ii. 45;

coalesces, approves of the German Treaties, but refuses office, 47; defends himself in the Lords, 49; objects to the proposed New road, out of jealousy to the Duke of Grafton, but afterwards sees his error, 186, 187; courageous conduct on the change of ministry, and Pitt’s accession to power, 266; but accepts the Lieutenancy of Ireland, 271; applies to the King in favour of Admiral Byng, but without success, 326; objects to the coalition of Pitt and Fox, iii. 34; attacked by the rioters on the Militia Bill, 41; difficulties in his Irish government, 66-73; new connexion formed with the Duke of Newcastle, 181; policy during the tumults in Dublin, in opposition to a suspected union, 243, et seq.; conduct towards Lord G. Sackville, 254.

Bedford, Duchess of, her political ascendency over the Duke, i. 186; her ingenious _ruse_ to draw the Duke again into politics, 242; her vice-regal state in Ireland, during the Duke’s government, iii. 66.

Berkeley, Earl of, political anecdote, i. 98.

Berlin captured by the Austrians and Russians, iii. 295.

Bernis, Cardinal de, political disgrace, iii. 158.

Besborough, Lord, his share in Irish politics, ii. 19.

Bishops, Bench of, their inactivity on the marriage clause of the Regency Bill, i. 146; their characters, 148, 149.

Blackbourn, Archbishop, curious anecdote of, i. 87.

Blackiston, a spurious patriot and Jacobite, and why, i. 36.

Blakeney, General, defence of Minorca, ii. 226; gets a red riband, 275.

Board of Trade, attempt of Lord Halifax to subject the West Indian Colonies to that Board, i. 199.

Bolingbroke, Lord, tortuous politics of, at the Prince of Wales’s court, i. 73; his death, character, and anecdotes of him, 220; ingratitude towards Sir Robert Walpole, 220; political ingenuity and infamy, 222, 223; courtly anecdote, 223; contrasted with Walpole, 225.

Boscawen, Admiral, character and political rise, i. 194; extraordinary conduct during Byng’s trial, ii. 286; defeats the French fleet under De la Clue, off Lagos, iii. 211.

Boscawen family, their contest with the Sandwich interests in Cornwall first led to the formation of a Tory party, for general purposes, ii. 13.

Boyle, Mr. (Speaker of the Irish House of Commons), his character and politics, i. 279.

Braddock, General, his unfortunate expedition, ii. 31.

Bribery Oath, motion for its repeal, i. 369.

Brick Tax proposed, but dropped, ii. 178.

Bristol, extraordinary surrender of election liberties to the King, i. 355.

Broglio, Marshal, affair of Minden, iii. 199.

Brown, Marshal, the Austrian General, defeated by the King of Prussia, iii. 14.

Bruhl, Count, his politics and magnificence, ii. 234; his political character, 404-407.

Brunswick, Duchess of, anecdote of her birth, i. 73.

Burdett, Sir Robert, a Tory member; extreme kindness of the Whigs to, on a breach of privilege, i. 95.

Burgundy, Duke of: born, an important event to France, i. 203.

Bute, Lord, his political debut, i. 47; anecdotes of his favouritism at Leicester House, ii. 221-3, et seq.; vide _Wales_.

Butler, Bishop, political and ecclesiastical character, i. 148.

Byng, Admiral, sent to relieve Minorca, ii. 190, 212, 214; public clamour, 217, 228; trial of, 229, 246, et seq. 284, 291; unfair political trick, 285; is sentenced, 287; representation of the Court, 292; observations, 295; extraordinary circumstances connected with the sentence of execution, 306, et seq.; debates in the Commons, 312, et seq.; mercy refused by the King, 326; solicitation of the court martial refused, 327; case before Parliament, 328, 351-366; dies, 369.

Calcraft, Mr., his political connexion with Lord Holland, ii. 42.

Calcutta, affair of the Black Hole at, iii. 57.

Camden, Lord, vide _Pratt_.

Cameron, Dr. Archibald, romantic story of his capture as a rebel,