iii. 250;

its copy sent for by the king, and read to him, _ib._

Loyd, Sir Richard, judicious observations on Anstruther’s case, and on the Act of Grace, i. 108.

Lucas, Mr. or Dr., at the head of the discontented in Ireland, i. 279.

Lyttelton, Col. R., disclaims jacobitism in parliament, i. 10; opposes the Mutiny Bill, 38; political anecdotes of himself and family, ii. 307.

Lyttelton, George, Lord, character of, i. 39; political intrigues discovered by the opening of a letter, 201, 202; his character, _ib._; joins the Newcastle administration, and manages for his friends, 387; breach with Pitt, its history and anecdotes, 414, 416; becomes chancellor of the exchequer, over the ruins of his old friends, ii. 63; again courts Pitt, 102; awkwardness at first moving the supplies as chancellor, and squabble with Pitt, 153; made a peer, 272; introduced by Smollett, in very abusive terms, in Roderick Random, iii. 259.

Macklyn, ludicrous anecdote of his Love-à-la-mode, iii. 250.

Madox, Dr. (Bishop of Worcester), speech on the charges against the Prince’s tutors, i. 331; death and eminent clerical character, iii. 215.

Malagrida, the Jesuit, his conduct and fate, iii. 145; vide _Portugal_.

Malone, Mr., his character and factious politics in Ireland, i. 282.

Mansfield, Earl of, vide _Murray_.

Marchmont, Earl of, difference as a speaker in court-favour and in opposition, i. 293; unprecedented severity of conduct in the Lords upon Byng’s affair, ii. 366.

Marlborough, Charles, Duke of, takes parliamentary notice of the Jacobite attack on the Duke of Cumberland, i. 10; his speech on the charges against the prince’s tutors, 328; interferes in county election in Oxfordshire, 406; in projected ministerial changes, 419; commands in the expedition to St. Maloes, iii. 124; its effects upon the German campaign, 127.

Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, her political feelings in death, i. 53.

Marriage Bill sent down from the Lords; further and final proceedings thereon, i. 340, et seq.; its history, _ib._

Marriages dissolved in a most unfeeling manner, to an immense amount, by virtue of the new Act, ii. 155.

Marriages, royal, first controlled by legal enactment in the Regency Bill, i. 146.

Martin, Mr., his political inconsistency on the Regency Bill, &c., i. 136.

Martin, Mr., (the West Indian), his speech against standing armies,