turns informer, 182.

Sinclair, Sir John, President of the Board of Agriculture, 293-295;
loses his seat, 295;
his correspondence with Pitt, 296;
his General Enclosure Bill, 297;
his financial suggestions, 305, 308 _n._, 309, 332;
withdraws amendment hostile to Pitt, 328;
on Spencer Perceval, 466.

Sinking Fund, the, 31, 32, 568.

Sistova, Congress of, 3.

Skirving, William, 177;
his trial and transportation, 182-184.

Slavery question, in the West Indies, 238, 239.

Slave Trade, Wilberforce's proposals for abolition of, defeated, 502-503;
abolished in Guiana, 503.

Sluysken, Governor of the Cape, 251-253.

Smith, Adam, his "Wealth of Nations," 30, 567.

Smith, James, 175.

Smith, Joseph, Pitt's private secretary, 475, 476, 557.

Smith, Captain (afterwards Sir Sidney), at Toulon, 160.

Smith, General, M.P., 68;
opposes erection of barracks, 169, 170.

Smith, William, M.P., 79, 457.

Smugglers, their intercourse with France, 165.

Snettisham, result of enclosures at, 292.

"Soldiers' Friend," the, 169.

Sombreuil, de, surrenders at Quiberon, 262.

Somerset, Lord Charles, Paymaster of the Forces, 501.

Somerville, Lord, President of the Board of Agriculture, 296.

Sorel, Albert, mis-statements by, refuted, 277 _n._

Soult, Marshal, 379, 505, 508.

Spain, compact with England, 123;
her co-operation at Toulon, 144, 145, 150, 151, 153, 160;
disputes with the English, 153, 154, 156, 157, 197;
her action in Hayti, 224, 227-229, 239, 241, 245;
state of under Charles IV, 230, 231;
hostility to England, 232, 233;
peace with France, 236, 237, 244, 257;
declares war against England, 241, 244, 275 (1804), 513, 514;
Pitt and, 524, 560.

Spanish treasure-ships, seizure of, 514.

Spencer, Rev. Dr., of Birmingham, 18, 186.

Spencer, Earl, special envoy to Vienna, 211;
First Lord of the Admiralty, 273, 341, 342, 366, 367, 421, 436;
and the mutinies in the fleet, 311, 312, 314, 316;
opposes negotiations for peace, 322;
resigns, 440, 500.

Spitalfields weavers, their grievances, 166.

Spithead, mutiny at, 310-314.

Stadion, Johann Philipp Karl Joseph, Austrian Ambassador in London, 84.

Stael, Mme. de, at Juniper Hall, 64.

Stahremberg, Count, 205;
Austrian Ambassador in London, 366.

Stanhope, Earl, 87, 179, 188, 490, 502.

Stanhope, Lady Hester, on Pitt and women, 299, 300, 303, 454, 455,
477, 531;
at Walmer, 490-495;
at Putney, 549,