CHAPTER X.

1769. Jan. 2nd. Wilkes chosen Alderman 297

Jan. 13th. East India House rejects the Government Proposition 297

Jan. 16th. Argument on Wilkes’s Writ of Error 298

Douglas Peerage Claim 299

Trial of Macquirk and Balf 307

Discussions concerning Wilkes 310

Jan 25th. Resolutions on America 313

Jan. 27th. Wilkes appears before the House of Commons 314

Feb. 2nd. Censure on him passed 325

His Expulsion carried 327

Republican Party in England 331

Mr. Grenville’s State of the Nation 333

Burke’s Reply 334