hatterton, Thomas, 259.

Chauvelin, French ambassador to England, 324, 336, 337, 339, 340-343.

Chesterfield, Earl of (Stanhope, Philip Dormer), 94, 261.

Choiseul, Duc de, 23-29, 74, 112, 114, 192.

Chouans, the, 376.

Christian, Admiral, 377.

Churchill, Charles, satirist, 43.

Cider tax, 43;
repealed, 72.

Civil list settled, 13;
arrears of, 80, 99, 108, 171, 231, 284;
Burke's proposed reform of, 204, 213;
curtailment of the expenditure of, 238.

Clairfait, Austrian general, 361, 375.

Clare, Earl of. See Fitzgibbon, John.

Clarkson, Thomas, philanthropist, 295.

Clerk of Eldin, naval tactician, 235.

Clinton, Sir Henry, 145, 149, 157, 164, 168, 174, 175, 178-181, 193-195,
197-198, 215, 216, 218-226, 228.

Clive, Robert, Baron Clive, 1;
returns to England, 76;
succeeded in India by Vansittart, 77;
made governor of Bengal, 78;
returns to England, 79;
parliamentary inquiry held into the conduct of, 122;
death of, 123, 248.

Clubs. See London.

Coalition ministry, the, 244-246, 249-250;
dismissed, 251.

Coalitions against France, the first, 349, 351, 363;
the second, 420, 421, 423.

Cobenzl, imperial ambassador, 439, 440.

Coblentz, 331.

Coburg, Duke of, 350, 351, 353, 354, 360, 361.

Colberg, surrender of, 14.

Coleridge, Samuel T., 260.

Collier, Sir George, admiral, 197, 198.

Collingwood, Captain, R.N., 388, 389.

Colman, George (the younger), 258.

Colonial policy of Great Britain, 54-63, 69, 70-72, 84, 88-91, 109-110,
121-128.

Colooney, Vereker defeated by French at, 414.

Commutation tax, 284.

Conciliation bills, 138, 139, 145, 146.

Concord (U.S.A.), 140, 144, 145.

Conde, Prince of, 316, 350, 354.

Connecticut (U.S.A.), 61, 134, 143, 144, 167, 197, 225.

Constantinople, 327, 328, 418.

Constitutional Information, Society for, 335, 338.

Conway, Henry Seymour, 52, 59;
secretary of state, 68, 69, 73, 75, 80, 82;
resigns office, 87, 102, 103, 112, 225;
commander-in-chief, 229.

Cook, Captain, 263.

Cooke, Edward, Irish under-secretary, 446.

Coote, Sir Eyre, 237, 238.

Copenhagen Fields, meeting in. See London.

Cordova, Don Luis de, Spanish admiral, 211, 388.

Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, speaker, 213;
death of, 313.

Cornwallis, Lord, general, 157, 167, 168, 174, 175, 198, 219-226, 249;
his mission to Frederick II., 299;
governor-general of India, 305;
created marquis, 305, 328;
master-general of