i. 62;

bill for the purchase from the crown, for national purposes, 256, et seq.

Forgery, extraordinary instance of, relative to royal mercy, i. 175.

Fowke, General, tried and suspended, but broke by the king, for his conduct at Gibraltar in Byng’s affair, ii. 229, vide _Byng_.

Fox, Mr., (Lord Holland,) conduct in the parliament of 1751, i. 8; on the Westminster petition, display of wit and abilities, 15, 20; decided conduct in Murray’s case, 27, 35; ingratitude of Lord Egmont, 37; his political consistency on the Naturalization Bill, 55; parliamentary exertions in Anstruther’s case, 58; increase of popularity in union with the Duke of Bedford, 61; his opinion of Pitt, expressed in parliament, 62; biographical anecdotes and character, 93, 94; supports the Regency Bill, 132, 139; contest with Solicitor-General Murray on that Bill, 149, 150; conversation with the king on the Regency Bill, 157, 158; political interference to save the Duke of Bedford from the plots of the Pelhams, 185; is solicited by Lord Granville to join the new ministry, after the Duke of Bedford’s resignation, but refuses, 197; conversations with the king and duke on the regency, 212; proposes the army estimates, 213; political feeling of Pelham, 254; strenuous opposition to the Marriage Bill, 342; his quarrel with the Lord Chancellor and the Yorke party, on the Marriage Bill, 343; his conversation with Pelham on that subject, 344; conversation with the king respecting the same, 352; looked to as a candidate for the premiership, 379; becomes secretary of war, and manager of the House of Commons, 381; new regulation of the secret service money, 382; hurt by Newcastle’s breach of faith, declines office, 384, 385; subsequent interview with the king, 386; explanation with Pitt, 392; joins Pitt in attacking the ministry, 410; but softens on a conversation with the king, 417; consents to abjure Pitt, and becomes a cabinet counsellor, 420; excites a debate in the House, by proposing to sit on the anniversary of Charles’ martyrdom, ii. 3; supports Lord Sandwich’s borough interests in the House, 11; opposed by the Tories, who now first appear as a political party distinct from jacobitism, 12; separates from Pitt on the Hanoverian question, 37; agrees to support the German treaties and the Duke of Newcastle, 41, et seq.; his political history, 42; vindicated, _ib._; becomes secretary of state, 43; insincerity of coalition, 45; brings in the Bedford party, 47; meets the Commons, 61; censured in the House for circular letters to members, 63; contest with Pitt on the naval estimates, 67, et seq.; ditto on the army estimates, 90, 91; defends Hume Campbell against Pitt’s attack, 116; his friends objected to by the Duke of Newcastle, 141; repeated sparring with Pitt, 152, et seq.; debate respecting the Swiss battalions, 156, et seq.; parliamentary squabble with Charles Townshend, 173; conduct on the calling in of foreign troops, 184; animadversion on, 214; his political conduct respecting the Prince of Wales and Leicester House, 221, et seq.; rupture with the Duke of Newcastle, 251; resigns, 252; proposed coalition with Pitt, 254, et seq.; extraordinary conversation with Pitt, 262; various arrangements for his friends, and a peerage asked for his wife and son, marks his intended politics in the Commons, 273, 274; but refused by the king, _ib._; disappointed in his political plans in regard to the Duke of Devonshire, 276; further political intrigues, 305, et seq.; his conduct in Byng’s affair, 309, 312, 325; speeches on the same in the House, 336, 344; intrigues to dismiss Pitt from power, 377; events leading to a change of ministry, 379; supports the liberty of the press, 380; gets the clerkship of the Pells in Ireland for himself and sons, iii. 3; political difference with Newcastle, 5; intrigues of parties, 10, 11; advice of Horace Walpole, 28; accepts the pay-office, under Pitt and Newcastle, 31; political intrigues between the latter and the Duke of Bedford, 181.

France, political duplicity and evasion in fulfilling treaties, i. 81; extraordinary political proceedings on the birth of the Duke of Burgundy, 203, 216, 217; general view of her politics, policy, and power, in 1752, illustrated in parliament, in regard to the Saxon treaty, 251, et seq.; origin of the war that followed the death of Mr. Pelham, 393; haughty reply to British remonstrances, ii. 2; unfolds the mystery of her moderation, 150; commences retaliation at sea, 155; unpopularity of the war there, 176; their financiers copying English plans, 182; state of politics in 1757, and attempt upon the king’s life, 280, 281; an army sent to the Rhine, 373; ministerial revolutions, iii. 157; affairs in North America, 169; again threatens invasion, 184; her perfidy, 222; her bankruptcy, 223; alarmed at her own reverses, proposes peace, 236.

Frederick, King of Prussia, political jealousy of, on the part of George II., i. 104; his junction with French policy in the affairs of Germany, and attack upon British interests, 204, vide _Prussia_; his successes in Bohemia, iii. 12; defeats Marshal Brown in the battle of Prague, 14; defeated by Count Daun, 36; defeats the Russians, 57; further victories, 80; takes Breslau, 90; opens a glorious campaign, 121, et seq.; invades Bohemia, 138; battle of Custrin, 138; defeated at Hochkerchen, 148; takes advantage of English liberality, 174; campaign of 1759, 200; saves Berlin, after defeat, 204.

French players, dislike of the populace to, i. 13.

---- driven from Quebec, iii. 283, 289.

Furnese, Harry, made a Lord of the Treasury, and why, ii. 141.

Galissoniere, the French Admiral, affair of, at Minorca, ii. 215, 225.

Gardiner, Luke, interferes in the party politics of Ireland, i. 356.

Garter, order of, honours granted on Pitt’s coming into administration, ii. 274; iii. 34.

Gates (afterwards General), military and political anecdote, i. 400.

Geary, Capt. Francis, extraordinary conduct in regard to Byng’s trial, ii. 343.

GEORGE I., anecdote of the cancelling of his will, iii. 308; burnt his own queen’s will, 313; notice of his mistresses, 315.

GEORGE II. Return from Hanover in 1751, i. 3; harshness towards the South Sea Company, 6; approves of the young Whigs in parliament, 21; his patronage of General Anstruther, 61; candid opinion respecting his ministers, 62; refuses to hear Bishop Secker preach at the Royal Chapel, 65; behaviour on the demise of the Prince of Wales, 78; marked condescension and tenderness to the prince’s family, 83; conduct on the regency settlement, 99; anecdote of his love of money, 105; observations on the Commons’ amendments to the Regency Bill, 157, 158; extraordinary self-command under political differences, 174; his character, 175; curious anecdote of his love of money, 176; dislike to Lord Sandwich, and why, 187; change of ministry and triumph of the Pelhams, 194; gives advice to the new minister, and a reprimand to the Pelhams, 198, 199; conversation with Mr. Fox, on the Duke of Cumberland’s dangerous accident, 212; paternal feelings on the loss of his children, 227; political interference with the election of the Romans, 240, 241; visits Hanover in 1752, attended by the Duke of Newcastle, 278; unlucky in his German alliances, 288; returns to England, 289; curbed by ministers in church preferments, 292; his conduct respecting the charges against the prince’s tutors, 283, 309; judicious conduct in the cabinet respecting the accusations against Fox, on occasion of the Marriage Bill, 352; haughty reply to Lord Kildare’s memorial on the affairs of Ireland, 355; his political character and influence in the state towards the close of his life, 376; his feelings on the death of Pelham, 378; his objections to Legge as a cabinet minister, 381; conversation with Fox, on his declining the seals, 386; also in regard to his partial opposition, 417; informs the Commons of the French preparations for war, ii. 18; determines to revisit Hanover, 20; is alarmed for the safety of that electorate, 33, 34; returns, just as opposition begins to the German treaties, 41; comes to an accommodation with the King of Prussia respecting Germany, 152; his feelings towards Hanover, 170; _bon mot_ of Doddington on his avarice, 186; proposes taking the prince from his mother’s tuition, 207, et seq.; his feelings on the change of ministry and Pitt’s accession to power, 254, 266; refuses to read Pitt’s long speech, and sends it back to be shortened, 276; sends a complimentary gratulation to the French king on his escape from assassination, which is well received, 283; deceived by the Newcastle administration in regard to Byng, 294, 306; refuses Pitt’s solicitation for mercy, 331; but consents to a temporary reprieve, _ib._; his dislike to long speeches in the cabinet, 378; left without a ministry in 1757, iii. 11; Hanover occupied by the French, 12; refuses their offer of neutrality for that electorate, _ib._; demands support from parliament during the contests of parties for power, 16; his personal feelings strongly expressed, 30; loses Hanover for a time, 36; conduct on the affair of Closter Seven, 59; anecdotes of munificence, 100; prohibits Sackville’s appearance at court, 273; death, 302; character of, 303, 304, 305.

GEORGE III., vide _Prince George_.

German Treaties, and their consequences, ii. 34, et seq., 103.

Germany, political state of, in 1751, i. 7; unfortunate turn of politics there, 81; our politics in regard to the election of the Archduke Joseph of Austria, as king of the Romans, 204; affairs arranged with the King of Prussia, ii. 152; Empress-Queen joins with France, 219, 220; origin and causes of the war, 231, 232; a French army sent to the Rhine, 373; Hanover occupied by the French, its neutrality offered by them, but rejected, iii. 12; successes of the King of Prussia in Bohemia, 13; campaign of 1757, 57; convention of Closter Seven, 58; campaign of 1758, 90; successes of the King of Prussia and Prince Ferdinand, 123, 127, et seq.; state of the English army, 147; advantages taken of English liberality, 174; campaign of 1759, 188; Pitt labours to increase our army there, 226; objects of the war, 247; campaign of 1760 in, 289-297.

Gibraltar, vide _Byng_, _Minorca_, and _Galissoniere_.

Gibson, the upholsterer, contumacy on the Westminster petition, i. 22; committed to Newgate, _ib._; petitions, is reprimanded and released, 32.

Gilbert, Archbishop, curious anecdote of, at York, ii. 374.

Gin Bill, proceedings on, i. 44, 66, 106.

Gooch, Bishop of Ely, political and ecclesiastical character, i. 148.

Goree, captured, iii. 169.

Gower, Lord, his political character, i. 188; death and political influence, 422.

Gower family, connexion with the Bedfords, i. 3; resentment of the Jacobites, 13; Westminster politics, 17, et seq.; connexion with the Pelham faction, in opposition to the Bedfords, 188; resignation of Lord Trentham from the Admiralty, in opposition to his father’s wishes, 192; the young Lord Gower receives the privy seal, ii. 139.

Grafton, Duke of, political repartee, i. 48; character of, and anecdotes, 180, 181.

Granby, Marquis of, observations on the affair of the Highland regiments, ii. 301; appointed Colonel of the Blues, and serves at St. Maloes, iii. 124; second in command in Germany, 147; battle of Minden, 194, et seq.

Granville, Lord, political retrospect in 1746, i. 6, 9; further, 105; in a speech on committal of the Regency Bill, developes the insidious policy of the French court, 121, 122; character and anecdotes of, 168, 197; political administration, 170; suspected of jacobitism, _ibid._; dislike to Pitt, 170; his conduct during the rebellion, 171, et seq.; becomes president of the council, 194; judicious and well-timed speech on the Saxon treaty, 252, 253; refuses the premiership, when offered to him by the Duke of Newcastle, ii. 43.

Gray, Mr., his election petition from Colchester, i. 409.

Gray, the poet, declines the laureateship, iii. 82.

Great Seal put in commission, ii. 273.

Grenville interest, parliamentary conduct in 1751, i. 13.

Grenville, George, opens charges in the House of Commons of bribery on the part of France, ii. 82.

Grierson, Mr., a minister, convicted of illegal marriages, and 1400 dissolved thereby, ii. 155.

Guadaloupe, capture of, iii. 170.

Guerini, Father, character of, ii. 408.

Habeas Corpus, affair of, in Parliament, iii. 101, 103, 112.

Hale, Colonel, offers to lead the footmen and chairmen of London against the best troops of France, iii. 234.

Half-pay officers in the army, first subjected to military law, i. 38.

Halifax, Lord, attempts to bring the West Indian Colonies under the Board of Trade, i. 199, 220; character, 397; supports the Saxon treaty in the House of Lords, 251; his exertions at the Board of Trade, to save the colonies from the ignorance of his colleagues, 397; supports Byng’s cause in the House of Lords, ii. 353.

Hamilton, Lady Archibald, anecdote of, i. 74.

Hamilton, Sir James, an Irish patriot, his honesty, i. 368.

Hamilton, William Gerard, his extraordinary introduction into political life, ii. 44; first speech, 51; in office, 140.

Hampden, Mr., parliamentary attack upon Pitt and Lyttelton, i. 18.

Hampshire, an election there betrays Lord Bute’s secret politics, under the auspices of the Prince’s influence, iii. 237.

Hanover, the King’s return from, in 1751, i. 1, 3; political pamphlets respecting, 11; political regulations and jealousies respecting, on the regency question, 104; its dangers from French invasion, and the king’s consequent alarm,