council of, 247.
Mahé (India), 196.
Mainz, Elector of, 436.
Mainz, surrender of, 337, 349, 350, 354;
siege of, 375.
Malmesbury, Earl of (Harris). See Harris, Sir James.
Malta, 415;
surrendered by the Knights of St. John, 416, 421, 423, 431, 438;
becomes a British possession, 439, 441.
Malvalli, battle of, 420.
Mamelukes, defeat of, 416.
Manhattan island. See New York.
Mansfield, first Earl of (Murray), 8, 29;
lord chief justice, 96, 100-101;
speaker of the house of lords, 103, 116, 131, 205-207, 306, 324.
Mansfield, second Earl of. See Stormont, Lord.
surrender of, 390.
glass, 202;
woollen, 202;
iron, 269;
linen (in Ireland), 290.
Maráthá wars, 236, 237, 247-248, 305.
March, Earl of (Douglas), afterwards Duke of Queensberry, 256.
Marengo, battle of, 437.
Maria Caroline, Queen of Naples, 422, 428.
Maria Theresa, empress-queen, 24, 296.
Marie Antoinette, queen of Louis XVI., 330, 334.
Maroons, insurrection of, in Jamaica, 377.
Marseilles, 352.
Martin, Joseph, governor of N. Carolina, 157.
Martin, Samuel, secretary to the treasury, 50.
Martinique, 36;
captured by the British, 37;
restored, 40-41, 195, 218, 227, 363.
bill for regulating the government of, 128, 129, 132, 133, 137, 138;
provincial congress, meeting of, 140-142;
Masséna, French general, 390, 425, 426, 436, 437.
Masham, Lord (Masham), 256.
Mauduit, Israel, his Considerations on the German War, 18.
Maxwell, Colonel, at Vellinghausen, 14.
Maynooth College, foundation of. See Ireland.
McCrae, Jane, murder of, 177.
McDonald, merchant skipper, 320, 321.
Medows, General, 305.
Melas, Austrian general, 436, 437.
Menin, Dutch defeated at, 353.
Mercantile system. See England.
Methuen treaty, 257.
Micheroux, il cavaliere, 427, 428.
Middlebrook (U.S.A.), 173.
Middlesex elections, 95-99, 100, 101, 103, 107, 110, 135.
Militia, English, 2, 161, 162;
Irish, 368.
Milner, Isaac (Dean of Carlisle), 265.
Ministries, Newcastle's, 8-35;
accession of the Bedford party to office, 49-67;
Minorca, 23, 24, 26, 154, 160, 181, 196, 198, 211, 227, 243;
British capture of, 422;
British troops recalled from, 436.
Minto, Earl of. See Elliot, Sir Gilbert.
Miquelon island, 40;
ceded to France, 243;
British capture of, 356.
Mír Jafar, 78.
Mír Kásim, 77.
Mitchell, Sir Andrew, admiral, 430.
Mitford, John Freeman (afterwards Lord Redesdale), 323;
speaker, 453.
Modena, Duke of, 380.
Mohawk valley, 176.
Moira, Earl of. See Rawdon, Lord.
Möllendorf, Prussian general, 360-362.
Monmouth (U.S.A.), battle at, 193.
Monongahela, battle of, 146.
Monro, Major Hector, 78.
Montagu, John, admiral, 364, 366.
Montenotte, Austrians defeated at, 380.
Montgomery, Richard, American general, 151, 152.
Montreal, 2;
surrender of, 151.
Montserrat (W.I.), 243.
Moore, Sir John, 430.
Moreau, 325, 382, 436, 437, 439.
More, Hannah, 265.
Morgan, Daniel, American general, 221.
Morland, George, 262.
Mornington, Lord (Wellesley, R. C.), governor-general of India, 420;
created Marquis Wellesley, 420;
in India, 443.
Morristown (U.S.A.), 169.
Mosquito coast, 318.
Moultrie, William, American general, 157.
Mountjoy, Lord (Gardiner), 410.
Mount Tabor, defeat of Turks at, 419.
Mouscron, battle at, 361.
Moutray, captain, R.N., 211.
Mowat, lieutenant, 154.
Muir, Thomas, 358.
Mulgrave, Lord (Phipps), general, 355.
Murphy, Father John, 409.
Murray, Lindley, 165.
Musgrave, Colonel, 174.
extended to America, 60.
Mutiny. See Navy, mutinies in the.
Mysore, conquest of, 420.
Nanda-Kumár (Nuncomar), execution of, 248, 304.
Naples, King of. See Ferdinand IV.
revolution in, 422;
jacobins of, and Nelson, 427-429.
Nassau. See Bahama islands.
National debt, the, in 1755, 18;
in 1760, 18;
in 1796, 384;
in 1778, 200;
in 1780, 203;
in 1784, 280;
in 1785, 284;
in 1793, 347;
in 1794, 347.
Navy, British, state of in 1760, 2;
in 1764, 53;
in 1770, 113;
in 1771, 114;
in 1172, 115;
in 1774, 137;
in 1775, 161;
in 1792, 332;
changes in material and tactics, 199, 233-235;
manning of, 113, 114, 163, 170, 171, 192, 234, 332;
mutinies in the, 193, 390, 391-395.
Necker, 316.
Needham, Francis Jack (Earl of Kilmorey), general, 411.
Neerwinden, battle of, 349.
Nelson, Horatio (Viscount), 355, 363, 375, 381, 388, 389, 395;
created Baron Nelson, 417, 418-422;
at Naples, 422, 423, 426-429, 438, 443.
Nevis (W. I.), taken by French, 227;
restored to England, 243.
Newcastle, Duke of (Pelham), first lord of treasury, 8, 10, 11;
jealous of Pitt, 15;
his fear of him, 17;
becomes Bute's tool, 20, 21, 26, 29, 31, 32;
driven from office, 34, 35, 39, 42, 47, 48;
New England, colonies, 132, 134, 136, 137, 139, 141, 143, 146, 147, 172, 193.
Newfoundland (St. John), taken by French and retaken, 37, 129, 130, 144.
Newfoundland, fishery, 24-27, 40, 41, 139, 241, 243.
Newport (U.S.A.), 168, 194, 219, 224.
New Ross (Ireland), battle of, 410, 411.
New South Wales, colony of, 267.
New York, meeting of congress of colonies at, 61, 131, 134, 136, 138, 150, 153, 155, 158;
occupation of by Howe, 165, 167, 169;
Clinton in command, 174, 175, 179, 181, 193, 197, 198, 200, 215, 218, 219, 223-225, 228, 242.
Nice annexed to France, 337.
Nicholson, Margaret, 307.
Nile, battle of the (Abukir bay), 416, 417.
Nimeguen, 362.
Nollekens, Joseph, 263.
Nootka sound (Vancouver), affair of, 319.
Nore, mutiny at the, 393, 394.
Norfolk, Duke of (Howard), 402.
Norfolk (U.S.A.), 156.
North Briton, No. 45 of the, 46, 47, 50, 52.
Northesk, Earl of (Carnegie), captain, R.N., 394.
North, Frederick, Lord (afterwards Earl of Guilford), 83;
chancellor of exchequer, 86, 90, 100;
first lord of treasury and chancellor of exchequer, 102, 103, 106-113, 115, 118, 119;
policy towards India, 121, 122, 127;
towards America, 128, 135, 136, 138, 139, 145;
conciliation bill, 146, 153, 159, 160;
prohibitory bill, 162, 163, 169, 170;
Irish policy, 200-202, 210, 212, 226, 227;
forms a coalition with Fox, 244;
leaves office, 251, 252, 254, 280, 288, 289, 291, 295.
Northington, Earl of. See Henley, Lord.
Norton, Sir Fletcher, speaker, 172, 213.
Novi, battle of, 425.
Oakboys, 92.
O'Coighly, priest, 406.
Oliver, Richard, alderman, 117, 118, 160.
Omichand (Hindu merchant), 122.
Onslow, George, colonel, 117.
Orange, Prince of. See William V., Prince of Orange.
Orange Society. See Ireland.
Orleans, Duke of, 386.
Orvilliers, Comte d', 193.
Oswald, Richard, British envoy, 239.
Otis, James, 56.
Otto, French agent, 438.
Paine, Thomas, his Common Sense, 156;
Paley, William, 261.
Palliser, Sir Hugh, 193.
Palmer, Samuel, dissenting preacher, 358.
Pampeluna, siege of, 363.
Panin, Count, Russian minister, 208, 423.
Paoli, Corsican general, 98, 363.
Parker, Richard, mutineer, 393, 394.
Parker, Sir Hyde, admiral, 212, 443.
Parker, Sir Peter, admiral, 157, 168.
Parma, Duke of, 380.
Paris, peace of, 42, 46, 74, 130;
Malmesbury's mission to, 383;
articles of peace signed by the Austrian envoy at, 437;
Russian ambassador sent to arrange treaty of alliance at, 442.
Parliament, general elections of 1761, 16, 19, 20;