Page

Aspiring Views of the Queen-Her Character..

Conduct and Character of Pope Clement XIII.

Accession of Clement XIV. (Ganganelli)...

Accession of Victor Amadeus, King of Sardinia..........

War between Russia and Turkey..

213

219

220

221

227

Death of the Grand Signior Mustapha III.-Succeeded

by Achmet IV.....

First Partition of Poland.

229

ib.

Death of Frederic V. King of Denmark-His Character 232

Accession of Christian VII.-Court Revolution in Den-

mark...

.ib.

Accession of Gustavus III. King of Sweden-Sudden

Session of Parliament in 1776-Memorable Speech of the

Remarkable Address of the Speaker to the King.

Motion of Lord Chatham for Peace

Arrogant Conduct of Lord Stormont, Ambassador at

Paris

ib.

284

287

291

Insolent Memorial of Sir Joseph Yorke to the States-

General

292

BOOK XVIII.

Military Operations in the Jerseys.

General Howe's Expedition to the Chesapeak.......

Page

296

Victory at the Brandy-Wine, and Capture of Philadelphia 302

Second Engagement at German-Town..

Success on Lake Champlain .....

General Burgoyne takes Ticonderoga

Arrives at the North River ....

304

... 306

310

313

Disasters at Bennington and Fort Stanwix ... .... 314

Distress and final Surrender of General Burgoyne's Army 319

Session of Parliament-Motion of Lord Chatham....323, 4

Mr. Fox's second Motion of Enquiry

Lord Chatham's Motion relative to the Canada Expedi-

tion.....

332

335

The Minority gains Strength and Popularity..... 361

Failure of Lord North's second Plan of Conciliation 363-6

General Howe resigns his Command to Sir Henry Clinton 367

Battle of Monmouth Court-House-Disgrace of General

Lee...

369

371

Arrival of the French Fleet off the Delawar .....

Lord Howe's able Conduct and subsequent Resignation 372,4

Count d'Estaing's sucessful Attack on St. Lucia... 375

Destruction of the Settlement of Wyoming
376

Conquest of Georgia under General Prevost.... .... 379

Indecisive Engagement with the French off Ushant... 382

Trial and Acquittal of Admiral Keppel.

Trial and Disgrace of Sir Hugh Palliser

384

ib.

390

Memorable Speech of Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph ib.

Ineffectual Efforts in Parliament for the Relief of Ireland 395

Motion of Mr. Fox for the Removal of Lord Sandwich ib.

Committee of Enquiry respecting the American War.

Motion of Lord Bristol for the Removal of the Earl of

Sandwich

ib.

396

Combined Fleets of France and Spain enter the Channel 412

Alarming Situation of Ireland

414

Serapis Man of War taken by Captain Paul Jones... 415

Misunderstanding between the Courts of London and

the Hague....

Pondicherry captured by the English...

Senegal taken by the French

416

ib.

ib.

Beneficio quàm metu obligare homines malit; exterafque gentes fide ac focietate

junctas habere, quàm tristi subjectas fervitio.

Liv. lib. 26.

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