his own character, 127.

Dundas, Henry, investigates Indian affairs, iii. 194.
Sides with Hastings, 208.
Defends him on the first charge, 215.
Follows Pitt on the second, 219.

Dupleix, governor of Pondicherry, his gigantic schemes for
establishing French influence in India, ii. 677, 683, 685, 693,
695, 700.
His death, 700, 758.

East India Company, the, its absolute authority in India, ii. 277.
Its condition when Clive first went to India, 674, 675.
Its war with the French East India Company, 677.
Increase of its power, 693.
Its factories in Bengal, 702.
Fortunes made by its servants in Bengal, 733, 734.

Ecclesiastical Commission, the, of Queen Elizabeth's time, ii. 76.

Ecclesiastics, fondness of the old dramatists for the character of,
ii. 88.

Education, in England in the 16th century, ii. 373.
Duty of the government in promoting it, 661.

Egerton, brings charge of corruption against Bacon, ii. 425.
Bacon's decision against him, after receiving his present, 440.

Egotism in conversation and literature considered, i. 23, 24.

Elephants, use of, in war in India, ii. 691.

Eliot, Sir John, ii. 18-20.
His Treatise on Government, 21.
A martyr to liberty, 22.

Elizabeth, Queen, her unjustifiable persecution of non-conformists,
i. 291.
Her use of the church to increase her power, 303.
Condition of the working classes in her reign, 534.
Her rapid advancement of Cecil, ii. 69, 70.
Character of her government, 76, 77, 80, 90.
A persecutor, though herself indifferent, 89, 90.
Her early notice of Lord Bacon, 372.
Her favor toward Essex, 379.
Factions at the close of her reign, 380, 381, 398.
Her pride and temper, 387, 398.
Her death, 398.

Elphinstone, Lord, ii. 761.

England, under Elizabeth, i. 291.
Reformation in, a political move, 297.
Under Henry VIII., 302.
In 1640, 306.
Under Charles I., 317.
Change of feeling in, after the attempt on the Five Members, 319.
Representative government in, preserved, 327.
Disgraceful condition of, under Charles II., 354.
Decay of statesmanship, 355.
Corruption of the bar, 360.
National feeling displaced by party loyalty, 364.
Fortunate that the Revolution was effected by men of small calibre,
367.
Perfidy of William III.'s statesmen, 368.
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