CHAPTER XVIII.

The Scheldt Expedition—The Earl of Chatham and Sir Richard Strachan—The citizens of London and the King—General Fast—Financial disorganization—Issue of stamped dollars—How they were smuggled out of the country—John Gale Jones and John Dean before the House of Commons—Sir Francis Burdett interferes—Publishes libel in _Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register_—Debate in the House—Sir Francis Burdett committed to the Tower 159