The Return of Pitt.

23 July, 1803.[Emmet's rebellion][23]
[Pitt's discontent with the ministry][24]
[Ministerial changes][27]
Jan., 1804.[The king's illness][29]
April.[Addington's resignation][31]
[The exclusion of Fox][32]
18 May.[Napoleon declared emperor][33]
[Pitt's ministry][34]
[The impeachment of Melville][36]
July.[The third coalition][37]
[Nelson's pursuit of Villeneuve][39]
21 Oct., 1805.[The battle of Trafalgar][40]
[Napoleon marches into Germany][41]
Dec.[Austerlitz: the peace of Pressburg][42]
[Collapse of the coalition][43]
23 Jan., 1806.[Death of Pitt][43]

[CHAPTER III.]

Grenville and Portland.

Feb., 1806.[Formation of the Grenville ministry][45]
13 Sept.[Death of Fox][46]
14 Oct.[Jena and Auerstädt][47]
[General election][48]
25 Mar., 1807.[Abolition of the slave trade][48]
[Fall of the whig government][49]
[The Portland administration][50]
[General election][50]
7 July.[The treaty of Tilsit][52]
[Seizure of the Danish fleet][54]
[The "continental system" and orders in council][55]
[Fruitless expeditions][56]
12 Oct.[Conference of Erfurt][59]
[Army scandals][60]
[The Wagram campaign][63]
July, 1809.[The Walcheren expedition][64]
21 Sept.[Duel between Canning and Castlereagh][67]
Oct.[Perceval's administration][68]
[Capture of the Ionian Isles and Bourbon][69]
25.[Jubilee of George III.][69]

[CHAPTER IV.]

Perceval and Liverpool.

Jan., 1810.[Debates on the Walcheren expedition][71]
April.[The arrest of Burdett][72]
[Appointment of the "Bullion committee"][73]
[The king's insanity: regency bill][74]
11 May, 1812.[Assassination of Perceval][76]
1809-11.[Social reforms in his ministry][77]
July, 1810.[Deposition of Louis Bonaparte][78]
[Opposition in Europe to the continental system][78]
[Alliances formed by Russia and France][81]
[Conquest of Java and Sumatra][81]
June, 1812.[The formation of Liverpool's cabinet][81]
1811-12.[Distress in town and country][83]
Oct., 1812.[General election][85]
1813.[Confirmation of the East India Company's charter][86]

[CHAPTER V.]

The Peninsular War.