igby, his part in the debate on the Civil List in 1769, i. 289. Dis- parages Mr. Grenville's Elections Bill, 333. Acts as the Duke of Bedford's igo-between, 404. Chatham's con- tempt of, 416. His insolence to the Speaker, 418. His impudent motion against the Speaker, ii. 234 Rights, Bill of, Society for the Support of the, formed, i. 326 Rohilla war, the, iii. 145
Robinson, Sir Thomas, accepts the seals of a secretary of state, i. 12. Re- moved to the office of Master of the Great Wardrobe, 16
Rochefort, expedition against, i. 27. Its failure, 28. Cause of the failure,
Bockingham, Marquis of, applied to by the Duke of Cumberland, i. 95. Dismissed from the lieutenancy of his county, 103. Placed at the head of an administration, 187. His political character, 187. His colleagues, 189. Timidity of the ministry as to Ameri- can affairs, 195. Repeal of the Stamp Act, 211. Conciliatory mea- sures of the administration towards the colonies, 214. Weakness of the Government, 215. Insubordination of state officers, 216. Overtures made by the ministry to Pitt, but without success, 218. Partial resig-
nation of the ministry, 218. Resents Lord Chatham's overbearing conduct, i. 227. Resignation of the whole Rockingham party, 231, 232. His upright conduct, 247. His motion to inquire into the state of the nation, 316, 320. His sound Whig views, 355. His visit of condolence to the Lord Mayor in the Tower, ii. 94. The King's overtures to him on the resignation of Lord North, 420. Forms an administration, 421. His death, 438. His character, 439. His opposition to Lord Shelburne, iii. 25. His death, 31
Rodney, Admiral, bombards Havre, i. 32. His operations against the French West Indies, 85. His ex-
ploits, ii. 379. Captures St. Eusta- tia, 396. His statements as to malpractices at, 398. His great victory over the French fleet under De Grasse, iii. 4. Recalled, 8. Whig dislike of him, 8. Public astonish- ment at his recall, 9. A peerage and pension conferred upon him, 10. Rome evacuated by the French, iv.
Roses, War of the, results of, on chivalry, ii. 9
Rolls, Sir John, his motion of no con- fidence in the ministry, ii. 414 Royalists, their conflicts with the Puri- tans, ii. 18
Rusby's case, iv. 254
Ruffo, Cardinal, his march upon Naples, iv. 209
Russia, a negotiation for a subsidiary treaty with, opened by George II., i. 15. The treaty opposed by Pitt, 16. Joins Austria and France against Prussia, 20. Abandons the Austrian alliance, and attaches herself to the cause of Prussia, 79. Frederick the Great defeated by a Russian army at Kunersdorf, 42. Her interference in the affairs of Poland, ii. 125. Re- fusal of Russia to submit to the right of search, 381. Policy of Russia in 1789, iii. 231. Her aggrandisement, 231. Case of Oczakow, 251. A Russian embargo laid upon English vessels, iv. 270. Retaliation of Eng- land, 271. Subserviency of Russia to France, 344. Change of policy at the death of the Emperor Paul, 355. Peace with Russia, 359
the question of Wilkes's 'Essay on Woman' before Parliament, 132. The King's mean opinion of him, i. 163. His conduct on the Regency Bill, 161-164, 172. Joins the Duke of Grafton's administration as Joint Postmaster-General, 253. His pro- fligacy, ii. 41. Becomes First Lord of the Admiralty, 72. His defiance and contempt of the Americans, 193. Failure of an attack upon him, 316 Saratoga, Burgoyne's surrender at, ii. 257, 258. Convention of, 258, 260. Results of the Convention, 261. Eva- sion of the Convention, 299. Satires, political, i. 411
Saumarez, Sir James, his exploits, iv.
Scotland, tyrannical proceedings in. at the end of the last century, iii. 351. Movement for parliamentary reform, 352. The National Convention,' 353. Thomas Muir, 353. Palmer's case, 355. Undue severity of the Scottish courts, 355
Scott, John (afterwards Lord Eldon),
his absurd speech in the House, iii. 66 Seal, Great, put into commission, iii. 34- Search, right of, disputes as to, in 1780, ii. 380
Seditious publications, "proclamation as to, iii. 273. Renewed proceedings against, 364
Sheares, the Irish rebels, betrayed, iv. 115
Shebbeare, Dr., his Court paper the 'Monitor,' i. 407
Shelburne, Earl of, mediates between Bute and Fox, i. 111. Resigns the presidency of the Board of Trade, 122. Dismissed from the army by order of the King, 137. Not in Lord Rockingham's administration, 190. Becomes Secretary of State in the Chatham administration, 222.
Quits the Government with contempt, 271. His strong language on the conduct of the Duke of Grafton's ministry, 317. Gives the Chief Justice of England the lie, ii. 193. His defence of the Americans, 228. His duel with Colonel Fullarton, 340. Sent for by the King, 421. His conduct in the negotiations of 1782, 436. His assumption, 437. His party, 440. Accepts the premiership, 440. His declaration of his policy, 444. Opposed by the Marquis of Rocking- ham, iii. 25. Resigns, 28 Sheridan, R. B., his factious opposition to measures for the benefit of Ireland, iii. 130. His ribaldry, 137. His speeches on the Prince of Wales's affairs, 159, 163. And on the im- peachment of Warren Hastings, 168. Cold reception of his speech on the French Revolution, 240. His motion on the enrolment of volunteers, 362. His loyal speech, iv. 84 Shorehamn, electoral corruption at, i. 386. The case tried under Gren- ville's Act, i. 387
Sidney, Algernon, case of, referred to, i.
Silesia saved by Frederick the Great, i. 43
Silk weavers, depression of the trade of the, i. 174. Rejection of the Silk
Bill by the Lords, 174. Riots in con- sequence, 175. Foreign silks ex- cluded by Act of Parliament, 215 Sinking fund, delusive notion of a, iii. 139. Price's scheme, 140 Slander, prevalence of, in the last cen- tnry, ii. 167
Slave trade, debates on the, in 1788, iii. 176. Its horrors, 177. Sir W. Dolben's Bill, 179. Examination of delegates, 179. Wilberforce's speech, 225. His motion, 251. Exertions of the antislavery party, 276 Smith, Sir Sidney, blockades Alexan- dria, iv. 225. His defence of Acre, 227. His part in the treaty of El Arish, 332. Unjustly blamed, 333 Smollett, Tobias, his paper the Briton,' i. 408
Smuggling on the British coast in 1764, i. 139. Character of colonial smug- gling in the West Indian and Ame- rican colonies, 140
Sombreuil, De, capitulation of, iv. 9 Somers, Lord, his regard for the public welfare, ii. 35
Spain, interference of France in Spanish affairs, i. 62. Conclusion of the Family Compact, 63. Policy of England in Spanish affairs, 64. Claims of the Spanish Government on England, 64, 65. Peremptory de- mands of Spain on the dismissal of Pitt, 75. War declared against Spain by England, and against Eng- land by Spain, 76. Spanish profes- sions of peaceful motives, 76. Loses the Havannah and the Philippine Islands, 85, 86. The Earl of Bute's overtures for peace, 87. Treaty of Fontainebleau, 88. Humiliating terms of the treaty to Spain, 89. Her occupation of the Falkland Islands, 367.
The occupation disavowed, 369. Impending war with Spain in 1770, 383. Rupture between Eng- land and Spain, ii. 316. Prizes taken by a Spanish fleet, ii. 380. Character of the alliance between France and Spain, 394. Siege of Gibraltar, 395. End of the war, iii.
16. Provisional treaty of peace, 19. Efforts of Spain to recover Gibraltar, 23. Conclusion of peace, 38. Rupture with Spain in 1790, 241. Demand made on Spain for reparation, 242. Intrigues of the French in Spain, iv. 32. Declaration of war by Spain against England, 32. Naval arina-
ment of Spain, 43. Defeat at St. Vincent, 44. British expedition to Spain, 335
Speaker. Interposition of the Speaker in the last century, ii. 78 Spithead, meeting at, iv. 45, 50 Stage, the, made instrumental to Court
policy in the last century, i. 410. The comedies of the Restoration, ii. 38
Stamp Act, the, i. 143, 144. Repealed, 211. Propriety of the repeal, 212. Stanhope, Earl, presides at the Revolu- tion Society, iii. 265
Stanley, Mr. Hans, envoy to France for the negotiation of peace, i. 59. Re- called by Pitt, 65. Sent by Lord Chatham to St. Petersburg, 229. Abandonment of the mission, 230. Statesmen. Venality of statesmen of the Restoration, ii. 35. Their pro- fligacy in the first years of the reign of George III., 41. Ministerial levees in the last century, ii. 42 St. Clair, evacuates Fort Ticonderoga,
ii. 254. Pursued by the British, 254. Superseded, 254 Stockdale, prosecution of, iii. 174 Stormont, Lord, his remonstrances with the French Government, ii. 273. Made Secretary of State, 337. Ad- mitted to a seat in the Cabinet, iii. 35
Strasburg, sacrifice of, iii. 321
Stuart, Sir James, his proceedings in Ireland, iv. 108
Stuarts, mission of the, ii. 17 Suffolk, Lord, takes office in 1771, ii. 70
Sullivan, General, commands the expe- dition against Rhode Island, ii. 301 Sumptuary laws, futility of, iv. 280 Sussex, Duke of, his marriage, ii. 113
Suwarrow, General, his victorious march in Italy, iv. 208. His treatment by the Austrians, 218
Swedes, their conduct at the battle of Copenhagen, iv. 355
TALLEYRAND, M., his reply to Lord Grenville's dispatch, iv. 242 Tandy, Napper, and the popular leaders in Dublin, iii. 121. His escape, iv. 126 Tarleton, Colonel, his service at Cooper River, ii. 361. His charge at Cam- den, 378. His reverse at Cowpens, 402
Taxation, theory of, i. 145. The right of the home Government to tax the colonies denied by Pitt, 199. Con- sideration of the question, 204. Theory of self-taxation, 205 Temple, Lord, becomes first Lord of the Admiralty, i. 22. The King's dis- like of him, 23. Dismissed, 23. Supports Pitt in his rigorous policy respecting France, 65. Punished for having patronised John Wilkes, 129. His influence with Mr. Pitt, 179. His opposition to the formation of an administration under Mr. Pitt, 179. His objects, 179, 180.
His per- versity, 185. His interference with Pitt's arrangements, 220. His ob- structive conduct, 221. Severance of his political and private friendship with Pitt, 222. Retires from public life, ii. 70.
Temple, Lord, receives the seals of office
from the King, iii. 83. Resigns, 83, 84, 86. Charge against him, 87. Test Act, proposed repeal of the, iii. 243, 277.
Thelwall, his trial for treason, iii. 391. Thurlow, Lord, in expectation of the
Great Seal, ii. 269. His support of the Bishop of Llandaff's marriage Bill, 321. His own morality, 321. His speech on the riots of 1780, 356. And on the regency question, iii. 194. His interview with the King, 220. Dismissed, 284. His conduct, 284, 285.
Ticonderoga, fort of, unsuccessfully attacked by Abercrombie, i. 32. Seized by Arnold and Allen, ii. 184. Besieged by General Burgoyne, 283. Captured, 254.
Tierney, Mr., his opposition to Govern- ment, iv. 75. His quarrel with Pitt, 80.
Tippoo Sultan, his intrigues with the French, iv. 231. His death at Seringa patam, 235.
Tobacco duties, the, iii. 226.
Tone, Wolfe, his part in the Irish rebellion, iv. 107. His trial and suicide, 127.
Tooke, Horne, his quarrel with Wilkes, ii. 92. Debate in the Commons on the libel of, 163. Proceedings of the House against him, 164. Discharged, 166. His trial for high treason, ii 371, 385. His effrontery, 387. Acquitted, 390. Committee on his case, iv. 325. His first speech in the House, 326.
Tories, reconciled to the Crown in the person of George III., i, 52. Called the King's Friends,' 53.
parties in 1760-1770, i. 389.
tempted coalition between Lord Bute and the Tories, i. 218.
Torture not allowed by the law either of England or Ireland, iv. 161. Toulon fleet routed by Boscawen, i. 32.
Besieged by the Republicans, iii. 319 Townshend, Charles, appointed Secre- tary-at-War, i. 57. Undertakes to carry a measure for taxing the Ame- rican colonies through the House of Commons, 156. Not in Lord Rock- ingham's administration, 190. His explicit answer to this ministry, 216 note. Becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer, 222. Disliked by Lord Chatham, 240. His conduct as to the affairs of the East India Company, 240, 243. Reopens the wound with America, 243. His financial failures, 244. Lord Chatham's intention to procure his removal from the Exche- quer, 244. His rash measures re- specting the colonies, 251. His death,
ALENCIENNES, besieged, iii. 316. Liberation of the garrison, 317 Vaughan, General, his statement as to malpractices at St. Eustatia, ii. 398 Vauxhall Gardens, ii. 50 Vendée, La, war in, iii. 317 Vincent, St., island of, taken from France, i. 85. Recovered, iv. 14 Vincent, Cape St., battle of, iv. 43, 44 Vincent, Earl St., iv. 45. See Jervis Virginia, protestations of, against the aggressions of the British legislature, i. 193. Meeting of the General Assembly of, 301. Appointment of Lord Bottetort governor, 303. Dis- solution of the Assembly, 304 Volunteers, enrolment of, in 1794, iii. 362
WALDEGRAVE, Earl of, makes over-
tures to Mr. Fox, who is gained over by the Government, i. 13. Sent for by George II., 25. But fails to form a ministry, 25. Governor of George III. when prince, 47. His character of his royal pupil, 48 Waldegrave, Lady, married to the Duke of Gloucester, ii. 109 Wales, Princess Dowager of, her death, ii. 103, 104
Wales, landing of the French in, iv. 41. Lord Cawdor's preparations, 41 Walker, prosecution of, iii. 369 Walmoden, Countess de, bought by George II., ii. 105
Walpole, Sir R., his fall, i. 1. His character as a minister, 1, 2. His political morality, 3. His prudence and sagacity as to levying taxes on the American colonies, 155. His introduction of parliamentary corrup- tion, ii. 36. His profligacy, 39 Walpole, Mr. Thomas, deputed to sound Pitt, i. 96
Warrants, general, question of the va- lidity of, raised, i. 125. Arguments used before the Court of King's Bench, 126, 127. Decision of the court, 127. Former practice re- specting these warrants, 128. Sir W. Meredith's motion in the House, i. 136. Decision of the House, 137. Washington, George. His appearance in the Virginian Assembly, 304. Offers to raise a thousand men and lead them to Boston, ii. 150. At the Congress at Philadelphia, 154. Called to the command of the American ariny, 178. Difficulties of his situation, 180. His desperate position after the re- pulse at Quebec, 187. The first campaign, 203. Washington com- missioned to exercise sovereign autho- rity, 208. Fixes his headquarters at New York, 212. Intrenches Brooklyn, 213. Evacuates New York, and moves to Kingsbridge, 220. State of his army, 221. Loses Fort Wash- ington, 222. Retreats into Penn- sylvania, 223. Takes Trenton, 224. His reorganisation of his army, 245. Made absolute, 245. Defeated at Bran- dywine, 247. And at Germantown, 249. His movements, 291. Cabal formed against him, 291. Non-success of the intrigues, and magnanimity of Washington, 293. His objections to an invasion of Canada, 326. His difficulties, 327. Mutinous spirit of his troops, 363. His firmness, 363. His treatment by Congress, 364.
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