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CONTENTS

OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

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CHAP. I.

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Ascension of George III.... His general character, and the hopes

entertained of a prosperous reign.... Aspect of public affairs.

... The ministry which he found upon his coming to the

throne.... Their characters.... The duke of Newcastle....

Lord Granville. Mr. Legge.... Mr. Fox. Mr. Pitt.

.. History of the party of Leicester house, and retrospect

of the king's education.... His majesty's speech at the open-

ing of parliament in 1760.... Loyal addresses from both

houses of parliament.... Business in parliament this ses-

sion.... Bill for the relief of insolvent debtors.... Supplies

voted for the ensuing year. ... An act passed at the instiga-

tion of the royal speech, for the better securing permanence

and independence to British judges.... Mr. Onslow retires

from the situation of speaker of the house of commons. . . .

Vote of thanks and pension given him.... The dissolution of

parliament.

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CHAP. II.

Mr. Legge's dismission. ... Lord Holderness's resignation....

His offer to Lord Bute. . . . His large pension.... Lord Bute

succeeds to him in the office of chancellor of the exchequer....

Prince Ferdinand's position at the end of the year 1760....

He sallies out from his winter-quarters. . . . Orders a rendez-

vous for his troops at three different points, on the Dymel on

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the Rhine, and at Saverland.... His own army takes Fritzlar

.... That under the marquis of Granby recovers Guders-

burg. The French driven out of Hesse. . . . and lose seve-

ral large magazines.... Battle of Stangerode.... Summer

campaign between the French and Prince Ferdinand, com-

mencing June 1761.... Battle of Kirch-Denkern.... Retreat

of both armies, in November, to their respective winter-quar-

ters....Affairs of the king of Prussia after the battle of Tor-

gau.... Sends General Platen to relieve Colberg.... Retreat

of the Russians into Poland.... Frederic draughts 4,000 men

from Schweidnitz.... Laudohn avails himself of this intelli-

Plan of

He surprises and takes Schweidnitz.

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Mr. Pitt's operations. The island of Belleisle invaded and

reduced.. St. Dominica taken.... The Cherokee Indians

quelled.... Pondicherry and Fort Mihie taken in the East

Indies.... Shaw Zadda, now entitled the Mogul, and the

French under Mr. Law, defeated and made prisoners by Ma-

jor Carnac.... D'Estaing's ravages on the coast of Samatra.

...Riots upon the ballotting for the militia.... King's mar-

riage....Negociations for peace.... A congress appointed at

Augsburg.... Another negociation opened at Paris and Lon-

don.... Basis of the intended treaty.... Epochs of the treaty.

... Terms proposed by France.... Counter proposal of Bri-

tain.... Mr. Bussy's memorial presented, including the Span-

ish claims.... Returned with indignation by Mr. Pitt....

The French immoveable upon two different articles of the treaty

Messieurs Bussy and Stanley recalled by their respective

courts.... Remonstrance of the British ministry to the court

of Madrid upon the presentation of their offensive memorial.

Answer of the Spanish ambassador........ Mr. Pitt's opinion of the

conduct to be pursued with regard to Spain.... Family compact

of the house of Bourbon.... Information of this compact com-

municated by Lord Mareschal.... Gross instances of the par-

tiality of the Spaniards to the French interest.... Mr. Pitt

and Lord Temple left unsupported in the cabinet council....

Mr. Pitt's last speech during this administration.... Apo-

logy for his own and Lord Temple's resignation.... His in-

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terview with the king.... His pension.... Character of Mr.

Pitt......

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CHAP. III.

Meeting of the new parliament.... Sir John Cust chosen speak-

er.... His majesty's speech.... Supplies voted.... Pension

settled on the queen.... Mr. Pitt's resignation known at Ma-

drid.... Change of behaviour in the Spanish court.... Ru-

mours respecting the family compact spread throughout Eu-

rope.... Explanation of its nature demanded by Lord Bris

tol.... Military and naval preparations in Spain.... Second

and ineffectual effort of Lord Bristol to obtain an explana

tion of the suspected treaty.... Injunctions sent to his lord-

ship to receive an explicit answer, what were the views of

Spain with respect to joining France.... Letter sent by Ge-

neral Wall.... Lord Bristol leaves Madrid.... The count de

Fuentes leaves London.... Delivers a vehement memorial le-

fore his departure....Answered by Lord Egremont.... Re-

marks on the conduct of Spain.... Prospects of Great Bri

tain at the commencement of the war with her new enemy.

....Declaration of war with Spain.... Speech from the

throne to parliament.... Answer of the commons.... Memo-

rial of the Bourbon kings to the court of Lisbon.... Magna-

nimous answer of the Portuguese monarch.... The Spaniards

invade Portugal.... Over-run Braganza.... Are checked by

the peasantry on the banks of the Douro.... Another division

of their forces enter the province of Beira.... Debates of the

house of commons on the vote of credit.... Mr. Pitt's speech

on the necessity of vigorous measures and liberal supplies...

Lord Tyrawley sent ambassador to Lisbon.... Dispute be-

tween the duke of Newcastle and Lord Bute, respecting the

support due to Prussia.... The duke of Newcastle retires....

His expression on being offered a pension.... Succeeded in

office by Lord Bute.... Mr. Grenville made secretary of state,

and Sir Francis Dashwood chancellor of the exchequer....

Revolution in the fortunes of Frederic king of Prussia....

Death of the empress Elizabeth.... Succession and character

of Czar Peter III.... Successes of Prussia in Saxony and Si-

lesia.... Sudden dethronement and death of Czar Peter....

Advantage taken ly Frederic of his allies in the very moment

of their desertion.... The siege of Schweidnitz opened. ...

Campaign of Prince Ferdinand with the French.... Battles

of Grabenstein and Homburg.... Prince Xavier defeated in

Saxony.... The prince of Conde's army called from the Lower

Rhine.... Cassel surrenders to the allies.... Expedition

against Martinico.... Capture of that Colony, with all its

dependencies. ... Grenada, the Grenadines.... Tobago and

St. Lucia.... Expedition against the Havannah.... Hard

siege of the Moro.... Taken by mining and storm.... Gal-

lant behaviour and death of the governor. The town of

Havannah, and part of the island of Cuba, surrender.... Im-

mensity of the plunder.... Capture of Leuconia by the Bri-

tish.... Capture of St. John, on the coast of Newfoundland,

by the French.... Recovered by Colonel Amherst.... Unfor-

tunate expedition to Buones Ayres.... Summer campaign in

Portugal, under the count de la Lippe Buckeburg.... Valen-

tia de Alcantara surprised by General Burgoyne.... Success

of Colonel Lee near Villa Vehla.... Retreat of the Spaniards

to their own frontiers....
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CHAP. IV.

Movements for peace at the courts of St. Petersburgh, Vienna,

and Turin.... The Sardinian monarch made mediator be-

tween France and Britain.... Pension to his ambassador....

Negotiators for peace exchanged between the two countries.

... The duke of Bedford is sent to Paris.... The duke de

Nivernois arrives in London.... Dispatches sent after the

duke of Bedford, attempting to limit his full powers of nego

ciating terms.... Preliminaries of peace signed.... Their

contents.... Parliament meets on the 25th of November....

His majesty's speech.... Mr. Fox heads the supporters of the

peace.... Mr. Pitt's speech against the preliminaries....

Unpopularity of Lord Bute.... His character, palic and pri

vate.... Names of the leaders of the strong oppositum fræd

against him, called the flag.... Mode of defraying the as-

tional expence adopted by ministry.... Objections by oppos

tion.... The cyder bill.... Its great unpopularity........ Mr.

Hartley's speech against it.... Bon mot of Mr. Pitt....

Petition of the corporation of London to parliament.... Of a

and promise of Lord Bute to repeal the act.... Contemptu.

ously rejected.... Address of the corporation to the crian

.... Discontent of the cyder courties.......... The tiï, hoarit,

passes.... Virulent libels published.... Ferment of the pollic

mind.... Lord Bute unexpectedly resigns.... Specutious of

different parties upon his resignation.... His lordship's account

of his own motives.... Illiberal prejudices again. z...

George Grenville succeeds Lord Bute in e.... Die of

Bedford made president of the council.......... Character of Lord

Egremont..

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CHAP. V.

Publication called the North Britain.... General warrant is

sued by Lord Halifax, to apprehend its author, printers, and

publishers.... Mr. Wilkes committed to the Tower.... Spreck

from the throne.... Condemnation of the 4th No. of the

North Briton by the house.... Question of parliamentary

privilege brought before parliament. ... Resolved that prisi

lege does not extend to the case of litel.... Mr. When zo

pelled from the house of commons.... Is afterwards entien

ed.... Death of Lord Egremont.... Lord Bute's idea of

forming a new ministry.... His conference with Mr. Pitt....

Message from the king to Mr. Pitt. . . . Divisions of our new

acquisitions in America into separate governments.... Dread.

ful inroad of the Indians on our lack settlements in America

Campaign against the savages.... Fort Pitt invested by

the savages.... Peace concluded with the triles.... Question

of general warrants moved at the opening of the first sessi

of 1764. . . . Mr. Pitt's speech upon this occasion.

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