its support demanded by the king during the contests of parties, iii. 16; session of 1758, 87, 149; session of 1759, 224. Parliamentary orators of 1755, characters of, ii. 145, 148. Party feeling, extraordinary instance of, i. 183. Parties, state of, in the year 1752, i. 262, 263. Patriots, spurious, how made, and why, i. 33. Peerages, refusal of one in Ireland, and why, i. 282. Pelham, Right Hon. Henry, his political suavity, i. 3; parliamentary discussion on the constitutional queries, 11; political inconsistency, 18; financial expertness, 32; political and family differences, 47; proposes the subsidy to Bavaria, 48; excites surprise by supporting the Naturalization Bill, 54; conduct in regard to the auditorship of the exchequer, 84, 85; conduct on the regency affair, in regard to the Princess of Wales, 104; carries the bill on a first reading, 122; his feelings on the opposition of Speaker Onslow, 128; speech on third reading of the Regency Bill, 153, 154, 155; power secured by the passing of that bill, 161; political character and anecdotes, 166, 183; intrigues against Lord Sandwich, 188; his political and private character exposed to the king by the Duke of Bedford, 193; hurt by Lord Trentham’s resignation and reproaches, 194; unhandsome conduct in regard to private correspondence, 202; jealousy of Mr. Fox during the illness of the Duke of Cumberland, 213; dull speech in reply to Lord Egmont opposing the army estimates, 216; proposes the land tax, and proposes a most extraordinary system of national policy, 218; his power confirmed by a cessation of opposition, 229; parallel between him and Sir R. Walpole, 231, et seq.; political influence at opening of 1752, 239; supports the Saxon treaty, 243; in 1753 replies to Lord Egmont in defence of the address, 294; rebukes Alderman Beckford for opposition, 307; parliamentary sparring with Fox on the Marriage Bill, 343, 344; interesting conversation with Fox on the debates on the Marriage Bill, and his difference with the Chancellor Hardwicke, 350; opposes the repeal of the Plantation Act, 366; his death and character, 370, et seq. Pelham interest, accused of supporting Vandeput in Westminster, i. 14; regency, 99; their power in parliament and in the cabinet secured by the Regency Bill, 161; intrigues, 171, 184. Pelham, Lady Catharine, interference in party politics, iii. 21. Pensions, heavy ones brought on the nation by the capricious change of ministry in 1755, ii. 143; heavy charges entailed on the public by the coalition of Pitt, Fox, and Newcastle, iii. 31. Philipps, Sir John, his character, i. 114; moves the King’s Bench for a Habeas Corpus for Murray, _ib._