i. 73;

political character and anecdotes, 182; her law-suit as ranger of Richmond Park, 401, 402; most extraordinary anecdote respecting Byng’s execution, ii. 371.

America, North, state of, and politics respecting, previous to the war of 1756, i. 394, et seq.; commencement of the war and first services of General (then major) Washington, 399, et seq.; first naval operations of the war, ii. 27; military operations commence in Nova Scotia, 30; Braddock’s unfortunate expedition, 30, et seq.; Sir William Johnson’s victory in Canada, 46; grant of money to colonies and to individuals, 153, 154; review of military affairs in the House of Commons, 157, 158; debates on the raising of Swiss regiments for service there, _ibid._, 170, et seq.; affairs in 1757, iii. 39; campaign of 1758, 91, 134; attack on Quebec, and invasion of Canada, 171, 217, et seq.; the French driven thence, 283, 289.

Amherst, General, biographical notice of, iii. 285, et seq., _notes_; takes command in America, 91; takes Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 211; proceeds towards Quebec to assist Wolfe, 212; takes Montreal, 288.

Andrews, Dr., parliamentary anecdote of, in Ireland, i. 367.

Anecdotes-- of Lord Sandwich, i. 3; of Lord Harrington, 4; of French players, 13; of Lord Nugent, 20; of Crowle, the well-known punster, 21; of Sir William Yonge, 23; of Sir Robert Walpole, 23; of Speaker Onslow and Lord Coke, 28; of Mr. Murray, before the House on the Westminster petition, 29; of Sir John Cotton, 33; of Lord Gower and Sir John Cotton, 34; of Lord Egmont, 35; of Colonel Lyttelton and family, 39; of Lady Townshend, _ibid._; of Colonel Conway, 41; of Sir H. Erskine, _ibid._; of Lord Granville in the council, 44; of Lord Bute, 47; of Lord Mansfield, 49; of Lord Chesterfield, 51; of Queen Caroline and Lady Suffolk, 52; of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, 53; of Commissioner Oswald, 59, 60; of Mr. Fox’s candour in parliament, 62; of George II. and his ministers, _ibid._; of Archbishop Secker, 65; of Sir Godfrey Kneller, 70; of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 71, 73, 74, 77; of Lord Doneraile, 75; of Lady Archibald Hamilton, _ibid._; of Lady Middlesex, 76; of Sir William Stanhope, 75; of the Princess of Wales, 76; of Doddington, 77, 87, 88; of George II., 78; of the Duke of Cumberland, 79; of Dr. Ayscough, 79; of Lord Albemarle, 82; of Archbishop Blackburne, 87; of Lord Chief Justice Willes, 89; of Sir George Lee, 90; of Pitt, 92; of Fox, 93, 94; of Old John Selwyn, 95; of Lord Berkeley and the Duke of Dorset, 98; of Admiral Vernon, 100, 101; military one of the French and Duke of Cumberland, 103; of the Duke and Prince George, 105, 106; of Pulteney, Earl of Bath, 118; of Sir Francis Dashwood, 123; political, of the Regency Bill, 129, et seq.; of George II., and the Regency Bill, 157, 158; of the first Lord Hardwick, 159; of the Duke of Newcastle, 163; of Pelham, 167; of Lord Granville, 168; of the dismissed cabinet in 1745, 170; amatory and avaricious one of George II., 176; of Lady Suffolk, 177; of Lady Yarmouth, _ibid._; of Cheselden, the surgeon, _ibid._; of Lord Chesterfield, 177; of Queen Caroline, 179, 182; of the Duke of Grafton, 182; of Mr. Legge, 191; of the Duke of Devonshire, 195; of Paul Whitehead, 201; of the Princess of Orange, 206, 207; of the King and Mr. Fox, 212; of Lord Stair and Queen Caroline, 221; of Pope and Lord Bolingbroke, 224; political, of the Duchess of Bedford, 242; parliamentary, of Fox and Pelham, 254; of Archibald, Duke of Argyle, 276; of the education of the young princes, 284, 289; of General Ligonier and the King, 292; of Lewis XV. and Miss Murphy, 334; of the marriage Bill, 339; of Charles Townshend, 340; parliamentary one, 341; punning one of Jones, the Irish architect, 364; of Newcastle’s geographical ignorance, 396; of General Washington and George II., 400; of Pitt and Murray, 412, 413; of the quarrel between Pitt and Lyttelton, 414; of Sir Thomas Robinson, ii. 44; of old Horace Walpole and the Speaker, ii. 175; of Madame Pompadour, 176; of Doddington, 186; of Lord Bute and Leicester-house, 205, et seq.; of Queen Caroline, Princess Amelia, and Richmond Park, 220, 221; of Charles Townshend respecting the squabbles of party, 224; of caricatures and libels during Byng’s affair, 228, 229; of Counts Bruhl and Kaunizt, 234; of Fox’s rupture with Newcastle, 251, et seq.; of Damiens’ tortures for stabbing the King of France, 283; of Admiral Byng on his trial and condemnation, 286, 287; most extraordinary one, 371; of Archbishop Gilbert, 374; of Dr. King, _ib._; of Lord Temple and the King, 378; of Harry Conway, iii. 54; of the Princess Caroline, 82; of the King and Archbishop Secker, 180; of Pitt and Lord Shelburne, 227; of Macklyn, Lord Bute, and Love à la Mode, 250, 251; of Dr. Smollett, 259.

Anne, Princess Dowager, of Orange, death and politics, iii. 168.

Anson, Lord, proposes several articles of war, but fails, i. 38; appointed to the Admiralty, in room of Lord Sandwich, 194; character, 194, 195; careful selection of officers, and pledge to the king on that subject, ii. 33; his feelings in regard to Byng’s execution, 317; observations on him in regard to Byng’s sentence and execution, 343; restored to the admiralty under Pitt and Newcastle, in 1757,