1873 to promote the interests of the agricultural classes. It was absorbed by the Populists Farquharsons, Massacre of the. The Farquharsons of Deeside were practically exterminated in the reign of James VI by the Gordons under the Marquis of Huntly, in revenge for the murder of Gordon of Brackley. Two hundred children who sur- vived the massacre were kept by Huntly as wild beasts, and fed from a pig trough. They were rescued from their in- human captor by the Laird of Grant, who distributed them among his clansmen. It is said that their descendants are still known as the Race of the Trough. Farthings, War of. See Rappenkrieg. Fashoda Question. This question brought France and England to the verge of war in 189S. In that year. Captain Marchand, after an adventurous journey from the French Soudan, reached Fash oda on the Nile, and hoisted the French fl.ag there and at certain points on the Sobat river. Sir Herbert Kitchener, who had just captured Khartoum, in- vited Marchand to mthdraw, and hoisted the English and Eg5rptian flags. Marchand refusing, the matter was re- ferred to London and Paris. The French were at first in- clined to hold that, the Anglo- Egyptian occupation of the Soudan having been suspended by the Mahdist domination, it was open to them to make a settlement on the Nile. It was clearly proved, however, that they had been warned on several occasions that this would not be permitted, and after some hesitation, due probably to the doubt as to whether they would have the support of Russia if they stood firm, they yielded, and the Marchand expedition was withdrawn. Father of America. The sobriquet of Samuel Adams, the American revolu- tionary leader (i 722-1 803.) Father of his Country. This title has been bestow^ed upon several patriots in ancient and modern history, among others Cosmo de' Medici of Florence (i 389-1464), Andrea Doria, the Genoese Admiral (1468-1560), and George Wash- ington (1732-1799)- Father of his People. A title bestowed on Louis XII of France (1498-1515), and on Christian III of Denmark (1533-1559). Featherheads. See Half-breeds. Federal Council of the Aus- tralian Colonies. A Council formed in accord- ance with the provisions of the Imperial Federation Enabling 92 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Act of 1855, by delegates from Victoria, Queensland, South and Western Australia, and Tasmania, which met at Ho- bart in January, 1886, under the presidency of James Ser- vice. The non-adhesion of New South Wales, however, was fatal to the scheme. Federal Pact. A Swiss Constitution, evolved by the " Long Diet " of Zurich, and approved by the Powers at the Congress of Vienna in 181 5, Federalistas. The party in Mexico who favour a large measure of autonomy in the separate states, and oppose excessive centraliza- tion of authority in the central government. Federalists. A party, in the early days of American independence, who favoured the concentration of power in the hands of the central government, while their opponents, known as Anti- federalists, and later as Demo- crats, were supporters of the rights of individual states. Federes. A band of young Marseillais, who, under the leadership of Barbaroux, marched to Paris in 1792 to aid the Revolution. Fehden. In mediaeval Germany, the private wars between the semi- independent barons and knights were known by this name. Fellaheen. The peasants of Egypt. The word signifies " tillers." Fenian Association. An Irish revolutionary society, estabhshed about 1858. During the American Civil War, it became an organized institution, with headquarters in New York, with the avowed object of fomenting disturbances in Ire- land, and making the Govern- ment of that country by England impossible. Its leader was James Stephens. In 1866 the Fenians attempted a raid into Canada, which was entirely unsuccessful. In 1867 a general rising m Ireland was planned, which also failed. Two further unsuccessful attempts upon Canada took place in 1870 and 1 87 1, from which point its activity was confined to a few isolated outrages of small im- portance. The name Fenian is taken from the old Irish Militia, which was known as Fionna Eirinn. Feormfultum. In Anglo-Saxon times a tax levied on the land for the support of the royal household. It was paid in kind. Ferdinand, Treaty of. See Christian Alliance. Ferm. In Anglo-Saxon and early feudal times, a rent paid by the shires on public lands and royal domains. Fermiers Generaux. Persons, generally royal fa- vourites, who obtained the right of collecting the taxes, by payment of a fixed sum. This system was initiated in France in 1546 by Francis I, who farmed out the Gabelle, and continued until the Revo- lution. Feudal System. A system of land tenure general on the continent of DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 93 Europe, becoming universal in France in the tenth century, while it was introduced into England at the time of the Norman Conquest. The king as lord paramount was the owner of the whole country, which was held in fief, or vassalage, by the great terri- torial lords, who owed him homage and service, military or other. They in turn had vas- sals of lesser degree, bound to them by similar ties, but, subject to the due discharge of such service, perfectly free. By the growth of " subinfeudation " this system became indefinitely extended. -^ >^^ Feuillants. A club formed in 1791, during the French Revolution, by the monarchical majority of the Jacobin Club, who objected to the principles and language of the minority. Their impolitic action in seceding from the Jacobins rendered the extreme revolutionists masters of the situation, owing to the enormous influence of the name Jacobin throughout France. Fief. In feudal times land held by a vassal by military service or other feudal tenure. Field Cornet. An officer charged, under the Landdrost, with the superin- tendence of military matters in the South African States. See Commando. Field of Lies. See Liigenfeld. Field of Mourning. The battlefield of Fraga, in Spain, where fell, in 11 34, Alfonso I of Aragon, f;ur named the Warrior, and famed for his successes against the Moors, whom he expelled from the valley of the Ebro. Field of the Cloth of Gold. The meeting place of Henry VIII and Francis I, between Guines and Ardres. This meet- ing, which took place in 1520, was arranged by Francis with the object of securing the friendship of Henry, and de- taching him from the Spanish alliance. A marriage was agreed upon between the Dau- phin and Princess Mary of England, but within a very few weeks Henry went back on his word, and gave Charles V an undertaking that he would pro- ceed no further in the matter. Fieschi Conspiracy. An unsuccessful conspiracy to overthrow the Doge, Doria, and the French party in Genoa in 1547. Fieschi' s Plot. A plot to assassinate Louis Philippe in July, 1835. A machine composed of twenty- four gun-barrels was fired from an upper window at the Royal cortSge, as the king was on his way to a review. The king was unhurt, but several pro- minent persons, including Mar- shal Mortier, were killed, Fieschi and his accompUces were caught red-handed. Fifteen, Council of. A council of state appointed by the Barons of the Mad Parliament in 1258 to carry on the Government. The Fifteen produced the Provisions of Ox- ford, under which the kingdom was governed until the Mise of Amiens in 1264. < (iMtr-^cit^lJL 94 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Fifteen, Rebellion of the. The Jacobite rebellion in Scotland in 1815, under the Earl of Mar. The rebels suc- ceeded in penetrating into iCngland, but were defeated at Preston, and shortly afterwards Mar was defeated at Sheriff- muir. With little further fight- ing the rebel army was broken up, and the Pretender retired to France. Lords Derwent- water and Kenmure and many other less important personages were executed for complicity in the rebellion. Fifth Monarchy Men. A sect of fanatics who formed an important element in the Cromwellian armies. They considered the Protectorate to be the Fifth Monarchy prophe- sied in the Apocalypse, during which the millennium would come upon the earth. Fiftieth Ordinance. An ordinance of the Cape Government in 1828, by which Hottentots and other free na- tives were relieved from all the restrictions of the pass law, and put upon a political equality with the whites. This was very distasteful to the Dutch settlers. Fifty-one, Committee of. A committee of merchants and gentry in New York, formed in 1774. They were in favour of a General Congress, but opposed to the non-intercourse policy advocated by some other colonies, and especially in Mas- sachusetts. Fighting Prelate. Henry Spencer, Bishop of Norwich, who led the troops against Wat Tyler in 1381, was so called. Financial Relations Committee. A committee appointed in 1895 to report on the financial relations between England and Ireland. In the following year, a majority report was issued in which it was stated that the Act of Union had laid too heavy a financial burden on Ireland ; that the increase in the Irish contribution sanc- tioned in 1853 and in i860 was unjustifiable; and that Ireland's tax revenue was one-eleventh, whereas it should only be one- twentieth of that of England. Fines, Statute of. A statute passed in the 4thyearof Henry VII, re-enacted almost verbatim from a statute of Richard III, the object of which was to prevent the mul- tiplication in the courts of suits for the recovery of lands. The method adopted was to fix at five years the period of oc- cupation giving prescriptive rights. Fire of London. A fire which broke out on September 2, 1660, at a house in Fish Street Hill. It burnt for four days and destroyed eighty-nine churches, including St. Paul's, and over 13,000 houses. Firebrand of France. The sobriquet of John, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France (1390-1435). Firebrand of the Universe. Tamerlane, the great Tartar conqueror, was so called. Fire-Eaters. The extreme supporters of Slavery and States' Rights in the Southern States of America DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 95 were so called by their political opponents before the Civil War. Firman. An official edict of the Porte, issued in the Sultan's name, though not necessarily bearing his signature. First Charter. A charter issued by Henry I, in 1 100, by which he re-estab- lished the law of King Edward, that is to say the old institutions of the country prior to the Conquest. He further under- took to make only such claims upon his feudatories as were in accordance with feudal law, and made the same course obligatory on them in relation to their vassals. He also recog- nized the right of bequeathing property by will. First Gentleman of Europe. George IV, when Prince Re gent, was so called. Fisheries Treaty, 1888. A treaty between Great Bri- tain and the United States, signed in 1888, providing for reciprocal fishing rights for the Canadian and American fisher- men. Pending ratification a modus Vivendi was estab- lished, by which American fishermen could fish in Canadian and Newfoundland waters on payment of a license of $1.50 per ton. The Senate, however, declined to ratify the treaty. Five Articles of Perth. A document embodying cer- tain changes in ritual, in the direction of Episcopalianism, forced upon the Scotch Pres- byterians by James I in 1621. They excited great discontent, but remained in force until 1638. Five Boroughs. A confederation, under Danish law, of the five tribes which occupied the ancient Anglo- Saxon kingdom of Mercia. The five boroughs were Derby, Lin- coln, Leicester, Stamford and Nottingham. The confederacy was broken up in 910 by ^thel- flaed, the Lady of the Mercians. Five Hundred, Council of. The name given to the Lower House of Assembly under the Direct oire in France (1795- 1799)- Five Kings of France. The name applied to the five men composing the French Directoire (1795-1799). Five Members. Pym, Hampden, Haselrig, Strode and Holies, five members of the Long Parliament, who were specially active in their opposition to the king's illegal actions. Charles attempted to arrest them in the House of Commons in 1642, but they escaped to the City, and Charles was unable to seize them, in the face of the support accorded to them by the citizens. Five Mile Act. An Act passed in 1665, for- bidding any clergyman who had not subscribed to the Act of Uniformity to teach, or to come within five miles of a borough or corporate town. A similar Act, known as the Mile Act, had been passed in Scotland three years earlier. Five Nations. The five tribes of Red Indians who formerly ranged the east coast of America, along the Hudson, and as far south as the Delaware. They were always g6 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS on the English side in the wars with France. They were the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cajnigas and Senecas. The remnants of these tribes are now domiciled in Canada. Flagellants. A sect which appeared in Hungary during the Great Plague of 1348, They looked upon scourging as the only means of avoiding the divine punishment for sin. Flammock's Rebellion. A rising in Cornwall, headed by Thomas Flammock in 1497, in opposition to the tax levied for the maintenance of the war against Scotland. The re- bels were defeated at Black- heath, and Flammock and others executed. Fleet Marriages. Marriages celebrated within the precincts of the Fleet Prison by clergymen of indif- ferent character. They were rendered impossible by Lord Hardwicke's Act in 1753. Flibustiers. See Buccaneers. Flood's Reform Bill. A sweeping measure of reform introduced into the Irish Par- liament by Flood in 1784. It gave rise to scenes of the wildest disorder, both in the House and throughout the country. Flower of Chivalry. Sir Philip Sidney (i 554-1 586) was so called. Flowery Land, Mutiny of the. A mutiny on board an English vessel on a voyage to Singapore in 1684, the crew, composed of various nation- alities, murdering the captain and first mate. The second mate, who was spared to navigate the vessel, was able to give inform- ation which led to the arrest of most of the crew, five of whom were hanged in due course. Folcland. In early Saxon times all the land which was not partitioned off into homesteads, or spe- cially granted, remained the property of the nation, and was known as folcland. In the times of the later Saxon kings, the folcland became royal de- mesne, and after the Conquest William seized it as crown property. Folenbray. A treaty between Henri IV of France and the Due de Mayenne, by which the League came to an end. Folkething. See Rigsdag. Folkmote. In early Saxon times the gathering of the tribe in arms was so called. Fommanah, Treaty of. A treaty between Great Bri- tain and the King of Ashanti, signed after the first Ashanti War in 1874. The king re- nounced the right to exact tribute from the kings of Den- kera and Adansi, other native chiefs, and also his supremacy over Elmira. He agreed to offer no obstacle to British trade, to maintain an open road to Kumasi, and to abolish human sacrifices. Prempeh's failure to adhere to the terms of this treaty led to the second Ashanti expedition in 1900. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 97 Fontainebleau, Decree of. A decree issued by Napoleon in October, 18 10, ordering all British merchandise found in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and other places in the occu- pation of the French troops to be destroyed. Fontainebleau, Treaty of, 1807. A treaty, disclosed in the autumn of 1807, between Napo- leon and Godoy, the Minister of Charles IV, and the de facto ruler of Spain. It provided for the joint occupation of Portugal by France and Spain, and the dismemberment of that country, Godoy receiving as his reward the provinces of Alemtejo and the Algarves to be erected into a principality, and the northern province to be given to the King of Etruria, in exchange for Tuscany, which would pass to Napoleon. Fontainebleau, Treaty of, 18 14. A treaty between Napoleon and the Allied Powers, signed April 14, 1 8 14, after the occu- pation of Paris. Napoleon sur- rendered all claims to the thrones of France and Italy, and received in return the sovereignty of Elba for him- self, and Parma and Piacenza for the Empress and the King of Rome. Foraker Act. An Act of Congress, passed in 1900, estabhshing local self- government in Porto Rico, and creating a tariff. In 1901 the tariff provisions were repealed, and free trade with the United States instituted. Force Act. An Act of Congress passed in 1 870, giving the Federal author- ities the right to intervene in certain contingencies in the police and other internal ar- rangements of individual States. This Act was rendered necessary by the covert support given by the authorities of the Southern States to such organizations as the Ku-Klux Klan. A similar Act was passed in 1871. Force Bill. The popular name for the bill introduced by Mr. Lodge in Congress, in 1890, for the reform of the electoral law of the United States. The bill did not pass the Senate. Foreign Enlistment Act. An Act passed in 18 19, mak- ing it a misdemeanour for a British subject to enlist in the service of a foreign power at war with a nation friendly to Greatt Britain, or to build or equip any ship for the service of such power. Forests, Charter of. A charter granted by Henry III in 1 2 17, when renemng Magna Charta, mitigating the severity of the Forest laws of the Anglo-Norman kings. Formosan Expedition. An expedition sent to For- mosa by Japan in 1873-4, to exact reparation for the murder of a ship's crew from the Loo Choo Islands. China was highly incensed, and war between the two nations was imminent, but Sir Thomas Wade persuaded the Chinese to pay an indem- nity and recognize Japanese sovereignty over the Loo Choo Islands. Forty-five, Rebellion of the. The second Jacobite rebel- H DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS lion, in 1845, under the Young Pretender, Prince Charles Ed- ward. Joined by many of the Highland clans, he succeeded in defeating the English under Cope at Preston Pans, and penetrated into England as far as Derby, but was forced to retreat, and was finally dis- astrously defeated by the Duke of Cumberland at CuUoden. Charles Edward escaped to France, but many of his leading supporters were captured and executed. Forty-niners. See Argonauts. Forty-two Articles. The articles of the Reformed Church of England, as issued originally in 1552, were forty- two in number. They were afterwards reduced, by the omission of three, to thirty- nine, which remain binding to- day. Forwards, Marshal. A nickname given to Blucher during the campaign of 181 3. Fouage. A tax on chimneys imposed by the Black Prince in Gascony. Four Burghs, Court of the. In early Scottish history a court established for the pur- pose of dealing with all cases in which the Scottish Burghs were concerned. Fourierism. A system of communism de- vised by Charles Fourier, the French Socialist, in 1832. The proposal was to form commu- nities of 1,800 persons each, known as phalanges, to be united under a central govern- ment. The gains of each pha- were to be held in com- mon. An attempt to establish the system near Versailles was completely unsuccessful. Fourth Party. A small but active body of free-lances of the Conservative party, which was formed under Lord Randolph Churchill during the session of 1880. Though various Conservative members acted with it from time to time, the party is generally con- sidered to have consisted of four persons. Lord Randolph Churchill, Mr. (afterwards Sir John) Gorst, Sir H. Drummond Wolff and Mr. Arthur Balfour. Francfief. A tax on commoners who became possessed of fiefs, to compensate for their inability to render military service. It was imposed by Louis IX of France in 1260, and abolished by his successor, Philip III. Franchise Act. An Act passed in 1884, assi- milating the county to the borough franchise, and giving the vote to residents in a house who are neither occupiers nor lodgers (known as the Service Franchise) under certain res- trictions. In the House of Lords, Lord Cairns carried an amendment that the Act should not become operative until a Redistribution Bill had been passed. Franciscans. An order of mendicant friars, founded by St. Francis d'Assisi, and authorized by Innocent II in 121 5. They were not con- fined to monasteries, like the earlier orders, but worked amongst the poor, and took DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 99 themselves a vow of poverty in addition to the ordinary- monastic vows. Franco-American Treaty, 1778. A treaty by which France recognized the independence of the United States. Both par- ties agreed to give each other most-favoured-nation treatment in tariff matters, while America accepted the French interpreta- tion of the treaties of Utrecht and Paris with respect to the Newfoundland fishery question, thus admitting the right of France not only to the fishing, but to the use of one half of the shore for drying stations. France further agreed to recognize any conquests made by the United States from England in the course of the war. Franco- Annamese Treaty, 1874. A treaty between France and Annam, by which Annam re- cognized the French sover- eignty of Lower Cochin China, and granted free navigation of the Red River. Franco-Siamese Treaty, 1893. By this instrument Siam ceded to France all her territory on the east of the Mekong, and agreed to keep no fortified place within fifteen miles of the river on the west bank. France was to occupy Chantaboon until the conditions were fulfilled. Franco-Siamese Treaty, 1902. By this treaty Siam made further territorial concessions to France, ceding practically all the territory ever held by Annam or Tonquin. She also conceded to France the right to protect Siamese subjects of Annamese or Tonquinese ex- traction, and undertook to open iLorC. a certain number of official posts to Frenchmen. France agreed to evacuate Chantaboon. Francs- Archers. A militia raised for the first time by Charles VII of France in 1448. Each parish was or- dered to provide and equip one man, who, in return for his military service, was freed from all taxation. Francs-Tireurs. French peasants who took up arms during the Franco- German war of 1870, and car- ried on a species of guerilla warfare against the German troops. In the early part of the war they were treated as bri- gands, and shot when captured. Later they were organized by the French authorities, and were then treated as belligerents. Frankfort, Confederacy of. A league composed of the Emperor, the Kings of Prussia and Sweden, the Elector Pala- tine and the Landgrave of Hesse, formed in 1744 with the object of forcing Maria Theresa to acknowledge Charles VII as Emperor. Frankfort, General Treaty of. A treaty signed by Austria, Great Britain, Prussia and Russia, confirming the various territorial changes effected by the Treaties of Paris and Vienna of 1815. Frankfort, Treaty of. The treaty embodying the terms agreed upon at Versailles by Prince Bismarck and M. Thiers, after the surrender of Paris in 1 87 1. It provided for the cession to Germany of Alsace, including Strasburg, but lOo DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS not including Belfort, and of a part of Lorraine, including Metz, together with the payment of a war indemnity of five mil- liards of francs, or two hundred millions sterling. Frankfurter Attentat. A rising of students and others at Frankfort-on-the- Main in 1833, occasioned by the oppressive measures adopted by the Bundesrath towards the Press. The outbreak was promptly quelled. Frankpledge. A system existing in the early Norman, and probably the later Saxon period, by which the whole of the free population of England was divided into groups of ten men, mutually responsible for the other members of the group. It was by this means that the policing of the country was carried out, under the super- vision of the Hundred Court, It was also called Frithbohr. Fraternity, Edict of. An edict issued by the French Convention in 1792, offering fraternity to all nations ready to welcome liberal institutions. Frederic, Code. See Landrecht. Frederickshamm, Treaty of. A treaty between Russia and Sweden, signed in 1809, shortly after the death of Gustavus IV, by which Russia acquired Fin- land as far as the Tornea. Free Church of Scotland. A secession from the Estab- lished Church of Scotland, which took place under Dr. Chalmers in 1843. About 500 ministers seceded with him. The points at issue were State Control and Lay Patronage, to which Dr. Chalmers and his followers objected. Free Companies. The Mercenaries employed by both French and English during the Hundred Years' War. After the Peace of Bretigny they were disbanded, and being without employment, formed bands under their own leaders, and committed frightful ravages in France, and, later, in Italy. Free Imperial Cities. Certain towns in Germany, owing allegiance to no sovereign prince, excepting only to the Emperor. They exercised so- vereign powers within their own limits, and sent representatives to the Diet. In 1790 they were fifty-one in number. The three last cities to retain their privi- leges were Liibeck, Bremen and Hamburg, which in 1871 be- came an integral part of the German Empire, Free Selection. A scheme for settling small farmers on portions of the large holdings of the Squatters, or Pastoralists, in Australia. This system was first introduced in New South Wales, in 1861, and was adopted in Victoria in the following year. Intending settlers could take up, in the districts set apart for the purpose, from 40 to 240 acres, paying £1 per acre, or if they preferred, los. down and the balance by annual instalments of 2s, 6d. Many of those who took advantage of this offer, proved however to be mere dummies, put up by the squat- ters, who thus obtained land DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS loi more cheaply than they could purchase from the Government. Amending bills were conse- quently introduced to prevent these evasions. Freesoilers. A party formed in the United States in 1848 to resist the extension of slavery to the Territories. They were ab- sorbed into the Republican party in 1856. Freestone State. A popular name for the State of Connecticut, owing to the large number of freestone quar- ries within its borders. Free Trade, Apostle of. The name given to Richard Cobden, the leader of the Man- chester School. It is also occa- sionally applied to John Bright. Free Trade. The principle of the free interchange of commodities was first advocated by Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, in 1776. It may be said to have first become a question of prac- tical politics in 1846, thanks to the advocacy of Richard Cobden and the Manchester School. Freischoffe. The initiated members of the Vehmgerichte. Freigraffen. The officers of the Vehm- gerichte. Freisinnige. A party in the German Reich- stag, formed under Richter in 1884, by a coalition of the advanced Radicals with sece- ders from the National Liberals. Their programme was distinctly I Ridic'il. French Fury. A treacherous attempt to sack Antwerp by the French under the Due d'Anjou in 1583. Though taken by surprise, the citizens promptly obeyed the call to arms, and the French, after severe fighting, were driven out with heavy loss. French Shore. A question still (1903) pend- ing between Great Britain and France. By the Treaty of Utrecht, 17 13, Newfoundland was declared English, but the French were suffered to retain their fishery rights and the use of a certain portion of the coast for drying stations. France has for many years sought to give a very wide interpretation to this use of the Newfoundland coast, claiming almost sovereign rights, which seriously interferg with the railway and minine development of the colony. A modus Vivendi has been arrived at, pending final settlement, but the long delay in coming to an agreement has caused much irritation in Newfound- land. Frerage. The system by which in French feudal times provision was made for the younger members of a family. The land passed to the eldest son, who retained a portion of it, and passed the rest on to his brothers, who did homage for it. Frerage was similar in its form and in its results to subin- feudation. Friends of Ireland. The title under which the Catholic Association was recon- stituted by O'Connell in 1830. It was declared illegal, where- I02 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS upon it reappeared in a new form as the Society of Irish Volunteers. Friends of the People. A society formed in 1792 to agitate for the removal of the existing inequalities in re- presentation. It numbered among its members many lead- ing Whig politicians, amongst others Russell, Sheridan, Ers- kine and Grey. Frithbohr. See Frankpledge. Frith-guilds. Societies formed in the towns, on conditions of mutual res- ponsibility somewhat analogous to the Frankpledge, in the early Plantagenet times. They after- wards combined, forming the powerful merchant guilds which eventually came to con- trol not only the conditions of labour, but the selling price of the commodities in which they dealt. Fronde. A revolt of the Parlement and citizens of Paris, under the leadership of the Cardinal de Retz, against the unrestrained autocracy of Louis XIV. The court was forced to leave Paris in 1648, but the first outbreak was ended during the year following by an arrangement called the Treaty of Ruel. It was finally suppressed in 1652. The contention of the Fronde was that the king's prerogative should only be exercised within the limits of the law, and should not be above the law, as was claimed by the king. Frostathing's Law. One of the codes of law of the Norsemen. It was codified by Hakon the Good, King of Den- mark (934-960) but was pro- bably in existence at a much earlier date. Fudai. The vassal Daimios or nobles of the Shogun, in old Japan. Fuero. The charter granted to a Spanish town in the Middle Ages. The earliest known Fuero is that of Leon, granted by Alfonso V in 1020. Fuero Juzgo. The code of laws of the Gothic kings of Spain. Fugitive Slave Circular. A circular issued by the Admiralty in 1876, which gave instructions to the captains of H.M. ships as to the treatment of slaves who took refuge on board in the territorial waters of slave-holding states. These instructions were held to be inconsistent with the principle that there could be no slavery under the British Flag., and a strong feeling was aroused in the matter. Eventually a com- mittee was appointed to exam- ine the legal aspects of the question, with the result that a modified circular was issued. Fugitive Slave Law. A law forming part of the Compromise Act, passed by Congress in 1850, under which fugitive slaves could be arrested in the free-labour states, while it was made a felony under certain conditions to harbour or aid in the escape of such slaves. Fum the Fourth. A nickname of George IV. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 103 Furies de la Guillotine. See Tricoteuses. Fiirstenbund. A league of the German Princes, formed under the aus- pices of Frederick the Great in 1785, to uphold the Peace of Teschen. The cause of its formation was an attempt of the Emperor, Joseph II, to obtain possession of Bavaria, by ex- changing for it the Austrian Netherlands. Fusillades. The wholesale massacres in Lyons, after the surrender of that city to the Revolutionary troops in 1792 were so called. G.O.M. The Grand Old Man, the sobriquet of Mr, Gladstone. Gabelle. A tax on salt, imposed at various periods of French his- tory. Towards the latter part of the eighteenth century it was a most burdensome impost, and its incidence was most irre- gular. It was abolished in 1791. Gachupin. The name given in Central and South America to Span- iards and Spanish partizans during the war of independence. Gadesden Purchase. A purchase from Mexico by the United States for ten million dollars of a large tract of land now included in Arizona and New Mexico. The purchase was negotiated by James Gades- den, while United States' Minis- ter to Mexico in 1853. Gafol-land. In Anglo-Saxon times folc- land which was let out on rent was so called. Gafol means tribute. Galleons, The Spanish. The treasure ships, which sailed once a year from the New World, bringing the tribute of the Colonies to Spain. They were frequently captured by the English gentlemen adven- turers and by the buccaneers during the sixteenth and seven- teenth centuries. Gallican Confession. The profession of faith of the French Reformed Church, adop- ted at the Synod of La Rochelle in 1 57 1. Gallowglasses. See Kerns. Gamelle. The nickname applied to the Due d'Orleans, when he ap- plied to be allowed to do his term of service as a private in the French Army, saying that he would be proud to eat his dinner out of the gamelle (mess tin) like any other Frenchman. Gandamak, Treaty of. A treaty between Great Bri- tain and Afghanistan in 1879. It was stipulated that the foreign affairs of Afghanistan should be under British control, and that a British Resident should be appointed. All Af- ghan territory occupied during the previous campaign was to be restored, except the Kuram, Pishin and Sibi valleys. Great Britain was to control the Khyber and Michni passes, and I04 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS to pay the Ameer an annual subsidy of ^60,000. Within the year the British Resident, Cavag- nari, was murdered in Cabul, almost certainly with the con- nivance of the Ameer, and the invasion of Afghanistan fol- lowed. Garden of England. This title is given to the counties of Kent and Worcester- shire. Garden State. A popular name for the State of Kansas. Garibaldini. A democratic party in modern Italy, who desire to realize Garibaldi's ideal of a United Italy under a republic. Garter, Order of the. The premier order of knight- hood, instituted by Edward III in 1344. Gastein, Treaty of. A treaty signed by Austria and Prussia, at the close of the Schleswig-Holstein War, in 1865, by which Schleswig was ceded to Prussia and Holstein to Austria, while the latter power made over to Prussia all her rights in the Duchy of Lauen- burg. Gauchos. The shepherds of |^ the Pam- pas, or plains in thejinterior of the Argentine Republic. They supported Ortiz de Rosas, who was practically dictator of that state from 1835 to 1852. Gautiers. Insurgent bands of peasants in Normandy, circ. 1580. Gavelkind. In Anglo-Saxon and early Norman times all estates not held on military tenure were subject to the law of Gavelkind, by which the inheritance was divided equally among the sons. This tenure survived the decay of the feudal system in Kent only, and where it exists, real estate, in case of intestacy, still passes to the sons in equal shares, instead of to the eldest. Gem of Normandy. Emma, daughter of Robert, Duke of Normandy, and wife of Ethelred II of England, and afterwards of Knut, was known by this name. Gemot. The Shire Court in Anglo- Saxon times. General Congress. An assembly summoned at Philadelphia in 1774, after the passing of the Boston Port Act, as a preliminary to a general revolt against English rule. Twelve of the thirteen colonies were represented, Georgia alone holding aloof. Geneva Convention. A convention signed at Geneva in 1864, by which the Powers bound themselves to observe certain regulations in warfare, tending to ameliorate the condition of the wounded. The Red Cross, the badge of the Convention, is a protection to all working under it, and to all buildings, such as hospitals, over which it is flown, Gentoo Laws. The digest of Hindoo and Mohammedan law prepared in Calcutta, circ. 1790, under the direction of Sir William Jones. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 105 Georges' Conspiracy. See Pichegru. Geral dines. The clansmen of the Fitz- geralds of Desmond and Kil- dare, one of the great families of Norman nobles who settled in Ireland at the time of the conquest under Henry II. They were exceedingly turbulent, and during Tudor times were constantly intriguing with Spain, and rebelling against English rule. Their last and most serious rising was in 1569, when they held out against the royal troops until 1580, when the clan was practically broken up, and ceased to be a power in Irish politics. German Concordat. See Aschaffenburg. Germanada. An association of the people of Valencia directed against the privileges of the nobles, formed in 15 19, with the connivance of the Emperor Charles V. Germanic League. A league composed of the smaller German States, with portions of the dominions of Prussia and Austria, and the Free Cities, constituted at the Congress of Vienna in 181 5. Its constitution underwent con- siderable changes in the course of the risings which took place in various states in 1848, while in 1866 Prussia annexed all the states north of the Main. Germany, Unification of. This was accomplished at Versailles in 1871, when Hesse. Baden, Wiirtemberg, and Ba- varia applied to be allowed to enter the North German Confederation. At the same time the King of Bavaria invited William to assume the Imperial Crown, and on his acceptance the German Empire, as it at present exists, was con- stituted. Gerrymandering. See Jerrymandering. Gersamma Reginae. See Queen's Gold. Ghazi. A Mohammedan fanatic who believes that he will enjoy exceptional bliss in Paradise, if he dies in the act of killing an unbeliever. In Asiatic warfare, especially among the Afghans and the Afridi hill tribes, a mob of Ghazis usually lead the attack. Ghazi. A Turkish title of honour, signifying the Victorious, be- stowed upon successful generals, as in the cases of Osman Pacha and Moukhtar Pacha. Ghent, Convention of. A convention of the Nether- lands provinces in 1477, whereat the Groote Privilegie, the Magna Charta of Holland, was granted by Mary of Burgundy. Ghent, Pacification of. An agreement between the Estates of Holland and Zeeland and the Prince of Orange on the one side, and the Provinces of Brabant, Flanders, Hainault, Artois and others on the other, signed in 1576. It recognized the reformed religion in Holland and Zeeland, abolished the edicts of Charles V, and agreed to the expulsion of the Spaniards. io6 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Ghent, Treaty of. A treaty between Great Britain and the United States, signed in 1814, at the close of the war of 181 1. The basis of the treaty was the status quo ante. Commissioners were appointed to dehmit the fron- tiers of the United States and the British Colonies. Both parties undertook to aid each other in the suppression of the slave trade, and it was provided that all Indian tribes that had been dispossessed during the war should be restored to their lands. Ghibellines. See Guelfs. Giants, Battle of the. The battle of Marignano, where Francis I defeated the Swiss in 1515, was so called by Trivulzio, the French Marshal. Gin Act. An Act passed in 1736, im- posing a duty of 205. per gallon on gin sold by retail, and a £KiO fee for every retailer's licence. The Act was evaded, and though gin was openly sold as before, no duties were paid and no licences taken out. It was therefore repealed in 1743. Giovane Italia, La. See Young Italy. Gisors, Treaty of. A treaty between Henry I of England and Louis VI of France, signed in 1113, after the defeat of the French at Puysac, and the loss of Alen9on. The French King renounced his claim to suzerainty over Maine, Belesme and Brittany. Gladstone's Umbrella. A phrase constantly used during the general election of 1885, having reference to the way in which Mr. Gladstone succeeded in uniting under his banner the various sections of the Liberal party. Glamorgan Treaty. A treaty concluded in 1644 between the Irish Catholics and the Earl of Glamorgan, acting for Charles I. The pub- lished conditions were the re- moval of the disabilities imposed on the Catholics by Poyning's Act, a general amnesty, and a limitation of the period during which titles to land might be questioned. There was, however, a further secret treaty, granting the Catholics the right of public worship in all churches not occupied by the State Church, in return for which they agreed to provide 10,000 men for the King's army in England, to be paid for out of the church revenues, Glasgow Riots. An outbreak in Glasgow, under the leadership of a mechanic named Finlay, in opposition to the Act of Union with England in 1706. Glen Grey Act. An Act amending the regula- tions as to Kaffir reservations in Cape Colony, passed in 1894. It provided for the division of the reservations into six-acre plots, and the granting of inalienable titles to the allottees, with succession to the eldest son. At the same time all subsidies were with- drawn, with the object of en- couraging industry among the Kaffirs. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 107 Glencoe, Massacre of. The treacherous massacre, in 1692, of the clansmen of Macdonald of Glencoe, under the orders of Breadalbane, a member of the Clan Campbell, the hereditary foes of theMacdon- alds. An appearance of legal- ity was given to the massacre b}'- the fact that Macdonald had delayed till the last moment taking the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, and owing to stress of weather did not actually take it till after the prescribed date. Clippers, The name given to the Nether- landers who sided with the Spanish King' s party, circ. 1570. Glorious First of June. The name given to the battle ofE Ushant, fought on June i, 1794, in which Lord Howe utterly defeated the French fleet. Gold-bugs. The name given in the United States to the supporters of the single gold standard. Golden Book. The book containing the names of the noble Venetian families who were qualified to be members of the Grand Council. It was compiled in 1319- Golden Bull (Germany). An edict issued in 1356 by the Emperor Charles IV, to settle certain disputes as to the composition of the Electoral College, which had led to constant civil strife in Germany. It was provided that the Electors should be seven in number : three ecclesiastical, namely, the Archbishops of Cologne, Treves and Mayence ; and four lay, namely, the King of Bohemia, the Duke of Saxony, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, and the Margrave of Brandenburg. The Electors became absolute mon- archs within their own domin- ions. Golden Bull (Hungary). The Hungarian Charter of liberties, extorted by his nobles from Andrew II of Hungary in 1222. Among other concessions it provided for the annual assembling of the Diet, Golden Fleece, The. One of the oldest orders of chivalry, founded at Bruges by Philip the Good of Bur- gundy, in 1430. When the Netherlands became a Spanish province, the Golden Fleece was made a Spanish order, and, Charles V being also Emperor of Germany, it was claimed by his successors of the House of Hapsburg as an Austrian order. It has thus, at the present day, two branches, and two sover- eigns, namely, the King of Spain and the Emperor of Austria. Golden Horde. A Tartar kingdom founded in the thirteenth century by a grandson of Genghis Khan. It was the Khans of the Golden Horde who ruled over Russia during the Tartar domination. Golden League. A league of the Catholic States of Switzerland, formed in 1586, to defend the Catholic Faith. Golden State. The popular name for Call- io8 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS fornia, from its rich gold de- posits. Gomarists. The followers of Gomarus, and opponents of Arminius, the two professors of theology at Utrecht whose differences, in 1604, divided the Dutch Church, and led to the con- vening of the Synod of Dort in 161 8. Gomarus supported the sterner doctrine of Calvin, Arminius favoured a milder and broader form of religious belief. Good Parliament. A Parliament of Edward III, which met in 1376. It secured a change in the Council, and brought about the return to power of William of Wykeham and the clerical party. This Parliament is noteworthy as offering the first instance in English history of the impeach- ment of an officer of State : that, namely, of Lord Latimer, the Chamberlain. Gordon Riots. A dangerous outbreak of the London mob, led by Lord George Gordon, in June, 1780, in opposition to the various measures proposed for the relief of the Catholics. London was in the hands of the mob for four days, before the troops were called out and the rioters dispersed. Goshi. In old Japan, a class ranking between the Samurai and the agricultural class. Like the Samurai they were entitled to wear two swords. They owed no allegiance to feudal lords, but farmed their own lands. Gothenburg System. A s^T-stem of licensing which originated at Gothenburg in 1865. All the houses licensed for the sale of alcohol are in the hands of a company and run by salaried managers. All the profits of the company, after payment of five per cent, to the shareholders, are paid into the treasury of the town. Gotteshausbund. A league of the nobles and communes of the Engadine, formed in 1367, to protect the liberties of the country from the encroachments of Austria. Gowrie Conspiracy. A conspiracy headed by the Earl of Gowrie and his brother, Alexander Ruthven, in 1600, to murder James VI of Scot- land. It is supposed that their motive was to avenge the death of their father, who had been executed sixteen years before, though both the brothers had been treated with the greatest kindness by the King. James was decoyed to Gowrie House, in Perth, on the plea of examin- ing a suspicious prisoner, and was attacked in the absence of his suite, and nearly overpowered. He managed to give the alarm, and was rescued by Sir James Ramsay, his page, and others of his followers. The King's story was at the time doubted by many people, but documents afterwards came to light prov- ing the existence of a plot at least to kidnap the King. Grace, Act of. An Act of indemnity passed in 1690, granting a pardon for all political offences committed up to the time of the passing DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS lOQ of the Act, the only exceptions to the general amnesty being such of the regicides as might still be living, and about thirty other persons, against none of whom, however, were any pro- ceedings taken. Grace, Act of. An Act passed in 1784, restor- ing the estates forfeited for high treason in 1745, to the descendants of their former owners. Graces. A number of concessions granted to Ireland by Lord Falkland in 1628, in return for the aids which were destined to relieve the embarrassed ex- chequer of James I. Gragas. A codification of the laws of the Norsemen, made by Magnus the Good, King of Denmark and Norway (1035-1047). Gran Capitan, El. Gonsalvo of Cordova, the famous Spanish Captain (1453- 15 1 5), was so called. Gran Reunion Americana. A secret society formed in London about 1800 to aid the movement in the Spanish- American Colonies in the direc- tion of independence. Among its leaders were O'Higgins, Miranda and Bolivar. Granary of Europe. The Island of Sicily was formerly so called, owing to its remarkable fertility. Grand Alliance, 1701. An alliance formed in 1701 between England, Holland, and the Empire, to maintain the balance of power, supposed to be threatened by the bequest of the Spanish Crown to a French Prince. It was followed by the war known as the War of the Spanish Succession. Grand Alliance, 18 13. The alliance between Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sweden and Austria, which led to the downfall of Napoleon, and his first abdication in the following year. Grand Corruption. A nickname of Sir Robert Walpole, in allusion to his constant employment of bribery to gain his ends. Grand Old Man. The sobriquet of Mr. Glad- stone, generally abbreviated into G.O.M. Grand Monarque. Louis XIV of France was so called. Grand Rebellion of Virginia. A rising of the Virginian colonists under Nathaniel Bacon in 1676, against the corruption of the Government and the excessive taxation. After a strenuous resistance they were at last overpowered by the Royalists, and the only result of the rising was that Virginia was deprived of her constitu- tion, and all the old grievances were revived. Grand Serjeanty. A form of tenure from the Crown, the condition being the performance of certain service, when called upon, such as acting as Chamberlain or Butler on occasions of state. Grangers. See Patrons of Husbandry. no DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Granite State. The State of New Hampshire is so called from the extent of the granite formation within its borders. Grattan's Parliament. The free Irish Parliament established in 1782 is known by this name, Grattan having led the agitation which brought about the abolition of the old restrictions. Graubund. See Grey League,- Greased Cartridges. The ostensible cause of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857 was the issue to the native troops of cartridges for the newly issued Enfield rifle, which were said to be greased with a mixture of cows-fat and hogs-lard. This would be obnoxious to both the Hindoo and the Moham- medan Sepoys, and the story was used by the instigators of the revolt to engender the belief that an attempt was being made forcibly to convert them to Christianity. Great Commoner. A sobriquet of the younger Pitt. Great Contract. A proposed arrangement be- tween James I and the Parlia- ment in 1 6 10. James offered to surrender all the emoluments of the Crown from feudal tenures, excepting the aids, in return for which Parliament proposed to vote James an annual sub- sidy of ^100,000. The King, however, did not consider the amount sufficient, and the bar- gain was not concluded. Great Dauphin. Louis, the son of Louis XIV of France, was so called. Great Intercourse. A treaty signed in 1496 between Henry VII and Philip of Burgundy, stipulating for free commercial intercourse between the dominions of the two sovereigns, and joint efforts for the suppression of piracy. By this treaty also Perkyn Warbeck was expelled from Burgundian territory. Great Session, Court of. The old Supreme Court of Wales, abolished in 183 1. Great Storm. The famous storm of Novem- ber 26-27, 1703, when the first Eddystone lighthouse was de- stroyed. Twelve men-of-war and many merchant vessels were wrecked on the coast, and over 8,000 persons drowned. The damage done in London is said to have exceeded two mil- lions sterling. Great Triad Society. An important secret society in China, supposed to be pledged to the expulsion of the Manchus and the establishment of a Chinese dynasty. Greater Bull. See Ausculta Fili. Green Bag Enquiry. A sealed bag of documents laid on the table of the House of Commons by the Government in 1 8 17, and said to contain papers justifying the double suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act which had taken place during the year. A committee, chosen entirely from the sup- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS iii porters of the Government, was appointed to investigate its contents. Green Mountain Boys. An organized band of settlers in Vermont, formed in 1773 to resist the encroachments of the New Yorkers, who claimed Ver- mont as part of the territory of that State under the charter of Charles II. Green Mountain State. The popular name of the State of Vermont, U.S.A. Greenback Party. A party formed about 1874 in the United States, which advocated the payment of the national debt in paper money. It ceased to exist in 1884. Grenville Act. An Act passed in 1770, trans- ferring from Parliament to a Parliamentary Committee the duty of investigating and deter- mining the vahdity of disputed elections. Gretna Green Marriages. These were made illegal by an Act passed in 1856, whereby it was declared that the Scotch marriage law should only apply in cases where one at least of the parties had resided in Scotland for the twenty-one days immedi- ately preceding the marriage. Grey League. A league of the landowners and communes of the western part of the Grisons, formed in 1395- Griffith's Valuation. An official valuation of Irish properties, made by Sir Richard Grifhth as Commissioner of Valu- ation under the Irish Valuation Act of 1827. This valuation was the basis of the outcry against the landlords, the figures show- ing that in many cases excessive rents were being paid. Grondvet. The fundamental law or constitution of the South African Republic as adopted by the communities established north of the Vaal in 1849. Groote Privilegie. A charter granted to the Netherlands by Mary of Bur- gundy in 1477, at the Conven- tion of Ghent. It gave the cities and provinces of the Nether- lands the right to hold diets at their discretion, and forbade the Duchess or her descendants raising taxes or making war without the consent of the Estates. Grosbec. A nickname bestowed on Napoleon III on account of his prominent nose. Griitli, Men of. The Swiss who, according to tradition, took a solemn oath at Griitli, near Lucerne, on November 7, 1307, to free their country from the domination of Austria. The three leaders were Fiirst of Uri, Staufifacher of Schwyz, and Melchthal of Unterwalden. Guadeloupe Hidalgo, Treaty of. A treaty between the United States and Mexico in 1848, a the close of the Mexican War. It provided for the cession to the United States of New Mexico and California, in return for a cash payment of fifteen million dollars. The United States also took over the debts of Mexico 112 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS to American citizens, amounting to about three and a half miUion dollars. Guelf Fund. The indemnity payable to the King of Hanover by Prussia, as compensation for the loss of his sovereign rights. This fund was sequestrated by Prussia in 1868, on the plea that the King was intriguing against her, and was employed by Bis- marck in subsidizing the Press. {See Reptile Fund.) Guelfs and Ghibellines. The two great parties into which Italy was divided, during the lengthy struggle between the Empire and the Papacy. The Guelfs were the Papal, the Ghibellines the Imperial fac- tion, but there were occasions when this division of parties was not adhered to, as in the case of the Second Lombard League of 1255. These names had their origin in the civil war of 1 1 39, in the course of which the Imperialists under Conrad III were besieging the town of Weinsberg. An attempt was made by the rebels to relieve it, and in the battle which followed the rebels charged with the cry of " Welf," to which the Im- perialists replied with " Waib- ling." These names became recognized as descriptive of the two parties, and were later Italianized into the better known forms. Guerre Folle. The rising of the Dukes of Brittany and Orleans against the Regent Anne, in 1484, is so called. Gueux, Les. A confederacy of patriotic noblemen and gentlemen of the Netherlands, formed in 1566 under Brederode and Count Louis of Nassau. The Con- federacy was broken up in the following year, and many of its members perished on the scaf- fold. Gulathing's Law, One of the codes of law of the Norsemen. It was codified by Hakon the Good of Norway (934-960), but was probably of far earlier date. Gulf States. The name given to the States which border on the Gulf of Mexico, namely, Florida, Ala- bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. Gulistan, Treaty of. A treaty between Russia and Persia, signed in 18 13, by which Persia, after a two years' war of disastrous defeats, surrendered all her possessions north of Ar- menia, together with the right of navigating the Caspian Sea. Gunpowder Act. An Act passed by the Irish Parliament in 1793, forbidding the importation of arms and gunpowder into Ireland, and rendering their possession with- out a license illegal. Gunpowder Plot. A plot to blow up the Parlia- ment House during a sitting of Parliament, the leaders in which were Catesby, Winter and Fawkes, and which was con- nived at by the Jesuits. It was hoped thereby to bring about a Catholic rising in England. The plot was betrayed by Tresham, one of the con- spirators, to Lord Monteagle, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 113 his brother-in-law, and the con- spirators were either arrested or killed during their flight. H Habeas Corpus Act. An Act of Parliament passed in 1679. Since Magna Charta every Englishman had theoret- ically the right to trial, and could demand a writ of Habeas Corpus, under which the duly constituted courts were bound to take cognisance of his case. In practice, however, various obstacles were from time to time opposed to the obtaining of this writ. The Act of 1679 ordered that a judge should at any time grant such a writ on application, and inflicted severe penalties on the gaoler who failed to obey it. Habitans. The name given to the Canadian farmers of French descent in the province of Quebec. Hadji. A Mohammedan who has made the Hadj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, is entitled to this Haeretico Comburendo, Statute de. A statute passed in the reign of Henry IV (1401), forbidding teaching and preaching without a bishop's license. The bishop was further given the power of condemning heretical books. The punishment for obduracy was burning at the stake. This statute was specially directed against the Lollards. Hague Congress. A Congress of the Powers, summoned at the instance of the Czar in 1899, to consider the possibility of universal dis- armament, and other questions bearing on the peace of the world. The larger schemes foreshadowed by the Czar were found impracticable, but the Congress resulted in the ap- pointment of an International Tribunal of Arbitration, to sit at the Hague. It was further agreed to prohibit in future warfare the throwing of explo- sives from balloons or air ships, the use of shells containing deleterious gases, and the use of expanding or explosive bullets. Haleuca. The body-guard of slaves of Touran Shah, Sultan of Egypt, afterwards known as the Mame- lukes. Half-breeds. The name given by the Stal- warts in New York State in 1 88 1 to those Republicans who supported President Garfield in his movement for Civil Service reform. They were also known as Featherheads. « Half-way Covenant. An agreement between Con- necticut and Massachusetts, recommended for the accept- ance of Plymouth and New Haven in 1662. It somewhat mitigated the ultra-stringent conditions of Church member- ship then obtaining, whence it was derisively called the Half- way Covenant by the extreme Puritan party. Halifax Fishery Commission. A commission appointed in 1877 to assess the compensation to be awarded to the British- American Colonies, in return I 114 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS for the recognition of American fishing rights in Colonial waters. Canada was awarded four and a half million dollars, and New- foundland a million. Hammer of England. The sobriquet of Sir William "Wallace (i 270-1 305). Hammer of Scotland. On the tomb of Edward I was inscribed " Edwardus Longus, Scotorum Malleus hie est." Hampton Court Conference. A conference held in 1604 between the Bishops and the Puritans, to consider the Millen- ary Petition. It ended in the complete triumph of the High Church party. Hampton Roads Conference. A conference held on Febru- ary 3, 1865, on board a man-of- war in Hampton Roads, between President Lincoln and represen- tatives of the Southern States, with the object of bringing about a suspension of hostilities. The conference was, however, with- out results. Handsuppers. The name given to those Boers who surrendered in res- ponse to Lord Roberts' procla- mation, or at later stages of the Boer War of 1 899-1902. They were looked upon with con- tempt by those who fought to the bitter end, and seem not unlikely to form a separate Pro-British party in the new Colonies. Hanging Gale. A custom of Irish Land Tenure, having the force of law, by which a respite of from three to six months is given to the tenant before he can be pro- ceeded against for non-payment of rent. Hanover, Treaty of. A treaty signed by Great Britain, France and Prussia in 1725, which subsequently re- ceived the adhesion of Holland, Sweden and Denmark, by which the contracting parties mutually guaranteed to each other the enjoyment of their then posses- sions. Hanseatic League. A confederation of the princi- pal trading centres of Germany, formed in 1241 for commercial purposes, and specially for mutual defence against the Baltic pirates, and the rob- ber nobles. Its founders were Hamburg and Liibeck, who were shortly afterwards joined by Bremen, Cologne, Danzig and other cities, and still later by many foreign towns, until, at the height of its prosperity, the league comprised eighty cities. The league was dis- solved in 1630, but Hamburg, Bremen and Liibeck retained their privileges as free towns, until they were absorbed into the German Empire in 1871. Hara-kiri. The method of suicide adopted in old Japan by members of the Samurai, or military class, who had no alternative but to die. Hara-kiri might be either volun- tary, or by order of a feudal lord, as the penalty of some crime which did not imply degradation from the rank of Samurai. In the latter case it was in the nature of an execu- tion, and was surrounded by an elaborate ceremonial, especially DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 115 in the case of a Daimio or a gentleman of high rank. Harangue. An appeal addressed by William of Orange to the Princes of Germany, in 1571, setting forth the wrongs of the Reform- ing party, and calling for their assistance. Hardshell Democrats. One of the sections of the Democratic partv in New York State from 1848 to 1854. They were strongly in favour of the Fugitive Slave Law. Their opponents were known as the Softshell Democrats. Hardwicke's Act, Lord. An Act, also known as the Marriage Act, passed in 1753. It provided that a legal mar- riage could be contracted only in the parish church, after pubhcation of banns, or by special license of the Archbishop. Heirper's Ferry. The scene of John Brown's abortive rising in 1869, in the attempt to bring about a revolt against the Southern slave- owners. He and his followers seized the United States ar- moury at that place, but his little band were soon over- powered, John Brown being captured. Hartford Convention. A secret convention of promi- nent members of the Peace Party in New England, who objected to the energetic prose- cution of the war with England in 1 8 14. They proposed to amend the constitution in the direction of diminishing the control of Congress over ques- tions of peace and war. Hatamotos. In old Japan, the retainers of the Shogun were known by this name, which signifies " under the flag." They were eighty thousand in number. Those whose lands were of a certain extent furnished a con- tingent in time of war ; those with smaller revenues paid money dues. The Hatamotos may be described as a created nobility, as opposed to the hereditary nobility of the Daimios. They date from the time of the Shogun lyemitsu, in the early part of the seven- teenth century. Hats and Caps. Two political parties in Sweden in the eighteenth cen- tury, who were jpartizans res- pectively of the French and the Russians. They were so called from their wearing the headgear of the respective countries. Hatti Humayun. An edict of the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Mejid, issued in 1856, conferring equal rights on all his subjects. Christian and Mohammedan alike. This concession was the result of the efforts of Lord Stratford de Redchffe. Hatti Sherif. A firman or decree of the Porte, signed by the Sultan personally. Haute Cour. 'A tribunal established by the French Legislative Assem- bly in 1791, to enable it to deal with ndnisters and public func- tionaries obnoxious to the majority of that body. The Haute Cour had the power of ii6 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS initiating prosecutions as well as of judging, and there was no appeal from its decisions. Hawkeye State. The popular name of the State of Iowa, U.S.A. It is derived from a famous Indian chief of that name. Hay-Paimcefote Treaty. A treaty signed in 1901 between Great Britain and the United States, to amend the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 with respect to the proposed canal to unite the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, The new treaty maintains the general principle of neutralization of the canal, but the United States alone is charged with the maintenance of its neutrality. No fortifica- tions are to be built in any way commanding it, and it is to be always free from blockade. The United States reserve the right to maintain a military police force along the line of the canal for protective purposes. Headborough. In Anglo-Saxon times the chief of the Frankpledge. In the event of a member of the Frankpledge failing in his obli- gations and fleeing from justice, it was the duty of the Head- borough to prove that the other members of the Frankpledge were guiltless of complicity with the defaulter. Hearth Money. A tax of two shillings on every hearth, first imposed in 1663. It was very unpopular, and was abolished in 1689. A similar tax, known as Chimney Money, had been levied as early as the Norman Conquest. Heaven-sent Minister. A sobriquet of the younger Pitt. Heemraden, Court of. A court first established at Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, in 1682. It was composed of four local burghers, and its duty was the settlement of small disputes among the inhabitants of the district. Similar courts were established in other townships, and the system lasted till 1828, when the Heemraden were abolished by the Charter of Justice. Hegira. The flight of Mohammed from Mecca in 622. It is from this date that the Mohammedan era is computed. Heidelberg Catechism. A profession of the Calvinistic faith issued from Heidelberg in the sixteenth century. It is also called the Palatinate Cate- chism. Heilbronn, Union of. A meeting summoned by Oxenstierna, the Swedish Chan- cellor, in 1633, after the death of Gustavus Adolphus, with the object of preventing the dissolution of the German Protestant Alliance. The meeting was attended by repre- sentatives of England, France and Holland, and the circles of the Upper and Lower Rhine, Suabia and Franconia. Helvetic Confession. A statement of the Protes- tant doctrine, harmonizing to some extent the opposing views of Calvin and Zwingli, drawn up in 1566 by BuUinger, and accepted by the majority of the Protestant Cantons. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 117 Helvetic Republic. The constitution established in Switzerland in 1798, under the revolutionary impulse gener- ated by the French Revolution. It superseded the Federation of the Thirteen Cantons. Henry, Articles of. See Pacta Conventa. Heptarchy. The various Anglo - Saxon kingdoms were known as the Heptarchy, though as a fact they were at no time seven in number, two or more being grouped at various periods, under one monarch. The most powerful sovereign of the time was usually recognized as the Bretwalda, or leader, of the rest. The various kingdoms of the Heptarchy were finally united under one crown, during the reign of .^Ethelstan (925- 940.) Herad. Among the Norse nations, the Herad was the land of the Her or host, the Her being com- posed of a number of families who acted together for mutual protection under a chief, and formed in fact a tribe. Herald's College. This was founded as a College of Arms by Richard III in 1484. Its members were the Earl Marshal, the Kings of Arms, and the Heralds, and its functions the supervision of all questions that might arise as to the bearing of coat-armour. Heresy of the Politicians. The teachings of Arnold of Brescia were known by this name. He commenced a crusade at Brescia in 1139 against the corruption of the Church and its assumption of temporal power. He was ulti. mately condemned as a heretic, and burnt at the stake in 11 55. Heretoga. In Anglo-Saxon times the title given to the commander of the army. Heriot. A fine due to the lord of the manor on the death of a person holding land of the manor. It consisted of the best beast or chattel belonged to the deceased. Heritable Jurisdictions Act. An Act passed in 1747, abolish- ing hereditary jurisdictions throughout Scotland. Up to this date the decision of ordinary actions at law, especially in the Highlands, had been in the hands of the chiefs of the clans, and principal landowners, and had descended by heredity, with the result that judicial functions were frequently exer- cised by persons having no legal knowledge or aptitude. By this Act these powers were transferred to sheriffs-depute, one being appointed for each county. Hermandad. A confederation of the prm- cipal cities of Castile, formed during the middle ages for mutual protection against brigands and other lawless persons. By degrees the brotherhood usurped the func- tions of a legislative body, enforcing their rules, when necessary, by force of arms. It was also known as the Santa Hermandad, or Holy Brother- hood. Herrings, Battle of the. The name given to an un- ii8 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS successful attack by the French upon the entrenched camp of Sir John Fastolfe at Rouvray in 1429. Hero of the Nile. A sobriquet of Nelson. Herschel System. The system of State Educa- tion established in Cape Colony in 1838, and designed by Sir John Herschel, the astronomer. Public elementary schools were provided in all the principal centres of European population, where instruction was given free to all children of good conduct. Religious instruction was also given to all whose parents did not object, and clergymen of any denomination were per- mitted to catechise the children of their congregation at stated hours. Secondary schools were established in the principal villages, and a normal seminary in Capetown, to train teachers for the elementary schools. Hersir. In ancient Norse times, the hereditary chief of a Her, or tribunal community. Hidage. In Anglo-Saxon times, a land tax for war purposes. Under .^thelred the Unready the tax took the form of the furnishing of one man at arms for every eight hides, and one ship for every three hundred hides. Hide. In Saxon times the portion of land allotted to every free house- holder. High Commission, Court of. A court established in the reign of Elizabeth, to deal with all^ questions appertaining to church discipline. It was abolished by Parliament in 1 64 1, but reconstituted by James II in 1686, under the notorious Jeffreys, in whose hands it became a mere instru- ment for persecution and extor- tion. Under pressure of the pending invasion of William of Orange, James, in the last year of his reign, consented to its abolition. High Commission, Court of (Ireland). A court established by Lord Wentworth in 1634, to exercise the same functions as the English court of the same name. Highland Garb Act. An Act passed in 1746, after the suppression of the Rebellion of Forty-live, rendering the wearing of the Highland dress illegal. Hintchak. ^ An Armenian secret society, founded at Tiflis in 1887, to carry on a newspaper of the same name. The statutes of the society, however, clearly show that its aims were revolu- tionary, and it was largely con- cerned in fomenting the disturb- ances which preceded the Armenian massacres of 1895-6. Hinterland Doctrine. A doctrine enunciated by Germany to the effect that in newly-occupied countries, such as East or West Africa, the possession of the coast line implied a right to the back country, to be taken up at convenience, and that no other country had a right to take up country behind, and block the way into the interior. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 119 Hlutdaw. The old Burmese Council of Ministers. In 1886 five of the Ministers were confirmed in their offices, to act as an advisory board for native affairs to the Chief Commissioner. In 1889 the pacification of the country was sufficiently advanced to permit of the board being abolished. Holkar. The title of the Mahratta Maharajahs of Indore. Holy Alliance. An alliance formed between Russia, Austria and Prussia in September, 1815, by which the three sovereigns undertook that for the future their policy should be guided solely by Christian principles. At the same time there is no doubt that the alliance was intended to stem the tide of political liberty, set flowing by the French Revolution, and their threatened interference in the quarrel between Spain and her American colonies, which was the cause of the enunciation of the Monroe doctrine, is a sufficiently clear indication of this fact. Holy Experiment. The name given to William Penn's experiment of establish- ing (in Pennsylvania) a colony on the basis of absolute self- government, as a free colony of all mankind. Holy League. A league formed by Pope Julius II in 151 1, ostensibly for his protection against the aggression of Louis XII of France. Its members were Henry VIII, the Emperor Maximilian I, Ferdinand of Spain, and the Venetian Re- public, Two years later Julius' successor, Leo X, came to terms with Louis, and the league was dissolved. Holy League. A league formed by Clement VII in 1526, directed against the Emperor Charles V. Its members, in addition to the Pope, were Francis I of France, the Venetian Republic, and Duke Sforza of Milan. Holy League. A league of the Catholic Princes of Germany, formed in 1609 under the leadership of Maximilian of Bavaria, as a counterpoise to the Protestant Union of 1608. Holy League of Nuremburg. A league of Catholic Princes, formed by Held, the Chancellor of Charles V, in 1538, to oppose the Lutheran Princes. Its principal members were Duke George of Saxony, the Elector of Bavaria, and the Archbishops of Mentz and Salzburg. Holy Office. See Inquisition. Holy Roman Empire. The Empire of the West, which had been destroyed by the barbarian invasions, was to a great extent restored by Charlemagne, who was crowned its first Emperor by Leo III in 800. After the extinction of the Carlovingian line, the Em- perors were exclusively German Princes, and were elected to the throne by the sovereign rulers of certain German States, though the Popes always claimed, and sometimes exercised, the right of veto, by refusing to crown. I20 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS In 1272 the first Emperor of the House of Hapsburg, Rudolf, was elected, and from 1438 the Emperors were without excep- tion members of this house, until the Empire was finally broken up by Napoleon in 1806. Holy Sepulchre, Knights of the. An order of knighthood in- stituted by Pope Alexander VI for the guardianship of the Holy Places in Palestine and the protection of pilgrims. Home Rule Bill, 1886. The first Home Rule Bill, introduced by Mr. Gladstone, providing for the creation of a legislative body in Dublin, with control of the administra- tion, subject to safeguards as to the unity of the Empire, and the protection of minorities. It was to have control of all taxation, except of customs and excise, but was forbidden to legislate on any matter relating to the crown, defence, or foreign relations, or to endow any religious bodies. The Irish representation at Westminster was to be abolished. The bill divided the Liberal Party, many of Mr. Gladstone's Cabinet deserting him, including Lord Hartington, Sir Henry James, Mr. Bright and Mr. Chamber- lain, and consequently it failed to pass the second reading. The general election which fol- lowed proved that the country was strongly opposed to the scheme. Home Rule Bill, 1893. The second Home Rule Bill, introduced by Mr. Gladstone in 1893, was to a great extent on the lines of the first bill, creating a Parliament in Dublin, with legislative powers subject to certain reservations as to peace and war, external affairs, etc. In one respect, however, it differed widely, in that the Irish Parliamentary representa- tion at Westminster was not abolished, but merely reduced. The bill passed the Commons after lengthy and acrimonious discussion, especially in Com- mittee, where Mr. Gladstone introduced the system of " Closure by Compartments," but was rejected by the Lords. Home Rulers. A party formed in 1873, under the leadership of Isaac Butt, to agitate for the re-establishment of a separate Parliament for Ireland. His successor in the leadership of the party was Charles Stewart Parnell. Homestead Act (New Zealand). An Act passed in 1885, provid- ing that a male under eighteen could take up twenty acres of first class, or thirty acres of second class land, and a male over eighteen, fifty or seventy- five acres respectively, free of all cost, providing he agreed to reside five years on the land, and fulfil certain requirements as to cultivation. Homesteads Act (Western Aus- tralia). An Act passed in 1893, pro- viding for free grants of 160 acres each to all males above eighteen, subject to certain conditions as to residence and improvements. Honest Broker. A nickname of Prince Bis- marck, with reference to his attitude, as President of the Berlin Congress in 1878, on the points in dispute between Russia and Austria. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 121 Honour of the Flag. The claim made by Cromwell that England had the right to exact from all foreign ships, a salute to her flag in the narrow- seas. The Dutch Admiral, Van Tromp refusing the salute in 1652, he was fired upon by the English Admiral, and the action which followed led to the declara- tion of war in July of the same year. The Dutch afterwards coilceded the claim by the Treaty of 1654. Honved. The Hungarian Landwehr or reserve is so called. The word means " Land Defenders," and was given to the national champions in the early days of Hungarian history. Hooks. The party of the nobles in the Netherlands in the four- teenth century. {See Kabbel- jaws. ) Hoosier State. The popular name of the State of Indiana, U.S.A. It is probably a corruption of Husher, a Western term for a bully. Hospitallers, Knights. See Malta, Knights of. Hospodars. The Princes of Moldavia and Wallachia were so called from 1789, when these countries came under the sway of Russia. Hot Gospellers. The Puritans were so styled after the Restoration in 1660. The name was originally given to Edward Underhill, a Protes- tant who was imprisoned in 1553 for an attack made by him on the Roman Catholics on the accession of Mary. Hotspur. The sobriquet of Henry Percy (1 364-1403). Houghers. An Irish agrarian society which appeared in Connemara in 171 1. They took their name from their practice of houghing the cattle of obnoxious persons. The society was suppressed in 1713. House-carls. A body of standing troops raised by Knut, circ. 1030. The first standing army in England. Hovering Act. An Act passed in 1784, ex- tending the authority of the revenue officers to a distance of four leagues from the coast. Hubertsberg, Treaty of. A treaty between Prussia and Austria, signed in 1763, at the conclusion of the Seven Years' War. It was a pendent to the Peace of Paris, and con- firmatory of that instrument, as between the two signatory Powers. Hudson's Bay Company. A Company formed in 1670, under a charter granted by Charles II giving it absolute control of the watershed of Hudson's Bay (then known as Rupertsland), in return for a small annual tribute. The Company's territories were absorbed by the Dominion of Canada in 1869. Hue, Treaty of. A treaty between France and Annam, signed in 1874, by which Annam accepted the French protectorate over her territories. 122 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Huguenots. The name given to the French Protestants. It is probably derived from Hugues, a Calvinist of Geneva, though other deriva- tions have been given. "When, by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in 1685, the exercise of their religion was denied them, many thousands of them emi- grated to England, Holland, and other Protestant countries. Human Leopards. A secret society of negroes, discovered and suppressed in Sierra Leone in 1896. The members of the society, which had been in existence for about twenty years, practised canni- balism, and had murdered and eaten several hundred persons. The leaders were hanged. Hundred. In early Saxon times this name was given to a subdivision of the tribe which corresponded to the ancient German pagus (so called by Tacitus,) It seems to have consisted of a hundred heads of families, and it fur- nished a hundred warriors to the tribal army, and a hun- dred assessors to the judicial court. Hundred Days. The period between Napo- leon's return from Elba and his second abdication. Hundred Years' War. The name given to the series of wars between France and England which lasted from 1338 to 1449 and ended by the expulsion of the English from France, with the exception of Calais, which they held till 1558. Hungarian Martyrs. The thirteen Hungarian generals executed at Arad, after the War of Independence in 1849. Hungarian War of Independ- ence. A rising of the Hungarian national party under Kossuth, in 1848, owing to the refusal of the Austrians to give any redress for the outrages of the Croatian troops under Jellachich in the valleys of the Theiss and the Danube. Kossuth was appointed Dictator by the Hun- garian Diet, and the rising was at first successful, but in 1849 the Austrians received the assistance of a large Russian army, and in August of that year, the Magyars were forced to surrender, and their leaders left the country. General Hainan made himself notorious by his cruelties after the col- lapse of the armed resistance. Hunkers. . The extreme pro-slavery section of the New York Demo- crats from 1844 to 1848. They were known after the latter date as Hardshell Democrats. Hunting of Braemar. A meeting of the Jacobite leaders, ostensibly for sport, summoned by the Earl of Mar, in 17 1 5, to concert measures for the rising which took place in the autumn of that year, Hussites. The followers of John Huss, a professor of the University of Prague, who had imbibed the Wycliffite doctrines. Though excommunicated by Pope Alex- ander V in 141 2, he continued to disseminate these doctrines. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS and was consequently sum- moned to the Council of Con- stance in 14 1 4, where, though under the Emperor's safe- conduct, he was thrown into prison, and subsequently burnt at the stake. His principal disciple, Jerome of Prague, suffered the same fate in 1416, but his followers, under John Zisca, rose in revolt against the Church, to the number of 40,000. They destroyed some five hundred convents, and defeated the Emperor Sigis- mund, but were broken up into sections in 1424, following upon Zisca's death. They still, how- ever, remained in insurrection until 1436, when the revolt was ended by the treaty of Iglau, Hyde Park Riots. A riot which broke out in 1866, after the defeat of the Russell Ministry over the Reform Bill of that year. A meeting had been summoned by the Reform League, to meet in Hyde Park, but the Govern- ment prohibited the meeting, and closed the park gates, whereupon the mob pulled down the_ railings. Little other damage, however, was done, and the riot was easily quelled. I L D. B. See Illicit Diamond Buying. Iconoclasts. This name was first given to the followers of Leo III, Em- peror of the East, who in 726 interdicted the worship of images. The opposition of a considerable section of his sub- jects did not deter him from carrying his principles into effect, and what is known as the Icono- clast War was the result. The same title is applied to the more militant Huguenots in France in 1560 and 1561, who, wherever they obtained the upper hand, ruthlessly destroyed the statues which adorned the churches and monasteries; and also to a section of the Puritans during the English Civil War. Iglau, Treaty of. A treaty between the Hussites and the Emperor Sigismund, signed in 1436, putting an end to the Hussite War. It was based upon the Compactata of Prague, and secured to the Hussites the free exercise of their religion on the lines of that document. Ilbert Bill. A bill introduced in the Legis- lative Council of India by Mr. Ilbert in 1883 "to amend the criminal jurisdiction over British subjects." It largely extended the jurisdiction of native magis- trates in the trial of Europeans, and was most bitterly criticised by the Anglo-Indian community, especially by planters and others living in remote districts. Illicit Diamond Buying. An illegal trade in diamonds carried on by certain speculators in Kimberley, who purchased from the employes of the Dia- mond companies rough dia- monds which they had secreted in the process of washing. It was largely checked by the Diamond Trade Act of 1882. This illicit trade is generally known as I.D.B. Illuminati. A famous sect of German mystics, founded at Ingolstadt by Adam Weisshaupt in 1776. It undertook a crusade against 124 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Jesuitism and Church domina- tion generally, but did not hold aloof from politics, its higher initiates being professed Repub- licans. It was suppressed by the Elector of Bavaria in 1785. Immi^ants Restriction Bill. A bill passed in 1901 by the Federal Parliament of Australia in response to the outcry for a " White Australia." It pro- hibits the immigration of all coloured labour, including the South Sea Islanders, or Kanakas. This restriction has caused much concern in Northern Queensland, where the climate is not suitable for white labour, and its enforce- ment will destroy the sugar and other industries and render the country almost valueless. Imparani, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1866 after the Basuto War of 1865-66 be- tween the Orange Free State and Molapo, the son of Moshesh. Molapo surrendered to the Free State the greater part of his country, and became a vassal of the State. He further bound himself to render no assistance to any other Basuto chief who might rise against the Free State. Imperial Chamber. See Reichskammergericht. Imperial Federation Enabling Act. F An Act passed in 1885 to facilitate the federation of the Australasian Colonies. {See Federal Council.) Importants. The party who supported the Regent, Anne of Austria, during the minority of Louis XIV. They strongly opposed Mazarin's policy, but the cardinal suc- ceeded in embroiling them with the queen, thanks to feminine intrigues, and their leaders were imprisoned or banished. Impositions. Illegal additions to the autho- rized customs duties, levied by James I without the consent of Parliament, They were among the grievances detailed in the Petition of Grievances in 1610. In Coena Domini, Bull. A Bull issued at intervals during the Middle Ages, and annually on Holy Thursday from 1627 to 1770. It was a summary of the offences against the Church and the priesthood, and of the ecclesiastical censures pronounced against them. The sovereigns of Europe regarded this Bull as an infringement of their rights, and it was in con- sequence of their continued pro- tests that Clement XIV ceased to promulgate it. In Eminenti, Bull. A Bull of Urban VII, issued in 1642, condemning the " Augus- tinus " of Jansen as heretical. Incas. The ruling family of the ancient Peruvians up to the con- quest of Peru by Pizarro in 1 531. They claimed to be descended from the Sun-God. Incident, The. A plot, discovered during the visit of Charles I to Scotland in 1 64 1, to kill or kidnap Argyle and Hamilton. The king was suspected of being privy to it, though he strenuously denied it. Incorruptible, The. The name given by his fol- lowers to Robespierre. Indemnity and Oblivion, Act of. An Act passed at the Restora- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 125 tion in 1660, granting a free par- don to those who had been in arms against the king, with the exception of the Regicides and Sir Harry Vane and General Lambert, and setthng in favour of bond fide holders all claims to land acquired during the Com- monwealth. Independence. See Declaration. Independents. A sect of extreme Puritans, originally identified with the Brownists. They afterwards became a pohtical party, holding more advanced views than the Presbyterians, who represented a conservative form of repub- licanism, and ultimately, under the leadership of Cromwell and with the aid of the army, which was mainly officered by them, they became the predominant party in the state. Index Expurgatorius. The list of books the perusal of which is forbidden to devout Catholics. The first index was drawn up by Paul IV in 1555 to prevent the diffusion of heretical opinions through the writings of the Reformers. India Act, Pitt's. An Act passed in 1784 by which all political power was taken from the East India Com- pany and vested in a Board of Control nominated by the Gov- ernment. The Company re- tained all its patronage, except- ing the appointment of Com- mander-in-Chief and some other high posts, and their commercial rights under their Charter were not interfered with. Indian National Congress. An annual congress of natives of India, with some few Europeans, whose object is to promote the extension to India of Western pohtical institutions, such as representative government. The first congress met at Allahabad in 1888, and was attended by a few Mohammedans, but it has now fallen almost entirely into the hands of the Bengali Babus. Indians, Apostle of the. The name given to Bartolo- meo de las Casas (1474-1566), the Spanish ecclesiastic who devoted his life to the ameliora- tion of the condition of the South American Indians. Indies, Apostle of the. St. Francis Xavier, the famous Jesuit missionary to India in the sixteenth century is so called. Indies, Council of the. A supreme court for American affairs, established in Spain by Ferdinand in 1511 and re- organized by Charles V in 1524. The council promulgated all the laws relating to the government of the colonies and appointed to all colonial ofiices under the Crown. Indulgence. A measure of toleration granted to the Scottish Presby- terians in 1669, by which their ministers were permitted to preach in vacant parishes and received some pecuniary aid from the Government. This measure, however, did nothing to reconcile the more bigoted members of the Church, who continued their resistance to all State control. The Indulgence was soon withdrawn. • Indulgence. See Declaration. 126 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Indulgences. H Forms of absolution granted by Leo X, which were openly sold by his agents, the proceeds of the sale being devoted to the com- pletion of St. Peter's at Rome. It was^Hhe'sale of Uhese by Tetzel in 1 5 17, in the dominions of the Elector of Saxony, which called forth Luther's vehement protest, and was the beginning of the Reformation in Germany. Ineffabilis Deus, Bull. The Bull of Pius IX, issued in 1854, by which the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin was proclaimed as an article of the Catholic faith. Inexorable Families. The old aristocratic families of Virginia, who were expected, during the War of Independence, to show British sympathies, but earned the name of " Inex- orable " by their staunch ad- herence to the national cause. Infallible. A title assumed by the Pope Pelagius (57S-590). Infante. The title of the eldest son of the Spanish Sovereign. Infernal Legion. A body of irregular troops, composed of desperadoes of all nations, organized by Bover on the side of the Royalists during the revolt of the Spanish American Colonies in 18 14. Initiative. Under the Swiss Constitution, the right of the people to initiate proposals for the enactment, repeal or amendment of a law. Fifty thousand signatures are required to make the demand operative. Inquisition. A tribunal to inquire into and suppress heresy, established by Innocent III at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1 2 1 5 . It was introduced into Germany in 1 2 3 1 , but abolished in 1234, and never again restored. In Italy it was successful in stamping out heresy, but it is in Spain that its tyranny was most notorious, an auto-de-fe having been held in that country as late as 1826. Its administration was entrusted to the Dominican Order. Instrument of Government. A document issued by Crom- well in 1653 by which he took the title of Protector. He was to be assisted by a Council of State of fifteen members, and a new Parliament was to be elected, to number 400, with a ;^20o qualification both for mem- bers and electors. No Parlia- ment was to be dissolved unless it had sat for five months, and Parliaments were to be triennial. Insurrection Act. An Act passed by the Irish Parliament in 1796 empowering the Government to declare any county to be in a state of insurrection, whereupon the officials had the right to search for arms and to imprison persons found abroad between sunset and sunrise. Insurrection of Women. An outbreak of the women of Paris on October 5, 1789. They broke into the armoury of the Hotel de Ville, and, having armed themselves., marched to Versailles, to demand speech of the king. The result of the rising was the return of the king to Paris, which took place on the following clay. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 127 Inter Gravissimas, Bull. The Bull of Gregory XIII, issued in 1582, ordaining the use of the new calendar throughout Christendom. Interdict. The proclamation issued by Innocent III in 1208 against John and the realm of England. It forbade all services of the Church, except Baptism and Supreme Unction, and only per- mitted the burial of the dead in unconsecrated ground. In the following year the Interdict was followed by the excommunica- tion of John. Interim of Leipsic. A modification of the Interim, of Ratisbon, issued by Charles V in December, 1548, and accepted by Melancthon on behalf of the Lutherans. Interim of Ratisbon. A system of doctrine issued by Charles V in May, 1548, as an attempt to reconcile the differ- ences dividing the religious world. While retaining all the salient doctrines of Catholicism, it permitted certain modifica- tions in practice and ritual calculated to conciliate the Protestants. It did not, how- ever, succeed in pleasing either party. Intermarriage Act. One of the laws of the Irish Penal Code, which provided that a man who married a Catholic should be regarded as a Papist and subject to all their dis- abiUties, while a woman so marrying should be dead to the law. International African Association. An international commission formed at the Brussels Con- ference in 1876, with the object of exploring Central Africa. It resulted in the formation of the Congo Free State in 1885. International, The. An association of working men, founded in London in 1 864, the original statutes of the society being drawn up by the German Socialist leader Marx. It was intended as a centre of combination for aU workmen's societies and unions of every nation, but disclaimed any desire to interfere with them individually. In 1872 a split occurred in the society'- between the Marxists and the followers of the Anarchist Bakunin, and the International soon after ceased to exist as an organiza- tion. Intransigentes. The extreme revolutionary party in the southern towns of Spain in 1873. Invincible Armada. The name given by the Spaniards to the great Spanish and Portuguese fleet dispatched by Philip II for the conquest of England in 1588. After being harried by the English ships under Howard of Effingham, Drake, Frobisher and others, it was finally dis- persed by violent storms in the North Sea, and out of 130 ships only 53 returned to Spain. Invincibles. An Irish secret society, with headquarters in America, which became notorious in 1882 as having provided the assassins of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke. Those immediately concerned in the murder were 128 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS brought to justice, but the heads of the society, including Tynan, the famous No i, were never made amenable. Ionian Islands, Cession of. By a treaty between Great Britain and Greece, signed in 1 864, these islands were ceded to Greece. Irish Board of Agriculture. A new department establish- ed in Ireland in 1897, indepen- dent of the Castle and the Irish Office. Its first president was Mr. Horace Plunket. Irish Charter. The Charter granted to the Irish settlers by Henry III on his accession. It was practically a recital of the clauses of Magna Charta, with such variations as were rendered necessary by the different conditions. Irish Church Act, Althorp's. An Act passed in 1833 abolish- ing the Church fees, which were paid by all, whether Churchmen, Catholics or Dissenters, and reducing the number of Irish bishops from twenty-two to twelve. Irish Church Disestablishment. An Act for the disestablish- ment and partial disendowment of the Irish Church was passed by Mr. Gladstone's Government in 1869. The Irish bishops lost their seats in the House of Lords, the Irish Ecclesiastical Courts were abolished, and the union between the English and Irish Churches dissolved. The future government of the Irish Church was entrusted to a synod elected by the clergy and laity. Of the Church property, valued at about sixteen millions, seven millions were used to compen- sate incumbents and to replace the Maynooth Grant and the Regium Donum. Irish Land Act, 1870. An Act passed by Mr. Glad- stone's Government giving for the first time a legal status to the Ulster custom and extending it to all tenancies in Ireland. The Act provided for compensa- tion for disturbance and com- pensation for improvements in the event of the landlord deter- mining a tenancy, and enacted that improvements should be deemed to be the tenant's, the onus of proof to the contrary being thrown upon the landlord. Irish Land Act, 1881. This Act, passed in 1881, introduced the principle of judicial interference between landlord and tenant. It per- mitted the sale of tenant right and allowed the tenant to apply to the Court to fix a judicial rent, such rent to hold good for fifteen years. It made certain alterations, in the tenant's favour, in the law relating to compensation for improvements. It further established a Land Commission with power (i) to advance money to tenants for the purchase of their holdings, and (2) under certain conditions to purchase whole estates from the landlords. Irish Land Act, 1885. An Act known as Lord Ash- bourne's Act, giving additional facilities for the purchase by tenants of their holdings. An advance of ;^5, 000,000 was made to the Land Commissioners for this purpose, while the terms to purchasers were more generous than those of the BUI of 1881. The purchase money was to be DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 129 advanced at 4 per cent,, and be repayable in forty-nine years, wMe the surplus of the Dis- established Church funds was to be used as a guarantee to the State against loss. Irish Land Act, 1896. An Act amending and con- solidating the previous Land Acts and dealing specially with the case of " Town Parks." It introduced no new principle, and though the Nationalists tried to secure the valuation of these holdings at prairie value, the Government carried in the main their plan for an equitable division between landlord and tenant of any increase of value due to situation. Irish Land Conference. A conference held in Dublin in January, 1903, known also as the Dunraven Conference, be- tween representatives of the Irish Landlords and the tenants, under the presidency of Lord Dunraven. The conference issued a unanimous report re- commending the abolition of dual ownership by means of a comprehensive scheme of land purchase. They proposed that the landlords should be bought out at a price based on their present income from rent, and that the tenants should purchase at from 15 per cent, to 25 per cent, less, the balance being found by the State, which would also advance the purchase money, to be repaid by instal- ments. Irish National League. An association formed in Dublin in 1882, after the sup- pression of the Land League, to unite all sections of Irish Nationalists. Irish Society. A society formed by twelve of the City Companies of London to colonize lands in Ulster for- feited from O'Neill and O'Don- neU. They were granted a charter by James I in 161 3, which was suspended in 1637 but restored in 1670. Irish Volunteers, Society of. JSee Friends of Ireland. Iron Chancellor. A sobriquet of Prince Bis- marck. Iron Chest. A secret closet in the bed- chamber of Louis XVI. Its exis- tence was revealed by Gamain, the king's locksmith, who had constructed it, and it was searched immediately by order of the National Convention, when certain compromising documents were found. Iron Cross. A Prussian decoration con- ferred for bravery in the field. It was established in 1813. Iron Crown. The royal crown of Lombardy, said to have been forged from a nail of the true cross. It was first used in 591 at the corona- tion of Agilulf, King of the Lombards, and is now the royal crown of Italy. Iron Duke. The sobriquet of the great Duke of Wellington. Iron Emperor. Nicholas I of Russia (1825-55! was so called. I30 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Iron Hand, Gotz of the. The sobriquet of Gotz von Berlichingen, the leader in the German Peasants' War of 1525. His right hand, which he had lost in battle, was replaced by an artificial hand made of iron. Iron Mask, The Man with the. A mysterious personage whose face was always covered with an iron mask, who was confined in the Bastille and other State prisons in France during the reign of Louis XIV. Many theories have been advanced as to his identity. It has been contended that he was an elder brother, a twin brother, and a natural son of the king, Count Matthioli, minister of the Duke of Mantua, and M. de Marchiel, the head of a wide-spread con- spiracy against Louis XIV, while many other solutions of the problem have been put for- ward. Iron Tooth. The nickname of Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1688- 17 1 3). Ironclad Oath. The oath of office established by the United States Congress in 1 867 at the conclusion of the Civil War. It was designed to prevent the assumption of office by any possible enemy of the Union. Ironside. The nickname of Edmund, King of the English in 1016. Ironsides. Cromwell's Regiment of Horse was so called. Iskander Beg. The sobriquet of George Castriot, the Albanian patriot (141 4-67 ). Iskander is Alexan- der. Isabella Catolica, Order of. A Spanish order of knight- ? hood, instituted in 18 15, to re- ward those Spanish-Americans who remained faithful to the Crown during the Wars of Independence. Island of Saints. Ireland was so called in the Middle Ages. Italia Irredenta. Unredeemed Italy consists of those provinces and islands not included in the Kingdom of Italy which are racially or linguistically Italian. They are the Austrian provinces of Southern Tyrol, Gorz, Trieste, Istria and Dalmatia, the Swiss Canton of Ticino, the British island of Malta and the French island of Corsica. The Irre- dentists are a party whose aims are similar to those of the Pan- Slavists and Pan-Germans, and who desire to see these provinces, especially those belonging to Austria, added to the kingdom. Italy, Unification of. The work of Victor Emmanuel and his minister Cavour, aided by Garibaldi and his volun- teers. The Treaty of Zurich in 1859 left Victor Emmanuel in possession of the whole of North ern Italy excepting the Venetian states east of the Mincio. The central states, Parma, Modena, etc., applied to be united to the kingdom in i860, while in the same year the South revolted against Francis II of Naples, and with the aid of Garibaldi the Bourbons were expelled, Victor Emmanuel being crowned DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 131 King of Italy in 1861. The Venetian provinces were added to the kingdom by the Treaty of Prague in 1866, and in 1870, France withdrawing her support of the Pope, the King entered Rome and completed the eman- cipation of Italy. J Jacobites. The supporters of the House of Stuart after their expulsion from Great Britain. Jacquerie. The peasant rising in France in 1358 is so called from Jacques Bonhomme, the familiar name for a peasant. The revolt was most sanguinary, the peasants burning over 200 chateaux, and murdering indiscriminately all who refused to join them. Equally cruel reprisals followed the suppression of the insur- rection. Jaffa Massacre. The massacre by Napoleon in 1799 of the Turkish garrison of Jaffa, who had surrendered as prisoners of war. Jamaica Bill. A bill suspending the con- stitution of Jamaica, brought in by the Melbourne Ministry in 1839, in consequence of the House of Assembly refusing to put in force an Act for the better regulation of prisons in that island. The bill only passed the House of Commons by a majority of five, and Lord Mel- bourne resigned. Jameson Raid. An invasion of the Transvaal by the forces of the British South Africa Company in Jan- uary, 1896. Jameson acted on an undated letter, signed by certain members of the Johan- nesburg Reform Committee, summoning him to the aid of the Uitlanders. His raid, how- ever, was ill-timed, the Johan- nesburgers being unable to give him the assistance he counted on, and he was defeated by the hastily summoned Boer com- mandos. Cecil Rhodes was a party to the scheme, which was designed to overthrow the cor- rupt Boer Government. The Boers made the raid an excuse for increasing their armaments. Janissaries. A military force established about the middle of the four- teenth century by Amurath I, Sultan of Turkey. They were recruited from Christian youths captured in war, who were brought up in the Mohammedan faith and trained to arms. Jansenists. A sect or schism of Catholics, founded in France in the seven- teenth century, who strongly opposed the doctrinal and ethical teachings of the Jesuits. Their doctrines were based on the Augustinus of Cornelius Jan- sen, Bishop of Ypres, published after his death, which took place in 1638. Its adherents included such men as Arnauld and Pascal. Jansenism was finally declared heretical by the Bull Unigenitus in 1653. January, Edict of. An edict issued by Charles IX of France in January, 1562, setting forth the terms of paci- fication between the Huguenots 132 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS and the Catholics as arrived at by a conference between the leaders of the two parties. Jarl. In the early Norse times the Jarl was a dignity conferred by the king upon chiefs of con- spicuous ability as leaders in war. The title was not heredi- tary. Jassy, Peace of. A treaty signed in 1792 by "Catherine II of Russia and the Sultan Selim III after a war rendered memorable by the suc- cesses of Potemkin and Suwar- row. Turkey surrendered Osza- kov, and the Dniester was fixed as the boundary line between the two empires. Jay's Treaty. The name given to the treaty between Great Britain and the United States in 1794, which provided for the surrender to the latter of the British military forts in the North-East and settled certain boundary and financial questions pending be- tween the signatories. Jedburgh Justice. The prompt measures taken by the Earl of Dunbar in the reign of James I and VI to punish border raiders at Jedburgh and other Scottish towns gave rise to this phrase. Raiders were hanged always, and tried if cir- cumstances permitted. "Cupar Justice" and "Burlaw" have the same meaning. Jehad. A holy war of Mohammedans against Christians is so called. Jenkin's Ear. One of the many stories of the illtreatment by the Spanish Guardia Costa of British sub- jects in the employment of the South Sea Company. These stories were utilized by the war party in Parliament to force the Government into war with Spain in 1738. War was in fact de- clared the following year. Jesuits. A religious order founded in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola, a Spaniard, and sanctioned by Paul III in 1540. They have always endeavoured to lead and control public opinion, and to that end have taken an active part in education and in political intrigue, as well as in missionary work. The order was sup- pressed by Papal Bull in 1773, but revived in 18 14. Jerrymandering. The manipulation of electoral divisions in such a way as to give an undue advantage to on& political party. The word is said to be rightly Gerrymander- ing, and to be derived from Elbridge Gerry, Governor of Massachusetts in 18 12, who was the originator of the idea. Jerviswood Plot. A plot entered into by certain Scottish Presbyterian gentlemen, under the leadership of Lord Melville, the Earl of Tarras and Baillie of Jerviswood, to prevent the Duke of York succeeding to the throne on the death of Charles II. The plot was dis- covered owing to the failure of the Rye House Plot, and though Melville and other leaders made good their escape, Baillie was seized and executed in 1634. Jeu de Paume, Seance du. The famous session of the Tennis Court, on June 22, 1789, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 133 when the Deputies of the Na- tional Assembly, excluded from their regular place of meeting, took an oath that they would not separate, but would continue to meet when and where they could until they had promul- gated the new constitution. Jeunesse Doree. The gilded youth, or young men of Paris, who endeavoured to bring about the counter- revolution after the fall of Robespierre in 1794. Jewish Disabilities Acts. A series of Acts passed during the reign of Queen Victoria by which the disabilities under which the Jews laboured were gradually removed. In 1845 they were admitted to ofhce in municipalities ; in 1846 they were placed on the same footing as Protestant Dissenters in respect of their schools, while by the alteration in the form of the Parliamentary oath in 1858 they were enabled to sit in Parlia- ment. Jews' Exchequer. A special court established by Richard I in 11 94 to hear cases in which Jews were concerned and to supervise their contribu- tions to the revenue. Jingoes. The war party in England during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78 were so called by their political opponents. The name arose from a music-hall song, sung by " The Great Mac- dermott," the chorus of which began " We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do." The term " Jingoism " is now ap- plied to aggressive Imperialism, Jo-I. The ultra-nationaHst party in Japan in the early days of the new regime. They were strongly opposed to the invasion of Western ideas. The name signi- fies " Expel the Barbarians." Jockey of Norfolk. The sobriquet of Sir John Howard, an adherent of Richard III. John Company. The East India Company was so called. Joinville, Treaty of. A secret treaty between the Guises and Philip II of Spain in 1584, providing that the Car- dinal de Bourbon should suc- ceed Henri III, and that no heretic should ascend the throne or hold office in France. Philip undertook to advance 50,000 crowns monthly for the pur- poses of the League, to be repaid on the accession of the CardinaL Joyeuse Entree. The ancient charter of Bra- bant, granted by Wenceslas of Luxemburg in the latter part of the fourteenth century. It pro- vided that no one should be pro- secuted except before the ordin- ary courts of law ; that no foreigner should hold office in the State ; that no alteration should be made in the status of the Church without the consent of the Estates, and that any breach of the Constitution by the prince should absolve his subjects from their allegiance. The charter was abrogated by Joseph II in 1789. Judicature Acts, 1873 and 1875. Bv these Acts a Supreme Court of Justice was created, in place of the various courts in 134 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS existence dealing with various branches of the law. These Courts were made branches of the High Court of Justice. In the same way the varioiis appeal courts were brought into one general Court of Appeal, Cer- tain provincial jurisdictions were abolished, such as the Courts of Pleas of the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Durham. Pro- bate, Divorce and Admiralty were united in one division by the latter of the two Acts, Judenhetze. The anti-Jewish campaign, started in Berlin in 1880, See Anti-semitism, July, Government of. The reign of Louis Philippe (1830-48) is so called, as having been inaugurated by the Re- volution of July. July Laws. Two laws passed in July, 1883, modifying certain of the severer provisions of the Falk Laws. July, Revolution of. The revolution of 1830, which overthrew the Government of Charles X and established Louis Philippe on the throne, is so called. July, Treaty of. A treaty signed on July 15, 1840, by Great Britain, Russia, Austria and Prussia, dictating terms to Mehemet Ali, Pasha of Egypt, which terms he was given ten days to accept. He was to retain the Pashalic of Egypt for himself ahd his de- scendants, and Acre for life, withdrawing from the rest of Syria and the Holy Land. This treaty was confirmed in 1841 by the Treaty of the Dardanelles. Junkers. The younger members of the aristocratic Conservative party in Prussia with whom Bismarck acted at the beginning of his political life. Junius, Letters of. A series of letters issued anonymously from 1769 onwards, attacking the King and the Grafton Ministry with extra- ordinary vigour, and full of literary merit. The authorship of these letters remains a mystery, but they are generally attributed to Sir Philip Francis. Junta. In Spain, an assembly of per- sons, whether legally summoned or self-constituted, exercising legislative or administrative functions. The Junta of 1808, which represented those portions of Spain not under the rule of Joseph Buonaparte, is one of the best known. Junta Apostolica. A Junta formed in Spain in 1824, under Saez, to carry out to the full the principles of absolutism and ecclesiastical domination. For some time the Junta practically ruled Spain. Junto. The chiefs of the Whig party, and leaders of the Ministry formed in 1696. They were Somers, Russell, Halifax and Wharton. Junto, Presbyterian. The name given to the Sons of Liberty by the Royalist party in America in 1765. Jurandes. Committees of the trade guilds in France, appointed to supervise the operatiqns of the DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 135 members of the guild, with special reference to the granting of apprenticeships and the pay- ment of the necessary fees thereupon. The regulations of these guilds were often exceed- ingly oppressive. Jury, Trial by. The origin of the system is probably to be found in the Assize of Clarendon in 1166, by which it was enacted that twelve men should be appointed from each hundred to present crimin- als for trial by ordeal. They were sworn to determine the value of the charge, and could commit or release the accused. By Magna Charta, the right of every Englishman to be tried by his peers is expressly stipulated. Jus Magdeburgicum. The local law of Magdeburg, a free city of Germany. It was composed partly of Saxon cus- tom and partly of ancient local usages, and was adopted in many of the Slav countries. Justice, Charter of. A charter issued by Canning's Government in 1828 providing for the reorganization of the judicial system in Cape Colony, and regulating other matters connected with the Government. It abolished the Heemraden, and instituted courts in which all the pleadings were to be in English. It was superseded in 1834 by an amended charter, whereby, among other changes, ignorance of English was no onger to be held a bar to jury service. Justiciary. Under the Norman kings this functionary was the President of the Curia Regis and the king's representative and regent during his absence from the realm. Justinian, Code of. A codification of the Roman law, carried out by Tribonianus by order of Justinian in 529. Justiza. The supreme judge in the kingdom of Aragon. He was appointed by the Cortes, and was the final interpreter of the laws, even the king being obHged to consult him in doubtful cases. He was the ultimate court of appeal in all cases, and had himself the right to initiate prosecutions. Jutland, Law of. The code of law presented to a Danish National Assembly by Waldemar II (Seir) of Denmark, and confirmed in 1241. This remained the law of the whole of Denmark till the reign of Christian V (1670- 1699). K Kabbeljaws. The party of the towns, in the Netherlands, in the fourteenth century. The word signifies " Codfish-jaws," and the op- posing party, that of the nobles, was known as the " Hooks." Kaiser Klas. The German nickname for Napoleon. Kalf-vel. A document issued by Charles V curtailing the privileges of the city of Ghent. Kanaka Labour Traffic. In the early eighties attention was attracted to the methods of the " Blackbirders," or ships 136 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS engaged in supplying Kanaka labourers for the Queensland sugar plantations. The captain of the Hopeful was brought to trial for kidnapping, and the disclosures in the case caused the Government to appoint a com- mission in 1884 to investigate the whole question. It was found that kidnapping was much more general than was thought, and in all the instances which were brought to light the natives were returned to their islands, and the planters compensated for the loss of their services. Kansas-Nebraska Act. An Act of Congress passed in 1854 by which Kansas and Nebraska were admitted to the Union as territories. This Act was a breach of the Missouri Compromise, as it left it to each of the new territories to settle the question of slavery within its borders. Karl. Among the Norsemen the holders of Odal or freehold land were so called. Karmathians. A Moslem sect, taking their name from Karmath, a disciple of Babek, whose leading tenets were the indifference of all human actions and the non- existence of private property. The Karmathians first appeared in 890, and it is said that a hundred battles were fought before they were exterminated. They were at one time in pos- session of Mecca. Keate Award. The award, in 1 871, of Mr. R. W. Keate, Lieutenant-Gover- nor of Natal, on the territorial questions pending between the South African Republic and various native chiefs, amongst others Waterboer, Mankoroane, and Montsiwa. It practically endorsed the native claims, and is specially important as having enabled Great Britain at a later date to annex Bechuanaland, thus opening a way to the centre of the continent, and rendering possible the colonization of Rhodesia. Kenilworth, Dictum of. A proclamation of Henry III in 1267, after the final overthrow of Simon de Montfort, wherein the king reaffirmed Magna Charta and restored to their lands those of the barons who had been dispossessed, on pay- ment of a solatium to the then holders. Kelly Gang. A famous gang of bushrangers which infested the north-eastern part of New South Wales from 1878 to 1880. Towards the end of the latter year they were hunt- ed down by the police. In the fight which followed the whole gang were killed except their leader, Ned Kelly, who was cap- tured and hanged. Kentish Petition. A petition from the Grand Jury of Kent, presented to Parliament in 1701, praying the House to abstain from the prosecution of personal ven- geance and to give its attention to the needs of the country. Kentucky Resolutions. A series of resolutions passed by the Kentucky Legislature in 1798, declaring the Alien and Sedition Laws unconstitutional, and asserting the doctrine of State Rights. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 137 Kenyon-Slaney Clause. A clause introduced into the Education Act of 1902, on the motion of Colonel Kenyon- Slaney. It provides that in all voluntary schools taken over by the new education authority the religious teaching shall be in accordance with the provisions of the trust deed, and be under the control of the managers. The object of the clause is to prevent a clergyman of extreme views forcing upon a school a form of doctrinal instruction contrary, to the generally re- ceived teaching of the Church of England. Kerns. Mercenary troops, partly Irish and partly Scotch, maintained by the petty Irish chieftains, and employed in their inter-tribal wars up to the time of EHzabeth. They were also known as "Gal- lowglasses." Ket's Rebellion. A rising of the peasantry against the landed gentry, led by Ket, a tanner, in 1549. He collected some 16,000 followers in a camp near Norwich, and established a tribunal, on which he sat, with the Mayor of Nor- wich, to try obnoxious gentle- men. The rebellion was sup- pressed by the Earl of Warwick, and Ket and other leaders hanged. Keys, House of. The Lower House of the Isle of Man legislature. Keystone State. A name given to the State of Pennsylvania, as being the central State of the thirteen originally forming the Union. Khalsa. The Sikh Commonwealth in the Punjaub was known by this name. Khozain. The head of a household in the Russian Mir or village com- munity. Before the emancipa- tion of the serfs in 1861 the family generally owned all pro- perty in common, those who went to work in the towns send- ing a proportion of their wages to the common stock. The Khozain was the administrator of the general fund. Kiel, Peace of. A treaty between Sweden and Denmark signed in 18 14, after the expulsion of the Danes from Holstein by Bernadotte. Den- mark surrendered Norway to the Crown of Sweden, reserving^ however, Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, which had been considered appanages of the Norwegian Crown. Kilkenny, Convention of. A convention of the prelates, nobles and commons of Ireland held in 1338. It presented a petition of grievances to Ed- ward III, complaining of the neglect by his lieutenants of the fortified places, whereby they suffered from the raids of the Irish ; of the corruption pre- vailing amongst the royal offi- cers ; of their absenteeism, and of the misrepresentation which the petitioners had suffered at their hands. Kilkenny, Council of. A council of twenty-four members formed in 1642 to organize the Irish Catholics in support of the royal cause during the Civil War. 138 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Kilkenny^ Statute of. A statute passed in 1367 by which the English colonists in Ireland were forbidden under penalty of high treason to inter- marry with the Irish, to present an Irishman to a Church living, or to offer hospitality to an Irish bard or minstrel. Kilkenny, Synod of. A synod of the Irish bishops and other Church dignitaries, held in 1642 at the commence- ment of the Great Rebellion, to form a provisional government. It established the Council of Kilkenny. Kilmainham Treaty. A supposed agreement be- tween Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Parnell (then a prisoner in Kil- mainham Gaol), negotiated by Mr.O'Sheain 1882. by which Par- nell undertook, if released, to use all his influence in the suppression of agrarian crime. Both parties stoutly denied the existence of any compact, but the matter gave rise to stormy debates in the House of Commons, and many wild stories were current as to the terms of the agreement. Kimberley Riots. A series of disturbances in 1884 due to the opposition of the employes in the diamond mines at Kimberley to the Search Act^ passed in 1882 with the object of checking illicit diamond buy- ing. King of the Commons. A sobriquet of James V of Scotland. King Philip's War. The name given to a rising of the Wampanoags, an Indian tribe, in 1675, with the object of exterminating the white settlers in New England. The war lasted over a year, with much destruction of property, but finally the Indians were de- feated and their leader, Philip, shot. King's Friends. The name given to the secret advisei's of George III in his attempts to restore the royal prerogative to its old position in the State. They were mainly Tories, though drawn from both parties, and their leader was the Earl of Bute. King's Prymer. A book of the ritual of the Church of England, issued in 1545 by the authority of Henry VIII, and containing the Ser- vices for the Hours. It is the basis of all subsequent prymers, including those of Edward VI and Elizabeth. Kingmaker, The. The sobriquet of Neville, Earl of Warwick (1428-71), the most prominent figure in the Wars of the Roses. Kinmont Willie. The nickname of William Armstrong, the famous border raider. He was the hero of a celebrated rescue at the hands of the Lord of Buccleugh in 1 596, having been captured by the English and confined in Carlisle Castle. Kirke's Lambs. The troopers of Colonel Kirke, who was in command at Bridg- water after the suppression of Monmouth's rebellion. Their barbarous treatment of their prisoners and of suspected ad- herents of Monmouth hardly fell DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 139 behind the judicial cruelties of Jeffreys. Their name was iron- ically derived from the Lamb, their regimental badge. Kit-Kat Club. A club formed by certain prominent Whig politicians in 1793 to promote the principles of the French Revolution. Wal- pole, Steele and Addison were among its members. Kitchen Cabinet. The name given by their poli- tical opponents to the unofficial advisers of Andrew Jackson, Pi^esident of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Among them were Amos Kendall, Isaac Hill and F. P. Blair. Knighthood, Orders of. See Alcantara, Alexander, Annunziata, Bath, Black Eagle, Calatrava, Dannebrog, Elephant, Garter, Golden Fleece, Holy Sepulchre, Hospitallers, Iron Cross, Isabella, Legion of Honour, Livonian, Malta, Mon- tesa. Our Lady, Rhodes, St. Andrew, St. Esprit, St. Hubert, St. Lazare, St. Patrick, Santiago, Templars, Teutonic, Thistle. Knight's Fee. The extent of land the holding of which qualified for knight- hood in feudal times. The amount is uncertain, but it is thought to have been an annual value of twenty pounds. Knights of Labour. A society for the protection of workmen, founded in 1869 at Philadelphia by Uriah S. Stevens. It has become one of the most powerful labour organizations of the world, and claims a mem- bership of 200,000. Knights of the Shire. The representatives of the counties in the early Parlia- ments. They were elected in the Shire Courts, which all the freeholders of the county were entitled to attend. Know-Nothings. A political party formed in America in 1 8 5 5 . Their essential tenet was the necessity of keep- ing the Government in the hands of genuine Americans, and with this object they proposed a twenty-one years' residence as a qualification for naturalization. The party was short-lived, scarcely surviving the presi- dential election of 1856. Kongelov. The Royal Law, a new Danish Constitution promulgated in 1660, proclaiming an hereditary instead of an elective monarchy. The administration was confided to certain bureaux whose mem- bers were appointed by the king. Kossuthists. The modern National party in Hungary. They take their name from the famous patriot of the War of Independence of 1848, and his son, who is one of the leaders of the existing party. Kreuz Partie. The party of the Cross, under whose influence Frederick William IV of Prussia lay during the latter years of his reign. Their policy included a closer union with Russia and Austria, and a tacit resistance to the more liberal ideas of Western Europe. Kshatriya. The second or military caste among the Hindoos. I40 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Ku Klux Klan. An organization formed in the Southern States, after the Ameri- can Civil War, to coerce the coloured people and their sym- pathisers and prevent them recording their votes. It be- came so powerful that a strin- gent Act, known as the Ku Klux Act, was passed by Congress in 1 87 1, inflicting heavy penalties on all convicted of belonging to this and similar associations. Kuldja Treaty. A treaty between Russia and China, negotiated in 1880 after the suppression of the Moham- medan revolt in Western China, during which the Russians had held and administered Kuldja. It provided for the retention by Russia of the most valuable part of Kuldja, including the Tekes Valley and the passes into Kashgaria and Yarkand. It further stipulated that Russia should enjoy the use of an over- land route to Hankow for Russian merchants, and the free navigation of the Sungari River, which practically opened the whole of Manchuria to Russian trade. Chang How, who had negotiated this treaty, was dis- graced, and China refused to ratify it. In 188 1, however, a second treaty was concluded, and eventually ratified, by which Russia retroceded the whole of Kuldja, the other stipulations of the treaty of 1880 remaining practically unaltered. Kulterkampf. The crusade in Germany against the Pope and the Ultra- montanes,who were looked upon as the foes of civil as well as religious liberty. After the issue of the Vatican Decree on Papal Infallibility many of the bishops attempted to force the dogma upon university professors and others holding State appoint- ments, and their high-handed interference in this and other ways led to the enacting of the Falk Laws. The conflict lasted over ten years. Kurucz. The name given to the fol- lowers of Dozsa, Tokoli and Rakoczy in the various risings of the Hungarians against Austrian rule which they headed. It means the wearers of the Cross, or Crusaders. Kutchuk-Kainardji, Treaty of. A treaty between Catherine II of Russia and the Sultan Abdul- Hamed, signed in 1774, after the occupation by the Russians of Crim-Tartary, Moldavia and Wallachia. Turkey surrendered the Crimea, Azov and Taganrog, and by the seventh clause of the treaty undertook to protect the Christian religion and its churches, and to permit the Russian Minister to make at all times representations on behalf of the new church in Constanti- nople, such representations to be taken into consideration as proceeding from a sincerely friendly Power. In this clause lay the germ of the Crimean War, for Russia interpreted it as giving her the right to interfere for the protection of all Chris- tians of the Greek Church in the Turkish Empire. La Gran j a, Revolution of. The revolution by which Queen Christina of Spain was compelled in 1836 to restore the DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 141 constitution of 18 12 which had been abrogated by Ferdinand. Labancz. The name given to their oppo- nents by the Hungarians under Tokoli and Rakoczy in 1678 and 1704 respectively. It sig- nifies the " foot people," the Magyars being almost all mounted men. Labour, American Federation of. A labour organization founded at Columbus, Ohio, in 1886, and now claiming to have over 600,000 members. Labourers, Statute of. A statute passed in the reign of Edward III, after the Black Death in 1348. This pestilence had made labour scarce, and labourers were demanding exor- bitant wages. It was enacted that all labourers should be com- pelled to serve their former masters and for the same wage that they had received before the plague. Lackland. , The nickname of King John, given him because he received no fiefs from his father. Lady of the Mercians. ^thelfled, daughter of Alfred the Great, was so called. Lagthing. See Storthing. Lahore, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1846, at the end of the first Sikh War, by which Dhulip Singh was recog- nized as Rajah of the Punjaub. The Sikhs surrendered the Doab to the British. Laibach, Congress of. A congress of the European Powers held in 1821, at which armed intervention to suppress the Republican risings in Naples and Piedmont was decided upon. Laissez Faire. A phrase used by a French merchant to Colbert, who asked him in what way he could aid trade. The meaning of the reply is " Leave us alone," and the phrase has become the watch- word of the freetraders and those who oppose Government interference. Lake State. The popular name of the State of Michigan, U.S.A. It is so called because it borders on Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and Superior. Lambeth Articles. A series of nine articles, em- bodying the Galvinistic doctrine, drawn up in 1595 by Archbishop Whitgift. They were not, how- ever, approved by the Queen, and were consequently never enforced. Lambeth, Treaty of. A treaty between Henry HI and Louis the Dauphin, signed in 1 2 17, after the Fair of Lincoln. It provided for the immediate departure of Louis and his troops for France, an interchange of prisoners, and a general amnesty. Lancaster, County Palatine of. Lancaster was created a Pala- tine County by Edward HI in 1351, and granted by him to John of Gaunt. It became Crown property on the accession of Henry IV, and has so re- mained. The Judicature Act of 1873, however, withdrew all the existing judicial privileges ex- 142 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS cepting those of the Chancery Court. The Chancellor of the Duchy is a member of the Government, and is frequently in the Cabinet. Land Act, 1864. An Act passed by the Legis- lature of New South Wales, by which half the land in the occupation of the squatters was reserved to them on a twenty- one years' tenure and the re- maining half thrown open to selection by bond fide settlers. Land Commission. A Commission established by the Irish Land Act of 188 1. It was empowered to appoint sub- commissioners to sit as land courts for the purpose of fixing fair rents. Land Convention. An association formed in Victoria in 1857 to oppose the Haines Land Bill and advocate Free Selection. Its leaders were Wilson Gray and Sir George Stephen. Land League. An Irish organization, founded by Michael Davitt in 1879, with the object of driving out the landlords and establishing a peasant proprietary in Ireland. The agrarian outrages in which its members were implicated led to its being proclaimed an illegal association, and it was suppressed in 1881. Landamman. The chief magistrate in the Forest Cantons of Switzerland, elected by the Landsgemeinde. Landdrost. A local magistrate in Dutch South Africa. The first official bearing this title was appointed to Stellenbosch in 1685. In addition to his judicial duties, he had the superintendence of the Dutch East India Company's farms and outlying stations. He also presided over the Heem- raden. The office was abolished in British South Africa in 1832, but in the independent Dutch States it has existed up to the present time (1903). Landeyda. The raven banner of the Danes. The word means " Deso- lation of the Country." Landfriede. In mediaeval Germany the peace of the land, or freedom from private war, was so called. Many edicts were issued to secure it, but it was rarely attained. Land-fyrd. The general levy of fighting men in Anglo-Saxon times. The origin of the Militia. Landrecht. The codification of Prussian law, otherwise known as the Code Frederic, published in 175 1 under the auspices of Frederick the Great. Landrica. In Saxon times,* a wealthy landowner, who acted as the King's representative within the limits of his district, and had jurisdiction over the smaller freeholders. His position was in fact somewhat similar to that of a feudal baron. Landsgemeinde. The ancient popular assembly in the Forest Cantons of Switzer- land. Every male above the age of sixteen had access to it. It elected the chief magistrate DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 143 (Landamman), levied taxes, and exercised judicial functions. Landstag. The Prussian Paxliament. Landsturm. The final reserve of the German and Austrian armies. It can only be called out in times of emergency. Landsthing. See Rigsdag. Landtmanna Party. The country party in the Swedish Parliament. Originally it was composed almost entirely of landowners, but latterly the peasants have become the more powerful section of it. Landwehr. The first reserve of the German and Austrian armies. Langue d'Oc. In old France the language of the southern provinces, from which the province of Langue- doc took its name. In its modern form of Provencal it is little better than a patois, though there has been some attempt to revive it as a literary language during the nineteenth century. Langue d'Oil. The language of the northern provinces of France, and the parent of modern French. It contains a much larger ad- mixture of Teutonic roots than the Langue d'Oc, though its grammatical form is Latin. Last Battle. The Battle of CuUoden, fought in 1746, is so called as being the last iDattle fought on British soil. Last of the Barons. A sobriquet of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (1428-1471). Last of the Knights. A nickname of Maximilian, Emperor of Germany (1493- 1519). Last of the Stuarts. Henry Stuart, Cardinal York, the last male descendant of the Stuart Kings, was so called. He died in 1807. Last of the Tribunes. Colas de Rienzi, who was chosen tribune by the citizens of Rome in 1347, was so called. He was also known as the " Last of the Romans." Lanterne, La. The Extremists or Robespierre Section of the Mountain, in the French Convention. Their denunciation by Danton and Camille Desmoulins led to the condemnation and execution of the Dantonists in x\pril 1794. Lateran Council, First. A Council summoned by Calixtus II in 1123. It is notable as being the first (Ecumenical Council whose de- crees were issued in the name of the Pope, and not in that of the Council. Lateran Council, Second. An (Ecumenical Council sum- moned by Innocent II in 11 39, at which the marriage of the priesthood was forbidden. Lateran Council, Fourth. A Council summoned to meet in Rome by Innocent III, in 12 1 5, to consider the most effectual means of suppressing heresy. It declared that any 144 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS prince protecting heretics or permitting the dissemination of heretical doctrines in his domin- ions should be excommunicated. It further established the In- quisition, to deal with heretics individually, Lateran Council, Fifth. An (Ecumenical Council summoned by Julius II, in 1 5 12, at which the acts of the Council of Pisa were con- demned. Latin Union. A confederation, for mone- tary purposes, of France, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium, formed in 1865. It provided for the establishment of a uni- form and interchangeable coin- age, on a bimetallic basis, for the countries concerned. Greece joined the union in 1868. Bel- gium left it in 1885. Latitudinarians. A party in the English Church in the seventeenth century, who stood midway between the ex- treme Episcopal and the Puritan parties. It was the prototype of the modern Broad Church. Latter Day Saints. The proper name of the sect generally known as Mormons. Lautero, Sociedad de. A secret society formed in Spain at the beginning of the nineteenth century, to aid the movement of the Spanish- American colonies in the direc- tion of independence. Lawburrows, Writ of. A writ, in Scottish law, by which any person who made oath that he went in fear of violence from his neighbour, could have him bound over to keep the peace. This legal form was used in 1678 against the gentry of the West, who had refused to enter into a bond binding themselves and all their de- pendents to abstain from active sympathy with the Covenanters. Law of Flanders. A law of Charles the Good, Earl of Flanders, decreeing that any one who married a serf became a serf. Law's Bubble. See Mississippi Scheme. Lay Impropriator. A layman in receipt of tithes, an ecclesiastical form of revenue. The lay impropriator originated in grants of lands made by abbeys and other Church com- munities to powerful laymen, in exchange for their protection. League. The League, also called the Catholic League, was formed by the Guises in 1577, ostensibly to promote the ascendency of Catholicism, and to oppose the concessions granted to the Re- formed Faith by Henri II of France. Secretly, however, it contemplated the deposition of the Valois dynasty, and the placing of a Guise on the throne. {See Joinville, Treaty of.) League above the Lake. A league of the Cantons of St. Gall and Appenzell with the towns of the Rheinthal, formed in 1405. It was broken up in 1408, Appenzell being defeated at Bregenz by the burghers of Constance and the Suabian nobles. Leagues, Associations, etc. See Afrikander, Agrarian, Al- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 145 banian, Anti-Corn Law, Anti- Semitism, Armed Neutrality, Association, Australasian, Bal- larat. Bar, Barons, British Em- pire, Brunnen, Burgfrieden, Cambray, Catholic, Centro- Americana, Chinandega, Cle- mentine, Cognac, Coloured, Con- federate, Eight Cantons, Equa- dor, Frankfort, Fiirstenbund, Germanada, Germanic, Golden, Gotteshausbund, Grey, Han- seatic, Hermandad, Holy, Irish National, Land, Liberal, Lombard, Nationalverein, Per- petual, Pilsen, Poor Conrad, Presburg, Protestant, Reform- verein. Reuse, Rhenish, Rhine, Rome, Sandomierz, Santa Jun- ta, Schmalkald, Seven Cantons, Six Cities, Sonderbund, Suabian, Targowitz, Ten Jurisdictions, Thirteen Cantons, Torgau, Tri- umvirate, Tuscany, United Irish, Utrecht, Venice, White, Wiirtz- burg. Leap in the Dark. This phrase was applied to Disraeli's Reform Bill of 1867 by Lord Cranbourne, and was afterwards adopted by Lord Derby as an accurate descrip- tion of the course the Govern- ment was taking. Learned Fool. James I of England was called by Sully the most learned fool in Christendom. Lebanon Massacres. An outbreak between the Druses and the Maronites having occurred in i860, the Turkish authorities compelled the latter to lay down their arms, under promise of protection. This they failed to afford, and the Druses attacked the Maronite villages, and massacred hun- dreds. Later in the year, the fanatical anti-Christian spirit spread to Damascus, and the Christian quarter of the town was sacked, over two thousand Christians perishing at the hands of the Moslems, without any attempt at interference on the part of the Turkish Gover- nor. A European Convention was held, and France and England were entrusted by the Powers with the task of restoring order in the disturbed districts. This they accomplished, and forced upon the Sultan the appointment of a Christian Governor in the Lebanon. Legacy of lyeyasu. A document left by the Shogun lyeyasu, founder of the Tokugawa dynasty of Shoguns, in 1598, as a guide to his suc- cessors in the conduct of affairs. Legations. The provinces of Bologna, Ferrara and Romagna, over which the Popes claimed sover- eign rights. They were sur- rendered to France by the Treaty of Tolentino in 1797. Legion Memorial. A memorial drawn up by Defoe, in support of the Kentish Petition in 1701. Legion of Despair. An armed band of Frisian peasants, some thousands in number, who rose in revolt in 1580, being exasperated beyond endurance by the license of the States' soldiery. Though well- drilled and led, they were unable to stand against the veterans of the Count of Hohenlohe, by whom they were defeated and dispersed. 146 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Legion of Honour. The only existing French order of knighthood, instituted by Napoleon, when First Consul, in 1802. Though military in form, it is open to civilians. Legitimists. The supporters of the claims of the Bourbon branch of the Royal House of France from 1814 to 1883. On the death of the Comte de Chambord with- out issue in the latter year, they transferred their allegiance to the Orleans branch, with the exception of a small section, known as the Blancs d'Espagne, who support the Spanish Bour- bons as the rightful occupiers of the throne of France. L6man, Republique du. The name assumed by the State of Vaud when she revolted from the Canton of Berne in 1798. Lesser Bull, The. A Bull, the authenticity of which is somewhat doubtful, issued by Boniface VIII against Philip IV of France, shortly before the issue of the Bull " Ausculta Fili." It is couched in somewhat milder terms than the latter, but is of similar tenour, Lessive du Panama. See Panama Scandal. Letters of Marque. Commissions granted by a belligerent to private indi- viduals, authorizing them to arm ships for the purpose of capturing merchant vessels fly- ing the enemy's flag. This right was abolished by the Treaty of Paris in 1856. Letters of the Sepulchre. The laws and ordinances of Godefroi de Bouillon, King of Jerusalem, were so called. Lettres de Cachet. Warrants of arrest, issued by the French Kings, or their Ministers, under which persons obnoxious to the Court could be imprisoned indefinitely with- out being brought to trial. Levellers (England). Originally a religious sect, but later a political organization under the Commonwealth. They held extreme communistic views, and in 1649 their propagandism in the ranks of the army led to numerous mutinies. They were, however, ruthlessly sup- pressed by Cromwell, and after the loss of their leaders gave little further trouble. Levellers (Ireland). The name given to agrarian bands, first formed in Limerick in 1 761, who tore down the fences with which the commons had been enclosed. They were afterwards known as White- boys, from the white shirts they wore over their other garments. Lewes, Mise of. An agreement between Henry III and Simon de Montfort, as leader of the Barons, after the defeat of the King at Lewes in 1264, by which the questions in dispute between the King and the Barons were to be submitted to the arbitration of a court composed of two Frenchmen and one Englishman. Libel Act. An Act passed in 1791, trans- ferring from the judge to the jury the duty of deciding DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 147 whether a statement was hbel- lous or not. Liberal League. A league formed in 1902, composed of Liberals who follow Lord Rosebery in his attitude with regard to the Boer War, and on Imperial questions gener- ally. Liberal Republicans. A section of the Republican party in the United States, who favoured more tolerant treat- ment of the Southern States, and opposed the re-election of General Grant in 1872. They nominated Horace Greeley for President, but were disastrously defeated at the polls, and ceased thereupon to exercise any poli- tical influence. Liberal Unionists. The section of the Liberal party who seceded from Mr. Gladstone on the introduction of the Home Rule Bill in 1886. They have since acted with the Conservatives on most ques- tions, and in 1895 their leaders accepted office under a Con- servative Prime Minister. Liberator, The. Daniel O'Connell was so called. Libertador, El. Simon Bolivar, the Liberator, was so called. He headed the revolt of the Spanish-American colonies which broke out in 1 8 10, taking the field in 1813. After successively freeing New Granada and Venezuela, he finally drove the Spaniards from Peru, Callao, the last for- tress in their hands falling in January 1826. Libertins (France), A sect of free-thinkers and hedonists in France, circ. 1730. Libertins (Switzerland). The party who opposed the extreme stringency of the Cal- vinistic doctrine in Geneva, in 1 541. They were severely handled by the Consistorium. Liberty, Apostle of. The nickname of Henry Clay, the American statesman, who ardently supported the South American States in their struggle for independence in 1820. Liberum Veto. A provision in the ancient Polish constitution, giving every member of the Diet the right of vetoing a proposition under discussion. In other words, complete unanimity was neces- sary to effect any legislation whatever. Libro de Tasas. A code of laws, based on the ancient system of the Incas, prepared by Francisco de Toledo, Viceroy of Peru from 1569 to 1580. This code deter- mined the principles on which Peru was ruled by subsequent viceroys. Licensing Act, 1902. An Act to amend the licensing laws, passed in 1902. Its most important provisions are those dealing with habitual drunkards, who after successive convictions are placed on a black list, which prevents their obtaining any alcoholic liquor for three years, and those compelhng the regis- tration of all clubs where alcohol is sold, and their sub- jection to police supervision. 148 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Ligurian Republic. A republic, with Genoa as its capital, established by Napo- leon in 1797. It was made a French Department in 1802. Likln. A system of inland duties, levied at various points on the waterways and trade routes of China, greatly hampering the inland trade. The duties are farmed out to the Mandarins, who make large incomes out of their collection. By the Anglo-Chinese Convention of 1902, these duties are to be abolished, subject to the consent of the other Powers having commercial treaties with China. Limerick, Pacification of. The terms accorded to the Irish by William III after the second siege of Limerick in 1 69 1. To all Irish of&cers and soldiers who so desired, permis- sion was given to withdraw to France, while the others were amnestied and allowed to re- turn to their homes. To all other Catholics William re- stored the privileges accorded them by Charles II, and granted a complete amnesty, on con- dition of their taking the oath of allegiance. Lincoln, Fair of. The defeat of the revolted Barons and the forces of Louis, the Dauphin of France, by Pem- broke, in the streets of Lincoln in 1216. Lincolnshire Insurrection. A rising fomented by the priests in 1536, following closely upon the dissolution of the monasteries. It was entirely a movement of the peasants, and had no countenance from the gentry. It was easily sup- pressed. Lion of Sweden. Johan Gustafsson Baner, the Swedish Field-Marshal (1595- 1641), was so called. Lion of the North. The sobriquet of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (161 1-32). Lion Rouge, Le. Marshal Ney was so called from his red hair. Lion's Mouth. See Bocca di Leone. Liquidation, Law of. A law passed in Egypt in 1 88 1, on the recommendation of the Commissioners of England, France, Italy, Germany and Austria, settling the conditions on which the debts due by the State on December 31, 1880, were to be regulated, and pro- viding for the future apportion- ment of the revenue to the service of particular debts, and to general purposes. Lit de Justice. A royal sitting of the States- General of France, when the King attended to enforce by edict an ordinance or law to which the States had refused their consent. Literati. In China those who have passed the public examinations in literature, qualifying them for official positions under the State. Lithsmen. A guild of shipowners and merchants in London, which was in existence in the time of the Danish Kings. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 149 Little Gentleman in Velvet. A favourite Jacobite toast in the reign of Queen Anne. The allusion is to the death of Wilham III, which was acceler- ated by an accident caused by his horse stumbling over a mole- hill. Little Parliament. See Barebone's Parliament. Little Rhody. The popular name of the State of Rhode Island, U.S.A., the smallest State in the Union. Live Oak State. A popular name for the State of Florida, U.S.A. Liveries, Statute of. A statute passed in 1461, in the reign of Edward IV, pro- hibiting the granting of liveries and the maintenance of re- tainers. It confirmed similar enactments of Edward I and Richard II. Livonian Knights. An order of chivalry, founded at Riga in 1201, by Albert of Buxhoewden, Bishop of Riga. Their statutes were similar to those of the Templars, and their special object was to spread Christianity among the Livon- ians and neighbouring tribes. In 1237 a section of the Teu- tonic knights of Lithuania was merged into the Livonian order. The order was dissolved in the sixteenth century during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, the Grand Master ceding Livonia to Poland. Local Government Act, 1888. An Act carried through Parliament . by Mr. Ritchie, establishing County Councils, to which were entrusted the various administrative func- tions previously exercised by committees of the county magis- trates. The larger boroughs were exempted from their juris- diction, being left under the control of their own munici- palities, while a special County of London was created, com- prising all the newer suburbs. Local Government Act, 1894. An Act completing the Local Government Act of 1888 by the creation of Parish and District Councils. One of the most important provisions of this Act is that giving the newly established bodies power to acquire land, compulsorily if necessary, for the purpose of providing labourers' allotments. Locofocos. The name given in 1835 to the Radical section of the Democratic party in the United States. At a meeting of this wing of the party, an opponent present turned off the gas, whereupon candles were pro- cured, and ht by " locofoco " matches, from which tims the faction was dubbed by its opponents the " Locofocos." Lodi, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1454 by the Republic of Venice and Duke Sforza of Milan, by which Sforza secured the whole of the Milanese. Loet. In Saxon times labourers dependent on the feudal lord on whose land they worked. They are, however, not to be con- founded with the theows, or slaves. Logretta. Among the Norsemen, the I50 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Law Court, the highest authority of the State under the King. It consisted of thirty-six mem- bers, partly ex-officio, and partly elected. Loi Berenger. A law passed in 1891 in France, by which, in the case of first offenders, the tribunal might suspend the sentence for five years. If during that period the culprit did not again make himself amenable to the law, the sentence lapsed. If again convicted, however, he had to serve the old sentence as well as the new. Lollards. A religious sect, followers of Wyclifie, which arose in Edward Ill's reign. They attacked the abuses of the Church, and especi- ally the wealthy religious orders, and claimed the right of private interpretation in matters of doctrine. They are said to have numbered, at one time, fully one-third of the population of England. In spite of continued persecution, the sect remained powerful through several reigns, and they doubtless paved the way for the ready acceptance by England of the Reformed Doctrines in the reign of Henry VIIL Lombard League, First. A league of sixteen cities of Northern Italy, headed by Milan, and including Venice, formed in 1 1 67 against Frederick Bar- barossa. The league defeated the Emperor at Legnano in 1 176, and in 1183, by the Peace of Constance "he granted prac- tical independence to the cities, subject to the recognition of his suzerainty, and the payment of certain small dues. Lombard League, Second. A league formed under the Marquis d'Este in 1255, to resist Pope Alexander IV. This league consisted mainly of the Guelf cities of Lombardy, while Alex- ander's principal supporters were Ezzelino of Verona and his brother Alberic of Treviso. Ezzelino was disastrously de- feated at Cassano in 1259. Lombards. The Italian merchants who spread over Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were known as Lombards. They were the first bankers of modern Europe. London Comgany. A company formed in 1606, under charter from James I, with the object of colonizing Virginia. London Convention, 1832. A convention between Great Britain, France and Russia on the one side, and Bavaria on the other, by which Greece was erected into an independent kingdom, under the guarantee of the Powers, and Prince Otto of Bavaria placed on the throne, with the proviso, how- ever, that the crowns of Greece and Bavaria should never be united in the person of one sovereign. London Convention, 1862. An instrument signed in London by Great Britain, France and Spain, agreeing to demand from Mexico a guaran- tee for the better protection of the subjects of the signatories, and at the same time under- taking not to seek for any terri- torial acquisitions, nor to inter- fere in the internal government DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 151 of Mexico. It soon became evident that Napoleon III was determined to force Mexico into a war, with the object of placing Maximilian of Austria on the throne, whereupon Great Britain and Spain withdrew from the convention. London Convention, 1884. A convention between Great Britain and the Transvaal, amending the Convention of Pretoria of 1881. All direct reference to the suzerainty was omitted, but it was expressly stipulated that no treaties should be negotiated with Foreign Powers (excepting the Orange Free State), or with native chiefs, without the con- sent of Great Britain. The suzerainty was thus maintained in fact, as Great Britain re- tained full control of the foreign relations of the Transvaal. Pro- vision was also made for the presence of a British Resident at Pretoria, and certain ques- tions of frontier were re-ad- justed. London, Treaty of, 1674. The treaty between England and Holland closing the war of 1672, which arose out of England's claim that foreign ships should salute her flag wherever it was met in the nar- row seas. Holland accepted the principle involved, and agreed to pay an indemnity of 2,000,000 guilders. {See Honour of the Flag.) London, Treaty of, 1827. A treaty between England, France and Russia, during the Greek War of Independence. The contracting parties bound themselves to take action for the purpose of securing the independence of Greece under Turkish suzerainty. The des- truction of the Turkish and Eg3rptian fleets at Navarino followed closely the signature of this treaty. London, Treaty of, 1833. An agreement between Great Britain and France on the one hand, and Holland on the other, providing for the erection of the Flemish and Walloon provinces into an independent kingdom, to be known as Belgium. This treaty was confirmed by the five Great Powers in 1839. London, Treaty of, 1839. A treaty signed by Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia and Russia, confirming the pro- visional treaty of 1833, with regard to the separation of Belgium from the Netherlands, subject to certain small changes as to the navigation of the Scheldt and the boundaries of Luxemburg. London, Treaty of, 1841. See Dardanelles. London, Treaty of, 1852. A treaty signed by Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia and Sweden, settling the succession to the Danish throne upon Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein and his issue. The integrity of the Danish monarchy was acknowledged, but the rights of the German Confederation over the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg were not in any way touched by the treaty. Lone Star State. The popular name for the State of Texas, derived from 152 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS the single star in its coat of arms. Long Diet. A Diet which met at Zurich in 1813, and after declaring the Constitution of Mediation ex- tinct, proceeded to evolve a new Federal Constitution, known as the Federal Pact, which was accepted by the Powers at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Long Parliament. The Parliament which met in the reign of Charles I, in 1640, and lasted till 1653, when all that was left of it, known as the Rump, was forcibly ex- pelled from the House by Crom- well. Long Parliament of Versailles. The first Parliament of the Third French Republic, which was not dissolved till December 31, 1875. Longjumeau, Paix de. A treaty between Catherine de' Medici and the Huguenots, signed March 20, 1568, by which various concessions were granted the Huguenots. It was signed by the Queen to save Chartres, which was in danger of falling, and was broken within six months. It is known as the Courte Paix, or the Paix FourrSe. Longshanks. }. The nickname of Edward I of England. Longsword. p; The sobriquet of William, Earl of Salisbury (i 196-1226), the natural son of Henry II, and also of his son (died 1250). Loo, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1701 by England, Holland and the Em- peror, to oppose the designs of Louis XIV. The signatories aimed at the conquest of Flan- ders, to be given to Holland, of Milan, Naples and Sicily, to be added to the Empire, and of the French and Spanish West Indies, to be divided between the two maritime Powers. Loose-Coat Field. The name given to the battle near Erpingham, in Rutland- shire, in 1470, where Edward IV defeated the rebels under Sir Thomas Wells. Lorcha " Arrow." The boarding of this vessel, flying the British flag, in the Canton River in 1856, and the arrest of twelve of her crew on a charge of piracy, led to the war with China in 1857-8, when the English were aided by the French. The war resulted in the reception of British and French legations at Peking, and the concession of certain ad- ditional privileges to traders and missionaries. Lord Paramount. Under the feudal system the Sovereign was so called, as the owner of the whole of the land, the great nobles holding under him as tenants-in-chief. Lords Appellant. A body of peers, in the reign of Richard II, who impeached, as guilty of high treason, the Archbishop of York, the Duke of Ireland, and other favourites of the King, in 1386. They afterwards convened the Merci- less Parliament, in 1388. Los von Rom. A movement started about DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 153 1899 by the Austrian Pan- German Deputies, to detach their followers from the Roman Catholic Church. The object of the movement is to make the German States of Austria more acceptable members of the Ger- man Empire than they would be as rigidly Catholic countries, in the event of the break up of the Austrian Empire. Louis, Code. A codification of the laws relating to criminal procedure and evidence, issued as an edict by Louis XIV in 1667. Louisiana Purchase. The purchase from France by the United States in 1803 of New Orleans and the territory West of the Mississippi, extend- ing to the eastern spurs of the Rocky Mountains and to the British frontier on the North. The price was 15 million dollars. Louvain, Articles of. A confession of the Catholic Faith, drawn up by the Uni- versity of Louvain by order of Charles V in 1544. All Charles' subjects in the Netherlands were required to conform to these articles, under pain of death, and that this was not an idle threat was shown by the burning at the stake, at Tour- nay, in February, 1545, of Peter du Breuil, a Calvinist preacher, who refused to obey the proclamation. Loyale Epee, La. A sobriquet of Marshal Macmahon (i 808-1893). Liibeck Law. The law administered in the law courts and in the foreign factories of the Hanseatic League. Liibeck, Treaty of. A treaty between the Em- peror Ferdinand II and Chris- tian IV. of Denmark, signed in 1629, after the latter had been driven out of Germany by Tilly and Wallenstein. Christian retained all his possessions, and agreed to interfere no further in German affairs, except in his capacity of Duke of Holstein. He made no stipulations in favour of any of his German allies, none of whom, in conse- quence, were parties to the treaty, Luddite Riots. A series of outbreaks in the manufacturing districts of Eng- land, and especially about Nottingham, in 1 8 1 1 , as a protest against the introduction of machinery into the factories. The rioters, or rather con- spirators, for their proceedings were secret, used to assemble at night, break into a factory, destroy the machinery, and then disperse, as a rule un- molested. . They took their name from an idiot lad, named Ludd, who thirty years previ- ously had gone about in the Nottingham district breaking stocking-frames. Ludlow's Code. A code of laws compiled by John Ludlow in 1650, for the colony of Connecticut. Liigenfeld. The camp of Lothair, son of Louis the Pious, near Basle, where Louis surrendered to his revolted sons in 833. The false pretences by which the surren- der was obtained, led to the incident being called the " Field of Lies," or Liigenfeld. 154 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Lumber State. The State of Maine, U.S.A., is so called, on account of its valuable forests. Luneville, Treaty of. A treaty between France and Austria, following on the disasters to the Austrian arms at Marengo and Hohenlinden. By its provisions France ob- tained an extension of territory on the north, as far as the Rhine from the Swiss to the Dutch frontiers, together with the cession of the Belgian provinces. In Italy Austria retired from the Milanese and the Venetian provinces, up to the line of the Adige, while Tuscany was taken from the Austrian Grand-Dukes, and con- ferred upon the House of Parma, with the title of the King of Etruria. Luxemburg Treaty. A treaty signed in 1867 by Great Britain, Austria, Bel- gium, France, Italy, Holland, Russia and Prussia, agreeing to maintain on the throne of Luxemburg the House of Orange- Nassau, and constituting the Duchy a perpetual neutral State under the guarantee of the Powers. It was further agreed that the fortress of Luxemburg should be demolished and the Prussian troops withdrawn, and that the Duchy of Limburg should form part of the Nether- lands. Lydford Law. A phrase having the same signification as " Jedburgh Jus- tice." Lynch Law. The substitution of an irre- gular trial for the regular process of law, common in the Western States of America during the wilder days of the fifties and sixties, and now rife in the Southern States, in the case of negroes charged with offences against white women. The name is supposed to be derived from James Lynch, of Piedmont, Virginia, who introduced it in 1688, to enable criminals to be promptly dealt with when the proper of&cers of the law were scattered and hard to come at. Lyons, Council of, 1245. A council summoned by Inno- cent IV in 1245. It deposed the Emperor Frederick II, and absolved his subjects from their allegiance, thus endorsing the claim of Gregory VII that the Church could appoint and de- pose Sovereigns. Lyons, Council of, 1275. An OEcumenical Council, held in 1275 under Gregory X, at which the rules governing the election of the Pope by the Cardinals were amended by the provision that the Cardinals i within ten days of the death of the late Pope, should be shut up in conclave until his successor was elected. M Maamtrasna Murders. The murder of a family named Joyce in Ireland in 1882. Ten men were put on their trial for the crime, of whom two turned Queen's Evidence, and the remainder were convicted, three being hanged. In 1884 Casey, one of the informers, declared that he had given false DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 155 evidence against Myles Joyce, one of the men who had been hanged, and that he had been ordered by the ofi&cials, on pain of capital punishment, to swear away this man's Ufe. A search- ing inquiry confirmed the justice of the sentence, but the case was made the pretext for a violent attack in Parliament upon the Irish Secretary. McKinley Tariff. A Tariff Act ' passed in the United States in 1890. Large increases were made in the im- port duties, and the measure as a whole was one of thorough- going protection. It was re- pealed in 1894. McMillanites. The Cameronians were so called, after the Revolution, from the name of their minister, McMillan. Mad Cavalier. The sobriquet of Prince Ru- pert of Bavaria, nephew of Charles I. Mad Parliament. A Parliament of Henry III, which met in June 1258. It was by this Parliament that the Commission was appointed which drew up the Provisions of Oxford. Madame Veto. See Monsieur Veto. Madman of the North. A sobriquet of Charles XII of Sweden (1682-17 18). Madras Mutiny. A mutiny of the officers in the Madras Army of the East India Company in 1809. It was caused by the action of the Board of Directors in depriving the officers of some of their per- quisites. Sir George Barlow appealed to the sepoys, who supported the authorities against their officers, and the latter were forced to give in. With the exception of twenty-one of the ringleaders, the mutinous officers were forgiven, and allowed to resume their posts. Madras, Peace of. A treaty between Haidar Ali and the British, closing the first Mysore War in 1769. It pro- vided for mutual restoration of all conquered territories, and a mutual guarantee of the in- tegrity of each other's dominions. Madrid Conference. A conference of the Powers, held in 1880, to consider the affairs of Morocco, and especi- ally the treatment of Jews, and the right of foreign nations to protect their subjects. An agreement was arrived at, and a joint Note addressed to the Sultan, insisting on the necessity of respecting liberty of con- science, and of enforcing tolera- tion on the part of his subjects. Madrid, Treaty of. A treaty between Charles V and Francis I, putting an end to the captivity of Francis, signed in 1526. The French King ceded Burgundy to Charles, and renounced the sovereignty of Flanders and all his rights in Italy. Maffia. A secret society which largely controlled the appointment of officials, and practically gov- erned Sicily. The disclosures following the murder of Siguor Notarbartolo, deputy for Paler- mo, in 1899, caused the Italian 156 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Government to institute a searching inquiry, which led to the suppression, temporarily at least, of the Maffia. Magdeburg, Sack of. At the capture of Magdeburg by the Austrian General, Tilly, in 1629, during the Thirty Years' War, the Protestant inhabitants were put to the sword with ruthless barbarity. Magna Charta. The Great Charter of English liberty, extorted from John by his Barons in 121 5. It pre- scribed the constitution of the Great Council of the Kingdom, the members whereof were to be summoned by writ ; it de- fined and limited the feudal obligations of the Barons and other tenants of the Crown ; restricted the powers of the sheriffs and other royal officers, and secured the liberties of the free towns. It further declared the right of an accused person to be tried by his peers. Magnum Concilium. The Great Council of the Realm, which in Norman times took the place of the Anglo- Saxon Witanegemot, and was the forerunner of the Parlia- ment. It consisted in the main of the King's great vassals, and with the King exercised legis- lative functions and initiated taxation. Its constitution was defined, and the mode of sum- moning it prescribed in Magna Charta. Magyars. The original Turanian in- vaders of Pannonia, the modern Hungary. The name is now applied to Hungarians generally, whether of pure Turanian des- cent or not. It is often errone- ously used as referring to the Hungarian nobles or magnates only, but it carries with it no idea of rank or dignity. Mahdi. The expected Messiah of the Moslems, said to have been promised by Mohammed. The title has been claimed by several pretenders, the best known being Mohammed Ah- med, who headed a rising in the Eastern Soudan in 1881, and afterwards captured Khar- toum. Maid of Norway. The daughter of Eric, King of Norway, and grand-daughter of Alexander III of Scotland. On the death of her grandfather in 1286, she succeeded to the Scottish throne, but died on her voyage to Scotland, leaving the throne open to numerous claim- ants, of whom Balliol was eventually chosen. Had she lived she was to have become the wife of Edward, son of Edward I of England, thus uniting the two crowns. Maid of Orleans. The name given to Jeanne d'Arc, after the relief of Orleans in 1429. Maid of Saragossa. The name given to Agostina Zaragoza, in consequence of her bravery at the siege of Sara- gossa in 1808, where she took her part with the soldiers in fighting the guns on the ram- parts. Maiden King. The sobriquet of Malcolm IV of Scotland (11 53-1 165). DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 157 Maiden Queen. Elizabeth of England is so called. Maillotins, Insurrection of the. A rising in Paris in 1382, against a tax on the sale of provisions and merchandise. The name is derived from the heavy- iron maces with which the majority of the insurgents were armed. Main Plot. See Bye-Plot. Maine Liquor Law. A law passed in the State of Maine, U.S.A., in 1851, pro- hibiting the trade in intoxicants. It has since been incorporated in the constitution of the State, rendering repeal impossible without previous recourse to a popular vote. Maintainers. Bodies of retainers in the service of the great feudal lords. It was to check the abuses arising from the system of maintenance that the Star Chamber was originally estab- lished. Maire du Palais. The prime ministers of the later Merovingian Kings, and the de facto rulers, as these monarchs took no part in the Government. The last Maire du Palais was Charles Martel, the father of Pepin, and founder of the Carlovingian dynasty. Maison du Roi. The military household of Louis XIV of France. It con- sisted of the Gardes du Corps and the Mousquetaires du Roi, all gentlemen by birth, number- ing twelve thousand. Majestats Brief. An edict issued by the Em- peror Rudolph II in 1609 granting to all Bohemians of certain recognized religions free- dom of conscience, admission to the University of Prague, and the right to build churches on Crown lands. The edict further declared that any subsequent ordinances issued in contraven- tion of this charter were null and void. Major-Generals, Cromwell's. Twelve of&cers, commanding the twelve military districts into which Cromwell divided England in 1655. They were given command of the militia, and their functions were to sup- press any Royalist rising, and to supervise the collection of the 10 per cent, tax levied from Royalists. The plan was aban- doned in 1 65 1, Parliament re- fusing to vote the money for the militia. Majuba Hill. The scene of the defeat of General CoUey's force by the Boers on February 27, 1881, which virtually closed the Boer War of that year. The sur- render of the British Govern- ment to the Boer demands is generally known as the " Ma- juba Surrender," and the bitter feeling thereby aroused caused " Remember Majuba " to be a sort of war-cry at the outbreak of the w^ar of 1 899-1902. The Paardeberg surrender on the anniversary of Majuba in 1900 was hailed as in some degree wiping out the disgrace attached to the word. Malcontents. In 1578 the Walloon troops of the Netherlands, being irri- 158 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS tated by the promulgation of the ReHgious Peace, and by their pay being in arrear, mutinied under the leadership of the Seigneur de Montigny. Attempts to appease them were fruitless, and eventually, with the sup- port of the nobles of Hainault and Artois, the mutiny ended in the formation of a con- federacy of the Walloon pro- vinces, pledged to support the Pacification of Ghent, and own- ing allegiance to Philip II. Malet's Plot. A plot contrived by General Malet and the Abbe Lafone, in 1812, to dethrone Napoleon. By means of forged papers Malet persuaded a section of the Paris garrison that Napoleon was dead, and that he was entrusted by the Senate with the command of the troops. He then pro- ceeded to the police ministry, where he arrested Savary, the minister, and the prefect of police. Attempting, however, to dispose in the same way of General HuUin, the Command- ant of Paris, he was overpowered by the General's orderlies, and the plot came to an abortive end. Maletolte. An additional tax of forty shillings the sack on the export of wool imposed by Edward III in 1337. Malignants. During the latter part of the Civil War and under the Com- monwealth, those who had borne arms on the King's side were so called by the Parliamen- tarians, Malisset, Societe. A company under the control of the French Government, formed about 1767 to keep up the price of breadstuff s. The company took advantage of the scarcity to make enormous profits, and it seems clear that Louis XV was pecuniarily in- terested in its transactions. About 1774 it became known as the Pacte de Famine. Malta, Knights of. An order of religious chivalry, established in Malta in 1104. In 1 3 10 they captured Rhodes, and were known as the Knights of Rhodes until they were ex- pelled from that island by the Turks in 1503, when they re- turned to Malta. They are now known as the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, and have become an English order, interesting themselves specially in ambu- lance work. Malus Intercursus. The name given by the Dutch to the Treaty of Commerce between England and Philip of Burgundy signed in 1506. By this instrument British ships were admitted free of harbour dues to the Ports of Antwerp, Bruges, Berghem and Middel- burg, and English merchants were permitted to sell cloth throughout the Netherlands. In return Henry VII. agreed to surrender to Philip all rebels and fugitives from the Bur- gundian States captured in his dominions, a provision which was of no benefit to the Dutch. Mamelucos. Bands of half-breeds who raided the missions of the Jesuits in Paraguay in the seventeenth century, carrying off the con- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 159 verts as slaves. The word is generally applied in Brazil to those of mixed Indian and Negro blood. Mamelukes. The bodyguard of the Eg5rp- tian Sultans, chiefly composed of Circassian and Georgian slaves. In 1250 they mutinied, murdered the Sultan, and foun- ded a dynasty of their own, nominating and removing the Sultans at their will. The Mame- luke Dynasty lasted till 15 17, when they were finally sup- pressed by the Sultan Selim. Mamelukes. The name given to the Savoy party in Geneva in the sixteenth century. Manchester Martyrs. Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, who were executed for the murder of a policeman in the attempt to rescue the Fenian prisoners at Manchester in 1867, are so called by the disloyal Irish. Manchester Massacre. A cavalry charge through a crowded meeting which was being held in St. Peter's Field, Manchester, in connexion with the Reform agitation in 18 19. Many persons were injured. The accident, for it practically amounted to no more, was entirely due to the mismanage- ment of the magistrates, who attempted to arrest the agita- tor, Hunt, while on the platform in the centre of the meeting. This affair is also called, deri- sively, "Peterloo." Manchester School. A political and economic school, which was responsible for the formation of the Anti- Corn Law League, under Cob- den, in 1838. They believed in the principle of laissez faire, in free competition and freedom of contract, and looked upon Government interference with, or control of trade, as an econo- mic heresy. Mandamus Councillors. A council of thirty-six mem- bers, formed by Gage, the Governor of Massachusetts, after the subversion of the constitu- tion in 1774. As no one of any standing would accept an ap- pointment to this council. Gage, in whom was vested the whole of the administrative and ju- dicial authority, appointed those whom he selected by writ of mandamus. Mandarins. The name given by Europeans to the Chinese official classes. The word is of Portuguese origin, and means " officer " or " commander." Mandeshwar, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1818, by which Holkar of Indore, after his defeat at Mahidpore, re- nounced his claim to suzerainty over the Rajput States, and placed himself under British protection. Mangalore, Treaty of. A treaty between the British and Tippu Sahib, at the close of the second Mysore War in 1784, by which a return was agreed upon to the status quo ante. Manoa. The fabled capital city of El Dorado, said to be situated to the East of the Andes, near i6o DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS the equator. It was the objec- tive of an expedition led by Gonzalo Pizarro from Quito in 1539, who had many imita- tors, both Spanish and Enghsh, as unsuccessful as himself. Ac- cording to the Indian tales, gold was so plentiful in the district of El Dorado that it was used for the gates and roofs of the houses in Manoa. Manor Court. In Anglo-Saxon times the court of a township built on the land of a lord, and not on public land. Such townships were known as manors, and the lord undertook the duties, and en- joyed the privileges which in other townships were in the hands of the freeholders, Mantua, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1791 by Austria, Spain and Sardinia, by which the contracting parties bound themselves to provide forces to act on the French frontiers, with the object of overawing the revolutionists, and to issue a manifesto to the French nation, calling upon them to submit to the authority of their King, failing which the allies would take active steps to coerce them. Marathon Murders. The murder by brigands, near Athens, of a party of English- men, including Mr. Herbert, a secretary of the British Lega- tion, in 1870. The Greek Gov- ernment were greatly blamed for the action they took in moving troops against the brig- ands, contrary to their express undertaking, before the re- quired ransom, which had been provided, had iDeen handed over to the brigands and the prisoners released. Mark System. A system of land tenure, apparently of a communistic nature, which prevailed in Ger- many in very early times. It seems to have been introduced into England by the Saxon in- vaders, and traces of it are found in the common lands. Marlborough, Statute of. A re-enactment by the Parlia- ment of Marlborough in 1267, after the Barons' War, of the Provisions of Oxford, with some slight changes, giving the King the power of appointing the Ministers of the Crown and the sheriffs. Maroons. The fugitive slaves in Ja- maica, who, after the conquest of the island by England in 1655, took refuge in the mountains, and maintained a guerilla war- fare against the colonists, which lasted until 1795. Marranos. The Spanish Moors who, after the conquest of Granada, ac- cepted Christianity. Marriage Act. See Hardwicke's Act. Married Women's Property Act. An Act passed in 1882, by which, in all marriages subse- quent to the passing of the Act, a wife's property is vested in herself, and is not subject to her husband's control, as was previ- ously the case. Martian Law. A code of British Law trans- lated by Alfred the Great into Anglo-Saxon. It is said to have been compiled by Martia, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS i6i the wife of Guithelin. great- grandson of Mulmutius, King of the Britons, in 300 B.C. Martin Mar-Prelate. The pseudonym of the author of certain pamphlets advocating Puritan doctrines, which ap- peared between 1588 and 1590. The suspected author, a Welsh- man named Penry, was brought to trial, condemned and exe- cuted. Maryland, Charter of. A charter for the colonisation of Maryland, granted to Lord Baltimore by Charles I in 1629. It was similar in its provisions to the Charter of Virginia. Masaniello, Revolt of, A revolt of the Neapolitans, under a fisherman named Tom- maso Aniello, against the Spanish Viceroy in July, 1647. The revolt was completely suc- cessful, and the Viceroy was compelled to come to terms with Masaniello, whose head, how- ever, seems to have been turned by his success, as he was guUty of the most extraordinary ex- cesses, and was murdered by his former followers in the course of the month in which the rising took place. Mason and Dixon's Line. The line delimiting Delaware and Maryland, drawn by Mason and Dixon in 1764-67. It is often erroneously referred to as the line between the freesoil and the slave States, but as a matter of fact both the States in question were slave-holding States. Mason and Slidell. See Trent Incident. Massachusetts, Charter of. A charter issued by Charles I in 1629, providing for the government of the colony by a governor, deputy, and eighteen assistants, to be elected an- nually by the freemen of the plantation. They were en- trusted with both legislative and executive functions, but it was provided that no laws should be made which were not in har- mony with the law of England. The charter was revoked in 1684, after a dispute on the subject of the navigation laws. Massacres. See Abencerrages, Amboyna, Armagnacs, Armenian, Barme- cides, Blood Bath, Boston, Bulgarian, Cawnpore, Chastise- ment, Custer, Dragonnades, Far- quharsons, French Fury, Fusil- lades, Glencoe, Jaffa, Lebanon, Magdeburg, Manchester, Moun- tain Meadow, Noyades, Privas, St. Bartholomew, St. Brice, ScuUabogue, September, Sicilian Vespers, Sinope, Spanish Fury, Tenth of August, Ulster, Val- telline, Vassy, Veronese. Match Tax. An impost proposed by Robert Lowe (Lord Sherbrooke), Chan- cellor of the Exchequer in 1871. The proposal was excessively unpopular, and was withdrawn. Mau-brulez, Journee des. April 27, 1562, when two Pro- testant ministers. Mallard and Faveau, were to be burnt at the stake by order of Granville, Bishop of Arras. They were rescued by the populace. May, Constitution of. The constitution established by the Polish Diet on May 3. 1 79 1. It abolished the elective M 1 62 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS monarchy, and named the Royal House of Saxony as successors to Poniatowski. It aboHshed the Liberum Veto, and vested the legislative authority in the King, the Senate and the Cham- ber of Nuncios, and the exe- cutive in the King, with a coun- cil of six Ministers. Mayflower. The ship that carried the first colonists of New England, the Pilgrim Fathers, to the shores of America. They were chiefly Independents from the neigh- bourhood of Scrooby, in Lin- colnshire, who under stress of persecution determined to leave England. They went first to Holland, and then, deciding to make their home in America, finally sailed from Plymouth on September 6, 1620. They landed on the shores of Cape Cod, and named their first township Plymouth. Maximum. By a decree of May 4, 1793, the French Convention estab- lished a maximum price for food stuffs, obliging farmers to state the quantity of grain in their possession, bring it to market, and accept a price fixed by the commune in which it was offered, such price to be based on the average price ruling in the district during the four previous months. Heavy penalties were enacted for concealment of grain supplies, and for taking more than the authorised price. Maynooth Grant. A grant to the Roman Catho- lic College of Maynooth, in Ire- land, made in the face of strong Protestant opposition by Sir Robert Peel's. Government in 1845. It was abolished in 1869, at the time of the Disestablish- ment of the Irish Church. Maynooth, Pardon of. The name given ironically to the suppression of the revolt of the Geraldines in 1535, when Maynooth Castle, the seat of the Earl of Desmond, was captured, and out of thirty-seven prisoners taken, twenty-six were executed. Meal Tub Plot. A pretended plot, fabricated by Dangerfield in 1679, in emulation of Titus Gates, the inventor of the Popish Plot. Dangerfield averred that a Presbyterian plot existed to depose the King, and establish a Republic. After arrest he stated that this was only a blind to conceal a plot of the Papists, documents relating to which would be found hidden in a meal tub in the house of Mrs. Cellier, a Roman Catholic. This lady was tried for high treason and acquitted. Danger- field was condemned to be flogged from Newgate to Ty- burn and back, and died under the lash. Measures, Assize of. An edict issued in 1197, with the object of securing uniformity in weights and measures through- out England. It was, however, found impossible to obtain ac- ceptance for this reform, and the edict remained a dead letter. Mediation, Constitution of. A constitution in which an attempt was made to harmonise the old Cantonal system with the new Helvetic Constitution, and which was imposed upon the Swiss by Napoleon in 1803. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 163 Mediatized Princes. Members of the old ruling families of the smaller German States, who have at various times been deprived of their sovereign rights. Meersen, Treaty of. A treaty, signed in 870, by which Lewis the German and Charles the Bald divided the territories of their nephews, Lewis II and Charles. The former took Alsace and the Rhine Provinces, the latter Burgundy and Provence, thus finally separating Germany and France. Mellanriks Law. The decree confirming the Union of Sweden and Norway, accepted by the Norwegians in November, 18 14, and defining the financial and other relations between the two kingdoms. Melun, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1593, be- tween Queen Elizabeth and Henri IV of France, providing for an offensive and defensive alliance against Philip II of Spain. Mercatoribus, Statute de. A statute of Edward I, passed in 1283, giving protection to foreign merchants settled in England. Merchandise Marks Act. An Act passed in 1887, inflict- ing penalties for the use of false trade descriptions, and enacting that, in all cases of imported goods, when any question is likely to arise as to the country of origin, the same shall be clearly marked on the goods. Merchant Adventurers. A guild of merchants estab- lished in Brabant in 1296. They received special trading privi- leges in England from Henry VII, and in 1564 were given a charter of incorporation by Elizabeth. Merchant Shipping Act. See Plimsoll's Act. Merchants, Charter of the. A charter granted by Ed- ward I in 1303, to foreign mer- chants trading in England, which at the same time imposed import and export duties on wool and other commodities passing through their hands. Merciless Parliament. See Wonderful Parliament. Merry Monarch. A sobriquet of Charles II of England. Mestizos. In Spanish America persons of mixed European and Indian blood are so called. Metayage. A system of land tenure in France, prior to the Revolution, by which the tenant was sup- plied by the landlord with stock and farming implements, and the produce of the land, after payment of taxes, was divided equally between them. Farmers holding land on this tenure were called metayers. Methuen Treaty. A treaty between England and Portugal, signed in 1703, whereby the latter was induced . to join the Grand Alliance. It contained only two clauses, one admitting English woollen goods into Portugal, the other providing that Portuguese wines imported into England should 1 64 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS only pay one-third of the duty levied on French wines. This treaty was abrogated on the signing of a commercial treaty between England and France in 1786. Middle Kingdom. China is so called by the Chinese, who believe it to be the centre of the inhabited world. Mignon. A nickname of Henri III of France (1574-15 89). Mikado. The name by which the hereditary sovereign of Japan was known to Europeans, in the early days of intercourse with that country. From the time of the Shogun lyeyasu, in the early part of the seven- teenth century, the functions of the " Mikado " as a temporal ruler were usurped by the Shoguns, or Commanders-in- Chief, though he was always recognized as the de jure head of the State. Since the revolu- tion, however, he has resumed his rightful position as Emperor of Japan. The title is now in disuse, the Emperor being known as the Tenno. Milan Decree. A decree issued by Napoleon in 1807, as a reply to the Orders in Council, declaring that every vessel, of whatever nationality, sailing to or from a British port or colony, had forfeited her neutrality, and was a lawful prize. Mile Act. An Act of the Scottish Parlia- ment, passed in 1662, forbidding any minister who had failed to comply with the provisions of the Episcopal Ordination Act to reside within five miles of a royal borough, or within twenty of his own parish. Military Septennate. A compromise, introduced by Bismarck in the Reichstag, be- tween an annual vote for mili- tary purposes, and a vote for an indefinite period. It fixes the military establishment and the requisite supplies for a period of seven years. Millenary Petition. A petition presented to James I by certain Puritan clergymen of the Church of England, said to have numbered a thousand, asking to be relieved from the celebration of certain ceremonies to which they were conscienti- ously opposed. The petition was rejected. Million Act. An Act passed in 1692, autho- rising the raising of one million sterling by means of tontine annuities, in aid of the expenses of the French War. This is the first instance of the English Government raising money by means of annuities. Ministere de Trois Jours. The ministry of the Tiers Parti in France, under the Due de Bassano, in 1834. It held office for three days only. Ministry of All the Talents. A ministry under Lord Gren- ville, with Fox as Foreign Secretary, formed on the death of Pitt in 1806. It is so called because it was not formed ex- clusively from Grenville's sup- porters, but was an attempt to bring together the best men of DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 165 various political shades. Thus Earl Spencer and Mr. Windham, who had been members of Pitt's first administration, held ofiice in it. Mints, Indian. These were closed to the free coinage of silver in 1893, and the value of the rupee for ex- change purposes fixed at is. 4d. Minute Men. A militia of 12,000 men en- rolled during the American Civil War by the State of Massa- chusetts. They bound them- selves to be ready for service at a moment's notice. Mir. The Russian village commune, holding and tilling land in com- mon. The land is divided into plots, of which a certain number are allotted to each family, in proportion to its size. These plots are farmed by the family in common, and they pay into the coffers of the Mir a certain fixed sum, retaining the rest for the general use of the family. The Mir is responsible to the Government for the payment of the taxes of the community, which are in the nature of a poU- tax on the adult males. The division of the land is periodic- ally revised, to meet changes in the circumstances of the differ- ent families. The affairs of the Mir are controlled by the village Elder, or Selski Starosta, who is elected by the heads of families. Mirabeau of the Mob. )^\ A sobriquet of Danton, the French revolutionary leader. Miracle of Nature. Christina, Queen of Sweden (1632-1654), was so called. Mise of Amiens. See Amiens. Mise of Lewes. See Lewes. Mississippi Scheme. A wild scheme, not unlike the South Sea Bubble, propounded by John Law in Paris in 17 18. A company was formed, which was permitted to establish a Bank of Issue, the shares of which were offered to the national creditors in exchange for their stock. The company was also granted a monopoly of the trade with Canada and the Mississippi. The usual inflation of values followed, and subse- quently the inevitable collapse, which almost amounted to na- tional bankruptcy. It is also called "Law's Bubble." Missouri Compromise. An agreement between the slavery and anti-slavery parties of the United States in 1821, arising out of the admission of Missouri to the Union as a free- labour State. It was deter- mined that slavery should only be lawful south of 36° 30' north latitude. This arrangement was maintained until 1854, when it was violated by the admission of Kansas and Nebraska as territories, with the right to decide the slavery question for themselves. Mitad. In South America, under Spanish rule, the bodily service to which every Indian from fifteen to fifty was liable. Those upon whom the lot fell had to work for six months in the mines, and such were the conditions of servitude that barely a fifth survived the ordeal. It is esti- i66 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS mated that over eight millions perished from, this cause in Peru alone. Mitchelstown Riot. A riot at Mitchelstown, co. Cork, at a Land League meeting in August, 1887. The Govern- ment reporter and his police escort endeavoured to force their way through the crowd to the platform, which the crowd re- sented. The police lost their heads and fired on the people. " Remember Mitchelstown " was for some time afterwards the watchword of the Land- leaguers. Mixed Pickles. The name. given to the Liberal Imperialist party in the first Reichstag of the German Em- pire. Model, The. The Constitution of Carolina, prepared by John Locke in 1670. It was the only constitution in America providing for an heredi- tary nobility, and recognizing different classes of citizens. It was in some respects feudal in its character, as the small culti- vator was adscriptus glehce, and had no franchise. North Carolina objected to the model, rose in revolt, and formed itself into a separate colony. Modern Gracchus. A sobriquet of the Comte de Mirabeau { 1 749- 1 80 1 ) . Modern Messalina. A name given to Catherine II of Russia ( 1 762-1 796), referring to her. vicious and cruel charac- ter. Moldavian Capitulation. A treaty signed in 15 12 be- tween Bogdan, Voivode of Mol- davia, and Selim I, Sultan of Turkey, by which Bogdan recog- nized the suzerainty of Turkey, and agreed to pay tribute. Molinists. The followers of Molina, the Spanish Jesuit, who was the principal antagonist of the Jan- senists and Port Royal. Mollahs. In Turkey, the name given to the principal judges, who, the law being more ecclesiastical than civil, exercise functions of almost a priestly character. In less civilized Moslem com- munities, as in Arabia, and among the Afridis and Afghans, the mollahs are priests or holy men. Molly Maguires. An agrarian society formed in Ireland in 1843, to resist dis- traint for rent. They took their name, originally " Maguires," from Cornelius Maguire, a leader in the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the word Molly being afterwards added because they usually dressed in women's clothes when engaged in their raids. Molly Maguires. An Irish secret society, which terrorized the mining districts of Pennsylvania from 1867 to 1877. Its object was, appar- ently, to control the State and municipal politics. In the latter year, owing to informers, its leaders were discovered and con- victed, and the society broken up. Molokani. A Russian sect who model their institutions on the early Apostolic Church, as depicted in the New Testament. They DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 167 are strong upholders of the right of private judgment, allowing considerable latitude to indi- vidual opinion within the fold. Monastic Orders. See Benedictines, Carmelites, Carthusians, Dominicans, Fran- ciscans, Jesuits, Theatins, Mongon, Treaty of. A treaty between France and Austria, signed in 1626, after the French invasion of the Valtel- line. It provided for a return in the Grisons and Valtelline to the status quoheiore i6iy. Only Catholicism was to be tolerated in the valley. The Valtelline was to have the right of electing her own magistrates, subject to the veto of the Grisons, and was to pay the Grisons an annual tribute. The forts in the Val- telline and Chiavenna were to be razed. Monetary Conference, Inter- national. A conference held at Brussels in 1892, to discuss the question of a bimetallic standard. Great diversity of opinion was shown by the delegates, and the con- ference dissolved without making any recommendations. Monroe Doctrine. A statement of policy in the message to Congress of Presi- dent Monroe in 1825, to the effect that the United States could not regard with indiffer- ence any further territorial expansion on the part of Euro- pean Powers on the American Continent. The occasion for the pronouncement was the suspected intention of the Holy Alliance to interfere on behalf of Spain in her struggle with her revolted colonies. Various in- terpretations have been given to this doctrine, some, like that of Mr. Olney, going much further than President Monroe's words warrant, but it is now generally held to mean that the United States will consider her interests involved, if any European Power seeks territorial aggrandise- ment in any part of America, or interferes with the internal affairs of any American State. Monsieur Veto. A nickname of Louis XVI, referring to the power given him by the Constitution of 1791 to veto the acts of the Legislative Assembly. Marie Antoinette was known as Madame Veto, as it was believed that it was largely her influence which induced the King to exercise his right. Montesa, Knights of. A Spanish order of religious chivalry, established in 1317. They succeeded the Templars in Aragon. Montpelier, Treaty of. A treaty between Louis XIII and the Huguenots, after their last appearance in arms in 1622. The King undertook to observe the Edict of Nantes, and gave the Huguenots two towns. La Rochelle and Montauban, as places of safety. Montrouge Club. A club composed of friends of the Due d' Orleans (Philippe Egalite), which was formed about 1789. Its object was to supplant the reigning dynasty by the Orleans branch. Among its prominent members were Mirabeau, Sieyes and Sillery. Montsioa War. In 1884 the Transvaal Boers i68 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS attacked Montsioa, a Bechuana chief under British protection, and forced him to make a treaty with them, in defiance of the London Convention. In the following year a force under Sir Charles Warren occupied the disturbed territory, which was brought under the British ad- ministration, and the Boers were forced to withdraw, Montt-Varistas. The extreme reactionaries of the Pelucones, or Conservative party, in Chile in 1850. They took their name from President Montt, and his Secretary of State, Varas. Moonlighters. An agrarian secret society, similar in its constitution and methods to the Whiteboys, which was guilty of numerous outrages in Ireland in 1881. Moors, Expulsion of. The final overthrow of the Moorish power in Spain was accomplished by the capture of Granada in 1492, under Ferdin- and and Isabella. The terms of capitulation provided that the Moors, while remaining under Spanish dominion, should pre- serve their own laws, language and religion, with the right to hold property free of molesta- tion. The non-Christian Moors were, however, expelled from Spain by Philip III in 16 10. Morant Bay Riots. An outbreak of negroes in Jamaica in 1865, which was promptly suppressed, and is only noteworthy as leading to the long controversy with regard to the action of Governor Eyre, whose repressive measures led to his recall. Several attempts were made to bring him to trial, but the case never got beyond the Grand Jury, who always declined to find a true bill. Moravians. A Protestant sect, having its origin in the Hussites, which was very numerous in Bohemia and Moravia in the sixteenth century. In 1627 they were expelled from these countries, and, later, settled in Saxony. Moray Letter. A letter purporting to be written by Garfield, on the eve of the Presidential Election in the United States in 1880, to a large employer of labour named Morey, It advocated free ad- mission of Chinese labour, and it was hoped by the Democrats would seriously injure the Re- publican cause on the Pacific Slope. It was of course a forgery. Mormons. A sect founded by Joseph Smith, the son of a Vermont farmer, in 1830, at Fayette, New York State. The Mor- mons moved westward and, after several years' wanderings, settled on the Great Salt Lake in 1847, under Brigham Young. Their advocacy of polygamy was for a long time a bar to the admission of Utah to the Union, but the enforcement of the Edmunds Act of 1882 led to the formal abandonment of poly- gamy as a tenet by the Mormons in 1890, and Utah was admitted a State in 1896. Mortmain, Statute of. A statute passed in 1279, to put a stop to the growing prac- tice of giving landed property to^l^the Church, and leceiving DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 169 it back as tenants, thus evading feudal obligations. To prevent land thus passing into a dead hand (mortuum manum), all such alienations were forbidden, except with the King's consent. Morton's Fork. The scheme devised by Mor- ton, the Minister of Henry VII, to increase the revenues of the State. He exacted contribu- tions from those who lived well on the plea that they were obviously rich, and from those who lived plainly on the ground that their economy had made them wealthy. Mossbacks. The name given to an old- fashioned section of the Demo- cratic party in the United States, most numerous in Ohio. The word is derived from the popular name for the snapping turtle, which is so called from the growth of a species of aquatic moss on its shell. Most Holy Synod. A body charged with the administration of the Russian National Church. Its members are appointed and removed by the Czar, and its head, the Pro- curator, is practically an auto- crat in all matters of Church discipline. It has however no jurisdiction over matters of dogma. Mother Ann. The leader of the Shakers in Sussex, at the end of the eight- eenth century. Her name was Ann Lee. Mother of Presidents. The State of Virginia is so called, as having furnished no less than six Presidents of the United States. Mother of States. A name given to the State of Virginia, either as the oldest colony, or as having had five States, namely, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and West Vir- ginia, formed out of her original territories. Moujik. The Russian peasant. Moulins, Edict of. An edict issued in 1566 by the Chancellor, de I'Hopital, after a conference of Notables repre- senting both the Huguenot and the Catholic parties. It dealt with the reform of judicial pro- cedure. Mountain. The Jacobins, or ultra-revo- lutionary party in the Conven- tion during the French Revolu- tion. Its leaders were Danton and Robespierre. The Moun- tain came to an end with the fall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9 th Thermidor (July 28, 1794). It was so called because its members occu- pied the upper tiers of seats in the Convention. Mountain Meadow Massacre. The massacre by Indians, under Mormon leadership, of a party of 140 emigrants, who were crossing Utah on their way to California in 1857. The Mormons had been for some time in difficulties with the United States Government, and Federal troops were in the neighbourhood of Salt Lake City, but no hostilities had taken place. The leader of the band, J. D. Lee, a Mormon Bishop, was executed for the crime on the actual site of the massacre in 1877. I70 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Mountain Men. A name given to the Camer- onians. Mugwumps. A section of the Republican party in the United States who, in 1884, supported Cleveland, the Democratic candidate for President, owing to his advo- cacy of Civil Service Reform. The word is also applied to those who for various reasons decline to attach themselves definitely to either of the great political parties. Mulmutine Laws. A code of laws said to have been drawn up by Mulmutius, King of the Britons, circ. 400 b.c. They were translated by Alfred the Great, and remained the basis of English law until the Conquest. Mundebunde or Mundium. Among the Franks the pro- tection afforded by the King or a feudal lord to an ecclesiastic or other person not being an ordinary vassal. Municipal Reform Act. An Act passed in 1835, dealing with 178 municipalities. In the majority of these the election to municipal offices had been en- tirely in the hands of the free- men, often a very small minority of the inhabitants. The Act instituted an electoral qualifica- tion of three years' residence, and the payment of poor and borough rates. It also estab- lished town councils, and pro- vided for an independent audit* Mustafiz. The second line of reserve, or militia, of the Turkish army. Mutiny Act. This Act was passed for the first time in 1689, for one year only, and has since that time been passed annually. It gives disciplinary powers to the offi- cers of the army and navy, apart from the ordinary process of law, and neither service could be maintained without it. Mutualists. A secret association of the chefs d' ateliers, or middlemen, of the Lyons weavers.which ordered a strike of workmen in April, 1834. The strike resulted in a rising, which was promptly sup- pressed, and the leaders were prosecuted under the Associa- tions Law. N Nag's Head Controversy. A controversy which arose over an allegation of the Roman Catholics, in 1599, that Arch- bishop Parker's consecration, forty years previously, had taken place in the most in- formal manner at the Nag's Head Tavern, in Cheapside. The statement was proved to be entirely devoid of foundation. Nanking, Treaty of. A treaty between Great Brit- ain and China, signed in 1842, at the close of the Opium War. By its terms England secured Hong Kong in perpetuity, and Shanghai and other ports were opened to foreign trade. Napoleon of Peace. A sobriquet of Louis Philippe, whose peaceful reign of eighteen years was a marked contrast to DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 171 the constant wars of the Napo- leonic era. Natal, Republic of. A republic founded by emi- grant burghers from Cape Colony in 1838. It stretched from the Drakensberg to the sea, and from the Tugela to the Umzim- vubu river, while Zululand, under Panda, was tributary to it. The British Govern- ment never recognized the re- public, and in 1842 steps were taken to obtain possession of the country, in which a regular colonial government was estab- lished in 1845. Nation of Shopkeepers. A phrase first applied to England by Samuel Adams, the American politician, in 1776. It is generally attributed to Napo- leon, but was probably taken by him from a translation of the speech in which it occurs. National Association for King William. An association formed on the discovery of the Assassination Plot in 1696, at the suggestion of Sir Rowland Gwyn. The signatories declared their loyalty to the King, and bound them- selves to take vengeance on all who might attempt his life. National Debt. The origin of the National Debt was a loan raised by Mon- tague, afterwards Lord Halifax, in 1693. The lenders were life- annuitants, and as each died his annuity was divided among the survivors till only seven remained; after which, on the death of each of the seven, his portion was absorbed by the Government. National Guard. An urban militia raised in Paris in 1789 by Flesselles, Prevot des Marchands. It took a leading part in the destruction of the Bastille. National Guards. A body of volunteers raised by Napper Tandy in Ireland in 1792. They were promptly sup- pressed by the Government. National Scouts. A force recruited from sur- rendered Boers, for service as scouts with the British Army, during the latter stages of the Boer War of 1 899-1902. Nationalverein. An association formed in 1859, the declared object of which was to substitute for the Confederation the German con- stitution of 1848, under the hegemony of Prussia, and to the complete exclusion of Austria. Its founder was Baron Benigsen of Hanover. Nations, Battle of the. The Battle of Leipsic, fought on October 16, 17 and 18, 1813, is so called. Five nations — France, Prussia, Russia, Austria and Sweden, were engaged. Naturalia. The contributions in kind exacted for the support of the royal household among the Franks. Naturalization Act. An Act of Congress passed in 1870, which, while authorizing the naturalization of the African negro, declined to admit to the citizenship Indians and Chinese. Naundorff Claimant. A claim was brought before 172 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS the French courts in 1874 by the son of a clock-maker of Delft, named Naundorff. The claimant, who called himself Adalbert de Bourbon, demanded to be recognized as the grand- son of Louis XVI, on the ground that his father, Naundorff, was in reality the Dauphin, who had been imprisoned in the Temple, and of whose escape he told a marvellous story. The courts dismissed his claim. Navigation Act. An Act passed in 165 1, under the Commonwealth, prohibiting the importation of goods into England except in British ships, or in ships belonging to the country of origin of the goods. The Act was renewed in 1672, and, with the modifications then introduced, continued in force till the Treaty of Ghent in 18 14, when the English Government agreed to suspend its operation so far as concerned vessels of the United States. Neck Verse. A verse of the Psalms, read by condemned criminals who claimed "benefit of clergy," as a test of their clerkship. It was so called because those who succeeded in reading it in clerkly fashion were handed over to the ecclesiastical au- thorities, and saved their neckss Negus. The title of the King of Abys- sinia or Ethiopia. Nemours, Edict of. An edict issued by Henri III in 1785, withdrawing all the privileges accorded to the Hu- guenots by previous edicts, and giving them six months to conform to the Roman Catholic Church or to leave the realm. Nepaul Treaty. A treaty signed in 1815, at the end of the Ghoorka war, between the British and Nepaul. By its provisions Nepaul relin- quished all rights over the Hill Rajahs west of the Kali river, ceded the major portion of the Terai, restored the territory conquered from the Rajah of Sikkim, and agreed to receive a British resident at Khat- mandu. Neri. See Bianchi. Nertchinsk, Treaty of. A treaty between Russia and China signed in 1689, and notable as being the first con- vention between China and a European Power. This treaty put a stop for nearly 150 years to Russia's eastward expansion in Siberia. Nestor of Europe. Leopold I, King of the Bel- gians ( 1 831-1865) was so called. Neuf Thermidor. July 27, 1794, the day on which the Decree of Accusation was launched aganst Robes- pierre, Couthon, St. Just and the other extremists of the Revolution, thus putting an end to the Reign of Terror. New Custom. A system of granting to foreign merchants the privilege of trading with English ports in return for a subsidy. This system was introduced by Edward I in 1303, and is the origin of Customs Duties. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS' 173 New Departure. A change of programme on the part of a section of the Democratic party in the United States in 1871. They admitted that all, including negroes, were entitled to equal rights and fuU citizenship, but demanded a universal amnesty for the Southerners, condemned pro- tective duties as levied solely in the interests of the Northern manufacturers, and strongly pro- tested against the Force Bill of 1870. New England Confederation. A union of the four New England Colonies, Massachu- setts Bay, Plymouth, New Haven, and Connecticut, formed in 1643 for mutual protection against the Dutch and the Indians. New Learning. The name given in England to the revival of learning in the West, the first manifestation of which was the Italian Re- naissance. New Model. The name given to the Par- liamentary Army as reformed by the Self-denying Ordinance of 1645. New Republic. A republic formed in 1884 in what was later the Vryheid district of the Transvaal, the territory having been given by Dinizulu to certain Boers in return for their help in his war with Usibepu. Lucas Meyer was elected president, but the republic was short-lived, being absorbed by the South African Republic in 1887. New Roof. A nickname given to the Constitution of the United States shortly after its pro- mulgation . New Style. The name given to the Gre- gorian Calendar, introduced into England by the Calendar Act of 1752. New Tipperary. A township started in 1890, under the Plan of Campaign, with the object of bringing to terms the owner of the land on which the town of Tipperary stands. The scheme was a complete fiasco, and collapsed in 1891. New Unionism. This form of trade unionism had its rise about 1884. It differs from the old unionism in that it is frankly Socialistic in its tendencies, and demands State interference between workmen and employers, whereas the old demanded only to be left alone and to be al- lowed the right of combination for the advancement of the interests of the workers. New Zealand Centralization. By an Act passed in 1876, during the premiership of Sir Julius Vogel, the nine provinces of New Zealand were united, with one Parliament sitting at Wellington. The nine provin- cial Parliaments were abolished, their administrative functions being entrusted to road boards in the country districts and municipalities in the towns. Newcastle Programme. The platform of the Liberal party at the general election 174 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS of 1892, based on resolutions passed at the meeting of the National Liberal Federation at Newcastle in October, 1891. The " planks " of the platform -were Abolition of the House of Lords, Home Rule, Disestab- lishment of the Church in Wales, Taxation of Ground "Values, and One Man One Vote. Newfoundland Fisheries. See French Shore. Newport, Treaty of. The final attempt of the Parliament to come to terms with the King in 1648. Nego- tiations were opened at New- port, but the King contested every demand of the Parlia- ment, and the Independents, supported by the Army, lost patience, and confined the King in Hurst Castle. Nicaea, Second Council of. An GEcumenical Council held during the reign of the Empress Irene, at which the decrees of the Council of Constantinople with regard to image-worship were reversed. Nichan-Sherif. A decree of the Sultan Ahmed I in 1604, granting the Venetians certain trading and navigating facilities in the Ottoman domi- nions. Nightmare of Europe. A sobriquet of the Great Napoleon. Nihilists. The Russian revolutionary society, an important section of which is in favour of phy- sical force. Their position is perhaps best explained by the manifesto issued after the assas- sination of the Czar Alexander II in 1 88 1, in which they declare their object to be the amelioration of the condition of the peasantry, and the intro- duction of more civilized me- thods of government. They go on to say that Russia demands a new system, and that, their peaceful efforts having only met with repression, they have been driven to adopt violent means to gain their ends. Nimeguen, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1678, following the five years' war of Louis XIV against Holland and Spain. Louis obtained Franche- Comte and sixteen fortresses in the Spanish Netherlands. Nimes, Edict of. An edict issued in 1629, shortly after the fall of La Rochelle, which, while con- firming the religious freedom granted to the Huguenots by the Edict of Nantes, deprived them of their special political status, an4 thus broke up the Huguenot League. Nine Articles, Constitution of. A constitution drawn up at Winburg in 1837 by the emi- grant burghers who had settled between the Orange and the Vaal rivers after the Great Trek. A Volksraad was elected, and the burghers bound themselves to observe ' the old Roman- Dutch law, except when incon- sistent with the articles of the constitution. Ninety-eight. The Irish rebellion under Lord Edward Fitzgerald and Wolfe Tone in 1798. The rebel- lion had been carefully planned for some years before the out- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 175 break, and, the sympathies of the French having been en- listed, a landing by Hoche was attempted at Bantry Bay. This was unsuccessful, and a little later Humbert, who landed at Kniala, was forced to surrender to Lord Cornwallis. Horrible outrages were perpetrated by the rebels, and the consequent reprisals gave a most blood- thirsty character to the whole affair. The rebels were finally defeated at Vinegar Hill, which put an end to all organized resistance, though there were a few isolated risings from time to time. Wolfe Tone was captured and condemned to death, but escaped the scaffold by suicide. Fitzgerald was kiQed a few days before the outbreak, resisting the military who were about to arrest him. Nine Worthies. This title was given to nine members of the Privy Council of WiUiam III. namely, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earls of Nottingham, Dorset, Monmouth, Orford, Pembroke and Marl- borough, Lord Caermarthen, and Sir John Lowther. Nizam. The regular infantry of the Turkish Army. No Popery Agitation. An agitation against the ac- tion of the Pope in creating Cardinal Wiseman Archbishop of Westminster in 185 1. To appease the Protestant party the Government brought in the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Nobles' War. The rising of Rhenish knights under Franz von Sickingen in 1522. They were bitterly hos- tile to the Suabian League and to the new institutions, such as the Reichskammergericht. The rising was suppressed in the following year. Noces Vermeilles. "The blood-red wedding" was the name given afterwards to the marriage between the Pro- testant Henry of Navarre and the Catholic Marguerite de Valois in May 1572, only three months before the massacre of the Huguenots on the eve of St. Bartholomew. Noche Triste. The night of June 20, 1520, when the Spaniards under Cortes were attacked by the Mexicans as they were eva- cuating Mexico, and suffered very heavy losses. Noir, Code. The code of laws promulgated by Louis XIV in 1685 to be enforced in the West Indian colonies of France. It had special reference to the treat- ment of negroes, whether slaves or freedmen. Nomansland. The district south of the Basuto country, now known as Griqualand East, was so called in i860. It was settled in 1861 by the migration of Adam Kok and his tribe of Griquas from the country they had previously occupied between the Orange and the Riet Rivers. Nomansland. A district lying between Kan- sas, New Mexico, Texas, and the Indian territory, which now forms part of the territory of Oklahoma. 1/6 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS The same name is given to a strip of land in dispute be- tween the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania. Nominees, Assembly of. Barebone's Parliament is sometimes known by this name. Non-Compounders. See Compounders, Non- Jurors. The clergymen, between three and four hundred in number, who refused to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy on the accession of William III in 1689. Non-Resistance. The doctrine that it was a deadly sin to oppose the will of the King as being sovereign by Divine right. This tenet was preached by the Anglican clergy in the times of the Stuarts. It was also called the "Doctrine of Passive Obedience." Nore, Mutiny at the. The name usually given to' the mutinies in the fleet at the Nore and Spithead, which broke out in 1797. The discontent, due to real grievances, first showed itself at Spithead, where Lord Howe, who was in com- mand, succeeded by his tact in arranging matters satisfac- torily, and nothing very serious occurred. At the Nore the mutiny assumed a political character, the men demanding a revision of the Articles of War and other impossible conces- sions. Their demands being refused the mutineers seized the fleet, but gradually yielded, and finally Parker, the ring- leader, was arrested and hanged, with four or five others. Norman Reconciliation. See Baiser de Lamourette. North, Council of the. A council established by Henry VIII in 1536, after the Insurrection of the North, to deal with questions arising out of that event. In the reign of Charles I it was reorganized by Wentworth on the lines of the Star Chamber, and it was finally abolished by Act of Parliament in 164 1. North, Society of the. A Russian secret society. (See December Rising.) North German Confederation. A confederation of twenty- two States north of the Maine, formed in 1867, after the sign- ing of the Treaty of Prague, under the perpetual presidency of Prussia. Two assemblies were formed, one, the Reichs- tag, being representative of the people, the other, the Bundes- rath, being cq^iposed of dele- gates from the Governments of the twenty-two States. Northampton, Treaty of. A treaty between England and Scotland, signed in 1328, by which Robert Bruce was acknowledged as King of Scot- land, and the independence of Scotland was recognized, Ed- ward III renouncing his suze- rainty. Bruce agreed to pay compensation for damage in the North of England, and to reinstate the Scottish lords who had been dispossessed on account of their supporting Edward. Nottingham, Peace of. A treaty signed between jiEthelred and the Northmen in DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 177 868, by which Mercia was saved from their depredations. Noyades. The Vendean refugees who had fled to Nantes in 1793 were, by order of Carrier, crowded into boats, which were towed out into the middle of the river and sunk. This whole- sale murder is known as "The Noyades." Nuevas Ordenanzas. A code of laws designed to ameliorate the condition of the Indians in the Spanish Colonies, promulgated at Madrid in 1543. They were largely due to the efforts of Las Casas. Nullifiers. The supporters of State Rights in the Southern States were thus called, from the action of South Carolina, in 1832, in declar- ing unconstitutional and " nul- lifying " an Act of Congress imposing import duties on tex- tile fabrics. Number Forty-five. The famous number of the North Briton, which appeared on April 23, 1763, and attacked the King's Speech at the close of the previous session. It led to the expulsion of John Wilkes from the House of Commons. Nun of Kent. Elizabeth Barton, a woman of humble birth, who claimed to have the gift of prophecy, and formed a rallying point for the discontented Catholics after the divorce of Catherine by Henry VIII. She was in correspondence with Catherine and with the Emperor, and although no treasonable prac- tices could be proved against her, she was . an undoubted danger to the State. She was arrested and executed in 1534. Nutmeg State. A name given derisively to the State of Connecticut in allusion to their supposed large trade in wooden nutmegs. Nystad, Treaty of. A treaty between Russia and Sweden, signed in 172 1, at the conclusion of the prolonged war which had been commenced in 1700. Peter the Great se- cured for Russia the provinces of Livonia, Esthonia, Ingria» Carelia, and part of Finland. O.P. Riots. A series of riots which dis- turbed London in 1809, owing to Kemble having raised the prices at Covent Garden The- atre. The mob demanded the " old prices." Chfford, a bar- rister, was charged with inciting to riot by appearing in the theatre with the letters "O.P." in his hat, but was acquitted, whereupon Kemble gave way. Oakboys. An agrarian society in Ulster in 1763. It was formed to protest against the action of the Grand Juries, who had de- cided upon the construction of certain roads which the pea- santry maintained were to be made solely in the interests of the great landowners. Oath of Allegiance. A formula drawn up after Gunpowder Plot in 1606, which N 178 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS asserted the supremacy of the Sovereign in ecclesiastical mat- ters, and denied the power of the Pope to relieve his subjects from their allegiance, or to depose him. Oath of Strasburg. The oath of allegiance taken by Charles and Louis, the sons of Louis le Debonnaire, to their brother Lothair, the Emperor, after the battle of Fontenay in 841. Oberstuhlherr. The chief of the Westphalian Vehmgericht, as representative of the Emperor. The post was usually filled by the Archbishop of Cologne. Oblivion and Indemnity, Act of. A proclamation under the Great Seal in 1603, by which James I promised a complete amnesty to all those who had taken part in the rebellions in Ireland during the reign of his predecessor. Occasional Conformity Bill. A bill introduced into Par- liament in 1703 to render illegal the practice of non- conformists receiving the sacra- ment according to the rites of the Church of England, in order to qualify for municipal office, and then returning to their own form of worship. The bill entailed heavy penal- ties on all those who held office under these conditions. The bill failed to pass, was re- introduced in the following session, and was again thrown out, while a further attempt to pass it in 1704 was defeated by the Lords. It at last became Jaw in 171 1. O'Connell's Tail. The nickname given to the following of Daniel O'Connell in the House of Commons, after the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832. October Club. A club composed of Tories and Jacobites, formed in 17 10. Among its members were Bo- lingbroke and his followers. Odal. A system of land tenure among the Norsemen, by which property in the land was absolute. It was prob- ably land allotted to the warrior after conquest, to be held by him and his descend- ants, though according to the Gulathing's law, it could not become Odal until it had been held for three generations. The udallers of Orkney hold under this tenure. Odalsthing. See Storthing. QEcumenical Councils. The General Councils of the Church accepted by ecclesias- tical authorities as genuinely OEcumenical are twenty-one in number, namely : two of Ni- caea, four of Constantinople, Ephesus, Chalcedon, five La- teran Councils, two of Lyons, Vienna, Constance, Basle, Flor- ence, Trent and the Vatican. CEil de Boeuf. The name given to the ante- chamber in the Palace of Ver- sailles. It was so called from two bull's-eye windows near the ceiling. Ohio Company. A company of Virginian set- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 179 tiers who colonised the Ohio Valley under a charter from the British Government in 1749. Old Abe. A nickname of President Abraham Lincoln. Old Catholics. A section of the Roman Cath- olics in Germany who, under the leadership of Dr. DoUinger, rejected the dogma of Papal Infallibility imposed by the Vatican Council in 1870. Old Czechs. The Conservative section of the Czech or National party in Bohemia. Old Dominion. A name given to the State of Virginia, as the original English Colony in America. Old Glorious. A sobriquet of William III of England. Old Hickory. Andrew Jackson, President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, was so called on account of his obstinacy of character. Old Hunkers. The Conservative wing of the Democratic party in New York, I 824-1 848. Old Line State. The State of Maryland is so called with reference to the Mason and Dixon Line, which divides it from Pennsylvania. Old Man of the Mountain. See Assassins. Old Morality. A nickname of Mr. W. H. Smith, leader of the House of Commons from 1887 to 1891. Old Noll. A nickname of Ohver Crom- well. Old Pretender. James Edward, son of James II, was so called by the adher- ents of the Hanoverian suc- cession. Old Rough and Ready. General Zachary Taylor, Pre- sident of the United States in 1849, was so called by his soldiers during the Mexican Old Rowley. A nickname of Charles IL Old Style. The old or Julian Calendar, superseded in England by the Gregorian in 1751, but still in use in Russia. Oleron, Laws of. A code of commercial and maritime laws founded on the Consolato del Mare, issued in the reign of Louis IX of France. Olive Branch Petition. An appeal to the King by the Second American Congress, 1775, expressing a desire for reconciliation, but offering no concessions. The King, how- ever, refused to receive it, on the ground that it was issued by an unauthorized assembly. Olmiitz, Convention of. Also called the Humiliation of Olmiitz. A convention signed in 1850 between Prussia and Austria, by which the former Power renounced all her projects of union, and recog- nized the restoration of the old Germanic Diet, under the presidency of Austria. i8o DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Olney Doctrine. An extension of the Monroe Doctrine put forward by Mr. Olney, President Cleveland's Secretary of State, in a des- patch on the Venezuela bound- ary question in July, 1895. He claimed that Great Britain had no right to interfere on the American Continent, and that, if force was necessary, British Guiana must rely on her own resources, without calling in aid from Great Britain. He further maintained that the United States had a right to insist upon all claims concern- ing questions of territory being submitted to arbitration un- reservedly, and was justified in taking steps to satisfy herself that no territory had been or was being unwarrantably an- nexed. Lord Salisbury abso- lutely repudiated this doctrine, and refused in any sense to accept it as binding on Great Britain. Omladina. A secret society having its headquarters in^'Servia, whose object is the establishment of a Pan-Slavic confederation on a republican basis. It has from time to time caused Austria some trouble in Bohemia. Open Door. The declared English policy in China, as opposed to the policy of " Spheres of Influ- ence." It is defined in the Anglo-German agreement of 1900 as the free access, under equal conditions, of all nations to the ports, rivers and littorals of China. Opium Commission. A commission appointed in 1893 to inquire into, the opium question in India. The com- mission reported in 1895, eight out of nine members signing the report, to the effect that the use of opium in India was strictly moderate, that native opinion made no demand for restriction, that any interfer- ence with the growing of opium in the native states would be unjustifiable, and that the Government of China was per- fectly satisfied with the existing arrangements as to the opium trade. There was, therefore, in the opinion of the commis- sioners, absolutely no ground for legislative interference. Opium War. The war with China in 1840 is so called, because it arose out of the action of the Chinese authorities, who in their efforts to stop opium smuggling, in- sisted on the forfeiture of the stocks of opium in the hands of British merchants in China. It resulted in the cession to Great Britain in perpetuity of Hong Kong, and the opening of Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo and Shanghai as treaty ports. Opportunists. A school, rather than a party, in French politics who, unlike the Doctrinaires, do not seek to enforce their views in season and out of season, but allow due weight to considerations of expediency. Among them may be named Gambetta and Jules Ferry. Orange Peel. A nickname given to Sir Robert Peel, when Chief Secre- tary for Ireland in 18 12-18, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS i8i on account of the strong anti- Catholic bias he is considered to have displayed. Orangemen. A society of the Protestants of Ulster, founded in 1790, originally in opposition to the Catholic Defenders. It has remained, however, a strong and important body in the north of Ireland, firmly at- tached to the Union, and bit- terly anti-Catholic. Ordainers, Lords. A commission of twenty-one persons, to whom the Govern- ment of England was confided for a period of eighteen months (1309-13 10) during the reign of Edward II. Their task was to propound a scheme for the reform of the Government. Ordeal, Trial by. This is of Norse origin, and was practised in England in Anglo-Saxon and early Norman times. The ordeal was of various kinds, one of the most severe consisting in the accused walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot ploughshares. If within a given period the burns so caused were not healed he was adjudged guilty. The or- deal was forbidden by the Fourth Lateran Council in 12 15. Orders in Council, 1807. England's reply to Napoleon's Berlin Decree, establishing the Continental Blockade, was the issue of a series of Orders in Council. They forbade vessels to trade between any ports in France or the territories of the allies, granted the right of reprisals against Tuscany, Na- ples, Dalmatia and the Ionian Islands, declared a blockade against all ports from which the English flag was excluded, and finally declared the sale of ships by a belligerent to a neutral illegal. These orders had a very serious effect upon the American carrying trade, and the irritation caused thereby was one of the causes of the outbreak of war in 18 12. Ordinance of 1784. An Act providing for the Government of the North-West Territory, passed by the United States Congress in 1784. Ordinance of 1787. An Act of Congress making further provision for the gov- ernment of the North-West Territory, and decreeing free- dom from slavery and religious toleration. Ordinances. The articles of reform pre- pared by the Lords Ordainers in the reign of Edward II and agreed to by the King and Parliament in 131 1. They pro- vided that no war should be undertaken without the consent of Parliament, that all customs duties imposed since the death of Edward I should be re- moved ; that the great officers of state should be nominated with the consent of Parliament ; that Parliament should meet annually, and that the King's undesirable companions should be removed and his household reformed. Piers Gaveston in particular being banished from the kingdom. Ordonnance de Mai. An edict issued in May, 141 3, by Charles VI of France, re- forming the finances and abo- i82 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS lishing numerous sinecures about the Court. Ordonnances de Juillet. The decrees issued by Charles X on July 24, 1830. The first suspended the liberty of the Press, the second dissolved the Chamber of Deputies, and the third ordained that the future Chamber should consist only of Deputies from the Depart- ments. A revolutionary out- break, fomented by the jour- nalists, followed immediately on the promulgation of these ordin- ances, and Charles fled from Paris, and abdicated on Au- gust 3. Oregon Treaty. A treaty between Great Bri- tain and the United States, signed in 1846, defining the frontier between Oregon and British Columbia. It involved the settlement of the claim to Vancouver Island in favour of Great Britain. Organic Statute. A Russian ukase, issued in 1832, withdrawing constitu- tional government from Poland. Organizer of Victory. Lazare Nicolas Carnot, the revolutionary leader, was so called during the wars of the French Revolution. Oriflamme. The ancient standard of France : a crimson flag attached to a gilded lance. Orleanists. The party among the French Royalists who supported the claims of the Orleans Branch of the French Royal Family to the throne of France. On the death of the last of the French Bourbons in 1883 the party was augmented by the adhesion of the majority of the Legitimists. Orleans, Edict of. An edict issued in 1561 by the Chancellor, de I'Hopital, proclaiming certain reforms in the Church and the Justiciary. In the former category were included the abolition of an- nates and of the sale of bene- fices, and in the latter the abolition of all extraordinary Courts of Justice. It further authorized the Government to m take possession of the surplus « income of all religious com- ^ munities, and to apply the sum thus obtained to educational purposes. Ormee. The name given to the in- surrectionary government es- tablished at Bordeaux in 1652. It is derived from the fact of the leaders of the movement holding their meetings under a large elm near the Fort du Ha. Orphan of the Temple. Marie Therese, Duchess of Angouleme, the x daughter of Louis XVI, was so called in allusion to her three years' imprisonment in the Temple in Paris. Orsini Bombs. A conspiracy to murder Na- poleon III by blowing up his carriage as he was on his way to the opera in 1858. The Emperor escaped unhurt, but ten persons were killed and 158 injured by the explosion of the bombs. Orsini, who was captured and executed, had been a refugee in London, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 183 where the plot was hatched, a fact which led to an intensely hostile feeling towards England on the part of the French. Ostend Manifesto. The outcome of a conference at Ostend in 1854 between Messrs. Buchanan, Mason and Soule, the representatives of the United States at the Courts of Great Britain, France and Spain respectively. They were asked to advise on the Cuban question, and advised their Government that the proper course was purchase, or if Spain refused to sell, that the United States were fully justi- fied in using force if they felt themselves sufficiently power- ful. Otokodate. In old Japan a friendly association of the Chonin, or wardsmen of the large towns. They were very particular as to the character of their mem- bers, their aim being mutual assistance against oppression and wrong-doing of every kind, while among themselves they were a sort of benefit society, aiding those of their members who through misfortune were in need of assistance. Ottawa Conference. A conference of delegates from the British self-governing colonies, held at Ottawa in 1894. The conference agreed to resolutions asking for Impe- rial legislation enabling the Colonies to enter into treaties of reciprocity with each other, and the denunciation of exist- ing foreign treaties which pre- vented this. The delegates fur- ther pronounced in favour of preferential customs arrange- ments between the Mother Country and the Colonies, of a line of fast steamers between Canada and Australia, and of an " All Red " cable to Aus- tralia. Oude Proclamation. A proclamation issued by Lord Canning after the fall of Lucknow in 1858, confiscating all proprietary rights to land in Oude, with the exception of the estates of seven unimportant proprietors. All others must throw themselves on the mercy of the British Government, and clemency would be extended to them, if they had not been concerned in the murder of Englishmen. This proclama- tion was considered by Lord EUenborough unduly severe, and a controversy arose which nearly led to Lord Canning's resignation. Our Lady of Mercy, Order of. A Spanish Order of Knight- hood, instituted in 1218 by James I of Aragon. Its special mission was to work for the deliverance of captives in the hands of the Moors. Outlawry. Among the Norsemen certain crimes, such as the violation of a temple, or secret or unpro- voked murder, could not be atoned for by " weregild," and were punished by confiscation of all property and loss of all rights, the criminal becoming an outlaw. A man was also outlawed if he or his family were unable to pay " weregild." Overton's Plot. An abortive conspiracy to i84 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS overthrow the Commonwealth and murder Cromwell, Lambert and other leading men, in 1655. It was headed by Major-General Overton, one of the most suc- cessful of the Parliamentary generals. Oxford Movement. A movement, designed to bring the Church of England nearer to the Church of Rome, which took its rise at Oxford in 1 84 1. Its leaders were Keble, Pusey and Newman, and their views were in the first instance published to the world in a series of papers called " Tracts for the Times," whence it is also known as the Tractarian Movement. Its followers were generally called Puseyites by their oppo- nents. Oxford's Assault. The attempted assassination of Queen Victoria by Edward Oxford in 1840 is so called. He fired twice at the Queen, but missed. At his trial he was found to be insane, and was incarcerated in Bethlem Hos- pital, and afterwards in Broad- moor. Oyer and Terminer. A commission specially nomin- ated to hear and determine specific cases, especially of high treason, in England. This legal form was extended to Scotland in 1709, after the abortive trial of the Stirlingshire Jacobites under the ordinary Scotch pro- cedure in 1708. Pacific, War of the. The war between Chile on the one side and Peru and Bolivia on the other in 1879-83 is so called. Pacta Conventa. The agreement entered into between the nobles and candi- dates for the throne at the election of the Polish kings. The terms agreed upon at the election of Henry in 1573 inclu- ded the following : Henry under- took not to influence the diet in the choice of his successor, not to declare war, to marry or to divorce without their consent, not to impose taxes nor to appoint ambassadors. These terms were known as the Arti- cles of Henry, and similar disabilities were imposed upon subsequent kings of Poland. Pacta de Famine. See Malisset. Pahlen's Conspiracy. A conspiracy of Count Pahlen, Governor of St. Petersburg, in 1 801, to dethrone Paul I. The Czarewitch gave his counten- ance to the plot, with the stipulation that no bodily harm should befall his father. Paul was nevertheless murdered by Pahlen and his accomplices. Paix de Monsieur. A treaty between Catherine de' Medici and the Huguenots in 1576, whereby the Huguenots were allowed the exercise of their religion in certain towns which they held. Certain ap- panages were granted to their leaders, Conde, Henry of Na- varre and others. Paix des Dames. The Peace of Cambray, so called because it was negotiated by Louise of Savoy, mother of Francis I, and Margaret, aunt of Charles V. Paix Fourree. The name of the Patched-up DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 185 Peace is given to the Peace between Jean Sans Peur, Duke of Burgundy, and the Due d'Orleans, the leader of the Armagnacs in 1407. It was a device of Jean to gefthe Due d'Orleans into his power and three days afterwards Orleans was murdered by the Duke of Burgundy's agents. The same title is sometimes given to the Peace of Long- jumeau, between Charles IX and the Huguenots in 1586. Paladins. A select band of knights in the service of Charlemagne, the most famous of whom was Roland or Orlando. Most of them were killed at the Battle of Roncesvalles, where Charle- magne's troops were defeated by the Moors in 778. Palatinate Catechism. See Heidelberg Catechism. Palatines. In Poland the generals of the forces raised in the various palatinates, or provinces, were so called. Pale, The. The portion of Ireland sub- dued and settled by Henry II in 1 175, within which only the English law was in force. Palisades, Burgesses of the. See Pfahlbiirger. Pallium. The cloak or robe of office sent by the Pope to metropolitans and other high dignitaries of the Church, without which they could not enter upon the exer- cise of their functions. Palmetto State. A name given to the State of South Carolina, in allusion to the number of palmettos grow- ing within its borders. The palmetto is in the arms of the State. Pam. The nickname of Lord Pal- merston. Pan-American Congress. A congress of the various States of North, South and Central America, organized by James G. Blaine during the term of office of President Harrison, and held at Wash- ington in 1890. Among the subjects discussed were reci- procity treaties, and a uniform standard of coinage, weights and measures for the American Continent. No practical results, however, accrued. Pan- Germanism. A movement in Germany and the German provinces of Austria, to unite the latter to the German Empire. The Aus- trian Pan-Germans make no secret of their desire to break up the Austrian Empire with this end in view. Pan-Islamism. A secret movement fomented by certain fanatical Mohamme- dans, for the freedom of all Moslems from Christian domi- nation. It cannot be said to be in any way organized, but its emissaries are from time to time found at work in Moham- medan districts under Russian and British rule. Pan-Slavism. A Russian movement haning for its ideal the confederation of all the Slavonic nations under the hegemony of Russia. The Pan-Slavists are naturally strong advocates of a forward i86 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS policy in the political relations of Russia and Turkey. Panama Canal Treaty. A treaty between the United States and Colombia, signed in January, 1903, providing for the acquisition by the former Power of the canal rights of the new Panama Company. The United States secured a strip of territory, six miles wide, along the route of the canal, against a payment to Colombia of ;^2,ooo,ooo and an annual subsidy. This is granted on a lease for a hundred years, renewable at the option of the United States. An arrange- ment is made for joint police and judicial control, but the subjects of the United States can claim to be tried by their own courts. The port dues are ceded by Colombia to the United States. Panama Scandal. During the investigation, in 1892, into the affairs of the Panama Canal Company, which had become bankrupt, it was discovered that large sums of money belonging to the share- holders were not properly ac- counted for. It appeared that in order to get the Panama Lottery Bill passed in 1888, the Baron de Reinach had distributed three millions of francs in bribes to deputies and senators, and that over one hun- dred had accepted bribes to vote for the bill. The directors of the company, including M. de Lesseps and his son, were tried and found guilty of malversation of the company's funds, and several deputies and senators, including eight ex-ministers, were prosecuted for receiving bribes. The Parisians called this affair " La Lessivei du Panama," or the Panama dirty linen. Panamino. The bank scandal in Italy in 1893, in which several deputies were involved, was known as the Panamino,or Little Panama. Pandours. A corps of Hottentots and half-breeds, raised by the Dutch East India Company at the Cape in 1793. Panthay Rebellion. A rising of the Mohammedans of Yunnan against China, which broke out in 1855, under the leadership of Dow-Win-Sheou. The rising was successful, and the Viceroy of Yunnan finally signed a treaty by which Dow- Win-Sheou was given practi- cally uncontrolled sway over Western Yunnan. After his death the Peking Government at last determined to restore the Imperial rule and dis- patched a force for that purpose in 1867 which, after a long conflict, defeated and almost exterminated the Mohamme- dans. Papal Infallibility. This was made a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church by a decree of the Vatican Council in 1870. It is decreed that in all matters of faith and morals the Pope is infallible when he speaks ex cathedra, that is to say, officially as the vicegerent of God. Paper King. John Law of the Mississippi Scheme was so called from his issue of large amounts of paper DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 187 money without an adequate reserve in specie. Pare aux Cerfs. The harem of Louis XV of France in the Park of Versailles. Paris Fund. A fund raised by subscriptions from America for the support of the Irish Home Rule agita- tion and of the evicted tenants. It was deposited in Paris, and was under the control of Par- nell. After his death in 1891, a serious quarrel followed be- tween the Parnellites and the anti-Parnellites as to the dis- posal of the fund. Eventually, in 1894, it was handed over to Mr. Justin McCarthy. Paris Matins. The name given to the mas- sacre of St. Bartholomew. Paris, Treaty of, 1763. A treaty between England, France and Spain, at the. close of the Seven Years War. England obtained the whole of the French possessions in America, except New Orleans and the territory west of the Mississippi, together with Flor- ida, ceded by Spain in return for Havana, which was restored to her. The French fishing -rights on the Newfoundland coast and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence were formally recog- nized. Guadeloupe and Mar- tinique were restored to France, who also obtained St. Lucia. England recovered Minorca, in exchange for which France ceded to Spain Louisiana west of the Mississippi. In India, France retained her factories, but agreed to withdraw her troops. Paris, Treaty of, 1814. A treaty between France and the Allied Powers, signed in 1 8 14, after the entry of the Allies into Paris. By its pro- visions France was restricted to her frontier of 1790, with the exception of a slight increase of territory, including some strong places, towards the Rhine, and about half Savoy, towards the Alps. Mauritius was surrendered to England, who retained Malta and the Cape of Good Hope. The inde- pendence of the German and Swiss states, and of the Italian states outside the Austrian dominions was proclaimed. Holland, under the rule of the Prince of Orange, was to receive an accession of territory, which, by a secret article, was declared to be Belgium. Sar- dinia received Genoa, in com- pensation for the portion of Savoy ceded to France. These provisions formed the basis for discussion at the Congress which met immediately afterwards at Vienna to settle the affairs of Europe. Paris, Treaty of, 181 5. A treaty between France and the Allies, signed in 18 15, after the Waterloo Campaign. France lost the advanced frontier ac- corded her by the treaty of 1 8 14, and was restricted abso- lutely to her frontier of 1790. She was further mulcted in a sum of seven hundred million francs, to be paid within five years, and pending payment an army of occupation was to hold certain fortresses. Paris, Treaty of, 1856. A treaty signed by England, France, Russia, Turkey, Prussia DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS and Sardinia, after the close of the Crimean War. It provided for the return of Kars to Turkey and of Sebastopol to Russia, The Powers agreed to respect the integrity of Turkey, while the Sultan undertook to issue a firman ameliorating the condition of his Christian sub- jects. The Black Sea was neu- tralized, and the Bosphorus and Dardanelles closed to ships of war in time of peace, while the navigation of the Danube was thrown open to all nations. The treaty also dealt with the laws of maritime war, and the following principles were ac- cepted by the signatories : (i) Privateering to be henceforth unlawful ; (2) The flag to cover the merchandise, except in the case of contraband of war ; (3) Neutral goods under an enemy's flag not to be liable to capture, unless contraband of war ; (4) Blockades not to be binding unless effective. In 1870 Russia took advantage of the Franco-German War to repudiate the clause neutralizing the Black Sea. Paris, Treaty of, 1857. A treaty between Great Bri- tain and Persia, by which Persia renounced all her rights in Afghanistan, including Herat, and undertook to submit to the arbitration of Great Britain any questions that might arise between her and Afghanistan. By a clause in this treaty the slave trade in the Persian Gulf was made illegal. Parish School Act. An|[Act passed by the Irish Parliament in 1537, providing that no person should be ap- pointed to any benefice in Ireland who was not acquainted with the English language, and requiring every beneficed cler- gyman to establish and main- tain English schools in his parish, and to teach his parish- ioners the prayers of the Church in the English tongue. Parlement. The judicial body which suc- ceeded the Cours Plenidres, or Baronial Courts of the early French kings. It was organ- ized by Louis IX, and was at first without any fixed seat, though under Philip the Fair in 1302 it was established in Paris and became known as the Parlement de Paris. It was then composed of two prelates, two nobles, thirteen clerics and thirteen laymen. Its earliest records are dated 1254. Later, similar bodies, known also as Parlements, were established in the chief provincial centres. Parliament of 1265. To this Parliament of Henry III, in addition to the knights of the shires, who had been summoned intermittently since the reign of William the Con- queror, there were summoned, for the first time in English history, two burgesses from each of the principal citiesi The first regular Parliament, however, in which all the estates of the realm were duly represented is generally held to have been that of Edward I, which met in 1294. Parliaments. See Addled, Barebone's, Bats, Cavalier, Club, Convention, Devil's, Drunken, Dunces, Good, Grattan's, Long, Mad, Merci- less, Pensioned, Reformed, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 189 Rump, Short, Unlearned, Use- less, White Bands, Wonderful. Parliaments, Foreign. Althing, Bundesrath, Cham- bre. Congress, Cortes, Delega- tions, Folkething, Junta, Lan- desgemeinde, Landstag, Long Diet, Odalsthing, Potchef- stroom, Reichsrath, Reichstag, Rigsdag, Skuptschina, So- branje. States General, Stor- thing, Thing, United Diet, Volksraad. Parnell Commission. A commission appointed by Act of Parliament in 1888 to try the charges brought against Mr. Parnell by the Times in their articles " Parnellism and Crime." The gravamen of these charges was that Parnell and other Irish leaders were insincere in their condemnation of agrarian crime, and they were based on a series of letters sold to the Times by a cer- tain Pigott. In one of these letters Mr. Parnell wrote that Mr. Burke, who was murdered in Phoenix Park, had only got his deserts. Under cross-exam- ination Pigott broke down, and confessed that the letters were forgeries. The Commission cleared Parnell and the other Irish members of the graver charges, but considered their complicity in much of the lawlessness of the Land League clearly proved. Parnellites. The followers of Mr. Parnell in the House of Commons, es- pecially the small section of the party which remained faithful to him after his deposition from the leadership in 1 890, and which continued in opposition to the Anti-Parnellites after his death. under the leadership of Mr.- Redmond. Parsees. Descendants of the ancient Zoroastrians of Persia, who, rather than forsake their reli- gion, fled to India, on the conquest of Persia by the Caliph Omar in 651. They form a community of about 85,000, with their headquarters in Bombay. Parsons' Emperor. See Pfaff en- Kaiser. Parthenopaean Republic. A short-lived republic, estab- lished in the kingdom of Naples in 1799, as the result of a popular rising. Partition Treaty, First. A treaty between Great Bri- tain, Holland and Spain, signed in 1698, with the object of dealing in anticipation with the claims of the rival pretenders to the Spanish succession. It was agreed that Spain, the Netherlands, and the Spanish Indies should pass to the Elector of Bavaria, the least powerful of the three claim- ants. France was to receive Guipuscoa and the two Sicilies, and Austria the Milanese. The terms of this treaty, though secret, leaked out, and Charles was persuaded to execute a will leaving the whole of his dominions to the Bavarian Prince. Partition Treaty, Second. The death of the Elector of Bavaria having rendered the First Partition Treaty of no effect, a second treaty was signed by the same three powers in 1700. By this instrument Spain, the Netherlands and the Indies were assigned to the I90 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Austrian Archduke, while France, in addition to the two Sicilies and Guipuscoa, was to receive the Milanese, to be exchanged eventually for Lor- raine, which was a German fief encroaching on the natural dominions of France. Pasquinades. A series of satires on the authorities issued in Rome to- wards the end of the fifteenth century by a witty tailor named Pasquino. The word is now applied generally to political lampoons. Passarowitz, Treaty of. A treaty between Venice and Turkey, signed in 171 8, by which the Morea, which had been secured to Venice by the treaty of Carlowitz in 1699, was restored to Turkey. Passau, Treaty of. A treaty between the Em- peror Charles V and the Protest- ant Princes of Germany, signed in 1552, after the surprise of Charles at Innspruck by Maur- ice of Saxony. The Protestants of Germany secured thereby the free exercise of their religion and freedom from Imperial interference. Passive Obedience. See Non-Resistance. Pastoureaux. A band of shepherds and peasants, led by a Hungarian, who styled himself the Master of Hungary, who rose in revolt in France in 1251. Their avowed objects were the reform of the abuses of the Church and the release of the Holy Land from Moslem rule. The out- break, directed in the first instance against priests and scholars, was accompanied by wild excesses, but was soon suppressed, the Master being killed in an attack on Bourges. Patrimonia Sancti Petri. The city of Rome and the surrounding district, handed over to Alexander III by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1 177 as St. Peter's Inherit- ance. Patriots. A section of Whig malcon- tents who, in 1733, under the leadership of Pulteney strongly opposed Walpole's Excise Bill. They were supported by the " Boys," the Young Whig party under William Pitt, and by the small remnant of the Tories under Bolingbroke. Walpole, however, was too strong for them, and, as a protest, the Patriots retired from Parliament in a body. Patrons of Husbandry. A secret society formed for the promotion of agricultural interests in the United States in 1870. Between that date and 1876, when the society reached its zenith, the number of their lodges or " granges " increased in number from 90 to 19,000. The discussion of political questions was strictly forbidden at their meetings.' The members of the society are known as Grangers. Pavia, Edict of. An edict issued by the Em- peror Conrad II in 1037, by which all lesser fiefs throughout the Empire were made here- ditary, while the feudal dues payable to the greater Lords were reduced. This edict be- came the law of German feudal- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 191 Pazzi, Conspiracy of the. A conspiracy against the Medici in Florence in 1478, headed by the Pazzi family, and supported by Pope Sixtus IV. The plan was to assassinate the two brothers, Lorenzo and Giu- liano, in the cathedral, but the assassins failed to kill Lorenzo, whose prompt measures quickly put down the rising. Peacie of 1782. A treaty between Great Brit- ain and the United States which closed the American War of Independence. By its pro- visions Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States, and their right to the whole of the Northern Conti- nent of America except Canada and Newfoundland . This treaty was confirmed by the Treaty of Versailles of 1783, to which Spain and France were also parties. Peace Preservation Act. An Act passed in the Queens- land Parliament in 1894, to deal with the terrorism rife in the pastoral districts owing to the action of the Shearers' Union. Peace Society. A society founded in London in 1 8 16 to advocate the principle that war is inconsistent with Christianity and humanity. It is entirely unsectarian, though most of its earlier members were Quakers. Peasant War. A rising of the peasants of Suabia, Franconia, Alsace and Lorraine, in 1525, under the leadership of Gortz von Ber- lichingen. They issued a mani- festo demanding, among other concessions, the right to choose their own pastors, the payment of tithes in kind only, the pro- ceeds thereof to be devoted to ecclesiastical purposes, the abo- lition of serfdom, and free hunt- ing and fishing. In the later stages of the war they were led by the fanatic Miinzer, who proclaimed community of goods. After much bloodshed the rising was suppressed in the course of the year, Miinzer being killed in battle. Pecquigny, Treaty of. A treaty between Edward IV and Louis XI, by which the English King agreed to with- draw his troops from France, on the payment by Louis of the expenses of the war, a yearly pension, and 50,000 crowns as ransom for Margaret of Anjou. This treaty, signed in 1475, was secured by Louis mainly by large bribes administered to Edward's advisers. Pecsovics. The name given by the Magyars, after the war of 1848, to those Hungarians who were suspected of Austrian sym- pathies. Peelites. The followers of Sir Robert Peel in his departure from extreme Toryism, on the lines of the Tamworth Manifesto of 1835. Peep-o'-Day Boys. Bands of Protestant pea- santry, formed in Ulster in 1782, who made it their business to eject Catholic tenants from their farms. Peers, Trial of. The establishment of the 192 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS right of a peer to be tried by his peers in Parliament dates from the reign of Edward III, when Stratford, Archbishop of Can- terbury, refused to answer the charges brought against him before any other tribunal. He was supported by the Lords, and the King was at last com- pelled to yield. The privilege thus secured was embodied in a statute. Pelagic Sealing. The capture of seals in the open sea, and not on their breed- ing grounds. See Behring Sea. Pelican State. A name given to the State of Louisiana, from the pelican in its coat of arms. Pelucones. The reactionary party in Chile in 1828 were known as the Pelucones or Wigs. Peking, Treaty of. A treaty signed in i860 by China, Great Britain and France, ratifying the provisions of the Treaty of Tientsin. China also made certain additional con- cessions, and paid an increased indemnity as compensation for the treatment accorded to the plenipotentiaries on their way to Peking to ratify the previous treaty. Pembroke, Settlement of. A settlement of Flemings at Haverfordwest and Tenby, under the Earl of Clare, in 1107. Penal Laws. A series of Acts passed at various times from the reign of William III to that of George II. and notably in the time of Queen Anne, imposing various most harassing disabilities on the Irish Catholics. The first relaxation of these Acts took place in 1778. Pendleton Bill. A bill to promote Civil Ser- vice reform, which was passed by the United States Senate in 1882. Its principal provision was the throwing open of ap- pointments in the Civil Ser- vice to competitive examina- tion. Peninsular State. A name sometimes given to the State of Florida, U.S.A. Penny Post. This great reform was intro- duced in the Budget of 1839, and became operative on Jan- uary 10, 1840. Its introduc- tion is due to the perseverance of Sir Rowland Hill, who after many years of argument, at last succeeded in convincing the Postal authorities that the increase of correspondence would more than compensate for the loss occasioned by the lowering of the rates. Pensioned Parliament. The Parliament of 1661-79 was so called from the large number of its members who were Cavaliers in receipt of Royal pensions. It was also called the Cavalier Parliament. Pentecote Vivante. This sobriquet was bestowed upon Cardinal Mezzofanti, who was said to speak fifty-eight languages. People's Charter. See Chartism. People's Party. See Populists. . DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 193 Perdita. The name by which Mrs. Mary Robinson, the favourite of George IV, was generally known. Pere des Lettres. Francis I of France was called the Father of Letters. Permanent Settlement. The arrangement by which Lord Cornwalhs finally adopted the Zemindari System of land tenure in Bengal in 1793. {See Zemindar). Peronne, Treaty of. A treaty between Louis XI of France and Charles the Bold of Burgundy, in 1468, by which Louis, who had been treacher- ously imprisoned by Charles, obtained his release in return for certain important conces- sions. Perpetual Edict. A document issued at Brus- sels by Philip II in 1577, con- firming the Pacification of Ghent. Philip agreed to the withdrawal of the Spanish Army, exchange of all prisoners, con- firmation of the Charters and Constitutions of the Nether- lands, and the maintenance of the two religions. Perpetual League. A league entered into in 1291 by the three Forest Cantons of Switzerland, Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, for mutual assist- ance against aggression. This league, which is also known as the League of Brunnen, is the germ of the Swiss Confedera- tion. A second Perpetual League was formed in 1332, when Lucerne was admitted into the Federation. Perpetual Peace. A treaty of peace entered into between Austria and the Federated Swiss Cantons in 1474, by which Austria re- nounced her claim to all the territory won back from her by the Swiss, in return for which' they promised their aid in the war with Burgundy. Perpetual Peace. A treaty between England and Scotland in 1502, whereby Margaret, daughter of Henry VII, was betrothed to James IV. Perth, Convocation of. An assembly summoned by Edward I in 1305, after the annexation of Scotland, to elect members to represent Scotland in the English Parliament of that year. Peshwa. The minister of the Mahratta princes of India. The Peshwas, who were seven in succession, may be said to have formed a Mahratta dynasty, as, though nominally ministers, they were actually rulers of the Mahratta States. Their power came to an end with the treaty of Bassein in 1802. Peterloo. See Manchester Massacre. Peter's Pence. A tribute to the Pope which seems to have originated in an undertakngby ^thelwulf (836- 857) to find funds for the sup- port of a Saxon College at Rome. This tribute was later exacted by the Popes as a right, and was so paid by William the Con- queror and later kings. o 194 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Petit Caporal. Napoleon's nickname among his soldiers, given to him after the battle of Lodi. Petition and Advice. An enactment passed by- Parliament in 1657, and ac- cepted by Cromwell, amending the Constitution. Among other provisions it restored the second chamber, which had been abol- ished by the Long Parliament, and placed the army under Parliament and the head of the executive jointly. It also pro- vided that Cromwell should take the title of King, a pro- vision which he refused to accept. Petition of Grievances. A petition presented by Par- liament to James I in 16 10, complaining of the Impositions, of the Courts of High Commis- sion and of Wales, and of the free use of Royal Proclamations having the force of Statutes. Petition of Right. A petition presented to Charles I by his third Parlia- ment in 1628. It comprised four demands: (i) That no taxes should be levied without the consent of Parliament. (2) That no subject of the realm should be imprisoned unless due cause were shown. (3) That the forces of the Crown should not be billeted on the people. (4) That no commission should issue in time of peace to try a subject by martial law. The King gave a qualified accept- ance to the petition, but never adhered to its conditions. Petitioners. The signatories to petitions to Charles II in 1679, urging him to call Parliament together, he having prorogued the new Parliament for a year before it had commenced to discuss busi- ness. The loyalist party, who forwarded an address to the King expressing their abhor- rence of the petitions, were called Abhorrers. Petroleuses. A band of women who, in the last hours of the Paris Com- mune, spread over Paris with petroleum, setting fire to public buildings. When caught by the Government troops, they were promptly shot. Pfaffenbrief. The Priests' Charter, an ordinance issued in 1370 by the Federal States of Switzerland, declaring ecclesiastics to be subject to the authority of the State, and to have no special privileges. Pfaff en- Kaiser. Charles IV, the Emperor set up by the Guelf Party in 1346 in opposition to Lewis IV, was called the Parsons' Emperor. Pfahl-biirger. Burgesses of the Palisades, refugees from the tyranny of the feudal barons, who estab- lished themselves outside the walls but within the liberties of the free cities. These liberties were usually defined by a line of palisades, from which the name is derived. Philike Hetairia. A Greek secret society es- tablished in 1 8 14 for the f pur- pose of fomenting a rising against Turkish rule. Phoenix Park Murders. The murder in the Phoenix DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 195 Park, Dublin, on May 6, 1882, by the Invincibles, an Irish, secret society, of Lord Frederick Cavendish, the Chief Secretary, and Mr. Burke, the Under Secretary. The assassins es- caped, but were afterwards brought to justice through the disclosures of an informer named Carey. Piagnoni. The Weepers, the followers of Savonarola, who was the guiding spirit of the Florentine Republic established during the temporary eclipse of the power of the Medici in 1493. Pichegru's Conspiracy. A conspiracy to overthrow the Consulate and bring back the Bourbons, planned by Georges Cadoudal, the Breton leader, and General Pichegru in 1804. The Comte d'Artois was privy to it, and the English Ministers at the Courts of Bavaria and Wurtemberg were also supposed to have had knowledge of it. Certain infor- mation reaching the police, the conspirators and many who were entirely innocent were arrested. Among other innocent victims was the young Due d'Enghien, son of the Prince de Conde, who was shot by order of Napoleon. It is of this action that Fouche said, "It is worse than a crime, it is a blunder." Pies Poudrees, Court of. A special court established during the great fairs in Scot- land and England to try trivial offences, such as disturbances of the peace, committed within the fair limits. It derives its name from the " dusty feet " of the pedlars, who were the principal vendors at these gatherings. In England it was called the Court of Pie Powder. Pilgrim Fathers. The Puritan emigrants who left England in the Mayflower, and were the first colonists of New England in 1620. Pilgrimage of Grace. The Catholic rising in the North of England in the reign of Henry VIII (iS37). Pilnitz, Treaty of. A treaty signed in August, 1 79 1, by the King of Prussia and the Emperor, by which the former agreed to support the allies in their efforts to suppress the French Revolution. The two monarchs subsequently issued a manifesto, known as the Declaration of Pilnitz, de- claring that the position of the King of France was a matter of interest to all sovereigns, and that if the European rulers united to aid Louis, they would combine with them for the purpose. The price of Prussia's co-operation in this movement was a secret undertaking on the part of Austria not to interfere with her proceedings in Poland. Pilsen, League of. A confederation of Hussites in 1422, sworn to resist Sigis- mund, and to oppose any sovereign who would not per- mit communion in both kinds. Pindaris. A body of freebooters, or soldiers of fortune, in India, originally formed as a body of irregular horse, with licence to plunder, by the last Moham- medan dynasty of the Deccan. At the beginning of the nine- 196 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS teentli century they were in the service of the Mahratta Confederacy, and after the breaking up of this they con- tinued to give great trouble to the British by their predatory raids. They were finally dis- persed, and ceased to exist as an organized force in 1818. Pine Tree State. The state of Maine is so called, from the wide extent of its pine forests. Pisa, Council of. A Council, summoned during the schism in 1409, which de- posed Gregory XII and Bene- dict XIII, and elected Alex- ander V as Pope. The two first named declined to recognize the authority of the Council, with the result that there were now three Popes. Pitaux, Insurrection of the. A peasant rising in Sain- tonge and Poitou in 1548, to obtain redress of grievances in connection with the Gabelle, or salt-tax. The insurgents held Bordeaux for some time, but were eventually overpowered, and their leaders executed. The rising, however, led to a reduction in the Gabelle. Pitt's India Bill. See East India Company. Place Bill. A Bill which, after several failures, became law in 1743, in spite of the strong opposition of the King, rendering pen- sioners of the Crown and holders of offices about the Court in- eligible for seats in the House of Commons. ' Plague of London. The pestilence which broke out in London in 1665, and was not completely stamped out until the Great Fire of the follow- ing year. It carried off nearly 100,000 persons out of a total population of half a million. Plain. The name given to the Girondins in the French Con- vention, because they occupied the lower tiers of seats in the Assembly. The Jacobins, who sat on the upper benches, were known as the Mountain. Plan of Campaign. A combination of tenants to refuse their rents on those Irish estates where the reduc- tions demanded were not con- ceded. The tenants bound themselves to act together, and to make no separate arrange- ments with the landlord. If the reduction was refused, they then paid their rent into a common fund, to be used for the support of those who were evict- ed. The Plan was put into opera- tion on forty estates. In April, 1888, it was pronounced un- lawful by the Vatican. Platine States. The name given to the South American Republics bor- dering on the River Plate, namely, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Plebiscite. The submission of a question to the direct national vote, in- stead of to a vote of the elected representatives. It was adopted by Napoleon III after the Coup d'Etat of 1 85 1, when he referred to the people the- question of his assumption of the Imperial dignity. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 197 Plimsoll's Act. The Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, passed owing to the efforts of Mr. PHmsoll on behalf of merchant seamen. It contains provisions preventing unsea- worthy ships from leaving English ports, and regulates the load line and deck cargoes. The mark indicating the water- line of a fully loaded ship is kno^vn as the PlimsoU Mark. Plon-Plon. The nickname of Prince Napoleon, son of Jerome Bona- parte. It was given him during the Crimean war, and is a euphemism for Craint-Plomb (Fear Bullet). Pochi Danari. The Penniless, a nickname given by the Italians to the Emperor Maximilian I ^1493- 1519)- Podesta. The chief magistrate in the Italian cities during the thir- teenth century. He was elected annually by the citizens. In some cases his functions were purely judicial ; in other cities he also exercised certain execu- tive functions, including the control of the military forces. Poire, La. The nickname of Louis Philippe of France, whose face was usually portrayed by the caricaturists of the day in the shape of a pear. Poland, First Partition of. An arrangement arrived at in 1772 by Frederick of Prussia, Catherine of Russia, and Maria Theresa of Austria, by which Prussia obtained the whole of Polish Prussia, except Dantzig and Thorn ; Austria annexed Galicia and Lodomiria; and Russia acquired aU the territory between the Dwina, the Dnieper and the Drutsch. Poland, Second Partition of. At the close of the Polish Civil War in 1793, Prussia and Russia invaded Poland, and as a consequence added to their dominions — Russia 8 5 ,000 square miles of territory, and Prussia 21,000, together with the towns of Dantzig and Thorn. Poland, Third Partition of. The small remnant of the Kingdom of Poland was di- vided between Prussia, Austria and Russia after Kosciusko's abortive rising in 1795. Policy, Council of. The local Council established at Cape Town in 1652 to govern the Colony under the General Council of the Dutch East India Company. It consisted at first of four members, but was enlarged to eight in 1685. Polish Note. A joint note presented to Russia by Great Britain, France and Austria in 1863, after the suppression of the Polish in- surrection of that year. It contained suggestions for an amnesty, national self-govern- ment, liberty of conscience, and other liberal measures, but as there was obviously no inten- tion of backing it by force, Russia treated it with complete indifference. Polish Succession, War of the. The war which broke out on the death of Augustus II in 1733. Stanislas Leszczynski was supported for the throne 198 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS by France, Spain and Sardinia, Augustus III by Russia and Austria. The war was ended by the Treaty of Vienna in 1738, Augustus obtaining the crown. Political Assessments Act. An Act of the United States Congress, passed in 1876, which forbids the sohciting or receiv- ing of assessments for pohtical purposes from any person hold- ing an of&cial position under the Government. Politiques. A party which came into existence in France after the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572, under the leadership of the Montmorency family. It was composed of Catholics who had no sympathy with the Huguenot persecutions and de- sired to extend toleration to their heretic fellow-country- men. Poll Tax. A tax, graduated from £1 to 15. a head, on every man or woman in England, imposed in 1380. It caused great discon- tent, which culminated in the rising of Wat Tyler and Jack Cade in 1381. Pontage. A tax imposed on all freemen in feudal times, for the repair and maintenance of bridges. Poonah, Treaty of. A treaty between the British and the Peshwa signed in 1 8 17, whereby the Peshwa recognized the dissolution of the Mahratta Confederacy, and renounced all his claims on Sindhia, Holkar, the Gaekwar and the Rajah of Berar. He undertook to hold no com- munication with foreign princes, and to provide for the main- tenance of a force of 5,000 horse and 3,000 foot. He also relinquished all territorial rights north of the Nerbudda, and undertook not to interfere in Indian affairs. Poor Law Acts. The first Act dealing with this question was passed in the reign of Elizabeth in 1572, and was followed by other enact- ments which were consolidated in the Act of 1601. By this Act rogues and vagabonds were severely dealt with, but work- houses were provided for the relief of the deserving poor, and parish officers, known as Over- seers, appointed to superintend the working of the Act. This Act of Elizabeth continued in force till the Poor Law Act of 1832. By that time numerous abuses had crept into the ad- ministration of the Poor Law, resulting in the complete pau- perisation of many parishes, owing largely to the stringency of the regulations against vaga- bondage having been relaxed. By the new Act, the separation between the two classes was rendered definite, relief was only to be granted to the able- bodied in return for labour, and children were separated from adult paupers. The machinery was in the main left unchanged, but small parishes were formed into Unions, and a central Board of Control was established. Pope, Election of. The present system of elec- tion to the Papal chair was es- tablished by Nicholas II at the Synod of Rome in 1059, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 199 and amended by Gregory X at the Council of Lyons in 1275. Pope of Geneva. A nickname of Calvin. Popish Plot. A pretended plot in the reign of Charles II, having for its object the assassination of the King and the forcible establishment of the Roman Catholic religion. The arch- informer, Titus Gates, was a renegade English clergyman, who had been admitted into the Jesuit order. It is possible that there may have been some such scheme on foot, but the so-called revelations of Gates and his fellow-informers were nothing but a tissue of absurdi- ties. Unfortunately, the murder by some person unknown of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, be- fore whom Gates made his first deposition, so inflamed the popular mind that no justice could be expected, and five Catholic peers denounced by Gates were sent to the Tower, while many innocent priests and others were condemned and executed. Popular Sovereignty. The political doctrine in the United States that the question of negro slavery was one for each Territory or State to de- cide for itself. It was perhaps better known as Squatter Sovereignty. Populists, A party formed at Cincin- nati in 1 89 1, under the style of the People's Party of the United States. Their " plat- form," drawn up by Ignatius Donnelly, consists of the follow- ing " planks " among others : Abolition of National Banks, Free Coinage of Silver, Laws against Alien Landowners, Graduated Income-tax, and National Control of Railways, Porcari, Conspiracy of. An attempt, under the leadership of Stefano Porcari in 1453, to restore republican institutions in Rome. It was the final struggle of the Romans against the temporal domina- tion of the Popes. Port Philip Association. An association of Pioneers under John Pascoe Fawkner and John Batman, who were the first colonists to settle on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, and therefore the founders of Melbourne, in 1835. Porteous Riots. An outbreak in Edinburgh in 1736, when the mob broke into the Tolbooth and hanged an officer named Porteous, who had been sentenced to death for firing on the crowd at an execution where he was in command of the guard, and afterwards reprieved. After executing their vengeance, the mob dispersed, and none of the rioters were ever detected. Portroyal. A religious and literary com- munity established in Paris circ. 1594 by the Arnault family, the leaders of the Jansenists. Pascal was one of its most famous members. Portugal, Independence of. In 1640 the weakness of Spain under Charles IV induced the Portuguese nobles, headed by the Archbishop of Lisbon, to throw off their allegiance to 200 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS the Spanish. Crown, and pro- claim their legitimate sover- eign, the Duke of Braganza, King of Portugal by the title of John IV. The Spaniards ac- cepted the situation, without any effort to maintain their authority. Portuguese Mars. Alfonso d' Albuquerque (1453- 1515), the famous Indian Vice- roy, was so called. Postal Convention, Interna- tional. A convention of the prin- cipal States of Europe and America, held at Berne in 1874, at which a uniform rate of postage between the various States was agreed upon. Post-nati. The name given to James I's Scottish subjects who were born after his accession to the English throne. The question arose as to whether they were aliens in England, and a legal decision was given to the effect that they were not aliens. Potato Famine. The failure of the potato crop in Ireland in 1847 is so called. It caused terrible distress, not- withstanding all the efforts made to relieve the sufferers, and thousands in consequence emigrated to America. Its effects on population, land tenure and other Irish questions have been very far-reaching. Potchefstroom, Volksraad of. The first Volksraad north of the Vaal River, established in 1840. Poyning's Act. An Act introduced by Sir Edward Poyning, and passed in 1495, which declared that no Irish Parliament should be con- voked until its programhie of legislation had been sanctioned by the English Privy Council, and attested by the Great Seal. It was afterwards a source of endless complications between the Irish and English Govern- ments, as it limited the abso- lute power of the Lord Lieu- tenant, and rendered impossible any policy of the English colony in Ireland to which the Mother Country was opposed. This Act was temporarily re- pealed in 1689, re-enacted in 1 69 1, and finally rescinded in 1782. Praemunire, Statute of. A statute passed in 1392, finally confirming the Statute of Provisors of the previous reign, and declaring the realm of England to be free of all earthly subjection. The procuring of any Bull or other Papal instru- ment was made punishable by outlawry and forfeiture. Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges. A proclamation of Charles VII of France in 1438, declaring that the authority of a General Council was superior to that of the Pope. It further followed the terms of the Concordat of Aschaffenburg, proclaiming that annates were abolished, and that the election of the Bishops was to be free of Papal control. Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VI. The fundamental law issued in 1724, settling the succession to the Austrian throne on Maria Theresa and her descend- ants. This, the most famous of the various Pragmatic Sane- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 201 tions, was the cause of the War of the Austrian Succession, and was not finally accepted by the European Powers till the Peace of Aix La Chapelle in 1748. Pragmatic Sanction of Frank- fort. A manifesto issued in 1338 by the Electors of the German Empire, in reply to the anathe- mas of Boniface XII, main- taining the Emperor's inde- pendence of Papal control. Pragmatic Sanction of Louis IX. A decree issued in 1269, against the privileges of the clergy and the Papal usurpa- tions. It forbade the sale of benefices and the levy of any tax by the Pope. Pragmatic Sanction of Mentz. The decree issued in 1439 by Albert II, the first Hapsburg Emperor, settling the throne of Germany upon the royal house of Austria. Pragmatic Sanction of 1759. The instrument by which Charles III of Spain settled the succession to the throne of Naples upon his third son and his descendants. Pragmatic Sanction of 1830. The decree issued by Ferdi- nand VII of Spain, abolishing the Salic Law, in order to secure the crown for his daughter Isabella. This document is chiefly responsible for the Carlist wars. Prague, Congress of. A Congress of Panslavists held at Prague in 1848. It was the occasion of an outbreak on the part of the Czechs, and led to the bombardment of the city by Windischgratz. Prague, Peace of. A treaty signed in 1635, to which all the sovereign States of Germany were parties. Cer- tain concessions were made to the Protestants, the hereditary right of Austria to Bohemia was recognized, Pomerania was given to the Elector of Branden- burg, and Lusatia to the Elector of Saxony. The latter, in re- turn, agreed to aid Austria in expelling the Swedes from Germany, thus scandalously deserting his northern ally. Prague, Treaty of. A treaty signed by Prussia, Austria and Italy, after the de- feat of Austria at Sadowa in 1866. Prussia annexed Han- over, Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse- Cassel and Nassau. Austria renounced all right of inter- ference in the North German States, as President of the Diet, and further ceded the Venetian provinces to Italy. Praguerie. A revolt of the Dukes of Bourbon and Alencon and other great nobles against Charles VII in 1439, owing to the imposition, by the Ordon- nance of Orleans, of a tax on their lands for military pur- poses. They were joined by the Dauphin Louis, but were defeated by Charles in 1440, when the war came to an end. It broke out again, but was finally suppressed in 1441. Prairie State. The State of Illinois, U.S.A., is so called from the vast ex- panse of level prairie it contains. Precariae. Grants of Church lands to laymen during the Middle Ages, 202 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS often extorted by force. They were generally for the life of the grantee, but were some- times renewed to his successor. Predial Servitude. The condition of villeinage under the feudal system. See Villeins. Preobajensky. A secret political police, es- tablished by Peter the Great of Russia. It was somewhat simi- lar in constitution to the modern " Third Section." It was abolished by Peter III in 1762. Presburg, Confederation of. A confederation of the Aus- trian, Bohemian and Hun- garian States against the Em- peror Rudolph II, formed by his brother Matthias in 1608. He succeeded in wresting these possessions from Rudolph. Presburg, Treaty of. A treaty between France and Austria, signed in December, 1805, a few days later than the Treaty of Schonbrunn. Aus- tria, left at Napoleon's mercy by the defection of Prussia, was forced to accept what was practically a measure of spolia- tion. She surrendered Venice and the Adriatic provinces to Italy, and portions of her dominions to Bavaria, Wiirtem- berg and Baden, while she recognized the erection of Bavaria and Wiirtemberg into kingdoms, and agreed to abstain from interference in the affairs of Naples. Pretoria Convention. A convention signed in 1881, after the Majuba disaster, be- tween Great Britain and the Transvaal. The Transvaal was granted complete internal in- dependence, under British suzerainty. Great Britain to have control of the foreign policy of the Transvaal, and to be represented by a Resident at Pretoria. Pretoria, Treaty of. A treaty between Portugal and the Transvaal, signed in 1869, providing for the delimit- ation of the frontier between their respective territories. Pride's Purge. The name given to the forcible removal from the House by Colonel Pride and his troopers of over a hundred members of the majority of the Long Parliament. The ejected members were imprisoned, and the remnant, known as the Rump, fell completely under the domination of the army. Priests' Charter. See Pfaffenbrief. Prince Florizel. A nickname of George IV, derived from the name he assumed in his correspondence with Mrs. Mary Robinson (Per- dita). Prince of Alchemy. A sobriquet of Rudolph II, Emperor of Germany. Princes Expulsion Bill. A Bill passed by the French Chambers in 1886, expelling from French territory all claimants to the throne and their immediate heirs. As a consequence. Prince Napoleon and the Comte de Paris and his family left France. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 203 Princess Party. The party headed by the ChurchiUs, who supported the Princess Anne during the reign of William III. Principe de la Paz. The Prince of the Peace, the title of Godoy, the minister of Charles IV of Spain, in the last decade of the eighteenth cen- tury. Prisoner of Chillon. Francois de Bonnivard, a Frenchman who offended Charles III of Savoy, and was imprisoned by him for six years in the Castle of Chillon on the Lake of Geneva. Prisoner of the Vatican. Pope Pius IX was so called by his adherents after Rome became the seat of the Italian Government in 1870. Privas, Massacre of. A massacre of Huguenots at the taking of Privas by Louis XIII in 1629. Privilege of the Clan Macduff. In ancient times any person within the ninth degree of kin- ship with the Chief of the Mac- duffs who had been guilty of unpremeditated homicide could, if he reached in safety Mac- duff's Cross in Fife, escape the death penalty, and go free on payment of a fine. This privi- lege is said to have been granted by Malcolm Canmore (1057- 93.) Professio Fidei. A profession of the Catholic Faith, issued by the Council of Trent in 1545, as a counter- blast to the Protestant Con- fession of Augsburg. Its ac- ceptance was made obligatory on every aspirant to a degree throughout the German Uni- versities. Promissory Oaths Act. An Act passed in 1868, con- solidating and amending the various Acts dealing with the oath of allegiance and abjura- tion. It provides a Parlia- mentary, an official and a judicial oath, of a nature that can be taken by Roman Catholics and Jews, ending with the formula " So help me, God." The wording of the Parliamentary oath came into special prominence in 1880-5, in the course of Mr. Bradlaugh's attempts to take his seat in the House of Commons. Pronunciamiento. In Spain and Spanish America a proclamation issued by a military leader, backed by his troops, against the exist- ing Government. Propaganda, College of the. The Congregatio de Propa- ganda Fide is a council of ecclesiastics, founded by Gregory XV in 1622, to super- intend the diffusion of the Catholic Faith in distant lands. The Council has at present control of all foreign missions and of a college at Rome for the training of missionaries. Protestant Duke. James, Duke of Monmouth, the natural son of Charles II, who, though brought up as a Catholic, afterwards adopted the Protestant faith, was so called by his supporters. Protestant Hero. The name given by the Eng- lish people to Frederick -the Great of Prussia. 204 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Protestant League. A league of the Protestant Princes of Germany, formed in 165 1, to maintain their terri- torial rights and uphold the Peace of Westphalia, Protestant Union. A league of Protestants formed at a Congress held at Ahausen, in Anspach, in 1608, in consequence of the course pursued by the Emperor and the Catholic Princes in the Troubles of Donauworth. Its object was mutual defence, and its leading members were the Elector Palatine, Christian of Anhalt, and John Frederick of Wiirtemberg, It was after- wards joined by fifteen Im- perial cities. Provisions of Oxford. A decree issued in 1258 by the Council of State. It pro- vided for the placing of the royal castles in the hands of English Governors, and for the summoning of Parliament three times a year. This document is noteworthy as being the first public document issued in the English language. Provisors, Statute of. A statute passed in the thirty-eighth year of Edward III (1365), and directed against the claim of the Pope to ap- point to benefices in England. It confirmed a previous statute which enacted that the King and the Lords were to appoint to benefices of their own or their ancestors' creation, and not the Pope of Rome, and further made the introduction of Papal Bulls and Briefs into the realm illegal. Prudhommes. Notable citizens elected, in the French towns in the twelfth century, to act as an advisory board to the provost or representative of the King. Pruth, Peace of the. A treaty between Russia and Turkey, signed in 171 1, after the relief of Peter the Great, who had been besieged in Hush. It provided for the cession to Turkey of Azov, and the re- tirement of Charles XII to Sweden unmolested. It is also called the Treaty of Falczi. Pucelle, La. A sobriquet of Joan of Arc. Punishment Act. An Act passed by the British Parliament in 1836, at the in- stance of Lord Glenelg, which, after setting forth in the pre- amble that the Cape Colony was inhabited by " uncivilized persons," proceeded to give the of&cers of the Crown power to arrest and bring to trial in Cape Town all British subjects dwelling south of the twenty- fifth parallel of latitude. It caused intense irritation in South Africa, especially in Natal, which was claiming to be erected into a separate British Colony, and refused to recognize the right of the Cape Government to enforce the law while affording them no protection against Kaffir and other enemies. Punjaub, Annexation of. Following on the victory of Gujerat, which closed the second Sikh war, the Punjaub was annexed in 1851, an ar- rangement being made to pay a life annuity of ;^ 5 0,000 to DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 205 the Maharajah, Dhuleep Singh. Among the treasures which were surrendered to the British was the Koh-i-Noor. Purandhar, Treaty of. A treaty between the British and the Mahrattas, signed in 1776, by which the Treaty of Surat was annulled, Salsette being surrendered and Raghoba's cause abandoned. This was due to the action of the Council of Bengal, which declared that the Treaty of Surat was unjust and inexpedient, and that the Bombay Council had acted ultra vires in agreeing to it. Purveyance. The right claimed by the followers of the early Norman Kings who attended their lord during his progresses, to exact from the inhabitants such supplies as they might think fit, without payment. The abuses which grew out of this system were to some extent alleviated by Henry I, and the right was afterwards restricted by Magna Charta, and by the Statute of Stamford. Puseyites. The followers of Dr. Pusey, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement in 1841. Pyrenees, Treaty of the. A treaty between France and Spain, signed in 1659, after the defeat of the Spaniards by Turenne at Dunes. France acquired Artois and Roussil- lon, and surrendered in return all the territory she held be- yond the Pyrenees. The duchy of Lorraine was restored to the Duke, but France re- served the right of marching her troops through his country on their way to or from Alsace. Quadrilateral. The name given to four for- tresses in Northern Italy, Peschiera, Mantua, Legnago and Verona. Quadrilateral, Bulgarian. The four fortresses of Varna, Silistria, Rustchuk and Schum- la are known by this name. Quadrilateral Treaty. A treaty signed in 1840, by Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, by which the signa- tories bound themselves to pro- tect the Porte against aggression. Quadruple Alliance, 17 18. An alliance between England, France, Austria and Holland, formed to prevent Spain re- covering her former possessions in Italy. It became the Quad- ruple Alliance through the ad- hesion of Austria to the Triple Alliance of 17 17. Its operations were completely successful, and Spain gave way in 17 19. Quadruple Alliance, 1834. An alliance of Great Britain, France, Spain and Portugal, effected by Palmerston as a counterpoise to the Holy Alli- ance of Russia, Prussia and Austria. Quakers. The name commonly given to the Society of Friends, a sect founded in 1648 by George Fox, a Leicestershire shoe- maker. The sect was organized into a Society in 1866. 2o6 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Quarantaine le Roy. An ordinance issued in the early part of the reign of Louis IX, designed to put a stop to private warfare. It provided that in the event of a crime being committed, a period of forty days should elapse before vengeance was exacted, and that at any time during that period the relatives of the mur- dered man might call upon the Bailli to execute the justice of the King. Quarterage. A special tax levied in the reign of Queen Anne upon all Catholics who established a business in Ireland. Quebec Act. An Act passed in 1775 by Lord North's Government, authorizing the Crown to throw open posts of honour to the Catholics in Canada, and re- storing the French system of law in the French Canadian provinces. It also confirmed the Roman Catholic Clergy in their benefices. Queen Anne's Bounty. The revenue derived from annates and tithes on Church property, which had been transferred from the Church to the Crown by Henry VI 1 1. In 1704, Queen Anne, with the consent of Parliament, re- transferred these revenues to commissioners, to be employed in supplementing the incomes of benefices of less than ;£200 per annum. The amount annually distributed is about ;^36,ooo. Queen Dick. A nickname of Richard Cromwell, having reference to the weakness of his character. Queen of the Adriatic. The city of Venice is so called. Queen of the Antilles. A name given to the island of Cuba. Queen of Tears. The sobriquet of Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England. Queen Sarah. Sarah Duchess of Marl- borough ( 1 660-1 744) was so called on account of the ascend ency she exercised over Queen Anne. Queen's Gold. The right of the Queen Con- sort of England to every tenth mark paid to the King on the granting or renewal of leases or charters. Charles I bought the right from his wife for ;^ 1 0,000, and it has never since been enforced. It was also called the aurum regincB, and is probably the Gersamma Re- gincB of Domesday Book. Queensberry Plot. A plot on the part of Lord Lovat, in 1703, to ruin Lord Athole, the Keeper of the Privy Seal in Scotland, with whom he had a feud. The plan was to implicate him in a pretended Jacobite rising in the High- lands. Lord Queensberry, the Commissioner, who also had a grudge against Athole, was drawn into the plot by the production of a letter from the ex-Queen, purporting to be addressed to Athole, as a proof that he was in correspond- ence with the exiled Stuarts. Athole had no great difficulty DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 207 in clearing himself of suspicion, and Queensberry was forced to resign. This is known also as the Scots Plot. Queensland, Separation of. The erection of the northern portion of New South Wales into a separate colony under the title of Queensland was effected by an Act passed in 1859. Quia Emptores, Statute of. A Statute passed in 1290, with the object of preventing the formation of new manors. By this Statute land granted by a feudal lord ceased to belong to him, and owed feudal dues to the superior lord of the estate. Its result was to increase largely the number of gentlemen hold- ing direct from the Crown. Quietists. A sect which arose in France about 1780, under the leadership of Mme. Guyon, who advocated a contemplative rather than an active religious life. Fenelon was to a considerable extent influenced by these tenets. Quixote of the North. A nickname of Charles XII of Sweden (1697-17 18). Quo Warranto. Commissions of Quo Warranto were issued by Edward I to enquire as to how estates and judicial rights had passed from the Crown into the hands of individuals and corporations, and to settle definitely which were the Royal Manors. R Rabbling the Curates. The expulsion of Episcopalian clergymen in the west of Scot- land by the Covenanters in 1689 is so called. These pro- ceedings were subsequently legalized by the Scottish Par- liament. Radicals. A name given to the ad- vanced wing of the Liberal Party about 18 16. Its leaders were Hunt, Cobbett, and Sir Francis Burdett. Ragman Rolls. A series of documents re- cording the progress of Edward I through Scotland in 1 296, with the names of the nobles and others who did homage to him. Raid of the Redswear. A border fight between the English and Scotch in 1575, arising out of a dispute at a meeting between the two War- dens of the Marches for the surrender of criminals who had crossed the border. It is the last border fight recorded. Rail Splitter. A nickname of Abraham Lincoln, who is said to have earned his living in 1830 by splitting rails. Raipur Ghat, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1805 be- tween the British and Holkar, by which the latter renounced all rights to territory north of the Chambul, and all his claims to Bundelcund and Poonah, while the East India Company agreed not to interfere with Holkar' s enjoyment of the ter- ritories he possessed to the south of the Chambul. Rakoczy's Rebellion. A Magyar rising, headed by Rakoczy in 1704, against the 2o8 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Austrian domination. The war which ensued lasted over seven years, and was at last ended by the peace of Szatmar. Rallies. Members of the Catholic and Reactionary parties in France who in 1890 declared their adhesion to the Republican Government, and their aban- donment of reactionary prin- ciples. The leader of the movement was Cardinal Lavi- gerie. Archbishop of Algiers. Rapparees. Bands of Irish brigands who waged a guerilla warfare against the Protestant settlers in Ire- land circ. 171 1. Rappenkrieg. The War of Farthings, a revolt of the peasants against the city of Berne in 1594. Raskol. The great schism in the Russian Church in the seven- teenth century. The dissenters objected to certain innovations in ritual introduced by Nikon, the Patriarch, in order to cor- rect errors which had crept in owing to careless copying of Liturgies and other religious books. The dissenters were excommunicated, and thousands fled from the country. Ratipole. A nickname of Napoleon III. Re Galantuomo. The name given to Victor Emmanuel, the first king of United Italy. Reason, Council of. A council established by the States General summoned by Henri IV of France in 1596. Its functions were to adminis- ter one half of the revenues of the State, for the payment of all civil officials, the remaining half being handed to the King for his private purse and for the defence of the realm. Rebellions, Mutinies, etc. Arabi, Arima, Attalik, Bar- rackpur, Bengal, Bounty, Boxers, Bread and Cheese, Cabanagem, Camisards, Commune, Com- muneros. Dorr, Dozsa, Dysiefald, Emmett, Eureka, Fifteen, Forty- five, Frankfurter, Fronde, Geral- dines, Hungarian, Jacquerie, Ket, Lincolnshire, Madras, Maillotins, Nobles', Nore, Panthay, Pea- sants', Pilgrimage, Poor Conrad, Praguerie, Rakoczy, Red River, Riel, Santa Junta, Satsuma, Shays', Slachter's Nek, Sonthal, Taeping, Tokoli, Whiskey. Rebecca Riots. Riots in Wales in 1843, in protest against the excessive tolls exacted on the Welsh roads. Mobs, led by a man in woman's clothes, assembled and pulled down the turnpike gates. The name Rebecca is taken from a passage in Genesis : " And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her, let thy seed possess the gates of those which hate them." The riots were suppressed and a commission appointed to inquire into the alleged grievances. Recess of Colding. A codification of the law of Denmark, promulgated during the reign of Christian III, circ. 1540. Reconcentrados. The inhabitants of the coun- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 209 try districts of Cuba which during the insurrection of 1895-9, were laid waste by- General Weyler. By his orders these people were driven from their homes and herded into concentration camps where, owing to Government neglect, they died in thousands of famine and pestilence. Reconciliation, Act of. An Act passed in 1554, shortly after the accession of Mary, to give effect to the proposals of Cardinal Pole, the Papal Legate, for the re-establishment of the Papal authority in Church matters as it existed before the ecclesiastical legislation of Henry VIII. Recruiters. The name given by the Royalists to the members of the Long Parliament elected to fill the places of those who had been " disabled " by Parliament for joining the King's forces. Recusant Act. An Act passed in the first year of Queen Elizabeth's reign, subjecting to fine all persons who absented themselves from Divine Service in their parish church on Sundays and Holy Days. Protestant dissenters were relieved from the penalties of this Act by the Toleration Act of William and Mary, but Roman Catholics obtained no relief until 1791. Red Comyn. The nickname of Alexander Comyn, a claimant to the Scottish throne, murdered by Robert Bruce in 1306. Red Cross Knights. The Knights Templars were 60 called. Red Cross League. See Geneva Convention. Red Cross Society. The generic name of the various associations formed, under the Geneva Convention, for the relief of the wounded in war. The Red Cross is the badge of military hospitals, ambulances, doctors, etc. Red Prince. The sobriquet of Prince Frederick Charles ( 1828-188 5), nephew of William I of Ger- many. Red River Rebellion. An outbreak in 1869 of the half-breed settlers on the Red River, who resented the trans- fer of their settlement from the Hudson's Bay Company to the newly formed province of Manitoba. It was found neces sary to send regular troops against the insurgents, and the revolt was promptly quelled by Colonel (now Viscount) Wolse- ley. Their leader, Louis Rial, escaped, and was later the ringleader in the rising of 1885 known as Riel's Rebellion. Redif. The reserve of the Turkish Army. Redistribution Bill. A Bill passed in 1885 as the complement of the Franchise Act of 1884. It subdivided the old constituencies so as to leave only a few two-member constituencies in the boroughs. All the counties were divided into districts, each district re- turning one member. The plan adopted was the result of a conference between the two parties. p 2IO DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Reeve. The Shire-reeve or Sheriff in Saxon times was the repre- sentative of the King for judi- cial and fiscal purposes. He presided over the Shire Court. Referendum. A provision in the constitu- tion of Switzerland to the effect that all laws passed by the Federal Assembly must be sub- mitted to the popular vote, if such a course is demanded by 30,000 Swiss citizens, or by the legislatures of eight Cantons. Reform Bill. The Great Reform Bill of 1832 abolished no less than fifty-six rotten boroughs, but its pro- visions as to redistribution and the franchise still left the larger share of political power in the hands of the landowning classes. It was first introduced in 183 1, and passed the Com- mons by a majority of one, but was rejected by the Lords. A dissolution followed and, on the new Parliament assembling, the Bill again passed the Com- mons, this time by a majority of 109, but was again rejected by the Lords. The Ministry refused to resign, and the popu- lar feeling was so strong that the Lords were forced to give way, and the Bill became law in 1832. In addition to 11 1 seats obtained by the dis- franchisement of the rotten boroughs, some thirty boroughs were deprived of one member each. Of the seats thus ob- tained sixty-five were distri- buted among the counties, sixty-five among the larger towns, and thirteen were al- lotted to Scotland and Ireland. The borough franchise was given to ten pound house" holders, and in the counties the vote was given to copyholders and leaseholders, and to tenants at will paying ;^so in rent. Reform Bill of 1867. This Bill, passed by Lord Derby's Ministry in 1867, en- franchised all occupiers and all lodgers, of one year's residence, paying ;^io per annum rent in the boroughs, and in the counties all owners of property of ;^5 annual value and all oc- cupiers paying ;^i2 per annum. Tacked on to it was a Redistri- bution Bill which disfranchised certain small boroughs, and created a corresponding num- ber of new constituencies. It gave an additional member each to Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Liverpool, and a member to London Univer- sity. Reform Committee. See Transvaal National Union. Reforma, Guerra de la. The war between the fol- lowers of Juarez, the Mexican Liberal leader, and the reac- tionary party under Miramon, which broke out in 1858. It ended with the triumph of Juarez in 1861. Reformation, Edict of. An edict issued by Charles V in 1548 at the Diet of Ratisbon, providing for the reform of the Catholic Church throughout the Empire. It contained regula- tions for the election of the clergy, for the administration of the sacraments and for the better disciplining of the holders of benefices. Reformed Parliament. The Parliament summoned in DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 211 1654 under the Instrument. Cromwell dissolved it at the end of five months. Reformverein. An association formed in 1862, having for its object the unification of Germany under the leadership of Austria. Regale. The right of the French Kings to present to benefices falling vacant during a vacancy in the diocese to which they belonged, and to enjoy the revenues of vacant sees. The question of the exercise of this right caused a somewhat acrimonious discussion between Louis XIV and Innocent XI in 1 68 1, and led to the publica- tion of Bossuet's " Declaration of the Clergy of France." Regiam Majestatem. A collection of the ancient laws of Scotland, said to have been compiled by order of David I. Its authenticity is disputed. Regicides. The name given by the Royalists to the signatories of the death-warrant of Charles I. Regimen Militantis, Bull. The Bull of Paul III, issued in 1540, giving the Papal ap- proval to the rules of the Society of Jesus, as drawn up by Loyola, Registration Act. An Act passed in 1836, and amended by subsequent en- actments, rendering obligatory the registration of all births and deaths in the United Kingdom. Prior to this Act registration was in the hands of the Church, the parish register being the only record kept. Regium Donum. A grant from the Crown for the maintenance of Presby- terian ministers in Ireland. It was originally granted by Charles II, and after having lapsed during the reign of his successor, was revived by William III. It was finally abolished in 1869, at the time of the Disestablishment of the Irish Church. Regulating Act (America). An Act passed by Lord North's Government in 1774, after the Boston Riots, " for better regulating the Province of Massachusetts." It with- drew all rights and privileges hitherto granted, and placed the whole executive and judi- cial power in the hands of the Governor. . -j ^ v| i Regulating Act (India). ;'' i An Act passed in 1773, alter- ing the form of government of India, under the East India Company. The Governor of Bengal was made Governor- General of India, with authority over the Governors of the other two Presidencies. A council nominated by Parliament was formed, and a Supreme Court on the English model instituted. Regulators. The herdsmen and farmers in the west of North Carolina, finding it impossible to attend the law courts, which were sel- dom held elsewhere than at Charlestown, formed associa- tions for the purpose of regulat- ing their own affairs of police. In 1770 and 177 1 they came into conflict with the State 212 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS authorities, and being de- feated, emigrated west in large numbers and colonized Tennes- see. Reichenbach, Treaty of. A treaty between Great Bri- tain, Russia and Prussia, signed in 1813. It provided for the maintenance in the field by Prussia of an army of 80,000 men, in return for a subsidy from Great Britain of two- thirds of a million, while a secret clause stipulated for the restoration of Prussia to her territorial position in 1806. Russia was to supply an army of 160,000 men, and receive a subsidy double that of Prussia. There was to be an issue of paper money, under the joint guarantee of the three Powers, of ;^5, 000,000 sterling, of which two-thirds was to be at the dis- posal of Russia. This treaty may be said to have laid the foundation of the Grand Alli- ance, which finally freed Europe from the domination of Napo- leon. Reichskammergericht. The Supreme Tribunal of the German Empire, reorganized from the Imperial Council by Maximilian I in 1495. Unlike the Aulic Council, which accom- panied the Emperor wherever he went, this tribunal sat per- manently at Spires. Reichsrath. The Austrian Parliament. It consists of two Houses, the upper composed of princes of the blood, nobles, archbishops and bishops, and certain life members nominated by the Emperor ; the lower of elected members. Reichstag. The National Assembly of the German Empire. Reine Blanche. The name given by the French to Mary Queen of Scots, because she wore white as mourning for her husband. Reinsurance Treaty. A secret treaty signed by Russia and Germany, after the establishment of the alliance between Germany and Austria, remaining in force from 1887 to 1890. It is said to have secured the contracting parties mutually against invasion by Austria. The existence of this treaty was revealed by the Hamburger Nachrichten, one of Bismarck's organs, in 1896, and was not denied by the Government. Relief. A tribute due to a feudal lord on succession to a fief by in- heritance. Religiosis, Statute de. The correct title of the Statute more commonly known as the Statute of Mortmain. Religious Peace. An edict of the States- General in 1578 enacting com- plete toleration to all religions throughout the United Nether- lands. It ordered that churches should be provided by the town authorities for all forms of worship, and that no inquiry should be made into any man's religious belief. This edict caused great discontent in the Walloon provinces, and was one of the causes of the " Mal- content " rising. Religious Peace of Augsburg. The grant by Charles V, in DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 213 155s, of toleration to all who accepted the Confession of Augsburg, but to no other sect. Any State in the Empire might set up either form of faith as its State religion, permission being given to dissentients to dispose of their estates and emigrate. It was, however, provided that any spiritual prince who ac- cepted the new doctrine should lose his office and his revenues. Religious Peace of Nuremburg. An agreement, in 1632, be- tween the League of Schmal- kald and the Catholics, by which the latter agreed not to molest the Lutherans, who in their turn undertook not to give an}'- support to the Zwinglists and Anabaptists. Remonstrance, Great. A recapitulation of the tyran- nical and unconstitutional acts of Charles the First's reign, issued by the Long Parliament in 1 64 1. Remonstrance, Petition of. A petition drawn up by Peter Walsh, on behalf of the Irish Catholics, and presented to Charles II in 1666. It pro- tested against the prevailing opinion that the toleration of Catholicism was a danger to the State. Remonstrants (Netherlands). The followers of Arminius, who in 1 6 10 presented to the States-General a remonstrance against the charges of heresy that had been brought against them. They set forth in this document what are known as the " Five Articles of Arminian- ism." Remonstrants (Scotland). The Scotch Presbyterians who remonstrated against the union of Argyle and others with the Royalist party to oppose Crom- well in 1650. Renaissance. The revival of learning in Italy in the fifteenth century^ It was largely due to the advent in the West of many Greek scholars who fled from Con- stantinople on its capture by- the Turks in 1453, and intro- duced the masterpieces of Greek literature for the first time to the scholars of the West. The revival was further aided and stimulated by the invention of printing, which had recently taken place. Rense, Union of. A league of the electors to the Imperial throne, pledged to support the Emperor, Louis of Bavaria against the pre- tensions of Benedict XII, and to maintain the independence of Germany. Repartimiento. A system prevailing in Spanish South America, where- by the natives were divided into districts, for the purpose of forced labour, and Government depots provided to supply them with necessaries. This system led to the most outrageous extortion, the officials forcing on the natives commodities they did not need, at exorbitant prices. In 1780 the miscon- duct of those officials brought about a rising of Indians, under Condorcanqui, an Inca Cacique, who, however, was captured by the Spaniards and put to death. The revolt was continued by his cousin, Andres, the last of the Incas, who captured Sorate, 214 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS and massacred all the inhabi- tants. He was, however, shortly afterwards captured, and the revolt suppressed, but it was not fruitless, for it led to the abolition of the Repartimiento system. Repealers. The supporters of Daniel O'Connell in his agitation for the Repeal of the Union in 1825 and onwards. Reptile Fund. The interest on the indemnity payable to the ex- King of Hanover for the loss of his sovereign rights, which indem- nity had been impounded by Prussia on the ground that the ex-King continued his attacks on her. This fund was em- ployed by Bismarck to subsidise the semi-ofiSicial Press. Reptile Press. The German newspapers which received payment from Bismarck out of the Guelf fund to support his views, were known by this name. Republicans (U.S.A.). One of the two great parties in the United States. The three chief points in their poli- tical creed are Protection, the maintenance of the Gold Stan- dard, and Equal Rights for the Black and White races. They are strongest in the manufac- turing districts of the East and Centre. Their opponents, the Democrats, are less united ; in the South they are strong for the suppression of the negro, but by no means united on the other two questions. In the mining States of the West the question which is most to the fore is the free coinage of silver, while in the grain and cattle districts free trade is the rallying cry. The Demo- crats are also supporters of States Rights against Federal- ism, though this is now rather an academical than an acute question. Requests, Court of. A court established by Somerset in the reign of Edward VI, to enable such of the poorer classes as had grievances against the administration, to approach him privately. He used this court to set aside, whenever it suited his purpose, the ordinary process of law. Rescissory Act. An Act passed by the Scot- tish Parliament of 1661 (the Drunken Parliament ) cutting off or repealing all the legisla- tion since 1640. Resolutioners. The Scotch Presbyterians, under Argyle, who adopted the resolution to unite with the Royalists against Cromwell. Restitution, Edict of. An edict issued by the Em- peror Ferdinand II, immedi- ately after the Peace of Liibeck, in 1629, restoring ecclesiastical matters to the condition in which they were at the time of the Treaty of Passau in 1 5 52, and de- claring that Catholics only were entitled to benefit by the pro- visions of that instrument. The execution of this edict met with strong opposition from the Pro- testants, and it was largely in- strumental in bringing about the intervention of Gustavus Adolphus, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 215 Resumption Act. An Act passed in 1700, dealing with the forfeited lands which had fallen into the King's hands after the pacification of "Limerick. Some of them had been restored to their original o%\Tiers, and others granted as re- wards for services rendered, or given to the King's favourites. The Act revoked all these grants, and vested the land in trustees. Reunion, Edict of. An edict issued by Henri III in 1585, revoking all previous measures of toleration and summoning the Huguenots to recant or leave France. Revolution of July, 1830. The revolution by which Charles X was forced to abdi- cate the throne of France. Revolution of July, 1848. The revolution by which Louis Philippe was driven into exile, and the second French Republic established. Its effects were felt throughout the Continent of Europe, and it was followed by republican risings in Germany, Italy, Belgium and elsewhere. Rhenish League. A league formed under the auspices of Mazarin in 1658, by the union of the Protestant and Catholic Leagues of German Princes which had been estab- lished in 165 1. The league was supported financially by Louis XIV, and its affairs were managed by a Directory, sitting at Frankfort, under the presi- dency of the Elector of Mentz. Rhine, Confederation of the. A confederation of German States formed under the auspices of Napoleon in 1806. It was composed of Bavaria, Baden, Wiirtemberg, the Duchy of Berg, Hesse-Darmstadt, and some other States of minor im- portance, and was in alliance with France. Rhodes, Knights of. See Malta, Knights of. Rhudlann, Statute of. A statute of Edward I, en- acted in 1204, by which Wales was annexed to the EngUsh Crown. It takes its name from Rhudlann Castle, where the King was staying at the time of its promulgation. {See Wales, Statute of.) Ribbonism. An agrarian movement in the South and West of Ireland, about 1869, its object being to agitate for security of tenure. Its methods, possibly harmless at first, soon degenerated into terrorism. Riding of Parliament. An old feudal custom con- nected with the opening of the Scots Parliament, celebrated with special pomp at the meet- ing of the last Parliament in 1703. All the members rode in procession from Holyrood to Parliament Square, fully robed and accompanied by train- bearers and servants. Ridolfi Plot. A plot instigated by Pius V in 1 57 1, against Elizabeth and in the interests of Mary Queen of Scots. Ridolfi was em- ployed to sound the Duke of Norfolk, who consented to enter into the scheme. A Catholic rising was to be engineered. 2i6 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS which was to be aided by a Spanish invasion, EUzabeth was to be dethroned, and the Cathohc reHgion restored. The existence of the plot was dis- covered through the arrest of one of Ridolfi's messengers. His letters being in cypher, the names of the conspirators were not discovered. A little later, however, Norfolk was found in treasonable correspondence with Mary's partisans in Scotland, the whole scheme was laid bare, and the leaders arrested. Nor- folk was executed in the follow- ing year. Rial's Rebellion. A rising of Indian half-breeds in Saskatchewan, North-West Canada, in 1885, under Louis Riel, who had been the ring- leader of the Red River Re- bellion in 1869. It was easily suppressed by the Canadian Militia, and Riel captured and executed. Right, Captain. The name given to the head of a secret agrarian society which sprang up in Munster about 1785. Right of Search. In maritime law, the right to search neutral vessels for the enemy's merchandise. It was abolished by the Treaty of Paris in 1856, when it was agreed that a neutral flag should cover the merchandise, ex- cept in the case of contraband of war. Rights of Man, Declaration of the. A declaration of the principles of government recognized by the Revolutionists, adopted by the French National Assembly in 1789. Rigsdag. The Parliament of Denmark. It is composed of two Houses, the Landsthing, consisting partly of elected members and partly of life members nominated by the King, and the Folkething, an assembly elected by practi- cally universal suffrage. Riot Act (England). An Act passed in 171 5, pro- viding that any twelve or more persons assembled to the dis- turbance of the peace who shall fail to disperse when called upon to do so by proclamation of a magistrate or sheriff, shall be deemed guilty of felony. Riot Act (Ireland). An Act passed by the Irish Parliament in 1787 for the sup- pression of agrarian crime. The Bill, as originally drafted, con- tained a clause enacting that all Roman Catholic chapels in which agrarian societies had held meetings should be razed to the ground. This clause, however, excited violent opposi- tion, and was expunged from the Bill. Riots. See Anarchist, Astor Place, Austin, Birmingham, Black burn, Boston, Bread, Bristol, Chartism, Donauworth, Draft, Evil May Day, Glasgow, Gordon, Hyde Park, Kimberley, Luddite, Mitchelstown, Morant Bay, O.P,, Porteous, Rebecca, Tithe, Trafalgar Square, Twenge's. Robert the Devil, The younger brother of Richard, Duke of Normandy, was so called. He rebelled DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 217 against his brother, and, find- ing himself worsted, feigned submission, and invited the Duke and his chief followers to a banquet, where he poisoned them, and succeeded to the Dukedom, Roberts' March. The famous march of Lord Roberts (then Sir Frederick) to the relief of Kandahar. He started from Kabul in August, 1880, with 10,000 troops and 8,000 camp followers, taking provisions for the whole march, as it was impossible to procure supplies 671 route. The dis- tance of 318 miles was accom- plished in twenty-three days, inclusive of halts. Robin Redbreasts. See Bow Street Runners. Robot. A form of the corvee, in exist- ence in Bosnia and Herze- govina under Turkish rule. It was abolished by the Austrians in 1892, Rock, Captain. The name adopted by the leader of an Irish agrarian society in 1822. Roeskild, Treaty of. A treaty between Denmark and Sweden, signed in 1656, after the successful campaign of Charles X of Sweden. Den- mark thereby surrendered all her remaining Swedish posses- sions. Rogue Money. A tax levied in Scotland in former times, the proceeds of which were applied to the apprehension and prosecution of criminals. It was first raised by statute in the reign of George I, Rohosz. In ancient Poland a self- constituted assembly of nobles, who took the lead in calling the nobility to arms when force became necessary to enable them to obtain from the King satisfaction of their demands. It was practically a revolu- tionary committee. Roi Citoyen. Louis Philippe* of France was called the Citizen King. Roi des Barricades. A nickname of Louis Philippe, whose accession was preceded by an emeute lasting three days, during which the mob raised numerous barricades in the streets of Paris. Roi du Roi. A sobriquet of Cardinal Richelieu, who during the reign of Louis XIII (1610-1643) was the real ruler of France. The same title was bestowed on Anne de Joyeuse, because of his ascendency over Henri III (1574-1589). Roi Panade. A nickname of Louis XVIII of France. Roi Soleil. A sobriquet of Louis XIV of France. Rois Faineans. A name given to the later kings of the Merovingian dynasty, who took no part in the government of their States, leaving all public affairs in the hands of the Maire du Palais. Roman Triumvirate, 1848. A Provisional Government 21 8 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS established by the revolutionary party in Rome in 1848, It consisted of Counts Corsini, Camerata and Galetti. Roman Triumvirate, 1849. An executive appointed by the Italian ConstituentAssembly, which met in Rome with the object of promoting Italian unity under a Republican Government, and proceeded to depose the Pope as a secular ruler. The members of the Triumvirate were Mazzini, Safh and Armellini. Roman-Dutch Law. The fundamental law of the Orange Free State and South African Republic. It is based on the Institutes of Justinian, with the changes introduced into them in the Netherlands. Rome, League of. A league against the Turks, formed under the auspices of Adrian VI in 1523. Its mem- bers were Charles V, Henry VlII, the Archduke of Austria, the Duke of Milan, and the Republics of Venice, Florence, Genoa, Siena and Lucca. Rome, Synod of. At this Synod, held in 1059, Nicholas II issued regulations for the election of the Pope, which with slight modifications are in force at the present day. Up to this date the election had been more or less under the control of the Emperor, but by the new regulations it was vested in the Cardinals assembled in Conclave. Rome-Scot. Another name for Peter's Pence. Romorantin, Edict of. An edict issued by de I'Ho- pital, in 1560, transferring the power of judging heretics from the special court established by the Guises to the bishops. Roncaglia, Diet of. A Diet held by Frederic Bar- barossa in 11 58, after the sur- render of Milan. Edicts were issued increasing the power of the Emperor over the Italian cities, regulating the appoint- ment of podestas to act jointly with the consuls, and forbidding private war between the various cities. Ronin. In old Japan, men of gentle blood who, by the commission of some crime or for some other reason had become detached from their clan, and ceased to owe allegiance to any feudal lord. Many became hired swashbucklers ; others fell in the social scale, and entered in- to trade. The word signifies " wave men." Roof of the World. The name given to the Pamirs, the great Central Asian plateau, the mean elevation of which is 13,000 feet above the sea- level. Root and Branch Bill. The name given to a bill in- troduced into Parliament in 1 64 1, for " the utter abolition of archbishops, bishops, deans, archdeacons, prebendaries and canons." Roturiers. Wealthy citizens in the French feudal days, who purchased land from the feudal lords. The ranks of the nobility were DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 219 recruited from their descen- dants, as the possession of land for three generations ennobled the third holder. This was abolished, however, in the reign of Philip the Fair, from which time the roturiers re- mained a class apart. Round Robin. A document signed by the Duke of Leinster, and other Irish peers and commoners, by which the signatories undertook to make government in Ireland impossible, if the government inflicted penalties upon any of their number on account of their action in the matter of the regency in 1789. They had been instrumental in obtaining a resolution of the Irish Parlia- ment, in opposition to the JVlinistry, offering the sovereignty of Ireland unconditionally to the Prince of Wales. Round Table Conference. A series of meetings held in 1887 between Sir George Tre- velyan, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. John Morley and Sir William Harcourt, with the object, if possible, of finding a basis for the reunion of the Liberal Unionists and the Glads tonians. No result was arrived at. Roundheads. The name given to the Puri- tan party, on account of their close-cropped hair. It was first used during the riots in London in 1641. Rout of Moy. An attempt by 1,500 men of the Clan MacLeod, in 1846, to capture the Young Pretender, who was staying at the Castle of Moy, belonging to the Laird of Macintosh. Their approach was discovered by the black- smith of the Macintoshes, who with five or six companions was patrolling near the castle. This small party separated, and firing into the MacLeods from different parts of the wood, so disconcerted them that they fled in disorder, thinking they had fallen into an ambush of the Pretender's whole army. Royal Marriage Act. An Act passed in 1772, for- bidding any member of the Royal Family, except the children of Princesses married abroad, to marry under the age of twenty-five without the King's consent. After that age, twelve months' notice of such intended marriage must be given, and unless petitioned against by both Houses of Parliament, the marriage could then take place. Royal Martyr. Charles I of England is so called. Royal Titles Act. An Act passed in 1876, by which the title of Empress of India was added to the Royal titles. Riichversicherung. See Reinsurance Treaty. Rump. The name given to the rem- nant of the Long Parliament, which continued to sit after Pride's Purge, until ejected by Cromwell in 1653. In 1659, after CromweU's death, the Rump was recalled, and re- turned, to the number of forty- two, with Lenthall, the Speaker. In the following year, however, they were again turned out by Monk, and the Long Parliament at last came to an end. 220 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Run-about Raid. A rising in Scotland in 1565, of certain noblemen who were displeased at Mary's marriage with Darnley, Their leader was the Earl of Murray. They were unable to stand against the Queen's supporters, and, after various rapid marches, finally crossed the border into England and disbanded their forces. Rupert of Debate. This name was given to Edward, Earl of Derby (1799- 1869) by Lord Lytton. Russian Note of 1870. A Note issued by the Russian Government, in which, taking advantage of the Franco-Ger- man War, Russia declared that she no longer considered herself bound by the Black Sea Neu- trality clause in the Treaty of Paris, and that she held herself at liberty to build and maintain a fleet of warships in those waters. This Note caused in- tense irritation in London, but no steps could be taken till the close of the war, when a con- ference met in London to con- sider the point at issue. Russo-Japanese Convention. A convention between Russia and Japan, signed in 1897, by which the contracting parties guaranteed the independence of Korea. Japan was permitted to keep a force of 200 armed police for the protection of the telegraph lines, and a small military force in Seoul, Fusan and Gens an. Russia was allowed to maintain an equiva- lent force for the protection of her legation. Ruthven, Raid of. The seizure of James VI of Scotland at Perth in 1581 by Lord Gowrie and others of the Protestant leaders, by way of checkmating the schemes of Lennox and the Catholics for the restoration of Catholicism. Ruytergeld. In feudal Holland a tax paid in lieu of military service, simi- lar to scutage. Rye House Plot. A Whig conspiracy to assas- sinate Charles II in 1683. It was revealed by one of the con spirators, and its ringleaders, Russell and Sidney, were con- victed and executed, while the Earl of Essex died by his own hand in prison. Ryotwari. The system of land taxation in India by which every peasant farmer is looked upon as the proprietor of his land, and pays his taxes direct to the Govern- ment. It is the opposite of the Zemindari system, the survival of the system practised under Mogul Emperors, where the Zemindar was responsible for the taxation of a certain district. Ryswick, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1697 be- tween France, England, Holland and Spain, ending the War of the League of Augsburg, where- by Louis XIV surrendered all his conquests since the Treaty of Nimeguen in 1678, and agreed to acknowledge William III as King of England, and to withdraw his support from James. A month later the Emperor Leopold, who was not a signatory of the first treaty, signed a separate in- strument, by which he recovered DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 221 all Louis' conquests except Strasburg, including all the French fortifications on the right bank of the Rhine. Lor- raine was restored to the Duke Leopold, with the proviso that passage should be granted when required to the troops of France. Sac and Soc. Freedom from the jurisdic- tion of the Hundred which, in Saxon times, generally accom- panied grants of land. From this arose the jurisdiction of the feudal lords over their own estates, including such town- ships as might be built upon them. Safety, Committee of. A committee composed of ten commoners and five peers appointed by the Long Parlia- ment in 1642, to conduct the war against the King. Sagas. The Norse chronicles, re- cording the exploits of the most famous Viking chiefs. The earliest Sagas to which even an approximate date can be assigned are of the sixth cen- tury : the latest, of the thir- teenth. St. Andrew, Order of. The oldest Russian order of knighthood, founded by Peter the Great in 1698. St. Bartholomew. The massacre of the Hugue- nots in Paris on St. Bartholo- mew's day, 1572, when 15,000 j)ersons are said to have per- ished. The Due de Guise took an active part in the massacre, which was doubtless planned with the connivance of Charles IX and Catherine de' Medici. Among those who were mur- dered was Admiral Coligny. St. Brice, Massacre of. The Massacre of the Danes settled in Wessex, by iEthelred the Unready, on St. Brice's day, 1002. St. Esprit, Order of the. A French order of knight- hood, founded by Henri III in 1578. It ceased to exist after the revolution of 1830. St. George, Company of. The first body of regular troops raised in Italy. It was formed by Count Barbiano about 1379. St. Germains, Treaty of. A treaty between Charles IX and the Huguenots, signed in 1570. It granted to the Hugue- nots the right of worshipping according to their own rites in private houses, with certain restrictions as to the numbers present. The Reformed Reli- gion was to be maintained in those towns which had held out for the Huguenot cause up to the signing of the treaty, and four towns. La Rochelle, Cognac, Montauban and La Charite, were given them as places of safety. St. Hubert, Order of. An ancient Bavarian order of knighthood, founded in 1444, by Gerard V, Count of Ravens- berg. It is conferred only on members of the Bavarian Royal Family, foreign sove- reigns, princes and barons. 222 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS St. Lazare, Knights of. A French order of religious chivalry, confirmed by Pope Alexander IV in 1255. Their special function was the cure of lepers. The order existed until the Revolution. St. Patrick, Order of. An order of knighthood in- stituted by George III in 1783. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is an ex-ofhcio member. St. Petersburg, Treaty of. A treaty between England and Russia, signed in 1805, by which the signatories pledged themselves to support a Euro- pean league to demand from France the evacuation of Han- over and Italy and the inde- pendence of Holland and Swit- zerland. They further under- took not to interfere in the internal affairs of France, and to summon a Congress for the settlement of all outstanding European questions. This treaty was the germ of the Coalition against Napoleon. St. Simonism. The political system of the Comte de St. Simon (1760- 1825) who may be considered the founder of French socialism. It includes the abolition of the hereditary principle, and the vesting in the State of all the instruments of pro- duction, the worker, however, being rewarded according to his capacity, and not by equal division regardless of merit. Saisons, Societe des. A revolutionary secret society in Paris, headed by Bernard, Blanqui and Barbes. Some 600 members of the Society rose in 1837, and raised barricades in the streets of Paris, but the outbreak was immediately sup- pressed, and its leaders were all seized and imprisoned. Saladin Tax. A tax of a tenth on all pro- perty, imposed by Henry III for the prosecution of the Crusades. Salamanca, Council of. A council summoned by Fer- dinand of Spain in i486, to which were submitted the plans of Columbus for a voyage to the West. Salbai, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1782 at the close of the first Mahratta War, by which the Mahrattas agreed to pension Raghoba, and Haidar Ali surrendered all his conquests. It was further stipulated that all Europeans other than British and Portu- guese should be expelled from the Mahratta States. Salchichon (The Sausage). A nickname bestowed by the Spaniards on Thomas, Duke of Genoa, who was put forward by Marshal Prim as a candi- date for the Spanish throne. Salford Court of Record. A Court of Record of the Hundred of Salford, which dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. It is one of the very few mediaeval courts which were not abolished by the Judicature Act of 1873. Salic Law. A code of laws promulgated by Clovis, generally called the founder of the French Mon- archy, circ. 500. By the Salic Law women were forbidden to inherit land, a prohibition which was afterwards inter- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 223 preted as including the right of succession to the throne. The Enghsh Kings refused to accept this interpretation, and the various attempts they made to enforce their claim to the French throne led to the pro- longed conflict known as the Hundred Years War, which broke out in the reign of Edward III. Edward claimed the throne through his mother Isabella, daughter of Philip IV, all of whose sons died without male issue. Sallee Rovers. The name given to the Moorish pirates who infested the Mediterranean till well into the nineteenth century. Sallee or Sali, one of their principal ports, is on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. Samoan Conference. A conference held at Berlin in 1889, at which Germany, Great Britain and the United States were represented. An arrangement was arrived at by which the three Powers recog- nized the independence of Samoa, and the right of the natives to elect their king. At the same time provision was made for a Supreme Court of Justice, under European con- trol, and for the regulation of the trade in arms and intoxi- cating liquors. It was siiper- seded in 1899 by the Samoan Treaty. Samoan Treaty. A treaty between Germany, Great Britain and the United States signed in 1899, after the suppression of the civil war between Mataafa and Mahetoa. Germany obtained possession of Samoa, and the United States secured a naval port at Tutuila, in Pago Pago, while England's rights over Tonga were recognized. Equal liberty of trading was secured to all the contracting parties. Samurai. The military, governing and literary class in Old Japan, the retainers of the Daimios. They were the highest of the four classes into which the nation was divided, and formed in fact the gentry of Japan. The army and navy of to-day are almost exclusively of&cered by mem- bers of the Samurai families. San Ildefonso, Treaty of. A treaty between Spain and the French Directoire, signed in i794,providing that either Power, in the case of one or the other being attacked, should provide for its ally material aid in the shape of fifteen ships of war, and a land contingent of 24,000 men. This provision, however, was not to apply to the war in which France was then engaged, excepting only in the case of England, against whom Spain, having grievances of her own, was prepared to take up arms at once. San Juan Arbitration. The question as to the owner- ship of the island of San Juan, l5dng between Vancouver and the American coast, arose out of the wording of the Treaty of Ghent in 18 18, by which in- strument the middle of the channel between Vancouver and the mainland was fixed as the boundary. San Juan being in the middle of the channel, the question of ownership was a 224 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS doubtfulfone, but the arbitra- tors, in 1872, decided in favour of the United States. San Stefano, Treaty of. A treaty signed by Russia and Turkey, at the close of the Russo-Turkish War in 1878. By its provisions the whole of the Christian provinces of Turkey were rendered practi- cally independent, while Bul- garia was erected into an im- portant state with a port on the iEgean Sea. England re- fused to recognize this treaty, and eventually Russia agreed to submit it to a European Congress, which was held at Berlin in the autumn of the same year. Sanctuary. The right claimed by the Church of affording protection to criminals who took refuge in churches and other consecrated precincts. In some cases these refugees from justice were en- abled to set the law at defiance for years, by keeping within these precincts. Some of the most notorious of these cities of refuge were abolished by Act of Parliament in 1697, but it was not until the reign of George I that the last of them, the Sanctuary of St. Peter's, Westminster, ceased to exist. Sand River Convention. A treaty signed in 1852 by which the British Government recognized the right of the emigrants beyond the Vaal to manage their own affairs, and govern themselves in accordance with their own laws. Other clauses of the Convention pro- vided for free trade, except in arms, arbitration in any dispute that might arise in respect of the boundary over the Drakens- berg, extradition, and free passage of the Vaal for all except criminals and fugitive debtors. The British Govern- ment further disclaimed the right to make treaties with native tribes north of the Vaal. Sandomierz, Confederation of. A league of the nobles of Little Poland formed in 1702 to oppose Charles XII of Sweden and support Augustus II. Sanfedisti. A Neapolitan secret society established in Naples, with the approval of the Pope, during the first decade of the nineteenth century, to oppose the Car- bonari and support the Church. Sanquhar Declaration. A declaration issued by Richard Cameron and other leaders of the Covenanters in 1680, proclaiming that Charles I had forfeited the crown by his breach of the Covenant. Sans Gene, Madame. The sobriquet of the Mare- chale Lefebvre, Duchesse de Dantzic, given her on account of her free and easy manners at the Court of Napoleon. She had been a washerwoman, and afterwards followed her husband in the wars as a vivandiere. Sans Souci, the Philosopher of. Voltaire's name for Frederick the Great of Prussia (1740-86). Sansculottes. The revolutionary rabble of Paris, so called by the Royalists because they wore trousers in- stead of the knee-breeches DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 225 affected by the upper classes. The word means literally " with- out breeches." Santa Hermandad. See Hermandad. Santa Junta. A league of the Castilian cities in 1520, under Juan de Padilla and Ferdinand de Avalos, which refused to re- Gognize the authority of Adrian Boyens, the Fleming appointed Regent by Charles V. Charles offered certain concessions, which were refused, and a civil war resulted, which ended in the total defeat of the Junta in 1 521, though Toledo held out for another year. This rising is also known as the Revolt of the Communeros. Santiago de Compostella, Order of. A Spanish order of rehgious chivalry founded in 1170, and approved by Papal Bull in 1175. Its members were vowed to obedience, community of goods and conjugal chastity, and also to perpetual war against the Mussulman. Santiago, Treaty of. A treaty between Chile and Bolivia, concluded in 1866, delimiting the frontier between the two States. Sardinia, Kingdom of. This kingdom came into exist- ence in 1720, when Sardinia was ceded by Austria to the House of Savoy, in exchange for Sicily, the name being applied to the new combination of Savoy, Sardinia and Piedmont. It lasted until Victor Emmanuel became King of United Italy in 1861. Sardinian Convention. A convention, signed in 1855, by which the King of Sardinia undertook to furnish 1 5 ,000 men in aid of France and England in the Crimea, the troops to be transported by England, In return the allies guaranteed the integrity of the King's dominions. Sarnen, League of. A league formed in 1832 by the cantons of Basle, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Valais, and Neuchatel to oppose Federal revision and support the Federal Pact of 1 81 5. It was also called the Sonderbund. Satisfaction. An agreement arrived at in 1578 between the Protestant party and the Catholic magis- trates of Amsterdam, whereby, following the example of other Dutch cities, the two religions were placed on an equal footing. Satsuma Rebellion. A rising of the Prince of Satsuma against the Japanese Government in 1877, at the head of the party opposed to reform. The rebellion was soon suppressed. Savary, Code. A codification of the French Commercial Law, issued by Louis XIV in 1673. Saviour of the Nations. The Duke of Wellington was so called after the battle of Waterloo. Savoy Conference. A conference of bishops of the Church of England, held in 1 66 1, with the object of so amending the liturgy as to per- Q 226 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS mit of the Puritan party remain- ing in the Church. It was, how- ever, found impossible to arrive at any acceptable middle course. Savoy Confession. A declaration of faith of the Congregational Churches of England, issued in 1658. It is a modification of the West- minster Confession. Saxonicum Litus. The ancient name of the coast line of England, from the Wash to Shoreham. Scabini. Judicial assessors, twelve in number, chosen by the allodial landowners, who accompanied each Count to the general assem- blies of the early French kings. Scalds. The bards of the ancient Norsemen were so called. Scandalum Magnatum. The spreading of libellous reports concerning peers, judges or great officers of the State was created an offence by a statute of 1275, which was repealed in 1887. Schism. After the Avignon Captivity and the death of Gregory XI, the cardinals, under pressure of the Roman populace, elected as Pope in 1378 a perfectly unfit person, who took the name of Urban VI. They endeavoured to persuade him to resign, but failing, elected Robert of Geneva, who took the name of Clement VII. The schism continued, each Pope having a successor appointed at his death, till at the Council of Pisa, in 1409, both were deposed, and a Franciscan monk elected who took the name of Alexander V. As neither of the deposed Popes would give way, there were now three. Alexander was suc- ceeded by Cossa, as John XXIII, and finally the schism was ended by the Council of Constance in 141 5, where all three Popes were deposed, and Martin V, a Colonna, was elected. Schism Act. An Act passed in 17 14, by which all persons were forbidden to keep schools or act as tutors, who were not members of the Church of England, and duly licensed for the purpose by the bishop. It was repealed in 1719. Schism, Great. The severance between the Churches of the East and the West, which became final in 1054, when the legates of Pope Victor II laid the papal ana- thema upon the altar of St. Sophia of Constantinople. Schleswig-Holstein Question. By the Treaty of London of 1852 it was provided that the succession to the Danish throne was to be vested in Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, but that the Duchies, one of which, Holstein, was a German Duchy, sending delegates to the German Diet, should not be in- corporated in the kingdom of Denmark. The Danes, how- ever, did not observe the com- pact, and before the death of Frederick VII of Denmark, in 1862, Schleswig had been made practically a part of Denmark. After the succession of Christian IX, Austria and Prussia, finding protests unavailing, entered the Duchies, and, after a short DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 227 struggle, overwhelmed the Dan- ish army. By the Treaty of Gastein, signed in 1865, Schles- wig was allotted to Prussia and Holstein to Austria. Schmalkald, Articles of. A profession of the Lutheran doctrine, similar to, but more forcibly worded than, the Augs- burg Confession, drawn up by Luther at the request of John Frederick of Saxony. Schmalkald, League of. A confederation of the Lutheran Princes of Germany, headed by the Elector of Saxony, formed in 1530 to unite the supporters of the Reformed Religion against Charles V. Schomburgk Line. The line of demarcation be- tween British Guiana and Venezuela fixed by Sir Robert Schomburgk in his of&cial survey of the colony in 1840. The Schomburgk Line was, with unimportant exceptions, upheld by the arbitrators in the Venezuelan arbitration award of 1899. Schonbrunn, Proclamation of. A proclamation of Napoleon in 1805, declaring the deposition of the Bourbons from the throne of Naples. Schonbrunn, Treaty of. A treaty between France and Prussia, signed in December 1805, by which Napoleon suc- ceeded in detaching Prussia from the coalition. Prussia entered into an offensive and defensive alliance with France, and surrendered Anspach and Neuchatel, receiving Hanover in exchange. Scots Plot. See Queensberry Plot, Scottish Solomon. A sobriquet of James I of England and VI of Scotland. Scrutin d'Arrondissement. A system of election by which every Department is divided into wards, or divisions, each returning one member to the Chamber of Deputies. It is the system at present in force [in France. Scrutin de Liste. A system of election in France by which all the deputies for a Department are elected en bloc. It was in force in 1 848 and again in 1 87 1, while an unsuccessful attempt to reintroduce it was made in 188 1. It is also the system prevailing in Italy. Scullabogue, Massacre of. The massacre by the Irish Rebels in 1798 of nearly 200 Protestant prisoners. They were shut up in a barn, and after the defeat of the rebels at New Ross, the barn was fired and they were burnt to death, or piked as they attempted to escape. Scutage. A money payment exacted from knights in lieu of personal service. The first instance of it occurs in the reign of Henry II. It enabled the king to hire mercenaries for his foreign wars, and to dispense with the services of his barons, and came to be regarded as a regular source of revenue. The right of the sovereign to exact it, however, was greatly restricted by Magna Charta. It was also known as escuage. 228 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Sea-dogs. English privateers in the early days of Elizabeth, who preyed on French commerce in the Channel, sailing under letters of marque granted by Conde and the Huguenots. When the dif- ferences between the Huguenots and Catholics were adjusted and the letters of marque with- drawn, they joined the Dutch " Beggars of the Sea " in their raids upon the Spaniards. Sealed Knot. A small band of Royalists formed as a secret committee to manage the affairs of the party in 1657. One of their number, Willis, was in the pay of Crom- well, who was thereby enabled to counteract their numerous plots for his destruction. Secession, Ordinance of. The declaration issued by South Carolina in 1 860 dissolving its union with the United States. The other Southern States fol- lowed with similar declarations. Second Charlemagne. A sobriquet of Charles V, Emperor of Germany (1519-58)- Second Washington. Henry Clay, the American statesman (1777-185 2), was so called. Secret Treaty. A document published in the Times of July 25, 1870, pur- porting to be the text of a treaty between France and Prussia, containing the following pro- visions : the recognition by France of Prussia's acquisitions in the war with Austria ; an undertaking by Prussia to use her influence with Holland to secure Luxemburg for France, and to aid France if she found it necessary to undertake the conquest of Belgium, providing a force if required to resist any foreign interference ; an under- taking by France not to oppose Prussia's designs for the uni- fication of Germany. Whether this treaty was ever signed or not, there is little doubt that proposals of this nature were made to Bismarck by Benedetti, Napoleon's minister at Berlin. Sections, Journee des. October 5, 1794, on which day the troops of the Convention, under Buonaparte, routed the National Guard of the " Sec- tions " of Paris and established the rule of the Directoire, thus marking the end of the Revolu- tion. Sects. See Albigenses, Alumbrados, Anabaptists, Arminians, Arya Somaj, Assassins, Bianchi, Brah- mo Somaj, Brownists, Calixtines, Cameronians, Doppers, Duk- hobors, Erastians, Fifth Monar- chy Men, Flagellants, Hussites, Iconoclasts, lUuminati, Indepen- dents, Jansenists, Karmathians, Latitudinarians, Levellers, Lol- lards, Molokani, Moravians, Mor- mons, Old Catholics, Quakers, Quietists, Senussi, Shakers, Shiah, Sikhs, Socinians,- Skoptsi, Stundists, Sunni, Taborites, Utraquists, Wahabis, Waldenses. Secularization. By a treaty concluded in 1803, in the promotion of which Napoleon took a prominent part, the ecclesiastical States of Germany, three of which, the Sees of Mayence, Treves and Cologne, were Electors to the DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 229 Imperial crown, were secularized and distributed among the other German States. Securities Bill. A Bill brought forward at the instance of Charles II in 1679, to provide for the succession of James, who was a declared Roman Cathohc. The Bill provided that while a Catholic prince was on the throne the right of appointing to livings should be withdrawn from him, and that the appointment of all judges, councillors, lords lieutenant and officers of the fleet should be in the hands of the two Houses of Parliament. This Bill was not considered sufficiently stringent. Security, Act of. An Act passed by the Scottish Parliament in 1703, declaring that the successor of Queen Anne in Scotland should not be the same as in England, unless free commercial inter- course were secured between the two countries. Sedan, Man of. A name bestowed on Napoleon III after his surrender, with the army of Macmahon, at Sedan in September, 1870. Self-denying Ordinance. A resolution of the ParHament, passed at the instance of Crom- well, by which the members of both Houses were made ineli- gible for commands in the army. Its object was to get rid of some of the Parliamentary generals, such as Manchester, Essex and Waller, in as delicate a way as possible. The resolution was at first rejected by the Lords, but was afterwards passed. Selski Starosta. The village elder or elected head of a Russian mir, or village community. Semiramis of the North. Margaret of Denmark (1387) was so called. Voltaire also gave this title to Catherine of Russia (1729-96). Sempach, Convention of. A military ordinance promul- gated in 1393 by the eight federated cantons of S\vitzer- land, together with Soleure, making provision for the re- pression of private war, brigand- age and pillage. Senussi. A Mohammedan religious fraternity founded at Fez by Mohammed-es-Senussi about 1830. It has spread all over Northern Africa, and is a power- ful factor in uniting African Mohammedanism. September Convention. A convention between France and Italy, signed in 1864, by which Louis Napoleon agreed gradually to Avithdraw the French troops from Rome, Victor Emmanuel undertaking not to violate the Pope's territory. September Laws. A series of laws restricting the liberty of the Press, passed in France in 1835. September Massacres. The massacre, after a mock trial, of the priests, officials and other Royalists confined in the prisons of Paris between the 2nd and 6th of September, 1792. About 1 ,000 prisoners are known to have perished. The men 230 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS afterwards called the Septem- briseurs. Septembrists. A section of the democratic party of Portugal, during the reign of Queen Maria, who in September, 1836, demanded the abrogation of the Charter of 1 826 and a return to the democratic form of governmicnt established by the Constitution of 1824, A compromise between them and the supporters of the Charter was effected in 1852. Septennial Act. An Act passed in 17 16, pro- longing the term of the then existing Parliament from three to seven years. It was intended as a temporary measure, but has never been repealed, and is the Act under which Parliaments are now held. Serfs, Russian. Prior to the emancipation of the serfs by Alexander II. in 1 86 1, the Russian peasants were serfs, either of the State, or of a great landowner. The State serfs were practically free, with the exception that they could not change their domicile, but they were permitted, on payment of a small fee, to leave their villages, subject to the due payment of their share of the village taxes. The serfs of the nobles were more like slaves. Some of them were taken as house servants, others remained in the villages and rendered certain services to the lord in return for the land which he surrendered to the village com- mune. The house serfs were practically chattels, and were not infrequently sold. Seringapatam, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1792 at the close of the third Mysore War, by which Tippu Sahib surren- dered Dindigul, Baramahal and Malabar, and agreed to pay a war indemnity of three crores of rupees to the British and thirty lacs to the Mahratta States. Serrar del Consiglio. A measure passed in Venice in 1298 providing that no citizens should be eligible for election to the Grand Council except the families of senators then in office. The Government was thus estab- lished on purely aristocratic lines. Servian Capitulation. A treaty signed in 1375 be- tween Mourad I, Sultan of Turkey, and Lazar, Despot of Servia, by which Servia acknow- ledged the suzerainty of Turkey and agreed to pay an annual tribute. Settled Lands Act. An Act passed in 1882, intro- duced by Lord Cairns, removing many of the restrictions and difficulties existing in dealing with entailed estates. Settlement, Act of, 1652. An Act passed by Cromwell, providing for the banishment of all the ofiicers of the Catholic army in Ireland, who, with their followers, withdrew to the Con- tinent, to the number of some 30,000 ; the confiscation of a portion of the property of the remaining Royalists, and the distribution of their lands among the English adventurers. It further confined the Catholics to the right bank of the Shannon. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 231 Settlement, Act of, 1661. An Act passed after the Re- storation, by which, and a sup- plementary Act passed in 1665, restitution was made to the dispossessed Royalist officers and some others, partly out of lands which had not been alienated by Cromwell, and partly out of land surrendered, to the extent of one-third of their estates, by the adven- turers. The majority of the claims for compensation were disregarded, with the result that by far the larger part of Ireland remained in Protestant hands. This Act was repealed by the Irish Parliament summoned by James II in 1689. Settlement, Act of, 1700. The Act settling the succession after the death of Queen Anne upon the Electress Sophia of Hanover and her descendants. It provided for various limita- tions of the royal prerogative ; among its provisions being that the sovereign should be a mem- ber of the Church of England ; that Great Britain should not be called upon to defend any territories not being British ter- ritory, without the consent of Parliament ; that the sovereign should not quit the realm ; that no person born out of the realm should be capable of holding office under the Crown, and that no person holding office or en- jo5n[ng a pension should sit in the House of Commons. Settlement, Law of. A law passed in 1662, pro- viding that a labourer not born in the parish or resident therein for forty days, might be removed to the parish of his birth or for- mer residence, on complaint of the overseers that he was likely to become chargeable to the rates. The object was that each parish should be compelled to support its own paupers, under the Poor Law of Elizabeth. Settlement of India Act. An Act passed in 1858, trans- ferring to the Government of the Queen all the territories hitherto governed by the East India Com- pany. Seven Bishops, Petition of the. A petition signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and six bishops against the Declara- tion of Indulgence of James II in 1687. The bishops were brought before the Council and ordered to find bail, and on refusing were committed to the Tower. Seven Cantons, League of the. The Siebenkonkordat, a league of the liberal Cantons, Lucerne, Zurich, Berne, Soleure, St. Gall, Aargau and Thurgau, formed in 1832, with the object of pro- tecting the constitutions of these Cantons and promoting Federal reforms. Seven Days Battle. A series of battles fought during the Peninsular Campaign of the American Civil War, from June 25 to July i, 1862, between the Federals under McClellan and the Confederates under Lee. McClellan was driven back to the James River. Seven Days King. Masaniello was so called after his brief rule in Naples in 1647. Seven Earls. The dignitaries next in im 232 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS portance to the king in mediae- val Scotland. In the time of Alexander I they formed the Council of the Kingdom, and they claimed the right of ap- pointing the king. Seven Pillars. The seven men chosen in 1639 by the Puritan colonists of New Haven to organize the Govern- ment of the colony. The most prominent among them were Eaton and Davenport. Seven Points. A document published in 1 87 1, purporting to be an agree- ment between certain prominent Conservatives and the delegates of the Council of Skilled Work- men, on the subject of social reform. As the " points " in- cluded a statutory eight hours' day, free places of amusement and full local self-government in all towns and villages, it is not surprising that the document was repudiated by most of those who were said to have signed it, including Lords Salisbury, Lome and Carnarvon. Seven Weeks War. The war between Prussia and Austria in 1 866 is so called. Seven Years War. The war maintained by Frederick the Great, with some aid, chiefly naval and financial, from England, against the com- bined forces of France, Russia, Austria, Sweden and Saxony. It lasted from 1756 to 1763, but early in 1762 Frederick succeeded in detaching Russia from the allies and received her aid till the end of the struggle. Seville, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1729 by England, Spain and France, and subsequently Holland, thus de- taching Spain from the Austrian alliance concluded by the Treaty of Vienna of 1725. Spain re- voked all the concessions made to Austria under that instru- ment, again confirmed the Asiento, and in return received the support of the other signa- tories to the succession of Don Carlos to the Duchies of Tuscany and Parma. Shakers. A sect founded in England about 1757 by a body of seceders from the Quakers, under Ann Lee, known as Mother Ann, They emigrated to America in 1772, where they are found chiefly in New York State. Shays' Rebellion. A rising in Massachusetts in 1786, headed by an ex-officer named Daniel Shays, in oppo sition to a decision of Congress to apportion the National Debt of the United States among the various States of the Union. The rising was quickly suppressed by the militia, and the ring leaders arrested. Sheriff's Tourn. The Hundred Court, when oc- cupied with the View of Frank pledge, was known by this name. Sherman's March. The famous march of General Sherman during the American Civil War from Atlanta to Savannah, a distance of 300 miles, which he accomplished in about a month, reaching Savannah in December, 1864. She- wolf of France. Isabel, daughter of Philip the Fair, and Queen of Edward II of England, was so called. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 233 Sheyk-ul- Islam. The chief of the Ulema of Constantinople. Shiah. One of the two great Moham- medan sects. It rejects the Sunni, or body of tradition, accepting the Koran only. Shimonoseki, Treaty of. A treaty, closing the Chino- Japanese War, signed April 10, 1895. China agreed to cede to Japan Formosa, the Pescadores and the Liao-Tung Peninsula, including Port Arthur, and to pay an indemnity of 200 million taels. However, Russia, France and Germany intervened and forced Japan to surrender the Liao-Tung peninsula, receiving as compensation an additional , 30 million taels. Shinto. The ancient and also the State religion of Japan. It is in its origin a form of ancestor and hero worship, but has been much corrupted by the interweaving of many of the grosser Budd- histic superstitions. Ship-money. A tax imposed by Charles I in 1634, first on the maritime counties, but later on the whole kingdom, ostensibly to protect the country from the incursions of the Algerine pirates and from Dutch aggression, but in reality to provide himself with funds without having recourse to Par- liament. It was in resisting the payment of this tax that Hamp- den first became prominent. The House of Commons declared it illegal in 1641, and at the same time impeached the six judges who had pronounced in favour of the right of the Crown to impose it. Shogun. The de facto ruler of Japan prior to the Revolution of 1 868. The title signifies Commander- in-Chief, and his relations with the Tenno or Mikado, the legitimate sovereign of Japan, were analogous to those of the Maire du Palais and the Mero- vingian Rois Faineants. The title of Tycoon or Great Prince was assumed by the Shogun to impress the Western nations with his dignity when diplo- matic relations were first opened with Japan. The title of Shogun was first borne by Minamoto-no-Yoritomo in 11 92. Short Parliament. A Parliament summoned by Charles I in 1640 in the hope of obtaining supplies to meet the threatened renewal of hostilities with Scotland. The Parliament met on April 13, but finding it more intent on the redress of grievances than on the grant of supplies, Charles dissolved it on May 5 following. Short-lived Administration. The name given to the Ministry formed by William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, in February, 1746. It held office for two days only. Sicilian Vespers. A rising in Sicily in 1282, when the adherents of Don Pedro of Aragon, a claimant to the Sicilian throne, annihilated the French garrison of his rival Charles of Anjou. The first outbreak took place at Palermo, and the insurrection spread rapidly through the island till 234 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS not a Frenchman was left alive in Sicily. Sick Man of the East. A phrase commonly applied to the Turkish Empire. It was first used in its present form by Nicholas I of Russia in 1854, but Montesquieu (1689-175 5) in the Lettres Persanes speaks of the Ottoman Empire as " Ce corps malade" (This sickly body). Siebenkonkordat. See Seven Cantons. Siete Partidas. The famous code of laws com- piled by Alfonso (surnamed the Wise), of Leon and Castille (1252-82). The code became the basis of the law of Spain. Sieve Oultagh. The name given to the head of the Whiteboys, an Irish Secret Society in Munster in 1761. Silent, The. The sobriquet of William I, Prince of Orange (1533-84). Silk Riots. An outbreak of the Spital- fields weavers in 1765 owing to their disappointment at the rejection of a Bill prohibiting the importation of foreign silks. They were, after serious rioting, quieted by the promise that the Bill would be reintroduced. Silly Billy. A nickname of William IV. Silver Coinage Act. An Act of Congress, passed in 1890, by which the Treasury is obliged to purchase ,four and a half million ounces of silver monthly at market price, such price not to exceed 37 1|- grains of silver per dollar. Sikhs. A religious sect in Northern India, founded in the sixteenth century by Babu Nanak. They profess a reformed form of Hinduism, rejecting caste and various Brahminical supersti- tions. Under Govind Rai, towards the end of the seven- teenth century, they formed a strong military organization, which reached its zenith under Ranjit Singh early in the nine- teenth century. Their power was finally crushed by the British in 185 1. Sikkim Treaty. A treaty between Great Britain and China, signed in 1 890, by which China recognized the British rights in Sikkim. Simla Manifesto. A proclamation issued by Lord Auckland in 1838 setting out the British policy with regard to Afghanistan. It de- clared that Dost Mahomed and his brother had shown them- selves unfriendly to England by supporting the Persian designs on Herat and by attacking Ranjit Singh. That in conse- quence the British Government had decided to support the claim of Shah Sujah-ul-Mulk to the throne of Afghanistan and maintain him thereon by force if necessary. Simple Repeal. A controversy in the Irish Parliament, which arose in 1782 immediately after the establish- ment of Grattan's Parliament. A party headed by Flood held that the abnegation by Eng- land of her former legislative control was not sufficient, as she might at any time re-enact the DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 235 obnoxious controlling laws. He held that England should ex- pressly renounce all controlling rights. Grattan held that the repeal of these enactments was sufi&cient, and carried Parlia- ment with him, but the masses continued to hold the opposite opinion, Sindhia. The title of the Mahratta rulers of Gwalior. Sinope, Massacre of. The destruction of a Turkish squadron by the Russian fleet at Sinope in 1853. It seems clear that no quarter was given, and it is said that of the crews of nine Turkish men-of-war only 400 survived, almost all of whom were wounded. Sirji Arjengam, Treaty of. A treaty between the British and Daulat Rao Sindhia of Gwalior, signed in 1803 at the close of the second Mahratta War. Sindhia ceded to the British all his territory between the Jumna and the Ganges, all north of Jeypur, Jodhpur and Gohad, and all between Adjanta Ghat and the Godaveri, together with the town and district of Sistova, Treaty of. A treaty between Austria, Prussia, and Turkey, signed in 1 79 1, by which Leopold of Austria surrendered all his con- quests, in consequence of the mediation of Prussia and England. By a separate con- vention the Porte agreed to cede to Austria Old Orsova and a small district in Croatia. Sitvatorok, Treaty of. A treaty between Austria and the Porte, signed in 1607. The Porte abandoned the tribute hitherto paid by Austria, recog- nized the Austrian Sovereign as Emperor, instead of only King of Vienna, as the Turks had hitherto styled him, and agreed that the future diplomatic inter- course should be carried on on a footing of equality between the two nations. This treaty may be said to mark the turning ■-point in the fortunes of the Ottoman Empire. Six Acts. A series of enactments passed in the autumn session of 18 19 to strengthen the law against sedi- tion, in view of the numerous risings of the past few years. They were as follows : (i) An Act to prevent delay in the ad- ministration of justice ; (2) an Act to prevent the training of persons in the use of arms ; (3) an Act for the prevention of blasphemy and seditious Ubel ; (4) an Act authorizing Justices of the Peace to seize and retain arms ; (5) an Act subjecting certain publications to the news- paper stamp duty ; and (6) an Act to prevent seditious assem- blies. Six Articles, Act of the. An Act passed in 1539, at the instance of the Anti-Reformers headed by Norfolk, by which the acceptance of six cardinal ar- ticles of the Catholic faith was made obhgatory under heavy penalties. It was repealed by an Act passed in 1547, on the accession of Edward VI. Six Circles. By a decree of the Diet of Augsburg in 1500, Germany was divided into six circles — Bavaria, 236 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Franconia, The Rhine, Saxony, Suabia and Westphalia. Six Cities, League of the. A league formed in 1346 by the German towns of Baut- zen, Gorlitz, Kamenz, Lauban, Lobau and Zittau for mutual protection against the maraud- ing barons. Six Edicts. A series of edicts of a liberal character issued by Turgot, the minister of Louis XVI in 1776. They provided for the suppres- sion of ( I ) the Caisse de Poissy ; (2) duties on grain in the mar- kets ; (3) harbour dues ; (4) statutes of apprenticeship and incorporation ; (5) the corvee, and for (6) the diminution of market dues. They met with much opposition, and were not registered without recourse to a Lit de Justice.while they eventu- ally led to Turgot's downfall. Six Nations. The five tribes of North American Indians kno^vn as the Five Nations admitted into their confederacy, in 17 15, the Tus- caroras, and were afterwards known as the Six Nations. Sixpenny War. The O.P. riots were so called, as being caused by the decision of the managers of Covent Garden Theatre to raise the prices by sixpence. Sixteen. A society formed about 1584 by the more violent partisans of the League. It was so called because its proceedings were di- rected by a committee of sixteen, each of whom took a district of Paris under his special charge. Sixteen, Council of. A council provided by the will of Henry VIII, to act as regents until Edward VI came of age. They were also called the Executors. Skanderbeg. See Iskander Beg. Skinners. Bands of American marauders who infested the east bank of the Hudson during the American War of Independence. Skirmishing Fund. The name given to a fund raised by the Fenians about 1880, for the purpose of pro- curing the commission of dyna- mite outrages in England. Skoptsi. A Russian sect of schismatics, who practise- self-mutilation. They interpret the Scriptures literally, and act on the injunc- tion: " If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out." Skuptschina. The Servian National As- sembly. Slachter's Nek, Insurrection of. An insurrection of burghers in the Graaf-Reinet district of Cape Colony in 1815, arising out of an attempt to bring a certain Jan Bezuidenhoot to justice for ill-treating a Kaffir. He and his relations and neighbours rose against the Government, but were overpowered, after a short resistance, at Slachter's Nek, Bezuidenhoot fled, but was killed by his pursuers a few days later. Six of the leaders were condemned to death, but at the execution four of the ropes broke. Notwithstanding the remonstrances of the spec- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 237 tators, who considered this to be a Divine intimation of their innocence, the sentence was duly carried out. This execution is still looked upon by the Dutch as one of the crimes of the British Government. Slave Kings. The third Dynasty of the Mohammedan Kings of India, founded by Kutb-ud-Din, the favourite slave of Mohammed of Ghor, who ruled as Moham- med's viceroy from 1186 to 1206, and on his master's death, without issue, ascended the throne. The dynasty lasted till 1288. Slave Trade. The trade in slaves was made a felony by an Act passed in 1807. The Act abolishing slavery in the British Domin- ions, known as the Emancipa- tion Act, was not passed till 1833. Slavery. See Abolitionists, Anti-Sla- very, Compromise Act, Dred Scott, Emancipation, Freesoil- ers, Fugitive, Harper's Ferry, Kansas, Missouri Compromise, Squatter Sovereignty, Under- ground Railroad, Wilmot Pro- viso. Slavophils. A band of educated Musco- vites who led the reaction against the indiscriminate adop- tion of Western ideas, and the abandonment of ancient Russian customs. They were especially active about the period of the emancipation of the serfs in 1 861, when the village com- munal system was threatened by the reforming party. Sliding Scale. A system of graduated duties on imported corn, based upon the prices ruling for home-grown wheat, first adopted in the Corn Law of 1804. Smithfield, Treaty of. A treaty between the Orange Free State and Moshesh, para- mount chief of the Basutos signed in 1855. It was de- signed to prevent friction be- tween the Basutos and the farmers living along their bor- ders, but Moshesh clearly had no intention of observing its provisions, and took no trouble to enforce them on his subjects. Snow King. A nickname given by the Viennese to Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (161 1-32). Snow Queen. A sobriquet of Christina, Queen of Sweden (1633-54). Sobranje. The Bulgarian National As- sembly. Societies, Secret. See Alumbrados, Barn-burn- ers, Boxers, Burschenschaft, Camorra, Carbonari, Clan-na- Gael, Consistoriali, Danites, Fenians, Gran Reunion, Great Triad, Hintchak, Human Leopards, lUuminati, Invin- cibles, Ku Klux, Lautaro, Levellers, Mafia, Molly Ma- guires. Moonlighters, Mutual- ists. Nihilists, Oakboys, Omla- dina, Orangemen, Patrons of Husbandry, Philike Hetairia, Ribbonism, Right, Rock, Sai- sons, Sanfedisti. Socinians. A sect founded by L^lius 238 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Socinus in 1560, which num- bered many adherents in Poland. Their doctrines were similar to those of the modern Unitarians. In 1658 they were proscribed by the Diet of Warsaw, and the sect gradually faded out of existence. Soft-shell Democrats. The anti-slavery section of the Democratic party in New York from 1848 to 1854, Soissons, Constitution of. The earliest existing French edict. It had reference to the preservation of the public peace, and required the consent of the great feudal lords, who swore to obey it. Sokmen. In Saxon times, freemen who owed suit to the Lord's court, or Sok. Soldiers' Battle. The Battle of Inkerman is so called, as having been for the most part a series of detached combats, in which regiments were broken up and officers separated from their men, owing to the dense fog that prevailed. Solemn League and Covenant. '.;i|An agreement between Scot- land and the Long Parliament in 1643, by which the former undertook to join forces -with the Parliament against Charles I, on condition that the Oath of the Covenant was taken by the English. Solid South. A phrase used to express the consistency of the Southern States of America in their sup- port of the Democratic Party. It appears to have been first applied during the presidential campaign of 1876. In 1896 the Solid South showed signs of breaking up, four Southern States being carried by the Republicans. Solidite. A system of taxation in France in the seventeenth cen- tury, by which a peasant was held responsible for the taxes of his neighbours, though he might himself have paid all that was due from him. Solomon of France. A sobriquet of Louis IX of France (1226-70). Son of the Last Man. The title given by the Parlia- mentarians to Charles II, after the execution of his father. Charles I, was styled the Last Man, as implying that he was the last who would sit on the English throne. Sonderbund. See Sarnen, League of. Sons of Liberty. A society of Americans, pled- ged to work for liberty in the American colonies, which was founded in New York in 1765. It derived its name from a phrase used by Isaac Barre, in a speech in the House of Commons during the debate on the Stamp Bill in 1765. The last achievement of the Society was the convening of the Conti- nental Congress in 1774. Sonthal Revolt. A rising of the Sonthal hill- men in India in 1855, due to dislike of the procedure of the courts of justice in enforcing the claims of Bengali money- lenders. They raided the DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 239 European stations, and were not subdued without consider- able difficulty. Sound Dues. A tax payable to Denmark by all foreign ships entering or quitting the Baltic. It was abolished in 1857. South Sea Bubble. A scheme professedly for trading to the Pacific, originally launched in 171 1, In 1720 Sir John Blount, one of the direc- tors, negotiated an arrangement ^\dth the Government, by which the Company took over the National Debt, amounting to some sixteen millions, the Government paying a lower rate of interest than they had been pa^dng to the annuitants. The Company then persuaded the holders of Government Annuities to exchange them for Shares in the Company. The plan was fairly successful, but led to a wild inflation in the value of the shares, and in the subsequent collapse thousands were ruined. Southampton, Treaty of. A treaty of alliance between England and Holland, signed in 1625, pledging the contracting parties to support each other against Spain, so long as she occupied any part of the Pala- tinate, England, however, re- served to herself the right to claim compensation from Hol- land for the massacre of Am- boyna. Spanish Fury. The name given to the sack of Antwerp by the Spaniards under Sancho d'Avila, in 1576. It is estimated that over 7,000 of the inhabitants perished. Spanish Main. Properly the mainland be- tween the mouth of the Orinoco and the Isthmus of Panama, but often improperly employed to denote the Caribbean Sea. Spanish Marriages. The question of the marriage of Isabella, the young Queen of Spain, nearly led to a rupture between England and Spain in 1846. Louis Philippe proposed as her husband the Duke of Cadiz, believing that such marriage would prove unfruitful. At the same time the Queen's sister, the Infanta, was to be married to the Due de Mont- pensier, \vith the object of eventually placing the Crown of Spain on the head of a French Prince. Palmerston proposed that the second marriage should be postponed until the Queen' had issue, to which the King feigned assent, but meanwhile he and his minister, Guizot, worked on the Queen Regent to consent to the marriages taking placing at once, and they were duly solemnized, causing great indignation in England. Spanish Succession, War of the. A war arising out of the bequest of the Spanish Crown to Phihp, Duke of Anjou, in 1700, by Charles II of Spain, who had left no direct heir. The Grand Alliance of England, Holland and the Empire was promptly formed to oppose this, while Louis XIV supported his grandson. Marlborough's cam- paign in Flanders, and the over- running of Spain by the Arch- duke Charles followed, but in 171 3 Philip was recognized by the AUies as King of Spain, and the war ended. 240 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Specie Circular. A circular issued by the United States Treasury in 1836, directing collectors of revenue to accept nothing but coin in payment of customs and other dues. It caused the bank- ruptcy of many well-known American business houses. Speenhamland Act. The name given to a pro- clamation issued in 1795 by the magistrates of Buckingham- shire and some other counties, fixing the amount of outdoor relief to be afforded according to the price of wheat and the number of children in the family. The practical result in the agricultural districts was the substitution of relief for wages. Spires, Diet of. A diet of the German Em- pire, held in 1529, which re- pealed the Act of Toleration passed at the previous Diet. The Lutheran Party, headed by the Elector of Saxony, the Margrave of Brandenburg and the Land- grave of Hesse, signed a protest against the action of the Diet, whence the reforming party became known as Protestants. Spurs, Battle of the. This name is given to two battles: (i) The Battle of Courtrai, when the Flemings defeated the French, July 11, 1302. It is said that 7,000 gilt spurs were picked up on the field of battle ; (2 ) the Battle of Guinegate, where Henry VIII defeated the French, August 18, 1513. The name is derived from the headlong flight of the French cavalry. Squadrone Volante. A party under the leadership of Tweeddale in the last Scottish Parliament (1705), which at- tempted to hold the balance between the supporters and the opponents of union with Eng- land. Squatter Sovereignty. The principle of leaving the slavery question to the decision of the settlers, first applied on the admission to the Union as territories of the districts acquired from Mexico in 1848. It was afterwards extended, in defiance of the Missouri Com- promise, to Kansas and Ne- braska in 1854. Stabbing, Statute of. An Act passed in the reign of James I, by which, for the first time in England, it was made a capital offence to draw sword or dagger on a man whose sword was not drawn, if within six months he died from wounds thus received. The Act was passed to put a stop to the con- stant brawls between the English courtiers and James' Scottish followers. Stalwarts. A section of the Republican Party in the United States, led by Senator Conkling of New York, who were opposed to President Garfield in 1881 on the question of Civil Service Reform. Guiteau, the assassin of Garfield, was a Stalwart, and gave as his reason for the crime that he could see no other way to bring about a reunion of the Republican Party. Stamford, Statute of. A statute of reform forced upon Edward II by his nobles in 1309. It renewed the first Statute of Westminster, checked DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 241 the abuses of constables and others exercising the royal au- thority, and repealed certain unauthorized taxes upon wool and hides. Stamp Act. An Act passed in 1765, for the purpose of raising revenue from the colonies. It was even more unpopular in America than the American Customs Act, and proved almost impossible to enforce. It was repealed in 1766. Standard, Battle of the. The name given to the Battle of Luton Moor, between the English and the Scots in 11 38. The standard displayed on this occasion was that of St. Cuth- bert of Durham, which was always thought to secure vic- tory. Stannaries. The tin mines of Cornwall are so called. Their adminis- tration is in the hands of the Warden of the Stannaries, an official of the Duchy of Corn- wall. The Stannaries are technically the property of the Crown, and are worked under Royal License. Staple. A term apphed to the chief products of England, and also to certain towns in Flanders where alone these commodities were permitted to be sold. These transactions were carried out under the surveillance of Government officers, and it was obligatory on the vendor to bring back a certain proportion of the proceeds of the sale in coin. Edward III, however, named nine English towns as the Staple towns, and made it a penal offence for an Englishman to carry any of the staple commodities beyond the seas. Staples, Statute of. A statute of 1353, regulating foreign trade and the privileges of the Merchant Guild. Star Chamber, Court of. A court established by Henry VII in 1487, to check the power of the great feudal houses by the suppression of maintenance, which, by providing them with large bodies of armed retainers, enabled the more powerful nobles to foment disturbances and insurrections. Later the Star Chamber became an instru- ment in the hands of the Sove- reign for the suppression of free speech, and its arbitrary and corrupt decisions became notori- ous. It was abolished by Act of Parliament in 1641. Star of the North. A name given to Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden by the German Protestants during the Thirty Years War. Stars and Stripes. The flag of the United States. It consists of thirteen stripes, being the number of the original States of the Union, and a num- ber of stars equal to the number of States in the Union for the time being, an additional star being added for eacn State admitted. Start, The. An excursion of Charles II into the Highlands in 1650, with the object of escaping from the Scottish Presbyterians, of whose loyalty he was somewhat doubt- ful, and also of raising a force in the Highlands to support R 242 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS him, in which he was entirely- unsuccessful. States-General (France). An assembly of the three estates of the realm, nobles, clergy and commoners, first summoned in 1 302 by Philip the Fair. States-General (Netherlands). The general congress of the estates of the various prov- inces forming the Netherlands. Its chief business was financial, as through it alone could the Sovereign legally obtain supplies. States' Rights. A political doctrine in the United States, which maintains that the Federal State is not a sovereign state, but that its acts require ratification by the individual States forming the Union, who are thus at liberty to disregard its enactments if they consider them unconstitu- tional. Thus South Carolina, in 1832, " nullified " an Act of Congress relating to import duties, and the doctrine was held in i860 to justify the secession of the Southern States Status quo ante. A term used to express the return after a war to the position occupied by the belligerents before the war broke out. Statutes. See Apparel, Apprentices, Car- lisle, Donis, Drogheda, Fines, Haeretico, Kilkenny, Labourers, Liveries, Mercatoribus, Prge- munire, Provisors, Quia Emp- tores.Rhudlann, Stabbing, Stam- ford, Staples, Submission, Tal- lagio, Treason, Uses, Wales, Westminster, Wills, Winchester. Steelboys. An Irish agrarian society, formed in 1772 in Down and Antrim, chiefly on the estates of the Marquis of Donegal, where there had been wholesale evictions. Very serious out- rages were perpetrated, and it was found necessary to try prisoners in Dublin. Steelyard, Merchants of the. A guild of German merchants established in England in the fourteenth century. They were formed into a guild in order that they might be kept under Government supervision. Stellaland. A republic in South Africa, formed by a party of Boer adventurers who had supported Massouw, a Battapin chief, against Mankoroane, in 1882. Two years later it was annexed by Great Britain, and incorpor- ated in British Bechuanaland. Stockenstrom Treaties. A series of treaties made by Sir Andries Stockenstrom with the Gaika and Fingo chiefs in 1836, after the sixth Kaffir war, by which the boundaries were fixed between British territory and the Kaffir country. Stockholm, Treaty of, 17 19. A treaty between Great Britain and Sweden, by which Sweden surrendered the Duchies of Bremen and Verden to George I, in return for a pay- ment of one million rix-doUars. Stockholm, Treaty of, 18 12. A treaty between Great Britain, Sweden and Russia, whereby Sweden undertook to provide 30,000 men to act with the Russian troops against DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 243 Napoleon. Great Britain en- gaged to pay Sweden a subsidy of one million sterling annually, to cede to her Guadeloupe, receiving in return certain com- mercial privileges, and to accede to the convention between Sweden and Russia, relative to the cession of Norway to the former Power. Stockholm, Treaty of, 1855. A treaty signed by Great Britain, France, Norway and Sweden, by which Sweden un- dertook not to cede or make any grants of pasturage, fishery or any other rights to Russia, Great Britain and France agree- ing to guarantee Sweden from Russian aggression. Stolbova, Treaty of. A treaty between Russia and Sweden, signed in 1617, after the successful campaign of Gus- tavus Adolphus, By this instrument Sweden retained possession of Ingermanland, Karelia and part of Livonia, restoring to Russia the rest of her conquests. Stonewall Jackson. A nickname given to Thomas J. Jackson, the Confederate General, during the American Civil War. Storthing. The Norwegian Parliament. On first assembling, one-fourth of the members of the Storthing are chosen to form an Upper House, known as the Lagthing, the remaining three-fourths forming the Lower House, or Odalsthing. In the event of the Lagthing twice rejecting a Bill sent up by the Odalsthing, the two houses sit together. Stranniki. A sect of ascetics in Russia, which sprang up in the reign of Catherine II. They believe the Czar to be Antichrist, and are opposed to military service, the payment of taxes, and any recognition of secular authority. Strasburg, Oath of. The oath of mutual fidelity taken by Louis and Charles, sons of Louis the Debonnaire, and their followers, at Stras- burg, in 841. Strelitzi. A body of regular infantry established, to repel the Tartar incursions, by Ivan IV (The Terrible), circ. 1535. They were disbanded and many of them killed by Peter the Great after their rebellion in 1698. Strelitzi, Conspiracy of the. A conspiracy of Sophia, half sister of Peter the Great, aided by the Strelitzi, to murder Peter, and rule the State in the name of her imbecile brother Ivan, in 1689. Peter was warned, seized Sophia, and shut her up in a convent. Strongbow. A nickname of Richard de Clare, Count of Strigul, who became King of Leinster in 1 170, in succession to Dermot, his father-in-law. Stundists. A Russian dissenting sect, who object to the ikon-worship of the Orthodox Church. Sturm und Drang Zeit. The end of the eighteenth century, when the French Revo- lution had rendered many think- ing men discontented with exist- ing institutions, was known in 244 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Germany as the period of Storm and Stress. Suabian League. A league of the cities of Suabia formed in 1376, for mutual defence against the depredations of the Counts of Wurtemberg. Subinfeudation. The practice of making grants of land by the holders of here- ditary fiefs to sub-vassals, to be held on terms similar to those on which the grantor held from his overlord. This is the real origin of the feudal system in its fullest development. Submission of the Clergy, Statute of. A Statute passed in 1534, embodying an agreement forced upon Convocation by Henry VIII in 1532. It enacted that no new canons should be issued without the royal sanction, and that the power of summoning Convocation should be vested in the King, who should also be entitled to appoint commis- sioners to revise the Canon Law. Subsidiary System. A system introduced by War- ren Hastings in his dealings with Oude, and extended by the Marquis of Wellesley. Under this system native states ac- knowledged the paramountcy of the British Government, which in return guaranteed their in- tegrity and independence. They were bound not to make war without the consent of the Government, and undertook to maintain a force to be at the Government's disposal when required. Subsidy. A tax imposed by Parliament in the reign of Charles I to meet the King's demands for money. It amounted to 4s. in the £ on real property, and 2s. 8d. in the £ on personalty, aliens and Popish recusants paying double. Succession, Act of, 1534. An Act declaring Henry VIII's marriage with Catherine of Aragon null and void, and setting the succession on the issue of his second marriage, with Anne Boleyn. Succession Act, 1701. An Act restricting in certain directions the royal prerogative, and setthng the succession upon the Electress Sophia of Han- over. One of its clauses forbade the sovereign to leave the king- dom, but it was repealed in 1 7 16, at the instance of George I, to enable him to visit Jiis king- dom of Hanover. Sucker State. A name derisively applied to the State of Illinois, U.S.A., by the inhabitants of other Western States. Sudras. The fourth or servile caste of the Hindus. Suez Canal Treaty. A treaty between England and France, signed in 1887, guaranteeing the neutrality of the Suez Canal. The Canal is to be at all times free to the ships of all nations, but in war time no belligerent is to be permitted to land troops or munitions of war in the Canal or its ports of access. The Khedive is charged with the carrying out of these stipula- tions. Practically all the Powers DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 245 concerned have given their ad- hesion to this instrument. Sunni. One of the two great Moham- medan sects. They accept the Sunna, a collection of laws and precepts, as well as the Koran. Supplicants. Those who signed the Suppli- cation against the use of Arch- bishop Laud's Service Book in 1637. In 1638, the Supplicants having signed the Covenant, became known as the Coven- anters. Supplication of William of Orange. A letter addressed to Philip of Spain by William of Orange and the Estates of Holland and Zeeland in 1573, demanding the restoration of their privileges, and the recall of the Duke of Alva. Suppression of Papacy, Act for the. One of the Irish Penal Laws, passed in 1704. It provided that no Catholic could be a guardian or trustee, take land on a longer lease than thirty- one years, or inherit land if there were a Protestant heir living. It forbade Cathohcs settling in Galway or Limerick. The Act was in fact a deliberate attempt to bribe the younger generation of Catholics into apostasy. Supremacy, Act of. An Act passed in 1534, con- ferring on Henry VIII the title of Supreme Head of the Church of England. It was made high treason to question the title. The provisions of this Act as to treason were repealed in the reign of Edward VI, and re- enacted under Elizabeth. Surat, Treaty of. A treaty between the British and Raghoba, signed in 1775, by which it was agreed to sup- port Raghoba for the ofi&ce of Peshwa, in return for the cession of Salsette and Bassein. Suspects, Loi des. A law passed by the French Convention in 1793, declaring suspect: (i) aU persons who had shown themselves enemies of liberty; (2) aU w^ho could not show that they had regular means of livelihood; (3) those who refused to take out certi- ficates of civism; (4) all sus- pended pubUc functionaries; (5) ci-devant nobles and their families; and (6) emigres. All such persons were to be arrested, and kept in confinement at their own expense. Suttee. The ancient Hindu custom of burning the widow on the pyre with her deceased hus- band's body. It was put down during the Viceroyalty of Lord Dalhousie, circ. 1856. Swainmote. In early Norman times the court of the forest freemen was so called. It was arranged on the lines of the Shiremote, or County Court. Swaziland Convention, 1890. A convention between Great Britain and the Transvaal, agreeing to preserve the inde- pendence of Swaziland, and to appoint a committee of three persons, one each to be named by the contracting parties and one by the Swazis, to rule the 246 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS white residents. It was further stipulated that the Transvaal might acquire a railway belt through Swaziland, and thence through Amatongaland to the sea. Swaziland Convention, 1893. A convention between Great Britain and the Transvaal, by which it was agreed that, sub- ject to the consent of the Queen Regent of the Swazis, Swaziland should be under the protection of the Transvaal. All British subjects in Swaziland were to be at once admitted to full burgher rights in the South African Republic. No railway was to be built beyond the eastern frontier, without the consent of Great Britain. Swaziland Convention, 1895. The Queen of Swaziland having refused her consent to the Convention of 1893, a further convention was made similar to that of 1893, but omitting the clause requiring the Queen's consent. Swing, Captain. See Barn-burners. Sword in Hand Address. An address presented to Queen Anne, in 17 13, by the Highland Chiefs who had been the recipients of her gift of money, which they seem to have looked upon as payment for services rendered to the Stuart cause. In the address they refer to the sacred house of Stuart, and express the hope that in the Queen's successor they may find one who shall obtain " both the hereditary and the parlia- mentary sanction." Szatmar, Peace of. The peace concluded in 171 1, after Rakoczy's Rebellion. Aus- tria granted the Magyars a complete amnesty, restoration of all forfeited property, and the free exercise of the Protestant religion. Szegedin, Peace of. The peace which ended in 1444 the invasion of the Turkish dominions by Hunyadi Janos of Hungary, and George, Despot of Servia, who penetrated as far as the Balkans. The Sultan Amurath restored Servia to George, against payment of a tribute of half the revenue of the State, and placed Wallachia under the protection of Hun- gary. Szell Formula. See Ausgleich. Taal. The corrupt form of Dutch spoken in the Dutch portions of South Africa. Its corruption is due principally to the large proportion of foreigners among the early immigrants, and to their intercourse with the native Tables, The. A board or committee estab- lished in Scotland in 1637, chosen by the Supplicants with the object of bringing about an agreement between Archbishop Laud and the Presbyterians. It consisted of four members of each of the four classes : nobles, lesser barons, burgesses and clergy. Taborites. The Hussites under John Zisca were so called, from the DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 247 name he gave their stronghold — Tabor, a camp or tent. Tackers. A section of the extreme Tories in 1704, who were anxious to secure the passage of the Occasional Conformity Bill through the Lords by tacking it on to the Land Tax Bill, which the Lords could not reject without stopping supplies. They were unsuccessful, however, in carrying their point. Taeping Rebellion. A rebelhon under Hung Hsiu Chwan, which broke out in the province of Canton in 1851. The rebels marched northward, and after capturing Nanking, established their headquarters there in 1853. They then in- vaded Honan, Shansi and Chihli, but were driven back. They held out, however, against the Imperial troops until 1864, when Nanking was captured by Gene- ral Gordon, and the rebellion was finally suppressed in the following year, Tafna, Treaty of. A treaty between the French and Abd-el-Kader, the Algerian chief, signed in 1847, and as- suring the French domination in Algeria. Tahiti Question. A serious difficulty which arose between Great Britain and France in 1844, owing to the action of the French in arresting Mr. Pritchard, a mis- sionary, who was the British Consul in Tahiti, and was very obnoxious to the Roman Catho- lics. He was only released on his undertaking to leave the Pacific. Great indignation was felt in England at this outrage, but after lengthy negotiations the matter was smoothed over, and compensation given to Mr. Pritchard. Taille. A tax levied in France on the produce of the soil, paid exclu- sively by the cultivator, the landowner being exempt. It was aboHshed in 1791. Taille. A method of warfare intro- duced by the Archbishop of Bordeaux in 1228, in his attempt to bring to terms Count Ray- mond of Toulouse. It con- sisted in the systematic cutting down of vines and fruit trees, and the destruction of houses and enclosures. Tallage. That portion of the feudal dues levied by the Norman Kings which was paid by the towns. Its arbitrary exaction was held to be illegal in the reign of Edward I. Tallagio non Concedendo, Statute de. A Statute passed in 1297, declaring the exaction of tal- lages illegal. Talukdar. An hereditary contractor for land revenue in Oude. The Talukdar collected rents over a certain district, and paid the taxes for the district to the Government. He often had no proprietary right whatever in the land. By the new land system introduced into Oude by Lord Dalhousie in 1856, under which the British Govern- ment entered into direct rela- tions with the villages, most of the Talukdars were dispossessed. 248 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS and much discontent was occa- sioned thereby. Tammany Ring. The Democratic party in New York City, who have for years kept the absolute control of public affairs in the city. As a party organization it grew out of the Tammany Society, an organization founded in 1805, ostensibly as a charitable insti- tution, and for the promotion of an extended franchise. In 1 87 1 the connexion of its leaders with the notorious Erie Ring led to a crusade against the party, headed by the New York Times, and an inquiry disclosed wholesale jobbery and corrup- tion in the administration. As a consequence Tammany was totally defeated at the polls in 1872, but returned to of&ce at the following election, and re- mained in power until 1902, when they were again driven from office. Tamworth Manifesto. A statement of policy issued by Sir Robert Peel in 1835, after the dismissal of the Mel- bourne Ministry. It promised considerable concessions to the Dissenters, and was in many respects a departure from the old Toryism, and a recognition of the necessity for reform along cautious lines. Those who fol- lowed Sir Robert Peel in his new departure were known as Peelites. Tanistry. The ancient law of succession in Ireland, by which the chief- tainship of a sept descended to the eldest and most worthy of the same blood. Targowitz, Confederation of. A confederation of Polish nobles formed in 1792, under the auspices of Catherine of Russia, to oppose the new con- stitution established in 1791, and to promote a return to the old order of things. They com- pelled Stanislas Augustus to give way and abrogate the 1791 constitution. Tartar Invasion. The invasion of Russia by the Tartars under Genghis Khan in 1237. They overran Russia up to the Carpathians, burning the chief towns, and carrying off the inhabitants as slaves. After subjugating the country, the Tartars contented them- selves with demanding an oath of allegiance and a tribute from the Russian Princes, allowing the free exercise of the Christian religion, and interfering in no way with the institutions and customs of the country. Tattooed Man. A nickname of James G. Blaine, derived from a political caricature, in which he was re- presented as Phryne before her judges, tattooed with the names of the various scandals with which his name had been connected. Tchinovniks. The holders of Russian official appointments. They are mainly drawn from the ranks of the nobles and the clergy, and in particular from certain noble families, who may be said to be the real rulers of Russia. There are fourteen classes of officials , which classes are called " Tchins." Every official, what- ever his birth, has to enter in the lowest Tchin, and promotion is nominally by merit only. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 249 Tea- Party. The Boston tea riots are so called. Tea-room Party. A party of advanced Radicals who opposed Mr. Gladstone's amendment to Lord Derby's Reform Bill of 1867. This amendment would have re- stricted the borough franchise to those occupiers whose nam.es were on the rate book, but would have drawn a line of value below which no house should be rated. This small party not only defeated Mr. Gladstone, but succeeded in forcing upon the Government household fran- chise pure and simple. Temperance, Apostle of. The name given to Father Mathew, the Irish Temperance advocate, circ. 1838. Templars, Knights. An order of knighthood estab- lished in Palestine in 11 18, and confirmed by Honorius II in 1 128. Its functions were the protection of pilgrims to the Holy Sepulchre, and its head- quarters were on the site of Solomon's Temple. During the thirteenth century, the order, which had become very power- ful, and spread widely over Europe, was accused of heresy and other crimes, and was pro- scribed by Clement V in 13 12, and its property confiscated. Ten Articles. A profession of the Protestant Doctrine as then held in England drawn up by a Convocation held in 1536, and based upon the Confession of Augsburg. Ten, Council of. The Supreme Council of Venice, established in 13 10. It really consisted of seventeen members, as to the ten were added the Doge and his six councillors. It controlled the magistracy and the senate, and had charge of the foreign rela- tions of the Republic. It is, however, best known as an arbi- trary secret tribunal, trying and condemning for all classes of offences against the laws and the State, without appeal. Ten Jurisdictions, League of the. A league formed in the eastern part of Rhaetia in 1436, in the territories of the Counts of Toggenburg. It afterwards amalgamated with the Grau- bund and the Gotteshausbund. Ten Minutes Bill. The Reform Bill of 1867, as first introduced, is so called. At a Cabinet Council held on the day that Mr. Disraeli was to introduce the Bill, it was found that Ministers were not in agree- ment, and there were only ten minutes left to decide what was to be done. It happened that a Bill had been prepared, pro- posing a milder measure of reform, and this it was decided to introduce. It met with little approval from any section, and was ultimately withdrawn in favour of the original Bill. The story was some time after- wards told by Sir John Paking- ton to his constituents, and the makeshift Bill was promptly christened the Ten Minutes Bill. Tenmannetale. The name by which the sys- tem of Frankpledge was known in the northern parts of Eng- land. 250 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Tenth of August, Massacre of the. The massacre of the Swiss Guards at the Tuileries, on August lo, 1792, is known by this name. It is estimated that 5,000 persons perished at the hands of the Paris mob. Tenure of Office Act. An Act passed by the United States Congress in 1867, to pre- vent the removal from office by the President, without the con- sent of the Senate, of any person holding a Government position. It was enacted in consequence of the action of President John- son in removing Mr. Stanton in what was held to be an un- constitutional manner. Teplitz, Treaty of. A treaty of alliance between Russia, Austria and Prussia, signed in 181 3, and directed against Napoleon. Terreur Blanche. The name of the White Terror was given to the excesses of the counter-revolutionists in the French provinces, especially in the South, in 1795, after the fall of Robespierre. Terror, Reign of. The culmination of the French Revolution, lasting from the fall of the Girondins, in October 1793. to that of Robespierre, in July 1794. During this period the only limit to the number of executions was the time at the disposal of Fouquier-Tinville and the Revolutionary Tribunal for the trial of prisoners. Terrorists. The extreme revolutionary party in Paris in 1848. They demanded, not work, but the spoliation of the rich, and were prepared to adopt the methods of 1793 to secure their object. They attempted to coerce and dissolve the National Assembly, and set up a Revolutionary Government at the Hotel de Ville, but were overpowered by the Garde Mobile. Terry Alts. An Irish rebel society which was guilty of numerous out- rages in Clare during the years immediately following the Union. Teschen, Peace of. A treaty signed at the con- clusion of the Bavarian War of Succession in 1779, by which Austria withdrew her opposi- tion to the reunion of Anspach and Bayreuth with Prussia. Certain territorial changes were made in Bavaria, and the Treaty of Westphalia was renewed. Teshu Lama. The second spiritual ruler of Thibet, who exercises the func- tions of the Dalai Lama between the death of one occupant of that position and the enthrone- ment of his successor. Test Act. An Act passed in 1673, ordain- ing that all holders of temporal offices under the Crown must receive the Sacrament according to the rites of the Church of England, and renounce the doctrine of Transubstantiation. James II endeavoured to bring about its repeal, but without success, and it remained on the Statute Book till 1828. Tetrapolitan Confession. The profession of faith of the Reformed Non-Lutheran Ger- DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 251 man Church, drawn up by Bucer, and issued in 1530. Teutonic Knights. An order of knighthood founded by Henry, King of Jerusalem, during the third Crusade, its original members being followers of Frederick Barbarossa. In 1230, under their Grand Master, Hermann von Salza, the Teutonic knights marched against the Pagans of the Baltic shore of what is now known as Prussia. This country, which was a fief of Poland, they held until 1526, when Albert of Brandenburg, then Grand Master, made a treaty with Sigismund of Poland, by which Prussia was erected into a Grand Duchy, with Albert as Grand Duke. The order was dissolved by Napoleon in 1809. Thaba Bosigo, Treaty of. A treaty between the Orange Free State and Moshesh, signed in 1866, after the Basuto war of 1865-6. Moshesh surrendered the greater portion of his country to the Free State, and undertook to withdraw all his subjects from the ceded territory. He not only failed to carry out the terms, but in the following years sent large bodies of warriors into these districts, and pre- vented their settlement by Europeans. Theatins. A monastic order, founded by John Caraffa, Bishop of Theate (afterwards Paul IV), and au- thorised by Clement V in 1524. The Theatins were strong sup- porters of the movement for the reform of the Papacy which arose within the Church about the middle of the sixteenth century. Thegns. In Saxon times the thegns were originally the King's ser- vants. Later, enriched by grants of land, they superseded the old nobility, and became eventually the Barons. Thelusson's Act. An Act passed in 1800, by which it was made illegal to devise property to accumulate for a longer period than twenty- one years. It arose from the will of Peter Thelusson, a wealthy merchant, who left ^800,000 to accumulate until his grandson's grandson reached the age of twenty-one. The will led to protracted litigation, and the resulting accumulation was consequently much less than had been anticipated. Theological Controversy. An assembly of Catholic and Protestant divines, held at Westminster in 1559, to discuss certain points of dogma and ritual. The questions set for dis- cussion were : the use of prayer in a tongue not understood by the people, the right of individual congregations to alter their ritual to suit their needs, and the propitiatory sacrifice for the quick and the dead in the cele- bration of the Mass. No deci- sion was arrived at on any point. Theows. In Saxon times the slaves of the feudal lords, reduced to the servile condition either as prison- ers of war, or through debt. Thermidoriens. The party who voted the de- 252 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS cree of accusation against Robes- pierre and his followers in July (Thermidor) 1794. During the Directoire they still showed themselves advanced Republi- cans, being in favour of main- taining the decrees against the clergy, the noblesse and the emigres. Thing. Amongst the Norsemen, the assembly of freemen. The Things were of varying import- ance, and bore different names, according to the purpose for which they were convoked. Thus, the Althing was the general assembly of the nation, held annually ; the Konungs- thing, a meeting specially sum- moned by the King ; and so on down to the Husthing, a meeting of his own men summoned by any petty chief, Thingamen. Another name for the House- karls of King Knut, Third Section. A section of the Russian secret police, specially estab- lished to watch all political movements. It was formed by Nicholas I in 1865. Thirteen Cantons, Confederation of. The Confederation formed by the admission, between 148 1 and 1 5 13, of the Cantons of Fri- bourg, Soleure, Basle, Schaff- hausen and Appenzell, into the Perpetual League. Thirteen States. The thirteen American colonies forming the original thirteen States of the Union were Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massa- chusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, iSTew York, North Caro- lina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia, Thirty, Battle of the. A combat between the fol- lowers of Simon de Montfort and those of Charles of Blois, fought at Ploermel in Brittany in 1350. The combatants were limited to thirty on each side, and the English were de- feated. Thirty Years War. A war between Ferdinand II and the Protestant Princes of Germany, which broke out on the accession of Ferdinand to the Austrian throne in 161 9. The Protestant Princes had elected to the Imperial Throne Frederic V, the Elector Pala- tine, and took up arms in his support. Sweden under Gus- tavus Adolphus, and later France, were drawn into the conflict, and the war did not terminate till 1648, when Fer- dinand III signed the Treaty of Westphalia, Thirty-nine Articles. The articles of faith of the Church of England, consisting of thirty-nine of the original forty- two articles issued in 1552. By an Act of Elizabeth passed in 1 57 1, the acceptance of these was made incumbent on all the clergy of the Established Church. Thirty-six, Council of. A council appointed in 1357 to carry on the Government of France during the captivity of John. They had power to levy taxes, to appoint the chief DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 253 officers of State, and generally to exercise all executive func- tions. Thirty-three Articles. A code of laws drawn up by the Volksraad of Potchefs- troom in 1844, and adopted in 1849 by all the communities established to the north of the Vaal river. Thistle, Order of the. An order of knighthood in- stituted, according to tradition, by Archaicus, King of the Scots in 809. Though thus older than the Garter in its origin, it has been several times in abeyance, having been revived by James V of Scotland, by James II of England, and finally by Queen Anne, who placed it on its present footing. Thorn, Conference of. A conference summoned by Ladislaus IV of Poland in 1645, in an endeavour to unite the Protestants to the Catholic Church. It lasted about four months, and was entirely with- out result. Thorough. The Policy of Thorough is the phrase used by Strafiord and Laud to express their deter- mination to carry through their schemes for the public advan- tage, regardless of the obstacles thrown in their way by in- terested parties. Thralls. Among the Norse nations slaves were so called. They were generally captives taken in war. " Three Acres and a Cow." A phrase used by Mr. Jesse CoUings, in the election cam- paign of 1885, expressive of the plank in his programme of free allotments of land for all agri- cultural labourers. Three Emperors, Battle of the. The battle of Austerlitz, December 2, 1805, is so called, because Napoleon and the Em- perors of Austria and Russia were aU present. Three F's. The ostensible programme of the Irish Land League in 1880 : Fixity of Tenure, Fair Rent, Free Sale. Three Kings, Alliance of the. An alliance formed in 1849 between the Kings of Prussia, Hanover, and Saxony, to take joint measures for the sup- pression of the disorders rife in their States at that time. Thresher, Captain. The pseudonym of the leader of a band of lawless Irishmen, who in 1806 attacked the collectors of tithes. Throgmorton's Conspiracy. A conspiracy of certain Jesuits and English Catholics in 1583, to rise against Queen Elizabeth, in conjunction with an invasion of French and Spanish troops. Suspicion was aroused by Throg- morton's constant visits to the Spanish Ambassador. He was arrested, and under torture revealed the details of the plot, and the names of the principal conspirators. Thugs. A quasi-religious sect of rob- bers and murderers in India, who despatched their victims by stranghng. They were put down by Lord Dalhousie about 1856. 254 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Thunderbolt of Italy. The sobriquet of Gaston de Foix, Due de Nemours (1489- 15 12), given him on account of his brilliant campaign in Italy. Thurn and Taxis. A princely house of Germany, with large estates in Austria, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and else- where, who established the earliest postal system in Ger- many in 1460. In 1595 a member of the house was ap- pointed hereditary grand master of the posts of the Empire, and though the privileges of the ofhce were gradually infringed by the larger German States, the monopoly was not finally abolished till 1867. Tiberine Republic. A republic with Rome as its capital, established by Napo- leon in Central Italy in 1797. Tichborne Case. See Claimant. Tientsin, Treaty of, 1858. A treaty between Great Britain, France and China, at the close of the war of 1857, providing for the establishment of Chinese Legations in London and Paris, and French and English Legations in Pekin, the toleration of Christianity in China, and access to the interior of China and to the navigable rivers for British and French subjects. In i860 the envoys proceeding to Pekin to exchange ratifications were not permitted to proceed. Further hostilities ensued, and certain European prisoners were barbarously tor- tured by the Chinese, in revenge for which the Allies destroyed the Summer Palace of Pekin. Tientsin, Treaty of, 1885. A treaty between France and China, by which China with- drew her claim to exercise a protectorate over Annam. Tiepoli, Conspiracy of. " A conspiracy of Venetian nobles, headed by Tiepoli and the family of the Querini, against Gradenigo, the Doge of Venice, in 13 10. The con- spirators enlisted the aid of the Paduans, and formed a plan to seize the Doge in the Ducal Palace by means of their own armed retainers, holding the Square of St. Mark till the arrival of the Paduans. The plan miscarried, owing to the vigilance of the Doge, who was prepared for the attack, and the conspiracy failed. Many of the leaders were killed in the fighting, and others were exe- cuted, but Tiepoli escaped. Tiers Etat. The third estate of the Realm, or Commoners, in France. It is held that they were first con- sulted by Louis IX, who s-um- moned twelve citizens from the principal towns of France, to advise him on the national coinage. Tiers Parti. A moderate party formed in the French Assembly in 1832, in the reign of Louis Philippe. In 1834 they formed a ministry under the Due de Bassano, but the Chamber refused to support it, and it resigned in three days. In 1836, however, it formed a more durable administration under Thiers. Tilsit, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1807 be- tween France, Prussia and DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 255 France all her provinces on the left bank of the Elbe, to form the kingdom of West- phalia for the benefit of Jerome Buonaparte. In addition, recog- nition was accorded to Louis Buonaparte as King of Holland, to Joseph as King of Spain, and to the Confederation of the Rhine. The Grand Duchy of Warsaw was created out of the Duchies of Warsaw and Posen, and given to the King of Saxony. There were certain secret clauses in the treaty between France and Russia, by which Russia agreed to aid France against England and to coerce Portugal, Sweden and Denmark to take the same course, while France undertook to aid Russia against the Turks if the Porte declined to accept his mediation. Tio Porsupuesto, El. The nickname of Bolivar, the Liberator of South America, from his habit of beginning an argument with the words " Por supuesto," " Let us suppose." Tithe Commutation Act. An Act passed in 1836, com- muting the tithe into a perman- ent rent charge upon the land, annually adjusted upon the price of corn, and redeemable at twenty-five years' purchase of the average amount. Tithe Commutation Act (Ire- land). An Act passed in 1838, com- muting the tithe into an annual rent charge, with a reduction of 25 per cent. At the same time the loan of one million sterling made in 1833 in aid of the destitute Irish Clergy, was con- verted into a gift. Tithe Riots. A series of disturbances in Montgomeryshire and elsewhere in North Wales in protest against the payment of tithes in 1887. Riots were caused by sales under distraint in various parts of Wales, and for some time such sales could only be carried out under military protection. Togakuto. The Society of Oriental Learn- ing, a party in Korea violently opposed to Western ideas, and anxious to exclude all foreigners. In 1893 some 200,000 members gathered in Seoul, with the object of coercing the King, who had refused their pre- posterous demands. Toisee. An order issued by Emery, finance minister of Louis XIV, in 1644, to the effect that houses built in the Paris suburbs in contravention of an edict issued a hundred years before, but never enforced, should be redeemed by payment of a heavy fine. This order caused great dis- content, and was eventually withdrawn. Tokoli's Rebellion. A rising of the Magyars against Austrian domination in 1678, headed by TokoU, who, aided by the Turks, succeeded in driving the Austrian troops out of Hungary. He maintained his position until 1683, when he was defeated, and the Turks being at the same time repulsed from Vienna, the rising came to an end, and Tokoli was forced to flee the country. Toledo, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1538 after Russia. Prussia abandoned to 256 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Francis' invasion of Piedmont, by Charles V and Francis I, by which Francis obtained possession of Bresse, Savoy, and half of Piedmont, Charles taking the remainder of Pied- mont and the Milanese. The Pays de Vaud was left to Berne, and the independence of Geneva guaranteed. Tolentino, Treaty of. A treaty between France and the Papal See, signed in 1797. By this treaty the Pope sur- rendered the Legations and Ancona, and agreed to the final inclusion of Avignon in France. He also consented to pay a heavy sum in coin and jewels and to permit the removal to France of certain specified works of art. In return France recog- nized the Pope's power to con- trol the religious communities in Rome. Toleration Acts. An Act passed on the accession of William and Mary in 1689, giving Protestant Dissenters the right to hold services in their own chapels, provided such chapels were registered. A fur- ther Act applying to Scotland was passed in 17 12 for the toleration of all episcopal clergy- men who were willing to take the Oath of Abjuration estab- lished by the Act of 1702. Tonkinois, Le. A nickname of Jules Ferry, referring to his responsibility for the unpopular Tongking ex- pedition of 1883. Tonnage and Poundage. A tax levied on all mer- chandise other than the staple commodities, whether exported or imported. It varied from IS. 6d. to 3s. on every tun of wine or beer, and from 6d. to is. on every pound of merchandise. It was first levied in the reign of Edward III. Toom Tabard. Empty Jacket, the nickname of John Baliol, King of Scotland (1292-1314), because he had the semblance but not the reality of royal power. Tordesillas, Treaty of. A treaty between Spain and Portugal, signed in 1494. Portu- gal being dissatisfied with the terms of the Papal Bull of Demarcation, Spain agreed to the dividing line between the two spheres of colonisation being drawn 370 leagues west of Cape Verde. Under the terms of this treaty Portugal subsequently claimed Brazil. Torgau, League of. A league formed at Torgau in 1526 by the Protestant Princes of Germany, headed by the Landgrave of Hesse and the Elector of Saxony, as a counter move to the reported combina- tion of Duke George of Saxony, the Elector of Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mentz and other Catholic Princes to oppose the Reformation. Torres Vedras, Lines of. The strongly intrenched posi- tion in front of Lisbon, occupied by Wellington during the winter of 1810-11, after the fall of Ciudad Rodrigo. Tory. The name given to the Loyal- ist Party in the reign of Charles II. It is taken from the name applied to the Irish DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 257 outlaws. The word now implies extreme Conservatism. Tory Democracy. The political creed of Lord Randolph Churchill and his followers. He maintained that Toryism was not necessarily the creed of an exclusive class, but was as democratic in its aims as Radicalism. Toshachs. In the earliest days of Scottish history, an inferior grade of chieftain in the Highlands. Tourkmantchai, Treaty of. A treaty between Russia and Persia, signed in 1828, by which Persia ceded Erivan and Nakit- chevan, and accorded excep- tional commercial facilities to Russian sub j ects . Tours, Edict of. An edict issued by Henri IV in 1 591, repealing the edicts of his predecessor with respect tD the Huguenots, and re-estab- lishing the Concordat between the two religions contained in the Edict of January. Tractarian Movement. See Oxford Movement. Trade Unions. Combinations of workmen in a particular trade, formed for mutual protection against ra- pacious employers, and also as benefit societies. They are mostly the growth of the nine- teenth century, but have their origin in the trade guilds of the earlier times. Trafalgar Square Riots. A series of disturbances in London in 1887. Meetings, nominally of unemployed, were held in Trafalgar Square, and addressed by well-known Social- ist leaders, among others John Burns and Cunningham - Grahame. As these meetings led to disorder and obstruction of the traffic, they were pro- hibited by Sir Charles Warren, the Chief Commissioner of Police. The Socialists insisted on their right to hold the meet- ings, and the disturbances cul- minated on Sunday, November 13th, when a number of proces- sions on their way to the Square were broken up by the police, and their leaders arrested, severe fighting taking place at several points. This, however, ended the rioting, as no further at- tempts were made to hold the prohibited meetings. Trails-batons. Outlaws who in 1305 infested the country districts of England, hiring themselves out for the execution of private vengeance. Stringent measures were taken against them under the Statute of Winchester. Train-bands. Properly the Trained Bands, a force in the nature of a militia, established by James I in 1604, to replace the Fyrd. They numbered 160,000. Transplantation, Irish. By an Act of Parliament passed in 1653, the whole of Ireland, excepting Connaught and the county of Clare, was opened for settlement by ad- venturers and the soldiers of the Commonwealth. The whole of the Irish population was trans- planted to the province and county named above. Transvaal National Union. An association of the Uit- s 258 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS landers in the South African Republic, formed in Johannes- burg in 1892, with the object of securing the franchise and reforms in general for foreigners settled in the country. In December 1895 it took the name of the Reform Committee, and was largely instrumental in bringing about the Jameson Raid, which took place at the end of that month, though it seems evident that the actual moment chosen for the Raid did not accord with its plans. After Jameson's defeat the leaders of the Committee were arrested and tried for -treason, four of them being sentenced to death, though they were afterwards reprieved. Treason, Statute of. A Statute of Edward III, in 1352, which defines high treason as plotting the death of the King or Queen, or their eldest son, levying war against the King, or comforting or adhering to his enemies. This Statute is still in force. Treaties, Conventions, Alliances, etc. See Abbeville, Abo, Adam Kok, Adis Ababa, Adrianople, Aigun, Aix-la-Chapelle, Akerman, Alas- ka, Aliwal North, Amboise, American-Japanese, American- Spanish, Amiens, Anglo-Chinese, Anglo-Dutch, Anglo - French, Anglo - German, Anglo - Italian, Anglo - Japanese, Anglo - Portu- guese, Anglo - Russian, Arras, Ashburton, Association, Barce- lona, Bardo, Barrier, Barwalde, Basle, Bassein, Bekcagsog, Bel- gian, Berlin, Berwick, Black Sea, Bloemfontein, Bond - Blaine, Breda, Breslau, Bretigny, Brigham, Bromsebro, Brunnen, Brussels, Bucharest, Budchaz, Cadan, Caen, Campo-Formio, Cappel, Carlowitz, Cassini, Cateau Cambresis, Chartres, Chaumont, Christian, Cintra, Clair-on-Epte, Clayton-Bulwer. Closter Seven, Commercial, Con- federation, Conflans, Constance, Cretan, Crown, Cyprus, Darda- nelles, Deogam, Dover, Dreikai- serbund, Dual, Edinburgh, Evora, Falczi, Falaise, Family, Ferdinand, Field, Fisheries, Folenbray, Fommanah, Fon- tainebleau, Franco- American, Franco-Annamese, Franco- Siamese, Frankfort, Fredericks- hamm, Gandamak, Gastein, Geneva, Ghent, Gisors, Grand Alliance, Great Intercourse, Guadeloupe-Hidalgo, Gulistan, Hanover, Hay-Pauncefote, Holy Alliance, Hubertsberg, Hue, Iglau, Imparani, Jassy, Join- ville. Jay, July, Kenil worth, Kiel, Kuldja, Kutchuk Kain- ardji, Lahore, Lambeth, Lodi, London, Longjumeau, Liibeck, Loo, Luneville, Luxemburg, Ma- dras, Madrid, Malus Intercursus, Mandeshwar, Mangalore, Man- tua, Meersen, Methuen, Mol- davian, Mon9on, Montpelier, Nanking, Nertchinsk, Newport, Nimeguen, Northampton, Not- tingham, Nystad, Olmiitz, Oregon, Paix, Panama, Paris, Passau, Passarowitz, Peace, Pecquigny, Peronne, Perpetual, Pilnitz, Poland, Prague, Pres- burg, Pretoria, Pruth, Puran- dhar, Pyrenees, Quadrilateral, Quadruple, Reichenbach, Re- insurance, Roeskild, Russo- Japanese, Ryswick, St. Ger- mains, St. Petersburg, Salbai, Samoan, San Ildefonso, San Stefano, Sand River, Santiago, Schonbrunn, Secret, September, Seringapatam, Servian, Seville, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 259 Shimonoseki, Sikkim, Sitvato- rok, Smithfield, Southampton, Stockenstrom, Stockholm, Stol- bova, Suez, Surat, Swaziland, Szatmar, Szegedin, Teplitz, Tes- chen, ThabaBosigo, Three Kings, Tientsin, Tilsit, Toledo, Tolen- tino, Tordesillas, Tourkman- tchai, Tripartite,Triple, Tri-regal, Troyes, Turin, Unkiar Skelessi, Utrecht, Uxbridge, Vaal, Verdun, Vereeniging, Versailles, Vervins, Vienna, Villefranche, Wallachia, Wallingf ord, Washington, Water- boer, Wedmore, Werela, West- phalia, Worms, Yandabo, Zanzi- bar, Zurich. Treaty Ports. Ports specially set aside for trade purposes and the resi- dence of foreigners in countries where unrestricted foreign trade is not permitted, as in China. Treinta y Tres. The thirty-three Uruguayan patriots who raised the standard of revolt against Brazil in 1825. Aided by Argentina, Uruguay shook off the Brazilian yoke and was proclaimed an inde- pendent republic in 1828. Trek, Great. The great emigration of Dutch settlers from Cape Colony in 1836 and 1837. A variety of causes, among others the eman- cipation of the KajB&r slaves, for which the farmers received very inadequate compensation, led to this trek, which brought about the first colonisation of the country beyond the Orange river. Other parties crossed the Drakensberg into Natal, where they established a republic in 1838. Trek, Second. An emigration of Boer far- mers from the country between the Orange river and the Vaal, in 1844 and 1845. Their object was to escape British rule, which was about to be estab- lished in the country they were leaving, and which took shape in the Orange River Sove- reignty in 1848. These trekkers founded the South African Re- public. Trent, Council of. A council summoned by Paul III in 1545, to settle, if possible, the religious questions arising out of the Reformation. The council lasted till 1563, and in the end merely emphasised the differences between the Catholic Church and the Reformers, reasserting as essentially Catho- lic the doctrines of purgatory, transubstantiation, the inter- cession of saints, and others. Trent Incident. The forcible removal from an English steamer, the Trent, by Captain Wilkes, of the U.S. sloop Jacinto, of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, who were on their way to Europe as envoys of the Southern States in 1 861. They were subse- quently released, but not until considerable public feeling had been aroused on both sides, and the British Government had gone the length of reinforcing the Canadian garrison. Treuga Dei. The Truce of God, imposed upon all the vassals of the Empire who were at war amongst themselves by an edict of the Emperor Henry III, issued at the Diet of Constance in 1403. 26o DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS It was to be observed from Wednesday evening till Monday morning in each week. Tribunal Revolutionnaire. A tribunal, at first called the Tribunal Extraordinaire, estab- lished by the French Convention in March 1793, to deal with Royalist and other suspects and political prisoners. It was com- posed of five judges, with a standing jury, each member of which had to give his verdict audibly. There was no appeal from the decisions of this court, which sent some two thousand persons to the guillotine. Tribune of the People. A sobriquet of John Bright. Tricoteuses de Robespierre. Robespierre's knitters were a knot of women who, during the Terror, used to sit, knitting, at the meetings of the Conven- tion and of the Tribunal Revo- lutionnaire, or round the guillo- tine. They were also called "Les Furies de la Guillotine." Triennial Act. An Act passed in 1694, limit- ing the duration of a Parliament to three years. It was practic- ally repealed by the Septennial Act of 1716. Triers. An examining body appointed by Cromwell in 1554, to inquire into the qualifications of persons appointed to benefices. Any one, other than a Catholic, whose creed was fundamentally ortho- dox, and whose life was free from reproach, was permitted to retain his cure. Trim, Remonstrance of. A document submitted to Charles I by Ormonde in 1643, in which the Irish Catholics conv- plained of the disabilities under which they laboured owing to the legislation of Elizabeth's reign. At the same time they offered to place ten thousand men at the King's disposal. Trinoda Necessitas. In Saxon times the obligation thrown on every inhabitant of bearing his share in (i) war service ; (2) the repair of roads and bridges; and (3) the mainte- nance of fortifications. This obligation was continued after the Conquest, Tripartite Treaty, 1800. A treaty between the British, the Nizam of Hyderabad, and a representative of the ancient royal family of Mysore, dividing between the three signatories the dominions of Tippu Sahib. Tripartite Treaty, 1856. A treaty signed by Great Britain, France and Austria, immediately after signature of the Treaty of Paris of 1856, guaranteeing the independence and territorial integrity of Tur- key, and declaring that they would consider any infraction of the Treaty of Paris to be a casus belli. Triple Alliance, 1668. An alliance concluded in 1668 between England, Holland and Sweden, by which the contract- ing parties bound themselves to oppose the advance of France. Within two years, however, Charles II signed a treaty with the French king, binding him- self not to interfere with the French designs on the Nether- lands. Triple Alliance, 17 17. An alliance of England » DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 261 France and Holland, guarantee- ing the clauses of the Treaty of Utrecht with reference to the English Protestant succession, the French succession, and the renunciation by Spain of her claim to the throne of France. It was intended as a counter- poise to the alliance of Russia, Sweden and Spain. It became the Quadruple Alliance by the adhesion of Austria in 17 18. Triple Alliance, 1883. In 1879 Germany and Austria entered into a defensive alliance, which provided for mutual assistance against Russia, and at least a benevolent neutrality against any other Power. In 1883 it was announced that Italy was a party to this alliance, which then became known as the Triple Alliance. It has been several times renewed, the last occasion being in 1902. Triple Alliance (India). An alliance between the Eng- lish, the Peshwa and the Nizam, concluded in 1790, by which it was agreed that the con- tracting parties should combine to invade the dominions of Tippoo Sahib, and that all conquests should be equally divided between them. Triple Alliance, War of the. The war waged by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay from 1865 to 1869. Tri-regal Alliance, An alliance between the kings of Prussia, Saxony and Han- over in 1849, with the object of bringing about a union of the German States, to the exclusion of Austria. It was broken up by the Humiliation of Olmtitz in 1850. Trismegistus, The German. Rudolph II of Germany was so called. Triumvirate, The. Grenville's Ministry in 1763 was so called, because the Secre- taries of State, Lords Egremont and Halifax, were regarded as holding the direction of affairs jointly with GrenvUle. Triumvirate, The Catholic. The league between the Due de Guise, the Marechal de St. Andre, and the Constable of France in the reign of Charles IX was so called. Triumvirate, The (Russia). This title was given to Adam Czartoryski, Novossiltsof and Strogonof, the three principal advisers of Alexander I of Russia on his accession. Troppau, Congress of. A meeting of the Russian, Austrian and Prussian sover- eigns in 1820, to consider the questions raised by the Nea- politan revolution, and to con- firm the Holy Alliance. Trott of Turriff. An attack by the Gordons under Robert Johnston on the Covenanters at Turriff in 1639, the Covenanters being driven out. Troubles, Council of. See Blood Council. Trough, Race of the. See Farquharsons. Troyes, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1420 by Henry V of England and Philip, Count of Charolais, on behalf of the Burgundian Party, by which it was provided that Henry should marry Catherine 262 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS of France, and succeed to the French Crown on the death of Charles VI. It only resulted in a fresh effort on the part of the patriotic party, the Armag- nacs, and the defeat of the English at Beauge, while Henry, hastening back to France to re- establish his position, died there in 1422. Truck Act. An Act passed in 1831, and extended in 1887, forbidding the payment of wages, either wholly or in part, in goods. It applies to all persons engaged in manual labour, except do- mestic servants. Tsung-li-Yamen. The old Board of Foreign Affairs in China. It was abol- ished by Imperial edict in 1901, and replaced by a new Board known as the Wai-Wupu. Tubingen, Treaty of. The name given to an agree- ment between Ulrich of Wiir- temberg and his subjects in 1 5 14, by which the latter agreed to pay the Duke's debts in re- turn for certain concessions. Tuchins. Bands of revolted peasants in the Cevennes in 1381, who waged war against all who did not belong to the labouring classes. Tugendbund. A secret society established in Germany in 1808, to arouse the national spirit against the domination of Napoleon. Tulchan Bishops. The contemptuous sobriquet given to the titular bishops in Scotland, 1572, referring to their surrender to the lay patrons of practically the whole of their benefices. " Tulchan " is a calf -skin, stuffed with straw,' used to induce a cow to give her milk more easily. Turin, Treaty of. A treaty signed in i860 by France and Sardinia, providing for the cession to France of Savoy and Nice, in return for Lombardy, in accordance with the secret agreement of Napo- leon III and Victor Emmanuel. Turkey Company. A trading company incor- porated in 1 581, for the con- solidation of the various interests trading in the Levant. Turnip-Hoer. A nickname of George I, who is said to have suggested plant- ing St. James's Park with turnips. Turpentine State. A popular name for the State of North Carolina, referring to its large production of tur- pentine. Tuscany, League of. A league of the Tuscan cities, formed under the auspices of Innocent III, " for the honour and aggrandizement of the Apostolic See." Pisa alone refused to join the league. Tweed Ring. A ring headed by W. M. Tweed, the Tammany Boss, which robbed the city of New York of large sums. Tweed was convicted of fraud in 1873. See Tammany. Twelve Peers of France. A body of peers, holding direct from the Crown, who DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 263 were limited to twelve during the reign of Philip Augustus (i 180-1223). They were six lay peers, namely, the Dukes of Normandy, Aquitaine and Bur- gundy, and the Counts of Toulouse, Flanders and Cham- pagne; and six spiritual, the Archbishop of Rheims, and the Bishops of Beauvais, Chalons, Langres, Laon, and Noyon. Twenge's Riots. In 1230 a secret society formed, under the leadership of Sir Robert Twenge, to oppose the granting of benefices to foreign priests, had recourse to violent measures to advance their cause. Many foreigners were robbed and outraged, and Twenge had the audacity to justify himself before Henry III, and was allowed to go unpun- ished. Two Nations, Committee of the. A joint committee appointed by the English and Scots Parlia- ments in 1643, after the accept- ance of the Solemn League and Covenant, to carry on the war against the King. Tycoon. See Shogun. Tynwald, Court of. The legislature of the Isle of Man. It is composed of two houses, the Council and the House of Keys. Tything. The ten persons united under the system of Frankpledge were called a tything. u Udallers. The name given to the pro- prietors of allodial lands in the Orkneys. Ukase. A decree of the Czar of Russia is so called. The Czar being an absolute monarch, it has all the force of a legal enactment. Ulema. The body of professional theologians and lawyers in Tur- key. They are the interpreters of the law of the Koran, and from their body are selected the pleaders and magistrates as well as the priests. The head of the Ulema is the Sheyk-ul- Islam. Ulm, Capitulation of. The surrender of the Austrian General Mack, with 30,000 men, to Napoleon in October 1805. Ulster Custom. A system of land tenure pre- vailing in the greater part of Ulster, by which the tenant's property in all improvements affected by him is recognised by the landlord. This custom had practically the force of law, and was made a part of the Irish Land Laws by Mr. Glad- stone's Act of 1870. Ulster Massacre. The Irish rebellion of 1641 began with an attack upon the English settlers in Ulster, many of whom, living outside the towns, were murdered in cold blood. The number of victims has been put as high as 300,000, but this is doubtless a gross exaggeration. Still, some thou- sands unquestionably perished. Ulster, Plantation of. The colonisation, between 1606 and 161 2, of lands for- feited from Tyrone, Tyrconel, 264 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS and other rebels, by retired servants of the Crown. It was a condition of the colonisation that the Irish were to be con- fined to their own districts, and not allowed to settle on the forfeited lands. The City of London undertook the coloni- sation of Derry. Ultimus Romanorum. A sobriquet of Horace Wal- pole (1717-97). Ultramontanes. The name given to any party strongly supporting the Papal claim to temporal power. It was used especially in Germany, of the Catholic party, led by Dr. Windthorst during the Kulturkampf. Umritsar, Treaty of. A treaty between the East India Company and Ranjit Singh, concluded in 1809. It provided that the British should not seek to exercise any control in the territories north of the Sutlej, while Ranjit Singh agreed to respect the rights of the cis-Sutlej chiefs living under British protection. Unam Sanctam, Bull of. A Bull issued by Boniface VIII at the Council of Rome in 1302, declaring that the temporal power is inferior to the spiritual, and that the Pope has the power of appointing and deposing sovereigns. This Bull was specially directed against Philip the Fair of France. Uncle Sam. The popular name for the Government of the • United States. Uncrowned King. Charles Stewart Parnell was called the Uncrowned King of Ireland. Underground Railroad. An organization formed in the Northern States of America, after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850, to aid fugitive slaves to escape to British territory. Undertakers. A number of English gentle- men who undertook the settle- ment of Ulster in 1569. The forfeited lands were to be peopled by settling a family on each 240 acres, and no Irish were to be admitted as tenants. Neither of these obligations was adhered to, and little was accomplished till the Planta- tion of Ulster in 1606. Undertakers. The name given to certain members of the Addled Parlia- ment in 161 5, who undertook to control it in the interests of the King. Their plans became known, and they consequently failed to carry out their scheme. Undertakers, Parliamentary. Twenty-five Irish land- owners who, in the unreformed Parliament, were able to control the return of 116 members out of a house of 300. They were thus enabled to make their own terms with the Government, and were consequently known by the above title. Uniformity, Act of. An Act passed in 1549 (Edward VI), forbidding the use in churches of any book of prayers except the Book of Common Prayer approved by the Parliament then sitting, and known as Edward VI' s DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 265 First Prayer Book. Certain alterations having been made in the book, a further Act was passed in 1552, substituting the new version for the First Prayer Book. The use of this book having been abohshed during Mary's reign, it was again made obhgatory by an Act of Queen Elizabeth in 1559, and made to apply to Ireland, while the same course was pursued after the Restoration in 1662, with the additional proviso that no clergyman might hold a living who was not ordained by a bishop and prepared to accept the Prayer Book. Unigenitus, Bull. A Bull issued by Innocent X in 1653, in condemnation of the Jansenist heresy. Union Catholique. A union of the League with the less bigoted Catholics of France, formed in 1588 on the virtual acceptance by Henri III of the League formulas. Union Cellar. An underground cellar in the High Street, Edinburgh, where the principal supporters of the union with England held secret meetings, the feeling against the union being so strong that they dared not meet openly. Union de la France Chretienne. A union formed in 1891 to hinder the movement for ad- hesion to the Republic on the part of the Catholic party. Its leaders were M. de Chesnelong, the Comte de Mun, and the Baron de Mackau. Union of Calmar. By this instrument, promul- gated in 1397 by Margaret of Denmark, the three northern kingdoms of Norway, Sweden and Denmark were united into one monarchy. It was re- nounced by Sweden in 1523. Union Jack. The union flag, when hoisted at thejackstafi of a man-of-war, is so called. The union flag is composed of the red cross of St. George on a white ground (England), the white saltire of St. Andrew "on a blue ground (Scotland), and the red saltire of St. Patrick on a white ground (Ireland). Union v/ith Ireland. The Act of Union with Ireland was finally passed in 1800. Resolutions in favour of it had been submitted to the Irish Parliament in 1799, and though supported in the main by the Irish Catholics, they were op- posed by Grattan, Curran and other Irish leaders, and rejected. Pitt was determined that in the interests of both countries the union must take place, and, the Irish Parliament having been dissolved, he succeeded by un- limited bribery in securing a Parliament containing a ma- jority pledged to vote for the union. This Parliament met in 1800, and the necessary resolution was passed by a majority of forty-six. Union with Scotland. The ParHamentary Union be- tween the two kingdoms was agreed to in 1706, the terms being settled by commissioners, thirty-one on each side, ap- pointed for the purpose. The basis of the agreement was that there should be one kingdom, one Parliament and one Sue- 266 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS cessor. The national flags were to be combined, and the two countries known as the United Kingdom. The confirming Act was passed by the Scots Parlia- ment in 1706, by the English in 1707. United Brotherhood. See Clan-na-Gael. United Colonies of New England. See Confederation, Treaty of. United Diet. A combination of the eight Provincial Assemblies of the Prussian monarchy, convened by Frederick William IV in 1 847. It sat for eleven weeks only, and was replaced by the Constituent Assembly summoned to prepare a constitution in 1848. United Irish League. A league founded by William O'Brien in the congested dis- tricts of the west of Ireland in 1897. Its ostensible object is to secure an increase in the size of tenants'holdings by break- ing up grass farms. Its methods are not free from intimidation. United Irishmen. A society founded in 1789 by Wolfe Tone, in the attempt to unite, in opposition to the Government, the Irish Catholics and the Republican Protestants of Ulster. United Provinces. ' The name given to the seven provinces of the Netherlands, namely, Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland, Groningen, Gelderland and Oberyssel, which formed the Union of Utrecht in 1579- University Tests Act. An Act passed in 1871, abolishing all religious tests for admission to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and making all graduates of the Universities eligible for fellow- ships, whether in Holy Orders or not. Unkiar Skelessi, Treaty of. A treaty between Russia and Turkey, signed in 1833, by which, regardless of the protests of France and England, Turkey agreed to open the Bosphorus to the warships of Russia, while the Dardanelles remained closed to those of every other Power. Unlearned Parliament. The Parliament of Henry IV, which met at Coventry in 1404, was so called because it con- tained no lawyers. Unser Fritz. Frederick, Emperor of Ger- many, was called Our Fritz by his subjects. Unspeakable Turk. ' A phrase applied to the Otto- man Empire. It was first used by Thomas Carlyle. Useless Parliament. The name given to the first Parliament of Charles I. It met in June 1625, was removed to Oxford in August, and dissolved on the 12th of that month without having transacted any business. Uses, Statute of. By common law, landed pro- perty could only be left to the eldest son, and it had become the custom to saddle property so left with " uses," or charges, in favour of the younger chil- dren. This had caused inex- tricable confusion as to title, and a statute of Henry VIII, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 267 passed in 1535, forbade the practice. It was very soon repealed. Uti Possidetis. A term signifying the reten- tion by the parties to a treaty of all such territories as they may have conquered or become possessed of up to the signature of the document. Utraquists. The name given to a section of the Hussites who stood firm in their demand that the Com- munion should be administered in both kinds. Utrecht, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 17 13 between Louis XIV and the allies, England and Holland, the Emperor not being a party to the instrument, at the close of the War of the Spanish Succession. By its terms the allies recognized the Bourbon succession to the Spanish throne, with the proviso that the two crowns should never be united in one person. Louis acknowledged Anne and the Protestant Succession. England retained Gibraltar, Minorca and Newfoundland, the latter sub- ject to the fishery rights of France. Spain again granted England the Asiento, and cer- tain fortified towns were given to the Dutch as a barrier in the Netherlands. The Emperor signed a separate treaty at Rastadt in the following year. Utrecht, Union of. A union of the various pro- vinces of the Netherlands in 1597, when they undertook to support each other in opposing the claims of the Spanish King. The free exercise of the Protes- tant religion was guaranteed to Holland and Zeeland. This union may be looked upon as the foundation stone of the Dutch Republic. Uxbridge, Treaty of. An attempt on the part of the Presbyterians in Parliament to come to terms with Charles I in 1645. Negotiations were opened at Uxbridge, the Parlia- mentary demands being the aboHtion of Episcopacy, the continuation of the war in Ireland, and the control by Par- liament of the Army and Navy and of appointments to the great offices of State. The King withdrew from the negotiations, owing to the dissensions in Parliament between the Inde- pendents and Presbyterians, which he anticipated would eventually enable him to obtain better terms. Vaal, Treaty of the. A treaty between the Trans- vaal and the Orange Free State. signed in 1857, after President Pretorius' abortive invasion of the Free State. The two countries mutually acknow- ledged each other's independ- ence, with the Vaal as the boundary between them. The Transvaal repudiated the acts of Pretorius in his attempt to interfere with the internal Government of the Free State, while the Free State undertook to use every endeavour to compel Schoeman and Joubert to cease hostilities, and further agreed to accord to burghers of 268 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS the Transvaal the same privi- leges as were granted to those of Cape Colony and Natal. Vaccination Act. An Act passed in 1898, sub- stituting the use of calf-lymph for the old arm-to-arm system in public vaccination, and per- mitting parents who had a conscientious objection, to with- hold their children from vaccina- tion, on satisfying a magistrate of the same. Vagabonds Act. An Act passed in 1704, em- powering Justices of the Peace to hand over to the military authorities, as recruits, all able- bodied men who were without visible means of subsistence. Valtelline, Massacre of the. A massacre of the Grisons Protestants in the Valtelline Valley in 1620, by Robustelli, acting with the connivance of the Austrians and the Spaniards. Vassalage. In the Middle Ages, the con- dition of feudal dependence, either upon the Lord Para- mount, as in the case of the great territorial nobles, or upon a vassal of the Lord Paramount. Vassy, Massacre of. The massacre, in 1562, of a body of Huguenots who, in accordance with their strict legal f rights, were holding a service outside the town of Vassy in Champagne. The murderers were the retinue of the^- Due de Guise, and the victims numbered sixty, while over two hundred were wounded. This atrocity led to the outbreak of the first Huguenot War. Vatican Council. The OEcumenical Council held in Rome in 1870, at which the dogma of the Infallibility of the Pope was promulgated. Vavassors. The name given on the Continent to the vassals of the great feudal lords. Vehmgerichte. Secret tribunals established in Germany during the Middle Ages, to try persons arraigned on capital charges, and to carry out the sentence in case of con- viction. The most famous was that of Westphalia. Any free born German was eligible as a member, or Freischoffe, and many German Princes were initiated. The powers of the Vehmgerichte were greatly curtailed by Maximilian, the original purpose of these tri- bunals having been over- shadowed by their employment as vehicles of private vengeance, and they gradually lost all influence, till they were finally dissolved by Jerome Buona- parte in 181 1. Veishya. The third, or agricultural, caste among the Hindus. Vellore, Mutiny of. A rising of native troops in the Madras Presidency in 1806, caused by a change in the head- dress of the Sepoy, to whom it was suggested by agitators that he was to be forcibly Christian- ized. The rising was soon suppressed. Venezuela Boundary. In January 1895 Venezuelan troops crossed the Cuyuni river, part of the Schomburgk line, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 269 into British Guiana, and hoisted the Venezuelan flag in territory which had been occupied by the British colonists for many years. Obtaining no redress, Lord Salisbury issued an ultimatum, whereupon Venezuela appealed to the United States to inter- vene, in support of the Monroe doctrine. President Cleveland and Mr. Olney took a high hand, and went the length of appoint- ing an American Commission to examine into the boundary question. After long negotia- tion arbitration was agreed upon, and a treaty settling the details was signed in February 1897. The award of the arbi- trators was issued in 1899, and practically confirmed the British claim to the Schom- burgk line, but gave Venezuela Barima Point, at the mouth of the Orinoco, and a tract of country west of the Wenama river. Venice, League of. A league formed in 1495 between Spain, Austria, Milan, Venice and Rome, the signa- tories binding themselves to unite for the protection of any one of the contracting parties that was attacked, and especi- ally for the preservation of the States of the Church. It is the first example in history of a coalition for mutual defence. Venner's Plot. A plot of the Fifth Monarchy men in 1660, under Thomas Venner, to dethrone Charles II. The plan was to seize Whitehall during the King's absence, when Venner, a wdld fanatic, trusted to Divine help to carry out the rest of his scheme. The plot failed, and Venner and other leaders were arrested, but only after a desperate resistance. Verdun, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 843, after a short conflict, by the three sons of Charlemagne, Charles the Bald, Louis and Lothair. The eldest son, Lothair, renounced his right to the paramo untcy. and the younger sons entered into full enjoyment of their territories, the Empire being thus divided. This treaty marks the division of the Prank- ish nation into French and Germans. Vereeniging Conference. The conference of Boer leaders held at Vereeniging in May 1902, at which the terms of surrender were discussed and finally ac- cepted. The terms provided for the immediate laying down of arms by the Boer com- mandos, the acknowledgment of the King as their lawful sovereign, the return of the Boer prisoners as soon as practicable, freedom of surrendered burghers from all judicial proceedings except for acts contrary to the usages of war, the use of the Dutch language in the schools, if demanded, and in the law courts when necessary, and the establishment in due course of representative government. The British Government further agreed to provide ;^3, 000,000 as a free gift, towards the re- settlement of the country, and a loan of unstated amount, on easy terms, for the same pur- pose. Vernacular Press Act. An Act passed in India in 270 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 1878 to control native news- papers publishing seditious libels. It gave the Govern- ment power to make the editor of a native newspaper enter into a bond not to print sedi- tious matter, and also authorized the seizure of plant in the event of non-compliance with the terms of the bond. The Act was repealed in 1882. Verona, Congress of. A Congress of the Powers held in 1822, to consider the situation in Spain. It resulted in the armed intervention of France in the following year. Veronese Vespers. A rising at Verona in 1797, during the French occupation. It was promptly put down, but not before the Veronese had murdered four hundred French sick and wounded, lying in the hospitals of the town. Versailles, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1783 between Great Britain on the one hand, and Spain, France and the United States on the other, at the conclusion of the American War of Independence. France retained Tobago, and Spain, Florida and Minorca, but all other conquests were restored on both sides. As between Great Britain and the United States, this treaty simply con- firmed the provisions of the Treaty of Peace of 1782. Vervins, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1598 be- tween Henri IV of France and Philip II of Spain, after the recovery by Henri of Amiens, which had fallen into the hands of the Spaniards. By its terms France recovered all the terri- tory occupied by Spain during the previous ten years, her frontier being restored to that settled by the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis. Veto. Under the Swiss Constitution, the right of the people to reject a law passed by the Assembly, by means of the Referendum. Veto Act. An Act passed by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1834, at the instiga- tion of Dr. Chalmers, declaring it to be a fundamental law of the Church that no pastor could be imposed on a congregation against their will. Victorian Deadlocks. These were three in number, caused by attempts to tack on to the Appropriation Bill resolutions of a controversial character. The first occurred in 1865, when the Legislative Council refused to pass the Appropriation Bill with certain tariff resolutions of a protec- tive character appended. The Governor thereupon declined to sign warrants for payments out of the Treasury, and the business of the country was at a standstill. The Government, however, got out of the diffi- culty by having recourse to the banks. The second or great deadlock arose from the inclusion in the Appropriation Bill of a grant of ;^20,ooo to Sir Charles Darling, the retiring Governor, in 1867. This was ended by the refusal of Sir Charles, in July 1868, to accept the grant. The third arose in 1877 over the DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 271 question of payment of mem- bers, the council again refusing to pass the Appropriation Bill with this provision tacked on. The Government thereupon dis- missed a large number of civil servants. A compromise was, however, arrived at, and the of&cials reinstated. The day on which the dismissals took place is known as Black Wed- nesday. Vienna Congress. A congress of the Great Powers, held in 18 14-15, at which Great Britain, France, Austria, Prussia and Russia were represented. It confirmed in its main features the Treaty of Paris of 1 8 1 5 , with the follow- ing additional provisions : one- third of the kingdom of Saxony was surrendered to Prussia; the Duchy of Posen was retained by Prussia, and part of Galicia by Austria, while Russia secured the rest of Poland; the Bourbons were restored in Naples, the T5n:ol was given back to Austria, and certain arrangements made as to the minor German and Italian States. The Congress further pronounced in favour of the free navigation of rivers, and of the suppression of the slave trade. Vienna Conference. A conference of the four Great Powers, held in 1853, with the object of mediating between Russia and Turkey, A note was drawn up which was accepted by Russia, but refused by Turkey, the Sultan declining to admit that Russia's cham- pionship alone maintained the Greek Church in his dominions. During the sitting of the con- ference Turkey declared war. It being found impossible to bring the antagonists to terms, the conference was dissolved. Vienna, Definitive Peace of. A treaty signed in 1738 by Austria, France, Spain and Sardinia, after the War of the Polish Succession. By its pro- visions Lorraine was ceded to France, the Duke of Lorraine receiving in exchange the Duchy of Tuscany. Spain retained Naples and Sicily, and Sardinia obtained Novara and Tortona, and some other frontier towns. Vienna, Peace of. A treaty between France and Austria, signed in 1809 after the defeat of the Austrians at Wagram, by which Austria was despoiled of further territory for the benefit of France, Russia and Bavaria. Austria also agreed to recognize Joseph Buonaparte as King of Spain, and to support the Continental Blockade. Vienna, Treaty of, 1725. A treaty between Spain and Austria, by which Spain ac- cepted the Pragmatic Sanction, and agreed to open her ports to German commerce ; while Austria recognized Don Carlos as the successor to the Duchies of Parma and Tuscany, and undertook to use her influence with England to obtain the restoration to Spain of Gibraltar and Minorca. There was, how- ever, a further secret treaty, binding both countries to assist in the restoration of the Stuarts, while Austria promised aid in compelling the return of Gib- raltar and Minorca, by force if necessary. 272 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS Vienna, Treaty of, 1731. A treaty between Austria, Spain, Holland and England. The three latter powers united in guaranteeing the Pragmatic Sanction, while Austria agreed to the occupation of Parma and Tuscany by Spanish garrisons. Vienne, Council of. A council summoned by Pope Clement V in 13 12, at which he pronounced the dissolution of the Order of Knights Templars. Vieux Renard. Marshal Soult (i 769-1 851) was so called by his soldiers. View of Frankpledge. The periodical revision by the Hundred Court of the Tythings, or divisions of ten men, under the system of Frankpledge. Vigo Galleons. The name given to an ex- pedition under Sir George Rooke in 1702, when the English fleet forced an entrance into Vigo Bay, and destroyed the French fleet, together with the Spanish galleons, which had just arrived with treasure from America. Vilagos, Surrender of. The surrender of the Magyars at the end of the Hungarian War of Independence in 1849. It was negotiated between General Gorgey and the Russian General Paskievitch, and it is said on good authority, though there is no documentary evidence to prove it, that Gorgey was in- duced to consent to the sur- render by the promise that no Hungarian officer should be given up to the Austrians, and that Russia would undertake to secure independence for the Magyars under a Russian Prince. The promise, if ever made, was certainly not kept, and the Austrians tried and executed many of the Magyar leaders. Villafranca Treaty. A treaty between France, Sardinia and Austria, signed in 1859, after the defeats of the latter Power at Magenta and Solferino. Austria withdrew entirely from Lombardy, which was made over to Sardinia, in accordance with the arrange- ment secretly arrived at between Napoleon III and Victor Em- manuel. Villeins. Under the feudal system in England the serfs or dependents of the feudal lords were so called. They were bound to the soil and forced to render various menial services. On the Conti- nent the villeins appear to have been in a better position than the serfs proper, being bound only to pay certain tribute, or render certain definite services. Villers-Cotterets, Ordonnance de. An edict of Francis I of France, issued in 1539, to re- form the administration of jus- tice, and abbreviate trials. It also provided for the official registration of baptisms and burials. Vinland. The name given to the Viking Colony on the American Conti- nent, probably a portion of Rhode Island, founded by Leif, son of Eric the Red, about 1000 A.D. Virgin Queen. Queen Elizabeth of England was so called. Virginia, Charter of. The first Colonial Charter, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 273 issued by James I in 1606. A certain territory was thereby set aside to be colonised by two companies of adventurers, one from London, the other from the west of England. The first company only was successful. The land was to be held on a tenure of homage, and a small royalty payable on all precious metals extracted from the soil. An English council was formed, to exercise a general superin- tendence over the affairs of the colony. All colonists and their descendants were to retain their rights as British subjects. Virginia, Declaration of. A declaration drafted by George Mason, and voted by the Convention of Virginia, in May 1776. It declared that all power sprang from and was vested in the people; that all men were free by nature; that government should be for the common welfare; that no office should be hereditary, and that there should be no restraint of the free exercise of religion. Virginian Liberties, Ordinance for the Security of. An ordinance issued in 1621, giving Virginia a written con- stitution. It provided for a Governor and a permanent Council, appointed by the Vir- ginia Company, and for an elected assembly, with legis- lative powers, to meet annually. The acts of this assembly were subject to the Governor's veto, and must further be ratified by the Company in London, while all ordinances issued by the Company equally required the ratification of the assembly. It was also provided that the procedure of the colonial courts should be assimilated to the English practice. Voivodes. The Princes of Moldavia and Wallachia were so called until 1789, when these principalities came under the protection o Russia. Volksraad. The popular assembly in the Orange Free State and the South African Republic was so called. Voortrekkers. The name given to the Boers who took part in the Great Trek of 1836-7. Vote of Non-Addresses. A resolution of the Long Parliament, passed on January 15, 1648, refusing, in view of the duplicity shown by Charles in the negotiations at Carisbrook, to receive any mes- sage from, or make any applica- tion to, the King. Vowel's Plot. A Royalist conspiracy to assassinate the Protector on his way to Hampton Court in 1654. Vox in Excelso, Bull. A bull of Clement V, issued in 1 3 12, suppressing the Order of the Knights Templars. w Wager of Battle. A method of trial based on the Norse trial by duel, introduced into England by William the Conqueror, Any person charged with an offence by a private individual could challenge him 274 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS to mortal combat, and if he were successful, or could escape de- feat for a whole day, was ac- quitted of the charge. Wager of battle was not legally abol- ished until 1 8 19. Wahabis. A sect of fanatical Moham- medans, whose centre is at Nejd, in Arabia, though they are spread over the whole Moslem world. As a military power they were at one time to be feared, but their organization was broken up by Mehemet Ali and Ibrahim Pasha at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Waitangi, Treaty of. A treaty between the British Government and the Maories in 1 840,whereby the latter acknow- ledged the English sovereignty over New Zealand, while they were guaranteed in the undis- turbed possession of their lands. Wai-Wupu. The new board appointed by the Emperor of China in 1902, to succeed the Tsung-li- Yamen in the control of Foreign Affairs. It has precedence over all the other departments of State. Walcheren Expedition. An abortive expedition des- patched by England to the Island of Walcheren in 1809, with the object of capturing Antwerp and destroying the French fleet in the Scheldt. The expedition captured Flush- ing, but had no further success, and was withdrawn within the year, the major portion of the force employed having been incapacitated by fever. Waldemariana, Constitutio. The constitution established in Denmark by Waldemar III, surnamed the Restorer (1340- 75). Waldenses, A religious sect who seceded from the Church under Peter Waldo, a Lyons merchant, about 1 160. They spread rapidly over France and Germany, but their chief seat was in the valleys of Savoy and the Pays de Vaud. They suffered perse- cution under Philip Augustus (i 180-1223), and again under Francis I in 1540, and finally were almost exterminated by Louvois between 1687 and 1690. Wales, Court of. A court established in the reign of James I, to supersede the ordinary courts in the counties of Hereford, Shrop- shire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, which were withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the common law, on the plea that they were the Welsh Marches. Wales, Ordinances of. A series of severely repressive laws against the Welsh, issued by Henry IV in 1401. Wales, Statute of. A statute of Edward I, issued in 1284, oil fhe annexation of Wales. It applied to the con- quered country the laws and institutions of England, with such exceptions as were deemed advisable to meet the prejudices of the Welsh. See Rhudlann. Wallace's Larder. The dungeon of Ardrossan. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 275 into which Wallace threw the bodies of the slaughtered garri- son, when he captured the for- tress in the reign of Edward I. Wallachia, Capitulation of. A treaty between Murad I of Turkey, and the Voivode of WaUachia, signed in 1391, by which the Voivode recognized the suzerainty of Turkey, and agreed to pay an annual tribute. Waller's Plot. A conspiracy headed by Waller, the poet, who had been won over by the Royalists in 1643, to collect troops and seize upon London. The plot mis- carried, however, and Waller was forced to make his sub- mission to the Parliament. Wallingford, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1 1 53, which ended the civil war of Stephen. Stephen was accepted as King, while Henry of Anjou was recognized by Stephen as heir to the throne. It was also agreed that the castles were to be razed, and all foreign mercen- aries dismissed. Wanderers. The Covenanters who left their homes to follow their dis- possessed ministers in 1669 were so called. Wapenshaw. A gathering of the people in ancient Scottish times, for the purpose of ascertaining that every man was properly armed, and fit to take the field if called upon. Wapentakes. In the counties settled by the Danes, these correspond to the Saxon Hundreds. Wards, Court of. A court established by Henry VIII in 1540, to enforce the rights of the Crown over its wards, and secure to the King the full benefit arising from the exercise of wardship. The court was abolished in 1660. Wardship. In early feudal times, in the event of a minor succeeding to a fief, the overlord claimed to act as guardian, both of the land and of the infant. This right was restricted by Magna Charta. Wars. See Arkansas, Armagnac, Augsburg, Austrian Succession, Barons, Bavarian Succession, Bien PubHc, Bread and Cheese, Casenbrotspel, Douglais, Farthings, Hundred Years, Hungarian, Jenkin's Ear, King Philip, Nobles, Opium, Pacific, Polish Succession, Rappenkrieg, Reforma, Seven Weeks, Seven Years, Spanish Succession, Thirty Years. Wartburg, Festival of. An assembly of German stu- dents held in 1 8 17, to commemo- rate the tercentenary of the Reformation. The occasion was utilised for the formation of a league of students to promote liberal ideas in politics and national unity. Washington, Treaty of. See Ashburton Treaty. Washington, Treaty of, 1871. A treaty between England and the United States, signed in 1 87 1, providing for the sub- mission to arbitration of the Alabama and the San Juan questions, and arranging a 276 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS modus vivendi on the Canadian Pishery Question. Both the arbitrations went against Great Britain. Watch and Ward, Statute of. A statute passed in 1285 (13th Edward I), providing for the pohcing of the streets of London. Waterboer, Treaty with. The first treaty signed in South Africa with a native chief. Waterboer was a Griqualand chief, and by this treaty, signed in 1834, he undertook to main- tain order within his territories and protect the colonial border irom marauders passing through his country, in return for which he was to receive ;^ioo per annum, and two hundred mus- Icets and ammunition. Wedmore, Treaty of. A treaty between Alfred and the Danes, concluded after the defeat of the latter at Edington in 878. By this treaty East Anglia was surrendered to the Danes, while a line was drawn separating their kingdom from Wessex, by which a large portion of Mercia was restored to Wessex. It was further provided that the Danes were to hold their lands as vassals of the King of Wessex, and to embrace Chris- tianity. Weregild. In Anglo-Saxon times, a money compensation paid by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered man. It varied in amount according to the rank of the victim. Werela, Treaty of. A treaty between Russia and Sweden, signed in 1790, at the conclusion of the war entered into by Gustavus of Sweden to support the Turks. No terri- torial changes took place. Westminster Assembly. An assembly of divines, held between 1643 and 1649, at which Presbyterianism was made the established religion of England, in accordance with the Solemn League and Coven- ant. The assembly also issued the Directory, as a substitute for the Book of Common Prayer. Westminster Confession. The confession of faith issued by the Westminster Assembly in 1643. It contains thirty- three articles, and is an expo- sition of the Calvinistic doc- trine. Westminster, Provisions of. A series of provisions based on those of Oxford, issued in 1259, and afterwards embodied in the Statute of Marlborough. Westminster, Statutes of. The first Statute of West- minster was passed by the first Parliament of Edward I in 1275. It was practically a codification of previously existing laws and statutes which had not been fully enforced. It secured the Church in its rights, re-enacted the various charters, and re- formed many abuses in the administration of the law. The second Statute of Westminster is the Statute also known as De Donis Conditionalibus. Westminster, Synod of. A synod held in 1 102, at which decrees were issued against simony, marriage of the clergy and other ecclesiastical abuses, DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 277 and also against the selling of men into slavery. Westphalia, Treaty of. This treaty, signed in 1648 by France, Sweden and the Empire, put an end to the Thirty Years' War. It estab- lished and recognized Protest- antism in Germany, and made provision for the equal repre- sentation of the two religions in the German Diet. France obtained Alsace, Sweden se- cured Bremen, North Pomer- ania and Stettin, and there were certain changes among the smaller German States. Whigamores' Raid. A rising of the peasantry of the west of Scotland in 1648, in opposition to the supporters of the Engagement. Whigs. A name first applied to the Covenanters in the west of Scotland, and afterwards to the anti-Stuart party in England. They later represented the party of progress and reform, in which sense they were the pre- decessors of the Liberals. Whimsicals. The name given to the English Tories who supported the House of Hanover on the accession of George I. Whip with Six Lashes. The name given to the Six Articles of Henry VIII, issued in 1539. Whisky Insurrection. A serious rising in Western Pennsylvania in 1794, caused by an attempt of the authorities to suppress illicit distillation, which was rife in that region. Some six or seven thousand insurgents were in arms, and the outbreak was only sup- pressed after the militia of four of the neighbouring States had been called out. Whitby, Synod of. A synod held in 664, at which the Saxon Churches definitely decided to adhere to the Church of Rome, rather than to the Celtic Church founded in Ire- land by St, Columba. White Bands, The Parliament of. The name given to the Parlia- ment of 1 32 1, which banished the Despencers, owing to the followers of the Barons wearing white favours. White Capes. See Chaperons Blancs.- White Clergy. The parish priests in Russia are so called, as distinguished from the Black Clergy, or monastic priesthood. They take no part in ecclesiastical ad- ministration, and are permitted to marry. White Company. A famous band of mercen- aries which served in the French wars, and, after the Peace of Bretigny, in Italy. Its leader was Sir John Hawkwood. White Cross Knights. The Knights Hospitallers were so called. White Devil of Wallachia. The nickname given by the Turks to George Castriot (Is- kander Beg), the Albanian hero (1404-67). White League. An organization formed in the Southern States, after the 278 DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS American Civil War, to prevent the exercise of the franchise by the coloured population. White Sheep. The Turcomans who overran Persia in 1468 were so called. White Ship. See Blanche Nef. Whiteboys. See Levellers. Whitecaps. A secret association in Indiana, U.S.A., formed originally as a vigilance society, which later was guilty of many outrages. Who Who Ministry. The ministry formed by Lord Derby in 1852. Many of its members were new to office, and the story goes that the Duke of Wellington, who was very deaf, was being told by Lord Derby the names of his col- leagues. At each unfamiliar name, the Duke kept ejacu- lating, Who ? Who ? Wild Geese. The name given to the Irish- men recruited by France for service in the Irish Brigade during the eighteenth century. Wills, Statute of. A statute passed in 1540, providing that land held in fee simple might be devised by will. This right had been greatly re- stricted by the Plantagenet legislation. William the Silent. The sobriquet of William, Prince of Orange (1533-84). Wilmot Proviso. An amendment, carried by Mr. David Wilmot, in the United States House of Representa- tives, to the Bill for the purchase of Mexican territory in 1846. It provided that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude should ever exist in the territory to be acquired. The amendment was thrown out by the Senate. Winchester, Statute of. A re-enactment in 1285 of the Assize of Arms of Henry II. It laid upon the counties the duty of keeping order within their boundaries, and of sup- pressing brigandage and high- way robbery, and defined their obligations towards the national defence. Winter King. The nickname of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, who was King of Bohemia during the winter of 1619-20. Wisbuy, Ordinances of. A code of maritime laws issued during the fourteenth century, governing the opera- tions of the Baltic traders. It takes its name from Wisbuy, a town in Gothland. Wisliza, Code of. A code of laws framed by Casimir the Great, in 1 347, which remained the basis of Polish legislation till the end of the eighteenth century. Witanagemot. In Saxon times, the central assembly of the nation, pre- sided over by the King or his representative. In early days it was open to all freemen, but later came to be composed of the nobles and thegns about the King's person. The word signi- fies the Assembly of the Wise. Wizard. John Sobieski, King of Poland DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 279 (1674-96), was so called by the Turks. Wolverine State. The State of Michigan, U.S.A., is so called, because in early days it was infested with wolverines. Wonderful Parliament. A Parliament of Richard II, assembled in 1388. It consisted almost entirely of partisans of the Duke of Gloucester, and during a session of 122 days was mainly occupied in the removal of his enemies. It is also known as the Merciless Parliament. Wood's Halfpence. A controversy between the English and Irish Parliaments in 1722, over a patent granted to an Englishman named Wood, to coin copper money for issue in Ireland. Dean Swift's famous " Drapier's Letters " appeared on the Irish side of the contro- versy, and eventually the patent was withdrawn. World's Wonder. The sobriquet of Frederick II, Emperor of Germany (1215-50). Worms, Concordat of. A concordat negotiated at the Synod of Mayence, and pro- claimed at Worms in 1122, by which the Pope agreed to the election of bishops and abbots by their chapters, throughout the German Empire. The Em- peror renounced the right of investiture with the ring and staff, but it was agreed that this investiture should not take place till the newly elected prelate had sworn fealty to the Emperor. This concordat was confirmed by the first Lateran Council in 1123. Worms, Diet of. A Diet held in 1521, to which Luther was summoned, under a safe conduct, in order that he might have the opportunity of retracting his heresies. This he declined to do, and but for the assistance of the Elector of Saxony, he would very pro- bably have met with the fate of John Huss under similar circumstances. Worms, Edict of. An edict issued by the Diet of Worms in 1821, outlawing Luther, and all those who sheltered or aided him, or who printed, sold or read his works. Worms, Treaty of. An alhance between England, Holland, Austria, Saxony and Sardinia, signed in 1743, to up- hold the Pragmatic Sanction. Wiirtzburg, League of. A league of the Catholic princes of Germany, formed in 1 6 10, under Maximilian of Ba- varia, to oppose the Protestant Union. Wyandotte Constitution. The Constitution of Kansas, adopted in 1859, under which Kansas was admitted to the Union. It abolished slavery throughout the State. Wyoming Massacre. During the American War of Independence in 1778, the settle- ment in the Valley of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, was attacked by the British, together with a band of Seneca Indians. Most of the able-bodied men were in the field under Washington, and only 300 opposed the British force, which overpowered them, and accepted their surrender. 28o DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS It was, however, impossible to control the Indians, who later again attacked the settlement, and massacred a large number of the inhabitants. X X Y Z Mission. An American mission des- patched to France in 1797. Attempts were made to bribe them, the agents employed using, in their correspondence, the initials X, Y, Z. Yandabo, Treaty of. A treaty between Great Britain and Burmah, signed in 1826, at the end of the Burmah War of 1824, whereby Great Britain acquired Arrakan and Tenasserim. Yangtse Agreement. See Anglo-German Agreement. Yankee. The name first applied to the colonists in the New England States by the British soldiers during the American War of Independence. It is supposed to be derived from an Indian corruption of English—" Yen- gies," or " Yanghies." Year of Corbie. This name was given by the French during the Thirty Years* War to the year 1636, when the Imperial troops penetrated into France to Corbie, within fifty miles of Paris, and apparently had the capital at their mercy. They preferred, however, to retire, loaded with booty, but the imminent danger was long an unpleasant memory to the Parisians. Young Cub. Charles James Fox (1749- 1806) was so called. Young Czechs. The Radical section of the Czech or National Party in Bohemia. Young England. The party of young Tories who strongly opposed the repeal of the Corn Laws from 1839 to 1846, and favoured a return to the manners and customs of an earlier day. Among its leaders was Lord John Manners. Young Ireland Party. A party formed in Ireland in 1847, as a rival association to the Repealers who followed O'Con- nell. Their leaders were Smith O'Brien, Meagher and Mitchel, and they were in favour of physical force rather than of constitutional agitation. An abortive attempt at a rising under their auspices in 1848 was easily suppressed, and the society came to an end immedi- ately afterwards. Young Italy. A secret society founded by Mazzini about 1830, to work for the emancipation of Italy. Young Pretender. Charles Edward Stuart, son of James Edward, and grand- son of James II, was so called by the supporters of the Hano- verian succession. Young Turks. The Turkish reform party. For obvious reasons they are for the most part resident beyond the limits of the Turkish Empire. DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS 281 Zanzibar, Treaty of. .A treaty between Germany and Zanzibar, signed in 1885. The Sultan of Zanzibar thereby recognized Germany's rights over Chagga and Kilimanjaro, and accorded certain trade facilities to the German East Africa Company. Zaporovian Commonwealth. A community of Free Cossacks on the Dnieper. They were not finally deprived of their independence till the reign of Catherine II, circ. 1780. Zehngerichtenbund. See Ten Jurisdictions. Zelanti. A body of Cardinals, headed by Cardinal Orsini, who had great influence in Rome circ. 1700, and whose efforts were directed towards stricter dis- cipline in the Church. Zemindars. Under the Mohammedan rulers of India, the Zemindars were officers who were charged with the collection of taxes over a certain district. In 1793 these officers were, in Bengal, converted by Lord Cornwallis into landowners, each in his own district, who alone paid land-tax to the Government, and recouped themselves by rents received from the peasants or ryots. This system is known as the Zemindari System. Zemstvo. The Russian provincial and district assemblies are so called. The Zemstvo is elected, in cer- tain fixed proportions, by the landowners, the village com- munes and the muncipalities. It meets at least once a year, but has a permanent bureau, always in session, chosen from among its members for executive pur- poses. It is charged with the maintenance of roads and bridges and other public works, and the supervision of education, sanitation and agriculture. It also elects the local justices of the peace. Zollverein. A union of the German States for commercial purposes, entered into under the auspices of Prussia in 1833. It provided for free internal trade, and a uniform system of customs duties for the whole union. Zurich, Compromise of. An attempt by Calvin and Farel, in 1549, to amalgamate the different doctrines of Calvin and Zwingli. It met with little acceptance on the part of the Protestant Cantons. Zurich, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1859 con- firming the Treaty of Villafranca, which provided for the cession by Austria of Lombardy, to be transferred by France to Sar- dinia. INDEX Aargau, 231. Abbaside Khalifs, 23. Abd-el-Kader, 247. Abdallah, King of Granada, i. Abdul Hamed, Sultan of Turkey, 140. Abdul Mejid, Sultan of Turkey, 115. Aboyne, Lord, 42. Abyssinia, 2, 172. Acre, 134- Adams, Samuel, 91, 171. Adansi, 96. Addison, Joseph, 139. Adige (River), 154. Adjanta Ghat, 235. Adrian I, Pope, 78. Adrian IV, Pope, 3. Adrian VI, Pope, 218. Adrianople, 3. Adolphus Frederick of Holstein, 2. iEthelfled, 95, 141. JEtheked I, 176. iEthelred the Unready, 72, 104, 118,221. iEthelstan, 117. ^thelwulf, 193. Afghanistan, 103, 105, 166, 188, 217, 234. Afridis, 105, 166. Agilulf, King of the Lombards, 129. Ahausen, 204. Ahmed I, Sultan of Turkey, 174. Ahmednaggar, 235. Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 20, 201. Alabama, 112. Alabama claims, 275. Alaska, 11, 26. Albania, 130, 277. Albert II, Emperor, 201. Albert of Brandenburg, 251. Albuquerque, Alfonso d', 200. Alemtejo, 97. Alenfon, 106. Alengon, Due d', 201. Alexander III, Pope, 3, 48, 190. Alexander IV, Pope, 150. Alexander V, Pope, 122, 196, 226. Alexander VI, Pope, 75, 122, 222. Alexander I of Russia, 261. Alexander II of Russia, 174, 230. Alexander I of Scotland, 232. Alexander III of Scotland, 156. Alexandria, 13, 70. Alfonso I of Aragon, 93. Alfonso III of Aragon, 13. Alfonso V of Spain, 102. Alfonso VI of Spain, 53. Alfonso the Wise, 234. Alfred the Great, 79, 141, 160, 170, 276. Algarves, 97. Algeria, 233, 247- Allahabad, 27. 125. Allen, Cardinal, 3. Alsace, 99, 163, 191, 277- Al thorp. Lord, 128. Alva, Duke of, 33, 245. Amadeus V of Savoy, 12. Amatongaland, 246. Amazon (River), 43. Ambojma, 239. Amiens, 270. Amoy, 180. Amsterdam, 225. Amurath I, Sultan of Turkey, 131. Anabaptists, 213. AnatoUa, 14. Ancona, 256. Andrassy, Count, 10. Andres, Last of the Incas, 213. Andrew II of Hungary, 107. Anglo-Saxons, 34, 39, 50, 82, 88, 92, 95, 96, 100, 103, 104, 116, 117, 118, 122, 142, 1495 156, 160, 181, 221, 222, 232, 238, 249, 251, 260, 263, 272, 276, 278. 284 INDEX Angola, 63. Angus, Archibald Sixth Earl of, 18. Aniello, Tommaso, 161. Anjou, I, 38, loi. Annam, 31, 99, 121, 254. Anne Boleyn, 244. Anne de Joyeuse, 217. Anne of England, 37, 88, 149, 192, 23, 206, 231, 246, 253, 267. Anne of Austria, 82. Anne, Regent of France, 112, 1^4- Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 26. Anspach, 204, 227. Antigua, 38. Antrim, 242. Antwerp, loi, 158, 239, 274. Appenzell, 144, 252. Arabi Pasha, 81. Arabia, 166, 274. Arad, 122. Aragon, 13, 135, 167. Arbitration Tribunal, 113. Archaicus of Scotland, 253. Arcis-sur-Aube, 15. Ardalian, 28. Ardrossan, 274. Argentine Republic, 104, 196, 259, 269. Argyll, Archibald Fifth Earl of, 69. Argyll, Archibald Eighth Earl of, 124, 213, 214. Arizona, 103. Arkansas, 26. Arlington, Henry Earl of, 42. Arma'^nacs, 185, 262. Armellini, 218. Armenians, 112, 118. Arminians, 65, 79, 108, 213. Armstrong, William, 138. Arnauld, Antoine, 131, 199. Arnold of Brescia, 117. Arracan, 280. Arteveldt, James van, 39. Artois, 105, 158, 205. Ashanti, 96. Ashbourne, Lord, 128. Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury, 42. Assi, 60. Assumptionists, 18. Atalanta, 232. Athens, 78. Athole, Earl of, 206. Atterbury, Bishop, 19. Auckland, Lord, 234. Auerstadt, Battle of, 31. Augsburg Confession, 203, 227. 249. Augsburg, Diet of, 235. Augsburg, League of, 220. Augsburg, Religious Peace of, 212. Augustinus, 124, 131. Augustus II of Poland, 197, 224. Austeilitz, Battle of, 253. Australia, 20, 91, 100, 124. Austrian Succession, War of the, 201. Auxerre, 15. Avalos, Ferdinand de, 225. Avignon, 256. Azores, 75. Azov, 140, 204. Babek, 136. Bacon, Nathaniel, 21, 109. Baden, 105, 202, 215. Bagimont of Vicci, 21. Baillie of Jerviswood, 132. Baji Rao II, 23. Bakunin, Michael, 127. Balaclava, Battle of, 73. Balasore, 75. Baldwin I of Flanders, 37. Balfour, A. J., 98. Balfour, Sir James, 69. Ballard, Father, 21. Balliol, Edward, 67, 156. Balliol, John, 256. Baltic, 239, 251, 278. Baltimore, Lord, 161. Baner, Johan Gustafsson, 148. Bantry Bay, 175. Baramahal, 230. Barbaroux, 92. Barbes, 222. Barbiano, Count, 221. Barcelona, 64. Barclay, Sir George, 16. Barebone, Praise -God, 23, 176. Barlaymont, 65. Barlow, Sir George, 155. Bameveldt, Jan van Olden, 15. Baro (River), 2. Baroda, 23. Barre, Isaac, 238. Barrot, Odilon, 61. Barton, Elizabeth, 177. Basle, 225, 252. Bassano, Due de, 164, 254. Bassein, 193, 245. Basutos, 7, 124, 175. 237, 251. Batapins, 242. Bates' Case, 35. Bath, William, Earl of, 233. Batman, John, 199. INDEX 285 Batoum, 28. Bautzen, Battle of, 236. Bavaria, 19, 25, 103, 105, 150, 215 » 221, 235» 271. Bayard, Seigneur de, 52. Bayonne, 1. Beaconsfield, Lord, 28. Beauge, Battle of, 262. Bechuanaland, 136, 168, 242- Becket, Thomas a, 65. Bedford, John, Duke of, 94- Bedford, J ohn. Fourth Duke of, 26. Belesme, 106. Belfort, 100. Belgium, 7> 27, 45. 57, 151, i54, 187, 215, 228. Benedict IX, Pope, 37. Benedict XII, Pope, 213. Benedict XIII, Pope, 196. Bengal, 281. Benigsen, Baron, 171. Berar, 75, 198. Berenger, Loi, 150. Berg, 215. Berghem, 158. Berlichingen, Gotz von, 130, 191. Berlin, 4, 63, 134. Berlin Congress, 120, 224. Bermudez, 88. Bernadotte, 37. Bernard, 222. Berne, 46, 84, 146, 200, 208, 231, 256. Berri, Due de, 63. Berry, Sir Graham, 86- Bessarabia, 27, 28. Bessborough, Earl of, 29. Beza, 58. Bezuidenhout, Jan, 236. Billioray, 60. Birmingham, 210. Biron, Baron de, 30. Biscav, 46. Bismarck, Otto von, 33, 46, 48, 99, 112, 120, 129, 134. 164, 212, 214. Black Sea, 5, 27, 32, 47, 136, 188, 220. Blackburn, 32. Blackheath, 96. Blaine, J. G., 35, 185, 248. Blair, F. P., 139. Blanche of Castile, 24. Bland, Mr., 32. Blanqui, Louis Auguste, 60, 222. Blennerhassett, Harman, 42. Bligh, Admiral, 36. Bloemfontein, 33. Blount, Sir James, 239. Blucher, Marshal, 98. Blue Nile, 2. Boccold, John, 9. Boer War, 4, 61, 114, 157. i7i> 269. Bogdan of Moldavia, 166. Bohemia, 157, 168, 179, 180, 201, 202, 280. BoUngbroke, Henry, Viscount, 178, 190. BoUvar, Simon, 109, 147, 255. Bolivia, 9, 184, 225. Bologna, 10, 145. Bombay, 35, 189. Bond, Sir Robert, 35. Boniface VIII, Pope, 56, 146, 191, 264. Bonnivard, Francois de, 203. Booth, John Wilkes, 35. Bordeaux, i, 182, 196. Boris of Russia, 75. Bosnia, 28, 2i7' Bosphorus, 188, 266. Bossuet, 56, 211. Boston, 36, 69, 211, 249. Bothwell, 48, 69. Bouillon, Godefroi de, 56, 146. Boulanger, General, 36. Boulogne, 36, 48. Boulonnais, 15. Bourbon, Adalbert de, 172. Bourbon, Cardinal de, 133. Bourbon, Due de, 29, 201. Boiurbon, General de, 32. Bourbons, 46, 276. Bourges, 190. Bover, 126. Boycott, Captain, 37. Boyens, Adrian, 225. Brabant, 76, 105, 133, 163. Bradlaugh, Charles, 203. Braemar, Hunting of, 122. Brahminism, 16, 37, 104, 139, 234» 2.44» 245» 268. Brazil, 43, 74, 87, 256, 259, 261. Breda, 38. Brederode, Count Henry of, 112. Bregeiiz, 144. Bremen, 100, 114, ^42, :;77« Brescia, 117. Bresse, 256. Bretigny, Peace of, 100, 277. Bretwalda, ii7- Bridgwater, 138. Briel, 49. Bright, John, 3, 39, loi, 120, 260. 286 INDEX Brissot, J. P., 39. Bristol, 39. British Columbia, 11, 45. British Guiana, 180, 227, 269. British South Africa Company, 131- Brittany, 18, 38, 106. Brittany, Duke of, 29, 63. Brooke, George, 42. Brown, John, 115. Brown, Major-General, i. Brownists, 125. Bruce, Robert, 176, 209. Bruges, 107, 158. Brunswick, Duke of, 31. Brussels, 40, 193. Buccleugh, Lord of, 138. Bucer, Martin, 251. Buchanan, Mr., 183. Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 42. Bulgaria, 6, 24, 28, 41, 55, 224, 237- Bundelcund, 207. Burdett, Sir Francis, 207. Burgos, 41. Burgundians, 261. Burgundy, 15, no, i55» 163. Bmrgundy, Duke of, 29. Burke, Edward, 2. Bxurke, T. H., 127, 195. Burleigh, Cecil Lord, 50. Burmah, 71, 119, 280. Bums, John, 257. Burr, Aaron, 42. Burrard, Sir Harry, 54. Caboche, 43. Cade, Jack, 60, 198. Cadiz, 64. Cadiz. Duke of, 239. Cadoudal, Georges, 53, 195. Cahors, 9. Cairns, Earl, 98, 230. Calais, 38. Calcutta, 31. CaHfornia, 13, 61, 107, in, 143, 169. Cahxtus II, Pope, 143. Callao, 147. Calvin, John, 44, 63, 116, 199, 281. Calvinists, 44, 63, 108, 116, 122, 141, 147. Cambacer6s, Jean Jacques de, 58. Cambray, Peace of, 184. Cambridge, 266. Camerata, Count, 218. Cameron, Richard, 44, 224. Camisards, 87. Campbells, 107. Canada, 16, 45, 56, 81, 92, 95, 96, 113, 114, 121, 191, 206, 209, 216, 261. Canning, George, 135. Canning, Lord, 56, 183. Canning, Sir Stratford, 85, 115. Canossa, 46. Canton, 180, 247. Cape Cod, 162. Cape Colony, 3, 31, 33, 41, 59»''76» 82, 94, 106, 116, 118, 123, 135, 138, 171, 186, 187, 197, 204, 236, 259, 276. Cape Verde, 256. Cappel, 46. Caraffa, John, 251. Carbonari, 224. Card well. Lord, 15. Careha, 177, 243. Caribbean Sea, 40, 239. Carisbrooke, 273. Carlisle, 138. CarHsts, 28. Carlos, Don, 46. Carlo witz, Treaty of, 190. Carlsbad, 47. Carlyle, Thomas, 266. Carmarthen, Lord, 175. Carmel Mount, 47. Carnarvon, Lord, 232. Carnot, Lazare Nicolas, 182. Carolina, 47, 166. Caroline Islands, 47. Carrier, 177. Carpathians, 248. Cartwright, Thomas, 3. Casimir the Great of Poland, 278. Caspian Sea, 112. Cassano, Battle of, 150. Cassilis, Earl of, 18. Cassini, Count, 48. Castriot, George, 6, 130, 277. Castro, Thomas, 55. Catalonia, 4. Cateau Cambresis, Treaty of, 270. Catesby, Robert, 112. Catherine of Aragon, 177, 244. Catherine of France, 261. Catherine II of Russia, 49, 67, 132, 140, 166, 197, 229, 243, 248, 281. Cavagnari, Sir Louis, 104. Cavaignac, General, 18. Cavendish, Lord Frederick, 127 195. Cavour, Count, 130. Cawnpore, 50. INDEX 287 Cayenne, 38. Cayugas, 96. Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, 42. Cerdagne, 23. Cellier, Mrs., 162. Celts, 29, 38, 88. Central America, 53. 62, 72, 185. Cevennes, 262. Ceylon, 9. Chagga, 281. Chalmers, Dr., 100, 270. Chamberlain, Joseph, 58, 120, 219. Chambord, Comte de, 146. Chambul (River), 207. Chang How, 140. Chantaboon, 99. Charleroi, 24. Charlemagne, 78, 119. 185, 269. Charles of Anjou, 233. Charles, Archduke of Austria, 239. Charles of Blois, 252. Charles, Dauphin of France, 38. Charles I of England, 15, 25, 28, 33, 50, 84, 87, 95, 106, 124, 152, 155, 161, i74» 176, i94» 211, 213, 219, 224, 233, 238, 244. 260, 266, 267, 273- Charles II of England, i, 30, 31. 35. 38, 42, 47. 55. 58, 66, 69, 74. 79. 89, III, 121, 132, 148, 163, 179. 194, 199, 203, 211, 213, 220, 238, 241, 256, 260, 269. Charles I of France (the Bold), 40, 163, 178, 269. Charles III of France (the Simple), Charles V of France, 25, 60. Charles VI of France, 14, 181, 262. Charles VII of France, 15. 99. 200, 201. Charles VIII of France, 23. Charles IX of France, 131, 221, 261. Charles X of France, 134, i8i, 215. Charles IV of Germany, 107, 194. Charles V of Germany, 23, 44. 47. 48, 93, 105, 107, 119, 125. 127, 135. 153. 155. 184, 190, 210, 212, 218, 225, 228, 256. Charles VI of Germany, 20, 200. Charles VII of Germany, 99. Charles III of Savoy, 12, 239. Charles II of Spain, 239. Charles III of Spain, 201. Charles IV of Spain, 97, i99. 203. Charles X of Sweden, 217. Charles XII of Sweden, 6, 39, 155, 204, 207, 224- Charles the Bold of Burgimdy/^igs. Charles the Good of Flanders,^i44. Charleston, 211. Charolais, Comte de, 63. Charterhouse, 48. Chartres, 51, 152. Chartreuse, Grande, 48. Chattanooga, Battle of, 50. Chef 00, 52. Cherboiurg, 43. Chesnelong, M. de, 265. Chester, 52, 68. Chiavenna, 167-. Chicago, 91. Chihli, 247. Chile, 9, 168, 184, 192, 225. Chillon, Castle of, 203. China, 4, 10, 19, 37, 48, 52, 97. no, 140, 148, 152, 159. 164, 170, 172, 180, 186, 192, 233, 234, 247, 254. 259. 262, 274- Chinandega, 53. Choshiu, 71. Chotusitz, Battle of, 38. Chouiski, 27. Christian (Mate of the Bounty), 36* Christian of Anhalt, 204. Christian II of Denmark, 33. Christian III of Denmark, 91, 208. Christian IV of Denmark, 153. Christian V of Denmark, 72, 85, 135- Christian IX of Denmark, 226. Christian of Schleswig Holstein, 15, 226. Christian of Spain, 53, 88, 140. Christina of Sweden, 165, 237- Churchill, Lord Randolph, 98, 257- Cinq Mars, 53. Cis-Alpine Repubhc, 45. Ciudad Rodrigo, 256. Clare, County, 250, 257. Clare, Richard de, 192, 243. Clarendon, Lord, 47. 55- Clay, Henry, 147, 228. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 55, 116. Clement V, Pope, 21, 249, 251, 272 273- Clement VII, Pope, 23, 119, 226. Clement XIV, Pope, 78, 124. Cleveland, President, 170, 180, 269. CHfford, Lord High Treasurer, 42. ChfEord, Mr. (O.P. Riots), i77- Clovis, 222. Cluseret, 60. Cobbett, W., 207. INDEX Cobden, Richard, 12, loi, 159. Cobham, Lord, 42. Cochin China, 99. Cochrane, Earl of Mar, 27. Cockerton, T. B., 57. Cognac, 221. Colbert, J. B., 141. Coligay, Admiral, 221. CoUey, General, 157. CoUings, Jesse, 253' Cologne, 114, 228. Colombia, United States of, 186. Colorado, 50. Columbia, District of, 61. Columbus, Ohio, 141. Columbus, Christopher, 222. Combes, M., 18, 33- Comyn, Alexander, 209. Conde, Louis, Prince de, 7, 82, 228. Conde, Henri, Prince de, 184. Condorcanqui, 213- Conflans, Treaty of, 29. Congo Free State, 63, 40, 127- Conkling, Roscoe, 240. Connaught, 34, 60, 257. Connecticut, 34, 62, loi, 113, i53» 173. ^77, 252. Connemara, 121. Conrad II, Emperor, 190. Conrad III, Emperor, 112. Constance, 144. Constance, Council of, 123, 226. Constance, Diet of, 259- Constance, Peace of, 150. Constantine, Grand Duke of Russia, Constantinople, 14, 226, 233. Conway (American Cabal), 43. Corbie, 280. Cornwall, 96, 241. Cornwallis, Lord, 28, i75> 198. 281. Corsica, 130. Corsini, Count, 218. Cortes, Hernando, 175. Corti, Count, 67 Cossacks, 281. Courtrai, Battle of, 240. Courtray, 4. Couthon, G., 172. Covenanters, 144. 207, 224, 245, 261, 275. 277- Coventry, 266. Coventry, Sir James, 69. Cowper -Temple, 69. Cranborne, Lord, 145. Craven, Lord, 47. Crete, 70. Crichtons of Frendraught, 41. Crim Tartary, 67, 140. Crimea, 140, 188, 197, 225. Croatia, 235. Croker, John Wilson, 63. Cromwell, Oliver, 74, 94* 121, 125, 126, 130, 146, 152, 157. 179. 184, 194, 211, 213, 214, 219, 228, 230, 231, 260, 273. Cromwell, Richard, 38, 206. Crusades, 7, 222. Cuba, 8, 206, 209. Culloden, Battle of, 42, 98, 143. Cumberland, Duke of, 42, 56, 98. Cunningham Graham, 257* Curran, J. P., 265. Custer, General, 71. Cuyuni (River), 268. Cyprus, 71. Czartoryski, Adam, 261. Czechs, 201, 280. D'Alembert, J. le R., 87. D'Artois, Comte, 195. D'Avila, Sancho, 239. D'Enghien, Due, 195. D'Este, Marquis, 150. D'Estrees, Marechal, 56. Dalai Lama, 250. Dalhousie, Lord, 245, 247, 253. Dalmatia, 45, 130, 181. Dalrymple, Sir Hew, 54. Damascus, 145. Danes, 72, 82, 95, 142, 221, 275. 276. Dangerfield, 162. Danton, G. J., 143, 165, i6g. Dantzig, 114, 197. Danube, 3, 32, 72, 122, 188. Dardanelles, 188, 266. Dardanelles, Treaty of, 134. Darling, Sir Charles, 270. Darnley, Lord, 48, 220. Dashkoff, Princess, 49. Daulat Rao Sindhia, 235. David I of Scotland, 211. Davis, Jefferson, 62. Davitt, Michael, 142. De I'Hopital, Chancellor, 169, 182, 2T8. De la Marck, William, 26. De Lesseps, Comte 186. De Montfort, Count Simon, 6. De Montford, Simon, Earl of Leicester, 24, 77, 136, 146. DeThou, 54. INDEX 289 De Witte, Admiral, 38. Deccan, 195. Defoe, D., 145. Delagoa Bay Railway, 81. Delaware, 35, 76, 161, 176, 252. Delaware (River), 95. Demarcation, Bull of, 256. Demetrius Ivanovitch of Russia, 75. Denkera, 96. Denmark, 33, 35, 38, 40, 72, 82, 85, 91, 114, 135, 137, 139, 151, 153, 20S, 216, 217, 226, 239, 255, 265, 274. Derby, 95. Derby, Edward, Earl of, 75, 145, 220, 249, 278. Dermot, King of Leinster, 243. Derry, 264. Derwentwater, Lord, 94* Deshima, 8. Desmond, Earl of, 162. Desraoulins, Camille, 143. Despard, Colonel, 76. Despencers, The, 277. Devonshire, WUliam, ist Duke of, 175. Devonshire, Spencer, 8 th Duke of, 39» 120. Dhiileep Singh, 141, 205. Diaz de Vivar, Rodrigo, 53. Diderot, Denis, 87. Dindigul, 230. Dingaan, 76. Dinizulu, 173. Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beacons- field, 145, 249. Dnieper (River), 67, 197, 281. Dniester (River), 132. Doab, 141. Doctrinaires, 180. Dollinger, Dr., 179. Dominicans, 126. Don (River), 67. Donauworth, Troubles of, 204. Donegal, Marquis of, 242. Dongan, Thomas, 79. Donis, Statute de, 276. Donnelly, Ignatius, 199. Doria, Andrea, 91, 93. Dorr, Thomas W., 79. Dorset, Earl of, 175. Dort, Synod of, 15, 108. Dost Mahomed, 234. Dozsa, George, 80, 140. Douglas, Archibald, Earl of Angus, 27. Douglas, Sir James, 79. Douglasses, The, 56. Dover, 54. Dow Win Sheou, 186. Down, County, 242. Drake, Sir Francis, 127. Drakensberg, 171. Drapier's Letters, 279. Dreyfus, Captain, 80. Druses, 145. Drutsch (River), 197. Du Breuil, Peter, 153. Du Tremblay, Frangois, 37, 86. Dublin, 48, 195. Duclair, 81. Duguesclin, Bertrand, 82. Dunbar, 30, 67. Dimbar, Earl of, 132. Dimes, Battle of, 205. Dunois, Jean, 25. Dunraven, Earl of, 129. Durham, 68. Dwina (River), 197. Eadgar, 82. East Africa, 118. East Anglia, 276. Eastern Question, 5, 10, 21, 22, 24, 28, 32, 41, 48, 67, 70, 7i» 72, 81, 115, 118, 132, 140, 145, 151, 188, 194, 205, 217, 220, 224, 225, 234» 235, 266, 271, 280. Eddystone, no. Edinburgh, 199, 265. Edmund Ironside, 130. Edward I of England, 16, 38, 39, 5i» 54, 56, 59, 62, 67, 79, "4» 149, 152, 156, 163, 172, 188, 192, 207, 215, 247, 274, 275, 276. Edward II of England, 181, 232, 240. Edward III of England, 38, 42, 67, 104, 108, 137, 141, 150, 158, 176, 192, 204, 223, 241, 256, 258. Edward IV of England, 28, 149, 152, 191. Edward VI of England, 5, 138, 214, 235, 236, 245, 264. Edward the Black Prince, 32, 90, 98. Egremont, Lord, 261. Egypt, 9, II, 13, 67, 72, 81, 92, 113, 134, 148, 159, 244. El Dorado, 159. Elba, 97, 122. Elbe (River), 255. Electors (Germany), 107. u 290 INDEX Elizabeth of England, 3, 13, 17. 21, 49, 72, 75. 85, 118, 129, 137. 138, 157, 163, 198, 209, 215, 228, 245. 252, 253, 260, 265, 272. EUenborough, Lord, 183, 247. Elmira, 96. Emery, 255' Emma of Normandy, 104. Emmet, Robert, 86. Engadine, 108. English Acts and Statutes, 6, 13, 17. 20, 22, 29, 36, 39» 45» 49» 54. 55. 58, 65, 66, 69, 70, 77, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 94, 95, 97, 98, 106, 108, 109, III, 113, 115, 117, 118, 120, 121, 124, 125, 128, 129, 131, 133, 137, 141, 146, 147, 149, 160, 163, 164, 168, 178, 194, 196, 197, 198, 200, 203, 204, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 215, 216, 218, 219, 226, 229, 230, 231, 235. 240, 241, 244, 245, 247. 249, 250, 251, 255, 256, 258, 260, 262, 264, 265, 266, 274, 276, 278. English Church, 27, 45. 60, 63, 74, 85, 98, 114, 181, 121, 141. 144. 161, 164, 170, 172, 184, 201, 205, 206, 225. 226, 231, 235. 249. 251. 252, 276, 277. EngUsh Civil War, i, 23, 33, 50, 70, 87, 94, 95, 106, 123, 124, 125, 137, 146, 152, 155. 158, 173. 174. 209, 211, 213, 214, 219, 221, 238, 241, 263, 267, 273. 275- English Political Parties, i, 3, 8, 12, 37, 50, 60, 63, 68, 98, 120, 133. 147, 190. 207, 219, 247, 249. 256, 277- Eperies, 34. Erastus, 87. Eric of Norway, 156. Eric the Red, 8, 272. Erie Ring, 248. Eritrea, 2. Erivan, 257- Erpingham, Battle of, 152. Erskine, Thomas, Lord, 102. Esk (River), 73. Essex, Lord, 220, 229. Esthonia, 177. Eugenius IV, Pope, 24. Evesham, Battle of, 77. Eyre, Governor, 168. Ezzelino of Verona, 150. Falk, Dr., 90. Falk Laws, 140. Falkland, Lord, 109. Faneuil Hall, 69. Farel, G., 281. Faroe Islands, 137. Fastolfe, Sir John, 118. Faveau, 161. Fawkes, Guido, 112. Fawkner, J. P. ,,199. Fecamp, 43. Ferdinand I, Emperor, 43. Ferdinand II, Emperor, 153, 214, 252. Ferdinand III, Emperor, 16, 252. Ferdinand II of Naples, 35. Ferdinand I of Spain, 53. Ferdinand V of Spain, 23, 53. 125, 222. Ferdinand VII of Spain, 44, 46, 64. 141, 201. Ferrara, 145, Ferry, Jules, 180, 256. Feudalism, 3, 15, 22, 59. 92, 93, 98. loi, 139, 152, 157. 190. 194. 198. 202, 212, 218, 238, 244. 268, 272, 275. Fifth Monarchy Men, 269* Fingoes, 242. Finland, i, 100, 177. Fisheries, 99, loi, 113, 187, 192, 267. Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, 174. Fitzgeralds, 105. Flammock, Thomas, 96. Flanders, 38, 39, 105, 144, 152, 155. 239, 241. Flesselles, Prevdt des Marches, 171- Flood, Henry, 234. Florence, 12, 15, 29, 91, 191, 195* 218. Florida, 112, 149, 187, 192, 270. Foix, Gaston de, 254. Fontenay, Battle of, 40, 178. Foochow, 180. Forest Cantons, 84. Forest, Edwin, 18. Formosa, 97, 233. Forster, W. E., 84. Fotheringay, 21. Fouche, Joseph, 195. Fouquier-Tinville, 250. Fourier, Charles, 98. Fox, Charles James, 164, 280. Fox, George, 205. Fraga, 93. Franche Comte, 4, i74- Francis I of France, 44, 62,''92. 93, 106, 119, 155, 184, 193, 256, 272, 274- INDEX 291 Francis II of France, 7. Francis II of Naples, 44, 130. Francis Joseph of Austria, 62. Francis, Sir Philip, 134. Franconia, 19, 116, 191, 236. Frankfort, 49, 100, 215. Franks, 7, 51, 170, 171. Frederick II of Brandenburg, 130. Frederick VII of Denmark, 226. Frederick V, Elector Palatine, 252, 278. Frederick I, Emperor, 64, 150, 190, 218. Frederick II, Emperor, 22, 154, 279- Frederick III, Emperor, 14. Frederick, Emperor of Germany, 266. Frederick I of Prussia, 31, 70. Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia, 5, 7, 38, 103, 142, 197, 203, 224, 232. Frederick Charles, Prince of Prussia, 209. Frederick William IV of Prussia, 56, 139, 266. French Acts and Edicts, 18, 25, 28, 51, 97, 100, 131, 150, 162, 164, 169, 172, 174, 181, 182, 202, 206, 210, 236, 245, 272. French Pohtical Parties, 36, 124, 143, 169, 180, 196, 198, 208, 250, 251, 254- French Revolution, 8, 17, 22, 25, 38, 39, 42, 43, 53» 54. 66, 75. 76, 77, 86, 87, 93. 95. 100, 103, 115, 117, 119, 124, 126, 132, 133, 139. 143, 165, 167, 169, 172, 177. 182, 195, 216, 224, 229, 243, 245, 250, 252, 260. Frendaught, 41. Fribourg, 252. Friesland, 37, 266. Frisia, 145. Friuli, 45. Frobisher, Martin, 127. Frost (Chartist), 51- Fiirstof Uri, in. Fusen, 220. Fyrd, 257. Gaboon, 65. Gadesden, James, 103. Gaekwar, The, 198. Gage, Thomas, 159. Gaikas, 242. Galetti, Count, 218. Galicia, 197, 271. GaUifet, Marquis de, 60. Galway, 245. Gambetta, Leon, 180. Ganges (River), 235. Garfield, President, 113, 168, 240. Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 44, 104, 130. Garrison, Wm, Lloyd, 12. Gascony, 1, 38, 98. Gastein, Treaty of, 227. Gauden, Bishop of Exeter, 85. Gaimt, John of, 141. Gaveston, Piers, 181. Gilderland, 266. Geneva, 63, 147, 159, 209, 256. Genghis Khan, 107, 248. Genoa, 70, 91, 93, 148, 187, 218. Gensan, 220. George, Despot of Servia, 246. George, Duke, of Saxony, 119, 256. George I of England, 19, 217, 224, 242, 244, 262, 277- George II of England, 192. George III of England, 76, 90, 91, 138, 222. George IV of England, 3, 95, 102, 193, 202. Georgia, 86, 104, 252. Geraldines, 162. Gerard V, Count of Ravensberg, 221. German Acts, i, 46, 47, 90, 134- German Pohtical Parties, 48, 50, 134, 139, 166. Gerry, Elbridge, 132. Ghazi, 28. Ghent, 51, 135. Ghent, Convention of, iii. Ghent, Pacification of, 158, 193. Ghent, Treaty of, 223. Ghoorkas, 172. Gibraltar, 78, 90, 267, 271- Gironde, 39, 59. Girondins, 196, 250. Gladstone, W. E., 12, 21, 57,'"i03, 106, 109, 120, 128, 138, 147,^248, 263. Glamorgan, Earl of, 18. Glarus, 84. Glencaim, Earl of, 18. Glenelg, Lord, 204. Gloucester, Duke of, 279- Gloucestershire, 274. Godaveri (River), 235- Godfrey, Sir Edmundbury, 199. Godoy, Manuel, 97, 203. Gohad, 235. 292 INDEX Gold Coast, 10. Gomarus, 65, 108. Gonsalvo de Cordova, 109. Gordon, General Charles, 53, 89, 247- Gordon, Lord George, 108. Gordons of Huntly, The, 41. Gorgey, General, 272. Gorlitz, 236. Gorst, Sir John, 98. Gorz, 130. Goths, 102. Gotteshausbund, 249. Govind Rai, 234. Gowrie, Lord, 220. Graaf-Reinet, 236. Gradenigo, Doge of Venice, 254* Grafton Ministry, 134. Grahams, The, 73. Granada, i, 160, 168. Grant, General Ulysses, 147- Granville, Bishop of Arras, 161. Grattan, Henry, no, 234, 265. Graubund, 249. Gray, Wilson, 142. Great Salt Lake, 168. Greece, 14, 78, 128, 150, 151, 160, 194. ^ Greeley, Horace, 147. Greenland, 137- Gregory VII, Pope, 46, 154. Gregory X, Pope, 61, 154. i99« Gregory XI, Pope, 21, 266. Gregory XII, Pope, 196. Gregorv XIII, Pope, 127. Gregory XV, Pope, 203. Grenville, George, 261. Grenville, William, Lord, 164. Grey, Earl, 102. Grey, Sir George, 7« Griffith, Sir Richard, in. Griqualand, 2, i75. 276. Grisons, 24, in, 167, 268. Groningen, 266. Groote Privilegie, 105. Grousset, Paschal, 60. Guadeloupe, 187, 243. Guatemala, 43, 50. Guelfs, 29, 194' Gueux, 38. Guienne, 38, 51. Guinegate, Battle of, 240. Guipuscoa, 189, 190. Guise, Francis, Due de, 261, 268. Guise, Henri, Due de, 22, 24. Guises, The, 7. I33> i44» 218, 221 Guiteau, 240. Guithelin, 161. Guizot, F. P. G., 239. Gussinje, 67. Gustavus III of Sweden, 11. Gustavus IV of Sweden, 100. Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, 24» 116, 148, 214. 237, 241. 243. Gustavus Vasa, 33. Guyon, Mme., 207. Gwader, Ralph of, 39. Gwalior, 235. Gwyn, Sir Rowland, 191. Gwynne, NeU, 69. Hague, The, i. Haidar Ali, 155, 222. Hainau, General, 122. Hainault, 105, 158. Hakodate, 8. Hakon the Good of Denmark, 102, 112. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 45. Halifax, Charles, First Earl of, 134, 171. HaUfax, George, Second Earl of, 261 Halland, 40. Hamburg, 100, 114. Hamburger Nachrichten, 212. Hamilton, Duke of, 124. Hampden, John, 95, 233. Hankow, 140. Hanover, 112, 114, 201, 222, 261. Hanse League, 48. Harcourt, Sir W. Vernon, 219. Hardwicke, Lord, 96. Haroun-al-Raschid, 23. Harrowby, Lord, 49. Haselrig, Sir John, 95. Hassan-ben-Sabah, 16. Hastings, Warren, 27» 244. Hatton, Sir Christopher, 72. Havana, 187. Haverfordw^est, 192. Hawkwood, Sir John, 277- Hay, Secretary, 116. Hegealand, 40. Held, Chancellor, 119. Helsingfors, i. Henry III, Emperor, 259* Henry IV, Emperor, 46. Henry I of England, 26, 68, 71. 89, 95, 106, 205. Henry II of England, 3, 17. 38, 65, 71, 72, 90, 105, 227. 275. 278. Henry III of England, 8, 17, 24 52, 97» 128, 141, 146, 155. 188, 215, 222, 263. INDEX 293 Henry IV of England, 25, 82, 113, 141, 270, 274- Henry V of England, 6, 261. Henry VI of England, 76. Henry VII of England, 73, 94, no, 158, 163, 169, 193, 241. Henry VIII of England, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19, 31, 34, 66, 74. 75. 93. 119, 138, 150, 176, 177, 195, 206, 209, 218, 236, 240, 244» 245, 266, ^275,277. Henry II of France, 48, 50, 144. Henry III of France, 9, 24. 51 84. 133. 164, 172, 217. 221, 265. Henry IV of France (Henry of Navarre), 9, 30, 90, 96, 163, 175, 184, 208, 257, 261, 266. Henry, King of Jerusalem, 250. Henry, King of Poland, 184. Herat, 188, 234. Herbert, W., 160. Hereford, Earl of, 39. Herefordshire, 274. Herschel, Sir John, 118. Herzegovina, 28, 218. Hesse, 105. Hesse-Cassel, 201. Hesse Darmstadt, 215. Hexhamshire, 68. Highlands, The, 77, 241, 246, 257* Hill, Isaac, 139. Hill, Sir Rowland, 192. Hindus, 37. Hoche, General, 175. Hofmeyr, J. H., 4. HohenUnden, Battle of, 154. Hohenlohe, Count of, 145. Holkar, 198, 207. Holland, 4, 9, 10, 17, 24, 29, 38, 49, 95, 105, 109, 114, 116, 121, 151, 152, 154, 174, 187, 189, 220, 222, 232, 239, 245, 260, 261, 266, 267, 272, 279. Holstein, 137. Holy Alliance, 167. Holyrood, 215. Honan, 247. Honduras, 50. Hong Kong, 170, 180. Honorius II, Pope, 249. Honorius III, Pope, 47, 78. Hopeful, The, 136. Horn, Count, 11. Hottentots, 186. Howard of Effingham, Lord, 127. Howard, Sir John, 133. Howe, Lord, 107, 176. Hudson ( River), 69, 95, 236. Hudson's Bay, 45, 209. Huguenots, 5, 8, 9, 30, 51, 52, 59» 80, 84, 103, 122, 123, 131, I44» 152, 167, 172, 174. 175» 184, 198, 203, 215. 221, 228, 257. 268. Hullin, General, 158. Humbert, General, 175. Hung Hsiu Chwan, 247. Hungary, 19, 34, 47, 54, 75. 80, 96, 107, 121, 122, 139, 140, 141. 156, 191, 202, 207, 246, 255, 272. Hungary, Master of, 190. Hunt, Orator, 159, 207. Himtly, Marquis of, 69. Hunyadi Janos, 246. Huss, John, 64, 122, 279. Hussites, 16, 44, 60, i22,t68,i95.246. Hyderabad, 260. Hythe, 54. Ibrahim Pasha, 274- Iglau, 60. Ilbert, C. P., 123. Illinois, T69, 201, 244. Incas, 213. India, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 34. 35. 37, 50, 53. 56, 71. 75. 83. no, 123, 125. 133, 137, 139, 14^' 155. 159, 165, 180, 183, 189, 193, 195. 198, 204, 205, 207, 211, 220, 222, 230, 231, 234> 235, 237, 238, 244. 245, 247. 253. 260, 261, 264, 268, 269, 281. Indiana, 121, 169, 278. Indore, 118, 159. Ingermanland, 243. Ingolstadt, 123. Ingria, 177. Inkerman, Battle of, 238. Innocent II, Pope, 98, 143- Innocent III, Pope, 126, 127. I43» 262. Innocent IV, Pope, 154- Innocent X, Pope, 265. Innocent XI, Pope, 211. Innspruck, 190. Ionian Islands, 45, 128, 181. Iowa, 116. Ireland, Duke of, 152. Irene, Empress of the East, i74- Irish Acts, 66, 96, 126, 127, 138. 192, 215, 216, 245. 265. Irish Land, 37, 58, 7o, 74. i-^' ^2", 128, 138, 142, 146, 154. 162, 166, 168, 173, 177.189, 196, 242, 2C3. 266. 294 INDEX Irish Political Parties, 12, 120, 146. Irish Religious Question, 37, 49, 62, loi, 118, 127, 128, 148, 181, 213, 245. Iron Gate, 72. Isabella of France, 223, 232. Isabella of Spain, 46, 239. Iskander Beg, 6. Istria, 45, 130. Italy, 2, 10, 29, 54» 58, 64, 104, 112, 129, 130, 144, 150, I54»i55. 186, 201, 215, 222, 225, 229. Jaafar, 23. Jackson, Andrew, 139, 179. Jackson, Thomas J., 243. Jacobins, 93, 196. Jacobites, 16, 19, 34* 42, 57. 60, 94, 97, 122, 131, i49» 184, 206. Jaffa, 131. Jamaica, 40, 131, 160, 168. James I of Aragon, 183. James I of England, 2, 24. 25, 35, 38, 42, 50, 59. 73. 91. 95. 108, 109, no, 124. 1*9. 132. 145. 150, 164, 178, 194. 200, 220, 227. 240, 257. 273. 274 James II of England, 18, 19, 74, 118, 206, 220, 229, 231, 250, 253, 280. James III of Scotland, 27. James IV of Scotland, 193. James V of Scotland, 58. 138, 253- James, Duke of York, 89. James Edward (the Old Pretender) 19, 179. James (River), 231. James, Sir Henry, 120. Jameson, Dr., 131, 258. Jamtland, 40. Jansen, Cornelius, 124, i3t. Jansenists, 124, 199, 265. Japan, 8, it, 14, 53, 71. 88, 97, 102, 108, 114, 115, 133, 164, 183, 218, 220,223,225. 233. Jean Sans Peur, Duke of Bur- gundy, 185. Jeannin, 23. Jeffreys, Judge, 34. 118, 139- JeUachich, General, 122. Jena, 42. Jerome Buonaparte, 197. 255, 268. Jerome of Prague, 44. 123. Jersey, 68. Jerusalem, 146. Jesuits, 78, 253. Jeypur, 135. Joan of Arc, 156, 204. Jodhpur, 235. Johannesburg, 81, 258. John of England, 127, 141, 156. John of France, 38, 252. John XII, Pope, 37. John XXIII, Pope, 64, 226. John IV of Portugal, 200. John VI of Portugal, 74. John of Leyden, 9. John Frederick of Saxony, 227. John Frederick of Wiirtemberg, 204. Johnson, President, 250. Johnston, Robert, 261. Jones, Sir WilUam, 104. Joseph II, Emperor, 103, 133. Joseph Buonaparte, 52, 134, 255, 271. Joubert, 267. Joyce, Myles, 155. Juarez, B. P., 210. Juhus II, Pope, 119, 144. Jumna (River), 235. Junot, General, 54. Kabul, 217' Kaffirs, 106, 242, 259. Kaga, 71. Kali (River), 172. Kamenz, 236. Kanakas, 32, 124, 135. Kandahar, 217. Kansas, 104, 136, 165, i75. 240. Karmath, 136. Kars, 28, 71, 188. Kashgar, 19, 140. Katak, 75. Keate, R. W., 136. Keble, John, 184. Kemble, J. P., 177. Kendall, Amos, 139. Kenmure, Lord, 94. Kent, 68, 104. Kentucky, 7. 34. 35. 42, 136. 169. Khartoum, gi, 156. Khatmandu, 172. Khyber Pass, 103. Kilimanjaro, 281. KiUala, 175. Kimberley, 76, 123, 138. Kitchener, Lord, 91. Kiiimer (River), 2. Knights Templars, 167, 272, 273. Knox, John, 77. Knut, 82, 104, 121, 252. Kobe, 8. INDEX 295 Kohinoor, 205. Kok, Adam, 175. Koran, 233, 245, 263. Korea, 4, 11, 220, 255. Kosciusko, T., 197. Kossuth, Louis, 89, 122. Kruger, Paul, 2. Ku Klux Klan, 97. Kulturkampf, 46, 50, go, 134, 140, 264. Kumasi, 96. Kuram Valley, 103. Kurds, 24. Kutb-ud-Din, 237. Kutschi-Kraina, 67. Kutusoff, General, 41. La Bourdonnaye, 49. La Charite, 221. La RocheUe, 5, 103, 167, 174, 221. Ladislaus IV of Poland, 253. Lafayette, Marquis de, 52. Lafone, Abbe, 158. Lalor, Peter, 89. Lambert, General, 125, 184. Lamothe, Mme., 76. Lamourette, Bishop of Lyons, 22. Lancashire, 33, 67. Lancaster, 68. L an franc. Archbishop of Canter- bury, 39. Larochejaquelin, 53. Las Casas, Bartolomeo de, 125, i77« Laski, 5. Lateran Council, First, 279. Lateran Coimcil, Fourth, 108, 181. Latimer, Lord, 108. Lauban, 236. Laud, AjTchbishop, 245, 246, 253. Lauderdale, Lord, 42. Lauenbinrg, 104, 151. Lavigerie, Cardinal, 208. Law, John, 165, 186. Lazar, Despot of Sers'ia, 230. League, The, 265. Ledrin-Rollin, A. A., 89. Lee, Ann, 169, 232. Lee, C, 43. Lee, General, 232. Lee, J.D., 169. Leeds, 210. Lefebvre, Marechale, 224. Legations, 21, 256. Legnago, 205. Legnano, Battle of, 150. Leicester, 95. Leif, 272. Leinster, 34. Leinster, Duke of, 219. Leipsic, Battle of, 171. Lennox, Earl of, 220. I 251, 267, 273. Orange River, 174, 175, 259. Oribe, President, 33. Orinoco (River), 239, 269. Orkneys, 38, 178, 263. Orlando, 185. Orleans, 156. Orleans, Duke of, 154, 185. Orleans, Duke of (Egahte), 84, 87, 167. Orleans, Duke of (Gamelle), 103. Orloffs, The, 49. Ormonde, Lord, 19, 260. Orrery, Lord, 19. Orsini, Cardinal, 281. Ortia de Rosas, 104. Orton, Arthur, 55. Osman Pasha, 105. Ostend, 79. Oszakov, 132. Ottawa, 7. Otto of Bavaria, 150. Oude, 27, 244, 247. Overend and Gumey, 31. Oxenstiema, Chancellor, 116. Oxford, 36, 266. Oxford, Earl of, 175. Paardeberg, 157. Padilla, Juan de, 225. Padua, 254. Paes de Andrade, 87. Pago Pago, 223. Pahlen, Count, 184. Pakington, Sir John, 249. Palatinate, 239. Palermo, 155, 233. Palestine, 120, 249. Palmerston, Lord, 57, 78, 185, 239. Pamirs, 218. Panama, 40, 239. Panama Canal, 116. Panda, 171. Pannonia, 156. Panslavism, 180, 201. Papal States, 10, 21, 31, 45. 78, 119, 131, 145, 190, 229, 256. Paraguay, 156, 196, 261. Paris, 14', 18, 36, 42, 43, 47» 60, 99, 102, 126, 157, 165, i7i» 194. 228, 236, 250, 255, 280. Paris, Comte de, 202. Paris, Peace of, 121. Paris, Treaty of, 216, 220, 260. Parker, Archbishop, 170. Parma, 90, 97, 130, 154, 232, 27i» 272. Parma, Duke of, 89. Parnell, C. S., 12, 120, 138, 187, 189, 284. Pascal, Blaise, 131, 199. Paskievitch, General, 272. Pasquino, 190. Passau, Treaty of, 214. Paterson (Darien Scheme), 72. Paul IIL Pope, 75> 211, 259. Paul IV, Pope, 70, 125. Paul I of Russia, 184. Pavia, General, 76. Peasants' War, 130. Pedro IV of Aragon, 13. Pedro, Don, of Aragon, 233. Pedro I of Brazil, 43, 74- Pedro IV of Portugal, 51- Peel, Sir Robert, 26, 66, 162, 180, 191, 248. Peking, 152, 254- Pelagius, Pope, 126. Pelham, Henry, 40. Pelucones, 168. Pembroke, Thomas, 8th Earl of, 175- Pembrokeshire, 68. Penn, William, 119. Pennsylvania, 119, I37. 161, 166, 176, 252, 277, 279. Pepin of France, 78, 157. Percy, Henry, 121. Perigord, 38. Pemambuco, 87. 300 INDEX Perry, Commodore, 8. Persia, 112, 188, 189, 234, 257, 258. Persian Gulf, 188. Perth, 95, 220. Peru, 9, 124, 147, 184. Pescadores, 233. Peschiera, 205. Peshwa, The, 25, 198, 245, 261. Peter, Count of Brittany, 24. Peter Martyr, 58. Peter I (the Great) of Russia, 177, 202, 204, 221, 243. Peter III of Russia, 49. Peterhof, 49. Peyronnet, 9. Phayre, Colonel, 23. Philadelphia, 139. PhiUp, Duke of Anjou, 239. Philip (the Good) of Burgundy, 107, no, 158. Philip, Count of Charolais, 261. Philip II of France (PhiUp Augus- tus), 263, 274. Philip III of France, 98. Philip IV of France (the Faur), 19, 51, 146, 188, 219, 232, 242, 264. Phihp II of Spain, i, 13, 61, 127, i33» 158, 163, 193, 245, 270. PhiUp III of Spain, 168. Philip V of Spain, 90. Philippines, 8. Piacenza, 97. Pichegru, General, 195. Piedmont, 141, 225, 256. Piedmont, U.S.A., '154. Pigott (the Forger), 189. Pilgrim Fathers, 162. Pisa, 64., 262. Pisa, Council of, 144, 226. Pishin Valley, 103. Pitcairn Island, 36. Pitt, WilUam, Earl of Chatham, 37. 53. 190. Pitt, WilUam, the Younger, 34, 83, no, 116, 125, 164, 265. Pius V, Pope, 75, 215. Pius IX, Pope, 31, 126, 203. Pizarro, 124. Pizarro, Gonsalo, 160. Plava, 67. PlimsoU, Samuel, 197. Ploermel, 252. Plunket, Horace, 128. Plymouth, 162, 173. Plymouth, U.S.A., 113, 128. Podgoritza, 67. Podolia, 47. Poissy, Caisse de, 43, 236. Poitiers, Battle of, 38. Poitou, I, 38, 80, 196. Poland, 22, 41, 47» 59. 62, 75. i47. 149, 161, 182, 184, 185, 197, 217. 224, 238, 248, 251, 253, 271. 278. Pole, Cardinal, 209. Pomerania, 27, 201, 277. Poniatowski, Stanislas Augustus, 22. Ponthieu, 38. Poonah, 25, 207. Porcari, Stefano, 199. Port Arthur, 233. PortaUs, 58. Porto Rico, 8, 58, 97. Portugal, n, 35, 51. 54. 75. 89, 97. 163, 199, 202, 205, 230, 255, 256. Posen, 255, 271. Postma, Mr., 79. Potemkin, General, 132. Potchefstroom, 253. Poyning, Sir Edward, 200. Prague, 122, 157, 2or. Prague, Treaty of, 131, 176. Prempeh, 96. Preston, Battle of, 94. Prestonpans, Battle of, 98. Pretoria, 151. Pretorius, President, 267. Pride, Colonel, 219. Priestley, Dr., 30. Prim, Marshal, 222. Prince Edward's Island, 45. Pritchard, Rev. Mr., 247- Probyloff Islands, 5, 27. Provence, 163. Pruth (River), 41. Pulteney, WilUam, 190. Punjaub, 137, 204. Puritans, 3, 61, 121, 125. 161, 162, 164, 195, 219, 225. 232. Pusey, Dr., 184. Puysac, Battle of, 106. Pyat, FeUx, 60. Pym, John, 15, 95. Quarterly Review, 63. Quebec, 113. Queensberry, Lord, 206. Queensland, 20, 92, 124, 191, 207. Querini, The, 254. Quesnay, Dr., 83. Raghoba, 205, 222, 245. Rajputs, 159. Rdkdczy, 140, 141, 246. INDEX 301 Raleigh, Sir Walter, 42. Raramerkins, 49. Rammohun Roy, 37. Ranjit Singh, 234, 264. Rastadt, Treaty of, 267. Ratisbon, Diet of, 47, 210. Ravenna, 78. Raymond, Count of Toulouse, 6, 247. Red River, 99. Redmond, John, 189. Reformation, 9, 15, 16, 19, 38, 50, 74. 77, 78, 83, 98, 105, 115. 116, 119, 121, 126, 127» 150, 153, 157. 161, 167, 190, 212, 214, 215, 235, 250, 259, 268, 275. 279. Reims, 9. Reinach, Baron de, 186. Retz, Cardinal de, 102. Rhatia, 249. Rhine (River), 221. Rhine, Circle of the, 236. Rhine, Confederation of the, 255. Rhineland, 163. Rhode Island, 79, 149, 252, 272. Rhodes, 158. Rhodes, Cecil, 131. Rhodesia, 136. Ribbing, Count, 11. Richard I of England, 48, 58, 133. Richard II of England, 2, 59, 149, 152, 279- Richard III of England, 28, 94, 117. Richard, Duke of Normandy, 216. Richelieu, Cardinal, 37, 53, 82, 86, 217. Richter, Eugen, loi. Riel, Louis, 209, 216. Rienzi, Colas de, 143. Riet (River), 175. Riga, 149. Ritchie, C. T., 149. River Plate, 196. Rivera, President, 33. Rivoli, Battle of, 87. Robert of Normandy, 43. Roberts, Lord, 114, 219. Robespierre, Maximilien, 38, 77, 124, 133. 143. 169, 172, 250, 252, 260. Robinson, Mrs. Mary, 193, 202. Robustelli, General, 268. Rochdale, 66. Roederer, 58. Roger of Salisbury, 89. Rohan, Cardinal de, 76. Rohillas, 27. Roland, 185. Roland, Mme., 54. Rolf the Ganger, 55. Romagna, 145. Rome, 143, 190, 199, 217, 218, 229, 254. Rome, Church of, 3, 11, 16, 19, 21, 24. 30, 31. 37, 4i» 56, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 70, 73. 75, 78, 83, 89, 120, 124, 125, 126, 127, 132, 143, 144, 146, 154, 178, 185, 186, 193, iq6, 198, 203, 204, 211, 226, 264, 265, 268, 272, 273, 279, 281. Romney, 54. Roncesvalles, Battle of, 185. Rooke, Sir George, 272. Rosebery, Lord, 147. Roumania, 28. Roussillon, 23, 205. Rudolph I, Emperor, 120. Rudolph II, Emperor, 19, 157, 202, 261. Ruel, Treaty of, 102. Rimip, The, 202. Rupert of Bavaria, 155. Rupertsland, 121. Russell, Edward, Earl of Orford, 134. Russell, Lord John, 57. Russell, William, Lord, 68, 220. Rustchuk, 205. Ruthven, Alexander, 108. Rye, 54. Ryssel, 24. Ryswick, Peace of, 19. Sadleir, John, 37. Sadowa, Battle of, 201. Saez, 134. Saffi, 218. St. Andre, Marechal de, 261. St. Bartholomew, Massacre of, 187, 198. St. Benedict, 27. St. Brimo, 48. St. Columba, 277- St. Cuthbert of Diurham, 241. St. Dominic, 78. St. Francis d' Assisi, 98. St. Francis Xavier, 125. St. Gall, 144, 231. St. Just, 172. St. Kitts, 38. St. Lucia, 187. St. Paul's, 94. St. Petersburg, 73. 75. 184. 302 INDEX St. Simon, Comte de, 222. Saintonge, 38, 196. Salisbury, Cecil, Earl of, 35. Salisbury, Joan, Countess of, 90. Salisbury, Marquis of, 180, 232, 269. Salsette, 205, 245. Salvador, 50. Salza, Hermann von, 251. Samurai, 108, 114, 223. San Domingo, 25. San Juan, 275. Sancho II of Spain, 53. Sandwich, 54. Sandys, Sir Thomas, 69. Saras vati, Dayanandu, 16. Sardinia, 160, 188, 198, 262, 271, 272, 279, 281. Sark (River), 73. Saskatchewan, 216. Satsuma, 71. Savannah, 232. Savar5% General, 158. Savonarola, 195. Savoy, 29, 187, 225, 256, 262, 274. Saxony, 126, 201, 232, 236, 261, 271, 279- Schaffhausen, 252. Scheldt (River), 151, 274. Schleswig Hols tein, 104, 151, 201. Schmalkald, League of, 213. Schoeman, 267. Schomburgk, Sir Robert, 227, 268. Schonbrunn, Treaty of, 202. Schumla, 205. Schwyz, 193, 225. Scott, Dred, 80. Scottish Acts of Parliament, 55, 87, 164, 214, 229, 265. Scottish Church, 63, 65, 95, 100, 125, 155. 207, 214, 245. Scottish Political Parties, 57, 63, 240. Scrilje, Eugene, 52. Scrooby, 162. Sebastopol, 188. Selim, Sultan of Egypt, 159. Selim I of Turkey, 166. Selim III of Turkey, 132. Senecas, 96, 279- Seoul, 220, 255- Serrano, Marshal, 76. Servia, 5, 27, 28, 180, 230, 236. Seven Bishops, 74. Seven Years' War, 187. Seward, Secretary, 35. Sforza, Duke of Milan, 119, 149. Shakers, 169. Shanghai, 170, 180. Shannon (River), 230. Shansi, 247. Shays, David 232. Sherbrooke, Lord, 3. Sheridan, R. B., 102. Sheriffmuir, Battle of, 94. Sherman, General, 232. Sheyk-ul-Islam, 263. Shogun, 8, 14, 71, 102, 115, 145, 164. Shropshire, 68, 274. Siam, 10, 99. Siberia, 73, 172. Sibi Valley, 103. Sicily, 109, 152, 155, 189, 190, 225» 233. 271. Sickingen, Franz von, 175. Sidney, Algernon, 220. Sidney, Sir PhQip, 96. Siena, 218. Sierra Leone, 122. Sieyes, Abbe, 167. Sigismund, Emperor, 64, 123, 195. Sigismund of Poland, 251. Sikhs, 137, 141, 204. Sikkim, 172. Silesia, 5, 38. Silistria, 3, 205. Sillery, 23, 167. Sindhia, 198. Sixtus IV, Pope, 191. Slavs, 135. Slidell, 259. Smith, Adam, iot. Smith, Joseph, 168. Smith, W. H., 179. Sobat (River), 2, 91. Sobieski, John, 278. Socinus, Laslius, 237- Soleure, 231, 252. Solferino, Battle of, 272. Solway Moss, Battle of, 18. Somers, John, Lord, 134. Somerset, Edward, Duke of, 214. Sophia, Electress of Hanover, 231, 244. Sophia of Russia, 243. Sorate, 213. Soudan, 2. Soudan, French, 91. Soult, Marshal, 272. South Africa, 93, 142. South African Republic, see Trans- vaal. South America, 19, 41, 86, 103, i25» 126, 147, 165, 177. i85» 213. INDEX 303 South Australia, 20, 92. South Carolina, i77. 185, 228, 242, 252. Spain, 3. 4. 7. 8, 9, i3» 16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 44» 47, 53» 67, 75, 88, 90, 93, 102, 103, 109, 117. 119, 126, 127, 130, 132, 134, 140, 150, 160, 167, 168, I74» 187, 189, 198, 205, 220, 222, 223, 225, 232, 234, 239, 256, 261, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272. Spencer, Earl, 165. Spencer, Henry, Bishop of Norwich, 94. Spithead, 176. Stambulofi, 6. Stamford, 95- Stamford, Statute of, 205. Stanton, Secretary, 250. Stanislas Augustus of Poland, 22, 248. Stanislas Leszczynski, 197- Stauffacher of Schwyz, in. Steele, Sir Richard, 139. Stein, Freiherr von, 85. Stellenbosch, 116, 142. Stephen of England, 275. Stephen, Sir George, 142. Stephens, James, 92. Stettin, 277- Stevens, Uriah S., 139. Stockholm, 33. Stork, I. Strafford, Earl of, 253. Strasbmrg, 36, 99, 221. Stratford, Archbishop of Canter- . bury, 192. Strode, WilUam, 95. Strogonof, 261. Stuart, Charles Edward, 98, 219,280. Stuart, Henry, Cardinal York, 143. Stuart, James Edward, 19, i79- Suabia, 19, 116, 144, 191, 236. Sujah-ul-Mulk, Shah, 234. Siilly, Due de, 145- Sulu Islands, 8. Simgari (River), 140. Sunni, 233. Surabjah Dowlah, 31. Surat, 25. Surat, Treaty of, 205. Surinam, 38. Sutlej (River), 264. Suwarrow, General, 132. Sweden, i, 4, 11, i7» 19, 24, 27, 33» 40, 100, 109, 114, 115, 116, 137, 143, 151, 163, 171, i77» 217, 232, 242, 252, 255, 260, 265, 276, 277. Swift, Dean, 279. Switzerland, 14, 25, 46, 50, 75, 84, 92, 106, 107, 108, III, 117, 126, 142, 144, 146, 152, 162, 187, 193, 194, 210, 222, 225, 229, 231, 249, 252, 270. Syria, 134. Szatmar, Peace of, 208. Sze-chuang, 10. Szell, M., 20. Taepings, 89. Taganrog, 140. Tahiti, 36. Tamerlane, 94. Tandy, Napper, 171. Tarapaca, 9. Tarras, Earl of, 132. Tartars, 107. Tasmania, 20, 92. Taylor. General Zachary, 179. Tekes Valley, 140. Tel-el- Kebir, Battle of, 13. Tenby, 192. Tennasserim, 280. Tenno, 164, 233. Teschen, Peace of, 103. Tetzel, 126. Texas, 61, 112, 151, i75- Theiss (River), 122. Thibet, 71, 76, 250. Thiers, A., 99. Thistlewood, Arthur, 49. Thomas, Duke of Genoa, 222. Thomond, 34. Thorfinn Karlsefne, 8. Thorn, 197. Thurgau, 231. Tichbome Case, 55. Ticino, 130. Tientsin, Treatv of, 192. Tiflis, 118. TiUy, General, 153, 156. Times, Tke, 189, 228. Tipperary, 173. Tippu Sahib, 159, 230, 260, 261. Tobago, 270. Toggenburg, Cotmts of, 249. TokoU, 34, 140, 141. Toledo, Francisco de, 147- Tolentino, Treaty of, 21, 145 • Tone, Wolfe, 174, 266. Tongking, 31, 99- Tomea (River), 100. Tortona, 271. Toulouse, 6. TouranShah, 113. 304 INDEX Touraine, 38. Tournay, 4, 24. Townsend (Bow Street Runner), 36. Transvaal, 3, 13, 42, 47, 77. 79» 80, III, 131, 136, 151, 157, 167, 173, 200, 202, 2t8, 224, 245, 246, 253, 259. 267, 273- Trent, Council of, 203. Tresham, 112. Trevelyan, Sir George, 219. Treves, 228. Trieste, 130. Trinidad, 9. Tripoli, II. Trivulzio, Marshal, 106. Tronchet, 58. Tsung-li'Yamen, 274. Tugela (River), 171. Tuileries, 60, 250. Tunis, 23. Turcomans, 278. Turenne, Marshal, 205. Turgot, 83, 236. Turkey, 3, 5, 14, 21, 24, 27, 28, 41, 47, 64, 67, 71. 72, 115, 145. 151. 170, 174, 187, 190, 209, 218, 230, 234» 235, 246, 255, 263, 266, 271, 275» 280. Turriff, Trott of, 261. Tuscany, 88, go, 97, 154, 181, 232, 271, 272. Tuscaroras, 236. Tutuila, 223. Tweed, W. M., 262. Tweeddale, Marquis of, 240. Tycoon, 233. Tyler, Wat, 198. Tynan, 128. Tjrrconel, Earl of, 263. T5n:ol, 130, 271. Tyrone, 263. Uganda, 2. Ukraine, 41, 47. Ulrich of Wiirtemburg, 43, 262. Ulster, 34, 73, 82, I77» 181, 191, 263, 264. Umzimvubu (River), 171. Under hill, Edward, 121. United States, Civil War, 66, 114, 115, 130, 231, 243, . United States Congress, 6, 32, 61, 85. 97. 102, 136, 171, 181, 198. 211, 234, 250, 278. United States, Political Parties, 2, 5» 47» 56, 66, 88, 91, 92, 94, loi. 113, 115, 134, 147, 149, 170, 177, 179. I99» 214, 238, 240, 248. United States, War of Independ- ence, 69, 74, 126, X79, 236. Unterwalden, 193, 225. Urban II, Pope, 23, 48, 56. Urban VII, 124. Urbino, Duke of, 10. Uri, 193, 225. Uruguay, 22, 33, 196, 259, 261. Ushant, 107. Usher, Bishop, 30. Usibepu, 173. Ussuri (River), 4. Utah, 84, 168, 169. Utrecht, 266. Utrecht, Treaty of, 24, 99, loi, 261. Utrecht, Union of, 266. Vaal (River), 81, 174, 259. Valais, 225. Valencia, 21, 105. Valtelline, 167. Van Tromp, Admiral, 121. Vancouver, 182, 223. Vane, Sir Harry, 125. Varas, Secretary, 168. Varna, 3, 205. Vatican, 29. Vatican Council, 186. Vaud, Pays de, 146, 256, 274. Vehmgericht, 178. Vendee, 53, 177. Venezuela, 147, 180, 227. Venice, 3, 34, 39, 44, 45, 47, 64, 90, 107, 119, 130, 149, 150, 174, 190, 201, 202, 206, 218, 230, 249, 254. 269. Verden, Duchy of, 242. Vermont, iii. Verona, 205. Versailles, 99, 105, 126, 178, 187. Versailles, Treaty of, 191. Victor II, Pope, 226. Victor Emmanuel of Italy, 12, 130, 208, 225, 226, 229, 262, 272. Victoria, 20, 22, 32, 85, 89, 92, 100, 133. 142. Victoria, Queen, 26, 184. Vienna, 2, 70, 255. Vienna Congress, 92, 105, 152. Vienna, Treaty of, 198, 232. Viglius, 65. Vikings, 8, 28, 221. Villeroy, 23. Villiers, Charles, 12. Vimiera, Battle of, 54. INDEX 305 Vinegar Hill, Battle of, 17 5- Virginia, 21, 35, 42, 89, 109, 126, 150, 161, 169, 178, 179, 252. Vogel, Sir Julius, 173. Voltaire, Arouet de, 3, 87, 224, 229. Vryheid, 173. Wade, Sir Thomas, 52, 97. Wagga Wagga, 55. Wagram, Battle of, 271. Waibling, 112. Walcheren, 49. Waldemar I of Denmark, 8?. Waldemar II of Denmark, 72, 135. Waldemar III of Denmark, 274- Waldo, Peter, 274. Wales, no, 208, 215, 255. Walfisch Bay, 10. Wallace, Sir William, 114. WaUachia, 3, 5, 27, 121, 140, 246, 273» 275- Wallenstein, General, 153. Waller, Sir William, 229. Walpole, Horace, 139, 264. Walpole, Sir Robert, 109, 190. Walsh, Peter, 12, 213. Waltheof, Earl of Nottingham, 39. Wampanoags, 138. Warbeck, Perkyn, no. Ward, Nathaniel, 34. Wardha (River), 75. Warren, Sir Charles, 168, 257. Warsaw, 238, 255. Warwick, John Dudley, Earl of, 137. Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of, 138, 143- Washington, 45. Washington, George, 43, 53, 89, 91, 279- Waterboer, 136. Waterloo, Battle of, 225. Waters, Lucy, 31. Wealth of Nations, loi. Wedmore, Treaty of, 72. Weinsberg, 112. Weisshaupt, Adam, 123. Wekerle, Dr., 54. Welf, 112. Wellesley, Marquis of, 28, 244. Wellington, Duke of, 54, 129, 225, 256, 278. Wellington, New Zealand, 173. Wells, Sir Thomas, 152. Wenama (River), 269. ' Wenceslaus of Luxembourg, 133. Wentworth, Lord, 48, 118, 176. Wessex, 276. West, Rev. John, 20. West Africa, 118. West Indies, 152, 175. West Virginia, 169. Western Australia, 20, 92, 120. Westminster Abbey. 67. Westminster, Statute of, 240. Westphaha, 178, 236, 255, 268. W^estphalia, League of, 204. Westphalia, Treaty of, 252. Wetherell, Sir Charles, 39. Weyler, General, 209. Wharton, Thomas, Marquis of, 134. Whitgift, Archbishop, 141. Wilkes, John, 177. WilHam I of England, 39, 52, 70, 71, 78, 82, 87, 188, 193, 273. William II of England, 43. William III of England, 16, 18, 29, 55. 57, 66, 72, 74, 77, 118, 148 149, 171, 175, 176, 179, 192, 203 209, 211, 220, 256. WiUiam IV of England, 234. WiUiam I of Germany, las. William, Prince, of England, 32. William of Orange, 12, 115, 234, 245. 278. William of Salisbury, 152. William (the Lyon) of Scotland, 90. William of Wykeham, 108. WiUiams (the Chartist), 51. Wilmot, Commissary General, 15. Wilmot, David, 278. Winburg, 174. Wmchester, Statute of, 257- Winchilsea, 54. Windham, William, 165. Windischgratz, General, 201. Windthorst, Dr., 50, 264. Winter, Thomas, 112. Wisconsin, 21. Wiseman, Cardinal, 175. Wolfe, Sir H. Drummond, 98. Wolseley, Viscount, 209. Worcestershire, 104, 274. Wiirtemberg, 105, 202, 215, 244. Wvcliffe, John, 150. WycHffites, 82. Wyoming Valley, 279. Yakoub Beg, 19. Yap, 47. Yarkand, 140. Yoens, Jan, 51. Yokohama, 8. Young, Brigham, 168. Yunnan, 10, 186. 3o6 INDEX Zankoff, 6. Zanzibar, lo. Zaragoza, Agostina, 156. 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