Dress, fashions of, in the last cen-
tury, vii. 327-329.
"Droit Le Roi," account of, v. 50.
Du Barry, Madame, her early life,
v. 280. Rules in France, 281.
Dubois, Cardinal, his rise and cha-
racter, i. 219. His conferences
with Stanhope at Hanover, 221.
Detects and baffles a conspiracy
in France, 322. His negotiation
with Alberoni, 346. His death,
ii. 53.

Dunant, Captain, his secret mission,

v. 199.

Dundas, Henry, Lord Advocate,

His un-

promises a Roman Catholic Relief
Bill for Scotland, vi. 238. De-
terred from it, 261. Opposes the
motion of Savile, vii. 7. Eludes
the Resolutions of Dunning, 14.
Replies to Pitt, 92. Affects
great frankness, 129.
certain course, 130. Continued
in office, 145. Opposes Parlia-
mentary Reform, 167. Chair-
man of an East India Committee,
303. Moves Resolutions against
Impey, 303.

Dunmore, Earl of, dissolves the As-
sembly in Virginia, vi. 10. Lands
at Norfolk, 75. His unjustifiable
severities, 75.
Dunning, John, his rise and cha-
racter, v. 192. Will not support
the expulsion of Wilkes, 228.
Retires from office, 252. His de-
fence of Franklin, 326. His re-
ply to the Duke of Cumberland,
vi. 23. His tribute to the me-
mory of Chatham, 232. Seconds
the Roman Catholic Relief Bill,
237. Moves Resolutions against
the influence of the Crown, vii.
13. His first success, 15. But
final discomfiture, 16. Created
a Peer, 144. See Ashburton.
Dupleix, Joseph, his character and
career, iv. 294. His altercation
with La Bourdonnais, 298. His
campaign in the Carnatic, 299.
Founds a new city, 301. Re-

turns to Europe, 313. His death,
314.

Easter Isle, account of, vi. 293.
Eden, William, afterwards Lord
Auckland, his rising ability, vi.
223. Confers with Shelburne,
224. Named Secretary for Ire-
land, vii. 155. His speech on
Irish affairs, 158.

Egmont, Earl of, an adviser of the

Prince of Wales, iv. 1. Refuses
to lead the House of Commons,
83. Appointed First Lord of the
Admiralty, v. 41. Gives his
name to Port Egmont, 277.
Egremont, Earl of, named Secretary
of State, iv. 244. Answers the
Spanish Memorial, 250. Dif-
fers from Lord Bute, 271. Con-
cludes a peace, 272. His cha-
racter, v. 28. His examination
of Wilkes, 31. Threatened with
a challenge, 33. His sudden
death, 35.

Elcho, Lord, joins Prince Charles,
iii. 232. Describes the Holyrood
Council, 256. His account of
the Prince at Culloden, 307.
Election, General, of 1715, i. 117.

Of 1722, ii. 39. Of 1727, 118.
Of 1734, 177. Of 1741, iii.
88. Of 1747, 330.
Of 1754,
iv. 40. Of 1761, 220, Of 1768,
V. 190. Of 1774. vi. 18. Of
1780, vii. 74.
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, her
character, iv. 76. Joins the
league against Prussia, 96. Her
death, 252.
Elliot, General, his brave defence of
Gibraltar, vii. 188-196. Cre-
ated Lord Heathfield, 197.
Ellis, Welbore, strenuous for the tax-

ation of America, v. 266. Moves
the committal of Brass Crosby,
288. Becomes Secretary of State,
vii 133. His ambiguous state-
ments, 136.

E. O., account of the gambling so
called, vii. 322.

Erskine, Thomas, afterwards Lord,
appears at Keppel's Court Mar-
tial, vi. 258. His early life, vii.
82. His defence of Captain
Baillie, 83.
And of Lord George
Gordon, 85. His subsequent
career and character, 86.

Estaing, Comte d', sails

up the New-
port river, vi. 250. Complaints
of his course, 252.
His procla-
mation to the people of Canada,
253. Reduces St. Vincent and
Granada, 272. His character, 272.
Excise Scheme, account of the, ii.

159.

Executions, Public, account of the,
vii. 339.

Falkland Islands, account of the, v.

276. Invaded by a Spanish
force, 277. Claimed by Eng-
land, 278. And restored by
Spain, 282.
Their subsequent
fate, 282.
Faneuil Hall, account of, v. 238.
Fenton, Captain, case of, vi. 194.
Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prince, his
character, iv. 123. Gains a battle
at Crefeld, 140. His action at Ber-
gen, 174. His victory at Minden,
176. His skill and success, 203.
Gains another battle at Kirch
Denkern, 229. And at Lüttem-
berg, 263. Again designed for
General-in-Chief, vi. 225, 226.
Ferdinand VI. of Spain, his death

and character, iv. 181.
Ferguson, Major, a Commander of
Loyal Militia, vii. 47. Defeated
and killed, 52.
Fielding, H., his novels, vii. 324.
Finch, Lord, his speech in defence

liii

Fleury, Cardinal, his character, ii.
99. Becomes Prime Minister of

France, 101. His conciliatory
conduct, 184. His promise to
the Jacobites, iii. 31. Reluct-
antly engages in war, 82. His
Latin exclamation, 130. His
death, 143.

Flood, Henry, a leading member of
the Irish Commons, vii. 151. His
support of Grattan, 152. Against
the Roman Catholic claims, 156.
Jealous of Grattan's renown, 161.
Fontenoy, battle of, iii. 193.
Foote, S., his jest on the tarrings

and featherings in America, v.
264. Ridicules the taste for the
Old Masters, vi. 327.

Forbes, Duncan, Lord President,
his character, iii. 215. His
death, 312.

Forster, Thomas, heads the rising in
Northumberland, i. 160. Sur-
renders at Preston, 171. Es-
capes from prison, 198.
Fox, Henry, placed in office by Pel-
ham, iii. 157. His confidential
letters, 243. His speech on the
Regency Bill, iv. 13. Opposes
the Marriage Act, 26. His at-
tack upon Hardwicke, 28. His
character, 33. Confers with
Newcastle, 37. Becomes Secre-
tary of State, 52. Resigns, 82.
His conference with Pitt, 84.
Combines with Lord Waldegrave,
105. Becomes Paymaster of the
Forces, 108. Undertakes to lead
the House of Commons, 274.
Allegations of bribery against
him, v. 10. Ill supported by his
colleagues, 11. His violent pro-
jects, 22. Raised to the Peerage,

26. See Holland.

Fox, Charles James, assailed by the

mob, v. 288. His early career,
290. Becomes a Lord of the

Admiralty, 291. Resigns office,
but accepts it again, 311. Refers
to the attack on Franklin, 329.
His insubordination in office, 330.

Dismissed by Lord North, 330.
His rising fame, 331. His friend-
ship with Burke, 331. His
rising importance, vi. 138. 141.
205. Inveighs against the towns
of Manchester and Liverpool, 207.
Against Lord North, 210. 217.
And against Lord Sandwich, 260.
His speech on Economical Re-
form, vii. 2.
sion List, 7.

39.

74.

And on the Pen-

His duel with M..
Adam, 9. Appears at a Westmin-
ster Meeting, 12. Supports the
Resolutions of Dunning, 14, 15,
16. His large views of toleration,
Elected for Westminster,
In the list of delegates,
90. Congratulates Pitt on his
first speech, 92. Irregularities
of his private life, 93. Moves an
amendment, 127. Presses Lord
North with questions, 130. At
a Westminster Meeting, 131. In-
veighs against Ministers, 136,
137. 139, 140. Named Secre-
tary of State, 144. His reply to
Eden, 157. Concedes the Irish
demands, 160. Supports Par-
liamentary Reform, 165. His
embarrassing position, 168. At-
tempts a negotiation with the
Dutch, 178. His differences with
Shelburne, 180. Announces his
resignation, 182. And resigns,
183. Condemns the terms of
peace, 203, 204, 205. Had
never read the "Wealth of Na-
tions," 208. Account of his
dress, 328.
Francis, Sir Philip, his rise and cha-
racter, v. 220. Proofs of his
identity with Junius, 222. His
notes of Chatham's speeches, 223.
Named a member of Council in
Bengal, vii. 238. His differences
with Hastings, 252-257.
arrogant temper, 259. His pro-
fligate amours, 260. Resents
the conduct of Impey, 267. Dis-
putes the authority of the Gover-
nor-General, 268. 273. Opposes

His

the expedition to Gohud, 279.
His duel with Hastings, 279.
He returns to England, 280.
283. His last act in India, 288.
Franklin, Dr., an associate of Sir
William Keith, v. 176. Agent
for Pennsylvania in London, 85.
His views upon the Stamp Act,
87. His character, 91. Ex-
amined at the Bar of the House

His remark
George III.,
"the Bos-
His satirical

of Commons, 136.
upon Wilkes and
234. And upon
ton people," 235.
tracts, 322. His conduct with
respect to Whately's letters, 323.
325. Appears before the Privy
Council, 326. Fiercely assailed
by Wedderburn, 327. His un-
ruffled demeanour, 328. Story
of his coat, 328. His interviews
with Chatham, vi. 23. 25. Re-
flection upon him from Sandwich,
27. His conferences with Howe
and Barclay, 30. Returns to
America, 40. His letter to Mr.
Strahan, 63. His visit to the
camp at Cambridge, 66. Assists
in the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, 96. His story of "John
Thompson, Hatter," 97. His
interview with Lord Howe, 112.
Sent on a mission to France, 119.
His apologue in the Pennsylvania
Convention, 123. Falsely accu-
sed by John the Painter, 143.
Well received at Versailles, 148.
His note to the English ambas-
sador, 150. His remark on the
loss of Philadelphia, 161. Cor-
responds with David Hartley, 207.
Concludes a treaty with France,
209. His Circular in behalf of
Captain Cook, 294. Favour
shown him at Paris, vii. 80.
His "second serpent," 126. Ne-
gotiates with Mr. Oswald, 179.
His apologue on De Grasse's de-
feat, 181. His negotiations re-
newed, 197. 199. Signs the
Provisional Articles, 200.

Frederick II. of Prussia, his acces-

sion and character, iii. 77. In-
vades Silesia, 78. Rejects over-
tures of reconciliation, 81. Con-
Icludes a peace, 128. Again at
war, 181. Again concludes a
peace, 199. His support of the
Pretender, iv. 72. His sarcasms
against Madame de Pompadour,
75. Commences the Seven Years
War, 78. His vigilant adminis-
tration, 80. His battles at
Prague, 113. At Kolin, 114.
At Rosbach, 119. And at Leu-
then, 112. Besieges Olmütz, 141.

victor at Zorndorf, 142. De-
feated at Hochkirchen, 144. And
at Kunersdorf, 170. Disaster to
his arms at Maxen, 173. His
odes, 176. His system of
finance, 197. And of recruiting,
197. Besieges Dresden, 199.
Gives battle at Liegnitz, 200.
And at Torgau, 201. His loss
of Schweidnitz, 225. And of
Colberg, 226. His resentment
against Lord Bute, 252. Re-
covers Schweidnitz, 262. Con-
cludes peace, 277. His con-
tinued resentment against Eng-
land, v. 164. Joins in the par-
tition of Poland, 316. His mock
commentaries upon Blue Beard,
vi. 311. Stories current upon
himself in Italy, 312.
Frederick, Prince of Wales, arrives
in England, ii. 126. Joins the
Opposition, 199. His marriage,
201. Complaints of his narrow
income, 202. Conveys the Prin-
cess from Hampton Court, 204.
Is wholly estranged from his
father, 206. Message to him, iii.
99. Again appears at Court,
114. His intercession for Flora
Macdonald, 315. In Opposition,
iv. 2. His death, 10.
French language, study of, in Eng-
land, i. 18.

Friendly Islands, account of the, vi.

295.

lv

expedition to Concord, 36, 37.
His agreement with the people at
Boston, 29. Issues a proclama-
tion, 54. Directs the battle of
Bunker's Hill, 55. His official
report of the numbers, 59. Causes
of his inactivity, 66. Returns to
England, 67.
Gainsborough, his career as an
artist, vi. 325.

Garter, present state of the, con-
sidered, iv. 489.

Gascoigne, Sir Thomas, abjures the

Roman Catholic faith, vii. 75.
Gaspee, schooner, case of the, v. 320.
Gates, General Horatio, enters the
American service, vi. 52. Com-
mands against Burgoyne, 173.
176. His negotiations, 182.
184. 186. Concludes the Con-
vention of Saratoga, 186. His
courtesy and kindness, 187.
Jealous of Washington, 192.
Placed in the Board of War,
242. Again removed from it,
243. Sent to the Carolinas, vii.
49. Defeated at Camden, 51.
Recalled, 102.

Gaultier, Abbé, his secret mission to
England, i. 31.

Gay, John, his resentment against

Queen Caroline, ii. 230. His
Beggar's Opera, 230.

George I., his writ demanded as

Duke of Cambridge, i. 76. His
letter to Queen Anne, 80. His
accession, 94. His character, 99.
Arrives in England, 102. His
first measures, 103. His corona-
tion, 114. Goes to Germany,
212. His displeasure with
Townshend and Walpole, 235.
Returns to England, 255. Es-
tranged from his son, 294. Their
reconciliation, ii. 3. His illness
and death, 164. Account of his
consort, 165. His will, 168.

George II. as Prince of Wales, ex-
tolled by the Opposition, i. 245.
Estranged from his father, 294.
Becomes reconciled, ii. 2. His
attempt to see his mother, 110.
Succeeds to the throne, 111.
His character, 112. Deficiency
in his Civil List, 126.
Germany, iii. 143. His conduct
at Dettingen, 147.
England, 153. His
for Carteret, 184.
the Pelhams, 186.
many, 199.

Goes to

Returns to

partiality
He yields to
Goes to Ger-
Hastens back to
London, 243. Goes again to
Germany, iv. 45. Returns, 52.
His conversation with his grand-
son, 54. His remark on Admiral
Byng, 72. And on a libellous
printer, 86. His Hanover savings,
91. Complains of Pitt and
Temple, 98. Of Newcastle, 107.
And of the Duke of Cumberland,
116. His sudden death, 204.
Superstition respecting him, 204.
His funeral, 211.

George III. as Prince of Wales, his

expression at his father's death,
iv. 10. His aversion to the Prin-
cess of Brunswick, 53. Attains
his majority, 81. Succeeds to
the throne, 206. His character,
206. His great popularity, 214.
Marries, 223. And is crowned,
223. His early passion for Lady
Sarah Napier, v. 12. Confers
with Mr. Pitt, 36. 38,39. His eco-
nomy complained of, 54. His
domestic virtues, 54. Falls dan-
gerously ill, 96. Suggests a Re-
gency Bill, 96. Applies to the
Duke of Cumberland, 100. Re-
instates his old Ministers, 106.
Upbraided by the Duke of Bed-
ford, 107. Accepts Lord Rock-
ingham, 109. Sees Lord Bute
for the last time, 117. His view
of American affairs, 139. Names
Pitt Prime Minister, 157. And
Earl of Chatham, 160. His
letters to Chatham, 182. 189.

203. The debts upon his Civil
List, 230. Address to him from
Lord Mayor Beckford, 273. His
displeasure with Fox, 330. His
answer to the City Addresses, vi.
69. His steady resistance to the
Colonies considered, 100. Debts
upon his Civil List, 139. His
letters to Lord North, 221. 225.
Visits the fleet at Portsmouth,
256. His courageous determi-
nation, 268.
Zealous to promote
voyages of discovery, 279. A
patron of the Royal Academy,
322. Prefers Ramsay to Rey-
nolds, 325. His notice of Lan-
celot Brown, 330. Suspected of
Popery, vii. 17. His firmness in
the Gordon riots, 32. Rejects
the terms of Opposition, 73. And
the overtures of Necker, 80. His
fortitude at the news from York-
town, 126. Desires a peerage
for Lord G. Germaine, 133. His
project of retiring to Hanover,
140. His remark upon the Irish,
151. His first interview with
the Minister from the United

States, 209. His remark on
Warren Hastings, 261. His taste
for farming, 330. Corresponds
with Arthur Young, 335.
Geraldino, the Spanish Envoy in
London, ii. 270.

Germaine, Lord George (see Sack-
ville, Lord G.), his duel with
Governor Johnstone, v. 284.
Named Secretary of State, vi. 71.
His intended retirement, 218.
Receives a project from Arnold,
vii. 106. His accounts of Lord
North and the King, 126. De.
clares the unanimity of Ministers,
130. Raised to the peerage as
Viscount Sackville, 133.
Gibbon, E., his character of Fox, V.
332. Describes Lord North's
conciliatory scheme, vi. 31. His
"Justifying Memorial," 264.
His life and writings, 305. Com.
pared with Hume, 307. His at-