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Royal Speech and Debates.

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Bills for the safety

re-assembled.

and preservation of his Majesty's Person, and for the prevention of

Seditious Meetings. Message concerning Negotiation with France.

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YEAR OF GEORGE III. 36 & 37.

PARLIAMENT 6 & 1.

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Remaining Parliamentary Proceedings. Entire Reduction of the

Chouans and Vendeans. Buonaparte sent to command in Italy. -

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Obliges the King of Sardinia to sue for Peace.

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Savoy annexed to

the French Territory. - Buonaparte's further Progress. - Submis-

sion of the Duke of Parma. Battle of Lodi. French enter

Milan. Duke of Modena submits. Insurrection in Lombardy sup-

pressed. Verona taken and Mantua invested. Papal Territory

invaded, and the Pope obliged to purchase an Armistice on hard Terms.

Suspension of Arms between the French and the King of Naples.

-Marshal Wurmser's Campaign in Italy and final Retreat.-

British expelled from Corsica. Austrians totally defeated at Ar-

cola. Campaign in Germany. - Successes of Jourdan, Kleber, and

Moreau. The Duke of Wurtemberg and Margrave of Baden_ob-

liged to abandon the Confederacy. - The Emperor obtains Aid from

Bohemia and Hungary, and the Archduke Charles drives Jourdan

back across the Rhine.· · Moreau's masterly Retreat. Armistice on

the Lower Rhine. Spain and the Batavian Republic declare War

against England. The Dutch Settlements in the East Indies taken

by the British. Success of the latter in the West Indies. Capture

of a Dutch Expedition in Saldanha Bay. Success of the French at

Internal Disorders in France.

Newfoundland.

Financial Diffi-

Projects for ruining the British Commerce. Negotiations

for Peace. Lord Malmsbury sent to Paris. Conditions proposed

by him: returns without Effect. Differences between France and the

United States of America. New Parliament and King's Speech.

Mr. Pitt's Plan for augmenting the National Force.

Motion by Mr. Fox against an Advance of Money to

the Emperor without Consent of Parliament. - Circular of the Duke

of Portland respecting Invasion. — French Expedition to Bantry Bay.

Death of the King of Sardinia, and of Catharine of Russia; and

Retirement of Washington

Depression of the Funds. - King's Message on the Negotiations, and
Addresses. Suspension of Cash Payments by the Bank. Measures
adopted in consequence. Naval Victory of Admiral Jervis off Cape

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St. Vincent.— Landing of French Troops in Pembrokeshire and their

Capture. Reduction of the Island of St. Trinidad by the British,

and Failure at Porto Rico. — Alarming Mutiny in the Navy at Ports-

mouth, quelled by concessions. Renewed by the Fleet at the Nore,

and suppressed by Force. Victory of Admiral Duncan over the

Dutch Fleet. Attempts against Cadiz, and Failure at Teneriffe. -

Farther Parliamentary Occurrences. Attempts of the Austrians to

relieve Mantua. - Their Defeat at Rivoli, and Surrender of Mantua,

- Buonaparte reduces the Pope to renounce the Coalition, and submit

to hard Conditions of Peace. Successes of the French against the

Archduke Charles, in the North of Italy, and in Carinthia and Car-

niola.- Suspension of Arms with the Emperor, followed by a Peace.

- Previous actions on the Upper Rhine. Venice and its territory

conquered by the French. Genoa revolutionized. - Articles of the

Treaty of Campo Formio. Internal Affairs of France. Machi-

nations of the Royalists, and opposition to the Directory. The lat-

ter supported by Buonaparte and the Army. Arrest of Pichegru

and a number of the National Representatives.

England and France renewed at Lisle, and broken off..

Ireland.

- Finance.

Winter meeting of Parliament.

of the Princess Royal of England to the hereditary Prince of Wurtem-

berg. Death of the King of Prussia

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Marriage

YEAR OF GEORGE III. 38 & 39.

PARLIAMENT 2 & 3.

Rebellion in Ireland.

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Earl Cornwallis appointed Viceroy.

ing of French at Killala, and their Capture.

Naval success of Sir

Final Extinction of the Rebellion.

Parlia-

J. Borlase Warren.

mentary Affairs.- Bill permitting purchase of the Land-tax, and

other Financial Measures.

Tender

Plans for National Defence.

of foreign Service by the Militia. - Bill passed for regulating Slave

Ships. Preparations of the French for invading Great Britain,

and Measures taken for Resistance. Expedition against Ostend,

Motions of the French Directory to bring Switzer-

abrogated. The City in Possession of the French.

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rison admitted into the Citadel of Turin. Grand Expedition to

Egypt under Buonaparte. Malta reduced. Cairo taken.

French Fleet entirely destroyed in the Bay of Aboukir by Admiral

Nelson. Further proceedings of the French in Egypt. Attempt

of the Court of Naples to expel the French from Rome: its final

Defeat. Insurrection in the Low Countries. The Ottoman Porte

declares War against France. Treaty between Russia and Great

Britain.- Preparations of the Americans to assert their Rights

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against the French. - St. Domingo relinquished to the People of

Colour. Minorca surrendered to the British. Winter Session of

Parliament opened. Income-tax proposed

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YEAR OF GEORGE III. 39 & 40.

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Discussion on the Income Tax. Suspension of Habeas Corpus con-

tinued. Message respecting an Union with Ireland, and Plan for

that Purpose. Abolition of the Slave Trade negatived. - New

Confederacy against France. Arrival of the Russians under Su-

warof in Moravia. War declared by France against the Emperor

of Austria. Campaign in Switzerland and Italy. French de-

feated at Novi. ·Russians retire to their own Country. Naples

recovered from the French. Sanguinary Executions of the Revolu

Tuscany recovered; and Genoa the sole remaining

Possession of the French. Expedition of the English and Russians

to North Holland. Capture of the Dutch Fleet at the Texel.-

Duke of York takes the Command of the Land Forces.

Actions, and final Relinquishment of the Project. Surinam reduced

by the English. Buonaparte's Invasion of Syria, and unsuccessful

Siege of Acre. Defeats a Turkish Army in Egypt. He returns

to France. Party Contentions there, terminating in the Dissolution

of the existing Constitution.. Formation of a new Constitution. —

Buonaparte nominated First Consul. - War renewed with Tippoo.

Sering apatam taken by General Harris; Death of Tippoo, and

Extinction of the Mysore Kingdom. Autumnal Session of Parlia-

ment. Royal Speech, and Bill for extending the voluntary Service

of the Militia.

Death of the Pope

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Overture for a Pacific Negotiation by Buonaparte, and Reply by Lord

Grenville. · Communication of the same to Parliament.

for Enquiry into the Dutch Expedition.- Finances. Completion

of the Irish Union. Suspension of the Habeas Corpus continued.

-Measures for relieving the Scarcity of Bread.-Final Pacifi-

cation of the Royalists in France. — Genoa evacuated by the French

after a long Siege. Buonaparte crosses the Alps into Italy, and

gains Milan and Pavia. — His Victory at Marengo, and Armistice

granted to the Austrians in Italy. Genoa recovered, and Cisalpine

Republic declared. Moreau's Campaign against the Austrians in

Germany. Armistice granted and prolonged. Hostilities re-

newed: Battle of Hohenlinden, and separate Peace made by the

Emperor. Affairs in Egypt.

confirmed.

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Treaty of El Arish signed, but not

Insurrection against the French at Cairo. Assassina-

Goree surrendered to the British.

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tion of General Kleber.

successful Attempt on Ferrol. Reduction of Malta by the British

Troops. Curacao taken. Failure at Cadiz. Ionian Republic

founded. Danish Frigate and Convoy stopped. A Squadron sent

to Copenhagen, and Consequences. The Emperor Paul declares

against Great Britain. - Armed Neutrality.

between England and France, finally fruitless.

bled on account of the Scarcity of Grain.

Bill for ascertaining the Population.

ceedings. Election of Pope Pius VII.

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Measures adopted.

Other Parliamentary Pro-

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YEAR OF GEORGE III.

41 & 42.

New Royal Title.

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THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 1.

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Battle before Alexandria.

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Great Britain and Ireland.

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Definitive Treaty of Luneville. Preparations in

England against the Maritime Confederacy. Measures of the Nor-

thern Powers. Prussian Occupation of Hanover. British Fleet

sent to the Baltic and Nelson's Victory at Copenhagen.

Death of

the Emperor Paul, and succession of Alexander. Convention of

Petersburgh between Russia and Great Britain, acceded to by the other

Members of the Confederacy. Expedition to Egypt under Sir R.

Abercrombie.

Cairo taken, and the

French finally expelled from Egypt. First Imperial Parliament

opened. Speech from the Throne. - The King's Return of Indispo-

sition. Dissolution of the Pitt Ministry, and Succession of that of

Mr. Addington. Measures for preserving the Public Peace in

Indemnity Bill passed. Act declaring

the Ineligibility to Parliament of Persons in Holy Orders. - Pre-

parations in France for Invasion and in England for Defence.

Naval Actions. Ineffectual Attacks on the Boulogne Flotilla.

War declared against Portugal by Spain.—Its Events and Conclusion,

by which the Ports of Portugal were shut against British Ships.-Treaty

between France and Portugal. Madeira occupied by the English.

Preliminaries signed between Great Britain and France. Autumnal

Session of Parliament. Mr. Pitt's Declaration in favour of Peace.

- Northern Convention discussed. - · Lord Cornwallis sent Ambassador

plenipotentiary to France. French expedition to St. Domingo. -

Mutiny of the Fleet at Bantry Bay. Mr. Jefferson elected Presi-

dent of the United States

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YEAR OF GEORGE III. 42 & 43.

PARLIAMENT 6 & 1.

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Articles of the Treaty of Amiens. — Buonaparte_declared President of

the Cisalpine Republic. Annexations of France.

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Parliament.

Mr. Abbott elected Speaker. · Civil List Debts provided for.

Claim of the Prince of Wales on the Revenues of the Duchy of

Cornwall: Debates on the Subject. The Budget. Debates on the

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Conditions of Peace. New Militia Bill. Parliament dissolved.

Proceedings of the French at St. Domingo. Fate of Toussaint.

-Guadaloupe reduced, and the Slave Trade re-established. Tunis

awed by a French Fleet. Concordat between France and the Pope.

·Decree of Amnesty to Emigrants. Buonaparte declared Consul

for Life, with Liberty to nominate a Successor.. Disturbances in

Switzerland.

· Interference of the French. Legion of Honour in-

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stituted in France. New Constitution.

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Piedmont annexed to

Osnaburg united to Han-

over. The Property of the Knights of Malta in Spain annexed to

the Royal Domains. Insurrections of the Blacks in the West Indies.

Continuation of Bank-payment Restriction. Measures for relieving the

pecuniary Embarrassments of the Prince of Wales. - King's Message

to Parliament for Preparation against Hostilities. Militia called

out.-Ambassadors of France and England recalled. - Complaints on

both Sides. Reprisals granted against the French Shipping, and an

Embargo laid on French and Dutch Ships. - Parliamentary proceed-

ings on the Subject of War. English Minister recalled from the

Hague. Bill for an Army of Reserve. Property Tax voted.

Grant to the Prince of Orange. Insurrection at Dublin, and

Murder of Lord Kilwarden. English in France made Prisoners of

War.

Operations of the French in Italy and Hanover. — Prepara-

tions for the Invasion of England. Volunteer Associations re-

newed. British Successes in the West Indies. French expelled

from St. Domingo. War in India against the Mahratta Chiefs. -

Its Successes and favourable Termination. —Louisiana sold by the

French to the United States. Parliament re-assembled. Speech,