June 30.-End of the Session of Parliament. Retirement of Mr. Conway.
Party manœuvres. Dissolution of the Government. Little Dogs for a
Great Duchess
July 20.-Interministeriums. Negotiation with the Bedfords. Another
with Lord Rockingham. Pacification of America. Return from India of
Lord Clive. Immense treasure brought home by him. Lord Chatham .
July 31.-Quarrel between the factions of Newcastle and Bedford. Lord
Rockingham's folly and impertinence. Mr. Conway and the Duke of
Grafton. Continued illness of Lord Chatham. Death of Lady Suffolk.
Her Character
Aug. 18.-Settlement of the Ministry. Advantages obtained by Lord Bristol
on giving up Ireland. His successor.
of York at Paris. Walpole preparing for a journey to Paris. His wont of
Other arrangements. The Duke
political ambition
Sept. 27.—Walpole at Paris. Death of Monsieur de Guerchy. His cha
racter. Death of Charles Townshend. Acceptance of the seals by Lord
North. Re-establishment of Lord Chatham's health. Death of the Duke
of York at Monaco. Anecdotes. Madame de Barbantane. Lords Hol-
land, Carlisle, Cowper, and Warwick.
and Richardson's novels. The Pope and the Emperor
Adoption by the French of whist
Oct. 29.-Walpoles return from Paris. Every thing profoundly quiet in Eng.
land. The Ministers firmly seated. Lord Chatham expected to re-ap-
pear. Rage of elections. Noble conduct of Mr. Conway. Death of
General Pulteney. Disposal of his vast property. Mrs. Pulteney and her
husband. Lord Holland. The young Queen of Naples. Arrival of the
Duke of York's body. Inoculation. Queen Charlotte delivered of a
fourth Prince
Dec. 2.-Triumph of the Ministry. Lord Rockingham's and the Duke of
Bedford's parties. The Duke of Newcastle. Lord Temple and Lord Lyt.
telton. George Grenville. Lord Chatham at Bath. The Duke of Bedford.
Divorce of Lord and Lady Bolingbroke
Dec. 14.-George Grenville's obstinacy. The Duke of Bedford and the Duke
of Grafton. New ministerial arrangements. Inconsistency of the Duke
of Bedford as regards Mr. Conway. Lord Weymouth. Walpole's resolu-
tion not to go again into Parliament. The devil at Petersburgh, and a
lunatic at Naples
Dec. 25.-Conclusion of the ministerial treaty. The Ministers. Their sub-
missions. The Duke of Marlborough disappointed of the Garter. Lord
Chatham. Walpole's anticipations of liberty. Strange and precipitate
changes
Jan. 17.-Renewed application on behalf of Mann for the red riband. Mr.
Conway's approaching resignation. Sir William Rowley's will.
clemency of the weather. Opposition lumps of ice. The Duke of New-
castle
Feb. 26.-Bribery and corruption. The corporation of Oxford. Debate in
the House of Commons. The minority.
Speaker. Arrival of Monsieur du Chatélat. Lord Cathcart. Anecdote
Death of Mr. Onslow, the late
of a sea-captain made prisoner at Algiers
March 8.-Dissolution of Parliament. Signal escape of Mr. Conway and
Lady Ailesbury. Conflagration and robbery. The incendiary discovered.
March 31.-Re-appearance of Wilkes. He offers for the City of London
and is defeated. He then becomes candidate for Middlesex. The other
candidates. Outrages of Wilkes's mob.
members. Renewal of election-riots. Suppression of them. Wilkes's no-
Wilkes and Cooke returned
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