CONTENTS, 



CHAP. XIL 



Causes of Dlscontenlsm the British Navy and Army. — Notices given of 

 these Discontents. — Mutinous Cffnit mat ion<nnon'g all the Ships in the 

 'Channel Fleet.- — Organization of this Naval Democracy. -z^Petitions from 

 the Mutineers to the •AdmiraUy nrd tJie House of Cotumons.— -General 

 yllarm. — The Board of Admiralty transferred to Portsinouth. — Con^ 

 ciliaiory Terms of a Return to Sulnrdination and Duty proposed to the 

 Seamen. — Demands of the Seamen — Complied tvith.—In consequence of 

 a Mistrust of Government, afresh Mutiny. — Zealous, prud^mt, and suc- 

 cessful. Exertions oj the Earl Hmce. — The Affairs of the Navy with the 

 Estimates of the additional Expences now become necessary, brought into 

 the House of Commons — Ministry accused of Procrastination and sca7i'_ 

 dalous Neglect of Duty. — Motion for a f'ote of ('ensure — Negatived.—^ 

 A Mutiny , more alarming still than tkntinjhe Channel Fleet, breaks out 

 at the A'ore. — yl Board of Admiralty lield at Sheerness.— Audacious 

 Behaviour of the Mutineers. — The Lords of. (he Admiralty] return from 

 Sheerness to Town, ivit'iout the least Success in their Endeavour^ for the 

 Restoration of Order. — Transactions in the Fleet at the Nore. — Cnndemned 

 ly the Diui4ons of the Fleet at Plymouth and Portsmouth. — As well as 

 by the Nation at large.— Intelligence of this produces, in the Ships Creivs, 



. at the Nore, Divisions, Terror, and Despair. — The principal ■ onduclor 

 of the Mutiny seized, condemned to Death, and executed. — Bill for pre- 

 venting the Seduction of Soldiers and Sailors. , 207 



CHAP, xiir. 



Stale of Ireland, in its Relatioiis, external and internal, a Subject in Debate 

 in both Houses of Parliament. — Motion, by Mr. IVhitbreacl, in the House 

 of Commons, relative to the Invasion of Ireland. — Negatived. — Motion 

 relative to the internal State and Discontents of Ireland, in the House of 

 Peers, by the Earl of Moira. — Negatived. — Motion on the same Subject, 

 in thellouse of Commons, by Mr. Fox. — Negatived. . 223 



CHAP. XIV. 



Petitions for the- Dismisiion of Ministers. — Motion to that Effect in the 



House oj' Loids. — And in the House oj^ Commons — Molioii in the House 



of Commons for a Rej'orm in Parliament. — Motion in the House of Peers 



for con-idering the State of the Nation. — Prorogation of Parliament. 21y 



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