CONTENTS. 



CHAP. Vll. 



Parliamentary Proceed'uigs continued and concluded — -Debates in the House 

 of Lords an " the Additional Force Bill" — -carried by a considerable Ma~ 

 jority. — Corn Trade Bill — Charge on the Lord Advocate of Scotland — • 

 Proceedings on the Petitions against Judge Fox — Stamp Duty Bill — India 

 Budget — Aylesbury Election Bill — Speaker^s Address to the Throne — His 

 3Iajes(y''s Speech — Close of the Session. . , 102 



CHAP. VIII. 



Slate of Parties at the Close of the Session of Parliament in the Year 1803 

 illustrated by an intercepted Letter, from Lord Grenville to the Marquis 

 Wellcslcy. — Account of that Letter — generally conceived an authentic 

 Document — and why. — Situation of' the grea tPolitical Parties at the Com- 

 mencement of the Year — Union in Public Conduct of the " O/d" and 

 " jVett)" Oppositions — gradual Accession of Mr. Pitt and his Friends 

 thereto — Mr. Addington's Administration draxvs to a Period — and termi- 

 nates — Mr. Pitt accepts the Office of Prime Minister — and forms a Go- 

 'crrnment, to the Exclusion of the Two Parties with which he had lately 

 acted — Great Disappointment of the Public thereon — Defence made for him 

 — an "what Grounds — Letter from Lord Grenville to Mr. Pitt, 116 



CHAP IX. 



Retrospective View of the Situation of the Country. — Fiediiced State of the 

 Army and Navy— Causes thereof. — State of Europe at the Beginning of 

 the Y^ar. — Capture of Goree by the French — Recapture.— Loss of the 

 Apollo and her Convoy on the Coast of Portugal. — New Naval Adminis- 

 tration. — Conduct of Lord Melville, as First Ijord of the Admiralty. — 

 Unsuccessful Attempt of Sir Sydney Smith on the French Flotilla. — Cap- 

 ture (f Surinam by the British Force. — Farther unsuccessful Attempts on 

 the French Flotilla, — Defeat of Admiral Linois in the Indian Seas by the 

 East India Company's Homeward-bound Fleet. — Catamaran Pryect — 

 Total Defeat thereof. — Capture of the Spanish Treasure Ships. — Con- 

 clusion. ... . . 127 



C H A P. X. 



"^'Ute (f Ireland. — Administration of Lord Hardwicke. — Discontents and 

 Meetings <f the Catholics. — Difficulties in the Currency. — The Citi/ of 

 Dublin deprived of the Supply of fresh Water. — Great Popularity of the 

 lAjrd Lieutenant. . . . . 145 



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