i. 240;

comes before Parliament, 242, et seq.; invaded by Prussia, and Dresden taken, ii. 241; its sufferings from the German war, iii. 247; character and anecdotes of the court of, ii. 396, _ad finem_.

Scarborough, extraordinary surrender of the liberty of election to Pelham, as the minister, i. 355.

Schweidnitz, siege and capture by the King of Prussia, iii. 122.

Scotland, proposed colonization of the forfeited estates in, i. 256, et seq.; anecdotes of the rebellion, 262, 263; policy of the Pelham ministry for the tranquillity of Scotland, 269; political anecdotes of the Scottish Whigs, 271, 272; influence and conduct of Archibald, Duke of Argyle, 273; predominant influence of that duke under the Newcastle administration, 390; motion respecting the sheriffs-depute, ii. 4, 14; piratical affair of Thurot’s squadron, iii. 262.

Seamen seized on board of Embden ships; proceedings on, and a bill brought in, i. 261; their marriages prevented by the Marriage Bill, 345; bill for regulating their wages brought in by George Grenville, but lost, iii. 19, 20.

Secker, Archbishop, disliked by George II., i. 65; as Bishop of Oxford, extraordinary instance of sophistry in regard to the Marriage Bill, 347; becomes Archbishop of Canterbury, on the death of Hutton, iii. 107.

Secretaryship of State, a third office first suggested for the colonies by Lord Halifax, i. 199, 220.

Secretaryship in Ireland, its lucrative influence, iii. 93.

Secret-service money, arrangement respecting, under the Newcastle administration, i. 382; its baneful influence, 383.

Selwyn, old John, anecdotes of, i. 94, 95.

Sharpe, Governor of Virginia, chosen as a general by the Duke of Newcastle, i. 401.

Shebbear, Dr., affair of, iii. 152, et seq.

Sheridan, Mr., as manager, produces a theatrical riot by political allusions, i. 389.

Sheriffs-depute of Scotland, motion respecting the tenure of their offices, ii. 4, 14, et seq.

Sherlock, Bishop, political and ecclesiastical character of, i. 148.

Silesian loan, its stoppage, and further transactions thereon, i. 296, et seq.

Sinking fund, proposed by Sir John Barnard, i. 218, 255.

Smith, Admiral, president of Byng’s court-martial, examination before the House of Lords, ii. 360; anecdote, 372.

Smollett, Dr., punished for a libel on Admiral Knollys in the Critical Review, iii. 259; anecdotes of him, 260, 261.

Smuggling of money in foreign ports, i. 256.

Somersetshire, troops raised in, for home service, forced to Gibraltar, ii. 203.

Sophistry, extraordinary instance of, from the Bishop of Oxford, i. 347.

South Sea Company receive indemnification from Spain at the peace of 1751, i. 6; their concerns betrayed by the Duke of Newcastle, 7; propose to lower their interest, but demur to giving up their demand against Spain, 63.

Spain, close of the war in 1751, and indemnification to the South Sea Company, i. 6; political animadversions, _ib._; political state previous to the war of 1756, 398; ministerial assertions respecting her love of peace, 403; promises not to engage in the war, ii. 33; death of the king, contest for the crown, affairs of Naples, iii. 204.

St. Cas, attack on, iii. 135.

St. Maloes, expedition to, iii. 124.

St. Simon, Marquis de, a Frenchman, offends the House of Commons by taking notes in the gallery, i. 108.

Stage, act for licensing passed, i. 14.

Stair, Lord, courtly anecdote of, and Queen Caroline, i. 221.

Stanhope, Earl of, his republican principles, and steady party conduct, i. 116.

Stanhope, Sir William, anecdote of, i. 75, _Note_.

Statesmen, their faults more productive of events than their good intentions, i. 374.

Style, new, proposed in the peers by Lord Chesterfield, i. 51.

Stocks fall on Pitt’s resignation in 1757, iii. 5.

Stone, Dr. George, primate of Ireland, his character and political influence, i. 279; eager participation in Irish politics, ii. 19, et seq.; vide _Ireland_ _passim_.

Stone, Mr., engaged in the education of Prince George, i. 283; dissensions in that establishment, 289, et seq.; his influence in the ministerial changes leading to the fall of the Duke of Newcastle, ii. 43, 45; vide further under the head of _Princess of Wales_.

Strange, Lord, parliamentary character, and motion on General Anstruther’s affair, i. 108, 113; speech on the second reading of the Regency Bill, 125, 139, 143.

Stuart, House of, the author’s observations on the three anniversary holidays in honour of it, ii. 3; decline of their cause, 12, 23.

Subsidy, vide _Bavaria_, _Prussia_, _Germany_, _Saxony_.

Suffolk, Henrietta Howard, Countess of, anecdotes of, i. 52; character and political anecdote of, 176, 445, 446.

Sunderland, Lord, betrayed by the Duke of Newcastle, i. 164.

Suppression of vice, parliamentary committee for, appointed, i. 44.

Sweetmeats, a love of, considered as a qualification for a throne, iii. 206.

Sweden, want of patriotism and disregard of liberty, i. 229; revolution in, ii. 231.

Swiss regiments, for American service, debates on, ii. 156, 167, et seq.

Sydenham, Mr., extraordinary speech in favour of Murray the jacobite, i. 211.

Talbot, Lord, political character, and speech on committal of the Regency Bill, i. 120, 121; speech on the charges against the prince’s tutors, 324.

Tea tax proposed by Alderman Beckford, ii. 302.

Temple, Lord, opposes the repeal of the Jew Naturalization Bill, i. 360, et seq.; solicits mercy of the king for Admiral Byng, at the request of seven members of the court-martial, but is refused, ii. 326; his tiresomeness in council, 378; comes in with Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle, as lord privy seal,