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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC (1801) . Source. —Thomas Campbell: Historical Lyrics and Ballads . P. 93.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IRELAND IN 1801. Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. i., p. 286.
I. THE GOVERNMENT.
II. FINANCE.
GOLF AND FOOTBALL (1801) . Source. —Strutt’s Sports and Pastimes of the People of England , 1801. Pp. 93 and 97 of Methuen’s edition, 1903.
SHERIDAN FOR ADDINGTON, CANNING FOR PITT (1802) . Source. —Stanhope’s Life of Pitt , 1862. Vol. iii., p. 415.
TYPICAL VESSELS OF THE ROYAL NAVY (1803 to 1815) . Source. —Clowes: The Royal Navy , 1900. Vol. v. (1803 to 1815) , p. 15.
DESIRE FOR PITT’S RETURN TO OFFICE (1803) . Source. —Stanhope’s Life of Pitt , 1862. Vol. iv., p. 28.
VERSES BY CANNING AGAINST ADDINGTON (1803) . Source. —Stanhope’s Life of Pitt , 1862. Vol. iv., pp. 58, 59, 60.
The War.
Germany.
Napoleon.
GUN-BOATS FOR DEFENCE (1803) . Source. — Diaries ... of the Right Hon. George Rose , 1860. P. 69.
CONDITION OF THE POOR IN MANUFACTURING TOWNS (1804) . Source. — Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. 74, July to December, 1804, p. 710.
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF WHEAT, FLOUR, AND BREAD FOR THE YEAR 1804. Source. — Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. 74, January to June, 1804, p. [iv].
Wheat.
Flour.
Bread.
ENGLAND AND THE MEDITERRANEAN.
I. Pitt on Malta (1805) .
II. Nelson on Sardinia (1805) .
THE BLOW THAT KILLED PITT (1805) .
(a) Pitt to Lord Harrowby.
(b) Canning to Pitt.
ROUTINE ON A BRITISH MAN-OF-WAR—THE REVENGE (1805) . Source. —Clowes’ Royal Navy, 1900. Vol. v., p. 21.
NELSON’S PLAN OF ACTION FOR TRAFALGAR (1805) . Source. —Clowes’ Royal Navy , 1900. Vol. v., p. 127.
TRAFALGAR (1805) . Source. —Southey: Life of Nelson (1813) .
THE YOUNGER PITT (1806) . Source. —Sir W. Scott.
I.
II.
III.
MINISTRY OF ALL THE TALENTS (1806) . Source. — Diaries ... James Harris, first Earl of Malmesbury , 1844. Vol. iv., p. 349.
MILITARY PLANS (1806) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 49.
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION (1807) .
I. Lord Colchester’s Diary.
II. Letter from the Duke of Portland to the King.
PARTY POLITICS (1807) . Source. —Extract from the Prospectus of The Examiner . By Leigh Hunt.
THE BERLIN DECREES (1807) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 134.
CORUNNA (1809) .
I. Bulletin of Jan. 21.
II. The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna (1809) .
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC ECONOMY (1809) . Source. — Diaries ... Right Hon. George Rose , 1860. Vol. ii., p. 336.
RESIGNATION OF PORTLAND (1809) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 200.
DUEL OF CANNING AND CASTLEREAGH (1809) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 209.
MILITARY EXPENSES (1806-1809) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 239.
TALAVERA: PROTEST BY LORDS (1809) . Source. — Protests of the Lords. Vol. ii., 1741-1825, p. 423.
WALCHEREN EXPEDITION (1810) .
A.— A Squib on the Expedition.
B.— Debate on the Expedition.
WELLINGTON’S DIFFICULTIES IN SPAIN (1810) . Source. — Selections from the Wellington Despatches. Gurwood. P. 409.
I. To the Right Hon. H. Wellesley.
II. To the Right Hon. H. Wellesley.
III. To the Earl of Liverpool.
THE REGENCY (1811) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 316.
Mr. Perceval’s Answer.
FÊTE AT CARLTON HOUSE (1811) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 336.
WEAVING MACHINES (1812) . Source. —Byron’s Works , 1898. Letters and Journals. Vol. ii., p. 424.
BADAJOZ (1812) . Source. — Selections from the Wellington Despatches. Gurwood. P. 581.
MURDER OF PERCEVAL (1812) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 379.
SHERIDAN’S LAST UTTERANCES IN THE HOUSE (1812) . Source. —Moore’s Life of Sheridan , 1825. P. 677.
SIR STAPLETON COTTON’S MILITARY SERVICES (1813) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 440.
VITTORIA (1813) . Source. — Selections from the Wellington Despatches. Gurwood. P. 700.
DEPOSITION OF NAPOLEON (1814) .
I.— April 8.
II.— April 9.
TOULOUSE TAKEN BY WELLINGTON (1814) . Source. — Selections from the Wellington Despatches. Gurwood. P. 809.
DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S THANKS (1814) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 505.
Speech of the Duke of Wellington in the House of Commons.
The Speaker’s Reply.
ODE WRITTEN DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH BUONAPARTE (1814) . Source. —Robert Southey: Poems .
MAJOR VIVIAN’S INTERVIEW WITH NAPOLEON IN ELBA (JANUARY, 1815) . Source. —J. H. Rose: Pitt and Napoleon . G. Bell and Sons, 1912. Pp. 170-172, and 173, 174.
WATERLOO DESCRIBED BY WELLINGTON (1815) . Source. — Selections from the Wellington Despatches. Gurwood. P. 857.
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This
series of English History Source Books is intended for use with any ordinary textbook of English History. Experience has conclusively shown that such apparatus is a valuable—nay, an indispensable—adjunct to the history lesson. It is capable of two main uses: either by way of lively illustration at the close of a lesson, or by way of inference-drawing, before the textbook is read, at the beginning of the lesson. The kind of problems and exercises that may be based on the documents are legion, and are admirably illustrated in a History of England for Schools, Part I., by Keatinge and Frazer, pp. 377-381. However, we have no wish to prescribe for the teacher the manner in which he shall exercise his craft, but simply to provide him and his pupils with materials hitherto not readily accessible for school purposes. The very moderate price of the books in this series should bring them within the reach of every secondary school. Source books enable the pupil to take a more active part than hitherto in the history lesson. Here is the apparatus, the raw material: its use we leave to teacher and taught.
Our belief is that the books may profitably be used by all grades of historical students between the standards of fourth-form boys in secondary schools and undergraduates at Universities. What differentiates students at one extreme from those at the other is not so much the kind of subject-matter dealt with, as the amount they can read into or extract from it.
In regard to choice of subject-matter, while trying to satisfy the natural demand for certain stock
documents of vital importance, we hope to introduce much fresh and novel matter. It is our intention that the majority of the extracts should be lively in style—that is, personal, or descriptive, or rhetorical, or even strongly partisan—and should not so much profess to give the truth as supply data for inference. We aim at the greatest possible variety, and lay under contribution letters, biographies, ballads and poems, diaries, debates, and newspaper accounts. Economics, London, municipal, and social life generally, and local history, are represented in these pages.
The order of the extracts is strictly chronological, each being numbered, titled, and dated, and its authority given. The text is modernised, where necessary, to the extent of leaving no difficulties in reading.
We shall be most grateful to teachers and students who may send us suggestions for improvement.
S. E. WINBOLT.
KENNETH BELL.
NOTE TO THIS VOLUME
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will be obvious from the Table of Contents that, though there is a great wealth of illustrative matter for this period, I have preferred to draw largely upon the Diary and Correspondence of Charles Abbot, Lord Colchester, published in three volumes in 1861, and the Despatches of the Duke of Wellington, by Lieutenant-Colonel Gurwood. The latter is a very convenient selection. The title of the volume is justified by the fact that some eighteen out of the forty-eight pieces have more or less direct reference to England’s struggle with Napoleon.
S. E. W.
Christ’s Hospital
,
October, 1912.
ENGLAND AND NAPOLEON
1801-1815
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THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC (1801).
Source.—Thomas Campbell: Historical Lyrics and Ballads. P. 93.
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Of Nelson and the North
Sing the glorious day’s renown,
When to battle fierce came forth
All the might of Denmark’s crown,
And her arms along the deep proudly shone;
By each gun the lighted brand,
In a bold determined hand,
And the Prince of all the land
Led them on.
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Like leviathans afloat
Lay their bulwarks on the brine;
While the sign of battle flew
On the lofty British line:
It was ten of April morn by the chime:
As they drifted on their path,
There was silence deep as death;
And the boldest held his breath
For a time.
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But the might of England flushed
To anticipate the scene;
And her van the fleeter rushed
O’er the deadly space between.
Hearts of oak!
our captains cried; when each gun
From its adamantine lips
Spread a death-shade round the ships,
Like the hurricane eclipse
Of the sun.
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Again! again! again!
And the havoc did not slack,
Till a feeble cheer the Dane
To our cheering sent us back;—
Their shots along the deep slowly boom:
Then cease—and all is wail,
As they strike the shattered sail;
Or in conflagration pale
Light the gloom.
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Out spoke the victor then,
As he hailed them o’er the wave,
"Ye are brothers! ye are men!
And we conquer but to save!
So peace, instead of death, let us bring;
But yield, proud foe, thy fleet
With the crews, at England’s feet,
And make submission meet
To our King."
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Then Denmark blessed our chief,
That he gave her wounds repose;
And the sounds of joy and grief
From her people wildly rose,
As death withdrew his shades from the day:
While the sun looked smiling bright
O’er a wide and woful sight,
Where the fires of funeral light
Died away.
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Now joy, Old England, raise
For the tidings of thy might,
By the festal cities’ blaze,
Whilst the wine-cup shines in light;
And yet amidst that joy and uproar,
Let us think of them that sleep
Full many a fathom deep
By thy wild and stormy steep,
Elsinore!
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Brave hearts! to Britain’s pride
Once so faithful and so true,
On the deck of fame that died
With the gallant good Riou!
Soft sigh the winds of Heaven o’er their grave!
While the billow mournful rolls
And the mermaid’s song condoles,
Singing glory to the souls
Of the brave!
IRELAND IN 1801.
Source.—Diary of Lord Colchester, 1861. Vol. i., p. 286.
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Minutes of Proceedings in Ireland from July to Dec. 1801; and Outlines of Irish Business for 1802, reported and read over to Mr. Addington, Feb. 1802.
Irish Affairs, Jan. 1802.
I. Their present state, including a detailed Account of the Government Transactions there during the last Six Months.
II. Outline of the Public Business of Ireland for the Year 1802.
I. THE GOVERNMENT.
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1. Lord-Lieutenant.—Unsettled powers; question whether a Lord-Lieutenant from England, administering the protection and patronage of the Crown subordinately to the King’s Ministers—or a Government by Lords Justices setting up for themselves, and tyrannising over their countrymen—or endeavour to govern Ireland entirely by a Secretary of State at Whitehall.
N.B.—No communication has been made to Lord Hardwicke in answer to the paper transmitted by him to Lord Pelham, containing remarks upon Lord Pelham’s proposition.
2. Chief Secretary.—Unsettled emoluments of the Office in Ireland. Unsettled footing of the Irish Office in London.
Query.—Suppress its establishment as an Office accredited with the Secretary of State for the Home Department; and as hitherto employed for soliciting Civil Patents and Military Commissions in the place of the old office of