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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
CHAP. I. Introduction. Mr. Pitt's birth. Placed at Eton.
Sent to Oxford. Mr. Warton's compliment to Mr. Pitt.
Latin verses by Mr. Pitt. Goes abroad. Elected a Mem-
ber of Parliament. Made a Cornet of Horse. His
Friends. His first speech in Parliament. Honoured by
the Prince of Wales. His Commission taken from him
by Sir Robert Walpole. Verses to him by Mr. Lyttelton.
Patronised by Lord Cobham. His accomplishments.
Complimented by Thomson; by Hammond. His con-
duct in Parliament attacked by the Gazetteer; defended
by the Craftsman. The Prince dismissed from St.
James's
CHAP. II.-Mr. Pitt's speech in favour of a reduction of the
army. On the Convention with Spain. On Admiral
Haddock's instructions. On Sir Charles Wager's bill for
the encouragement of seamen. Reply to Mr. Horace
Walpole. Reply to Mr. Winnington. On the motion
for an address to Remove Sir Robert Walpole.
CHAP. III.-A new Parliament. Mr. Pitt re-elected. The
Minister loses several questions. Resigns, and is created
Earl of Orford. Parliament adjourns. Secret negotiation
with Mr. Pulteney. That affair truly stated. Lord Cob-
ham and his friends excluded. The new arrangement
Stanzas of Sir Charles
settled by the Earl of Orford.
Hanbury Williams explained; and the condition upon
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which Sir Robert Walpole became Minister. Duke of
Argyll's expression to Mr. Pulteney. The nation dis-
satisfied..
CHAP. IV. The new ministry charged with having bar-
gained for the Earl of Orford. Motion for an inquiry
into the Earl of Orford's conduct. Mr. Pitt's speech in
support of that motion. Motion lost. Second motion,
limiting an inquiry for the last ten years. Mr. Pitt's
speech in support of this motion. The inquiry defeated
by a Parliamentary manœuvre.
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CHAP. V.-Lord Carteret's ascendency in the closet. Enters
into the German measures. Takes the Hanoverian troops
into British pay. Mr. Pitt's speech against that measure.
Death of Lord Wilmington, and Mr. Pelham's accession
to the Treasury. Mr. Pitt's speech against the Address,
at the commencement of the Session, after the battle of
Dettingen. Mr. Pitt's speech against voting money for a
British army to serve in Flanders. The whole kingdom
applauds his opposition in Parliament. The Duchess
Dowager of Marlborough leaves him a handsome legacy. 90
CHAP. VI.-State of the Ministry. Lord Carlisle disap-
pointed of the Privy seal. Lord Cobham joins the Pel-
hams. Lord Granville opposed in Council, and resigns.
The Broad-bottom Ministry appointed. Mr. Pitt's reply
to Sir F. Dashwood, on the Address. Mr. Pitt's reply to
Mr. Hume Campbell, on the Nobleman's new-raised
regiments.
CHAP. VII.-Errors of History. Lord Bath at Court. His
overtures to Lord Cobham. Duke of Newcastle asks the
place of Secretary at War for Mr. Pitt, and is refused.
Ministry resign. Lord Granville resigns, and the late
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Ministry restored. Mr. Pitt made Vice-Treasurer of Ire-
land, and afterwards Paymaster.
Makes no private use
of the public money in his hands. Refuses to accept the
perquisite of office on the Sardinian subsidy......
CHAP. VIII.-Lord Granville and Mr. Pelham reconciled.
The Prince's claims in the Cornish Boroughs. New
Opposition formed. Mr. Pitt's speech on the Mutiny Bill
concerning the Half-pay officers. On the Glasgow peti
tion. On the Mutiny Bill. Concerning the Westmin-
ster Election. On Dunkirk. On the treaties with Ba-
varia and Spain. Death and character of the Prince of
Wales
CHAP. IX.-Regency appointed. Debate upon it. Conduct
of the King. The Bedfords turned out. Mr. Pitt's treat-
ment of the Duke of Newcastle. Mr. Pitt's Bill for the
relief of the Chelsea Pensioners.
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CHAP. X.-Death of Mr. Pelham. Mr. Fox wishes to suc-
ceed Mr. Pelham, and to be Minister of the House of
Commons. Explanation of Minister of the House of
Commons. Mr. Pitt expects to be made Secretary of
State. Sir Thomas Robinson appointed. General dis-
satisfaction. Party at Leicester House. State of the
Nation.
CHAP. XI.-Causes of the disagreements at Leicester House.
Lord Harcourt and Dr. Hayter resign their posts of Go-
vernor and Preceptor to the Prince. Duke of Bedford's
motion upon this subject in the House of Lords. Farther
explanation of the principles inculcated at Leicester
House ..
CHAP. XII.-Subsidiary treaties with Hanover, Hesse, and
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Russia. Payment to Russia refused. Duke of Newcastle
sends Mr. Yorke to Mr. Pitt. Mr. Fox offers to join Mr.
Pitt. Debate on the subsidiary treaties. Mr. Pitt dis-
missed. His balances found in the Bank. The Duke's
Ministry appointed. Further debate on the treaties.
France menances an invasion of Great Britain. Hessian
and Hanoverian trroops requested, and arrive in England.
Mr. Pitt disapproves of it. The design of the French
cabinet. France takes Minorca. Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox
explain the cause of that capture. Convention with
Prussia.
CHAP. XIII. Further account of Leicester House. The
two Princesses of Brunswick in England. Observations.
Ministers resolve to resign. Duke of Devonshire offers a
carte blanche to Mr. Pitt. Ministers resign. New Mi-
nisters appointed. Prince's Houshold
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CHAP. XIV.-Mr. Pitt's first Administration.
Raises two
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thousand Highlanders. Goree taken. Refuses to sup-
port the Duke of Cumberland. Commanded to resign.
Presented with the freedom of several cities and corpora
tions. The King's distresses. Mr. Pitt made Minister
upon his own terms. His triumph over Mr. Fox. The
correspondence of the Admiralty given to Mr. Pitt..... 220
CHAP. XV.-Failure of the Duke of Cumberland. Expe-
dition against Rochefort. Distresses of the King of
Prussia. Hanover plundered. Mr. Pitt's two proposi-
tions; one to send a fleet into the Baltic; the other to
cede Gibraltar to Spain. Anecdote of the treaty of peace
made in 1783: Effects of Mr. Pitt's first Administration.
Miscarriage of the expedition against Louisbourg. Union
of Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, for the neutrality of
the Baltic. Taking of the Dutch ships. Mr. Pitt op-
poses the proposition of sending the British fleet to the
assistance of the Duke of Cumberland...
CHAP. XVI. The battle of Rosbach, and its consequences.
Sudden prorogation of Parliament. Union of the King
and Mr. Pitt. The King of Prussia's recommendation.
Hanoverians resume their arms under Duke Ferdinand.
Observations on the German war
CHAP. XVII-Meeting of Parliament.
Mr. Alderman
Beckford's explanation of the new principle of the Ger-
man war. Mr. Pitt's speech on the Rochefort expe-
dition. Effects of that speech. Mr. Pitt's alacrity in
office. Sir James Porter's observation.
1758.
Successes of
CHAP. XVIII.-Meeting of Parliament. Successes 1759.
Lord Bute's first interference. He goes to the Duke of
Newcastle, and demands Lord Besborough's seat at the
Treasury Board for Sir Gilbert Elliot. He also demands
the representation of the County of Southampton for Sir
Simeon Stuart....
CHAP. XIX.-Death of George II. Accession of Geo. III.
Lord Bute made a Privy Counsellor. Made Ranger of
Richmond Park, in the room of the Princess Amelia.
Views of the new King's party. Methods taken to ac-
complish those views. A number of writers hired at
an enormous expence, to abuse the late King, the Duke
of Cumberland, Mr. Pitt, and all the Whigs; to repré-
sent the war as ruinous, unjust, and impracticable. Mr.
Cornewall's observations on Lord Mansfield, Parlia
ment dissolved. Mr. Legge turned out. Lord Holder-
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