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Denmark, King of, marriage between and the Princess Caroline Matilda,

122; arrival of the King of, 161.

Dereck, Edward, maniac, resolution of, to see the King, 344.

Despard, colonel, conspiracy of, and execution, 452.

Dettingen, Fontenoy, and Culloden, battles of, 5.

Dissenters, act for the relief of, 231.

Dodd, Dr. petitions in behalf of, 213.

Domingo, St., loss of, 395.

Dumourier, General, success of, at Jemappe, 349; defection of, 355.
Dunning, Mr., motion of, on the influence of the crown, 236.

Dutch, hostilities of the, against England, 235; dissentions between, and the
Stadtholder, 301; fleet, Admiral Duncan's victory over the, 389.

E

East Indies, affairs in the, 118; debates in parliament on the, 152; hostili-
ties in the, 165; Company's affairs, 185; peculation and famine in, 188;
war in, 246; success of Sir Eyre Coote in, 254, 263; bill, Mr. Fox's,
267, 270; loss of the Halswell, 291; and West Indies, proceedings in,
380; war in, account of, 399.

Edward, Prince, his arrival in England, 344; departure for Gibraltar, ib.
Egremont, Lord, death of, 104.

Egypt, sailing of Buonaparte and French fleet, 394; escape from, 405.
Elliot, General, his defence of Gibraltar, 283.

Elizabeth, Princess, birth of, 172.

Engagements, account of various, by the British and French troops, 355.
England, Spanish Manifesto, announcing hostilities against, 231; loyal asso-
ciations in, 349; and Holland, French declaration of war against, 353;
declaration of war by Spain against, 383; dreadful hurricane in, 377; and
Ireland, union of the parliaments of, 420.

English, peace between the, and the Seneca Indians, 121; newspapers, Buo-
naparte's interdiction of, 449.

Eustatius, St., Demerara, &c. capture of, 243.

F

Family compact, Mr. Pitt's objection to, and resignation with Lord Tem-
ple, 88.

Ferdinand of Westphalia, successes of, 94.

Flanders, invasion of, by the French, 348; evacuation of, by the British
troops, 365.

Fleuris, decisive battle of, 361.

Florida, defeat of the Spaniards at, 245.

Forgery, pardon for a case of, 218.

Fouche, account of, 357.

Fox, Mr., and Lord North, remarks on the coalition between, 264; and
Mr. Burke, difference between, 341.

France, return of Mr. Wilkes from, 159; trial of Lord George Gordon for a
libel on the Queen of, 293; state of, 346; Spanish treaty with, 370; let-
ter written by the chief consul of, 419.

Frederick William, Prince, birth of, 114; death of the Prince, younger
brother of his Majesty, 130; funeral of, 144.

French, situation of the, 127; Corsica seized by the, 159; fleet, Admiral Kep-
pel frustrated in his attempts to engage the, by the disobedience of Vice-
Admiral Palliser, 228; descent upon the island of Jersey by the, 243;
Minorca and Demerara, recapture of by the, 249; national assembly,
account of, 342; "fraternal" decree, account of, 319; King, decapitation
of the, 352.

Froginore, entertainment at, 413.

G

Gage, Governor, proclamation of, 194.

Garrick, anecdote of, 224.

Genoese, ruptures between the, and the island of Corsica, which falls into
the hands of the French, 126.

Genoa, seige of, 421.

General warrants, motion respecting, 118; disregard paid to, 133.

George I. accession of, 4; his death, and the accession of George II. ib.;
his death, 6.

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III. birth of, and education, 7; his disposition in childhood, 8.
II. lover of the fine arts, 11.

Germany, defeat of the French in, 92; advantages obtained by the allies
in, 356; peace between France and, 391; Emperor of, 397; renewal of
the war in, 424.

Gibraltar, memorable attack of the Spaniards upon, 251.

Girondines and Mountain, who brought Louis XVI. to trial, account
of, 349.

Gloucester, birth of a daughter of the Duke of, 187.

Gordon, Lord George, riots occasioned by, the interference of, 237; acquit-
tal of, 243; trial of, for a libel on the Queen of France, 293; death of, 358.
Grafton, character of the Duke of, 166.

Grasse, Count de, Admiral Rodney's victory over, 251.

Great Britain, annexation of the Isle of Man to, 126; first united parlia-
ment of, 424.

H

Habeas Corpus Act, suspension of the, 364, 428.

Halifax, death of the Earl of, 182.

Handell, musical entertainment in commemoration of, 275, 279.

Harcourt, visit of the Royal Family to the Earl of, 287.

Hardinge, Mr. George, his interview with their Majesties, 326.

Hardy, Horne Tooke, &c. trial of, 366.

Hastings, Mr., proceedings against, 248; Mr. Burke's accusation of, 285;
trial of, 293, 301, 331, 364, 367.

Hatfield, his attempt on the life of the King, by shooting, at Drury-lane
theatre, 408; his trial, 417.

Havannah, capture of several of the islands of the, 90.

Haymarket theatre, accident at the, 360.

Hermione, capture of the Spanish ship, 90.

Hexham, riot at, 24.

Holland, British expedition against, 403.

House, Carlton, public breakfast at, 274; festivities, 278; fete, 280.

Howe's, Lord, his victory of the first of June, 1794, 361; death of, 404.
General, his resignation of command in North America, 228.

Hurd, Bishop, appointment of, as tutor to the Prince of Wales, and Duke of
York, 207.

Hyder Ally, defeat of, 153; death of, 254.

Hyde Park, review in, 407.

I

Ins and outs, extraordinary changes among, in the year 1767, 147.
Ireland, disturbances in, 127; state of, 266; affairs of, 370; union with, 396.
Irish affairs, observations on, 234; meeting on reform by the, volunteers, 271;
men united, account of the, 393.

rebellion, account of the, 393.

Island of Jersey, descent of the French upon the, 243; of Ceylon, capture of,

249.

Italy, progress of Buonaparte in, 388.

Ivan, death of the Russian Prince, 128.

Jenkinson, Mr. Charles, letter from Dr. Johnson to, 214.
Jervis, Sir John, his victory off Cape St. Vincent, 384.

Johnson, Commodore, and Admiral Suffrein, engagement between, 244.
Samuel, Dr., death of, 271.

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Jones, Paul, his engagement with the British, 232.

Joseph, Emperor of Germany, his oppression of his subjects, 300; death of,

343.

Junius, publication of the letters of, account of, 165.

Kenyon, Lord, death of, 453.

K

Keppel, Admiral, his attempts to engage the French fleet, frustrated by the
disobedience of Vice-Admiral Palliser, 228; trial of, 231.

Kew and Windsor palaces, improvements at, 113.

King, the, jewels presented to the, from the Nabob of Bengal, 163; piety of
the, 208; the, at Egham races, 280; anecdote of the, and two orphan
children, 283; attempt on the life of the, by Margaret Nicholson, 286;
anecdote of the, 351; anecdote on seeing the, 373.

King's the, taste in architecture and fine arts, 112.

Kingdom, commotions in several parts of the, from dearness of provisions, 149.
Kingston, the Duchess of, presented to their Majesties, 163; trial of, 204.
Kosciusko, defeat of, 36.

Kyd Wake, assault by, on their Majesties, 3.

L

Lamballe, Robespierre's inhumanity against the Princess, 365.

Langara Admiral, defeat of, 1780, 235.

Lexington and Bunker's-hill, battles at, 198.

Lisle, Lord Malmısbury and Le Tourney, their negociations for peace at, 389.
Literary property, or copy-right, important question determined on, in the
House of Lords, 194.

Lodi, battle of, 381.

London and Westminster, improvements in, 145; remonstrances of the Cor-
poration of, 169; riots in, 172; Corresponding Society, account of, 364.
Long Island, capture of, 212.

Lords and Commons, debates in the, 352.

Lord Mayor's dinner, account of, 81.

Lunardi's M., ascent of his balloon, 271.

Luneville, retreat of, 424.

Lyons, massacre at, 357.

M

Madrid, recall of the Earl of Bristol from, 89.
Magdalen charity, institution of the, 134.
Mail coaches, establishment of, 278.

Maidstone, review of the volunteers at, 402.

Majesty his, addresses of the Lords, Commons, Universities, &c. to, 21; pro-
posals for marrying the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg to, 26; pro-
claimed King, 29; marriage, coronation, &c. 31; state coach, descriptions
of, 99; letter from, to the new King of Poland, 121; indisposition, 136;
speech in the House of Commons, 155; answer to the citizens of London
167; answer to the Corporation of London, and the Lord Mayor's reply,
169; Dr. Johnson's interview with, 214; sketch on infidel writers by, 218;
anecdote of, 233; his firmness during the riots of 1780, 239; and the Royal
Dukes, reconciliation between, 242; visit of, to the Nore, 244; his speech

on the negociations for peace, and the acknowledgment of American inde-
pendence, 254; anecdote of, and John Adams the American President,
269; another, of the beef-eater's child, 282; letters on agriculture by, 294;
anecdote of, 298; visit of, to Cheltenham, 303; anecdote of, 305; disorder
of, 309; illness, and recovery of, 311; procession of, to St. Paul's, 328;
concerts, &c. on recovery of, 332; a stone thrown at, 343; declaration of,
363; assault on, 374; Lord Onslow's account of the assault on, 375; speech,
382; anecdotes of, 396; fired at, 407; presence of mind, 408; hunting
parties, 418; anecdote of, ib.; answer to the Chief Consul of France, 419;
illness, 424; Egyptian expeditions approved of by, 482; birth-day, 447;
message from, 449; anecdotes of Dr. Vincent and, 455; and the Metho-
dists, ib.; and Daniel Isaac Eaton, ib.; and Jean Jaques Rousseau, 160;
presentiment of his illness, ib.

Majesty her, provision for, by the House of Commons, 87; Kew palace, &c.
appropriated for the use of, ib.; birth-day of, 343; disagreement between,
and the Prince of Wales, 378.

Majesties their, visit to the house of Mr. Barclay, and Guildhall, 76; to the
theatres, 173; domestic life of, 191; visit to the spectacle mechanique,
204; to the incombustible house, 206; to Portsmouth and Winchester, 223;
to Salisbury, &c. 224; anecdote of, 272; visit to Oxford, 281; to the Earl
of Harcourt, 287; Oxford and Blenheim, ib.; to Mr. Whitbread's brewery,
299; to Tewkesbury, Cirencester, &c. 303; Worcester, &c. 306; return
of, to Windsor, 309; to Hampshire, Dorsetshire, and Winchester, 333;
return of, 359; to Strawberry-hill, 371; assault on, 379; annual visit to
Weymouth, and Isle of Portland, 416.

Man, Paine's Rights of, observations on, 342.

Mansion-house, splendid entertainment at the, 171.

Marat, death of, 357.

Marengo, battle of, 421.

Maria Antoinette, Queen, her confinement and death, 357.

Markham, Dr., removal of, as tutor to the Prince of Wales, and Duke of York,

207.

Martinique, capture of, 90.

Matilda, Queen, death of, 185; innocent stratagem of the, 417.

Mecklenburgh, his Majesty's proposals for marrying the Princess Charlotte of,
26; Lord Harcourt's mission to, 29; arrival of the Princess Charlotte of, in
England, 31; death of the Prince of, 283.

Middlesex, Mr. Wilkes's election for, 160, 164.

Military promotions, distinctions, &c. account of, 432.

Militia, calling out of, 350.

Ministerial changes and appointments, account of, 24.

Minorca, invasion of, 395; re-capture of, by the French, 249.

Mirabeau, account of, 342.

Moreau, famous retreat of, 381; victory of, and progress of the French in Italy
under, 424.

N

Nature, extraordinary operations of, 269.

Naval and military force, increase of the, 353.

Navy, account of the, 370.

Neapolitans, exertions of the, 397.

New taxes, causes of the imposition of, 379.

Newcastle, death of the Duke of, 162.

Nicholson, Margaret, her attempt on his Majesty's life, 286.

Nile, battle of the, 394.

North, Lord, his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 153; re-
signation of, 250; his political character, ib.; and Mr. Fox, remarks on
the coalition between, 264.

North Briton, Mr. Wilkes's publication, observations on, 107.
America, state of affairs in, 132.

Nore, mutiny at the, 386.

"Notables" French, measures proposed to the, 300.

Nootka Sound, disputes between England and Spain respecting, 342.
Nullum tempus bill, limitation of, 157.

Oatlands, purchase of, by the Duke of York, 309.

Octavius, Prince, son of their Majesties, birth, 231; death of, 256.

Omoa Fort, capture of, 231.

Onslow, Lord, his account of an assault on his Majesty, 375.

Orange, arrival of the Prince of, in England, 368.

Orphan children, anecdote of his Majesty and two, 283.

Orleans, Duke, account of, 342.

Osnaburgh, the Duke of York's appointment as Bishop of, 126.
Oxford, Royal Family's visit to, and Blenheim, 288.

P

Parker, Sir Peter, defeat of, 211; engagement between, and the Dutch, 244.
Paris, Lord Stormont re-called from, 226; embassy of Lord Malmsbury to,
382; dissentions at, 391.

Parliament, prorogation and dissolution of, 157, 448; meeting of, 165, 284,
310; prorogation of, 331; opening the new, his Majesty's speech, 84;
address of the Lords, 86; his Majesty's answer, ib.; meeting of the first
Imperial, 449.

Patrick, St., institution of the Knights of, 259.

Paul's, St., procession of his Majesty to, 328.

Paul, Emperor of Russia, hostility against England by, 423; assassination of,

427.

Peace, preliminaries of, signed, 99; the definitive treaty of, ratified at Paris,
101; proclamation of, 102; negociations for, 254; and the American inde-
pendence acknowledged; preliminary articles of, 263; celebrated with great
rejoicings, 435; discussions on the, in both Houses of Parliament, 440;
thanksgiving for the, 447.

Perreaus, interesting case of the two, 203.

Philadelphia, removal of the Congress of, from fear of their personal safety,

212.

Pilnitz, treaty of, 348.

Pitt, William, Mr., parliamentary debate of, 243; his plan of reform, 278; and
Mr. Fox, debates on the Regency between, 310; resignation of, 425.
Poland, Stanislaus raised to the throne of, 128; division of, 185; new con-
stitution agreed to, 347; further dismemberment of, 366.

Pondicherry, capture of, 230; and Tobago taken by the Allies, 358.

Pope, deposition of the, 394; death of the, 406.

Portsmouth, fire in the rope-house at, 213; Royal visit to, 362.

Preliminaries, debates on the Malta, 433.

Priestley, Dr., account of, 347.

Princess Royal, christening of, 143; marriage of, to the Duke of Wirtemberg,