Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, an occasional publication respecting
the ancient history of Ireland, instituted by the exertions of
General Vallancey, 454, 460, 472.

Constantinople, account of, 245 to 247.

Cornwallis, Earl, appointed governor-general of India, 115. Ope-
rations of his first campaign; capture of Bangalore, ibid. At-
tempt against Seringapatam, ibid., 116. Second attempt on
Seringapatam, 117. Pacification with Tippoo, 118. His eulo-
gium by Lord Carlisle, 300.
CORNWALLIS, ADMIRAL; memoirs of, 43. History of the family
of Cornwallis; distinguished characters which it has produced,
51 to 53. His juvenile years; he enters the navy, 54, 55•
His station in the French war, 55. Promoted lieutenant, 56.
Appointed to the command of a stoop, ibid. Made post, 57.
His station in the American war, itid. Commands a fourth-
rate, 59-Engagement of Admiral Byron with the Count
D'Estaing, 60. He engages a superior French force, off G'enada,
20th April 1780, 62. Appointed to the Canada, seventy-four,
64. Piesent at the attempt to relieve St. Kitt's, 66. Actions
of the 9th and 12th April 1782, 71 to 74. Appointed to the
command of a royal yacht on the return of peace, 75. Again
in active service on board the Crown, 76. His certificate re-
specting the utility of Capt. Pakenham's temporary rudder, mole
ibid. Appointed to the command of the East India station, 77.
Forms the blockade of Pondicherry, 78. Returns home: pro-
moted vice admiral of the blue; attached to the Channel fleet,
79. His gallantry in the face of a very superior French squa
dron, in the summer of 1795, 80 to 83. Appointed to the West
India command: sails for that quarter; but returns without ac-
complishing the voyage, 84.-Brought to trial by a court-martial
for his conduct in this matter, 85.-the sentence, 86. Retires
from the service, ibid. Recalled into active service on the acces
sion of Lord St. Vincent to the admiralty; appointed to the
command of the Channel fleet, 87.-Reappointed to that sta
tion on the commencement of the present war, ibid.—his dispo
sition of the Channel fleet, 88. His person, 89. His talents,
and habits, 90. His familiar appellation among the sailors, 91.
Corsica, history of; its early periods, 335. Seized by the Genoese,
ibid.-Oppressions exercised on the Corsicans by that people,
336.-Hostilities between the two nations, ilid. Theodore
elected king, 337, 339. Administration of the Marquis Ha
cente de Paoli (father of the celebrated general) and his col
leagues, 339. Corsica annexed to the British crown, 367. See
also PAOLI.

Cotton trade; state of, in 1770, 3. Sir Robert Peel's improvements
in, 5. Parliamentary bill of that gentleman to ameliorate the
condition of apprentices in this and the woollen trade, 2 7.—State
of the children previously to that time, itid.-Details of the
objects of the bill, 28, 29. History of this trade, 29. —Its ex
tent; and national importance, 31.-Capital, and number of
persons, employed in it, 32. Mechanical inventions, ilid. Its
contributions

contributions to the public revenue, 33. Prospect of future
improvement, ilid.

Crimea, Lady Craven's journey in, 243 to 245.

D.

Damb rger's Travels into the interior of Africa; the fraud of, de-
tected by Major Rennel, 516.

Debates in parliament first fully published by Mr. Almon, 133.
Debates on the question of the regency, 289.-Respecting the
Russian armament, 294 to 297.— -on a motion for a vote of
censure on ministers for their conduct in that business, 302.--
On the bill for the increase and preservation of the timber within
the New Forest, 304, 305.-In the Irish house of commons on
a motion for a vote of thanks to Lord Temple (Marquis of Buck-
ingham) after his resigning the situation of lord-lieutenant, 179

to 182.

De Grasse, Count, his success during the early part of the Ame-
rican war, 58. Capture of St. Kitt's (1782), 68. Defeated
by Admiral Rodney in the actions of the 9th and 12th April
1782, 70 to 75.

D'Estaing, Count, his engagement with Admiral Byron, 60.
Attack and capture of St. Lucia by the English (1779), 105,

106.

Dinner among the Cossacks described, 244.

Dumouriez, General, his conduct in the hostilities between the
Corsicans and Genoese, 344, 345. His account of the mode in
which the alliance between Genoa and the French court, against
Corsica, was brought about, 348 note. His intrigues in Corsica
during the prosecution of hostilities between France and that
nation, 352, 355. His account of the campaigns of 176S and
1769 in Corsica, 356.

DUNDAS, SIR DAVID; memoirs of, 254. His juvenile years;
patronised by his uncle, General Watson, 255. Captain in
Elliot's light horse, 256. Aid-de-camp to General Elliot;
major of his regiment; lieutenant-colonel of the fifth dragoon
guards, 257. Farther patronised by the friends of his uncle;
sells his regimental commission, retaining his rank, ibid. Colo-
nel; attends the review of the Prussian army by the King; ad-
vantages derived by him from this journey, 258. Publishes
his Principles of Military Movements," ibid. Major-general;
colonel, twenty-second foot, 259. His "Principles" arranged,
snd published as (the present) Rules and Regulations," it id.-
Character of this work, 260, 261. Placed on the staff during
the late war; operations at Toulon, 262. Returns to England:
serves under the Duke of York on the continent; retreat through
Holland, 263. Returns to England; colonel, seventh dra-
goons; governor of Landguard-fort; and quarter-master-gene-
Tal, 264. Expedition to Holland in 1799, 265. Peace: colo-
nel of the second or North British dragoons; and governor of

Forts

Forts George and Augustus, ibid., 266. Camp on Bagshots
heath; placed on the staff second in command under the Duke
of York; knight of the Bath, 266. Camp at Coxheath; com-
manding general in the field, ibid.

Dutch; their treachery to the English army during its retreat
through Holland in 1794, 459.

E.

ELLENBOROUGH, LORD; memoirs of, 152. His juvenile years;
education at college, 153. Admitted of Lincoln's-inn; special
pleader, ibid. Cailed to the bar: attends the northern circuit;
his contemporaries on that circuit, 154. Patronised by the late
Judge Buller and Chief Justice Willes, 158, 159. Appointed
king's-counsel, 159. First occasion which brought him into
public notice, ibid. Undertakes the defence of Mr. Hastings,
16. Incurs the personal dislike of Lord Kenyon, 161. His
practice in the northern circuit: compared with Serjeant Cockell,
162.-In Westminster-hall: his style of pleading; compared
with that of Mr. Erskine, 163.-compared as lawyers, ilid. Ap-
pointed attorney-general; brought into the house of commons,
164.-His style as a speaker in the house, ibid., 165. Promot
ed chief-justice of the King's Bench, and to the peerage, 186.
Erskine, Mr. declines the defence of Mr. Hastings, 160. His style
of pleading compared with that of Lord Ellenborough, 163.-
Compared as lawyers, ibid.-as speakers in the house of com-
mons, 165.

Essay on Woman, (Mr. Wilkes's): Narrative of; and reply to this
publication, 126, 127.

F.

"Father's Revenge," a tragedy by the Earl of Carlisle, 312. Its
character, by Dr.Johnson, 313 note. Extracts from, 314 to 316.
FAWCETT, SIR WILLIAM; memoirs of, 202. His juvenile years:
ensign in Colonel Johnstone's regiment; clerk to a mercantile
house adjutant, and captain, in the guards, 203. Translates
the King of Prussia's Military Regulations, and publishes an
improved edition of Bland, ibid., 204. Lieutenant-colonel, and
deputy adjutant-general under the Marquis of Granby; coinmis-
sioner to settle the claims made by the allies for the expences of
the war, 204. Subsequent military promotions and services:
lieutenant-general; koight of the Bath; colonel of the third
dragoon guards; and adjutant-general, 205. General; resigns
the situation of adjutant-general, 206. First general on the staff,
during the absence of the commander in chief, ibid. Governor
of Chelsea Hospital-His children, ibid.

Fencible corps, their meritorious and important services, 499.
Fitzwil iam, Earl; appointed lord-lieutenant of Ireland; his admini-
stration, 305, 496. Recalled; his letter to Lord Carlisle on
this subject, 305.-His lordship's reply, ibid.

Floating

Floating islands, account of several, 464, 465, 466.
Florence, description of, 238, 239.

FRANKFORT, LORD; memoirs of, 491. His extraction, 492.
His marriage; and early parliamentary career, ibid.
His con-

duct on the question of the regency, 495.-Removed from his
public employments in consequence of this, 496. Re-appointed
to a high office under the short administration of Earl Fitzwilliam,
ilid.-Resigns on the recal cf that nobleman, 497. Appointed
privy counsellor and a commissioner of the treasury under the
administration of Lord Camden, ibid. Raised to the peerage on
the accomplishment of the Union, ibid. His character in civil
life; a patron of several public-spirited and patriotic measures,
and a cultivator of social enjoyments, 498. His person, 499.

G.

General Warrants; Mr. Wilkes seized by authority of one, 125.
Letter concerning, published by Mr. Almon, 128.-Prosecution
of this work, 129.

Genoa, description of, 237.

Genevans obtain permission to form a settlement in the county
of Waterford, 170, 171. Resolutions of the volunteers of the
Waterford union on that occasion, 171.-Answer of the Gene-
vese, ibid.

"Geographical System of Herodotus," a work of Major Rennel,
511. Its character, 512 to 514.

GLASTONBURY, LORD; memoirs of, 201.

GLOUCESTER BISHOP OF; See HUNTINGFORD, Dr.

GOUGH, Mr.; memoirs of, 267. His ancestors; remarkable in-
stance of loyalty recorded of one of them, ibid. Account of
his father, Henry Gough, esq., 268. Juvenile years, and edu-
cation of Mr. Gough, 269.-Entered of Bene't College, Cam-
bridge; imbibes here a taste for the study of antiquity, ibid.,
270. Publishes his British Topography, 270. Member of the
Society of Antiquarians; his productions in that situation, 271.
His other literary compositions, 272. Marries; prepares, and
publishes a new edition of Camden's "Britannia," ibid., 273.
Superintends the publication of Mr. Hutchins's History of
Devonshire, 273. Publishes an improved History of Thet-
ford;" and other antiquarian compositions, ibid., 274-
Comparative View of the Ancient Monuments of India;
Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain," 274.-plan of this
latter work, 275. Other antiquarian studies; "History of
Pleshy," ibid., 276. His character, 276.

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Grant, General, attacks and takes St. Lucia in 1779, 102 to 106.
Attempts the relief of Grenada, 106.
GRENVILLES; memoirs of this family of the MARQUIS OF
BUCKINGHAM, 168.—Of LORD TEMPLE, 189: see their ar
ticles. Of the RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS GRENVILLE,
191. His parliamentary conduct in 1782, ibid., 192.-His
1803-1804.
embassy

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embassy to Beilin in 1795; his perilous voyage, 192.—Apa
pointed chief-justice in eyre, south of Trent, 193. LORD
GRENVILLE, additional memoirs of, 193.-His early political
career, 1940 Chosen speaker of the house commons, ibid.-
Appointed secretary of state, 195.-His conduct towards M.
M. Chauvelin and Maret, the French ministers, in 1792, ibid.,
196. His official measures, 198.-treason and sedition bill,
199.-Appointed auditor of the exchequer, ibid.-Union with
Ireland, ib.d.-Lord Grenville resigns his ministerial situations,
200.-Character of his lordship; negotiation for his return to the
ministry, ill. DAUGHTERS of the late Right Honourable
George Grenville, father to the Marquis of Buckingham and to
Lord Grenville, ib d. RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GLASTON-
BURY, eldest son of the late Right Honourable James Greu-
vile, brother to the Right Honourable George Grenville, 201.
HONOURABLE HENRY GRESVILLE, brother to George and
James Grenville, ikid. Relation of this family to that of the
celebrated Sir William Temple, ibid.

Greito of Ani pares described, 249.

Guinea; error of former geographers respecting the extent of its
coast, corrected Ly Major Rennel, 511.

HAMILTON, LADY; memoirs of, 325. Her birth, ibid. Her ju-
venile years, 326. Marries Sir William Hamilton, ibid. Their
style of living at Naples, 327. Their public services, 328.
Revolution at Naples, ibid. Exertions of Lady Hamilton on
this event, 329. Her attachment to the Queen of Naples, itii.
Her character vindicated from some misrepresentations, 330.
Fler eminent public services on other important occasions, 31.
Returns to England with Sir William, ibid.-Her generous sa-
crifices to economy, 332. Death of Sir William, ibid. Accom-
plishments of Lady Hamilton, ii. Honoured by the Emperor
Paul with the cross of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, 333.
Herodotus; his assertion respecting the direction of the river Niger
proved by Mr. Park, 510. His geography supported and prov
ed to be correct by Major Rennel's great work, 511 to 514.
Tiud, Sir Samuel (Lord), his attempt to relieve St. Kitt's in 1782,
66 to 68.

.

Howe, Lord, appointed commissioner for settling the disputes with
America (in 1776), 282 to 284. His military conduct in
America attacked on his return to England, and vindicated by
Dr. O'Beirne, his lordship's chaplain, the present bishop of
Meath, 560.

HUNTINGIORD, Dr. Bishop of Gloucester; memoirs of, 317. His
juvenile studies, 318. Succeeds his brother in the living, and
mastership of the school of Warminster, 319. Account of his
brothers, Dr. Thomas and Mr. James Huntingford, ibid. Ap-
pointed bishop of Gloucester through the influence of Mr. Ad
ington, his former pupil, 325. His character as a scholar, 321.
I in Merpxa Tuva Mor spoona, ilil - Criticism upon this work in
the Monthly Review, ibid.---controversy with the reviewer,
323. Ilis other works, 324.