RIGBY

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,

29

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-

SANDWICH

409

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.

217

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.

6

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

SILK

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.

133

Silesia saved by Frederick the Great, i.
43

Silk weavers, depression of the trade of
the, i. 174. Rejection of the Silk

SINKING

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.

SUSSEX

411

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.

TOWNSHEND

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.

Sketch of

parties in 1760-1770, i. 389.

At-

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,

413

TOWNSHEND

VA

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

WASHINGTON

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.