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Mate, Chief and Second, always addressed as "Mr.," p. 517 Mate, a term generally used in the sense of "assistant," as "boatswain's mate," etc., p. 523 Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the Duke of, the first to join the Alliance against Bonaparte, p. 335 Medals given by the King of Portugal to those who would make researches, p. 3 Mediterranean, wise suggestion to promote as far as possible trade with, p. 288 Melinde, King of, offers guides for the Portuguese to Calicut, p. 11 ——, letter from King of, on a leaf of gold, p. 18 ——, arrival of Vasco de Gama on second expedition, p. 29 ——, rich gifts exchanged between the King of, and Vasco de Gama, p. 30 Merchant Adventurers and Cabot, England owes a deep debt of gratitude to, p. 83 Merchants, English, general corruption of, in the reign of Edward VI., p. 109 Merchants, Foreign, refuse to buy English wares as "fraudulent in make, weight, and size," p. 109 Merchant Shipping Act has greatly benefited the condition of the crews trading beyond the jurisdiction of the Admiralty, p. 494 Mersey, character of the estuary of, p. 431 Mersey Board, laws of, drawn up agreeably with several Acts of Parliament, p. 438 Middleton, Sir Henry, commands the Trades Increase, the largest vessel hitherto built, but fails, p. 158 Moors, eight hundred burnt alive at Calicut by De Gama, p. 36 Mortier, Marshal, seizes the Hanseatic towns of Bremen, Hamburg, Lubeck, etc., p. 296 Mozambique, De Gama arrives there March 10, 1497, p. 9 ——, Sheikh of, takes De Gama and his company for Turks, ibid.

Mulberry-trees, attempt to grow them in Chelsea as food for silkworms, though found by experience not to flourish well north of the Loire in France, p. 213, note

Napoleon sends military officers to England to spy out the state of her ports, trade, etc., p. 276 ——, unsuccessful expedition of, against St. Domingo, and terrible losses, p. 277 —— declares he would rather see the English on the heights of Montmartre than in Malta, p. 279 —— denounces the conduct of England in a violent speech addressed to Lord Whitworth, ibid.

——, extravagant paper by, in the Moniteur, p. 280 —— determines on the invasion of England, p. 281 —— arrests all English people travelling in France, p. 284 —— tries to destroy the commerce of England by his "continental system," p. 291 ——, decrees of, list of the dates of, p. 292, note

——, Berlin Decree of, declares the blockade of the English coasts, ibid.

——, skill of, in framing his Berlin Decree so as to appear to be the champion of liberty, p. 293

—— stigmatises the Hamburg merchants as "smugglers by profession," p. 295

—— meditates the invasion of Russia, p. 296

——, decree of, from Milan, Dec. 17, 1807, p. 304

——, decrees of, from Bayonne, April 17, 1808, and from Rambouillet, March 23, 1810, against the Americans, with the intention of forcing them into declaring war against England, p. 306

—— seizes all the American ships at Antwerp, Bordeaux, and Bayonne, and burns those at St. Sebastian, p. 307

——, by granting special licences, is the first to evade his own decrees, p. 308

——, scheme for excluding British goods from the continent wholly fails, p. 310

—— triumphant that "England has now a new enemy," p. 327

—— compels the Pope to sign a concordat, p. 336