towards the multitude; nor is the Sovereign Prince whose ear the flatterers essay to tickle that they may deceive him for their own purposes, more entirely injured by the deception which withholds the truth, than the Sovereign People is betrayed and undone by those who, for their own vile ends, pass their lives in suppressing wholesome truth, and propagating popular delusion.
American War, 10, 14, 39, 40, 42, | Camden, Earl, reply to Lord Thurlow
Barons, ancient and modern, com-
pared, 37.
Ledford, John, fourth Duke of, object
in writing his biography, 384.
reputation attacked by Junius,
385, 387.
accused of corruption, 388, 389.
of parsimony, 391 to 393.
of insulting the king, 393.
domestic affliction, 392.
Biography, objects of, 5.
Burke, Edmund, general attainments,
231.
style, great varieties of, 233.
select examples, 233 to 237.
works reviewed, 233 to 238.
speeches, 238 to 242.
Thoughts on the causes of present
discontents," reviewed, 244 to
247.
opinion on French affairs, 242, 247
to 252.
general opinions, 252, 253.
estimate of his character and ge-
nius, 253 to 26!.
Camden, Earl, unsuccessful in early
life, 404.
judicial qualifications, 406 to 409.
political acquirements, 411.
reply to Lord Chatham on Wilkes's
election, 412.
mode of proceeding in parliament,
powers of eloquence, 419.
becomes president of the council
in the Rockinghain administra-
tion, 421.
on Fox's libel act, 424.
Canning, George, talents and attain-
ments, 350.
general character, 351, 356.
political principles, 352.
sketch of his career, 353 to 356.
oratorical
powers, 357.
remarks on his love of office, 358 to
Charles II.'s wit, Clarendon cited
on, 56.
Chatham, Lord, George III.'s senti-
ments on reversal of his pen-
sion, 18.
aptitude for government, 20, 24,
25, 26.
oratorical powers, 22, 33, 35.
disastrous aspect of affairs at the
commencement of his adminis-
tration, 24.
threatened resignation, 25.
success of the war during his ad-
ministration, 26, 27.
distinguishing qualities, 28.
mode of government, 28.
opinions and speech upon the Ame-
rican war, 39 to 43.
private character, 44 to 47.
Coxe's defence of Walpole, 312.
Demagogue Arts, 426 to 438.
Dowager Princess of Wales, deficiency
of education, 11.
death of, 79.
Dundas, Robert, general abilities and
character, 306.
remarks on his impeachment, 310.
Duntreath case cited, 199.
Eloquence, described by Cicero, 210.
English lawyers, remarks, 215 to 218.
Erskine, Thomas, judicial eloquence, Grenville, Lord, sketch of his career,
legal talents, 318.
speeches, 319.
public and private character, 320.
Fox, Charles James, general attain-
ments, 262.
deficient education, 263.
great intellectual powers, 264.
eloquence compared to that of De-
mosthenes, 43, 264.
remarks on, 264 to 270.
private character, 271.
quarrel with Pitt, 273.
sketch of his career, 274 to 276.
General Warrants, Earl Camden's
decision upon, 408, 409.
Genius, irregularity and eccentricity
coincident with, 27.
George III., mode of government a
matter of importance, 9.
character and disposition, 10.
education, 11.
animosity towards the Whig party,
11.
business habits, 12.
minute interference with public
and domestic affairs, 13, 15.
threat of abdication, 14.
private character, 17 to 19.
meeting with Lord Bute after his
administration, 49.
letters of, to Lord North (see Let-
ters).
remark on death of Lord Lough-
borough, 181.
Gibbs, Lord Chief Justice, general
and legal attainments, 218 to 222.
narrow-minded notions, 221.
conceit and peevishness, 222.
political prejudices, 223.
Gordon, Dr., newspaper reports fur-
nished by, 22.
Grafton, Duke of, cited, 52, 53.
Grant, Sir William, judicial and po-
litical eloquence, 228, 229.
legal attainments, 226 to 228.
remarks on Pitt's eloquence, 287.
Grattan, Henry, patriotic charac-
ter, 335.
oratorical powers, 338.
private character, 340.
letter to his sons, 342.
character as a statesman, 333.
Gunnersbury, Geo. III.'s visit to the
Princess Amelia at, 49.
Halliday's biography of Mansfield,
condemned, 194.
History of nations, perfect knowledge
of, how obtained, 1.
Holland, Henry Fox, first Lord, cited
by the Livery of London as a de-
faulter, 386.
refutation of the charge, 387.
Hume, David, cited, 393.
Impeachment of Lord Melville, 312.
India Bill, Camden, cited on, 421.
Irish nation, inconsistency of, 176,
177.
Johnson, Dr., parliamentary debates
written by, 21.
Junius's charges against Lord Mans-
field, 204.
ignorance of common law, 204, 205.
praise and abuse of Chatham, 206.
claims to fame, 207.
slanders against the Duke of Bed-
ford, 385, 387.
printer's apology for his letter to
Junia, 395.
attack on Lord Mansfield, cited,
398, 399.
attack on the Duke of Grafton and
Lord North, 400, 401.
Letters of George III. to Lord North,
American disturbances, 67, 83, 85,
86, 87, 89, 91, 97, 98, 100, 101,
105.
American war, 104, 105, 106, 110,
112, 122, 132, 143, 165.
appointment of a receiver-general
for Jamaica, 95.
appointment of a chancellor, 73.
Chatham's pension, 90.
coalition, 139, 140.
colonial policy, 124, 150, 161.
Dr. Priestley, 129.
Duke of Cumberland's debts, 72.
East India Company's affairs, 81.
ecclesiastical appointments, 97.
foreign policy, 115, 158, 165.
French despatches, 81.
grand juries, 68.
Letters of George III. to Lord North, | North, Lord, origin of George III.'s
legal appointments, 72, 114, 116,
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,
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
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,
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.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, imperfect | Treason, trials, 220.
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.
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