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WILLIAM, EARL OF SHELBURNE
North Briton, the, i. 195, 211, 399
North, Lord, i. 13; appointed Prime Minister, i. 407; proposals for the Government of the American Colonies, i. 478; his Bills on American affairs, ii. 12, 31; writes to the King wishing to resign, ii. 15; created Warden of the Cinque Ports, ii. 29; Bills for the relief of Irish Commerce, ii. 45; end of his administration, ii. 87; and Charles J. Fox, proposed Coalition of, ii. 231, 235; his interview with the King, ii. 254; resigns office, ii. 279; and Col. Barre, anecdote of, ii. 287
Northington, Lord, appointed President of the Council, i. 281; his resignation, i. 325
Northumberland, Earl of, i. 7, 149
Norton, Sir Fletcher, his dispute with William Pitt, i. 59
Nugent, Lord, Act for removing the restrictions on Irish trade, ii. 41
O'Brien, Dennis, his Defence of Lord Shelburne, ii. 244
Octennial Bill, i. 354, 356
Ogilvy, Mr., ii. 103
Oliver, Alderman, and John Wilkes, i. 462
Orde, Thomas, letter to Lord Shelburne on the "Peace" debate, ii. 246; letters to Lord Shelburne on the East India Bill, ii. 271, 272; interview with Jenkinson on the East India Bill, ii. 272; letter to Lord Shelburne on the rejection of the East India Bill, ii. 277; interview with Dundas, ii. 277; is offered the Secretaryship of the Treasury, ii. 280; his letter to Lord Shelburne thereon, ii. 280; letter to Lord Shelburne on the new Ministry, ii. 280; his interview with Pitt, ii. 281; letter to Lord Shelburne on William Pitt, ii. 284
Orford, Earl of. See Walpole, Sir Robert
Ossory, Lady, ii. 37, 73
Oswald, James, i. 144, 147, 148
Oswald, Richard, ii. 119; bears a letter to Benjamin Franklin in Paris from Lord Shelburne, ii. 119; his interview with Franklin and Vergennes, ii. 120, 121; returns to England with a paper of memoranda and a letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 122; Lord Shelburne's letter to, concerning Thomas Walpole, ii. 125; second visit to Franklin, ii. 126; Lord Shelburne's instructions to, ii. 126; returns to England, ii. 131; third visit to Franklin, ii. 136; Lord Shelburne's instructions to, ii. 136; his interview with Franklin, ii. 138; his interview with Thomas Grenville, ii. 141; letter to Lord Shelburne concerning Thomas Grenville's negotiations, ii. 146; correspondence with Lord Shelburne on the peace negotiations, ii. 165; Commission to, on the peace negotiations, ii. 169; letters to Lord Shelburne on the same, ii. 171, 176; letter to Lord Shelburne on the treaty with America, ii. 184; on his colleague, Henry Strachey, ii. 202; the Duke of Richmond and Viscount Keppel on, ii. 203; conversation with Adams on the peace negotiations, ii. 205; letter to Lord Shelburne on the conclusion of the Treaty, ii. 207; Benjamin Vaughan's interview with, ii. 285; death of, ii. 287
"Ounces," letting land in Ireland by, ii. 40
Ourang-outang, death of Lord Shelburne's, i. 396
Oxford, Lord, and the Duke of Marlborough, i. 22; and Lord Bolingbroke, i. 22; anecdote of, i. 23
Palissot, his Philosophes, i. 429
Paoli, Clemente, i. 381
Paoli, Pascal, i. 362, 364, 373, 375, 376; his interview with Mr. Stewart, i. 377; his negotiations with the Duc de Choiseul, i. 380; Mr. Stewart's character of, i. 384
Paris, the Peace of, i. 119, 140; the first negotiations in, ii. 111; the second negotiations in, ii. 184
Parliament, Lord Chatham proposes an address praying for a dissolution of, i. 411; the statutory powers of, over the judges, i. 420
Parliamentary Debates, proceedings against the printers of, i. 422
Parliamentary Reform, proposed Bills for, ii. 104, 105, 388
Parliaments, Triennial, Sawbridge's motion for, i. 423
Patents, Pluralities, and Sinecures in 1783, ii. 226
Paul, Emperor of Russia, assassination of, ii. 429
Paymaster-General, the office of, i. 157
Peace of Paris, i. 119, 140
Peace between England, France, and Spain, negotiations for, ii. 111; signing of the preliminary articles, ii. 218 Peace, the addresses on the, ii. 235; the amendments on the, ii. 235; the debates thereon, ii. 235, 241
