ii. 22;

error in ordering enlistment in Germany without the concurrence of ministers, 156, 185; unfair conduct towards regiments raised for home service, 203; instance of moderation in command, 373; becomes a favourite with the king, 376; joins in the intrigues against Pitt, 377; is appointed to command the army in Germany, 377, 379; checks the confederacy against the King of Prussia, iii. 35; but is forced to retire from Hanover, and defeated, though not disgraced, at Hastenbecke, 36; convention of Closter Seven, 58; returns to England, 60; offers to resign, 61; repartee when his return to command is talked of, 233.

Cummins, John, an active jacobite, yet patronized, i. 266.

Cunnersdorf, battle of, and Prussians, defeated, iii. 203.

Cunningham, Captain, patriotic and spirited conduct of, at Minorca, ii. 226.

Custrin, battle of, Russians defeated by the King of Prussia, iii. 138.

Dacre, Lord, opposes the bill for Swiss troops, on constitutional grounds, ii. 176.

Damiens, attempts to murder the King of France, but fails, and suffers horrid tortures, ii. 281.

Dashwood, Sir Francis, disclaims Jacobitism in parliament, i. 10; opposes the Regency Bill on the first reading, 122, 123; anecdotes of, 123; his exertions in the House of Commons in Byng’s case, ii. 318, 323, et seq., 336.

Daun, Marshal, defeated at Lissa, iii. 80; outmanœuvred by the King of Prussia, 292; compelled to raise the siege of Schweidnitz, 295; defeated at Torgau, 297.

Dauphin of France, father of Louis XVI., anecdotes and character of, ii. 280; iii. 244.

Debt, national, iii. 151.

Delaval, Mr., makes a very absurd speech on the Regency Bill, i. 124.

Denbigh, Lord, attacks Lord Marchmont in the House, upon his jacobitical principles, iii. 106.

Denmark, King of, takes offence at the preamble of an English mutiny bill, i. 253.

Denmark, Queen of, daughter of George II., her death and character,