legal appointments, 72, 114, 116,

119.

his threatened resignation, 134.
household expenses, 153.
military affairs, 117, 130, 152, 155.
appointments, 107, 125.
naval affairs, 116, 117, 125, 127,
129, 135, 161.

appointments, 107, 127, 143.
payment of Lord North's debts, 99.
pensions, 131.

printing the debates, 75, 77.
prosecution of the war, 127.
royal marriage act, 79.
subsidizing Sweden, 76, 82.
threatened abdication, 111.
treasury appointments, 108, 109.
union of the courts of Vienna and
St. Petersburgh, 165.

wardenship of the cinque ports,118.
war with France, 101, 102, 105,

138.

Wilkes's expulsion from parliament,
67, 68, 69, 70.
Loughborough, Lord, legal attain-
ments, 167.

sketch of his career, 169 to 174.
forensic powers, 170.

charge to the grand jury, 172.
controversy on the Regency ques-
tion, 174.
character, 180.

George III.'s remark on his death,
181.

Louis XIV., saying of, 193.
Love of power, ruinous to the cha-
racter of statesmen, 359.
Libel Act, Camden cited on, 422,
423.

Mansfield, Lord, education and at-
tainments, 194.

as an advocate, 195.

character as Chief Justice, 196 to
198.

special cases, 199 to 203.

charges of Junius discussed, 203 to
208.

judicial eloquence, 212.

private character, 213.
Mears v. Ansell, cited, 204.
Monarchy and republicanism com-
pared, 6.

Musgrave, Dr., cited, 390, 401.

partiality to, 50, 51.
difficulties at the commencement
of his administration, 54, 55.
equanimity of disposition, 56.
qualities as a statesman, 58, 60.
retention of office vindicated, 63.

Open questions, doctrine of, 64.

Parliamentary reporting, imperfect
state of, 21.

debates, publication of, prohibited,
416.

representation, Camden cited on,
419.

Party, detrimental to public service,
371.

effects of, 370, 379, 381.
origin of, 372.
tactics of, 375.

Perceval, Spencer, general character,

323.

oratorical powers, 324.

defends the royal prerogative, 325.
particulars of his assassination,

328.

private character, 329.
Perrin v. Blake, cited, 202.
Pitt, William, character reviewed,
29, 30.

letter to Countess of Chatham, 32.
antagonism to Lord North, 60, 61.
political delinquency of, 61, 62.
private character, 289.

compared with Fox, 277.

early studies and attainments, 278.
animadversions on his career, 279,
283.

conduct during the war, 281.
favours African Slave Trade, 283.
oratorical powers, 284, 288.
examples of, 286.
political character, 288.

Regency Question, discussed, 175.
Romilly, Sir Samuel, mental capa-
city, 364.

forensic eloquence, 366.
private character, 367.
Royal prerogative, defined, 15 to 17.
Rulers of nations, study of biography
necessary to, 2.

Self-government, expediency of, 7.

education, 291.
dramatic works, 292.
oratorical powers, 293.
wit and humour, 294.

speech on the "Begum Charge,"
295.

extracts from various speeches,
296.

character as a statesman, 297.
private character, 297.
Sinking Fund, the, 279.
Slave trade, abolition of, cited, 378.
Pitt's protection of, 293.
Wilberforce's opposition to, 346.
Staël, Madame de, anecdote of Pitt's
proposed marriage with, 289.
State of the nation, motion for in-
quiring into the, 55.

Taxation and representation, insepar-
able, 419.

Thornton, Henry, character of, 346.
Thurlow, Lord, legal abilities, 186.
powers as a debater, 187.
anecdotes, 189, 190.
conversational powers, 191.
character, 193.