Forte Ontario taken and demolished by the French, 374.
Oswego described, 356. Neglect in not for- tifying it, 357. Reduced and demolished by the French, 374.
St. David's described, 342. Taken by gene- ral Lally, 449.
St. George.-See Mudras.
St. Laurence built, 338.
St. Philip's siege and surrender of, 368, 370. Ticonderoga, unsuccessful attempt against it, 446. New expedition planned against it, 497. With animadversions, ib. It is abandoned by the French, and taken possession of by general Am- herst, ib.
William Henry reduced by M. Montcalm, 401. Foudroyant man of war taken, 436. Foundling hospital, remarks on, 385, 395, note 3. Scheme in favour of it, 433. Resolutions concern- ing, 480.-See Supplies.
Fouquet, M. de la Mothe, obliges general Jahnus to abandon the country of Glatz, 455. Relieves Cosel, 459. Is besieged at Landshut by general Laudohn, 552.
Fowke, general, receives two letters from the war office, 366. He is superseded for not understand- ing them, 368. His trial, 372. He is dismissed from the service, ib.
Fox, Henry, Esq. opposes the inquiry into the earl of Orford's conduct, 269. The motion for hearing the sea-officers by counsel, 307; and the general naturalization bill, 321. His behaviour with re- gard to the Westminster election, 322. He is ap- pointed secretary of state, 360. Letter to him from M. Rouillé, 364. With his answer, ib. His motion for introducing German troops, 365. Ap- pointed receiver and pay-master-general of the army, 397.
commodore, his success, 301; and trial, ib. Foy, captain, contributes to the victory of Minden, 581, note 3 X.
Frampton, Dr. bishop of Gloucester, refuses the oaths to William and Mary, 3. Is suspended and deprived, 16, 39, note 3. France.-See Louis XV.
Franckfort on the Maine treacherously seized by the French, 509.
Francis, duke of Lorrain, marries the archdutchess, and cedes Lorrain, 248. Invested with Tuscany, 251. Defeats the Turks at Orsona, 254. Elected emperor, 284, 285.
-, emperor, treaty concluded between him, the kings of Spain, Sardinia, and Sicily, and the duke of Parma, 328. He concludes a new treaty with France, and claims the assistance of the Ger- manic body against Prussia, 381. Observes a neutrality as grand duke of Tuscany, 407. His answer to the arrit of the Evangelical body at Ratisbon, 516.
Frankland, commodore, sent with a squadron to the West-Indies, 358.
Fraser, Sir Peter, taken up, 28.
colonel Simon, anecdotes of some of his offi- cers, 580, note 3 V. He conducts the left wing at the battle of Quebec, 539.
Frederick, king of Sweden, appearance of a rup- ture between him and the czarina, 312, 318. Amused with the hopes of having Hesse-Cassel elected into an electorate, 325. His death, ib. Frederick V.-See Denmark.
III. king of Prussia, invades the queen of Hungary's dominions, 260. Rupture between them, 264. Gains the battles of Molwitz and Czaslaw, ib. 269. Concludes a treaty with her at Breslau, 270. Rupture between him and Hanover, ib. 274. Treaty between the emperor and him at Franckfort, 281. He invades Bohemia, 282. Defeats the Austrians and Saxons at Strie- gau and Sohr, 284. Concludes a treaty with England at Dresden, 285. Invades Saxony, and defeats the Austrians and Saxons at Pirna, ib. Concludes peace with Hungary and Saxony, ib. His interposition in an apparent rupture between Russia and Sweden, 312. His internal measures,
He gives fresh umbrage to the czarina by his interfering in the disputes between her and Sweden, 318. Opposes the election of the arch- duke to be king of the Romans, ib. Misunder- standing between him and the czarina, 324. Con- tinues opposing the election of a king of the Ro- mans, ib. Dispute between him and the elector of Hanover concerning East-Friesland, 328,
understanding between him and the British court concerning the seizure of his ships, 328. His im- provement of Pomerania, ib. He renders the de- sign of electing a king of the Romans abortive, ib. Proceedings of the diet of the empire relat ing to the dispute between him and the elector of Hanover concerning East-Friesland, 334. His spirited declaration in consequence of the treaty between England and Russia, 359. He listens to a negotiation with England, ib.; and conclu-les it, 362. His motives for engaging in the war, 375. Measures taken by him and the elector of Hano- ver, 379. The queen of Hungary endeavours to frustrate his designs, ib. His demands of an ex- planation from that princess, ib.; with her answer, ib. He invades Saxony, and publishes a mani- festo, 380, He enters Dresden, and blocks up the king of Poland and his troops at Pirna, 381. His behaviour at Dresden, ib. 571, note 3 B. He invades Bohemia, and fights count Brown at Lowoschutz, 381. Retreats into Saxony, ib. The king of Poland's memorial to the states-general concerning his conduct, ib. Imperial decrees published against him, 382. His minister ordered to quit Versailles, ib. His answer to the king of Poland's memorial, ib. His justification of his conduct, ib. His letter to the imperial diet reject- ed, 384. Several places belonging to him seized by the French, 406. State of the confederacy against him, ib. He is put under the ban of the empire, ib. Precautions taken by him, ib. behaviour to several persons of rank at Dresden, ib. Skirmishes between his troops and the Aus- trians on the frontiers of Bohemia, 407. Declara- tion of the czarina against him, ib. He enters Bohemia, 408. His troops under the prince of Bevern defeat the Austrians at Reichenberg, ib. He gains a complete victory over the Austrians near Prague, 409. He invests Prague, ib., and bombards it, 410. He is defeated at Kolin, ib. His letter to the earl mareschal of Scotland, 573, note, 3 H. He evacuates Bohemia, 411. The fatal consequences to him from the duke of Cum- berland's measures, 414, 415. The French enter his dominions, ib. His ports in the Baltic blocked up by the Russian fleet, 416, and his town of Memel taken by their army, ib. His declaration on that occasion, ib. Many of the Imperial army unwilling to serve against him, 417. He encamps at Leitmeritz, ib. He marches into Lusatia, ib. His brother prince William leaves the army in disgust, and dies, 418, 441, note 1. His army is weakened by skirmishes and desertions, 418. Skirmishes between the Russians and his troops, 419. His general attacks them near Norkitten, ib. His majesty dares the Austrians to the battle, ib. He marches against the united army of the French and the Empire, who upon his approach retreat, 420. He finds an attack upon them im- practicable, and retires, ib. Action between his troops and the Austrians at Goerlitz. ib. Part of his forces gives a check to the French in Halber- stadt, ib.; but his general is obliged in his turn to retire, ib. Several parts of his dominion invaded by the French, Swedes, and Austrians, ib. His queen and family remove from Berlin to Magde- bourg, ib. He subjects Leipsic[to military execu tion, ib. He defeats the French and Imperial army at Rosbach, 421. Part of his troops defeat- ed at Breslau, 422. He beats the Austrians at Lissa, ib. Retakes Breslau, 423, and invests Schweidnitz, ib. Becomes master of all Silesia, ib. The Swedes invade his territories in Pome- rania, and publish a declaration, ib. His counter- declaration, ib. Success of his troops against the Swedes, 424. His letter to king George II. 574, note 3 K. Declaration to his minister, from the British court, 425. His second treaty with Britain, 430. He raises contributions in Swedish Pome- rania, in Saxony, and Mecklenbourg, 450. Re- marks on his proceedings, ib. State of the armies for and against him, ib. He re-takes Schweidnitz, 455, and sends detachments into Bohemia and Glatz, 456. Enters Moravia and invests Olmutz, ib. He is followed by count Daun, ib. who forces him to raise the siege of Olmutz, ib. and to retire into Bohemia, ib. He marches to the Oder, 457, and defeats the Russians at Zondorf, ib. Messa- ges between his commander and general Fermor, 458. He is surprised and defeated at Hochkir- chen, ib. Retires to Dobreschutz, ib, and thence to Silesia, ib. His governor of Dresden destroys
its suburbs, 459. Reflections on that measure, ib. His minister's answer to the Saxon minister's complaints on that outrage, ib. The Russians miscarry in their attempt upon his town of Col- berg, 460. His surprising conduct and motions, ib. He oppresses the inhabitants of Saxony, ib. His further proceedings and declaration with respect to that electorate, and reflections on them, ib. His officers oblige the Swedes to relinquish Po- merania, 461. His third treaty with Britain, 471. He receives a reinforcement from the allied army, 512. Progress of his troops against the Swedes, ib. He sends a detachment to Gotha, &c. ib., and a third to Mecklenbourg, ib. A bat talion of his grenadiers made prisoners, ib. He detaches prince Henry into Bohemia, ib. and Franconia, 513. He vindicates his own conduct with respect to his prisoners, ib. His general's declaration on his entering Poland, 582, note 3 Z. His troops routed by the Russians at Zullichau, 513. He takes the command of general Wedel's corps, ib. Is routed at Cunersdorff, ib. His two billets to his queen, 514. Advantages gained by his forces in Saxony, ib. His army under general Finck surrounded and taken, ib., and that under general Diercke, 515. Memorial delivered in his name at the Hague by duke Louis of Brunswick, 582, note 4 A. Arrêt of the Evangelical body at Ratisbon in his favour with the emperor's answer to it, 515. He employs and intercedes for the earl mareschal of Scotland, 527. Sends a letter to king Stanislaus, 545. Answer to the memorial deliver- ed in his name at the Hague, 585, note 4 I. A detachment of his army checks a party of the Imperialists near Lutzen, 547. His general in Pomerania routed and taken by the Swedes, 551. Advantages gained over his troops by the Aus trians in Saxony, ib. &c. His forces under general Fouquet worsted by general Laudohn, 552. He makes an unsuccessful attempt upon Dresden, ib., and obtains a victory over general Laudohn, 553. Worsts general Beck, ib. Raises the block- ade of Schweidnitz, ib. An engagement between his general, Hulsen, and a corps of Imperialists, ib. His critical situation, 554. His capital of Ber- lin taken by the Austrians and Russians, ib. He attacks count Daun at Torgau, ib. His intimation to the states of Westphalia, 555. Memorials against him to the diet at Ratisbon exhibited by the elec- tors of Cologu and Saxony, and the duke of Meck- lenbourg, ib.
Frederick prince of Wales, arrives in England, 227. Marries the princess of Saxegotha, 246. Motion
for a settlement on him, 247. Breach between his father and him, ib. He votes against the con vention in Spain, 256. Heads the opposition, 268. Restored to favour, ib. The difference between his father and him increased, and his adherents join the opposition in parliament, 305. He is dis- appointed in his hopes of being elected chancel- lor of the university of Cambridge, 310. Is chosen governor of the British fishery, 316. His death and character, 320. His declaration to the chiefs of the opposition, 583, note 4 E.
French cloths, act for prohibiting the importation of, to the ports of the Levant, 476.
prisoners in England supplied with neces- saries by private contribution, 503. Fribourg, the magistrates of, consent to the young chevalier's residing there, 312. Friend, Sir John, his trial and execution, 66.
Dr. taken into custody for favouring bishop Atterbury, 216.
Frost, a very severe one, 259.
Frye, colonel, receives the submission of several French colonists, 541.
Fuentes, count de, sent ambassador from Spain to England, 544.
Fuller, declared a notorious impostor, and pillo- ried, 33.
Mr. Rose, prepares a bill for the punish- ment of governors of plantations, 390. Funds, some of them consolidated, 327, 527.
Gabel, taken by the Austrians, 417.
Gage, lord, his remarks on the convention with Spain, 255.
-, general, carries off general Braddock when wounded, 354. Detached to command the army
before Niagara, 498. Montreal, 541.
Assists in the reduction of
Guges, count, his operations in Italy, 276, 282. Gallisonier, M. de la, conducts the French arma- ment to Minorca, 366. His engagement with ad- miral Byug, 367. After which he returns to Min- orca, 369; and thence sails back to Toulon, 370. Gallas, count, the Imperial ambassador forbid the court, 167. Galway, (Rouvigny) earl of, appointed commander in Spain, 126. Loses his right hand in battle, 132. His progress in Spain, 138. Defeated at Almanza,
Game, act concerning, passed, 329. Gaming houses, act relating to, 326, 388. Ganjam, in the East Indies, described, 343. Gardner, captain, killed in an engagement with M. du Quesne, 437.
Gardiner, colonel, slain at Preston-Pans, 288. Gascoyne, Sir Crisp, his laudable behaviour as a magistrate, 332.
Gayton, captain, assists in taking Guadaloupe, 493. Geary, admiral, driven with Sir Edward Hawke, by bad weather into Torbay, 487. General assembly of Scotland dissolved by king William's commissioner, 34. General fund act passed, 198. Genoa, republic of, enters into a defensive alliance with France, Spain, Sardinia, and Sicily, 313. Genoese expel the Austrians, 296. Besieged, 300. mariners, (two) murder the master and crew of an English vessel, 482.
George prince of Denmark protests, as duke of Cumberland, against rejecting the place-bill, 45. Appointed generalissimo and high admiral, 104. The parliament make a settlement on him, 110. His death and character, 152.
- I. proclaimed king of Great Britain, 185. His civil list settled, 186. He arrives in England, ib. The tories totally excluded from his favour, ib., which increases the discontents, 187. Substance of his first speech to parliament, ib. He sends a fleet to the Baltic, 188. Purchases Bremen and Verden, ib. The discontents in England, ib. He declares to the parliament that a rebellion is be- gun, 190. Visits his German dominions, 196. En- gages in the triple alliance with France and Hol- land, ib. Rupture between him and Sweden, ib. He demands an extraordinary supply, 197. His ministry divided, ib. He grants an amnesty, 199. Difference between him and the czar Peter, 200. He joins in the quadruple alliance with the Em- peror, France, and Holland, ib. Difference be- tween him and the prince, 201. Nature of the treaty between him, the emperor, &c. 202. He sends a fleet to the Mediterranean, ib. which at- tacks and destroys the Spanish navy, ib. He de- clares war against Spain, 204. Visits Hanover, 205. Concludes an alliance with Sweden, 208. Makes extraordinary demands, 212. Concludes a peace with Spain and Madrid, 213, and an alli- ance with that court and France at London, ib., and a treaty with the Moors, ib. Rumours of a conspiracy against him, ib. He visits his German dominions, 216. Treats with Denmark and Prus- sia, ib. Recommends to his parliament the care of the public debts, 217. Enabled to raise any sum not exceeding one million, to discharge the debts of his civil list, 218. Sets out for Germany, ib. Concludes the treaty of Hanover with France and Prussia, ib.; which the parliament approves of, 219; and grants him an extraordinary supply, ib. The operations of his fleet in the Baltic, the West Indies, and on the Spanish coasts, 220. De- bates on his treaties, 221. His promise of giving up Gibraltar acknowledged in the house of com- mons by Sir Robert Walpole, ib. The Imperial minister's remonstrance to him, ib. He concludes treaties with France, Sweden, and Hesse-Cassel, ib. Obtains a large vote of credit, 222. Rupture between him and Spain, ib. Preliminaries of peace between him, the emperor, and Spain ib. He dies in his way to Hanover, ib. His cha racter, ib.
II. ascends the throne, 224. State of the nation then, ib. Characters of his chief ministers, ib. Debates concerning his civil list, 225. Changes and promotions in his ministry, ib. Gets liberal supplies for foreign subsidies, 226. Declines giv. ing a particular answer to the commons' address for a distinct account of money charged for the
security of trade, 226. Obtains a vote of credit, 227. Debates on his foreign subsidies, ib. Ad- dressed touching the Spanish depredations, 228. Obtains a vote of credit for an account of arrears due on the civil list, ib. Sets out for Hanover, to accommodate a difference between it and Prus- sia, 229. Concludes a treaty with France and Spain at Seville, ib. To which there are objec tions in the house of lords, ib. Empowered to prohibit loans to foreign princes, 230. Receives the submission of seven Indian chiefs, 231. Treaty of Vienna between the emperor and him, 232, and between them and the king of Spain, ib. He strikes Mr. Pulteney's name out of the list of privy counsellors, 235. Sets out for Hanover, ib. Receives the investiture of Bremen and Verden, 238. Objections against an address to him ou the situation of affairs, ib. He is addressed concern- ing the Spanish depredations, ib. Empowered to augment the forces, 242. Enabled to apply a large sum from the sinking fund for the current service, ib. Debates on his subsidy to Denmark, 244. Visits Hanover, 245. Sends a fleet to Lis- bon, ib. Empowered to borrow from the sinking fund, 246. Goes to Germany, 247. Misunderstand- ing between him and the prince, 248. Gets a grant of one million to redeem South Sea annui- ties, ib. Breach between him and his son, 251. His queen dies, ib. Addressed touching the Span- ish depredations, 252. Forbids his son's visitors to appear at court, 253. Sends a fleet to the Me- diterranean, ib. Accommodates a difference be- tween Denmark and Hanover, 254. Concludes the convention with Spain, ib. Enabled to provide for his younger children, 256. His message touch- ing a subsidy to Denmark, and power to augment the forces, 257. Grants letters of marque against Spain, ib. Declares war against Spain, 258. Ob- tains a vote of credit, 259. Visits his German do- minions, ib. Takes a body of Hessians into British pay, ib. Discontents against his minístry, 260. Demands an extraordinary supply, 262. Hanover, ib.; for which he concludes a neutrali- ty, and engages his vote for the elector of Bava- ria, 265. His proposal for a subsidy-treaty to Sweden rejected, ib. Inactivity of his fleet, 266. Changes in his ministry, 268. Reconciliation be- tween him and his son, ib. He forms an army in Flanders, 270. Accommodates a difference be- tween Prussia and Hanover, ib. The Danish court refuses to renew the subsidy-treaty with him, 271. The attention of his ministry turned chiefly on the affairs of the continent, 272. Takes a body of Hessians and Hanoverians into British pay, ib. Concludes a treaty of mutual defence and guar antee with Prussia, ib. He embarks for Germany, 274. Difference between Prussia and him as elector of Hanover, ib. He defeats the French at Dettingen, ib. Concludes a treaty with Austria and Sardinia at Worms, 275. Declares war against France, 280, Makes alterations in his ministry, 284. Agrees in the treaty of Warsaw, to pay an annual subsidy to the king of Poland, ib. Visits Hanover, ib. Convention between him and Prus- sia, 285. He returns to England, on an advice of an insurrection in Scotland, ib. Convulsions in his ministry, 293. He gets a vote of credit, 294. Fruitless conferences between his ministers, &c. and those of France, at Breda, 297. Gets 500,0001. to enable him to prosecute the war with advan- tage, ib. Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle between his ministers, &c. and those of France, &c. 301. Gets another sum for the vigorous prosecution of the war, 302. He sets out for Germany, ib. Peace concluded between him and the belligerent_pow- ers at Aix-la-Chapelle, 303. Returns from Hano- ver, 305. Difference between him and his eldest son widened, ib. His speech at opening the par- liament, 306. Debate on the address to him, ib. Supplies granted him, ib. His speech at the close of the session, 310. He rejects the address of the university of Oxford, ib. Interposes between Russia and Sweden, 312. Scandalous insults of fered to his subjects by the Moors, 313. His speech to the parliament, 314. Substance of the debates on the address to him, ib. Supplies granted to him, ib. He closes the parliament, and sets out for Hanover, 317. Interferes in the disputes be- tween Russia and Sweden, 318. Endeavours to get the archduke Joseph elected king of the Ro- mans, ib. Grants a subsidy to the elector of Ba- varia, Mentz, and Cologn, ib. Lends the elector
of Saxony money on a mortgage, ib. Concludes a treaty with Spain, 319. His speech to the par- liament, ib. Debates on the address to him, ib. Supplies granted him, 320. His message to par- liament concerning a regency, 321. His speech
at the end of the session, 323. He interposes in the difference between the czarina and the king of Prussia, 324; and continues his intrigues for electing a king of the Romans, ib. Grants a sub- sidy to the elector of Saxony, 325. His speech at the opening of the session of parliament, ib. Sup- plies granted him, 326. Motion for an address against his subsidiary treaties, 327. He prorogues the parliament, ib. and sets out for Germany, ib. Disputes between him and the king of Prussia concerning East-Friezeland and the capture of some Prussian ships, 328. He engages in a sub- sidiary treaty with the elector palatine, ib.; but is disappointed in a design of getting a king of the Romans elected, ib. His speech at the meeting of the parliament, 329. Supplies granted him, it. His harangue at the close of the session, 332. Pro- ceedings of the diet of the empire in the dispute between him and the king of Prussia relating to East-Friezeland, 334; in which he is supported by the house of Austria, ib. His quarrel with the city of Munster, ib. He opens the session with a speech, 339. Supplies granted him, ib. His speech before the dissolution of the parliament, 340. He makes changes in his ministry, 341. Harmony restored in his family, ib. He opens the new par liament by commission, ib. Harangues the parlia- ment, 348. Supplies granted him, ib. His new subsidies to Saxony and Bavaria, in consideration of Hanover, allowed by parliament, 349. message to the commons on an apparent rupture with France, 350. He gets an additional supply, ib. His speech at the end of the session, ib. He prepares for war, 352. Motion against his going to Hanover, ib. He nominates a regency, ib. and sets out for Germany, 353. Rupture between him and France, ib. He gives orders for making gen- eral reprisals on the French, ib. Concludes an extraordinary treaty with Hesse-Cassel in defence of Hanover, 358. He returns to England, and en- ters into a subsidiary treaty with Russia for the defence of his German dominions, ib. He enters into a negotiation with Prussia, 359. State of his navy, ib. His speech to the parliament, 360, and their remarkable addresses, ib. His answer to those addresses, ib. Alterations in his ministry, ib. He concludes a treaty with Prussia, 362. His speech at the end of the session, 363. His minis- ter's answer to the French secretary's letter, 364. He makes a requisition of 6000 Dutch troops, 365; which the states decline complying with, ib. His message to the parliament, ib. He imports Han- overians and Hessians, ib. His proclamation concerning horses and cattle in case of an inva sion, 371. A mutual declaration of war between him and France, ib. He receives an address from the city of London on the conduct of his ministers, 372. His motives for the war in Germany, 378. Measures taken by him and the king of Prussia, 379. His speech at opening the parliament, 385. His message concerning admiral Byng, ib. Sup- plies granted to him, ib. His message concern- ing the German war, 386, and a further supply, ib. His harangue at the close of the session, 393. Petitions to him from lord Torrington on behalf of admiral Byng presented, ib. His message concern- ing that admiral, ib. He commands Mr. Pitt and Mr. Legge to resign, 396; which occasions cla- mours, ib., and addresses to him, ib. The queen of Hungary's and the czarina's answers to the pro- posals for restoring the tranquillity of Germany, 408. His preparations for the defence of Hano- ver, 411. Publishes a manifesto, ib. He raises an army of Hanoverians, ib. His electorate laid un- der contribution, 412, 413. Convention for it at Closter-Seven, 414. His ministers quit the Austrian dominions, 418. His minister's memorial to the Dutch, 424. Letter to him from the king of Prussia, 574, note 3 K. His answer thereto, 425. His electoral minister dismissed from Vienna, 427. His speech at the opening of the session of parliament, ib. Supplies granted him, 429. Ob- servations on them, 429. His message to the commons, 430. Confidence reposed in bim with respect to the salaries of the judges, ib. His second treaty with Prussia, ib. He closes the session by cominission, 434. Makes vigorous pre-
paration, 434. His daughter, the princess Caro-¦ line dies, 435. The administration of his electorate changed by the French, 450. Decree of the Aulic council against him as elector, 452. His minister's memorial in answer thereto, and the parallel pub- lished by the court of France, ib. His electoral dominions again invaded by the French, ib. His electoral memorial to the diet of the empire, in answer to a decree of the Aulic council, 461. His particular reply to the Parallel published by the court of Versailles, ib. He is alarmed with an invasion from France, 464. His minister's answer to the Dutch charge against the British cruisers, ib., and conference with them on that subject, ib. He opens the session of parliament by commission, 470. Borrows money as elector of Hanover, 489, note 1. Addresses of both houses to him, 470. He concludes a third treaty with Prussia, 471. Supplies granted him, ib. Messages from him to the commons, 472, 480. He closes the session by commission, ib. His army supplied with recruits by the bounties of several communi- ties, 481. The death of his daughter, the princess of Orange, ib.; and grand-daughter, princess Elizabeth Caroline, ib. His messages to the parliament concerning an expected invasion from France, 486. Addressed by the commons for a monument to general Wolfe, 503. His troops in America and Germany supplied with divers ne- cessaries by private contribution, ib. Memorial delivered in his name by duke Louis of Bruns- wick, 582, note 4 A. Arrêt of the evangelical body at Ratisbon in his favour, with the emperor's answer to it, 515. His reception of the Dutch de- puties, 516. His minister's memorial to the states- general, 517. With the counter-memorial by the French ambassador, ib. He opens the session of parliament by commission, 519. Substance of the addresses of both houses to him, 520. Supplies granted him, ib. With reflections, 521, 522. is enabled to make leases in Cornwall, 526. closes the session of Parliament by commission, 527. Remarks on his ministry's neglect of the scope of the war, 529. Captures by his and the French cruisers, 535. He defrays the charge of four astronomers to the East-Indies, 543. Sends an ambassador extraordinary to Portugal, 544. His minister's memorial to the Dutch concerning their hostilities in Bengal, 545. He is offered Breda by the states-general for holding a congress, ib. Austrian minister's answer to his memorial delivered at the Hague by duke Louis of Bruns- wick, 584, note 4 I. His electoral dominions in- vaded by the French, 548. His memorial to the diet at Ratisbon concerning his being threatened with the ban of the empire, and the elector of Cologn's conduct, 555. His death and character, 556. Recapitulation of the principal events of his reign, 557. Lamentation for his death, 558. State of commerce during his reign, ib. Of religion and philosophy, ib. Öf fanaticism, ib. Of meta physics and medicine, 559. Of agriculture, ib. Of mechanics, ib. Of genius, ib. Of music, 560. Painting and sculpture, ib. Disposition of the forces and navy a little before his death, 561,
George III. born, 253. An act for the settlement of a regency, in case of his succeeding to the crown in his minority, 321. Congratulations on his ma- jority, 483.
Georgia, the colony of, settled, 237. Described, 347. Geriah, Angria's fort, taken, 376.
German officers employed in America, 362. war, the motives of, 378. Reflections on, 384, 386, 421, 429, 430, 462, 464, 470, 520, 529, 543. Gibbon, Mr. a clause of his speech, 267.
Gibraltar, taken, 126. Ceded to Great Britain, 191. Besieged by the Spaniards, 222.
Gibson, Mr. proceedings against, on the Westminster election, 322.
Gilchrist, captain, his bravery, 484. He is disabled by a grape-shot, ib.
Gilmoy, lord, obliged to abandon the siege of Crom,
Gin act passed, 246. Repealed, 272.
Ginckel, general, sent with three Dutch regiments of horse after Dumbarton's Scottish regiment of foot, 3. He reduces Athlone, of which he gets the title of earl, 30. Defeats the Irish at Aghrim, ib., and takes Limerick, 31. Receives the thanks of the English house of commons, 32.
Gingins, captain, his proceedings in the East-Indies, Gisors, count de, killed at Crevelt, 467, note 10. Gist, Mr. his indirect conduct in America, 338. Glasgow, magistrates of, arrested, 219. Gets a grant of 10,000l. from parliament, 306, 307. Glatz reduced by general Laudohn, 552. Glencoe, the massacre of, 34, &c. Inquiry into by the Scottish parliament, 58. Glengary's castle plundered and destroyed, 293. Gloucester, William duke of, born 5. His death, Glover, Mr. pleads the cause of the London mer. chants before the commons, 268. Godolphin, lord, brought into the treasury, 2. Placed at the head of it, 25. Appointed lord high treasurer, 90. Advises passing the act of security in Scotland, 122. Created an earl, 142. Dismiss- ed from his office, 162. His death and character, 176. Gold coin, order concerning, with remarks, 480. plate, dealers in, taxes upon, 429. Gordon, duke of, surrenders the castle of Edin burgh, 8. duke of, attends the duke of Cumberland at Aberdeen, 291.
dutchess of, presents the faculty of advo- cates with a silver medal of the pretender, 166. lord Lewis, defeats Macleod and Culcairn at Inverary, 290.
admiral, besieges Dantzic, 243. general, joins the earl of Mar, 192.
-, major, reinforces major Brereton, 507. Gore, captain, killed, ib.
Goree unsuccessfully attacked, 444. Reduced, 448. Gortz, baron, arrested, 196. Beheaded, 200. Gotha, taken by the combined army of France and the empire, 419.
Gottingen surrendered to the French, 413. cuated, 452. Repossessed by them, 455; and abandoned, 511. Retaken by them, 548. Gower, lord, distinguishes himself against the ministry, 237, note 4. Created lord privy-seal, 261, 269, 284.
Grafton, duke of, killed at the siege of Cork, 24. duke of, appointed lord-chamberlain, 223,
Grant, Sir Archibald, expelled the house of com- mons, 234. colonel, killed at fort St. Lazar, 264. -, colonel, defeated and taken near Fort du Quesne, 447.
general, detached by general Fouquet, 552. Granville, (Carteret) earl of, resigns the seals, 284; which he re-accepts and again gives up, 294. His remarks on the bill for the British fishery, 316. George, appointed secretary of war, 162. Created lord Lansdown, 567, note G G. Graves, captain, his success, 484. Graydon, admiral, his bootless expedition to the West-Indies, 117.
Greenwich gunpowder magazine, act for removing, 524. Bill for the more effectual securing the pay- ment of prize-money, &c, to the hospital of, 527, &c. man of war taken, 427. Gregg, William, executed, 148. Grenville, Mr. his motion concerning continental connections, 278.
-, captain, killed at sea, 301.
hon. George, opposes the reduction of the number of seamen, 320. Constituted treasur- er of the navy, 341. His motion in favour of the seamen, 390, 431.
hon. James, appointed a commissioner of the treasury, 397. Griffin, lord, refuses the oaths to William and Mary 3. Committed to the Tower, and admitted to bail, 17. Elu es a search, 35. Taken, condemned, and reprieved, 149.
general, conducts a reinforcement to the
Grigsby, Mr. taken into custody, 210. Cuadaloupe, island described, 493.
Signalizes himself at Corbach, | Hanover, succession settled by the English parlia ment, 91. Protested against by the dutchess of Savoy, 92. Motion for it in the Scottish parlia ment, 114. Proposal for bringing over the pre- sumptive heir to England, 133. Motion for a guar- antee of it rejected in the British house of com- mons, 174. Precaution taken by the Whigs for its security, 181. Further steps for its security,
An account of the reduction of it by commodore Moore and gen. eral Hopson, ib.
Guelders besieged by the French, 407. Capitu- lates, 418.
Guernsey, lord, opposes the extension of the penal- ties of treason, 280.
Guy, Henry, committed for bribery, 57.
escapes, 482. Haldane, colonel, attends general Hopson to the West Indies, 491. ›
-, captain, assists in the reduction of Pondi- cherry, 556. Hale, colonel, gratified with presents for bringing the news of the surrender of Quebec, 503. Hales, Sir Edward, impeached, 17. for apprehending him, 23. Halket, Sir Peter, killed, 354. Halifax, (Saville) marquis of, created lord privy. seal, 2. Resigns the office of speaker of the house of peers, and lord privy-seal, 17. Retards the money-bill, 44. His death, 565, note N.
(Charles Montague) lord, impeached, 94. Censured by the commons, and vindicated by the lords, 111. Created an earl, 199, note 2.
-, (Montague) carl of, signalizes himself by his opposition to the ministry, 261. Promotes the settlements of Nova-Scotia, 311.
town, in Nova Scotia, founded, 311. Halsey, captain, hanged for murder, 482. Hambden, John, Esq. his question touching the va- lidity of the acts of the convention parliament, and arguments thereon, 2, &c. His motion for a guarantee of the protestant succession rejected, 174.
Hamburgh menaced by the French and Austrian court, 418.
Hamilton, duke of, elected president of the conven- tion in Scotland, 6. Appointed commissioner to the Scottish parliament, 7.
-, Gustavus appointed by the Inniskillin- ers their commander, 11.
duke of, his protest against the continu- ance of the Scottish parliament, 105. Heads the country party, 113. His motions in parliament, 122, 129, 140. Taken into custody, 149. Appoint- ed lord lieutenant of the county palatine of Lan- caster, 162. His title of duke of Brandon disal- lowed, 168. Nominated ambassador to France, and killed in a duel with lord Mohun, 176.
duke of, petitions the house of lords against the election of the Scottish peers, 244.
lord Basil, agent for the Scottish African company, refused access to king William, 87.
Sir Robert, sent to the Tower, 3.
clamation for apprehending him, 23.
-, general, sent by king William to per- suade the earl of Tyrconnel to submit, but dis suades him, 9. Defeats the protestants at Drum- more, 14. Taken at the Boyne, 21. Joins the earl of Mar, 192.
count, his declaration in name of the Swedes on his invading Prussian Pomerania, He is forced to retreat, 424. His progress in Pomerania, 461. He throws up his commission, ib.
captain, his gallantry and death, 301. Mr. governor of Pennsylvania, his pro- posal for the safety of the British traders on the Ohio, 338. Disagreement between him and the assembly, 355. He concludes a treaty with the Delaware Indians, 374. Assists at a treaty with several tribes of Indians at Easton, 495. Handel, George Frederick, his death, 490, note 5. Hanover, duke of, created an elector of the empire, 38
taken by the French, 413. The adminis tration of it changed by them, 450. The duke de Randon's generous and humane conduct there, 452. It is abandoned by the French, ib., who en- ter the dominions of it again, 455, 510, and eva- cuate them, 512. Complaints of its army violat- ing the neutrality of the Dutch territories, 517. Its territories repossessed by the French, 550. Hanoverian forces, debates concerning, 272, 278. Brought into England, 365. Sent back to their own country, 384.
Harburg lottery, proceedings against, 216. Harcourt, lord, deserts the Tories, created a vis count, and gets a pension, 213. Hardwicke, lord, created chancellor, 247. Defends the convention with Spain, 256. Proposes the extension of the penalties of treason, 280. Frames the marriage act, 331. Created an earl, 341. Ap- pointed one of the lords of the regency, 352. Hardy, Sir Charles, returns from Cape-Breton, 447. Driven with admiral Hawke by bad weather into Torbay, 487.
Harland, captain, sent to burn two ships off Tou- lon, 485.
Harleian collection of manuscripts purchased by parliament, 332.
Harley, Robert, discovers frauds in king William's ministry, 50. Brings in the bill for triennial par- liaments, 54. Opposes Sir J. Fenwick's attainder, 72. Chosen speaker of the house of commons, 90, 98. Created secretary of state, 122. Forms a party against Marlborough, 146. Resigns his em- ployment, 148. Appointed chancellor of the ex- chequer, 162. Stabbed at the council-board, 163. Created earl of Oxford and lord high treasurer, 164.
Thomas, sent ambassador to Hanover, 176. Taken into custody, 189.
-, lord, (earl of Oxford's son), his motion concerning the Jews, 340.
Harlow, captain, engages admiral Pointis, 74. Harper, Janet, her great age, 490, note 5. Harsche, general, commands a body of Austrians in Silesia, 458. Forms the siege of Neiss, 459. which he is obliged to abandon, ib. Harrington, colonel Stanhope created lord, and se- cretary of state, 229. Earl, and president of the council, 268. Secretary of state, 294.
Harrison, captain, assists in taking the Arethusa, Hartington, marquis of (duke of Devonshire's son), his government of Ireland, 362.-See Devonshire. Harvey, Edward, Esq. of Combe, apprehended, 192. --, major, sent to summon Niagara, 499. Haversham, Sir John Thompson, created lord, 76, note 3. Dispute concerning him between the two houses, 95.
Haviland, colone), detached against the Isle au Noix, 540. Assists the armed vessels in finding a passage to La Galette, ib., and in the reduction of Montreal, 541. Havre-de-Grace bombarded by Admiral Rodney,
Hawke, Sir Edward, defeats the French at sea, 301. Sent on a cruise, 350, 358, and to supersede ad- miral Byng, 368. He sails to Minorca, 370. His operations in the Mediterranean, ib.; and expe- dition against Rochefort, 397. He sails for the Bay of Biscay, 436. Distresses the French marine in Basque Road, and at the Isle of Rhé, ib. Sails with lord Anson to the Bay of Biscay, 437. Blocks up the harbour of Brest, 487. He is driven by stress of weather into Torbay, ib. whence he sails, and falls in with M. de Conflans squadron, ib. Over which he obtains a complete victory, ib. He is gratified with a pension, and his merit approved by the parliament, 488. operations in the bay of Quiberon, 543. Hawley, general, worsted at Falkirk, 290. Hay, lord Charles, sails for America, 400.
Dr. appointed a lord of the admiralty, 397. Hearth-money abolished in England 3. Imposed in Scotland, 19.
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