iv. 230. 238. Appointed am-
bassador to Petersburg, v. 164.
But remains in England, 165.
Stark, General, his victory at Ben-
nington, vi. 174.

Steele (Sir Richard), proceedings
against him by the House of
Commons, i. 65. His expulsion,
69. Writes against the Peerage
Bill, 357.

Sterne, L., character of his novels,
vii. 325.

Steuben, Baron, his career in Ame-

rica, vi. 155. Takes part in the
Court Martial on André, vii. 66.
His ignorance of English, 70.
Stirling, William, titular Lord, taken
prisoner at Brooklyn, vi. 110.
Exchanged, 110. Routed at
Quibbletown, 157. His want of
skill, 160. Fails on Staten
Island, vii. 53.
Stone, Andrew, sub-governor of the
Prince of Wales, iv. 21. Charge
against him, 22.
Stormont, Lord, as ambassador at
Paris, his peremptory language,
vi. 150. Recalled, 222. Named
Secretary of State, 278. Assailed

in the Gordon riots, vii. 19. Con-
demns the peace with America,
203.

Strickland, Abbé, his mission to

England, ii. 182.

Struensee, Count, his government of

Denmark, v. 307. His fall, 308.
Stuart, James, Prince, called the
Pretender, address to remove him
from Lorraine, i. 37. Induce-
ments held out for his conver-
sion, 55. Proclamation against
him, 85. His Manifesto from
Plombières, 114. His conferences
with Bolingbroke, 136. Goes to
St. Malo, 144. And to Dunkirk,
144.

His landing in Scotland,
180. Proceeds to Scone Palace,
182. His appearance described,
184. Retreats from Perth, 187.
Re-embarks for France, 189.
Dismisses Bolingbroke, 191. Pro-

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ceeds to Madrid, 332. Determines
to go to Italy, 338. His marriage,
339. His "Council of Five" in
England, ii. 31. His "Declara-
tion," 39. State of his affairs,
85. 88. His quarrel with his
Consort, 89. Hastens to Lorraine,
120. His projects of invasion,
120. Returns to Italy, 122.
Overtures to him from Walpole,
iii. 23. Account of his Court and

family at Rome, 24. His projects
in favour of his son, 163.
Stuart, Charles Edward, Prince,
called the young Pretender, his
birth, ii. 30. Account of him at
Rome, iii. 26. His character,
164. Leaves Rome, 173. At
Gravelines, 173. Disappointment
of his hopes, 176. His letters
from Navarre, 203. Embarks
near Nantes, 205. Lands in

Lochnanuagh, 208. Raises his
standard at Glenfinnan, 213. At
Perth, 220. At Edinburgh, 232.
Gives battle at Preston Pans, 239.
His proclamations, 249. His mode
of life at Holyrood, 257. Marches
into England, 261. Retreats from
Derby, 278. At Glasgow, 282.
Besieges Stirling Castle, 284.
Gains the battle of Falkirk, 286.
Defeated at Culloden, 304. His
wanderings in the Highlands,
313. His escape to France, 317.
At Madrid, 348. At Paris, 349.
His expulsion from France, 350.
Portrait of him in his later years,
Secretly comes to London,
Overtures to him from
America, vi. 122.
Suffolk, Henry, twelfth Earl of, be-
comes Secretary of State, v. 293.
Defends the employment of savage
Indians, vi. 201. Rebuked by
Chatham, 201.

352.

iv. 8.

Suffolk, Henrietta, Countess of, ac-

count of, ii. 115. Her friendship
with Swift, 227. 229.
Suffren, Bailli de, in command of a

French fleet, vii. 98. Secures the

Cape of Good Hope, 134. His
career in India, 305, 306.
Sujah Dowlah, named Visier by the
Great Mogul, vii. 214. His wars
with the English, 215. Concludes
peace, 221.

Sulivan, L., his contests with Lord

Clive, vii. 217. 219. Attempts
some East India legislation, 236.
Sullivan, General, taken prisoner at
Brooklyn, vi. 110. Conveys a
message to Congress, 111. Lands
in Rhode Island, 251. Protests
against the course of d'Estaing,

251.

Sunderland, Charles Earl of, his
character, i. 236. Appears at
Hanover, 240. Appointed Secre-
tary of State, 263. And First

Lord of the Treasury, 298. His
share in the South Sea transac-
tions, ii. 21. His death, 26.
Sunday Schools, their origin and
progress, vii. 333.
Surajah Dowlah, his reign and cha-
racter, iv. 316. Confines the
English prisoners in the "Black
Hole," 318. His interview with
Mr. Holwell, 319. Defeated by
Clive, 323. Concludes a peace,
323. His hostile plans, 325.
Takes the field, 328. His rout
at Plassey, 330. His death, 334.
Surrey, Charles, Earl of, abjures the
Roman Catholic faith, vii. 75.
His motion against Lord North,
141.

Swift, Dr., considered as a party
writer, i. 48. Proceedings against
his pamphlet by the House of
Lords, 65. His correspondence
with Lord Peterborough, 85. His
"Drapier's Letters," ii. 63. "The
sun of his popularity," 67. His
last journey to England, 227.
His Gulliver's Travels, 228. His
account of Oxford, vii. 315.

Talbot, Lord Chancellor, his cha-
racter, ii. 169.

Talbot, second Lord and Earl, his

duel with Wilkes, v. 20. Secures
two rioters with his own hand,
230. His plans of economy in
the King's kitchen, vii. 5.
Tarleton, Colonel, active and able,
vii. 46. His success at Wax-
haws, 47. And at the Catawba
ford, 52. Defeated at the Cow-
pens, 103. His expedition in
Virginia, 107.

Temple, Richard, Earl, becomes First
Lord of the Admiralty, iv. 85.
His speech on the Address, 87.
Dismissed from office, 100. Named
Lord Privy Seal, 107. Presses
for the Garter, 187. Resigns with
Pitt, 241, His connection with
Wilkes, v. 18. Visits Wilkes in
the Tower, 31. Dismissed from
his Lord Lieutenancy, 33. Pro-
posed for office by Pitt, 39. Sum-
moned from Stowe, 103. Dis-
suades Pitt from engaging, 105.
Forsakes Pitt's cause, 142. Re-
fuses office, 158. His paper war
against Chatham, 167. Recon-
Iciled with him, 244. 246. His
defence of Camden, 249. Sends
information of John the Painter,
vi. 143. Opposes Lord North's
Bills, 218.

Temple, George, second Earl, his
character, vii. 77. Goes as Lord
Lieutenant to Ireland, 185.
Tencin, Cardinal, his Jacobite in-
trigues, iii. 172. 245.

Test Act, attempts to repeal the,
i. 326; ii. 185.

Theodore de Neuhof, " King of Cor-
sica," v. 198.
Thurlow, T., afterwards Lord, named

Solicitor General, v. 253. And
Attorney General, 293. His cha-
racter, 293. Conducts the case
against Horne Tooke, vi. 146.
His displeasure with the Govern-
ment in the House of Lords, 205.
Designed for Chancellor, 225.
Receives the Great Seal with a
peerage, 235. His reply to the
Duke of Richmond, 262. Prefers

Romney to Reynolds, 325. Nego-
tiates with Rockingham, vii. 140.
Continued Chancellor, 144. Op-
poses his colleagues, 163. 165,
166.

Thurot, M., his descent on Carrick-
fergus, iv. 190.

Tippoo Sahib, his victory in Tanjore,
vii. 305. Succeeds to the throne,
306. Concludes peace with the
English, 308.

His

Tory party, changes of the, between
1712 and 1836, i. 7. View of it
in 1765, v. 112. 114.
Townshend, Charles, Lord, becomes
Secretary of State, i. 102.
character, 105. Suspicions against
him, 233. His letters to Stanhope,
241. Dismissed from office, 247.
Becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land, 256. Again dismissed, 262.
Returns to office as Lord President,
366. As Secretary of State, ii. 19.
His jealousy of Carteret, 57, 58.
Concludes the Treaty of Hanover,
81. His first rivalry with Wal-
pole, 83. Resists the cession of
Gibraltar, 132. His final breach
with the Prime Minister, 136.
Retires from public life, 137.
Townshend, George, Lord, afterwards

first Marquis, his Vice-Royalty of
Ireland, v. 274. Explains the con-
duct of Montcalm, vi. 204. Assailed
in the Gordon riots, vii. 19.
Townshend, Charles, his character,

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Townshend, Thomas, afterwards Lord
Sydney, his motion on Dr. Nowell's
Sermon, v. 303. A rising Par-
liamentary speaker, vi. 351. Ap-
pointed Secretary at War, vii. 145.
And Secretary of State, 185.
Trecothick, Barlow, chosen Lord

Mayor, v. 274. Endeavours to
stem the popular torrent, 279.
Triple Alliance, the, concluded at the
Hague, i. 256.

Tucker, Dean, his pamphlets on
America, vi. 101.

Turks, imbecility of their rulers at
Constantinople, v. 197. Their
wars with Russia, 312. Conclude
a peace, 315.

United States, (see American Colo-
nies) declare their independence,
vi. 98. 107. Progress of the war
in, 107-118. State of parties
among them, 118–123.
Pro-
gress of the war in, 124-134.
Change of feeling in their Con-
gress, 135. Progress of the war
in, 156-168. Invaded on the
side of Canada, 169-186. Con-
vention signed for them at Sara-
toga, 186. Their conduct to the
Convention troops, 193-197.
Their treaty with France, 209.
Change of feeling among them, 228.
Progress of the war in, 241-253.
& 272-274. Growing depreci-
ation of their paper money, 275.
Their final insolvency, 275. Pro-
gress of the war in, vii. 46-72.
100-124. Their merciless treat-
ment of the loyalists, 169. Con-
dition of their armies, 170. Nego-
tiations for peace with them, 178

181. 197 200. Peace con-
cluded, 200. Complaints of France
against them, 201.

Utrecht, Treaty of, laid before Par-
liament, i. 35. Debates upon, 36.
Public thanksgiving for, 42.

Vaughan, General, lands with his

troops in St. Eustatia, vii. 96.

His defence in the House of Com-
mons, 97, 131.
Vergennes, Comte de, his remark on
the battle of Germantown, vi. 163.
Intercedes for Captain Asgill, vii.
170. Complains of the United
States, 201. Signs the Peace
with England, 205.
Vernon, Admiral E., takes Porto
Bello, iii. 57. Attacks Cartha-

gena, 60. Repulsed with loss, 63.
Villadarias, Marquis de, his con-

spiracy, i. 286. Retires from the
service, ii. 105.

Voyages of Discovery, account of,

vi. 279-302.

Wade, General, his conduct in the
Highlands, ii. 86. Commands
the army in Flanders, iii. 180.
And in the north of England,
243. Reports of his movements,
262. 268. Superseded, 284.
Waldegrave, Earl, ambassador at
Paris, ii. 125. 185.
Waldegrave, second Earl, consulted
by the King, iv. 98. His politi-
cal negotiations, 105, 106. Mar-
riage of his widow, v. 306.
Wales, Prince of. See George and
Frederick.

Wales, Princess Dowager of, her
prudent conduct, iv. 11. Her
remarks on her son's preceptors,
21. Wholly confides in Lord
Bute, 23. Her conversation with
Dodington, 53. Opposes the
King, 54. 81. Applies to Ches-
terfield, 104. Her conduct to
the Duke of Cumberland, 118.
Her secluded life, v. 55. Omitted
from the Regency Bill, 97. 100.
Her death, 310.

Walpole, Sir Robert, his speech in

defence of Steele, i. 67. Moves
the Address in 1715, 119. Chair-
man of the Committee of Secrecy,
122. First Lord of the Treasury,
134. His differences with the
King, 235.
262. His

Resigns his office,
character, 264.

His

His altercation with Stanhope,
274. Opposes the Mutiny Bill,
296. And the Quadruple Alli-
ance, 325. His eloquent speech
against the Peerage Bill, 365.
Becomes Paymaster of the Forces,
366. Promotes a reconciliation
in the Royal Family, ii. 2.
conduct in the South Sea scheme,
15. His financial remedy, 17.
Becomes Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, 20. And Prime Minis-
ter, 28. Imposes a tax on Roman
Catholics, 40. Appears as a
witness against Atterbury, 45.
His interview with Bolingbroke,
52. His contest with Carteret,
56. First rivalry between him
and Townshend, 83. Cabals of
Bolingbroke against him, 107.
His first audience of George II.,
116. Prevails over Sir Spencer
Compton, 118. His contests with
Pulteney, 124. And with Towns-
hend, 136. His undisputed ascen-
dency, 149. His excise scheme,
His vigorous measures, 169. Re-
sists the repeal of the Septennial
Act, 176. And the increase of
the Prince of Wales's income, 203.
Last injunction to him of Queen
Caroline, 208. His contempt for
literature, 224. His mercenary
writers, 225. Brings in the Play-
house Bill, 231. His second mar-
riage, 262. Intrigues against him,
270. His Convention with Spain,
272. Denounces the Seceders,
278. Impelled to a declaration of
war, 282. His diminished strength,
iii. 4. His altercation with New-
castle, 21. Applies to the Pre-
tender, 23. His answers to Sandys,
68. And to Pulteney, 73. His
foreign policy, 80. Growing out-
cry against him, 93. His last Par-
liamentary struggles, 96. Resigns,
102. Created Earl of Orford,
103. His long administration re-
viewed, 103. His parting advice
to the King, 107. See Orford.

Walpole, Horace, the elder, his ac-
count of the Dutch, i. 215. His
violent language, 231. Appears
at Hanover, 242. Conveys mes-
sages to London, 244. Goes on
a secret mission to Paris, ii. 57.
Receives his credentials as am-
bassador, 58. His character, 101.
At the Congress of Soissons, 125.
Active in the House of Commons,
275. Goes to Holland, 281. His
account of English politics, 160.
Walpole, Horace, the younger, his

authority as an historian, ii.
209. Describes his father's fall,
iii. 97. Speaks in his father's
defence, 120. His description of
the House of Commons, iv. 100.
And of the funeral of George II.,
212. His conversation with Pitt,
v. 45. His visit at Bedford

House, 101. An active go-be-
tween in politics, 170. Describes
the แ Champagne speech" of
Townshend, 179. The historian
of landscape gardening, vi. 329.
His account of Fox, vii. 92. Of
Pitt the younger, 129. And of
Henry Dundas, 130. His Castle
of Otranto, 326.

Warburton, Bishop, his correspond-
ence with Pitt, v. 42. Denounces
Wilkes, 44.

Warren, Dr. Joseph, a patriot at
Boston, vi. 36. Leads a body of
troops at Bunker's Hill, 55. His
death and character, 58.
Washington, George (afterwards

General), his surrender at Great
Meadows, iv. 44. His own ac-
count of his youth, v. 76. Signs
the Non-Importation agreement,
262. Adheres to the party of
conservation, 320. His opinion
on the Boston Port Bill, vi. 5.
And on Lord Sandwich's speech,
8. Presides at a meeting of Fair-
fax county, 29. Elected Com-
mander-in-Chief, 42. His cha-
racter, 42. Sets out for Massa-
chusetts, 53. His report on

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His camp

Bunker's Hill, 59.
described, 65. His want of pow-
der, 66. Complains of his situ-
ation, 80. Raises works on Dor-
chester Heights, 82. Recovers
Boston, 83. Medal in his honour,
85. His head-quarters at New
York, 107, 108. His anguish at
Brooklyn, 110. Secures his army,
111. Carries on the war, 113
-119. Retreats through the
Jerseys, 125-128.
His gloomy
prospects, 128. Surprises Tren-
ton, 130. His night-march, 131.
His success at Princeton, 132.
New powers granted him, 135.
Complains of the number of
Frenchmen, 151. Carries on the
war, 157-166.
Ill-used by
Gates, 192. His noble conduct,
193. His view of the Saratoga
Convention, 197. In his camp
at Valley Forge, 241. Cabals
against him, 242. Hears of the
treaty with France, 244. His
advice disregarded, 250. Gives
battle at Monmouth, 250. Dis-
suades the invasion of Canada,
254. Destitute state of his
army, 274. His " picture of the
times," 276. Levies military
contributions, vii. 53. Meets Ro-
chambeau at Hartford, 56. His
head-quarters described, 57. Ar-
rives at West Point, 62. 64. Dis-
covers the treachery of Arnold, 61
-64. Directs the trial of André,
66. Refuses any mitigation of the
sentence, 66. 68. Critical examin-
ation of his conduct, 70. His stern-
ness on this occasion, 72. Mutiny in
his troops, 100. Plans an attack
upon New York, 107. Marches
to Virginia, 115. Directs the
operations against York-town, 115
-120. Concludes a capitulation
with Lord Cornwallis, 121-123.
Relents to Captain Asgill, 170.
His account of his army, 171. Re-
jects an overture to make him
King, 172.