ngland, 123, 143, 147, 150, 151, 267, 268;
growth of Jacobinism in, 197;
independence of, stipulated by Pitt, 371.

Saumur, capture of, 136.

Saurin, Capt. William, 404, 405 _n._

Savoy, annexed by France, 68, 72, 113, 276.

Saxony, Elector of, King-elect of Poland, 54.

Scheldt, the, opening of, 47, 71, 72, 75, 79, 80, 82, 84, 86, 91, 97, 105,
114, 117, 119;
French gunboats in, 76, 107.

Schoenbrunn, Convention of, 553.

Scotland, waking of political life in, 13, 22, 173;
failure of motion to repeal the Test Act in, 13, 14;
Radical movement in, 77, 173 _et seq._

Scott, Sir John. _See_ Eldon, Lord.

Scully, Denys, 442, 518, 519.

Sebastiani, Colonel, 483.

Secrecy, Parliamentary committee of, 167, 191, 316, 351.

"Secret Committee of England," the, 349.

Seditious Meetings Bill, 285-287.

Seditious writings, proclamation against, 24, 25, 50.

Segur, Comte de, his mission to Berlin, 42-44.

September Massacres, the, 57, 59-62.

Seringapatam, capture of, 461, 462.

Servan, Joseph, 58.

Shannon, Lord, 341, 393, 402.

Sheares, Henry and John, United Irishmen, 354;
arrested, 355, 356.

Sheffield, disorder in, 62;
victory of Jermappes celebrated in, 70;
riots at, 166;
arrests at, 185, 186;
mass meeting at, 189, 193.

Sheffield Association, the, 21, 22, 25, 181.

Sheffield, Earl of, on French emissaries, 69, 70;
on the Corn Trade, 290;
on Pitt's redemption of Land Tax, 290, 332;
on Irish affairs, 395, 404, 421.

Shepherd, John, of Faversham, his report on shortage of corn, 289.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, his breach with Canning, 39, 41;
warns Chauvelin of Whig patriotism, 87;
suggests an appeal to France to spare Louis, 91, 92, 94 _n._;
on the massacre of royalists at Quiberon, 262;
and the mutinies in the fleet, 312, 313, 316, 318;
on the new taxes (1797), 329;
and Arthur O'Connor, 350;
opposes the Act of Union, 412, 413, 421, 422, 427;
on Pitt's speech on the war (1803), 488;
on the danger of a standing army, 510;
as an orator, compared with Pitt, 567;
mentioned, 23, 24, 165, 179, 188, 191, 238, 241, 286, 290, 293, 309,
352 _n._, 383, 497, 498, 517, 518.

Sicily, policy of defence of, 525, 526.

Sidmouth, Viscount. _See_ Addington, Henry.

Sieyes, Abbe, 233.

Silesia, rising of the weavers in, 201.

Simcoe, Major-General, Governor of Hayti, 245, 246.

Sinclair, Charles, delegate to the British Convention, 181, 182;