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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
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.......
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
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
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
Beneficio quàm metu obligare homines malit; exterafque gentes fide ac focietate
junctas habere, quàm tristi subjectas fervitio.
Liv. lib. 26.
PRINTED FOR G. G. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER ROW.