CHAPTER X.
GEORGE III. 1779-1780
Trial of Admiral Keppel and Vice-admiral Palliser..... Attacks on Lord Sandwich..... Investigation respecting the Conduct of General and Lord Howe..... Relief to Protestant Dissenters..... Debates on the Trade of Ireland..... War with Spain..... Debates on the Militia Bill..... Bill for the Impressment of Seamen..... Parliament prorogued..... The Causes of the Rupture with Spain..... Spanish Attempt upon Gibraltar..... French and English Fleets in the Channel..... Affairs in the West Indies..... Operations in Georgia..... Ineffectual Attempt of the Americans to reduce Savannah..... British Incursions into Virginia...... Capture of Stony Point and Verplanks..... British Expedition against Connecticut..... Stony Point re-captured, but deserted at the Approach of the British..... British Garrison surprised at Paulus Hook..... American Disaster at Penobscot..... American Retaliation on the Indians, &c...... Spanish Incursions..... Action between Paul Jones and Captain Pearson..... Changes in the Ministry..... Meeting of Parliament..... Lord Shelburne attacks Ministers in the case of Ireland..... Lord Ossory’s Attack on Ministers respecting Ireland..... Lord Worth’s Proposition for the Relief of Ireland..... Debates on Economical Reform.
A.D. 1779