ANNUAL REGISTER. 
BR 
Britain, Great: insidious arts of ministers, 
xix 53] xx 54] 
..-- attempts to extend the influence of the 
crown, xix 83] 101] 124*] 133*] 141*] 
xx 54] 
+.» distress of the troops in America, xix 
145*] 
.... form of Mediterranean passes altered, 
in consequence of their having been coun- 
terfeited abroad, xix 174] 
...» letters to and from German troops and 
officers in America to be free of postage, 
xix 181] ~ 
-... capture and treatment of gen. Lee, 
xx 7] : 
»+-- conduct of the Hessians in America, 
xx 11] 
«++: the disorders spread to the British 
troops, xx 12] 
.-.. difficulties of the American war, xx 
20) 
+--+ general indifference respecting it, xx 
24] xxi 35] 
--.. addition to the peerage, xx 25] 
+. threatening appearance of France and 
Spain, xx 28] 
+++. augmentation of the navy, 2d. 
-.+. disputes with the city on pressing 
seamen, 2b. 
-+.. attempts of Jack the painter, xx 28] 
+++. proclamation of the American com- 
missioners not noticed in the Gazette, 
xx 42] 
++.. secession of the minority from parlia- 
ment, xx 49] 
+--+ profusion of expenditure, and vile con- 
duct with respect to contractors, xx 67] 
-.+- negligence in supplying the army with 
tents and field equipage, xx 119] 
e--- unhandsome conduct of the ministers 
to gen. Carleton, xx 141] 
«»+« remonstrance to the French and Dutch 
on trading with America, xx 187] 
.,-- an American privateer carried off some 
live stock from Penzance, xx 195] 
+++. conduct of the Spaniards in the W. 
Indies, xx 255] 
--.. State of, previous to the meeting of 
parliament, xxi 35] 
+--+. coasts infested by American privateers, 
xxi 36] 
++.» conduct of the French, xxi 37] 86] 
++ ++ parliamentary inquiry into the state of 
affairs, xxi 53] 101] 106] 121] 124] 144] 
147] 150] 153] 155] 168*] 203*] 
++.. enormous expense of the ordnance, 
xxi 70] 
ae debi of American prisoners, xxi 
+++. obstacles to obtaining more troops 
from Germany, xxi 79] 
-. +» scheme for raising new troops, xxi 80] 
+-.. attempts of ministers to bafile inquiry, 
xxi 101] 
+++» object of opposition in it, xxi 104] 
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BR 
Britain, Great : state of the navy at different 
periods, xxi 208*} y 
«+++ Spirited conduct of British seamen sur- 
prised by a French fleet in N. America, 
Xxi 228*] 
+... contention among the soldiers to serve 
as marines, xxi 229*] 
-. +. the French ambassador ordered home, 
xxi 172] 
-+-- embargo on French vessels, ¢., 173] 
° “5 Sa for embodying the militia, xxi 
] 
+» ++ meeting at Northumberland house on 
a threatened attack on the N, E. coast of 
England, xxi 180] 
ve des senaral embargo and hot press, xxi 
] 
+++ encampments for the summer, xxi 189] 
.. «+ letters of marque issued, xxi 196] 
+++. corn exported and imported, with 
duties, drawbacks, and bounties. See Corn 
+++. powers of the commissioners to Ame- 
rica, xxi 323] 
.. ++ their manifesto and proclamation, xxt 
328] xxii 23] 83] 
+... measures pursued by them, xxii 18} 
-.++ loss of Dominica, xxii 36] 
_«+.» several of our victuallers captured, xxii 
4\] 
«+++ capture of St. Lucia, xxii 43] 
++. state of at the close of 1778, xxii 50] 
++,. indecision of ministers, xxii 53] 
.. ++ State of the navy, xxii 55] 
+++ approach of the British and French 
fleets, xxii 58] 
«+. the Licorne and Belle Poule taken, 
xxii 59] 
+++. ships captured by the French, xxii 
39] 63] 208*] xxiv 2] 3] 78] 129] 180] 
181] xxv 224*] 257] 269} 271] xxvi 41] 
42] 249} 294] 298] 299] 
-.»-- French ships captured, xxii 59] 60] 
xxiii 12] 204*] 215*] 222*] 287] 289-91] 
xxiv 2] 163] 182] 188] 246] xxv 125] 
196*] 210*] 211*] 213*] 222*] 223*] 199] 
202] 203] 206]. 210] 220] 224] 228] 229] 
ct 274] xxvi 43] 69] 206] 258] 259] 
297) 
+... engagement with the Brest fleet, xxii 
63-71] 91] 
---- Spanish manifesto, &c. xxii 162] 359] 
363-89] 
«++ the militia doubled, xxii 170] 
-+.. volunteer companies to be attached to 
it, 2. 
-».- extension of the impressment of seae 
men, 2b. 
--+.» proclamation for driving cattle from 
the coast in case of invasion, xxii219] 362] 
«+++ Spanish ships captured, xxii 228] 232] 
233] xxiii 202*] 212*] xxv 241*] xxvi 297] 
» +++ number of prisoners of war in, xxii 228] 
.»+» order for reprisals on Spain, xxii 361] 
..» ++ French manifesto, xxii 390] 
.++s answer to it, xxii 397] 
