Lerington, battle of, 87.

Libel, cases, rights of juries in, 212.

bill passes, 218,

Life-boat noticed, 300.

Lincoln, general, wounded, 122.
Linois, admiral, repulsed, 310.

Livingstone, colonel, noticed, 94.

Loan of 1,200,0001, 3. Interest provided for by ad-
ditional duty on ale, ib. To India Company of
1,400,0007, 81. To Germany, 251.

Logwood, right of cutting it ceded to Britain, 33.
London, negotiation at, 6. City of, its remonstrance
to the king, 74. Sends up a second, 77. A third
and fourth, 79. Petitions in favour of America, 87.
Corresponding society, 218.

Loudon, earl of, noticed, 24.

Longitude, reward for ascertaining the, 20.

Loughborough, lord, (Wedderburne) tries London rioters
by special commission, 155. Made lord Chancellor,
f 228.

Louis XVII. dies in the temple, 253.

XVIII. withdraws from Venetian territories,
257. His entrance into Paris, 366.

Lovel, general, noticed, 144.

Lownds, president, noticed, 146.

Lowther, Sir James, his motion, 179.

Lucia, St. taken, 258.

Luckner, general, noticed, 22.

Luddites noticed, 354.

Lauttrell, colonel, vacates his seat in parliament. Op-
poses Wilkes. State of the poll.

Lautzen, battle of, 360.

Lynch, Sir William, noticed, 68.
Lynedoch, lord, noticed, 367.

Consequences, 72.

Lyttleton, lord, 43. Celebrated speech of, 44. His
patriotism, 62.

Masterly retreat of the Americans, 179.
Matthews, general, noticed, 107.

Maxwell, general, surprises Elizabeth Town, 119.
M'Pherson, John, Capt. killed, 94.

Mecklenburg, Princess Charlotte of, chosen by George
III. as queen, 13.

Meeting of new parliament, 16. Of parliament, 126.
Do. 139, Do. 207. In the navy, 262.

Mehee de la Touche noticed, 311.

Melville, lord, proceedings against, 313.

Resigns
situation, 314. Erased from privy council, 315.
Impeached, 321.

Memorial of navy officers presented to the king, 136.
of French executive, 229. Replied to by
lord Grenville, 230.

Mends, captain, his squadron, sources of, 343
Mercer, general, receives three bayonet wounds,
which occasion his death, 109.
Message respecting finance, 302.
Messages from Prince Regent, 382.
Metternich, prince, visits England, 367.
Middleton, surgeon, noticed, 44.
Miles, colonel, noticed, 105.

Military events on the Continent, 238. Operations on
the Continent, 246. Preparations, 303. Arrange-
ments, 320. Plan of lord Castlereagh, 328.
Militia, ballot, productive of riot, 3. New, uncos-
stitutional, 96. Bill to raise Scotch, 97. Rejected,
ib. Regulations, 141. Called out, 225. Extend
their services, 269. Consolidation of laws, 300.
Local, noticed, 324. Augmentation of, 335.
Ministers, relinguish income, 381.

Ministerial appointments, 321. Disputes and changes,
340. Differences, 354. Negociations, ib. Profu
sion, 113.

Ministry, conduct of, 15. Steps taken by, ib. Change
of, 59. Defeat of, 180. Dissolved, 181. New,
ib. Outvoted and resign, 186. A new one, 191.
New one formed, 294. New, its members, 308.
Appointments in the, 313. New, 320. Change of
the, 328.

Minorca restored, 33. Taken, 183. Capture of, 278.
Miquelon, isle of, given to France, 37.
Mirabeau, Count de, report of, 210.
Miranda, general, noticed, 322.

Mir Cossim noticed, 53. His attempt against the
India Company, details of it, ib.
Misconduct of the Admiralty, 180.

Mitford, Sir John, resigns the situation of speaker on
accepting the office of lord chancellor of Ireland,
with title of lord Redesdale, 300.

Monckton, general, commands successful expedition
against Martinico, 26.

Moro besieged, surrender of island, 28.
Motion on American war, 167. Of censure on lord
Sandwich, 140. For abolition of slave trade, 206.
Of Mr. Flood, for parliamentary reform, 208. For
reform in parliament, 218. For negotiation with
France, 228. For sending minister to Paris, ib.
For peace, barracks, &c. 237. Against American
war, 167.

Monte-Video, capture of, 326.

Moore, Sir John, noticed, 332.

Corunna, &c. 333.

Moscow, destruction of, 356,

Retreat, battle of

Mosquito settlers evacuate Honduras, 200.

Motives of national policy for encouraging pacific
proposals, 31.

for a general peace, 186.

Movements of French forces, 367. Of allied forces,

Neilson, Samuel, rebel chief, 271.
Nelson, commodore, his gallantry, 263. Bombards
Cadiz, 264. His victory off the Nile, 277. Goza
capitulates to his squadron, 279. His victory at
Copenhagen, 294. Attacks Bolougne Flotilla, 297.
His celebrated signal, 318. Gains victory of Trafal
gar; death, ib.

Nes ministry, its members, 181. Administration, 185.
Parliament, 193.

Newcastle, duke of, his death, 69.
Newfoundland, taken by the French, retaken, 30.
Right of fishing ettled, 33. Loss of vessels at, 259.
Newgate prison burnt during riots, 154.
Nicholson, Margaret, her attempt to assasinate the
king, 200.

Nivernois, duke de, arrives in London to negotiate
peace, 32. His speech to the king, ib.
Noailles, M. de, his declaration, 130.
Nootka Sound, settlement at, 209.

North, lord, appointed chancellor of exchequer, 64.
Elected chancellor of Oxford, 81. His conciliatory
bills, 127. Announces the dissolation of ministry,

Opposition, its efforts, 74. Reduced by desertion, 228.
To a repeal of the test and corporation aets, 208.

Orange Societies, 269.

Orders in council, repeal of, 354.

Orleans, New, failure at, 372.

Orthes, battle of, 363.

Orvilliers, count de, sails from Brest, 137.

Ossory, Upper, earl ot, his motion on Irish affairs,
149.

Ostend, expedition against, 278.

Otto, M. signs preliminary treaty in Londen, 298.
Dude, nabob, of treaty with, 56.

Outery, violent, against new duty on beer, 3.
Outrage against the king, 254.

Overtures made y courts of Madrid and Versailles,

30.

Orford, mayor and bailiffs, sent to Newgate, 65.

Paris, negotiation at, 6. Insurrection, 253.

Occu-

pation of, 365. Convention of, 366. State of, 373.
capitulation of, 375.

Parker, Sir H. engages Dutch fleet, 178.
Parliament dissolved, 5. Assembly of a new, 16.
Closes, 21. Opened with speech from throne, 34.
Closed, 39. Opens, 42. Proceedings respecting
Wilkes, ib. Privileges of, ib. Assembles, 57. Al-
ways existing, 63. Dissolved, 65. Of Ireland made
octennial, ib. Its language as regards lord
Townsend, ib. Prorogued at a remarkable crisis,
73. A new one assembled, 85.Meeting of, 95.
Meets, 148. Dissolved, 193. Meeting of, 195.
Meeting of, 203. Regularly opened, 205. Meeting

of, 207. Dissolved, 210. Whether its dissolution
affects impeachment, 211. Meeting, 215. Assem-
bled, 225. Meets, 226. Prorogued, 238. Meeting
of, 244. Meeting of, 251. Proceedings of, ib.
Prorogued, 252. Dissolved, 256. New, 259.
Meeting of, 268. Meeting of, 293. Meeting of,
299. New, 302. Meeting of. 307. Prorogation
of, 309. Opening of, 313. Meeting, 319. Pro-
rogued, 321. Dissolution of, ib. New, 327. Dis-
sulution of, 398. New assembly of, ib. Prorogued,

Preliminaries signed, 33. General motives for, 186.
With the Mahrattas, 189.
successful, 259.

Negotiations for, un
Between Austria and France,

291. Between Great Britain and France, 297. Of
Amiens, 298. Sentiments on the, 299. Negotiation
for 321. Signed, 366.

Percival, assassination of, 354. Character; provision
for his family, ib.

Mild

Peter III. succeeds to empire of Russia, 21.
and popular regulations; foreign politics; desire
of peace; alliance with Prussia; principles of re-
form; deposition and death, 21.
Petition of Wilkes to commons, 68
Petitions in favour of debtors produces Insolvent Act,
3. In favour of America, 58. Of county delegates,
167. Against American war, 180.
Phillippine islands, invasion of, and capture, 28.
Philadelphia taken, 117. Evacuated, 134.
Pickegru, his campaign, 250.

Pierson, major, killed, 167.

Pitt, (lord Chatham,) unfavourable to peace. 6. His
proposal of war with Spain, 14. Interview with
the king, and resignation of office. His conduct, 15.
Remarkable speech on taxing America, 57. Sent
for by king to form new ministry, 59.

Mr. Thomas, his speech on influence of the
crown, 154.

William, his eloquence, 160. Reform bill, 189.
His communication to the commons, 192. India
bill, 194. Sinking fund, 199. Motion for parlia-
mentary reform, 203. Remarks on slave trade,
204. Proposal to seize unclaimed dividends, 211.
Speech on moving address, 236.
to peace, 255. His duel. 268.
of search, 293. Resigns, ib.
defence, 308. Returns to office, ib. His illness,
315. Death, 319. Vote of money to pay his debts,
public funeral, ib.

Message relative
Speech on the right
Motion on naval

Portugal, relief of vote for, 20.

Conduct of France

and Spain towards, 23. Receives the assistance of
Great Britain, ib. Invasion of, 295. Operations
in, 342.

Pownall, governor, his speech on America, 75
Powys, Mr. motion against American war, 179.
Poynings law protested against in Ireland, 182.
Pratt, lord chief justice, 41. His opinion on Wilkes's
commitment to Tower, ib. Remarkable charge to
Jury, 44.

Preparations for funeral of George II. 1. War, 225.
By France for invasion of England, 303.
Price, Dr. his sermon, 221.

Priestley, Dr. his house destroyed by mob, 214. De
clared a member of convention of France, 224
Princess Royal of England, marriage of, 266.
Printers, contest between, and commons, 79.
Privilege, breach of, 344.

Proclamation of George III. 1. Of commissioners to
America, 107.

Progress of French in Holland, 250.
Prohibitory bill, American, 96.
Property tax augmented, 313.
Proposal of a congress at Augsberg 6.

Proposals of French for peace, rejected, 287.
Preposed marriage bill, 167.

Preposition for peace, 182.

Protest, popular, against the continuation of German
war, 19. Of lords against repealing the Stamp Act,
58, 59. In house of peers, 95.
Provision for service of ensuing year, 16.
Prussia, subsidy to, 3. Of extraordinary change in
situation of, 21. Success of, ib. Makes peace with
France, 252. King Frederick William III. dies,
266. King of, his manifesto against France, 223.
Declares war against France, 300. King of, visits
England, 367. Makes peace with France, 317.
Occupies Hanover, 323. Subserviency to France,
324.

Prussian operations in campaign, 22.

Public testimony of joy on accession of George III. 1.
Privy council assemble on death of George II. 1.
Take oath of fidelity to king George III. ib.

Recovery of the king, 205.

Reduction of forts by Granby, 4. Of land tax, 63.
Reflections on commercial intercourse, 198.

Reform bills, 182. Parliamentary motion for, 208.
Societies in Great Britain, 242.

Regency act, 51. Bill noticed, 205. Bill, 348.
Relief to Roman catholics, 181. To the trade of
Ireland, ib.

Remarks on the alliances with continental powers, 17.
Concluding ones, 394.

Repeal of shop tax, 205. Of compelling clause of
insolvent act, 16.

Result of American campaign, 110.

Restoration of the forfeited estates in Scotland, 194.
Restraining Bills, 392.

Retreat of marshal Broglio, 4. Of the Spaniards
from Portugal, 25. Its consequences, ib.
Return of English army from the Continent, 254.
Revolt of America predicted, 57. Of Pensylvania
Line, 168.

Revolution Society, 221. In France, 207.

Rewards for ascertaining the longitude, 20.

Rhode Island, tumultuous proceedings at, 83.

Richmond, duke of, appointed minister, 59.

Signs

protest against proceedings of lords, 95. His plan
of fortifications 198.

Rigby, arraigns the speaker's conduct, 114.
Riots at Hexham, 3. At Boston, 76.

In Scotland

At

against catholicism, 148. In London, 154.
Birmingham, 214. In various parts of England,
In Spafields, 379.

354.

371.

S

Sackville, lord, his elevation to the peerage, 180.
Proceedings thereon, ib.
Salamanca, battle of, 353.
Salt tax, augumented, 313..
Santa Cruz, failure at, 264.
Maura, taken, 346..

Sardinia, subsidy to, 237.

Sartini, his assurances to America, 126.

Savannah, taken by the English, 136. Its seige raised,
146.

Saumarez, Sir James, nis action, 297.

Savoy, duchy of, made a French department, 224.
Saville, Sir George, bill in favour of Roman Catholics,
131. House destroyed by rioters, 154.

Sawbridge, alderman, his motion for short parlia
ments, 119.

Sayre, Mr. committed to the tower, 95
Scarcity of corn, 255.

-, great, 290. A renewal of it, 293
Scottish episcopalians, bill in favour of, 218.

Secret intrigues of French, at court of Madrid, 7.
Secession of the minority in parliament, 111.
Senegal, secured to England, 33.
Seringapatam capture of, 383.

Sheriff's of London assaulted while attending the
burning of Wilke's North Briton, 44.

Sheridan's remarks on India bill, 19. On fortifica-
tions, 198. Sentiments on French principles, 207.
Shirley, takes Dutch forts, 184.

Shop tax, 97. Repealed, 205.

Shoreham New, electors disfranchised for venality,

Slave merchants of Germany, 95.

trade, petition of quakers against, 190. Bill
to regulate it, 203. Its abolition moved, 206.
Evidence on, 212. Its gradual aboiltion carried in
commons, 216, Delayed by the lords, ib. Proceed
ings in, 309. Further steps to abolish, 320.
abolition, 327.
Smith, general, his motion on Indian affairs, 166.
colonel, defeats Hyder Ally, 73.

16

the publican, his connection with Rose, £17.
Sir Sydney, W. his services at Toulon, 243.
Defence of Acre, 282. Destroys Turkish squa
dron, 325.
Smolensko burnt, 354.

Smuggling, measures for preventing, 51.
Spain, conferences with, 14. Propose war with; pro
Conduct
ductive of warm debates in cabinet, ib.
of towards Portugal, 23. Declares war, ib. Disas
ters sustained by, 29. Preliminaries of peace with,
186. Convention, with 200. Rupture with, 209.
De
Settled 210. Makes peace with France, 252
clares war against Britain, 259. Rupture with, 310
Successes in, 342. Do. 361.
Campaign 341.
Spaniards, their success, 24.

Spanish ambassador recalled, 18. His manifesto on
leaving London, ib. War declared, 19. Cause,

Supervisors of India leave England, 73.
Supply of parliament voted, 2.

For the year, 245.
For service of ensuing year, 16, 313.
Supplies, 255. The second, estimate for the year,
269, 315

Suppression of the Irish rebellion, 273.

.

Surinam, capture of, 287. Surrenders, 310.
Surrender of general Burgoyne, 123.

Survey of hostile operations during suspension of
treaty, 7.

Suspension of habeas corpus act, 244.

Suwarrow, general, his commaud, 284. Conduct, 286.
Dies, ib.

Sutton, Manners, elected speaker, 382.
Sweden, affairs of, 339. Charles XIII. ascends the
throne of, ib. Elects Bernadotte king, 346.
Swedes, efforts of the, 335. Conduct of their king, ib.
Switzerland, hostile movements of French against,
276. Its constitution changed, ib. Campaign in,
284. Affairs of, 301.

Symptoms of hostility with France, 302.

the elector of Hesse and the duke of Brunswick,
for having soldiers, 97. Commercial with France,
200. Considered by commons, ib. Of Campo
Formio, 265. Of Tilsit, 225. Of peace between
Austria and France, 339.

Trial of Hastings, 203.

Trials, state, 382 And executions for treason, 275.
Trinidad, capture of, 264.

Triple assessment, 268.

Tumult in London occasioned by duty on beer, 20.
Turkey declares war against Russia, 325.
Turks islands, 50.

Tuscany makes peace with France, 253.
Tyawly, lord, recalled from Portugal, 24.
Tyrolese, efforts of the, 339.

U

Union with Ireland, proposed, 279.
thereon, ib. Completed, 289.
Universal disposition towards peace, 31.
Unsuccessful attack on Penobscot, 141.

Vaccination, noticed, 300.

Proceeding

Valencia d' Alcantara suprised by general Burgoyne,

24.

loss of, 352.

Valletort, lord, his contrast of England and France,
207.

Vaughan, general, burns Escpus, 122. Takes St.
Eustatia, 108.

Vendee, La, civil war of, 253. Fermination, ib.
Vendean successes, 240.

Vergennes, count de, confers with American commis-
sioners, 128.

Vernon, Sir Edward, sails from Madras, 142.
Vice-Chancellor appointed, 353.

Vicissitudes of the campaign in Germany, 4.

Victory of Grabenstein, 22. Of lord Howe, 218. Of
the Nile, 277.

Victories, naval, 25.

Vienna, congress at, 368.

Vieneira, battle of, 361.

Violent debates respecting Wilkes, 70. Debates, 148.
Vincent, St. taken, 258.

Virginia, descent on, 142.

Visitors, royal, to England, 366.

Vittoria, battle of, 361.

Voluntary contributions, 245.

Volunteer companies, 141. Associations, 303.
Volunteers, vote of thanks to, 304.

Volunteering of militia, 269.

Fore for the relief of Portugal, 20.

Votes of censure on various persons connected with
India, 183.

Vyner institutes parliamentary enquiry into conduct
of Burgoyne, 131.

W.

Walcheren, expedition to, 339. Enquiry into the
policy and conduct of it, 344.
Wales, princess dowager of mother to George III.
her death, 81.

, prince of, his birth, 28. His embarrassments,
200. Consequences, ib. Answer to Pitt, 205.
Marriage, 252. Debts arranged, ib. Claims of his
for arrears; grant to him of £60,000 for three
years and a half, 303. Refused military promotion,
304. Made regent, 348. Retains old ministry,
His letter approving them, ib. Delivers
speech from throne, 359. His letter to the queen,
367. Addresses parliament, 372. Attacked going
to house, 380. Relinquishes income, 381. Speech
to parliament, 384.

353.

, princess of, charges against, 356. Writes
letter to the king, ib. To the speaker, ib. Report
of commissioners, 358. Receives letter rom queen,
answer, her letter to her husband, 3 Letter to

the speaker, 368. Allowance voted her, ib. Leaves
England, ib.

Wall, general, his letter, 18.

Wallace, attorney general, recommends a truce with
America. 181.

. Sir James, his services, 122.
D'Estaing. 146.
Want of harmony in the cabinet, 3-

Captured by

War, German, debate on the expediency of, 16. In-
genious defence of it; declared against Spain, 19.
In Germany protested against, ib. Declared by
France and Spain against Portugal, 23. Declared
by Spain, 141. In India, 142. In India, 210. With
Tippoo Saib, 219. With Holland, 254. With
Russia, 292. Unpopularity of the, 254. With
Holland, 305. In India, 309. Between Austria
and France, 337.

Wardle, colonel, noticed, 335.

Warrants, general, 40. Declared illegal, 44.
Washington, general, appointed to chief command of
American army, 91. His biography, ib. Difficulties
attending his situation, ib. Establishes a war of
pests, 104. Refuses to receive letter from royal
commissioners, ib. His reason for such refusal to
congress, ib.
His patriotic conduct, 107. Retreats
to Newark, ib. His question to colonel Reed, ib.
Continues his retreat, ib. Invested with extraordi-
nary powers, 108. Retreats to Princetown, 109. He-
roism, ib. State of his army, 117. Advantages of
his position at Whitemarsh, 124. His situation,

143. His general order, 176. Resigns his govern-
ment, 259.

general, his success in India, 309. Arrives
at Corunna, 331. Gains battles of Roleia and
Trineira; sails from England; arrives at Lisbon,
341. Takes Oporto, gains batties of Talavera, 341.
Created viscount Wellington, ib. Forms the lines
of Torres Vedras, 342. Quits Basaco, 340. Falls
back to Torres Vedras, ib. Raises siege of Ba-
dajoz, 352.

Wellington, captures Ciudad Roderigo; created by
Cortes duke thereof, 352. Captures Badajoz, 352.
Enters Spain, 353. Gains victory of Salamanca,
ib. Captures Madrid, ib. Appointed generalissimo
of Spain; Created earl and marquis, ib. Gains battle
of Vittoria, 361. Enters France, ib. Crosses the
Adour, 363. Gains battle of Toulouse, 266. Created
marquis, duke, &c. 367. Gains battle of Waterloo,
373. Further grant, 375. Enters Paris, 376,
West Indies, operations in, 177, 252. British snecess
in the, 258. Islands lost, 183. Attempt on, by
French fleets, 317.

Westminster scrutiny closed, 196. Police bill passed,
216.

Weymouth, lord, his letter to Chairman of Lambeth
· quarter sessions, 70.

Whittam, Messenger, city proceedings against him,
79.

Whites, colonel John, 'remarkable exploits of, 146.
Whitehill, president suspendeu, 177.
Whitelocke, general, cashiered, 326.

Wilkes, John, his North Briton, ib. No. 45 of it, ib.
Committed to the tower, 40. Brought up to West.

minster ball by Habeas Corpus, 40. His speech to
the judges; discharged from custody, 41. Returns
thanks to the court, ib. Dismissed from command of
militia 41. His North Briton ordered by commons
to be burnt by common hangman, 42 Wounded in a
duel with Mr. Martin, 44. Avoids house of com
mons, 44. Goes to France. Expelled the house,
45. His essay on women; condemned; outlawed.
ib. Starts as candidate for London; elected member
for Middlesex, 66. Addresses court of king's bench,
66. Disturbances on his account, 66. Imprisoned
and fined 5007, 67. Petitions house of commons,
69. Appeals on a writ of error to lords, ib. Violent
debates respecting him, 70. Motion for expelling
him house of commons, 71. Expelled and re-elected
for Middlesex, 72. Subscriptions raised for him,
elected for Middlesex a third time, 77, Not suf
fered to take his seat, ib. Discharged from prison,
ib. Chosen alderman, sheriff, lord mayor, and
chamberlain, ib Re-chosen twice more for Middle-
sex; obtains the expunging of proceedings of com
mons from journal subsequent to declension of popu-
larity, ib. Discharges Wheble the printer, 79.
Ordered to appear at bar of house of commons; his
letter to speaker; declining to obey, ib.

William Henry, prince, third son of George III.
created duke of Clarence, 52.
Windows, new duty on, 194.

Winter, admiral de, defeated, 264.
Wirtemburg, prince of, his marriage, £66.

Yorke, Charles, accepts the great seal; elevated to
peerage; sudden death, 74.

Sir Joseph, presents memorial to states gene-

ral, 114.