Category: History - British
Fruitlessness of our efforts to maintain Peace with France at the commencement of the year 1755--Lord Hartington, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland--Debate on King Charles’s Martyrdom--Scotch Sheriff-Depute Bill--Speeches in the House of Commons--The St. Michael Election--History of...
Debate in the House of Lords on the Court-Martial Bill--Lord Mansfield--Proposal to examine the Members of the Court-Martial--Their Examination--Bill debated and dropped in the...
13. CHAPTER II.Commencement of the War with France--War in America--Defeat and Death of General Braddock--Events at Sea--Fears for Hanover--Treaties made there--Dissensions in the Royal Family...
21. CHAPTER X.Contract of Alderman Baker for Victualling the Troops--Parliamentary Inquiries limited to Minorca--Byng’s Sentence produces various impressions--It is referred to the Judges--Co...
15. CHAPTER IV.Debates on the Treaties in the House of Lords, and in the Commons--Affair of Hume Campbell and Pitt--Hanover and our Foreign Relations--Speech of Charles Townshend--Foreign Powe...
18. CHAPTER VII.French Invasion of Minorca--Character of the Duc de Richelieu, and Blakeney--Incapacity of the Duke of Newcastle--French Reports from Minorca--Public Indignation against Admiral...
19. CHAPTER VIII.George Townshend’s Circular Letter--Admiral Byng publishes a Defence--The public mind prejudiced against him--Loss of Oswego--Affair of the Hanoverian Soldier at Maidstone--The...
17. CHAPTER VI.Tax on Plate debated in the Commons--Tranquillity restored in Ireland--Hessian and Hanoverian Troops taken into our pay--Private Bill for a new Road from the Metropolis--The Fre...
16. CHAPTER V.Meeting of Parliament in the year 1756--Negotiations with France--Accommodation with the King of Prussia--Beckford’s accusation against Admiral Knowles--Grants to North America-...
14. CHAPTER III.Earthquake at Lisbon--Debates on a Bill for distributing Prizes taken at Sea to the Captors--Speeches of Charles Townshend--George Granville, Fox, and Pitt--Debates on the Army...
12. CHAPTER I.Fruitlessness of our efforts to maintain Peace with France at the commencement of the year 1755--Lord Hartington, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland--Debate on King Charles’s Martyrdom-...
20. CHAPTER IX.Character of the times in the year 1757--Contest in France between the Parliament and the Clergy--King of France stabbed--Damiens the criminal--His torture and execution--Trial...
10. CHAPTER X.7. CHAPTER VII.8. CHAPTER VIII.11. CHAPTER XI.2. CHAPTER II.5. CHAPTER V.6. CHAPTER VI.9. CHAPTER IX.1. CHAPTER I.4. CHAPTER IV.3. CHAPTER III.