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—George III. receiving the Intelligence of his Accession to the Throne.

Coronation of King George III. and Queen Charlotte 1

George III., from an authentic portrait ... 6

First meeting of George III. and the Princess (afterwards Queen Charlotte) 7

Great Seal of England, time of George III. ... 12

Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III., from an authentic portrait 13

Catherine II. supported by the Army at St. Petersburg 18

Storming the Fortress of More 19

View in the Island of Cuba 22 Monument erected to the memory of the sufferers in the Black Hole, Calcutta 24

Medal struck in commemoration of the Battle of Plassy 24 Threatened arrest of Wilkes 25

Duel between Wilkes and Martin 30

Riots on the burning of No. 45 of the North Briton 31

Benjamin Franklin. The Printing-office in which he worked, and the House wherein he resided when Agent for Pennsylvania ... 37

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, from an authentic portrait 42

The Princess Amelia attempting a reconciliation between George III. and Lord Bute ... 43

The Stamp Act Riots at Boston, in America... 45

Lord Clive, from an authentic portrait ... 49

John Wilkes before the Court of King's Bench, April 20th, 1768, from an engraving of the peroid 54

Wilkes's Triumphal Entry into the City ... 65

General View of the Town and Harbour of Boston, America 61

Faneuit Hall, Boston 66

British Troops entering Boston 67

Tumult in the House of Lords 73

Tea Riots at Boston—Death of the boy Snider 78

Lord Mayor Beckford presenting an Address to George III 79

Charles James Fox, from an authentic portrait S.5

The Castle of Cronborg 90

Arrest of Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark 91

Burning of the Gaspee schooner 97

Imperial Throne of Russia in the Kremlin, Moscow 99

Tlie " Boston Boys" throwing the taxed Tea into Boston Harbour 102

Jolm Adams, from an autlientic portrait ... 103

North American Forest Scene 108

The Colonists under Liberty Tree 109

The Residence of George Washington 114

The Skirmish at Lexington 115

View of Charlestown 120

George Washington and his Mother 121

Fac-siinlle of American Paper Money, 1775 ... 123

Flag of the Colonists 123

Plan of the Battle of Bunker's Hill 125

A Canadian Indian 126

View on the River St. Lawrence 127

Natural Frontier near Quebec 127

A Canadian Forest Scene 132

The Cauldron Rapids, near Ottawa 133

Waterfall of Montmorency, between Quebec and Saguenay 133

First House erected at Quebec 135 Quebec, 1775 138

Death of Montgomery at Quebec 139

Plan of the Blockade of Boston 141

Old South Church, Boston 144

Signing the Declaration of American Independence 145

Thomas Jefferson, from an authentic portrait 150

General View of the City of New York, 1860... 151

General View of the City of New York, 1776... 156

Lord Howe, from an authentic portrait ... 157

Delaware Water-gap—a river scene 162

Washington crossing the Delaware 163

Plan of the British operations in New York ... 169

Head-quarters of General Prescott 172

General Burgoyne addressing the Indiana ... 174

North American Indians presented at the English Court 175

An Indian Village on the Upper Missouri ... 180

Burgoyne's Encampment on the west Bank of the Hudson 181

Plan of the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga 184

Jenny Macrea's Tree 136 The Abduction and Murder of Jenny Macrea by the Indians 187

fijiratogft 193

Medal struck in honour of Washington. . . 194

William Pitt, second Son of the Earl of Chatham, from an authentic portrait

Fatal Attack of the Earl of Chatham in the Hou3e of Lords

Monument to the Earl of Chatham in Westminster Abbey

Washington's Camp at Valley Forge

M. Turgot, from an authentic portrait

Fancy Ball given in honour of General Howe

The Indians attacking Wyoming

Monument erected at Wyoming

Wintermooth Fort, Valley of Wyoming

Admiral Keppel before the Court-martial

Siege of Savannah, plan of

The Boulevards of Paris in the reign of Louis XVI., after a painting by M. St. Aubin ...

Washington's head-quarters at Cambridge ...

Paul Jones and his Crew plundering the House of the Earl of Selkirk

The "No Popery" Rioters attacking the Members of Parliament in Palace Yard

Edmund Burke, from an authentic portrait ...

The "No-Popery" Rioters burning the Prison of Newgate

Lord George Gordon a Prisoner in the Tower of London

Naval Engagement off Cape St. Vincent

Admiral Redney, from an authentic portrait...

The Hague, Holland

Washington's Quarters at Morristown

Arrest of Major Andre

West Point, on the Hudson

Major Andre, from a pen and ink sketch by himself

Memorial Stone marking the place of Andre's Execution

American river scene, Europus Creek

Richard Briasley Sheridan, from an authentic portrait

View of the Town of St. Heller's, Jersey

Wreck of the French Transports on the Coast of Jersey

Lord North, from an authentic portrait

Reception of the Flag of Truce by Washington

Admiral Sir John Jervis, from an authentic portrait

View of Minden, the scene of Lord George Germaine'a Disaster

Surrender of the Garrison of Fort St. Philip,

Minorca, to the united Forces of France and Spain Shandon Steeple, in Cork City

Washington's House, Mount Vernon, U.S. ...

Jean Francois Galaup de la Perouse, from an authentic portrait

The Comte de Grasse surrendering his Sword to Sir Samuel Hood on board the Ville de Paris

General View of the Rock, Town, and Fortifications of Gibraltar

The Siege of Gibraltar by the allied Forces of France and Spain

Reception of Washington and the American Army in New York

John Adams, first American Ambassador to the English Court, presented to King George III

Thomas Erskine, afterwards Lord Erskine, from an authentic portrait Dunbrody Abbey, near Waterford

Meeting of the Irish Volunteers in the Church of Dungaunon

Calcutta

Palace in the Fort of Allahabad Futtehpoor, Allahabad

The Great Mogul delivering to Lord Clive the right of Dominion over the Provinces of Bengal, Orissa, and Bahar

Banks of the Ganges

The Troops of Tippoo Saib pillaging Madras...

View near Agra

Warren Hastings, from an authentic portrait

Taje Mahal, near Agra sv.

Death of the Rohilla Chief

Engagement between French and English

Crnisers off Ceylon

Defeat of Hyder AU by Sir Ejtc Coote

Bundelcund

Cheyte Sing rendering homage to Warren Hastings Brahmin engaged in religious Worship

The attempted Assassination of George III. by Margaret Nicholson

Com Market in the City of Iltiarlem

Tippoo Saib, from an authentic portrait

Trial of Warren Hastings in Westminster Hall Carlton House, residence of the Prince Regent

King George III. and Queen Charlotte at Cheltenham 397

His Royal Highness the Duke of York,"from an authentic portrait 402

His Majesty King George receiving the civic Sword from the Lord Major of London on his way to the Thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral 403 Types of the Races on the Turkish Bank of the I^anubo 405

lalta, on the Black Sea

Cossack Horsemen

Quay of St. Petersburg ..

A View on the Black Sea

The Fortress of Oczakow captured by the Russians

Arrest of Mirabeau ... View of Pan, birthplace of Henry" Procession of the l"iers Etat in Paris, 1789 427

Meeting of the Revolutionary Leaders in the Tennis Court Fashionable Promenade in Paris in the time of Louis XVL, from an engraving of that period

Marie Antoinette presenting the Dauphin to the Nobles 439 Hotel de Ville, Paris. 445

Prison of the Bastille, Paris 450 Attack upon the Bastille by the Revolutionists of Paris 451

The first Day of Liberty.—Scene in Paris, 1789 after the capture of the Bastille 45T

M. Necker, from an authentic portrait ... 462

The People driving Foulon from Vitry to Paris 463

March of the Women of Paris to Versailles ... 469

M.Mirabeau, from an authentic portrait ... 474

La Fayette preserving the life of the Queen ... 475

View in the Balkans 48I

General View of the ancient City of Paris ... 486

Modern Paris — The Pont Neuf 487

The Boudoir of a Parisian Lady in the last Century 492

Fete of the Federation in the Champ de Mara 493

Louis XVI., from an authentic portrait ... 49fe

Portion of the FaQade of the Louvre, Paris ... 499

The Menagerie, Versailles, in the last Century 504

The Tomb of Runjeet Singh, at Lahore ... 605

Costume of Russian Sledge Driver 507

Costume of Russian Peasants 507

Montreal, Canada 510

St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada 511

A Hindoo Water Seller 517

Pagoda of Chiltenbaum ...519

Group of Hindoos 522

East India House, Leadenhall Street, London 623

Fontenay Vendt^e, Department of La Vendue 629

Taking the Civic Oath 534

Death of Mirabeau 635

Porte St. Denis 540

View of Notre Dame from the Seine, Paris ... 541

Robespierre, from an authentic portrait ... 546

Arrest of the Royal Family at Varennes ... 647

A Merchant's Counting House, Paris, 1790 ... 552

The Royal Family of France after their return from Varennes 553

Marat, from an authentic portrait 553

Modern View of the Tuileries and the Louvre, Paris 559

Church of St. Jacques de la Boucherie, Paris, in which were held occasional Sittings of the National Assembly 564 View in the Forests of the Gironde 665

Danton, from an authentic portrait 570

Meeting of the National Assembly 571

Lighthouse of Cordovan 574

Madame Roland, from an authentic portrait ... 577

La Vendue 682

An expelled Priest of the Gironde preaching in the fields 68S

View of Coblentz 689

Madame de Stael, from an authentic portrait... 594

Tippoo Saib'a sons delivered as hostages to the English 596

Perspective plan of Seringapatam, indicating severally the British poseessiona In 1792 and 1799. . 600

Marriage of H.R.H. the Duke of York, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's 601

Wm. Wilberforce, from an authentic portrait 606

Assassination of Gustavus III. by Ankerstrom, at a masked ball. €07

"Sans Cullottes" dancing the "Carmagnole" 613

Palace of the Tuileries in the reign of Louis XVI. . . 618

The populace compelling Louis XVI. to adopt the Red Cap…619