Green Bag Enquiry. A sealed bag of documents laid on the table of the House of Commons by the Government in 1817, and said to contain papers justifying the double suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act which had taken place during the year. A committee, chosen entirely from the supporters of the Government, was appointed to investigate its contents. Green Mountain Boys. An organized band of settlers in Vermont, formed in 1773 to resist the encroachments of the New Yorkers, who claimed Vermont as part of the territory of that State under the charter of Charles II. Green Mountain State. The popular name of the State of Vermont, U.S.A. Greenback Party. A party formed about 1874 in the United States, which advocated the payment of the national debt in paper money. It ceased to exist in 1884. Grenville Act. An Act passed in 1770, transferring from Parliament to a Parliamentary Committee the duty of investigating and determining the validity of disputed elections. Gretna Green Marriages. These were made illegal by an Act passed in 1856, whereby it was declared that the Scotch marriage law should only apply in cases where one at least of the parties had resided in Scotland for the twenty-one days immediately preceding the marriage. Grey League. A league of the landowners and communes of the western part of the Grisons, formed in 1395. Griffith’s Valuation. An official valuation of Irish properties, made by Sir Richard Griffith as Commissioner of Valuation under the Irish Valuation Act of 1827. This valuation was the basis of the outcry against the landlords, the figures showing that in many cases excessive rents were being paid. Grondvet. The fundamental law or constitution of the South African Republic as adopted by the communities established north of the Vaal in 1849. Groote Privilegie. A charter granted to the Netherlands by Mary of Burgundy in 1477, at the Convention of Ghent. It gave the cities and provinces of the Netherlands the right to hold diets at their discretion, and forbade the Duchess or her descendants raising taxes or making war without the consent of the Estates. Grosbec. A nickname bestowed on Napoleon III on account of his prominent nose. Grütli, Men of. The Swiss who, according to tradition, took a solemn oath at Grütli, near Lucerne, on November 7, 1307, to free their country from the domination of Austria. The three leaders were Fürst of Uri, Stauffacher of Schwyz, and Melchthal of Unterwalden. Guadeloupe Hidalgo, Treaty of. A treaty between the United States and Mexico in 1848, at the close of the Mexican War. It provided for the cession to the United States of New Mexico and California, in return for a cash payment of fifteen million dollars. The United States also took over the debts of Mexico to American citizens, amounting to about three and a half million dollars. Guelf Fund.