Lisbon destroyed by an earthquake, ii. 77; assisted by the parliament, 78. Litchfield, Lord, his political character, iii. 166. Lochiel, Laird of, his share in the rebellion, i. 353. London, Bishop of, objects to the despotic powers granted by the Regency Bill, i. 115. London, City of, invidious remarks of Lord Nugent on the question of the Gin Bill, i. 44; conduct of the sheriffs in releasing Murray from Newgate impugned in the House and defended by Jansen, 211, 212; absurdity of its politics during the contest for power between Pitt, Fox, and Newcastle, ii. 264; a petition in favour of Admiral Byng proposed by four Tory aldermen, and fails, 368. Lonsdale, Henry, Viscount, death and character, i. 20. LORDS, House of, session of 1751, i. 8; affair of the constitutional queries, 10; bill brought in to reform the old style, 50; address of condolence on demise of the Princess of Wales, 80; alterations in the Regency Bill, 115; go into committee on the bill, 116; third reading of the bill, 122; amendments from the Commons to the Regency Bill, explained and agreed to, 156; close of the session, 200; a new session opens, 208; adjournment and remarkable cessation of opposition, 228; House meets in 1752, 241; Saxon treaty debated, 244; opposition by the Duke of Bedford, _ib._; state of parties in the House, 263; bill for colonizing the Scottish forfeited estates, opposed by the Duke of Bedford, 264; prorogation, 275; session of 1753, 293; affair of the prince’s education brought forward by the Duke of Bedford, 310, 329; affair of the Marriage Bill, 336, et seq.; bill for naturalizing the Jews, 359; absurd motion of Lord Powlet on the King’s going to Hanover, ii. 20; proceedings on the coalition of Fox and Bedford, the German treaties, French war, &c., 48, 103, et seq.; debates on the Swiss regiments for American service, 175; Militia Bill rejected, 202; a speaker chosen, on the resignation of the lord chancellor, 274; punish the author of a spurious royal speech, 277; affairs of Byng’s court-martial, and bill from the Commons to absolve the court from oath of secrecy, 351; debates, _ib._ et seq.; bill dropped, 366; engaged on the Militia Bill, iii. 11; affair of the Navy Bill, 105; Habeas Corpus, 112. Lottery, a guinea one, proposed for the supplies, in Pitt’s administration, ii. 301. Loudun, Earl of; comments on America, iii. 39, 40. Lovat, Lord, erroneous declaration before the peers, as to his Scottish estates, i. 257. Love-à-la-mode, its performance opposed by Lord Bute, but in vain, iii. 250; its copy sent for by the king, and read to him, _ib._