CHAPTER XII.
GEORGE III. 1781-1782
Notice of the Rupture with Holland..... Burke re-introduces the Subject of Economical Reform, &c...... Debates on the Supplies..... Motion on the Employment of the Military in the late Riots..... Petition of the Delegates of the County Associations..... The Marriage Act corrected..... Motion of Fox respecting the American War..... Parliament prorogued..... Attack on Jersey..... The Garrison of Gibraltar relieved..... Revolt in Washington’s Camp..... Arnold’s Expedition to Virginia, &c..... Lord Cornwallis’s Expedition to Virginia..... Siege of Lord Cornwallis in York Town..... Loss of the British Dominion in Florida..... Attack on Minorca..... French and Spanish Fleets in the English Channel..... Naval Action with the Dutch..... Capture of St. Eustatius..... Commodore Johnstone attacked by de Suffrein, &c...... Further Operations in the West Indies..... Sentiments of Foreign Powers toward England..... Meeting of Parliament..... Censures on Rodney and Hauffman..... debate on the Navy..... Motions of Sir James Lowther for Peace, &c.
A.D. 1781