ii. 28;

his character, i. 203; disliked by the Pelhams, 204.

Mobs in Ireland; their rejoicings on the success of the Castle opposition in 1753, i. 367.

Monks of Portugal, their ingenuity in smuggling money on board of English ships of war, i. 256.

Montcalm, General, vide _Quebec_.

Montreal taken from the French, iii. 288.

Moore, Captain, one of Byng’s judges, joins in an application to the throne for mercy, ii. 318.

Mordaunt, Sir John, his character, i. 110; opposes the parliamentary purchase of the forfeited estates, 258; entrusted with the attack on Rochfort, iii. 45, et seq.; inquiry, 75.

Moyenska, Countess, notice of, ii. 410.

Munchausen, Baron, the Hanoverian minister in England, his conduct on the affair of Closter Seven, iii. 60.

Murphy, Miss, supplants Madame Pompadour in the heart of Louis XV., and produces a whimsical alarm, i. 334.

Murray, Mr. A., conduct on the Westminster election, i. 17, et seq., 22; refuses to kneel, 29; further proceedings in the House upon his case, 34, 35; further insolence towards the House of Commons, 85; Habeas Corpus granted by the Court of King’s Bench, 114; but is remanded, 115; released from Newgate on the prorogation of the House of Commons, 201; but is remanded in the ensuing session, 208; absconds, 211.

Murray, James (nominal Earl of Dunbar), his character and politics in service of the Pretender, i. 286.

Murray, Lord John, his prudence in regard to political attack, i. 44.

Murray, Solicitor-General (Lord Mansfield), supports the Bavarian subsidy, i. 48; speech on second reading of the Regency Bill, 131; parliamentary contest with Fox on the Regency Bill, 150; affair of the dissensions on the education of the young princes, 284, 290, et seq.; drinking the Pretender’s health, 305; his elaborate and well-written confutation of the French memorial on the Silesian loan, 297; looked to as a candidate for the premiership on Pelham’s death, 379; becomes lord chief justice, and is made a peer, anecdotes, &c.,