THE FIRST VOLUME.

433

and the court of Charles II., 177.His great income, 303.

Osborn, Sir Thomas, 221. SeeDanby.

Ossory, Earl of; departs to assistthe Dutch, 223.

Otway, 396.

Oxford, meeting of the parliamentof 1681 at, 257.

—, University; its devotion to tneCrown, 257. Its proceedings onthe day of Lord Russell’s exe-cution, 266.

Palmer, Barbara, Duchess of Cleve-land, 206.

Parkhurst, Bishop, 50.

Parliament; commencement of itsstruggles with Charles I., 83. Itsdissolutions by him, 83. 84. 94.

—, The long; its assemblage, 95.First appearance of the two greatEnglish parties, 96—98. Its con-duct on the impeachment of theFive Members, 106. Characterof its troops and their generals,113. 115. Its victories in thefield, 116 .117. Proceedings afterCharles’s defeat, 117. Its sub-mission to military domination,118 . Its expulsion by Cromwell,129. Revival upon his death, 140.Second expulsion, 141. And finaldissolution, 145.

— of 1660,146. See Convention.

— of 1661; its election, 172. Itsproceedings, 173. Consequencesof Oates’s disclosures, 232.

— of 1679; elected, 233. Its firstmeetings and measures, 235.Gradually encroaches upon theKing’s prerogatives, 237. Its pro-rogation, 244. And dissolution,245.

— of 1679 — 80; elected, 245. Itsfirst meeting, 254. Its dissolu-tion, 256.

— of 1681; elected, 256. Held atOxford, and dissolved, 257.Macaulay, History. I.

Parliament of Scotland. See Scot-land.

Parties, political; first appearanceof the two great, 96. Their cha-racter, 98. Their coalitions, 99.Their state at the death of CharlesII., 273. 274. See Parliament;Puritans; Tories; Whigs.

Patrick, 326.

Pearson, 325.

People, the common; their state inthe 17th century, 408. Wages ofthe agricultural classes, 408—410.Wages of manufacturers, 410.411. Labour of children in fac-tories, 412. Wages of differentclasses of artisans, ib. Numberof paupers, 414. 415. Benefitsderived by the common peoplefrom the progress of civilisation,415. Delusion which leads mento overrate the happiness of pre-ceding generations, 418—420.

Petition of Right; ratified, 83. Vio-lated, 85.

Petty, Sir William, 278. note. 403.

Plague; visitation of the, 190.

Plantagenets; fail in their attemptsto unite the crowns ofFrance andEngland, 15. Social inequalitiesunder the first, 24.

Pococke, 325.

Police of London in 1685, 355. 356.

Politicians; their profligacy in thereign of Charles II., 179.

Polity, early English; its liabilityto misrepresentation, 24.

Ponet, Bishop, 50.

Popish plots. See Bedloe; Danger-field; Oates.

Population of England in the 17thcentury, 277. Popular exagge-rations upon the subject, 278.Mistakes of Sir William- Pettyand Isaac Vossius, ib. GregoryKing’s computations in 1G96, 278.279. 280 . note 1. Reports to Wil-liam HI.; Mr. Finlaison’s esti-28