Bacon's conduct towards Essex,
390-395.
His excuses for Bacon's use of torture, and his tampering with the
judges, 405-408.
His reflections on Bacon's admonition to Buckingham, 416.
His complaints against James for not interposing to save Bacon, and
for advising him to plead guilty, 427.
His defence of Bacon, 429-440.

Montesquieu, his Spirit of Laws, compared to Machiavelli's Prince,
i. 180.
Horace Walpole's opinion of, ii. 198.

Montgomery, Robert, his poems reviewed, i. 546-568.
Passed off on the public as a great poet, 547.
His plagiarism and bad grammar, 556 _et seq._
His descriptions, 560.
His personification, 563.
His unjustified popularity, 566.
His Satan, 566, 567.

Montreal, captured by the British, ii. 277.

Moore, Thomas, his Life of Lord Byron, i. 569-607.
Lalla Rookh, ii. 489.

More, Sir Thomas, as a character in Southey's Colloquies, i. 506.
His feeling for the doctrine of transubstantiation, iii. 7.

Mourning Bride, Congreve's, iii. 83.

Munny Begum, given charge of the infant Nabob, iii. 134.

Munro, Sir Thomas, ii. 761.

Munster, Bishop of, ii. 525.

Murray, Solicitor-General (1750), his character, ii. 258.
Professional ambition, 261.
Refuses Newcastle's overtures, 267.

Nabobs, class of Englishmen so called, ii. 745-748.

Napoleon, compared with Philip II. of Spain, ii. 131.
Anecdote of, 269.
His Old Guard compared with Clive's garrison at Arcot, 689.
His early proof of talents for war, 760.

Nares, Rev. Dr., review of his Burleigh and his Times, ii. 63-94.

Nelson, Southey's Life of, i. 499.

Newcastle, Duke of, his relation to Walpole, ii. 217, 218.
His character, 229, 230.
His appointment as head of the administration, 260.
His negotiations with Fox, 261, 262.
Attacked in Parliament by Chatham, 263.
His intrigues, 267.
His resignation of office, 268.
Sent for by the king on Chatham's dismissal, 270.
Leader of the Whig aristocracy, 272.
Motives for his coalition with Chatham, 273.
His perfidy toward the king, 274.
His jealousy of Fox, 274.
His strong government with Chatham, 275.
Forms a coalition with Chatham, iii. 596.
His power, 597.
Displaced by Bute, 620.

Newdigate, Sir Roger, his rule for prize poems, i. 585.

Newton, John, his connection with the slave trade, ii. 432.