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| [CHAPTER I.] | ||
| Career of George II. | [4] | |
| 1760. | Auspicious circumstances under which George III. ascended the Throne | [5] |
| Firmness of the Administration | [ib.] | |
| Glory and Fortune in War | [ib.] | |
| Precipitate Peace | [ib.] | |
| Communication to the Prince of Wales of the Death of George II. | [6] | |
| His Conduct to the Duke of Cumberland | [7] | |
| The first Council | [ib.] | |
| George II.’s Will | [8] | |
| The King’s Speech to his Council | [9] | |
| [CHAPTER II.] | ||
| 1760. | Plan to carry the Prerogative to an unusual height | [16] |
| Unpopularity and Seclusion of the Princess of Wales | [17] | |
| Intended Duel between the Earl of Albemarle and General Townshend | [20] | |
| Nov. 18. Meeting of Parliament | [24] | |
| The King’s Speech | [ib.] | |
| Increase of the Court Establishment | [ib.] | |
| Interview between Lord Bute and the Duke of Richmond | [27] | |
| Irish Disputes | [31] | |
| The King of Prussia’s Victory over Marshal Daun | [33] | |
| Mauduit’s Pamphlet on the German War | [ib.] | |
| [CHAPTER III.] | ||
| 1761. | Ways and Means for the ensuing Year | [34] |
| New Promotions | [35] | |
| Lord Bute | [36] | |
| Secret Article in the Treaty with the Landgrave of Hesse | [39] | |
| New Tenure of the Judges | [41] | |
| Lord Bute appears more ostensibly in the character of Minister | [42] | |
| Ministerial Changes | [43] | |
| Overtures by France for Peace | [50] | |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | ||
| 1761. | March 18th. Thanks of the House of Commons to Mr. Onslow, their Speaker | [51] |
| Lord Bath’s Pamphlet | [54] | |
| Solicitations by France for Peace | [55] | |
| Mr. Pitt disinclined to negotiate | [56] | |
| Expedition against Belleisle | [57] | |
| Negotiation for Peace | [58] | |
| [CHAPTER V.] | ||
| 1761. | July 8th. Announcement of the King’s intended Marriage | [62] |
| The Princess Dowager’s Aversion to her Son’s Marriage | [63] | |
| Schemes of Mr. Fox | [64] | |
| Colonel Graeme despatched to Germany to select a Queen | [65] | |
| Serious Crisis in the Cabinet | [67] | |
| Lofty Conduct of Mr. Pitt | [69] | |
| His Draught for a Treaty with France | [ib.] | |
| Sept. 7th. Arrival of the new Queen | [70] | |
| Her mental and personal Characteristics | [71] | |
| Disposal of the vacant Bishopricks | [73] | |
| Lord Talbot and the Barons of the Cinque Ports | [74] | |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | ||
| 1761. | Interposition of Spain in behalf of France | [77] |
| Oct. 5th and 9th. Resignation of Mr. Pitt and Lord Temple | [80] | |
| Effect on the Nation of Mr. Pitt’s Secession from the Cabinet | [82] | |
| His Acceptance of a Peerage for his Wife, and of a Pension | [ib.] | |
| His Injudicious Conduct | [ib.] | |
| Address to him from the Common Council of London, and from Provincial Towns | [85] | |
| Nov. 3rd. Meeting of Parliament | [86] | |
| Choice of a Speaker | [87] | |
| Nov. 6th. The King’s Speech | [88] | |
| The Address | [ib.] | |
| Nov. 9th. The King and Royal Family dine in the City with the Lord Mayor | [89] | |
| Mr. Pitt’s Reception at Guildhall | [ib.] | |
| Riots | [90] | |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | ||
| 1761. | Nov. 13th. Mr. Wilkes’s Censures on the King’s Speech | [91] |
| Debate on continuing the War | [92] | |
| The Queen’s Dowry voted | [99] | |
| Ministerial Manœuvres on the Secession of Mr. Pitt | [ib.] | |
| Nov. 25th. Meeting at the St. Alban’s Tavern | [100] | |
| Policy of the Court | [101] | |
| Debate on the War in Germany | [ib.] | |
| George Grenville’s Desertion of Pitt | [104] | |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | ||
| 1761. | Debates in Parliament on the German War | [109] |
| Dec. 11. Discussion on our Affairs with Spain | [112] | |
| Colonel Barré’s insulting Conduct to Mr. Pitt | [120] | |
| Family-compact between France and Spain | [123] | |
| Portugal invaded by Charles the Third of Spain | [125] | |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | ||
| 1762. | Jan 1st. Fuentes, the Spanish Ambassador, quits England | [127] |
| Jan. 4th. War declared against Spain | [128] | |
| Divisions in the Council respecting the War with Spain | [129] | |
| Expedition to the Havannah | [131] | |
| Jan. 19th. Meeting of Parliament | [ib.] | |
| Court Intrigues in France against Marshal Broglio and his Brother | [138] | |
| Preponderating Influence and Haughtiness of Lord Bute | [139] | |
| The Duke of York’s Contempt of Lord Bute and the Scotch | [140] | |
| Proceedings in the Parliament of Ireland | [141] | |
| March 19th. Bill for continuing the Militia | [142] | |
| [CHAPTER X.] | ||
| 1762. | March 22nd. News of the Conquest of Martinico | [143] |
| War in Portugal | [144] | |
| Pacific Disposition of the new Czar | [150] | |
| His Popular Measures | [151] | |
| Meditated War with Denmark by the Czar and the King of Prussia | [152] | |
| Insurrections in Ireland quelled by the Earl of Hertford | [154] | |
| The Portuguese War, and the War in Germany | [155] | |
| Private Negotiation with the Court of Vienna | [157] | |
| April 28th. Creation of seven new Peers | [ib.] | |
| Buckingham House purchased by the Queen | [159] | |
| Seclusion of the King and Queen | [ib.] | |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | ||
| 1762. | May 12th. Debate in the House of Commons on a Vote of Credit and the Support of Portugal | [161] |
| May 26th. The Duke of Newcastle’s resignation | [168] | |
| Lord Bute is declared First Lord of the Treasury | [171] | |
| Sir Francis Dashwood, Chancellor of the Exchequer | [ib.] | |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | ||
| 1762. | Honours heaped on Lord Bute | [176] |
| Lord Halifax appointed to the Admiralty | [177] | |
| First Appearance of “The North Briton” | [ib.] | |
| Its excessive Audacity | [178] | |
| Sketch of its Author, John Wilkes | [179] | |
| Churchill, Wilkes’s Associate | [180] | |
| Capture and Recapture of Newfoundland | [183] | |
| The French Camp surprised by Prince Ferdinand | [ib.] | |
| Propensity of the Court for Peace | [ib.] | |
| The Empress Catherine | [184] | |
| Horrible Conspiracy against Peter the Third | [185] | |
| Catherine raised to the Throne | [186] | |
| Murder of Peter | [187] | |
| Effect of the Russian Revolution on the King of Prussia | [188] | |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | ||
| 1762. | August 12th. Birth of the Prince of Wales | [190] |
| Treasure of the Hermione | [ib.] | |
| Conquest of the Havannah | [ib.] | |
| Indifference of the Court on that event | [191] | |
| Negotiations for Peace | [ib.] | |
| Reception in France of the Duke of Bedford | [ib.] | |
| Beckford elected Lord Mayor | [193] | |
| Duel between Lord Talbot and Wilkes | [194] | |
| Disgust at the Union of Bute and Fox | [195] | |
| Purchase of a Majority to approve the Peace | [199] | |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | ||
| 1762. | Nov. 8th. Preliminaries of Peace with France and Spain | [204] |
| Embassy to the Court of Spain offered to Lord Sandwich | [205] | |
| Insult to the Duke of Cumberland | [ib.] | |
| Resignation of Lords Ashburnham and Kinnoul | [206] | |
| Lord Lincoln’s Ingratitude to the Duke of Newcastle | [207] | |
| The Duke of York obliged to go to Italy | [209] | |
| Attempt to propitiate Walpole | [211] | |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | ||
| 1762. | Conference between the Duke of Cumberland and Mr. Pitt | [219] |
| Anxiety of the Ministers | [220] | |
| Nov. 9th. Debates in both Houses on the Preliminaries of Peace | [222] | |
| The Minority on the Division | [232] | |
| Exultation of the Princess of Wales on the Preliminaries being carried | [233] | |
| Severe political Persecution | [ib.] | |
| Numerous Dismissals from Place | [234] | |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | ||
| 1763. | Jan. 2nd. Death of John Earl Granville | [236] |
| Attack on Patent Places | [239] | |
| Triumph of the Court | [241] | |
| Favour shown to the Friends of the Stuarts | [242] | |
| Observance of the Jacobite Fast | [ib.] | |
| Committee to inspect Madhouses | [244] | |
| Accounts of the Navy | [245] | |
| The Standing Army | [246] | |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] | ||
| 1763. | Address to the King | [248] |
| Sir Francis Dashwood’s Budget | [250] | |
| Tax on Cider | [251] | |
| Discussion on Ways and Means | [ib.] | |
| Ardent Opposition to the Cider Tax | [ib.] | |
| Petition from Newfoundland | [252] | |
| March 28th. Debate in the House of Lords on the Cider-bill | [253] | |
| March 30th. Passing of the Bill | [ib.] | |
| April 8th. George Grenville first Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer | [258] | |
| Removal of Sir Francis Dashwood | [ib.] | |
| Ministerial Changes and Promotions | [259] | |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] | ||
| 1763. | The Bedford Faction | [260] |
| Ambition of the Duchess of Bedford | [261] | |
| Reversions granted by Lord Bute before his resignation | [265] | |
| Walpole’s Feelings towards that Minister | [ib.] | |
| His Political Acts | [266] | |
| April 8th. Death of Lord Waldegrave | [267] | |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] | ||
| 1763. | April 19th. Lord Bute’s pretended Abdication of Business | [270] |
| The “Triumvirate” who succeeded him | [271] | |
| Grenville’s Ingratitude to Lord Bute | [273] | |
| April 23rd. The memorable Forty-fifth Number of the “North Briton.” | [274] | |
| April 30th. Wilkes apprehended on a General Warrant | [276] | |
| Committed close Prisoner to the Tower | [277] | |
| May 3rd. He is taken by Habeas Corpus to the Court of Common Pleas | [278] | |
| He is discharged from Confinement | [279] | |
| Triumph of Wilkes | [ib.] | |
| His Endeavour to obtain Warrants against the Secretaries of State | [280] | |
| Discontent in the Cider Counties | [ib.] | |
| Mortifications of the Court | [281] | |
| Wilkes challenged by Forbes | [282] | |
| Aug. 21st. Sudden Death of Lord Egremont | [283] | |
| [CHAPTER XX.] | ||
| 1763. | Perplexity of the “Triumvirate” | [284] |
| Lord Bute’s unsuccessful Manœuvres | [285] | |
| Aug. 25th. Lord Halifax and Mr. Grenville remonstrate with the King | [286] | |
| Schemes of the Bedford Faction | [ib.] | |
| Aug. 28th. Mr. Pitt sent for by the King | [288] | |
| Negotiation with the former | [ib.] | |
| The Treaty broken off | [289] | |
| Causes of the Rupture | [290] | |
| The King’s Account of his Interviews with Pitt | [291] | |
| Ministerial Arrangements | [295] | |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] | ||
| 1763. | Secret Power of Lord Bute | [298] |
| His Rupture with Pitt | [299] | |
| Unanimous Attempt to destroy Wilkes | [301] | |
| Death of Augustus the Third, of Saxony | [306] | |
| The Pope invites the Duke of York to Rome | [307] | |
| Humiliation of the helpless Line of Stuart | [ib.] | |
| Nov. 3rd. Charles Yorke resigns the Attorney-Generalship | [ib.] | |
| Unfavourable Commencement of the new Lord-Lieutenant’s Power in Ireland | [308] | |
| [CHAPTER XXII.] | ||
| 1763. | Nov. 15th. Opening of Parliament | [309] |
| Wilkes’s “Essay on Woman” laid before the House of Lords | [310] | |
| Persecution of Wilkes | [313] | |
| He complains in the House of a Breach of Privilege | [314] | |
| Warm Debate on the Question | [ib.] | |
| Wilkes wounded in a Duel by Martin | [317] | |
| Nov. 16th. The King’s Speech read to the Commons | [318] | |
| Postponement of the farther Hearing on Wilkes | [319] | |
| Bestowal of the Bishoprick of Osnabrugh | [320] | |
| [CHAPTER XXIII.] | ||
| 1763. | Nov. 23rd. Important Question as to the Privilege of Parliament | [321] |
| Abandonment of General Warrants | [323] | |
| Debate on the Proceedings against Wilkes | [324] | |
| “The Moderator,” a new scurrilous Paper | [329] | |
| Dec. 3rd. Riot on the attempt to burn “The North Briton.” | [330] | |
| Dec. 6th. Debate on this subject in the House of Lords | [331] | |
| Triumph of Wilkes | [333] | |
| Attempt to assassinate Wilkes | [ib.] | |
| The East India Company and Lord Clive | [334] | |
| Outlawry against Wilkes | [335] | |
| [CHAPTER XXIV.] | ||
| 1763. | Lord Sandwich offers himself for the High Stewardship of Cambridge | [339] |
| His “Flying Pension” | [337] | |
| Disgraceful Grant to Count Virri | [ib.] | |
| Dismissal of General A’Court | [ib.] | |
| Negotiation between Grenville, Conway, and Walpole | [338] | |
| [CHAPTER XXV.] | ||
| 1764. | Jan 16th. Marriage of the Princess Augusta with the Hereditary Duke of Brunswick | [348] |
| His marked Opposition to the Wishes of the King | [ib.] | |
| Jan. 19th. Debates on Wilkes’s Complaint of Breach of Privilege | [349] | |
| Jan. 20th. Sir William Meredith and Sir George Saville | [350] | |
| The “Essay on Woman” | [354] | |
| Feb. 9th. The Marriage Bill | [359] | |
| Feb. 13th. Debate on Breach of Privilege | [ib.] | |
| Cases of Carteret Webbe and Wood | [361] | |
| [CHAPTER XXVI.] | ||
| 1764. | Feb. 17th. Debates on the Legality of General Warrants, and the Conduct of Wilkes, continued | [368] |
| Feb. 21st. Treatise entitled “Droit le Roi,” condemned by the Lords | [383] | |
| [CHAPTER XXVII.] | ||
| 1764. | The Earl of Egmont | [387] |
| March 9th. The Budget | [388] | |
| Taxation of the American Colonies | [389] | |
| March 23rd. Appearance of the “Lettres, Mémoires, et Négotiations du Chevalier d’Eon,” &c. | [392] | |
| Contest at Cambridge | [395] | |
| April 12th. Lord Clive appointed Governor-General of India | [397] | |
| [CHAPTER XXVIII.] | ||
| 1764. | April 19th. Prorogation of the Parliament | [401] |
| Walpole’s Conduct on the Dismissal of General Conway | [402] | |
| May 9th. Mr. Conway’s regiment given to the Earl of Pembroke | [415] | |
| May 22nd. Trial of Carteret Webbe for Perjury | [417] | |
| The Earl of Northumberland Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland | [418] | |
ERRATA.
VOL. I.
Page 42, line 3 from bottom, omit the sentence beginning “His Lordship’s mother.”
” 60, line 14 from bottom, for by the aversion read by aversion.
” 352, line 3 from bottom, for the illustrious line of the family read the last line of the illustrious family.
” 311, line 3 from bottom, for deshonorer jamais read deshonorer à jamais.
VOL. II.
Page 89, line 2 from bottom, for Minister at Tunis, &c., in 1802, read Minister at Turin. He died in 1801.