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GENERAL

TO THE

INDEX

SPEECHES CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.

A.

Address to King George II., on the marriage of Frederick, Prince of Wales

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for the removal of Sir Robert Walpole Chatham
Address to King George III., on the opening of Parliament, January 9th, 1770

Chatham

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of Parliament, November 20th, 1777.......

to recall the troops from Boston...... Chatham
in support of an amendment of, on the opening
Chatham

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77

to recognise the independence of America

1794, in reply to Lord Mornington ...
Administrations, List of, during the reign of George III.
America-Stamp Act. . . . . .

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Address to the King to recall the troops from Boston....
to recognise the independence of....

Chatham 71
Chatham

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Taxation of

Burke 487
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On moving thirteen resolutions in favour of conciliation with Burke
Arcot, In support of Mr. Fox's motion on the subject of the debts of the
Nabob of....

Army, On reduction of .

Burke 728
Chatham

On quartering of, in America..

On address to the King for the recall of, from Boston....
Estimates, On motion of Mr. Yorke, Secretary-at-War, on the subject of

On Mr. Pitt's motion for the increase of

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Asaph, St., In support of a rule for a new trial of the indictment against the

Dean of, for publishing a seditious libel

Assessed Taxes, On Mr. Pitt's Bill for increasing the

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Baillie, Captain, On showing cause against a rule for an information against,
for libel....

Boston, On the Address to the King to recall the troops from..
Bristol, To the Electors of. . . . . .

Erskine 250

Chatham

71

Burke

633

43

Britain, Great, On the Marquis of Rockingham's motion to appoint a day to
take into consideration the state of..

Chatham

C.

Civil List, On the motion for a Committee to inquire into the expenditure of
the
Chatham
Coke, Mr., On his motion that the resolution come to by the House of Com-
mons condemnatory of Mr. Pitt's continuance in office, be laid before the
King
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Commons, House of, On the proceedings of, with reference to the election of
Mr. Wilkes, M.P. for Middlesex
Chatham

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On the exercise of the judicature of, in matters of

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Dockyards-On Mr. Pitt's motion for the fortification of the dockyards of
Portsmouth and Plymouth ..

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Sheridan

East India Company-On the Bill to restrain the East India Company from
appointing Supervisors in India.

Bill, On Mr. Fox's..

Economical Reform, On motion to bring in a Bill for .

F.

96

Burke 482

666

Burke 579

Falkland Islands, On motion for production of correspondence and papers, in

consequence of the seizure of, by Spain....

Fleet, On a Bill for the speedier manning of the..

Forces, On the reduction of

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On the Address to the King, for the recall of, from Boston.. Chatham 71

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On the motion of, on the Nabob of Arcot's debts.. Burke

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Habeas Corpus Act, On motion to bring in a Bill to repcal an Act for the
suspension of
Half-Pay, Clause in Mutiny Bill, for subjecting Officers on, to Martial Law
Chatham

191

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Hardy, Thomas-Defence of

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Erskine 394

Hastings, Warren, On motion for the Impeachment of, on the 4th charge

Sheridan 106

On the motion for the Impeachment of, on the 7th charge

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.... Burke 482

India, On the Bill to restrain the East India Company from appointing super-
visors in ....
Inquiry, On motion for Committee of, to inquire into the conduct of Govern-
ment, during the last ten years of Sir Robert Walpole's administration
Chatham
On motion for Committee of, to inquire into the expenditure of the
Civil List

Chatham

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Mornington, Lord, Reply to, on Address to the King, on the opening of
Parliament, 21st January, 1794
Mutiny Bill, Clause in, for subjecting officers on half-pay to Martial Law

... Sheridan 163

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Nation, On motion of the Marquis of Rockingham, for appointing a day to
take into consideration the state of the...

North, Lord, On Duke of Richmond's motion to dismiss

P.

Chatham

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Chatham

89

Pitt, William-On Mr. Coke's motion that the resolution of the House of
Commons, condemnatory of Mr. Pitt's continuance in office, be laid before

the King.

Sheridan

93

On the motion of, for the fortification of Portsmouth and
Plymouth dockyards

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On the motion of, for a Bill for raising and supporting an

additional permanent military force.
Plymouth, On Mr. Pitt's motion for the fortification of..
Portsmouth, On Mr. Pitt's motion for the fortification of.

R.

Burke 579

Reform in Public Economy, On motion to bring in a Bill for
Richmond, Duke of, On his motion for an Address to the King, to recognise
the Independence of America, and to dismiss Ministers

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Rockingham, Marquis of, On his motion to appoint a day to take into con-
sideration the state of the nation
Chatham

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S.

St. Asaph, Dean of, In support of a rule for a new trial of the indictment
against, for the publication of seditious libel.....
Seamen, On a Bill for the encouragement and increase of.

Erskine

298

Chatham

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Supervisors, On the Bill to restrain the East India Company from appointing

Burke 482

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Wales, Frederick, Prince of--Address of congratulation to George II. on the
marriage of . . . . .
Chatham
Walpole, Sir Robert, On Address to King George II. for the removal of, Chatham
On motion for committee to inquire into the conduct of
Government, during the last 10 years of the administration of .. Chatham
Wilkes, Mr.-On the proceedings of the House of Commons, with reference
to his election for Middlesex

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Yorke, Mr. (Secretary at War), On his motion relating to the Army Estimates

Sheridan 224

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM.

WILLIAM PITT, first Earl of Chatham, was born on the 15th of November, 1708, in the parish of St. James, in the city of Westminster. He was the second son of Robert Pitt, Esq., of Boconnoc, near Lostwithiel, in the county of Cornwall; and of Harriet Villiers, sister of the Earl of Grandison, an Irish peer. His grandfather was Governor of Madras, and subsequently of Jamaica, and sat during four Parliaments for Old Sarum and Thirsk. This gentleman is more generally known as the possessor of the celebrated diamond called the Pitt diamond, which was purchased by the Regent Orleans for the King of France.*

William Pitt was sent to Eton at an early age, and placed upon the foundation of that celebrated establishment. Among others whose names subsequently became distinguished, he there had for his contemporaries George, afterwards Lord Lyttelton; Henry Fox, afterwards Lord Holland; and Henry Fielding. After leaving Eton, Pitt went to Trinity College, Oxford, where he devoted the principal portion of his time to the study of history and the classical writers of antiquity. An early attack of the gout obliged him to quit the University without taking a degree. He then made a tour through France and Italy, for the benefit of his health. On his return to England, he obtained a commission in the Blues, and entered Parliament

This diamond weighed 127 carats; and at the beginning of the last century was considered the largest in Europe. Mr. Pitt's grandfather purchased it for £20,400, and sold it for £135,000. The workmanship, however, of the stone was valued at £10,000.

† Mr. Pitt, when a boy at Eton, was the pride and boast of the school. Dean Bland, the master, valued himself on having so bright a scholar, and showed him to his friends, and to everybody, as a prodigy.

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The following extract from the register of Trinity College, Oxford, is given by Mr. Thackeray, in his Hist. of the Earl of Chatham, p. 3, n. Ego Gulielmus Pitt Filius Robți Pitt armi: de Old Sarum in comitatu Wilts, natus Londini, in Par: Sancti Jacobi annorum circiter octodecim, admissus sum primi ordinis commensalis, sub tutamine Magri Stockwell, Janrii. decimo die anno Domini 1726."

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