ingham, John, 76.

Benevente, 94, 95.

Bengal, 310, 330, 400, 404, 408, 410.

Bentham, Jeremy, 338, 341, 420, 421, 437.

Bentinck, Lord William, 114, 143;
governor-general of India, 410-412.

Berar, 399.
See Nagpur.

Berbice, 9.

Beresford, Lord George, 242.

Beresford, William (afterwards Lord and later Viscount), 47, 96, 103, 109,
118, 119, 211, 222.

Berezina, river, 125.

Berkeley, Vice-admiral, 127.

Berkshire, 281, 341.

Berlin, 53, 81, 134, 310;
convention at, 396.

Berlin decree, the, 55, 403.

Bernadotte, Marshal (afterwards Charles XIV. of Sweden), 54, 80, 136, 137,
143, 150.

Berry, Duke of, 210.

Bessarabia, 123.

Bessborough, Earl of (Ponsonby), 287.

Bessieres, Marshal, 88, 92.

Betanzos, 95.

Bexley, Lord. See Vansittart, Nicholas.

Bhartpur, 399, 403, 408, 409.

Bickersteth, Henry (afterwards Lord Langdale), 363.

Bidassoa, river, 112, 114, 115.

Bilbao, 111, 391.

Birmingham, 178, 236, 272, 285, 295, 297, 304, 335, 435.

Biscay, province, 109, 389, 391.

Bishopp, British officer, 130.

Blackburn, Francis, attorney-general for Ireland, 313, 314.

Blackfriars. See London.

Blackheath. See London.

_Blackwood's Magazine_, 423-425.

Bladensburg, battle, 146.

Blake, Spanish general, 88.

Blandford, Marquis of (Churchill), afterwards Duke of Marlborough, 271,
284.

Blanketeers, the, 176.

Blomfield, bishop of London, 324, 341, 373.

Bluecher, Marshal, 138, 143-145, 148;
Waterloo campaign, 156-161, 163-164.

Bohemia, 64, 137.

Bombay, 310, 398.

Bona, 188.

Bonaparte, Joseph, 10-12, 21;
King of Naples, 47, 53;
King of Spain, 59, 88, 89, 92, 98, 104, 106, 107, 109-111, 122, 123, 190.

Bonaparte, Josephine (wife of Napoleon), 382.

Bonaparte, Louis, King of Holland, 46, 53, 78.

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 6, 19, 39, 41, 42, 51, 53-56, 58, 62, 64-66, 78,
80-82, 87-89, 91, 92, 95, 96, 99-102, 104, 105, 109-112, 114, 115,
117, 119, 120-126, 128, 143, 145, 148, 150, 168, 171, 186, 199, 382;
concordat with the pope, 7;
refuses overtures of peace, 8;
meets Cornwallis, 10;
elected president of the Italian republic, 12, 17;
plans for the invasion of England, 8, 35, 38, 41, 71;
attacked by French exiles in London, 12, 17;
consul for life, 15, 17;
Fox presented to him, 15, 16;
annexes Piedmont, 17;
mediates in Switzerland and Germany, 17;
schemes of colonial expansion, 18;
Whitworth, 20-22