ii. 45;

further political intrigues in Ireland, 315; political character and conduct in Ireland, iii. 66, 70, 73.

Robinhood Society, its meetings and rules, i. 42.

Robinson, Sir Thomas, appointed secretary at war, i. 388; his character, _ib._; resigns the seals to make way for Fox; his gratitude and paternal feelings on receiving place and pension, ii. 44, 45; absurd reply to Pitt, 93.

Rochefoucault, Cardinal, works on the superstition of Louis XV., ii. 176.

Rochester, election to supply Byng’s vacancy; singular circumstances connected with it, ii. 372.

Rochfort, attack on, first proposed, iii. 44; expedition to, 45, et seq.; inquiry on, 74, 75.

Rockingham, Marquis of, his inefficient speech on the Scottish Colonization Bill, i. 272; on the prince’s tutors, 331.

Roman Catholics in Ireland, their state in 1752, and before, i. 278, et seq.

Rosbach, battle of, Imperial and French armies defeated by the King of Prussia, iii. 80.

Rouillé, Mons., the French Minister, sends an extraordinary memorial respecting hostilities, ii. 150.

Royal marriages first controlled by legal enactment in the Regency Bill, i. 146.

Royal speech, a spurious one published in Pitt’s first parliament, and the author punished by the House of Lords, ii. 277.

Royal wills, anecdote of burning, i. 175; iii. 308, 313.

Royalty in England, its influence little felt in politics, i. 375, 376; the author’s observations on, as contrasted with republicanism, i. 376.

Russia, alliance with, and its consequences, ii. 151, 236.

Rutland, Duke of, returns to court after long retirement, ii. 2; is appointed lord steward, but independent of party, _ib._

Sabbath-day, comparative rigidness of the Jews and Quakers, ii. 167; police regulations on, iii. 98.

Sackville, Lord G., opposes the Duke of Cumberland’s Mutiny Bill,