CHAPTER XXIII.
GEORGE III. 1796-1798
Grey’s Motion for Peace, &c...... Pitt’s Financial
Measures..... Prorogation of Parliament..... Negociations of
Peace..... Military Affairs on the Continent..... Surrender
of Corsica and the Isle of Elba..... Dutch Attempt to retake
the Cape of Good Hope..... French Expedition to
Ireland..... . Disputes between France and America.....
Meeting of Parliament..... Pitt’s Financial Statement.....
Mission of Lord Malmesbury to Paris..... Stoppage of Cash-
payments at the Bank..... Meeting in the Fleets..... .
Grey’s Motion for Reform, &c...... French Descent on
Wales..... Battle of Cape St. Vincent..... Battle of
Camperdown..... The Blockade of Cadiz, &c...... War on the
Continent..... Internal History of France..... Meeting of
Parliament
A.D. 1796