| A. D. | PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I. | ||
| 1764. | Appearance of “An Address to the Public on a late Dismission” | 4 |
| Walpole’s Answer to that Pamphlet | ib. | |
| Charles Townshend’s “Defence of the Minority in the House of Commons on the Question relative to General Warrants” | 8 | |
| July 8th. Death of the Earl of Bath | 13 | |
| July 10th. Trial of the Chevalier d’Eon | 14 | |
| Aug. 23rd. Death of Mr. Legge | 17 | |
| Of the Duke of Devonshire | 20 | |
| Nov. 1st. Outlawry of Wilkes | 35 | |
| Nov. 4th. Death of Churchill | ib. | |
| CHAPTER II. | ||
| 1765. | Church Preferments | 41 |
| Jan. 10th. Meeting of Parliament | 42 | |
| Lord Chatham’s Legacy from Sir William Pynsent | 44 | |
| Jan. 23rd. Debate on Dismissal of Officers | 46 | |
| Jan. 26th. Duel between Mr. Chaworth and Lord Byron | 51 | |
| Jan. 29th. Renewal of the Question of General Warrants | ib. | |
| CHAPTER III. | ||
| 1765. | Jan. 30th. Distinction between late Motions on General Warrants shown in the Votes | 63 |
| Dismissal of Officers | 64 | |
| Feb. 6th. Proceedings against Almon deferred | 67 | |
| Mr. Grenville’s Resolutions | 68 | |
| Dr. Browne’s Pamphlet | 79 | |
| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| 1765. | Isle of Man Act | 81 |
| King’s Illness | 82 | |
| March 4th. Motion respecting Ex-officio Informations | 84 | |
| March 29th. Budget opened by Grenville | 87 | |
| April 3rd. Newfoundland and Virginia Petitions | 89 | |
| CHAPTER V. | ||
| 1765. | State of Parties | 93 |
| King’s Illness | 95 | |
| April 24th. Regency-Bill | 106 | |
| CHAPTER VI. | ||
| 1765. | May 7th. Debates in the House of Commons on the Regency-Bill | 127 |
| CHAPTER VII. | ||
| 1765. | May 9th. Debates on the Regency-Bill | 138 |
| May 13th. The Princess-Dowager’s name reinserted in the Bill | 149 | |
| Bill for altering the Duties on Italian Silks | 154 | |
| May 15th. Riots of the Weavers on its introduction | 155 | |
| Projected Change in the Ministry | 160 | |
| CHAPTER VIII. | ||
| 1765. | May 18th. The King’s differences with his Ministers | 163 |
| May 20th. Negotiations with Mr. Pitt to form a new Administration | 165 | |
| Contemplated appointment of a Captain-General | 170 | |
| Reconciliation of Lord Temple and Mr. Grenville | 171 | |
| Ministers recalled | 172 | |
| Dismissal of Mr. Mackenzie | 175 | |
| May 25th. Parliament Prorogued | 179 | |
| CHAPTER IX. | ||
| 1765. | June 12th. Differences between the King and his Ministers | 182 |
| June 17th. Further Negotiations with Mr. Pitt | 186 | |
| Attempts to form a Whig Administration | 187 | |
| Summary of the Negotiations | 189 | |
| July 8th. New Ministry formed | 192 | |
| Mysterious Behaviour of Mr. Pitt | 202 | |
| Arrival of the Prince and Princess of Brunswick | 209 | |
| CHAPTER X. | ||
| 1765. | Walpole’s Separation from his Party | 210 |
| His Character of Mr. Conway | 213 | |
| Commencement of the Troubles with North America | 217 | |
| Oct. 31st. Death of the Duke of Cumberland | 223 | |
| Negotiations with the Courts of Versailles and Madrid | 227 | |
| CHAPTER XI. | ||
| 1765. | Dec. 17th. Meeting of Parliament | 235 |
| Debates on the Stamp Act and the State of North America | 236 | |
| Dec. 29th. Death of Prince Frederick, the King’s youngest brother | 238 | |
| Walpole’s Observations upon the state of France at this period | 239 | |
| Death of the Dauphin | 241 | |
| CHAPTER XII. | ||
| 1766. | Jan. 1st. Death of the Pretender | 255 |
| Intrigues against the Ministry | 257 | |
| Jan. 14th. Debate on the Stamp Act | 260 | |
| Jan. 27th. On the Petition from America | 270 | |
| First Speech of Mr. Edmund Burke | 273 | |
| CHAPTER XIII. | ||
| 1766. | Irksome Position of the Ministers | 276 |
| Feb. 3rd. Debate on Five Resolutions on American Affairs | 277 | |
| Feb. 5th. Continuation of the Debate | 283 | |
| Pitt’s eccentric Conduct | ib. | |
| Feb. 7th. Mr. Grenville moves an Address to the King, to enforce the Laws | 284 | |
| Opposed strenuously by Pitt | 285 | |
| Violent Scene in the House | 286 | |
| Double Dealing of George III. | 289 | |
| Feb. 17th. Warm Debate on the Production of Papers | 290 | |
| CHAPTER XIV. | ||
| 1766. | Lord Bute humiliates the Duke of Bedford and Mr. Grenville | 294 |
| Feb. 21st. General Conway moves the Repeal of the Stamp Act | 296 | |
| Obtains leave to bring in a Bill | 298 | |
| Excited State of the Country | 299 | |
| Recommitment moved and rejected | 301 | |
| Desultory Opposition | 302 | |
| March 4th. Final Debate | 303 | |
| The Repeal passed by a large Majority | 307 | |
| Conduct of Lord Rockingham | 309 | |
| CHAPTER XV. | ||
| 1766. | Difficulties of the Ministry | 311 |
| Further Negotiation with Mr. Pitt | 320 | |
| May 1st. Meeting of Ministers | 322 | |
| The Seals given to the Duke of Richmond | 324 | |
| Grant to the Royal Dukes | 328 | |
| June 3rd. Portion of the Princess Caroline | 330 | |
| Treachery of Dyson | 331 | |
| July 7th. Conduct of the Chancellor | 334 | |
| Virtual Fall of the Rockingham Administration | 338 | |
| CHAPTER XVI. | ||
| 1766. | July 13th. Mr. Pitt proposes to Conway to remain in the Ministry | 339 |
| July 16th. Quarrel with Lord Temple | 342 | |
| Townshend Chancellor of the Exchequer | 346 | |
| Rockingham displaced to make way for Grafton | 349 | |
| Resignation of Lord John Cavendish | 352 | |
| Lord Rockingham affronts Pitt | 355 | |
| July 30th. Mr. Pitt is raised to the Peerage | 356 | |
| Unpopularity of the new Lord Chatham | 358 | |
| Changes and Preferments | 359 | |
| Foreign Policy | 362 | |
| Disturbed State of the Country | 366 | |
| Chatham’s Interview with Walpole | 368 | |
| CHAPTER XVII. | ||
| 1766. | Nov. 11th. Debates on the Embargo laid on Corn | 371 |
| Party Tactics | 374 | |
| Walpole exerts himself to prevent Conway from resigning | 382 | |
| View of Lord Chatham’s Conduct | 385 | |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | ||
| 1766. | Nov. 25th. Lord Chatham proposes to examine the East India Company’s Affairs | 394 |
| His unaccountable Conduct | ib. | |
| Nov. 27th. More signs of Weakness in the Cabinet | 395 | |
| Negotiation with the Duke of Bedford | 398 | |
| Bill of Indemnity | 403 | |
| Dec. 9th. Debates on the East India Question | ib. | |
| Dec. 10th. Attack on Lord Chatham in the House of Lords by the Duke of Richmond | 410 | |
| CHAPTER XIX. | ||
| 1767. | Jan. 16th. Desultory Discussions on American and East Indian Affairs | 413 |
| Debates on the Land-Tax | 420 | |
| Defeat of the Ministers | 423 | |
| March 2nd. Conduct of Lord Chatham | 426 | |
| March 6th. Offer made by the East India Company | 428 | |
| Motion for Papers | 429 | |
| CHAPTER XX. | ||
| 1767. | March 19th. Provision for the King’s Brothers | 437 |
| March 24th. Debate | 438 | |
| Death of the Marquis of Tavistock | 440 | |
| Of the Dauphiness | 443 | |
| Regulation of America | 447 | |
| New Project of using force towards the Colonies | 448 | |
| March 30th. Discussion in the House of Lords on the American Papers | ib. | |
| The East India Question | 449 | |
| Insanity of Lord Chatham | 450 | |
| Interview of the Author with the Lord Chancellor | 452 | |
| April 10th. Debate on an Act of the Assembly of Massachusets | 454 | |
| Attempted reconciliation between Conway and Rockingham | 455 | |