Cabinet, changes in the, 34 59. Changes in minis- terial, 64, 315.
Cadwallader, general, noticed, 108.
Caestries, Monsieur, noticed, 22.
Calabria, cardinal Ruffo heads army in, 285. Calder, Sir Robert, his engagement, 317. Cambridge, duke of, sent commander-in-chief to Hanover, 305. His marriage, 384.
Camden, lord, noticed, 51. Made lord chancellor, 60. Opposes indemnity bill, 62. Opinion of India bill, 191. Made lord fieutenant of Ireland, 251. Cameron, captain, killed, 136.
Campaign in Germany, vicissitudes of, 4. Of Bour- bon courts against Portugal commences, 24. America, 1777, 115, 122, 142. In Italy and Switzerland, 284.
Campbell, colonel, noticed, 94.
Canada, go rnment of, 212. Campaign in, 370.
Canal, duke of Bridgewater's, 20. Bill for its exten- sion passed, ib.
Canning, Mr. advocates Catholic cause, 355. Captors of major Andre rewarded by congress, 162. Capture of Fritzlar and magazines, 4. Of Belleisle, 10. Of Manilla and the Philippines, 29. Of the richly freighted galley to Acapulco, 29. Of French mer- chant fleet, ib. Of Eliabad. 55. Of Stoney Point, 143. Of Mr. Lawrens, 165. Of lord Cornwallis, 176. Of Martinique, 243. Of Cape of Good Hope, 254, 323. Of Curacoa, 326. Of the Presi- dent frigate, 372.
Caribbs, the, expedition against, 83.
Carleton, Sir Guy, plan of, 93. His escape to Quebec, ib.
Carlisle, earl of, appointed commissioner to America, 129.
Carnac, general, noticed, 55.
Caroline Matilda, princess of England, noticed, 62. Married to the king of Denmark, Christian VII. ib. Her misfortunes, ib. Iler death, 81. Cash payments by the bank, suspension of, 261. Pay. ments, 387.
Cassell, Hesse, makes peace with France, 253. Castries, marquis de, his knowledge of naval force, 175.
Catherine II. empress of Russia, 21. Behaviour to- wards her husband; political conduct, ib. Her death, 259.
Catholic chapels demolished by London mob, 154. Question agitated, and occasions change of mi- Distry, 293. Question renewed, 388. Committee formed, 349.
Catholics, Roman, relief granted them, 131. Bill in favour of, 212. Their discontent, 252. Act for re- lief of the, 304. Present petitions, 345. Their claims, 382.
Causes and effects of sincere disposition of all parties towards peace, 31. Of rupture with Holland, 161. Cavendish, lord Frederic, noticed, 23. Cawdor, lord, his conduct, 261. Cayenne taken, 340.
Celebrated vote ou the influence of the throne, 153. Chanda Geer, fort of, attacked and taken, 55. Charette, Vendean chief, 253. Executed, 258. Charles III. king of Spain, dies, 0,
IV. succeeds to the throne, ib.
IV. archduke of Austria, resigns to his son, who accepts as Ferdinand VII, 330.
XIII. ascends Swedish throne, 339. Charlestown, unsucces ful attack upon, 100 Taken, 156. Charlotte, princess of Wales, her birth, 256. riage, 378. And death, 3.
Circumstances attending accession of George III. to the throne, 1.
City feast to their Majesties, 14.
Civil list, 2. Revenues of, 5, note C 1. Debates on it, 70. Debt noticed, 194. In arrears, 199, 309. Clarence, duke of, noticed, 52. His marriage, 384.
Clark, Sir James, mortally wounded, 122. Clarke, Mary Anne, noticed, 336. Clergy of New England preach for independence of America, 89.
Clerk, Sir P. Jennings, his motion to disqualify con- tractors for a seat in parliament, 139.
Clerkenwell prisons forced during London riots, 154. Clinton, general, noticed, 89. Effects his escape, 122.
lord, his transactions, 368. wards him, ib. His casting vote, ib. Cockburn, admiral, noticed, 371. Coke, Mr. his motion, 139. Colchester, lord, noticed, 382. Collingwood, admiral, created å peer with a pension, for his great services, 318.
Collyer, Sir G. noticed, 142.
Colonies, right of taxing them, 58. Colonists, dissatisfaction of the, 49.
Comarten Chonan, general, noticed, 258. Combermere, lord, noticed, 367.
Commerce, restrictions on, 328. British measures against, 350.
Commercial distress, aid voted to relieve, 342, -Commissioners for peace, 186.
Commons, assemble during London riots under military protection, 155. Their alacrity in providing for service of ensuing year, 19. Commutation tax, 194. Compact family avowed, 17.
Compensation to North Americans, 3.
Compulsive, clause in new Insolvent Act, 3. Conse- quences attending, ib. Opposition to it, ib.
Conde, Prince of, noticed, 22.
Conduct of France and Spain towards Portugai, 23. Confederacy of Indian powers against England, 165. Of northern nations, 292. Confederation of the Rhine, 324. Conferences with Spain, 14.
Congress, at Augsberg, proposal of, 6. General, at Philadelphia, 84. How constituted-nature of its deliberations, 85. American, second meeting-its acts, 90. Attempts to detach foreign troops froin pay of England, 104. Its manifesto, 133. Resolve
to burn British towns by way of reprisal, 142. A general one, 368.
Connor, Arthur O', tried and acquitted, 270. Contest, between the printers and the house of com mons, 79. Between the crown and the commons, 191. Between military and insurgents in Ireland 271. Continental alliances, remarks on, 17. Engagements,
Convention, American, 68. Acts of it, ib. Between France and Genoa, 312.
Conway, general, dismissed, 46. Joins the opposition, 95. His motion against the war, 180. Coote, Eyre, Sir, his conduct, 177. Copenhagen house, fuld meeting, 254. expedition against, 328.
Corbet, major, governor of Jersey, taken prisoner,
167, ratifies capitulation of island-resumes his | Defection of Arnold from America, 161 command-censured by court martial-dismissed his Defenders in Ireland, 269.
Corde, Charlotte, assassinates Marat, 241 Corn, scarcity of, 255. Bill, 309. Laws, 376. Cornish, rear admiral, noticed, 28. Cornwall, Mr. chosen speaker, 166.
Cornwallis, lord, noticed, 107. Appointed to command, 158. His policy, as a conqueror, 159. Retreats, 160. His plans defeated, 171. Proceeds to Vir- ginia, 173. Taken prisoner, 176. His campaign against Tippoo Saib-grants peace, receives his sons as hostages for performance of treaty, 220. Ap pointed viceroy of Ireland, 274. Issues act of amnesty, ib. Goes ambassador to France, 297. signs treaty of peace, ib. Appointed governor general of India, second time, dies there, 318.
–, admiral, distinguished retreat, 252. Coronation of George III. and Queen, 13. Corsica, annexed to the British crown, 247. Evacu- ated, 258.
Cossim Mir, his attempt against India company; his cruelties, massacres prisoners at Patna, 54.
Cotton, Charles, Sir, noticed, 332.
Stapylton, Sir, his success, 353.
County delegates, 167.
Country, disturbed state of the, 382.
Craig, major, noticed, 172.
Craone, battle of, 363.
Cratford, general, noticed, 24.
Crillon, duc de, conducts siege of Gibraltar, 184. Criminal law noticed, 334. Code, 387.
Crosby, Brass, lord mayor, discharges Millar, the printer; orders the deputy serjeant at arms into custody, who finds bail, 79. Is sent to the tower, refuses to back press warrants, ib.
Cruden, John, appointed commissioner with extraordi- nary powers, 159.
Cruger, lieutenant colonel, his defence of ninety-six in America, 173.
Cuba restored to Spain, 34.
Cumberland, duke of, noticed, dies, 52.
2nd. do. marries Mrs. Ilorton,
3rd. do. his marriage, 376.
Cunningham, the American privateer, his conduct, 126. Imprisoned by France, released, &c. ib. Curtis, captain, his heroism and humanity, 184. Cushing, Mr. noticed, 68
Cust, John, Sir, illness and death of, 74.
Cyder, duty on, levied, 39,
Caernichef, visits England, 367.
Dairymple, Sir Hugh, noticed, 332.
Dalyel captain, his plan for surprising the American savages, 48.
Danish, fleet capture of, 328. West India Islands, surrender of, 329.
Darby, admiral escapes, 178.
Dartmouth, lord receives American petition, 91. Dashwood, Sir Francis, resigns office, 39. Created lord dispenser, 41.
Daun, marshal, noticed, 21.
Davies, captain, discovers the Falkland islands, 77. Davison, general, killed, 171. Deane, Silas, noticed, 113.
Death of earl Egremont, 42. Of lord Chatham, 130. of the emperor Paul of Russia, 205. Of the prin- cess Charlotte, 383. Queen Charlotte, 384. Duke of Kent, 393. Of George the 3d. king of England; his character, ib.
Debates on the expediency of the German war, 16. Defence of it, 17. On the proclamation of the British commissioners in America, 112. On the peace, 300. In cabinet on Mr. Pitt's proposal of war with Spain, 14. On the address, 126. On the manifesto of American commissioners, 139. consequence of the return of the Howes from America, 146. On Irish affairs, 149. On the peace, 186. On the war, 288.
Debts, of the civil list, 299. Decan, Nizam of, noticed, 73.
Decatur, captain, noticed, 72.
Declaration of war with Spain, 19. Of American independence, 100. Of war with France, 129. Decline of lord North's influence, 179. Decree of fraternization, 224.
Defeat of the hereditary prince, 5. Total of the Spaniards at Gibraltar, 174. Of the ministry, 181. Its dissolution, ib.
Deficiencies of the civil list, 5. Delawares, nation of noticed, 48. Delegates, county, 167.
Democratic societies, 244.
Dempster, friendly to hawkers and pedlars, 225. Denmark, Frederic, V. King of, noticed, 37. Chris- tian, VII. noticed, ib. Neutrality of, 251. Peace with, 363.
Dennevitz, battle of, 360. Descent on Martinico, 25. Despard's conspiracy, 301. Dickenson, John, noticed, 100. Dieppe, bombarded, 306.
Differences in the ministry, 68. Between France and America, 259. With the United States of America, 347.
Difficulties about the mutual retaining of possessions,
Dougal, M' general, noticed, 105. Douglas, Sir James, noticed, 26.
Sir John and lady, noticed, 356.
Doula Sujah, noticed, 54. Arms against English, 55. Surrenders unconditionally, ib.
Dowdeswell, Mr. appointed chancellor of exchequer, 52. Noticed, 60.
Drake, admiral, noticed, 175.
ambassador at Munich, 311.
Draper, colonel, his plan for invading the Philippine islands, 25.
Drayton, W. H. noticed, 132.
Dresden, battle of, 360.
Droits of admiralty, 334.
Duckworth, admiral, sent against Minorca, 279. His victory, 322. Advances through the Dardanelles,
Egremont's, lord, refutation of the Spanish ambas- sador's manifesto, 18.
Egypt, affairs of, 282, 292. Expedition to, 295. Elbert, colonel, his surrender, 145.
Eldon, lord chancellor, noticed, 294.
Elections, new, 328. Disputed bill for determining them passed, 15.
Elholm, captain, noticed, 146. Eliabad, capture of, 53.
Elizabeth, princess, sister to the king of France, exe- cuted, 250.
princess, her marriage, 384. Eloquence of Burke and Grenville contrasted, 71. Elliots, lieutenant general, noticed, 27.
, general, his conduet, 168. Great foresight, 184. Defeats all attempts against Gibraltar, ib. Ellis, Wilbore, noticed, 166. Appointed secretary,
Engagement between Keppel and d'Orvilliers, 137. Enghien, duc d', murder of, 311.
England declares war against Holland, 254. Assists Portugal, 23.
English ambassador recalled from Madrid, 18. Go- vernment offer assistance to Holland, 224. Re- fused, ib. Army return from the Continent, 254. Enlistment, 334. Foreign, bill, 389.
Entertainment given to royal family at Guildhall, 14. Envoys, British, complaint against, 311. Equipment of squadron of men of war and trans- ports, 1.
Erskine moves an address, 191. Escape of the Stadtholder, 250. Establishment of civil list, 2.
Estaings, d', his fleet noticed, 131. Wounded, 146. Estouches, d', his command, 169. Etrees, marshal d', noticed, 22.
Europe, movements in, 305. State of, 319.
Eustatia, St. taken, 168. Its prodigious wealth, ib. Conduct observed on its capture, ib. Ewing, general, noticed, 108.
Exchequer Bills, 382.
Exertions of congress, 108.
Ermouth, lord, his expedition, 379.
Expedition against Belleisle, 10.
rida, 136. To North Holland, 286. Of commo- dore Johnstone, 177.
Erpenditure, national, 388.
Expulsion of Wilkes from house of commons, 45. Of the Austrians from Italy, 264.
Eyre, captain, noticed, 346.
Failure at Porto Rico and Santa Cruz, 264.
Falkland Islands, disputes with Spain respecting them, 77.
Family compact, some account of it, 11. How avowed, 17.
Farmer, captain, noticed, 78.
Fayette, marquis de la, wounded, 116. Marches into Virginia, 174. His military conduct, ib. Further noticed, 245.
Ferdinand, prince, his plan of attack, 8.
IV. king of Naples, abdicates, and comes on board an English man-of-war, 278. VII. of Spain, restoration of, 367. Ferguson, governor, noticed, 177.
Fielding, commodore, captures a Dutch squadron, 156. Finances, 268, 288, 303, 327, 334, 368, 378. Flat- tering state of, 215, 299, 261.
Fishery, Newfoundland, rights established, 33. Fitzgerald, Edward, lord, taken, 270. Fitzherbert, appointed plenipotentiary for peace, 186. Mrs. noticed, 200.
Fitzwilliam, lord, affirms India Company's bank- ruptcy, 189. Recalled from Ireland, 251. Dis- placed, 391.
Fleet prison burnt, 155. Fletcher, colonel, his disaster, 165.
-, Sir Robert, commands Indian army, 55. Captures fort of Chanda Gheer; its governor's re- markable speech, ib. Takes Eliabad, Fleury, lieutenant colonel, 143.
Fortifications, proposed new plan of, 198. Forts reduced by marquis of Granby, 4. Fothergill, doctor, noticed, 86. His letter to Frank- lin, 87.
For, Charles, noticed, 34. Appointed lord of the ad- miralty, 74. His ironical speech, 128. His re- marks, 140. Remarkable oration, 154. Introduces his Marriage Act, 167. India Bill thrown out by the peers, 191. Elected for Westminster, though not returned by high bailiff, 193. Obtains damages for this in King's Bench, ib. His remarks on Irish bill, 197. Amends Sinking Fund, 199. His senti- ments on slave trade, 206. His sentiments on French revolution, 207. Feelings on Burke's breach of friendship, 213. In opposition to the ad- dress, 226. Opposes address, 233. His motion to ascertain the precise grounds of war, 237. Sends intelligence to Talleyrand of plot to assassinate Buonaparte, 321. His wish for peace; death and character, ib.
France, duplicity of her ministry, 7. Negociation for peace with, resumed, 10. Her conduct towards Portugal, 23. Declaration of war, ib. Disasters sustained by, 29. Sends warlike stores to America, 115. Preliminaries of peace with, 186. Affairs of, glanced at, 207. Its revolution, 208. war against Britain and Holland, 136. Queen of, her trial and execution, 242. Commercial treaty with, 200. Considered by the commons, ib. So- licits offices of Britain in preserving peace, 222. Delivered, ib. Manifestos against, 223. National convention of, constituted, ib. Makes peace with Spain, 252. Hesse Cassel and Tuscany, ib. Prin cess of, exchanged for deputies delivered to Austria by Dumouriez, 253. State of, 259. Her measures against British commerce, ib. Internal affairs of, 265. Makes peace with Austria, 291. With Austria, Russia, and Prussia, 317. Annexations to, 346. Terms imposed on, 377. -, Isle of, capitulates, 345. Franklin, doctor, noticed, 83.
tion, 86. Plan founded thereon, ib. Appointed head of post office in America, 90. His reply to lord Howe, 106. Ambassador to France, 128. Frazer, general, killed, 122.
Frederic, William, brother to George III. dies, 52. VI. ascends the throne of Denmark, 335. William, king of Prussia, dies, 266. Frederica, princess of Prussia, married to duke of York, 215.
French, advantageous position of the, 4. Squadron arrives in America, 134. Ambassador to Congress, Fleet on the English coast, 147. Fleet defeated by Rodney, 183. Ambassador's memorial on situa- tion of England, and France answered by lord Grenville, 230. Ambassador ordered to leave England, ib. Convention, proposes to treat for peace, 237. Declares war against Spain, 240. Affairs, 242. Calendar, 243. Extraordinary efforts of, to recruit army, ib. Ambassador, official com- plaint by, 222. Disposition of the king, 223. Priests arrive in multitudes in England, ib. Go- vernment, state of, 250. Its sanguinary proceed- ings, ib Progress in Holland, ib. Successful in West Indies, 252. Make peace with Prussia, ib. New constitution, 253. Land in Wales, 264. Compel the emperor to make peace, 265. Land at Killala, and surrender, 274. Hostile move- ment of, againt Switzerland, 276. Enter Berne, enforce a new constitution, ib. Return from Syria to Egypt, 283. Directory overthrown, 287. Evacuate Egypt, 296. New constitution, 301. Driven from St. Domingo, 305. Fleets attempt to capture West India islands, 317. Enter Portugal, 330. Fleet attack on, 340. Convoy destroyed, ib. ----, captain, deceived into a surrender of his post, 146.
Friends of the people, society of, 318. Fritzlar, capture of, with several magazines, 4. Fuentes, Count de, his manifesto, 18. Funeral of king George II. 1
Geary, admiral, captures a rich squadron, 167. Genoa, evacuated, 291.
Gentoos, distressed state of, 81.
George III. king of England, accession to the throne, 1. First meets his council at Carlton-house; his declaration to them; subscribes instrument to maintain church of Scotland; proclamation of; adds duke of York, and earl of Bute to list of privy counsellors, ib. Prorogues parliament; his first speech to both houses of parliament ib. Pro- poses plan for securing independence of judges, 3. His speech on closing parliament, 4. His sentiments on the proper use of conquests, 5. Exempt from personal or political prejudices, 13. His choice of a consort, ib. Speech to parliament, 16. Message to commons, announcing proposed nuptials of his sister princess Augusta with prince duke of Bruns- wick, 44. Bestows 72,3007. French prize monies in aid of the nation; illness and recovery, 51. Insti- tutes royal academy 69. His death, 393. Cha- racter of his reign, ib.
Germaine, lord George Sackville, appointed secretary for America, 97. His information to parliament, 179. Created a peer, 180.
German confederacy, sums voted for support of, 2. War debated on the, 14. Protested against, 19. Auxiliaries 237.
Germany, campaign of, 4. Empress queen of, noticed, 38. Emperor of, mediator for peace, 186. Emperor of, his manfesto against France, 223. Makes peace with France, 317. Campaign in, 337. Gibraltar, its siege raised, 185. Completely re- lieved, ib.
Goddard, general, storms Ahmedabah, 165.
Gordon, lord George, president of the protestant as- sociations, 154. Presents petition to house of com- mons, ib. Committed to the tower, 155. Tried for high treason, and acquitted, ib.
Goree restored to France, 33 Taken 309. Gower, lord, noticed, 60. His charge against lord Chatham, 127.
Government of Canada, 212. Form of independent American, 102. Attack upon it, 306.
Grafton, duke of, resigned office, 59. Joins opposi- tion, 95.
Graham, lieutenant general, his exploits, 351. Activity, 353. besieges St. Sebastian, 354.
Granby, marquis of, reduces forts, in the neighbour. hood of Fritzlar, 4. Recommends accommodation with America, 126.
Grant, captain, noticed, 48.
---, noticed, 105.
, ceneral, his expedition, 146.
Granville, lord, noticed, 42.
Grattan, his address, 182. Vote of money to him, ib.
Graves, admiral, fleet of, 161.
Greathead, Henry, rewarded for his invention of life boat, 300.
Greenwich hospital, abuses, 141.
Greene, colonel, presented with a sword by congress, 118. Succeeds Gates, 170.
Greogory, general, his brigade, 159.
Grenada is and of, its capture, 26. Taken, 258. Grenville, Mr. George noticed, 32. His speech in favour of taxing America, 57.
-, bill for determining disputed elections, 75.
Received royal assent, ib.
lord, reply to Prince Regent, 393.
Grey, major general, 135. His nickname, ib. Grey, De, appointed lord-chief-justice, 72. Resigns the bench, 155.
Guichen, count de, joins Spanish fleet 178.
Guildhall, entertainment given to their majesties, 14. Gustavus, king of Sweden, expelled the throne, 339.
Habeas corpus act, suspended, 111. Suspension of, 244. Continued, 251. Suspended in Ireland, 307. Hadfield fires at the king, 290.
Halifax, earl of, noticed, 32. Appointed privy seal; his death, 80.
Hall, lieutenant colone., noticed, 119. Hamilton, general, 118.
Hammond, Sir Andrew Snape, examined by com- - mons, 140. Elected president o.
Hancock, John, noticed, 68.
Congress, 90.
-, general, noticed, 135.
Hanover, invasion of, 305. Occupation of, 294. 323 Makes peace with France, 253.
Harcourt, earl of, appointed lord lieutenant, 81.
-, lieutenant colonel, takes general Lee, 107. Hardships of American campaign, 110. Hardwicke, lord chancellor, noticed, 74.
Hardy, Sir Charles, retires with his fleet, 147. Dies 167.
Harkimer, general, assembles militia, 190. Killed, ib. Harland, admiral, noticed, 137.
Harley, sheriff, wounded by London mob, 44. Harrison, his invention of time piece, 20. Rewarded by parliament for it, ib
Harvey, captain, noticed, 26. Destroys Flotilla, 356. Haslet, colonel, killed, 109.
Hastings, Warren, vote of censure on, 183. Burke's charge against him, 199. His trial, 203. Resumed, 212. Trial adjourned till next session, 238. acquittal, 252.
Hatche, colonel, noticed, 105.
Hausonville, Monsieur de, noticed, 301.
Havannah, armament against it, 26. Description of its harbour, ib. Surrender of, 28. Immense booty found there, ib.
Hawke, Sir Edward, removed, 79.
Hawkers' tax, 197. Much relieved, 200.
Hawkesbury, lord, signs preliminary treaty, 298. Hawkins, doctor, noticed, 44.
Heberden, doctor, noticed, 44.
Heister, general de, commander of Hessians in Ame- rica, 105.
Helder, battle of the, 286.
Helvetic, republic, formed by France, 276.
Hermione, Spanish register ship, captured, 28.
Hertford, earl of, noticed, 52.
Hessians, captured at Trenton, 108.
Herham, riot at, 3.
High bailiff of Westminster, his conduct in refusing to return Fox, 193.
Hill, Thomas, his humanity, 18
, general, his conduct, 352
-, lord, noticed, 367.
Hillsborough, earl of, noticed, 42. Appointed colonial secretary, 65. His circular letter, 70.
His Majesty George III. first speech to both houses of parliament, 2.
Hoche, general, noticed, 253.
Hofer, the Tyrolese chief, his talents, 339. Holland, lord, creation of, 39.
noticed, 52. Concludes alliance, offensive Made a republic,
and defensive with France, 254.
259. Declaresw ar against Britain, ib.
tion to France, 346. Revolution in, 361. Treaty with, 368
Honduras, right of cutting logwood ceded to England, 33. Convention relative to, 200.
Honours conferred on officers, 367
Hood, admiral, noticed, 75. Created an Irish peer,
Howe, lord, his victory, 248. Huger, general, left in command of American army, 170. Wounded, 172.
Hughes, Sir Edward, noticed, 177. Destroys shipping of Hyder Ally, 178. Takes Tricomallee, 184. Hull, general, bis surrender, 356. Humbert, general, noticed, 274. Hunt, captain, noticed, 78.
member of parliament, expelled for pecu- lation, 345.
Orator, noticed, 392. Found guilty, 391. Huntingdon, earl of, leaves office, 74. Hutchinson, governor, noticed, 83. for England, 84.
Hyde, lord, appointed chancellor of Lancester, 80. Hyder, Ally, noticed, 74. His character and conduct, ib. defeated, 177. His death, 189.
Illegality of general warrants, 44.
Illness of king George the III. 51, 204. Illuminations on king's recovery, 205.
Impeachment of Hastings, voted by house of com- mons, 202. In parliament, whether affected by its dissolution, 221.
Impey, Sir Elijah, chief-justice of India, proceedings of, 166.
Impolitic proceedings in North Carolina, 157. Income, national, 388. Relinquishment of, by minis- ters, 38.
Repealed, 299.
judges secured, 3.
Income, tax, 279. Independency of the India Company, Mir Cossim's attempt against, 53. Stock debates, 61. Indemnity bill of, 62. Scrutiny of its affairs, 63. Its proposals accepted, ib. Petition parliament, 64. Restrained from in- creasing their dividend, ib. Act renewed, 65. Extraordinary fall of stock, 73. Loan bill passed, 81. Traffic in appointments, 336.
India court of judicature, instituted in, 81. Successes in, 177. Fox's bill, 191. Thrown out by the peers, ib. Declaratory act, 203. State of, 209. War in, 210. Statement of its revenues, 219. Successful war in, 309. War in, 318. Insurrection in, 326. hostilities in, 377. Affairs of, 380. Indian affairs, 165, 166. 189. Indians, of America, cause of disturbances with, 47 Commence hostilities, ib Treaty with, 49. Burgoyne's army, 119. Their barbarities, ib. Dis- mayed by Schuyler's account, 120. Indies, West, proceedings in, 301. Indisposition of the king, 308.
Inflexibility of the English Secretary Chatham, 11. Influence, secret, alluded to, 52.
Inglefield, captain, noticed, 184.
Inquiries, as to failure of negotiation, 12.
Insolvent act, 3. Repeal of compelling cause, 16. Instructions to ambassador at Madrid, 19.
Insurrection of royalists in Britany and Poitou, 240. Intelligence of Burgoyne's defeat, 128. Interference with affairs of Holland, 202.
Inundations, remarkable, in consequence of heavy rains, 80.
Invasion of England, 296.
Ireland, advantageous acts in favour of, 87. Offers to raise volunteer force, 97. Accepted and raised, 147. Its trade relieved, 131. Affairs of, 182. French attempt to invade, 258. Union with, pro- posed, 279, proceedings thereon, ib. Martial law in, 307. Bill respecting, 328. State of, 368. irish parliament make overtures, 65. Parliament proceedings of, 238. Origin and progress of Re- bellion, 269. Rebellion, objects of it, 274. Insur- rection, close of it, 275. Militia service extended, 398. Commercial propositions, 197. Irishmen, united societies of, 269. Irnham, lord, noticed, 81.
Irwin, inventor of the marine chair, 20. Receives reward from parliament, ib.
Italy, campaign in, 284. Affairs of, 335.
Kalb, Baron de, general, noticed, 158 Kearsley, George, printer of North Briton, 40 Keating, colonel, noticed, 345.
Kempenfelt, admiral, retreats, 178.
Kent, duke of, his marriage, 381. Death and cha- racter, 393.
Keppel, major general, noticed, 26.
, commodore, noticed, 26. Captures a fleet of French merchantmen, 29.
admiral, commands grand fleet, 136. Takes .wo French frigates, 137. Engages D'Orvilliers. His trial and acquittal, ib Kilwarden, lord, murder of, 304.
King George III. his first speech, 3. Illness of, 51. Proceedings thereon; recovery, ib. Substance of his speech, 62. Reply to city remonstrance, 77. Royal conduct, ib. Reviews navy at Portsmouth, 83. Speech to parliament, 179. Do. 193. Attempt to assassinate him, 200. His humanity thereon, ib. Speech to both houses, 204. Indisposition, ib. Recovery, 205. Returns thanks at St. Paul's cathe- dral, ib. Speech, 226. Message to commons on French affairs, 230. Presents sword and medal to earl Howe, 248. Transmits medals to flag officers and captains, ib. Speech, 252. Assaulted going to parliament, 255. His speech there, ib. Attempt on his life, 289. Return of illness, 294. His regard to his coronation oath, 295. Indisposition of, 308. Speech, 313. Completes fifty years' reign, 341. Rejoicings in consequence, ib. Malady, 347. crease of it, 353. Change in the health of, 393. His death and character, ib.
King's Bench Prison burnt, 155.
Kingsborough, lord, set at liberty; Wexford delivered to him, 273.
Kinnon, general M', mortally wounded, 352 Kniphausen, general, noticed, 107. Knox, colonel, noticed, 105.
general, takes St. Vincent, 258.
Lake, lord, his services, 318
Land Tar, reduced, 63; increased, 78; redemption of 268
Langara, Don Juan, defeated and taken prisoner, 155. Langdale, Mr. (distiller) house burnt by rioters, 155. Lauderdale, lord, proceeds to Paris to negotiate, 321. Laudohn, marshal, noticed, 22.
Laurens, Henry, elected president of congress, 118. His letter to the British commissioners, 132. Taken prisoner, 165. Committed to tower for high trea- son, ib.
lieut, colonel, remarkable situation of, 176. Lauriston, colonel, arrives with treaty of peace, 298. Laws of Militia amended, 20
Lee, colonel, noticed, 25.
Henry Richard first mover of American inde- Dendence, 100.
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