CHAPTER XII.

1769. Election of Pope Ganganelli 366

Quarrel between the French and Russian Ambassadors 368

Agitation after the Rising of Parliament 372

Lord Chatham appears at the King’s Levee 373

State of the Country 375

Horne’s Libel on Onslow 377

Aspersions on Lord Holland 379

Dr. Musgrave’s Pretended Discovery 384

Russian Project of attacking Constantinople 385

Conquest of Corsica 386

Petitions against the Parliament 389

Disturbance at the Execution of two Rioters 394

Irish Affairs 396

Prosecution of Vaughan 399

Remonstrance of Junius to the King 402

Story of the Duke of Gloucester and Maria Walpole 403

MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD.