ABERCROMBIE, General, his repulse
at Ticonderoga, iv. 140.
Academy, Royal, foundation of the,
vi. 337. Its annual meetings, 341.
Acland, Lady Harriet, romantic story
of, vi. 190.

Adam, William, complains of Lord
North, vi. 227. His duel with Fox,
vii. 10. Describes the closing
scene of Lord North's Ministry,
146.

Adams, John, his account of Boston

in 1766, v. 68. His noble spirit,
280. Counsel for Captain Preston,
281. His public career, 283. His
private Diary, vi. 2. His account
of the northern Colonies, 96.
Assists in the Declaration of In-
dependence, 100. His interview
with Lord Howe, 117. Suspects
the European Powers, vii. 206,
Signs the Provisional Articles, 208.
His first audience of George III.,
217.

Adams, Samuel, his career at Boston,
v. 283. Founds the "Corresponding
Committee," 335. His early life
and character, vi. 127. His in-
fluence in Congress, 127.
Addington, Dr., his unskilful treat-
ment of Chatham, v. 196. Carries
a supposed message from Lord
Bute, vi. 222.

Addison, J., becomes Secretary of
State, i. 275. His retirement, 312.
His support of the Peerage Bill,
373.

Agriculture, progress of, vii. 344-347.

Aislabie, John, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, ii. 4. His share in the
South Sea scheme, 14. Resigns
his office, 20. Expelled the House,

22.

Aix la Chapelle, Congress of, iii. 361.
Preliminaries signed at, 363.
Albemarle, Earl of, ambassador at
Paris, his character, iv. 46.
Albemarle, General, Earl of, reduces
the Havanna, iv. 276. His enormous
amount of prize-money, 278.
Alberoni, Cardinal, his policy as
Prime Minister of Spain, i. 295.
Plans the conquest of Sardinia, 301.
And the invasion of England, 306.
His armament against Sicily, 317.
His conferences with Stanhope,
322. His great works and greater
designs, 324. 325. Foments a con-
spiracy in France, 335. Joins the
Spanish army at Pamplona, 354.
Breaks through the Basque pri-
vileges, 356. Makes overtures to
France, 360. Is disgraced, 365.
And banished to Italy, 366. Fo-
ments the division in the Preten-
der's family, ii. 94.

Allan, Colonel Ethan, surprises the
fort at Ticonderoga, vi. 42. Taken
prisoner, 80.

Allen, Ralph, of Bath, his character,
v. 44.

American Colonies, account of the,'
v. 66-80. Negro slavery in, 81.
Native tribes around, 82. Their
irritation at Grenville's schemes
of finance, 85. 90. Tumults in, 131.

Their General Congress at New
York, 132. Their resistance to the
Stamp Act, 133.
Their rejoicings
at its repeal, 151. New taxation
of by Charles Townshend, 189.
Their Mutiny Acts, 190. Renewed
dissensions in, 245. Their "Sons
and Daughters of Liberty," 249.
Rigorous measures against them
in Parliament, 251. Their just
grievances, 273. Their tarrings
and featherings, 275. Their tu-
mults and riots, 279. Temporary
lull in their affairs, 282. Their
discontents renewed, 332. 334.
338. Tumults in, vi. 2. Severe
Acts of Parliament against, 4. 6.
Their resistance, 8. 10. 12. 13.
Their Congress at Philadelphia,
13-18. Their Committees of
Safety," 18. Their "Minutemen,"
19. 37. First conflict with them at
Lexington, 39. Progress of their
arms, 41. 42. Their second Con-
gress at Philadelphia, 43. Their
issue of paper money, 44. Their
further measures, 63. 64. 65. 67.
Feeling against them in England,
71. Progress of hostilities with
them, 77-95. Change in their
views, 96-98. Their deliberations
in Congress, 99-102. Their De-
claration of Independence, 102.
See United States.
Amherst, General, afterwards Lord,
sent to North America, iv. 138.
Reduces Louisburg, 139. His cam-
paign in Canada, 159. Reduces
Montreal, 201. Removed from the
Government of Virginia, v. 211.
212. His answer to Chatham's
appeal, vi. 213.

André, Major John, his early life
and character, vii. 62. Meets Ar-
nold, 63. Is arrested near Tarry-
town, 63. Brought to trial, 67.
His serene and manly firmness, 70.
Hanged as a spy, 71. Monument
to him in Westminster Abbey, 71.
Anne, Queen, her character, i. 23.
Her broken health, 60. Suspected
of a Jacobite leaning, 61. Her
displeasure with the Court of Ha-
nover, 79. Her last illness, 93.
And death, 97.

Anson, George, afterwards Lord, his

expedition to the South Sea, iii.
34-59. Returns to Europe, 59.
His victory near Cape Finisterre,
347. Named First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, iv. 18. His instructions
to Hawke, 50. Remark to at Court,
74. His death, 285.

Arçon, Chevalier, his floating bat-
teries at Gibraltar, vii. 200. His
failure and anguish, 203.

Argyle, Duke of, appears at Queen
Anne's last Council, i. 95. Sent to
command in Scotland, 162. His
defence of Edinburgh, 171. Gives
battle at Sheriffmuir, 183. His
subsequent inaction, 197.
In op-
position to Walpole, iii. 7. His
speech at the Fountain Tavern,
117. Leans to the Jacobites, 119.
His death, 165.

Arkwright, Sir Richard, his inven-
tive genius, v. 3.

Armed Neutrality, account of the,
vii. 45. Of slight practical effect, 81.
Arnold, General B., his early career,
vi. 42. His expedition to Canada,
80. 81. 82. Severely wounded, 83.
Retires in disgust to Montreal, 93.
Serves against Burgoyne, 184. His
conduct on Behmus's Heights, 184.
186. Disabled by a wound, 187.
In command of Philadelphia, 260.
Review of his career, vii. 59. His
treacherous correspondence with
Clinton, 60. Commands at West
Point, 61. His meeting with André,
62. His plot detected, 64. Makes
his escape, 65. His Proclamation,
65. Writes to Washington, 67. 68.
69. 71. His descent upon Virginia,
103. 104. Returns to New York,
110. His expedition to Connecti-
cut, 115.
Art, rise and progress of, in Eng-
land, vi. 335-345.
Arthur, Dr., reveals the design

against Edinburgh Castle, i. 156.
Asaph ul Dowlah, his accession as
Nabob Visier, vii. 309. His cha-
racter, 310. His transactions with
the English, 311-314.
Asgill, Captain, case of, vii. 176.
Ashburton, Lord (see Dunning),
enormous pension granted him,
vii. 171.

Assas, Chevalier d', account of his
death, iv. 213.
Association, Protestant, founded,

vi. 250. Gathers strength, 273.;
vii. 17. Its meeting in St. George's
Fields, 18. Riots that followed it,
19-37.

Atterbury, Bishop, his proposal on
the demise of Queen Anne, i. 98.
His letters to James, ii. 2. His
character, 35. Engaged in the Ja-
cobite conspiracy, 36. His arrest,
40. Bill of penalties against him,
47. His eloquent defence, 49. His
last interview with Pope, 52. He
is conveyed to Calais, 52. Directs
the Jacobite affairs, 91. 127. 128.
Neglected by James, 149. Loses
his daughter, 151. His defence of
Clarendon's History, 153. His
death, 154.

Augusta, Princess, her marriage
with the Prince of Brunswick,
v. 59.

Bacon, his career as an artist,

vi. 341.

Bacon, Lord, his maxim on garden-
ing, vi. 344.

Baillie, Captain, his case against
Lord Sandwich, vii. 86.
Balmerino,

Lord, joins Prince
Charles, iii. 244. His trial and
execution, 335. 336.

Bankes, Henry, his character in
Parliament, vii. 78. In favour of
ceding Gibraltar, 213.

Banks, Sir Joseph, his character,
vi. 296. Explores the South Seas,
297. 303. 304. Becomes President
of the Royal Society, 337.
Barclay, David, his interview with
Franklin, vi. 32.

Barnard, Sir John, his character,

ii. 166. His conduct in Parliament,
171. 173. Proposes to lower the
interest of the National Debt, 207.
His Playhouse Bill, 243. Refuses
to attend the Committee against
Walpole, iii. 127. Moves to repeal
the Bribery Oath, iv. 31. His com-
plaints of the scepticism of that
age, vi. 326.

Barré, Colonel, his first speech in
Parliament, iv. 258. A most ready
debater, v. 53. Opposes the Stamp
Mahon, History. VII.

401

Act, 90. Appointed to office, 166.
His satire upon the Peers, 295.
His tribute to the memory of
Chatham, vi. 243. 245. Declaims
against the Pension List, vii. 7. 8.
His altercation with Lord North,
141. Appointed Treasurer of the
Navy, 150. Enormous pension
granted him, 171.

Barrington, Lord, becomes Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, iv. 228.
And Treasurer of the Navy, 268.
His conversation with Newcastle,
286. Belonged to the "King's
Friends," v. 120. His letter ap-
proving the conduct of the troops,
204. His patronage of Philip Fran-
cis, 230. Moves the expulsion of
Wilkes, 237. Strenuous for the
taxation of America, 278. His re-
presentation to the King, vi. 237.
Barrymore, Earl of, arrested and
examined, iii. 169. Agent sent by
to Prince Charles 291.
Bath, Earl of (see Pulteney), meets
Walpole in the House of Lords,
iii. 123. His first speech as a Peer,
146. Desires to be placed at the
head of the Treasury, 162. Dis-
appointed, 163. His forty hours
Ministry, 311. Writes a pamphlet,
iv. 197. His letters to Colman,
vii. 337.

Bath, Order of the, revived, ii. 80.
Bathurst, Lord, his caustic wit in

As-

the defence of Atterbury, ii. 51.
His answer to Wharton, 76. An
able speaker in Opposition, iii. 70.
Allusion to him by Burke, vi. 35.
Bathurst, second Lord and Earl, his
conduct as Chancellor, v. 305.
Opposes the
Chatham Annuity
Bill, vi. 244. Resigns, 246.
sailed in the Gordon riots, vii. 20.
Baum, Colonel, his letter to Bur-
goyne, vi. 182. Defeated and made
prisoner, 183.
Beckford, Alderman, a friend of Pitt,
iv. 256. An active member of Par-
liament, v. 11. Becomes Lord
Mayor, 15. Conveys a message to
Pitt, 38. His motion upon Indian
affairs, 183. His address to the
King, 284. His illness and death,
285.
Bedford, John, Duke of, becomes
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