A History of England: During the Reign of George the Third, Volumen1

J.W. Parker and son, 1855

Volume the First	1

Wilkes yields to the storm	5

Character of the Earl of Chatham 78	8

Negotiations with Fox	14

Condition of the Court party	19

Fox becomes Secretary of State	20

Hostilities commenced by France 1756	22

Cause of failure at Rochefort	35

The King is undeceived	209

Fate of Mortons clause	215

The King wishes to dissolve Parliament	217

Second application to Pitt	223

Bedford remonstrates with the King	229

The Duke of Grafton	235

CHAPTER VII	246

Reappearance of Pitt in the House	252

Montcalm defeated	47

Surrender of Quebec	49

ADDENDA	55

George the Third as a king	61

Policy of the King	67

Conduct of Lord Bute	68

Court Whigs and Country	70

The royal speech	72

Conditions of the treaty	75

Rigorous policy of Pitt	81

Results of the war	87

The House of Commons	88

State of parties	93

Our Prussian policy	98

Policy of Lord Bute	104

Conditions of the treaty	110

Increase of the National Debt	116

Corruption of Parliament	122

CONTENTS CHAP VIII	124

Policy of George the Third	132

Final retirement of	138

Independence of Grenville	146

Endeavour to secure the Duke of Bedford	152

Decision of the Kings Bench	159

Loyalty of Lord North	163

Extraordinary scene in the Lords	164

Further proceedings of Wilkes and the government	165

Duke of Bedfords opinion of the Grenville administration	172

Character of colonial smuggling	178

Colonies neglected by England	189

CHAPTER VI	197

The Regency Bill	203

Propriety of the repeal	256

Advice of Pitt	260

Cider duty rearranged	275

Pitts treatment of him	281

Pitts principles of action	287

Vacillating conduct towards Lord Gower	294

The question in the Lords	300

Disorder of Parliament	306

Lytteltons proposals to Rockingham	312

Physical prostration of Chatham	317

Sir George Saviles bill	323

275	328

CHAPTER IX	336

The people awakened	342

Lord Weymouths letter to the Surrey magistrates	358

Right of the Commons to expel a member	360

Junius attacks Lord Mansfield	366

Supposed authorship of the letters of Junius	372

Lord Hillsboroughs threat to dissolve the Assembly	378

Indiscretion of the patriots surpassed by the Government	384

Circular of the government	390

CHAPTER X	402

CHAPTER XI	429

Sheriff Townsends resistance to the landtax	430

Camdens speech	448

Colonel Mackays statement of the acceptance of soldiers	455

Chatham proposes a vote of censure	458

Practice of the House of Commons	466

The Falkland isles	482

CHAPTER XIII	511

Members by purchase	527

Título	A History of England: During the Reign of George the Third, Volumen1 A History of England: During the Reign of George the Third, William Massey
Autor	William Massey
Editor	J.W. Parker and son, 1855
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Harvard
Digitalizado	12 Dic. 2008

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