CONTENTS Dec. 20.-Walpole complains of the gout. Dr. Franklin appoint- France inclined for war with England. Meeting of Parliament. Attempts to fire Bristol and Portsmouth. In- news. The American campaign over for the winter. Storms brewing in the North. England stark-mad. Reflections March 5.-The bootikins. General Washington. Probability of April 3.-Bad position of affairs in America. Lord Pigot trea- cherously imprisoned in India. Reflections. Walpole's health better in London than in the country. Specifics for the gout 14 April 28.-Lord Orford's phrenzy. Miserable house in which he was confined. Dr. Jebb. Walpole's endeavours to serve his ne- May 14.—Mann afflicted with the gout. The Duchess of Glouces- Approaching war with France and Spain. Lord Orford's madness. Walpole's chequered life. Reflections. June 18.-Lord Chatham's reappearance in the House of Lords. Advantages gained by Lord Cornwallis and Governor Tryon. Lord Percy. Avarice of the Duke of Marlborough. Stores and officers sent by France to America. The Portuguese Queen. Increase of silly dissipation. Late hours. Anecdote. Lady Duchess. Her three daughters. Uncertainty of American affairs. Our coast infested with American privateers. Open protection Aug. 11.-Dangerous state of the Duke of Gloucester. The Ame- General Howe. General Burgoyne's pompous ma- nifesto. Marriage of Lady Mary Churchill's daughter to Lord fairs in America. Contradictory reports. Alienation of America PAGE Sep. 18.-Changes in the Duke of Gloucester's condition. His re- covery. Ravages of the disease. The King's kindness to his brother. Uncertainty as to America. Walpole's family vexa- tions. Reports from America. Strange accident to Lord Har- court. Arrest of Count Virry. The Prince Masserano Oct. 26.--Uncertainty of the state of affairs in America. General uneasiness as to the result of the war. Arrival in England of the Duke of Gloucester. His appearance and that of the Duchess. Their children. Inundation of Petersburgh. The Empress of Russia and the Duchess of Kingston. Anecdote of the Czarina Nov. 7.-Report of a total defeat of Washington. Distress of Bur- goyne's army. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Disas- trous prospect of a French war. Speculations on the war in Dec. 4.-Confirmation of news from America. Sir William Howe and Washington. General Clinton. Total annihilation of Bur- goyne's army. Parliamentary skirmishes. America nearly lost. Jan. 4.-Speculations on the war in America. Rumoured treaty of France with the Americans. High road to foreign war and domestic calamity. Death of the Bishop of Exeter. Noble con- duct of Sir Edward Walpole to his daughter. Bad news from Feb. 6.-Parliamentary campaign. Coolness between Lord Chat- Walpole's politics. Indifference of age Feb. 18.-Lord North's conciliatory plan. Peace solicited with March 5.-Death of Lady Lucy Mann. Lord North's conciliatory plan. National humiliation. Reflections. State of the Duke of Gloucester's health. Death of Sir Thomas Hesketh. Lord Cow- per's principality. Affectation of wearing orders of different countries. (March 10.)-Captain Digby despatched in pursuit of March 17.-Insult from France. Lord Stormont recalled from Paris. Europe about to be a theatre of blood. Political reflec- March 27.-Embargo on our vessels in French ports. Rumours of April 9.-Lord Chatham's last appearance in the House of Lords. May 31.-Inconsistency of popular opinion respecting Lord Chat- ham. Question whether he is to be buried at Westminster, or in St. Paul's. General Burgoyne. Quarrel between Temple, Luttrell, and Lord George Germain. Anticipated invasion of 77 ments. Senators turned soldiers, and disciplining militia. State can war July 7.—Admiral Keppel's capture of two frigates of the Brest Aug. 25.-News from America. Dissensions between Admiral Sep. 17.-Keppel in pursuit of the Brest fleet. Safe arrival of our |