CHAPTER XII.

1762. Honours heaped on Lord Bute 176

Lord Halifax appointed to the Admiralty 177

First Appearance of “The North Briton” _ib._

Its excessive Audacity 178

Sketch of its Author, John Wilkes 179

Churchill, Wilkes’s Associate 180

Capture and Recapture of Newfoundland 183

The French Camp surprised by Prince Ferdinand _ib._

Propensity of the Court for Peace _ib._

The Empress Catherine 184

Horrible Conspiracy against Peter the Third 185

Catherine raised to the Throne 186

Murder of Peter 187

Effect of the Russian Revolution on the King of Prussia 188