ii. 12;

acquire importance in the House by uniting to bold a balance between Fox and Newcastle, _ib._; further manœuvres in opposition to Fox, 13, et seq.; opinions on the calling in of foreign troops, 184, 185; their feeling towards Pitt on his becoming first minister, 276, 305; Tory aldermen attempt to promote a petition in favour of Byng, but fail, 368; join with Pitt’s friends to form an opposition, iii. 3; election of a chancellor at Oxford, 166; weaned from their opposition to Pitt by militia commissions, 185.

Torrington, Lord, exerts himself in the cause of his uncle Byng, ii. 309.

Townshend, Charles, opposes the Marriage Bill, i. 340; attacks Lord Egmont on his absurd conduct respecting the Mutiny Bill, 421; his long speech on the German treaties, in opposition to Newcastle,