Otaheite discovered by Captain
Wallis, vi. 281. Described, 284
-288.

Otis, James, his pamphlets on Co-
lonial Rights, v. 235. Becomes
insane, 271.
Oxford, Robert, Earl of, his cha-
racter, i. 23. His Jacobite cabals,
32. His dilatory temper, 34.
His letter in a counterfeit hand
to Swift, 66. His Bill to secure
the Protestant Succession, 72.
His dismissal from office, 88. His
impeachment by the Commons,
128. Committed to the Tower,
129. His trial, 277. The im-
peachment against him dropped,
278.

His secret letter to James,
279. Consulted by the Jacobites,
ii. 45. His death, 48.
Oxford, University of, invested by
Stanhope with a squadron of
dragoons, i. 158. High Church
principles at, ii. 246. State of, in
the last century, vii. 315-319.

Paine, Thomas, his early life and
character, vi. 93.

Palliser, Sir Hugh, second in com-
mand to Keppel, vi. 255. His
conduct at Ushant, 256. His
charges against his chief, 257.
Court martial on himself, 259.
Palm, M. de, his cabals in England,
ii. 103, 104.
Palmerston, Henry, second Viscount,
a good poet, vi. 316.
Paoli, General, his character and
career, v. 198. Seeks refuge in
London, 199.

Pardo, Act of the, ii. 124.

Paris, Peace of, concluded, iv. 272.
277.

Parker, Admiral Hyde, his action

off the Dogger Bank, vii. 95.
Resigns his command, 96.
Passports, system of, under Queen
Anne, i. 17.

Patna, Massacre of, vii. 213.
Peerage, true objects and origin of
the, i. 357.

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Peerage Bill, proposed, i. 354.
Dropped by the Government, 358.
Resumed in the next Session,
363. Rejected by the Commons,

365.

Pelham, Henry, account of, iii. 20.
Supported by the influence of
Walpole, 154. Becomes First
Lord of the Treasury, 156. His
character, 156. Prevails over
Carteret, 185. And over Pul-
teney, 295. His letters to H.
Walpole, 332. And to the Duke

Cumberland, 334. Desires a
peace, 336. Concludes it, 345.
His letters to Newcastle, iv. 2. 6.
His reproaches to Fox, 13. His
death, 30.

Penn, Richard, his "Olive-branch"
to England, vi. 62. Ill received,
69. Examined at the Bar of the
House of Lords, 72.

Perth, Duke of, approves Prince
Charles's projects, iii. 203. Joins
him in Scotland, 221. Besieges
Carlisle, 262. Agrees to advance
from Derby, 274. Dies on his
passage to France, 312.
Peter III. of Russia, his character,

iv. 252. His dethronement and
death, 261.
Peterborough, Charles, Earl of, his
lively speech in the House of
Lords, i. 38. His character, 348.
Negotiates against Alberoni,

350.

Petersham, Charles, Lord, his testi-
mony to the House of Commons,
vi 171. Bears home the news
of Saratoga, 189. Reaches Lon-
don, 206.

Philipps, General, his advice to

Burgoyne, vi. 182. Commands
in Virginia, vii. 101. His death,
102.
Phipps, Sir Constantine, favours the
Jacobites in Ireland, i. 64.
Pigot, Lord, his proceedings in
Tanjore, vii. 268. Put, in arrest
by his Council, 269. His death,
270.

Pitsligo, Lord, his character, iii.
253.

Pitt, William, his first speech, ii.
201. Denounces the Spanish
Convention, 275. His rise and
character, iii. 10. Excluded from
office, 115. Inveighs against the
Hanover Forces, 138. Denounces
Lord Carteret, 158. Reconciled

to the Government, 188. Be-
comes Paymaster of the Forces,
296. Supports the Glasgow grant,
iv. 3. Opposes his colleagues, 9.
His speech on the Regency Bill,
13. His disinterested conduct as
Paymaster, 32. Complains to
Hardwicke, 39. His marriage,
40. His speech on the Berwick
election, 41. Overtures to him
from Newcastle, 51. His me-
taphor of the Rhone and Saone,
57. Dismissed from office, 57.
His energy and eloquence, 62.
His conference with Fox, 84.
Becomes Secretary of State, 85.
Raises Highland regiments, 89.
His Militia Bills, 90. Endeavours
to save Admiral Byng, 93. Dis-
missed from office, 100. His
moderate course, 101. Popular
enthusiasm towards him, 102.
Reinstated in office, 108. His
absolute ascendency, 123. 145.
Presses the dismissal of Sackville,
179. His triumphant conduct of
the war, 185. And mastery over
the House of Commons, 186.
Supports Lord Temple, 188. His
rivalry with Lord Bute, 209.
Dissatisfied, 219. His negotia-
tions with France, 231. 236.
Receives tidings of the Family
Compact, 239. Proposes to de-
clare war against Spain, 239.
Overruled, 240. Resigns,, 241.
Accepts a pension, 245. His
popularity declines, 246. Speaks
on the Address, 248. On the
defence of Portugal, 276. And

the King, 36. 38. His terms
refused, 39. His private corre-
spondence, 42, 43. Censures the
law of libel, 46. Condemns the
conduct of Wilkes, 49. His
speech on General Warrants, 52.
Finally estranged from Newcastle,
61. Legacy to him from Sir
William Pynsent, 61. Applied to
by the Duke of Cumberland, 103.
Refuses office, 105, 108. His
opinion of Lord Rockingham's Mi-
nistry, 111. His speeches on Ame-
rican affairs, 130. 133. 138. 140.
Greeted by the multitude, 141.
His contest with Grenville, 141.
Rejects the overtures of Rocking-
ham, 143. 145. Summoned by
the King, 156. Forms a new
administration, 158. Created
Earl of Chatham, 160. Impolicy
of that course, 162. See Chatham.
Pitt, William, the younger, his
opinion of Bolingbroke, i. 27.
How, by his own account, trained
to eloquence, iii. 13. His remark
on his father's Earldom, v. 161.
His account of one of his father's
speeches, vi. 21. 148. Writes a
pamphlet, 213. His letters from
Cambridge, 224. Attends his

father for the last time in the
House of Lords, 229. Chief
mourner at his father's funeral,
234. A candidate for Cambridge,
vii. 76. Enters Parliament for
Appleby, 77. His first speech,
91. His rising fame, 92. 129.
His rebuke of Rigby, 138. De-
clares that he will never accept a
subaltern office, 138. Acts ac-
cordingly, 145. Moves for Par-
liamentary Reform, 166. Sup-
ports Lord Mahon's Bill, 167.
Becomes Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, 185. Defends the treaties
of peace, 206. His opinion on
the Benares charge, 296.

Pitt, Lord (second Earl of Chatham),
flings up his commission, vi. 74.
Orders of Washington respecting
him, 77. Re-enters the army,
225.

Pittsburg, the new name given to

Fort Duquesne, iv. 136.

Playhouse Bill, account of the, ii.
231.

Plunkett, the Jesuit, his letters

from England, i. 53.
Poland, troubles in, v. 315. First
partition of, 316.

Polwarth, Hugh, Lord, his eloquence,

ii. 7. Succeeds as Earl of March-
mont, iii. 9.
Pompadour, Madame de, her influ-
ence in France, iv. 74. Jests
upon, 75. Her contests with
Choiseul, 231. Her death, v.

280.

Pope, A., general view of his poetry,
ii. 218. His jest on Mrs. Cæsar,
220. His imitators, vi. 318.
Founds a new taste in gardening,
329.
Population, account of the, at the

Peace of Utrecht, i. 18. And at
the Peace of Versailles, vii. 330.
Porteous Mob, account of the, ii.

189.

Portland, William H. C., Duke of,

appears at a Westminster meet-
ing, vii. 12. Named Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, 157. A cypher,
158. Proposed for Prime Mi-
nister, 182.

Portland, Dukes of, their grant of

the forest of Inglewood, v. 189.
Portocarrero, Abbé, his papers seized,
i. 322.

Portsmouth Dockyard, incendiary

fire in, vi. 141.
Powys, Thomas, afterwards Lord
Lilford, moves a clause to Lord
North's Bill, vi. 217. His se-
parate Bill, 218. Seconds Sir
James Lowther, vii. 129.
Pownall, Governor, his course in
Parliament, v. 242.

Pratt, Charles, named Attorney-

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General, iv. 108. His Bill to
extend the Habeas Corpus, 124.
Becomes Chief Justice, v. 32.
Discharges Wilkes, 32. His
charge in Wilkes's action for da-
mages, 48. Raised to the peerage,
110. See Camden.
Prescott, General, surprised in Rhode
Island, vi. 158.

Preston, Captain, his conduct in the
affray at Boston, v. 268. Brought
to trial, 268. Acquitted, 269.
Pretender, the. See Stuart.
Price, Dr., his pamphlet on American
affairs, vi. 23.

Priestley, Dr., describes a scene be-

fore the Privy Council, v. 326.
Prior, Matthew, his letters from
Paris, i. 38. Examined by the
Committee of Secrecy, 123.
Prisons, Public, inquiry into the,
ii. 150.; vii. 342-344.
Protestants, Bill for the General
Naturalisation of, 14. See As-
sociation (Protestant), and Dis-
senters (Protestant).

Pulteney, William, his rise and
character, ii. 73. Reveals a pri-
vate conversation, 117. His con-
tests with Walpole, 124. His
duel with Lord Harvey, 156.
Struck from the Privy Council-
lors' List, 157. His speeches on
the Sinking Fund, 158, 159.
And on the Excise Scheme, 163.
165. His eloquence, 173. Much
depressed in spirits, 179. His
motion for an increase of income
to the Prince of Wales, 203.
Denounces the Spanish Conven-
tion, 277. Explains the return
of the Seceders, iii. 3. His bet
with Walpole, 69. Grown more
indifferent to politics, 91. His
final contest with Walpole, 95.
The King's message to him, 107.
Refuses office, 110. His speech
at the Fountain Tavern, 112.
Created Earl of Bath, 117. His
support of the Septennial Act,
124. See Bath.

Raikes, R., complaint against him

in the House of Commons, ii. 126.
Raikes, R., the younger, founds the
Sunday Schools, vii. 334. Re-
lieves the poor prisoners in gaol,
343.

Ramsay, A., his career as an artist,
vi. 324.

Randolph, Peyton, signs the Non-
Importation agreement, v. 264.
Chosen President of Congress, vi.
14. His retirement, 41.
Ranelagh, account of, vii. 338.
Rapinat, M., account of, vi. 302.
Rat, the phrase in politics explained,
vii. 315.

Rawdon, Francis, Lord, afterwards

Earl of Moira, his early career,
vii. 49. Takes part in the battle
of Camden, 50. One of his let-
ters intercepted, 52. Commands
in South Carolina, 106. His
victory at Hobkirk's Hill, 108.
Embarks for Europe, 109. His
letter on the case of Colonel
Hayne, 109. A prisoner in the
Chesapeak, 113.
Reed, General, his letters to Lord
Dartmouth, vi. 15. And to Mr.
De Berdt, 30. Describes the
American army, 117, 118. And
the parties at Philadelphia, 122.
126. His correspondence with

Governor Johnstone, 246. 248.
His account of Philadelphia,

249.

"Regulators," the, their name ex-
plained, vi. 88.

Reports of Debates prohibited, i. 46.
But never put down, v. 285.
Their increase, 286. Renewed
attempts at their prohibition, 286.
The attack upon them dropped,

290.

Republican party, remains of the,

i. 8.
Revolution of 1688, effects of the,
i. 8.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, one of the
founders of "the Club," vi. 315.
His early life and character, 321.
The first President of the Royal
Academy, 322. Great not in
portraits only, 323. Jealous of
Romney, 324.

Richardson, S., his novels, vii. 325.
Richelieu, Mareschal de, his conduct
at Fontenoy, iii. 197. Lands in
Minorca, iv. 64. Reduces St.
Philip's, 70. Commands in Han-
over, 116. Recalled, 139.
Richmond, Duke of, appointed Se-
cretary of State, v. 155. Dis-
placed, 159. Assails Lord Chat-
ham, 169.
Co-operates with

him, 283. His reply to Lord
Mahon, vi. 211. Supports Lord
North's Bills, 218. His com-
ments upon Lord Carlisle, 223.
His motion on American af-
fairs, 229. Replies to Chat-
ham, 230. Assails Thurlow,
262. Complains of the defences
of Plymouth, 266. His motion
for Economical Reform, vii. 2.
And for unrestricted suffrage, 19,
20. Objects to the war with
Holland, 82. Named Master of
the Ordnance, 144. Deserted by
his colleagues, 168. Slighted by

Fox and Burke, 184.
Riedesel, Madame de, her account of
Saratoga, vi. 180. And of Mas-
sachusetts, 194.

Offer

Robertson, General, his mission in
behalf of André, vii. 67.
made to him, 68.
Robertson, Dr., popular cry against
his toleration, vi. 239. His life
and writings, 304. Unduly in-
dulgent to Gibbon, 312.

Robinson, Sir Thomas, appointed to
lead the House of Commons, iv.
38. 40. Receives a pension, 52.
And a peerage, as Lord Gran-
tham, 220.
Rochambeau, Comte de, commands

upon the Channel coasts, vi.
268. His character and plans,
vii. 54. Meets Washington at
Hartford, 56. Marches to Vir-
ginia, 115.

Directs the opera-
tions against York-town, 117.
Generous conduct of his officers,

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His difficulties,

his house, 128.
138. 142. Applies to Pitt, 143,
144. Makes numerous concessions,
145. His friendship with Burke,
149. Tottering state of his ad-
ministration, 154. His dismissal,
156. His motion on the causes of
the public discontent, 251. Con-
fers with Chatham, 259. His
letters to Burke, vi. 68. His
difference with Chatham, 211.
Supports Lord North's Bills, 218.
Message of his friends to Hayes,
225. Attends the great meeting
at York, vii. 2. Garrison in his
town-house, 36. His terms for
accepting office, 73. Declines an
application from Pitt, 76. Ne-
gotiates with Thurlow, 140. His
personal deficiencies, 143. Be-
comes Prime Minister, 144. His
weakness in granting pensions,
165. Averse to Parliamentary
Reform, 167. His illness, 181.
And death, 182.
Rodney, Admiral, afterwards Lord,
his bombardment of Havre, iv.
His attack of Martinico,
Defeats Don Juan de Lan-
gara, vii. 42. In the West In-
dies, 42. Elected for Westmin-
ster, 74. Reduces St. Eustatia,
96. His severities, 97. Returns
to England, 98. Defends him-
self in the House of Commons,
131. Goes back to the West
Indies, 134. His recall sent out,
172. His great victory over De
Grasse, 174. Letters to his
wife, 176. His dog Loup, 176.
Obtains a peerage, 177. His en-
thusiastic reception in England,
187.

147.

264.

Rohillas, case of the, vii. 250.
Overwhelmed by English aid,
251. Views in Parliament re-
specting them, 252.
Roman Catholics, state of the, i. 16.
Their relief designed by Stanhope,
327. Proposed in part by Sa-
vile, vi. 237. Popular cry for