abdicated favourite. Lord Clive. Lord Buckinghamshire in Russia.
Expected death of Madame Pompadour
April 9.-Reception by Sir Horace Mann of the Duke of York. The
Chevalier D'Eon's literary war with Nivernois, Praslin and Guerchy.
Walpole's opinion of Modern France. Marriage of Lord Ilchester's
daughter to O'Brien the actor. Lord Sandwich's contest at Cambridge.
The Gallery at Strawberry Hill
May 14.-Entertainments given to the Duke of York in Italy. Mr. Con-
way deprived of all his employments. D'Eon's book. His slander of
Madame de Guerchy.
June 8.-The vacant red riband. Mr. (afterwards Sir William) Hamilton.
The box of essences. Marriage of Lord Tavistock to Lady Elizabeth
Keppel. Anecdote of King Stanislaus and Madame de Boufflers
July 27.-The Duke of York. Lady Temple. D'Eon found guilty.
Guerchy's departure. Czartoriski, Poniatowski, and Mr. Conway
Aug. 13.-Dearth of news. Turk's Island. Abrupt return of the Duke of
York. Death of Sir John Barnard and Mr. Legge. Stanislaus II. Ca-
therine of Russia
Oct. 21.-London deserted. Death of the Duke of Devonshire. Illness of
the Duke of Cumberland. The Cardinal-Duke of York. Panacea for the
gout
Nov. 15.-Death of Churchill the poet. His literary character. D'Eon and
De Vergy. (Nov. 25.)-Flight of D'Eon. Death of Sir Thomas Clarke,
Master of the Rolls. His successor. Manzuoli. The Duke of York.
Prince William created Duke of Gloucester. Reflection
Dec. 20.-Mr. Yorke. Death of Dr. Stone, Primate of Ireland. His cha-
racter. Separation of the Duke and Duchess of Grafton. The Duke of
York's ball. Comtesse de Boufflers. Ancedote. French mode of think-
ing. Madame de Beaumont. Richardson
Jan. 13.-Opening of Parliament. The Address. Mr. Conway and Mr.
Grenville. Lord Granby. Question of General Warrants. Approach-
ing marriage in the Royal Family. Intended wedding between Lord
Shelburne and Lady Sophia Carteret. Bustle in the Cabinet. The new
Primate of Ireland. Sir William Pynsent's legacy to Mr. Pitt
Feb. 11.-Debate on the question of General Warrants. The minority.
Colonel Barré. Lord Sandwich. Mr. Pitt. Approaching trial of Lord
Byron. Earl Berkeley
March 20.-Serious illness of the King. The Duke of Cumberland.
Schoualoff. Lord Buckingham. Walpole's proposed journey to Paris.
The wild-beasts in the Gevaudan. Wilkes at Rome
May 11.-Letter to Sir Horace Mann introducing Mr. Stanley, one of the
Lords of the Admiralty
Chaworth in a duel. His
Bon-mot of Monsieur Cha-
Provision for a regency.
Marriage of Sir Horace
May 14.-Trial of Lord Byron for killing Mr.
ácquittal. Strange situation of public affairs.
vigny. Precariousness of the King's health.
Party contest on this subject. Mr. Stanley.
Mann's nephew
May 25.-Eve of a civil war. Tumult by the weavers. The riot quelled.
The King's intention to dismiss his Ministers. Mr. Pitt's refusal of ad-
ministration. The old Ministers retained. Terms demanded by them.
Seeds of division and animosity. The Palace Pitti. Reflection. Mr.
Wilkes. Churchill, Mr. Pitt, and Charles Townshend. Walpole's wish
to retreat from politics
June 26.-Distracted state of the country. Season of faction. The King's
coldness to his Ministers. Lord Temple's extraordinary declaration.