K.

KENSINGTON; the valuable collection

of paintings in the palace at this
place, was (in part) removed to Hamp-
ton-court to fupply the cartoons re-
moved to the queen's palace, vii. [88]
Kent; the bill (paffed in 1762) for velt-
ing certain meffuages, &c. on the fea-
coaft in the county of, v. [89]-The
fum voted by parliament in 1764, for
carrying into execution certain pur-
pofes fpecified in the act (paffed in
1762) for vefting certain meffuages,
Sec. on the fea-coaft in this county, in
the hands of certain perfons nominated
and specified in the faid act, vii. [161]
Keppel, admiral; an account of his en-
gagement with the French fleet, July
27, 1778, xxii. [65. 72]-his account
of the late action near Breft a fubiect
of parliamentary difcuffion [91]—
court martial for his trial, ordered,
[99]-trial and honourable acquittal
or, 108. 254. 294-receives the thanks
of both houfes of parliament, [110.
294. 296]-rejoicings on his acquittal,
[110, 111]-vote of thanks of the
common council; and freedom of the
city prefented to him, [199. 101]
Kefwick, the lake of. See NATURAL
HISTORY.

Kew Bridge begun, i. 92.

Kidnapping; trial refpecting, xi. [123]
King's Bench prifon; the fingular op-
preffions committed by many prifoners
in it, in 1778 and 1779, xxii. [216,
217]

Kingiton, the duchefs of. See CHA-

PACTERS.

Kingiton upon Hull; bill for the more
ealy and fpecdy recovery of fmall
debts within the town and county of,
. [89]-the river; bill paffed for im-
proving the navigation of, x. [92]

V.

afzes for 1764, vii. [93]-for
1775, xviii. [152]--for 1778, xxi.
[194]

Kington in Surry; affizes for 1758, i.

89, 90-fer 1761, iv. [91, 92]-for
1762, V. [81]-for 1763, vi. [72]
for 1764, vii. [68]-for 1765, viii.
[82]--for 1766, ix. [90]—for 1767,
x. [74]-for 1768, xi. [84. 97]-for
1769, xii. [93]-for 1770, xiii. [89,
col-for 1772, xv. [89, 90. 93]~
for 1773, xvi. [93]-the bill for better
lighting and watching the town, paffed
June 211t, 1773, [111]-affizes for

Knapton, lord, of the kingdom of Ire-
land, verfus lord Donegal, xii. [82]
Knights of the Bath, the inftallation of
feveral on May the 26th, 1761, when
the right honourable the lord Carys-
fort, the right honourable the lord
Blakeney, the honourable lieutenant
general fir Jofeph Yorke, fir James
Gray, baronet; fir John Gibbons, ba.
ronet, adiniral fir George Pococke,
major general fir Jeffrey Amherst,
major-general fir John Griffin Griffin,
fir Francis Blake Delaval, fir Charles
Frederick, fir George Warren, and
admiral fir Charles Saunders, were in-
ftalled, iv. [115]-defcription of the
oath administered by the dean of West-
minster, and the admonition which he
gave to the new created knights, [115]

the remarkable admonition which
the king's maiter cook gave to each
new created knight,[115]-Lord Clive
was elected on the 24th of April
1764, a knight of this order, vii. [66]
His royal highnefs prince Frederick
was elected a knight of this order De-
cember the 30th, 1767, x. [162]—
Lieutenant-general Charles Montagu,
lord Beaulieu, and mr. Ralph Payne,
elected knights, Febuary 18th, 1771,
xiv. [76]-colonel Eyre Coote elected
June 1770, was invelted with the en-
figns of the order August 31st, 1771,
[138]-The hon. William Hamilton
and fir Charles Hotham elected and in-
vefted with the enfigns of the order,
January 15th, 1772, xv. [66, 67]-
lieut. colonel Robert Murray Keith
elected Feb. 29th, 1772, [80]-fir
George Ofborne, baronet, elected June
5th, 1772, [106]-defcription of the
installation, June 15th, 1772, [108,
109]-a lift of the knights of this or
der at the installation, June the 15th,
1772, with the dates of their election,
[206, 207]-General James Oughton
elected and invested with the order,
Feb. 21ft, 1773, xvi. [77]-Lieutenant
George Howard, and the right hon.
John Blaquiere, efq. elected and in-
vested, August 3d, 1773, xvii. [139]

An account of the installation (May 19th, 1779] of fir Robert Gunning, bart. fir James Adolphus Oughton, right hon. fir John Blaquiere, right hon. fir John Irwine, fir William Gordon, fir William Howe, fir Guy Carleton, fir Edward Hughes, fir Henry Clinton, fir Hector Monro, fir James Harris, and the earl of Antrim, xxii.

[220, 221] Knights of the Garter, chapters of, in

1759, ii. 107, 108-for the election and inveftiture of his ferene highness prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, 108. 144, 145-For the election and inves titure of the most noble Charles marquis of Rockingham, and the right hon. Richard earl Temple, Feb. 4th, 1760, iii. [71]-For the election of his royal highnefs prince William, afterwards duke of Gloucester, and the earl of Bute, v. [86]-His most ferene highness Adolphus Frederick reigning duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the earl of Hallifax, were elected April the 23d, 1764, vii. [66]

His royal highness the prince of Wales, his ferene hignefs the prince of Brunfwick, and the right honourable the earl of Albemarle, were invested with the order of the garter December the 26th, 1765, viii. [152]-His royal highnefs Henry duke of Cumberland elected a knight of this order the 21t of December 1767, x. [161]-His grace the duke of Marlborough elected a knight of this order, Dec. 12th, 1768, xi. [196]-Earl Gower elected a knight of this order, Feb. 1th, 1771, xiv. [74]-His royal highnefs the bishop of Ofnaburgh elected a knight, June 19th, 1771, [115]-Lord North elected May 4th, 1772, xv. [97]→ and invefted June 18th, 1772, [109] Knights of the Thiftle; his royal highnefs prince William Henry, the third fon of his Britannick majefty, elected a knight April the 5th, 1770, xiii. [89] the earl of Northington elected a knight Auguft 18th, 1773, xvi. [127]

L.

LANCASTER; aflizes for 1758, i. 105

-for 1763, vi. [72. 92]-for 1764, vii. [68. 93]-for 1765, viii. [81. 121]-for 1766, ix. [89. 129]-for 1767, X. [74. 122] for 1758, xi. [97]-for 1759, xi. [94]—for 1770, xiii. [95, 96]-for 1771, xiv. [88. 135]-for 1772, xv. [94]—for 1773,

xvi. [93. 135]-for 1774, xvii. [113] -for 1775, xviii. [113]-for 1776, xix. [139. 183]-for 1777, xx. [198, 199]-for 1779, xxii. [204. 225] Land-tax for 1758, i. 133-for 1759, ii. 128.-State of the fums raised by it, from the revolution to 1760, inclufive, v. [150]-for 1761, [158]-for 1762, [170]—for 1763, vi. [116. 180]

for 1764, vii. [162]-for 1765, viii. [241]-for 1766, ix. [204]-for1767, x. [41. 221]-for 1768, xi. [201. 265]-for 1769, xii. [222]-for 1770, xiii. [239]-for 1771, xiv. [226]-for 1772, XV. [213]-for 1773, xvi. [230]

for 1774, xvii. [254]-for 1775, xviii. [182. 245]-for 1776, xix. 99. 101. 250]-for 1777, xx. [269, 270] -for 1778, xxi. [59, 60. 279, 280] -for 1779, xxii. [330]-for 1780, xxiii. [313]

Land-tax; thoughts on an equal, xxi.

174, 175

Lane, mr. Nathaniel, of the city of Lon

don, verfus a Schoolmafter near Barnard's Caftle, in Yorkshire, xix. [149] Langham, fir John, his legacy for the relief of poor foldiers and feamen, vested in the lord mayor, &c. of London, xi. [121]

Launceston; aflizes for 1768, xi. [98] -for 1771, xiv. [87]-for 1773, xvi. [93]-for 1776, xix. [139]

Law proceedings. See the caufe of the
Action, and alfo the names of parties
to whom the particular cafes relate.
See NATURAL
Leeds in Yorkshire.

HISTORY.

Leeds, duke of, verfus Pugh, xx. [210] Legacies; an account of the ftamp duty laid upon the receipt for any legacy, and the fum propofed to be raised by it, in the year 1780, xxiii. [211. 320] Legge, mr. attorney at law, verfus

Legge, efq. an American governor, xix. [195]

Leicester; athizes for 1763, vi. [92]— for 1764, vii. [93]-for 1765, viii. [121]-for 1768, xi. [156]-for 1769, xii. [94]-for 1771, xiv. [135] for 1773, xvi. [93. 135]-for 1774, xvii. [113. 148] - for 1775, xviii. 113. 153]—for 1776, xix. [182]— for 1777, xx. [184. 193]-for 1778, xxi. [179. 194-for 1779, xxii. [204 Leith, fir Alexander, bart. verfus mr. Pope, xxii. [218]

Levant trade, fad ftate of, in 1770, xiii. [36]-Parliamentary grants in fupport of, [237]-xiv. [225]-xv. [212]xvi. [228]-xviii. [244]-xxii. [328] -xxiii. [311]

L

Levy,

Levy, mr. Henry, of Portfinouth, versus

meffrs. William and Richard Clarke,
ftage-coachmen, xii. [160]

Lewes; affizes for 1761, iv. [151]-for
1762, V. [101]-for 1765, viii. [82]
for 1766, ix. [90. 129]-for 1769, xii.
[127]-for 1773, xvi. [93. 135]-
for 1775, xviii. [114. 153]-for 1777,
xx. [198]

Lewis, mr. William, brewer, of York,
verfus the inhabitants of the hundred
of Oufe and Darwent, in the Eaft
Riding of Yorkshire, vii. [69, 70]
Lewfly, mefirs. and co. merchants of
Britol, verfus meffrs. Cam and co.
clothiers of Bradford, Wilts, xx. [216]
Libels and libellous pamphlets, pro-
ceedings relating to, and trials for,
i. 115, 116—iv. [70]—vii. [71. 88.
115. 135. 137]-vii. [18. 25. 50.
52. 87, 88. 108. 171] —viii. [59.
1740 179]-xi. 94, 95. 124. 156. 184.
196]-xii. [69. 107, 108]-xiii. 117.
129. 164, 165]—xiv. 77, 96, 97]—
xvii. [134, 135]-xviii. [119]-xix.
[135. 158]-xx. [191. 211. 234.
245]-xxii. [219, 220]-xxiii. 209.
216]

Lincoln; affizes for 1767, x. [74]-for
1768, xi. [97. 155]-for 1769, xii.
[94]-for 1770, xiii. [79. 139]-for
1775, xviii. [113. 154, 155]-for
1776, xix. [183]—for 1777, xx. [184.
197]-for 1778, xxi. [178. 194]-for
1779, xxii. [204]-for 1780, xxiii.
[210.222]

Linen cloth ftamped for fale in Scotland,

from the year 1740 to the year 1759
inclufive; the quantity and value of it
demonftrated, iii. [118]-for 1760,
[163] for 1762, fhewing the de-
creafe of the manufacture in that year;
and for 1763, vi. [67. 119, 120)—
The fate of the export linen and
linen-yarn trade of Ireland in the fol-
lowing years, viz. 1701, 1711, 1721,
1731, 1741, 1751, 1761, and in 1771,
xvi. [223]-an account of the total
quantities of British and Irish linens
exported from England from the com-
mencement of the bounty in 1743, to
January 1772, diftinguishing and fpe-
cifying the quantities and bounties
paid each feparate year, [224]-an
extra& from the accounts of the linens
stamped in the following years in Scot-
land, viz. 1727 to 1728, in 1747, in
1757, and 1767, [224]-an account
of the quantities of foreign linens im-
ported into England in the following
years (converted into British yards,

and the duties paid thereon, as taken
from the custom-house entries in the
port of London) viz. 1762, 1763,
1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769,
1770, and 1771, [225]-A fhort ac-
count of the prefent ftate of the linen
manufactory, as it appeared to the
committee of the houte of commons
in March 1774, xvii. [98. 102, 103]
Literary property; actions at law, and
verdicts relating to it, in 1768, xi.
[105]—In 1769, xi. [92]—In 1770,
xiii. [131]-In 1775, xviii. [138]
Liverpool; bill paffed June 2d, 1762, for
enlarging the harbour of this city,. v.
[89]

Liverpool; ftate of the trade, from June
1762 to June 1763, vi. [92]—In 1765,
ix. [75, 76]-Riot of the failors in
1775, xviii. [146, 147]-xix. [44]—
Offer to raise a regiment of 1000 men,
xxi. [81]

Liverpool. See alfo NATURAL HIS-

TORY.

Lloyd, mr. Samuel, verfus Mr. Thomas
Cooper, furveyor-general of the ex-
cife, xxxiii. [217]

Loan, the; of 200,000l. to his majesty in
1758, by whom raised, i. 103-Terms
on which one for 200,000l. was raised
in 1759, ii. 111-methods of raifing
one for eight millions in the fame
year, 130-The fum raised by a loan
in 1764, vii. [167]-The fum raised in
1765, viii. [246]-The fum raised in
1766, ix. [83. 205]-In 1767, X.
[221]-The bill for raifing a loan,
and the fum raised in 1768, xi. [79.
266]-In 1769, xii. [83. 222]—In
1770, xiii. [86. 239]-In 1771, xiv.
[227]-In 1772, XV. [101. 116. 214]
In 1773, xvi. [231]—In 1774, xvii.
.[125. 254, 255]-In the year 1776,
xix. [143. 251]-In the year 1777,
xx. [184. 270]-In the year 1778,
xxi. [184.282, 283]—Loans discharg-
ed in 1779, xxii. [329]-and money
railed by one in the fame year, [334]
London. See NATURAL HISTORY.
London - bridge, temporary wooden,

burned, i. 89, 90-parliamentary fums
voted for rebuilding it, and compleat-
ing the works neceffary for improving,
widening, and enlarging the paffages
over and through it, and for opening
the north-east avenue to it, 91. 130—
ii. 173-iii. [186] v. [88. 153. 167]
—viii. [237]—x. [100]-Account of
money vetted in the funds for the pur-
pofes of the bridge houfe eftate, xiv.
[102, 103]

London,

of the city remembrancer for the future without any lucrative confideration, and as a gift to be difpofed of by the common council, [120]-an addrefs prefented to his majefty June the 17th, 1761, on the taking of Belleifle, [123] -the fpeech made by fir Samuel Fludyer, lord mayor, to request their majefties to fit for their pictures, [178]—a detail of many particulars concerning the lord mayor's fhew, and the entertainment at Guildhail given to their majefties, in 1761, [235. 242]—the addrefs which was prefented to his prefent majefty king George III. by the city of London, and the anfwer which his majefty was pleafed to return, on the happy event of the birth of the prince of Wales,v. [98, 99]-The ball and fupper given to his royal highness the duke of York and the two princes of Mecklenburgh, February the 4th, 1763, by the right honourable William Beckford, efq. lord mayor of the city for that year, vi. [55, 56]-the very elegant entertainment given by the fame gentleman on April the 4th in the fame year, [67]-unanimous refolution to prefent a petition to parlia ment for the repeal of the cyder act, [72]-the addrefs prefented to his majesty on the birth of his royal highnefs prince Frederick, and the anfwer which his majefty was pleafed to return, [94, 95]-the petition of the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of the city, to the different branches of the legislature against the act for levying certain duties upon all cyder and perry, with the heads of the faid act, and proceedings relating to the fame bill in the house of lords, [147. 155]-The thanks of the court were ordered to be prefented to the reprefentatives of the city, for their zealous and fpirited oppofition to general warrants, to which was added an earneft exhortation to them to perfe vere in their duty to the crown, and to fecure (to the utmost of their power) the houfes, papers, and perfons of the fubject, from arbitrary and illegal violations, vii. [51]-the thanks, which they returned to lord chief justice Pratt, for the inflexible firmnefs and integrity he fhewed in his judicial capacity upon this occafion, with other marks of public gratitude to him, [51] --the influence which the city of London had upon many corporations and private companies in England and in Ireland, [51]-the answer which lord chief

London, proceedings at Guildhall; the unanimous vote of thanks to fir John Barnard, and the occafion, in 1753, i. 101, 102-And in 1761, iv. [80]— addrefs to his majesty (George II.) and to the princefs dowager of Wales, on the prince of Wales (afterwards king George III.) coming of age in 1759, ii. 98-refolutions and fubfcriptions for reinforcing his majesty's army and navy in 1759 and 1760, with the thanks of his majesty by his fecretary of state, mr. Pitt, for this teftimony of the loyalty of the city of London, 106, 107. 115. 120. iii. [111]——à petition prefented to parliament January 24th, 1751, for leave to bring in a bill to widen and enlarge several old streets, &c. and to open feveral new streets and ways, &c. &c. which bill received the royal affent, May the 22d, 1760, iii. [66. 106]-proceedings relating to Black-Friars Bridge, fee Black-Friars Bridge the fum raised by fubfcription to inlift men for his majesty's fervice in 1760, amounted in June in the fame year to 7,039 1. 7 s. and the number of men who inlifted, was 1,235, who received 51. 5s. od. each [111]— the purchase money paid by the perfon who bought the materials of the three city gates of Aldgate, Cripplegate, and Ludgate, [122]-bufinef's relating to Gresham College, fee Gresham College-openings to be made in the city of London, pursuant to the late act obtained and paffed for that purpose, [171. 173]-The contract made for houfes to be built on the fouth fide of Fore-street to Cripplegate, ix. [62]— the corporation and their fucceffors empowered by his prefent majefty (George III.) to be commiffioners of the lieutenancy for the city of London, [71]the London workhoufe fitted up for the reception of the prifoners in Ludgate, [72]-the ftate of the poll for members of parliament in 1761, [95]-the refolution which took place May the 5th, 1761, to fupprefs the growing evil and mischief done by the drivers of cattle to and from Smithfield market, [106]-prefent the freedom of the city to the right honourable Arthur Onflow, efq. late fpeaker of the houfe of commons, [106]-his royal highness the duke of York, rear admiral of the blue, prefented with the freedom of the city, June the 5th, 1761, [120]-a refolution formed on the fame day, to dispose of the place

L 2

chief juftice Pratt made at the time he
was prefented with the freedom of the
city, [55, 56]-the infcription which
the city ordered to be placed under the
picture of lord chief juftice Pratt, [88]
-the election of Stephen Theodore
Janffen, efq. to be chamberlain, January"
the 19th, 1765, viii, [58]-a petition
was prefented January the 24th, 1765,
to the house of commons, in confe-
quence of the dearnefs of provifions,
[60]-the freedom of the city prefent-
ed to his royal highness the duke of
Gloucester, and the fpeech which his
royal highnefs made on that occafion,
June the 6th, 1765, [98]—motion
made to confider the propriety of cer-
tain qualifications neceflary to confti-
tute a perfon a member of the common
council, [135, 136]-trial against
perfons exercifing trades in the city,
not being freemen, [136, 137]--
ix. [69]-refolution to grant to the
fociety of arts and fciences in the
Strand, the fum of five hundred pounds,
viii. [136]-his ferene highnefs the
prince of Brunswick prefented with the
freedom of the city,[150]-The bill to
explain an act for the improvement of
tillage, fo far as it relates to the city
London, in 1766, ix [90]—the bill to
pave, light, and cleanfe the streets,
Janes, and paffages in the city of Lon-
don, and to prevent annoyances there-
in, [95]the bill to explain and
amend an act for widening eertain
streets and paffages in the city of Lon-
don, [95]-the appointment and pro-
ceedings of commiffioners for carry-
ing into execution the act for better
paving, lighting, and cleanfing the
treets of London, [95, 95. 98.
144]-a reftraint recommended to be
laid on granting licences to public
affemblies or aflembly houses of per-
nicious tendency to the youth of the
city of London, [96]-a benefaction
of four hundred pounds to the fufferers
by the fire of Montreal, in North Ame-
rica, [96]-proceedings of the com-
mittee for enquiring into the rights of
managing the five city hofpitals, viz.
Chrift's Hofpital, Bridewell, and Beth-
lem Hofpitals, St. Bartholomew and
St. Thoma's Hospitals, [108] x. [63]

a noble example of difintereft-
ednefs which appeared in the fheriffs
of this city for 1676, in the difpofal of
city places, ix. [115]-the report of
the recorder touching the city of Lon-
don's rights to import four thousand

chaldruns of coals, for the benefit of
the city poor, at one fhilling per chal-
dron lefs duty than is the custom to
pay in the port of London, [119]—
the refolution of the common council
to support an application to parliament
to prevent the great frauds in the ad-
measurement of coals, [153]-Generous
exertions made by the city to relieve
the ciftreffes of the neceffitous and in-
duftrious in 1767, x. [50] the plan for
raifing a certain fum of money for
completing London Bridge, [51]—
the determination of two causes, re-
lating to perfons who were not brokers
licenfed by the city, buying and felling
government fecurities, [68]-the free-
dom of this city voted to the right ho-
nourable Charles Townshend, chan-
cellor of the exchequer, aud the reason
affigned for this vote, [100]-a tefti-
nony of the gratitude of this city to
deputy John Paterfon, efq. for his
many important fervices, [100]-the
duty of fixpence per chaldron on coals
granted to the city for forty-fix years,
commencing in 1767, for the purpose
of redeeming the tolls on the bridges,
embanking the river, repairing the Ex-
change, and rebuilding Newgate, [102]
-the determination of the court of al-
dermen, that they could not appoint a
deputy or fubftitute to exercife the
office of chamberlain, in cafe of fick-
nefs or the abfence of the chamberlain,
[137]-vote of thanks in November
1767 to their reprefentatives in parlia-
ment, [145]-the addrefs which the
lord mayor, aldermen, and commons
of the city prefented to his majefty on
the birth of his royal highnefs prince
Edward, and on the death of the duke
of York in 1767, [147, 148]—a peti-
tion was prefented by the city to the
honourable houfe of commons, relating
to the high price of provifions in 1767,
[149, 150-an additional falary of
200l. per annum was voted to the re-
corder in December 1767, when at the
fame time an addition of 150l. per an-
num was voted to the common fer-
jeant, [159]-Thanks of the house of
commons voted to the lord mayor of
the city (the honourable mr. Harley)
for his vigilant and active conduct dur-
ing the riots and difturbances in 1768,
xi. [56]-tate and final determination
of the poll for reprefentatives of the
city in 1768, [82, 83]-wife methods
taken during the riots in 1768, [86,
87. 95, 961-the prince of Monaco

entertained