Hard labour in the dock-yards proposed, to commute transportation, i. 255. Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, draws up the Regency Bill; its despotic character, i. 115; his speech, 120; political character and anecdotes, 158, 159; reasons for his conduct on the affair of the regency, 160; political intimacy with the Duke of Newcastle, 161; his speech in reply to the Duke of Bedford, on the Scottish Colonization Bill, 268; his conduct in the affair of Fawcett’s accusation against the Solicitor-General, for drinking the Pretender’s health, 309; speech on the affair of the charges against the prince’s tutors, 321; his speech on passing the Marriage Bill, 348; resigns the seals on Pitt’s coming into administration in 1756, ii. 273; his conduct in regard to Admiral Byng’s trial, 317; refuses the seals on Pitt’s coalition with Fox, iii. 33; opposes the Militia Bill, 40. Harley, Lord, speech on the Regency Bill, i. 144; moves for declaring against subsidiary treaties in time of peace, 254. HARRINGTON, Earl of, (William) political and biographical notice of, i. 3, et seq., _notes_. Harris, commissioner of wine licences, violent speech in the Commons on the abolition of his office, ii. 375. Hartington, Lord, political manœuvre between Pitt and the Whigs, i. 13; Westminster petition, 19, 20; his share in the ministerial negotiations on the death of Pelham, 381; succeeds the Duke of Dorset as Irish Viceroy, ii. 3, 18, 20, 23. --Vide _Devonshire_. Hastenbecke, battle of, and defeat of the Duke of Cumberland, iii. 36. Havre-de-Grace bombarded, iii. 186. Hawke, Sir Edward, his naval operations, ii. 32; sent to supersede Byng in the Mediterranean, 215; takes the naval command in the expedition to Rochfort, iii. 50; attacks the French fleet under Conflans, and destroys them, 231. Hawley, General, his military severity, i. 103; selected as the propagator of a pretended memorial on the prince’s education, and why, 302. Hayter, Dr., vide _Norwich_ (Bp. of). Heinnech, Monsieur, notice of, ii. 408, 409. Henley, afterwards Lord Northington, character of, i. 96; impartial exercise of his office as a member of parliament, 108; appointed lord keeper in the Pitt and Newcastle administration, in 1757, iii. 33. Hensey, Dr., convicted of treason, iii. 130. Herring, Archbishop, political and ecclesiastical character, i. 148; interference in, and intrigues respecting, the education of the princes, 283, 290, et seq.; death and character, ii. 374. Hertford, Earl of, appointed ambassador to Paris, in 1755, and why, ii. 2. Hesse-Cassel, Prince of, turns papist, i. 405. Hessian troops, sent for to assist against invasion, ii. 155, 185.