CHAPTER XXIII.
GEORGE III. 1796-1798
Grey’s Motion for Peace, &c...... Pitt’s Financial Measures..... Prorogation of Parliament..... Negociations of Peace..... Military Affairs on the Continent..... Surrender of Corsica and the Isle of Elba..... Dutch Attempt to retake the Cape of Good Hope..... French Expedition to Ireland..... . Disputes between France and America..... Meeting of Parliament..... Pitt’s Financial Statement..... Mission of Lord Malmesbury to Paris..... Stoppage of Cash- payments at the Bank..... Meeting in the Fleets..... . Grey’s Motion for Reform, &c...... French Descent on Wales..... Battle of Cape St. Vincent..... Battle of Camperdown..... The Blockade of Cadiz, &c...... War on the Continent..... Internal History of France..... Meeting of Parliament
A.D. 1796