P.

Packet boats
-, masters of, violations of law in Portugal by

Page, Mr., late member for Chichester, medical receipts given by, for the use of the public
-, John, of Dundalk, grocer, petition

Palais, in Belleisle, siege of

Palermo, duties on foreign merchandize at

Palliser, Captain or Commodore
-, instructions for
-, letters from
-, Francis, Franciscan friar

Palmer, Patrick, Professor of Feudal and Civil Law in Trinity Coll., Dublin, dispensation
-, Richard, M.A., made a canon

Palmerston, Viscount, (Henry,) appointments

Panmure, Lord, application from

Panton, Thomas, Esq., appointment

Paoli, Genl., persons charged with a commission from the Ministry to

Paper currency, application for power to issue a, in America

Papists in England, lists of, to be laid before the House of Lords

Pardons, see Criminals, pardons.

Paris, British Chargé d'Affaires in
-, Insurance Company of, memorial on behalf of
-, messenger despatched every week from, by the Ambassador

Parish, John, condemned for burglary

Park gates and Horse Guards, permissions to pass through

Parker, Consul
-, James, late vicar of St. Michael, in Coventry
-, Thomas, of St. Mary Axe, invention
-, William, D.D., rector of St. James's, Westminster, grant of arms to

Parkinson, James, scrivener, inventions

Parks, Daniel, in Scotland, letters to, to be opened

Parliament, (both Houses,) dissolution of, protest against
-, petitions for
-, King's speech to, opinions about
-, papers, &c. laid before
-, opening of, Commissioners for
-, precautions to keep the peace at
-, rolls of, 1 Ed. I. to 1 Ed. VI.
-, survey of the African ports to be laid before
-, House of Lords, orders, resolutions, &c. of
-, proceedings of, &c.
-, House of Commons, Act in, relating to Ireland
-, addresses, resolutions, &c. of
-, clerk of the
-, letter to
-, Speaker of
-, Mr. Wilkes brought up to the bar of

Parnell, John, of Rathleague, made a baronet

Pasley, Consul, at the Canaries, circulars to

Passports or passes

Patching, rectory of

Paton, Robert, late minister of Renfrew

Patten, Thomas, Esq.
-, Thomas, and Co., of Warrington, petition, p. (note).

Patterson, John, late minister of St. Andrew

Paul, Dr.
-, Rev. Thomas, M.A., Dean of St. Patrick, Cashell, exchange

Payne, Edward, merchant, Coleman Street
-, joint syndic for the English creditors of Larnac Frères, letter from
-, John, of London, bookseller

Peach, Samuel, Dr. Bradley's Observations in the possession of

Pearce, Jacob
-, or Pearse, William, convicted at the Cornwall assizes, applications in favour of, &c.

Pease, Thomas, smith and spring maker, invention

Peel, (Isle of Man,)
-, Captain of town of, proposed salary
-, seditious disposition among inhabitants of, want of accommodation for troops at, &c.

Peele, John, of Cheapside, linendraper, invention

Pelham, licence to take surname of
-, Lord, letter to

Pell, Mr., letters to or from, about the riots

Pennington, Major, left in command of the troops in the Isle of Man, conduct of, &c.

Pennsylvania
-, stamped paper for, how received on its arrival

Penrose, Thomas, late rector of Newbury

Pensacola

Pensioners, Band of, Captain of, (Earl of Lichfield,) warrants to
-, clerk of the cheque to

Pepper, Col., memorial to be allowed to sell out, and price received by, for his commission, &c.
-, Col. Parke, Lieut.-Col. of 49th Regiment, as to retirement of

Perrott, Baron, letter from
-, James, reward for services in connexion with redemption of slaves in Barbary
-, Sir Richard, claim of, to a baronetcy
-, dispute of, in the House of Commons
-, rank and precedence of

Perryn, Richard, Esq., licence to plead

Persia, civil war in
-, woollen trade to

Pert, see Logie.

Pery or Perry, Mr., motions made by, and proceedings of, in the Irish House of Commons
-, instance of respect for the Crown on part of

Peter, Czar, invasion of England by, supposed to be designed

Peterborough, Bishop of, election of
-, Dean of

Petersburg, British Consul General at
-, British Envoy Extraordinary or Ambassador at
-, exports and imports at
-, ships from, consulage fees on

Philadelphia

Phili, William, a convict in Aberdeen gaol

Philip, William, remission

Phillips, James, of Pentyparch, Esq., licence to hold fairs

Phipps, Constantine, Esq., created a baron

Phœnix Park, grant for a site for a hospital in

Pickering, John, of London, toy-maker, invention

Pictet, Col. James

Pictra Cotta, a composition called

Pierce, Thomas, styptic discovered by, experiment of, on limb of a criminal

Pigon, Peter, of H.M.S. "Huntingdon," to seize pirates

Pinchbeck, Christopher, of Cockspur Street, toyman, inventions

Pindar, Capt.

Pinmakers' Company, London, petition of

Pipon, Mr., a jurat of Jersey

Piracy by an English vessel, reward for discovery
-, stipulations in connexion with prosecution for

Piracies, complaint of

Pirates, commissions for seizing

Pitsligo, minister of

Pitt Fort

Pitt, William, Esq., created Earl of Chatham

"Pitt's" crew cast away in Barbary, disbursements for

Plague of 1743 turned the course of trade

Plate, allowance of, to governors, &c.

Plead, licences to, see Licences to plead.

Plymouth, Lord, Lord Lieutenant of the co. of Glamorgan
-, town
-, arrival of the Morocco Ambassador at
-, French ship compelled to strike her pendant in passing an English ship at

Poer, Mr., motions, &c. of, in the Irish House of Commons

Pohle, Joseph, engraver, inventions

Pole, William, Esq., M.P. for Queen's county, appointment

Polk, Mr., Governor of Madras, complaint against

Pollard, Robert, an almsman

Pollock, William, clerk in the Secretary of State's Office

Pomeroy, Colonel, of the 64th Regiment

Pomeroy's, a remarkably fine battalion

Pondicherry, military stores or booty taken at
-, distribution of
-, expedition to, officers of, as to memorial of

Ponsonby, John, Esq., Speaker of the House of Commons, one of the Lords Justices, and a Commissioner of the Revenue in Ireland
-, leave to come to England
-, attitude of, with respect to the Short Money Bill
-, fails to assist to lower parliamentary grants
-, negotiations with, and proceedings of, about the Augmentation, &c.
-, demands of, for carrying on the King's ordinary business, &c.
-, persons influenced by, probable effect of firmness in the Government on, &c.
-, advisability of a conference with, as to
-, removal from the Revenue Board, &c. recommended
-, extremely active in his endeavours to keep his old friends steady, &c
-, friends of, wavering as to the connexion
-, influence of, whence derived, &c.
-, terrors of the dominion of
-, joins his numbers to the Opposition in the House of Commons
-, English Government unable to repose the least confidence in
-, vote carried by casting voice of
-, people convinced that the blame of the dissolution lies at the door of
-, likely to canvass for the Chair the moment he expects a dissolution, &c.
-, removal from the Privy Council recommended
-, efforts of, against the Government
-, William, one of a proposed deputation to the King
-, the Speaker's son, examinator of the Customs in Ireland, removal of, recommended

Pontefract, Chairman, &c. of the Quarter Sessions at, letter to

Ponthieu, Josias de, joint syndic for English creditors of Larnac Frères

Ponton, Mr.
-, Daniel, Chairman of the Surrey sessions, and the riotous sailors, &c.
-, letters to and from, and proceedings of, in connection with Mr. Wilkes

Pool

Poole, Edward, rector of Cheadle

Poor, the industrious, an Act for protection of
-, scheme for selling cheap household bread to the

Pope, supremacy of the, readily renounced by French Papists

Popery, the system of laws against

Popham, Mr., counsel for a convict
-, Joseph, H.M.'s Consul at Tetuan
-, treatment by the Emperor
-, expenses, distressed situation of, &c.
-, letters, &c. to and from
-, thrown into prison by the Emperor
-, some kind of apology received by, &c.
-, reception on his return to Tetuan
-, Emperor of Morocco's presents to, returned

Porcelain ware, a new method of making

Portarlington, French church at, minister of

Port Beaufort (N. Carolina), establishment of a comptroller for, recommended

Porte, Ambassador at the, see Constantinople.
-, answer necessary to be given to the

Porten, Stanier, Esq., Secretary to the Extraordinary Embassy to the Court of France
-, services in connection with liquidation of the Canada paper
-, letter from or to
-, Under Secretary, see Secretary of State, Northern, and also Southern Departments, Under Secretaries to.

Porter, John of Nottingham, invention
-, Sinckler of Nottingham, invention

Portland, Dowager Duchess of
-, Duke of, Lord Chamberlain

Portmahon

Port Royal, Jamaica, Fort Charles in, Governor of

Portsmouth
-, Commander-in-chief of H.M.'s ships at
-, Governor or Commanding Officer at, orders to
-, King's docks at, Russian ships repairing in
-, physician eminent at

Portudal, French settlement at

Portugal, attempt to get English miners to settle in
-, British Minister Plenipotentiary in, (Mr. Hay,)
-, despatch of letters to
-, British Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in, (William Henry Lyttelton,)
-, to kiss H.M.'s hand on appointment
-, conveyance thither
-, circulars to
-, Court of, remonstrances to
-, Deputy Consul and British factory in, debarred from having wines, &c. duty free
-, King of, an edict of, complaint against
-, privateers in service of, case of
-, pieces coined in England

Portuguese carried into slavery by an Algerine cruiser
-, Minister or Envoy (Mons. de Mello), a request of, to be granted
-, return to Lisbon
-, service, British officer in
-, slaves taken out of an English ship to be reclaimed
-, truce of the, with the Emperor of Morocco
-, in favour with the Emperor of Morocco

Postage, free, &c.

Postmaster General, letters to

Post Office, Secretary to the, (Henry Potts,) letters from or to

Potter, one, charges by, against Major Rogers in America, and death of
-, Hanbury, one of H.M.'s messengers
-, John, D.D., one of H.M.'s chaplains, made a Dean
-, Thomas, Esq., charged with H.M.'s affairs at Turin
-, allowance
-, circular to

Potts, Henry, Secretary to the Post Office, see Post Office, Secretary to the, (Potts).

Pouchkin, Mons. de Moussin, see Russian Minister (Pouchkin).

Powell, John, Esq., late Recorder of Monmouth
-, William Samuel, D.D., presentation

Powers, William, of Coventry, invention

Powerscourt, Lord, extraordinary protest signed by

Pownall, John, Esq.
-, Secretary to the Board of Trade, see Trade, Commissioners of, Secretary to, (Pownall).
-, Mr., letter from

Poyning's Law, era of

Pratt, John Jeffreys, Esq., (son of Lord Camden,) grant of an office to
-, William, clerk, made a Dean

Prescot, Mr., to attend a Committee of the Council
-, Dr. Kenrick, Prebendary of Norwich, dispensation

Presentations in H.M.'s donation, office of writing, to the Great Seal

Presentations, see Church appointments.

Presents, right of Ministers to, when accruing and when precluded

Preston, Major, leave of absence to

Pretender, the, statute relative to

Prevost, Lieut.-Col., proposal to recruit with German Protestants

Price, Mr., nephew to Lord Hertford, M.P. in Ireland
-, Charles, Attorney General for Georgia
-, Cromwell, Esq., pension of, determined
-, E., Under-sheriff of Bucks, letter from
-, Gryfydd, Esq., barrister, appointment
-, Owen, Gent., licence to print

Prince or Princess, birth of a

Prince of Wales's Regiment of Light Horse

Prince, William, of the Strand, London, invention

Pringle, Andrew, of Alemoor, Esq., late a Lord of Justiciary in Scotland
-, Sir John, of Pall Mall, Doctor of Physic, baronetcy
-, Physician to His Majesty, letter to
-, Capt. Thomas, of the 20th
-, Walter, late Sheriff Depute of Forfar

Print and publish, licences to, see Licences.

Prittie, Lieut., of H.M.'s cutter "Swift," answer to a complaint

Privateers in Portuguese service

Privy Council, Clerk of the, office granted

Privy Seal, authority to deliver up
-, bills to pass the
-, Clerk of the
-, Commissioners of the, allowance
-, appointment
-, Keeper of the, (Lord Chatham,) allowance
-, appointment
-, warrants to
-, (George William Earl of Bristol,) allowance
-, appointment
-, to pass grants
-, to pass through the parks, &c.
-, warrant for appointment to office of, as to

Proby, Capt. or Commodore, Commander-in-chief of H.M.'s ships at Chatham and Sheerness, letter from
-, Commander-in-chief of H.M.'s ships in the Mediterranean, see Mediterranean, Commanders-in-Chief, &c. in.

Procurator General, H.M.'s
-, the same as King's Proctor

Provesa, fortress of, quarantine in

Provisions, price of, practices used to enhance

Prussia, British Envoy Extraordinary in, (Sir Andrew Mitchell,) circulars to
-, passport

Public Advertiser, a letter signed "Junius," in, libellous character of

Puckey, William, of Plymouth

Pulteney, Daniel, Esq.
-, Henry, Esq., formerly Governor, &c. of Kingston-on-Hull
-, name of, allowed to be taken

Purnell, Mr., Pro-consul at Leghorn
-, John, of Frampton-upon-Severn, ironmaster, invention

Puysineux, Marquis de, French Governor of Minorca, present made by

Pye, Vice-Admiral, Commander of H.M.'s ships at Barbadoes, &c., see Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, Commander, &c. at.

Q.

Quarantine

Quebec (town or province)
-, Attorney General for
-, Courts of Judicature and Civil Government of
-, garrison of, vessel impressed for service of
-, Governor of
-, advises against admitting French claims
-, instructions, &c. given to, required
-, Lieut.-Governor of
-, limits of, settlement of, effect of
-, dispute as to
-, regiment going to

Queen Anne's Bounty, Secretary to Governor of, grant of office of

Queensberry, Duke of, promise made to
-, recommendations of, as to

Queensborough, Duke of

Queen's County, knight of the shire for

Queen's House, assembly of seamen at, to petition the King

Quieto, port in Istria, escape of persons from Venetian ships at

Quillebæuf

Quillin, Mr., late Attorney General in the Isle of Man

Quin, Catherine

Quito, in Mexico, insurrection in

R.

Radcliffe, Thomas, of Ormskirk, Esq., change of name, &c.

Radley, William, of Radley, chemist, invention

Radnor, Earl of, (William Bouverie,) licence to bear arms

Ragg, Thomas, late minister of Belhelvie

Ragusan colours, how introduced into the Turkey trade

Raibaiti, Chevalier

Rainforth, Oliver, of Malmesbury, Excise officer

Rais, Ahamet Benzezo, an offending Algerine commander

Raitt, Lieut.-Col., commanding the troops in the Isle of Man

Ramsay, Hon. George, late Sheriff Depute of Forfar
-, Dr. Robert, physician in Edinburgh, appointment

Ramsey, Consul, circular to

Ramsey (Isle of Man)
-, Captain of town of, proposed salary

Randall, George, clerk in the Secretary of State's office

Randolph, John, Attorney General for Virginia

Ranelagh, Lord Viscount, premium to

Ratisbon, Diet at, British Minister to

Ravensworth, Lord, application from

Raybold, John, letters to, to be opened

Read, Richard, of Canterbury

Reading

Red Stone Creek, settlers at, out of the protection of any province

Reddall, William, a convict

Redman, murder of one

Reef, coast of, expedition sent to, against the Arabs
-, Emperor of Morocco's rebellious subjects on the

Rees or Reece, Philip

Reeves, Christopher, of Blackman Street, coachmaker, &c., invention

Regiments:—
-, Queen's Royal
-, Fourth Light Dragoons
-, Eighth Dragoons
-, Twelfth Dragoons in Ireland
-, Prince of Wales's Regiment of Light Horse
-, First or Royal
-, Second or Queen's
-, Third Foot Guards, solicitor to
-, Fourth
-, Fifth
-, Eighth
-, Ninth
-, Tenth
-, Twelfth
-, Thirteenth
-, Fourteenth
-, Fifteenth
-, Sixteenth
-, Eighteenth
-, Twenty-fourth
-, Twenty-fifth
-, Twenty-sixth
-, Twenty-seventh
-, Twenty-eighth
-, Twenty-ninth
-, Thirty-third
-, Thirty-fourth
-, Thirty-seventh
-, Thirty-ninth
-, Fortieth
-, Forty-second
-, Forty-fourth
-, Forty-fifth
-, the succession to the majority in
-, Forty-sixth
-, Forty-seventh
-, Forty-eighth
-, Forty-ninth
-, Fifty-second
-, Fifty-third
-, accusation against officers of
-, Fifty-fourth
-, Fifty-seventh
-, Fifty-ninth
-, Sixty-second
-, Sixty-third
-, Sixty-fourth
-, Sixty-fifth
-, Sixty-ninth

Regiments, abroad, relief of
-, bounty money for recruits for
-, clothing, &c. of, regulations as to
-, Colonels of, not permitted to pay subalterns out of their own pockets
-, courts-martial for
-, recruiting of, from among criminals
-, seconded officers in
-, rank of, &c.
-, subsistence of drafts from, &c.
-, surgeons and surgeons' mates to, qualifications of, &c.
-, tenth company officers in, not permitted to sell out

Reid or Read, Mr., a Westminster magistrate

Reilly, Andrew, to enter foreign service
-, James to enter foreign service
-, Pierce, pardon for entering foreign service

Reiny, George, presentation

Renfrew, church and parish of

Rennel, Thomas, clerk, presentation

Rennet, Mr., an attorney who carried on a prosecution for the Morocco Ambassador, bill of

Reprieve not granted without an explicit opinion from the Judge

Repton, John, Excise collector, Norwich

Requests, Court of, Registrar of

"Respite" and "Reprieve", difference of meaning suggested

Respites, see Criminals, pardons, &c.

Retiring, mode of, not relished by His Majesty

"Revolution" ship sunk to defraud the insurers

Rhea, Isle of

Rhode Island, the Governor at
-, disturbances at, a boat of one of H.M.'s ships burnt, &c.

Rhoon-in-the-Obermaasel, near Rotterdam, workshops established at

Riall, Phineas and Mary, dissolution of marriage of

Rice, George, Esq., appointment

Rich, Sir Robert, late Governor of Chelsea Hospital

Richards, Frederick, a convict
-, Thomas, an almsman

Richardson, Joseph, first clerk in Duke of Grafton's office, death of

Richmond, Duke of, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, see Secretary of State, Southern Department, (Richmond).

Richmond
-, residence of His Majesty at

Riga, exports and imports at

Rigby, Richard, Esq., office granted to

Ringelman, Mary, recommendations for

Ringold, Messrs. Thomas and William, of Maryland, consignees of convicts

Ringwould, rector of

Rio de Janeiro, treatment of Lieut. Cook, &c., at

Riots, &c. See also Sailors.

Rithberg, country of, claim for provisions supplied to the Allies

Rivers, James, a clerk of the signet, to discharge his duties by deputy
-, Sir Peter, Bart., licence for change of name, &c.

Robb, William, presentation

Roberts, J.C., see Secretary of State, Southern Department, Under Secretaries to, (Roberts).
-, John, Esq., appointment
-, of London, licence to print
-, bookseller, suit against

Robertson, Dr., letter to
-, Mr., late minister of Kiltearn
-, minister of Kincardine
-, Gilbert, presentation
-, James, presentation
-, John, presentation

Robinson, George, of London, licence to print
-, bookseller, suit against
-, Robert, of Averham
-, Thomas, Esq., appointments

Roche, Capt., of H.M.S. "Cruiser,"

Rochester, Bishop of, (Zachary,) resigns deanery of Westminster
-, cathedral, almsmen in
-, Deans of

Rochford, Earl of, H.M.'s Ambassador in France, see France, British Ambassador in, (Rochford).
-, at Madrid, see Spain, British Ambassador in, (Earl of Rochford).
-, Secretary of State, Northern Department, see Secretary of State, Northern Department (Rochford).
-, and Countess, to pass through the Parks, &c.

Rockingham, Marquess of, (Charles,)
-, letters to and from
-, pays a visit to Birmingham
-, High Steward of Kingstonupon-Hull, appointment
-, proceedings of, in connexion with the clippers and coiners

Rodbard, John, of Ipswich, surgeon

Roe, Charles, and Copper Company, Macclesfield, petition

Roebuck, Mr. Benjamin, of Sheffield

Rogers, Major, commanding the garrison at Michilimakinac, &c., charges against
-, Hugh, Mayor of Helleston
-, Capt. Jonathan, late of the 44th Regiment

Roman earthenware, imitations of
-, Catholic books to be allowed to be taken to Canada
-, Catholics, a school set up in Sedgley Park by

Romilly, Rev. John, appointment approved

Romney

Roper, Robert, late Recorder of Doncaster

Rose, Hugh, presentations

Ross, Lieut.-Col.
-, David, appointment
-, George, Gent., late Solicitor to the 3rd Foot Guards
-, John, Professor of Oriental Languages at Aberdeen, appointment
-, D.D., presentation
-, John Lockhart, letter from

Ross, clerk of commissariat of
-, rectory of

Rothes, Earl of, late Governor of Duncannon Fort

Rotterdam
-, British Agent at

Roubaud, Mons., letter from

Rountree, one, under the Bavarian Minister's protection, debt of, &c.

Rous, Mr., letter from, transmitted

Roussel, Mons., the Bishop of Liege's Minister, as to the present to, on his taking leave

Rowe, John

Rowley, Mr., removal from the Irish Privy Council recommended

Roworth, Mark, courier of H.M.'s Cabinet

Roxburgh, Sheriff Depute of

Roy, Lieut.-Col., allowance for services at Dunkirk

Royal Library, the access to

Royal Society, Secretaries to the
-, Council of the, to certify for printing the astronomical observations
-, and the transit of Venus

Royce, John, the Norwich rioter, place of execution of

Royle, John, given a Poor Knight's place

Ruddry, chapel of

Rum retailers, proposal to suppress licences, of

Rundell, Sarah, fire-arms secreted by, &c.

Rushton, Jonathan

Russel or Russell, a messenger
-, Richard, sen., glass manufacturers invention
-, jun., glass manufactures, invention
-, Peregrin, Esq., licence to print
-, Thomas, courier of H.M.'s Cabinet

Russia, British Ambassador to, (Mr. Stanley,) to kiss hands on appointment
-, British Envoy, &c. in, (late,)
-, iron imported from
-, and the Porte, war between, neutrality of the English, &c.

Russia Company, consulage fees paid by
-, trade of, with Persia

Russian Ambassador or Minister (Prince Czernichew), arrival, &c.
-, disagreeable affair with the French Ambassador at a Court ball
-, conveyance of, to Holland
-, military honours to
-, (Mons. de Moussin Pouchkin,)
-, fleet, necessaries for refitting to be supplied to
-, ships in dock at Portsmonth, &c., storing of guns, powder, &c., of
-, officers accommodated in Kilsea barracks

Rutherford, John, Esq.

Rutlandshire Militia, commissions for

Rutter, Angel, styling himself Consul at Malta