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Rh  226; retires to Bowood, i. 228; goes to town on a political call, i. 230: is offered the Board of Trade by the Marquis of Rockingham, i. 231; his refusal, i. 231; his letter to Colonel Barré thereon, i. 233; his opinions on the Stamp Act, i. 234; journey through the Low Countries, i. 235; account of Lord George Sackville, i. 236; returns to public life, i. 252; attacks the Stamp Act, i. 252; his letter to Mr. Pitt thereon, i. 252; Mr. Pitt consults with him on joining the Ministry, i. 259; his speech on the Declaratory Bill, i. 260; his letter to Mr. Pitt on his conversation with Lord Rockingham concerning a change in the Ministry, i. 260; Mr. Pitt's answer, i. 263; his account of Birmingham, i. 276; is appointed Secretary of State, i. 280; his letter to Mr. Pitt thereon, i. 281; his conversations with Masserano on the Manilla ransom, i. 287, 324; his letter to the Earl of Chatham (Mr. Pitt) on the Spanish Embassy, i. 289; his letter to Rochfort on the Manilla ransom, i. 292; on the India Company, i. 294; his letter to the Earl of Chatham on the India Company, i. 297; his letter to Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts, i. 300; settlement of American affairs, i. 302; his letter to General Gage on American affairs, i. 305; his letter to the Earl of Chatham on Charles Townshend's speech on American affairs, i. 308; his letters to the Earl of Chatham on American affairs, i. 310; letter to the Earl of Chatham on Indian affairs, i. 312; memorandum on American affairs, i. 3155 letter to Sir Guy Carleton, i. 318; his letter to Sir Henry Moore on the Mutiny Act, i. 322; his letter to Lady Chatham on General Conway resigning the emoluments of his office as Secretary of State, i. 325; his interview with the Duke of Grafton on dividing the Secretaryship of State, i. 327; his letters to Lady Chatham on the same, i. 330; on the Earl of Chatham's illness, i. 331; his connection with Ireland, i. 337; his letters to Townshend on Irish affairs, i. 345, 347, 354; on the design of a short Money Bill, i. 347; on the augmentation of the army in Ireland, i. 348; on the Militia in Ireland, i. 3485 his letter to Townshend on the army question, i. 357; and the Bedford whigs, i. 361; on the annexation of Corsica by France, i. 365; his protest to the Duc de Choiseul against it, i. 368; letter to Rochfort on the annexation of Corsica, i. 369; on the riots in the American Colonies, i. 386; has an audience of the King, i. 387; resigns the Seals, i. 387; squib on, in the Public Advertiser, i. 387; his nickname of "Malagrida," i. 388; caricatured as a Jesuit, i. 388; satires on, and abuse of, i. 389; anecdotes of, i. 390; lampoon on, i. 391; Lady Rockingham's letter to, i. 391; and Sir W. Jones, i. 392; Lady Shelburne's account of his resignation of office, i. 398; goes to see Lord Chatham, i. 398; on the Hanover family, i. 402; speech on the Middlesex election petitions, i. 409; on Burke's Thoughts on the Causes of the present Discontents, i. 411; speech on the adjudications against Wilkes, i. 412; and the Bourbon Courts, i. 414; speech on Spain, i. 415; goes abroad with Colonel Barré, i. 424; his travels through France and Italy, i. 425; his friendship with the Abbe Morellet, i. 430; on Free Trade, i. 430, 431; Dr. Joseph Priestley and, i. 433; and the extension of the Toleration Act, i. 440; his letters to Lord Chatham on the same, i. 440, 441; his speech on the same, i. 442; on the Royal Marriage Bill, i. 443; on the East India Company, i. 445, 446; his speech on the same, i. 451; on Colonel Barré's resignation, i. 454; letters to Lord Chatham on the proposed tax on absentee landowners in Ireland, i. 456, 457, 458; and John Wilkes, i. 460; and Alderman Townshend, i. 460; and Oliver Goldsmith, i. 463; letters to Lord Chatham on the American Colonies, i. 467, 470, 471; his speech on the Boston disturbances, i. 472; his speech on the Tea Duty, i. 475; on the American Congress, i. 479; and the Duke of Grafton, i. 482; speech on Lord Chatham, i. 485; Lord Camden on his oratory, i. 486; Lord Thurlow and Walpole on the same, i. 486; Jeremy Bentham on, i. 486; the third Lord Holland on his speeches, i. 487; "The Rolliad" on, i. 487; Lord Mansfield his favourite antagonist, i. 488; altercation with the Archbishop of York, i. 489; on the King's Speech and the American War, ii. 1, 18; speech on the Civil List, ii. 3; falsely accused of a plot, ii. 6; his speech on the American War, ii. 6; attacks the Archbishop of York, ii. 6;