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 He is superseded for not understand-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,

313.

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,

Mis-

His

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.

G.

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,

145.

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

Visits

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

His

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,

562.

He

He

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,

11.

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.

344.

88.

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.

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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.

Eva-

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,

note 5.

Grandval, his plot, 38.

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

allied army, 547.
ib.

Grigsby, Mr. taken into custody, 210.
Cuadaloupe, island described, 493.

escapes, 482.
Haldane, colonel, attends general Hopson to the
West Indies, 491. ›

Proclamation

-, 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.

Pro-

-, 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.

423.

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

184, 185.

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.

485.

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,

485.

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.

From

His

Dr. appointed a lord of the admiralty, 397.
Hearth-money abolished in England 3. Imposed in
Scotland, 19.