Rouillé, Mons., the French Minister, sends an extraordinary memorial respecting hostilities, ii. [150].
Royal marriages first controlled by legal enactment in the Regency Bill, i. [146].
Royal speech, a spurious one published in Pitt’s first parliament, and the author punished by the House of Lords, ii. [277].
Royal wills, anecdote of burning, i. [175]; iii. [308], [313].
Royalty in England, its influence little felt in politics, i. [375], [376];
the author’s observations on, as contrasted with republicanism, i. [376].
Russia, alliance with, and its consequences, ii. [151], [236].
Rutland, Duke of, returns to court after long retirement, ii. [2];
is appointed lord steward, but independent of party, ib.
Sabbath-day, comparative rigidness of the Jews and Quakers, ii. [167];
police regulations on, iii. [98].
Sackville, Lord G., opposes the Duke of Cumberland’s Mutiny Bill, i. [41];
his character and political influence in Ireland, [279];
declares himself for Pitt in the House of Commons; political anecdotes and observations on the same, ii. [314], [315];
acquires great weight in government, iii. [107] (vide [Ireland], passim);
commands in Germany, [147];
battle of Minden, [190], et seq., [212], et seq.;
court-martial, and opinion on, after dismissal from the service, [252];
personal consequences of the imputation of cowardice, [256];
arrest and court-martial brought before the House of Commons as matter of privilege, [265];
sentence, [273];
remarks, [274].
Salt tax proposed by Alderman Beckford, ii. [302].