A. D. 1802.

YEAR OF GEORGE III. 42 & 43.

PARLIAMENT 6 & 1.

Articles of the Treaty of Amiens. - Buonaparte declared President of

the Cisalpine Republic.

Parliament.

Annexations of France.

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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

Conditions of Peace. New Militia Bill.

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Parliament dissolved.

Fate of Toussaint.

Tunis

Proceedings of the French at St. Domingo.

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

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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-

stituted in France. New Constitution. · Piedmont annexed to

France. German Indemnities settled. 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,

Meeting of the new Parliament. King's Speech. Indications

of a Renewal of Hostilities. Despard's Conspiracy against the

Government

Continuation of Bank-payment Restriction. Measures for relieving the

pecuniary Embarrassments of the Prince of Wales.

to Parliament for Preparation against Hostilities. - Militia called

Ambassadors of France and England recalled.

both Sides.

Embargo laid on French and Dutch Ships.

ings on the Subject of War.

Hague.

Reprisals granted against the French Shipping, and an

Parliamentary proceed-

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English Minister recalled from the

Bill for an Army of Reserve. Property Tax voted.

Grant to the Prince of Orange.

Murder of Lord Kilwarden.

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Insurrection at Dublin, and

English in France made Prisoners of

Operations of the French in Italy and Hanover.

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.

and Acts passed

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A. D. 1804.

YEAR OF GEORGE III. 44 & 45.

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and King's Speech.

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PARLIAMENT 2 & 3.

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Death

Return of the King's Malady. - Bill respecting the Volunteers.

Irish Militia. Mr. Pitt's Conduct towards the Ministry.

Budget. Mr. Addington resigns, and Mr. Pitt occupies his

Place. New Ministry. Motion carried for a Committee on the

Additional Force Bill. Parliament prorogued,

Goree taken by the French. Attack on an

East India Fleet by Linois repulsed. — Surinam taken. Failure

of the Catamaran Expedition. - Capture of Spanish Frigates off

Cadiz. - Conspiracy against the Government in France.

of Pichegru and Exile of Moreau. Seizure and Execution of the

Duke D'Enghein. Complaints against British Envoys. Buona-

parte elected Emperor of France. Disputes between Russia and

Sweden, and the French Government. Sir G. Rumbold seized by

the French. Convention between Genoa and France. Coronation

of Buonaparte. - Dessalines proclaimed Emperor of Hayti. — Dif-

ference between Spain and the United States respecting Louisiana.

War in the East Indies against Holkar. War declared by

Spain against England. Pestilential Disease at Gibraltar Page 145

Mr. Addington taken into the Pitt Ministry. - King's Speech. - Mo-

tion for continuing the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus in Ireland.

-Discussion respecting the Rupture with Spain. - Budget. Slave-

trade Abolition Bill rejected. Charge against Lord Melville: his

Resignation and Impeachment.-Petition from the Roman Catholics

of Ireland for Relief from their civil Disabilities rejected.— Grant

of Money for the Purpose of making Continental Connexions. - Let-

ter to the King from the French Emperor, and Answer. Further

Preparations for Invasion and Defence. Attempts of the French in

the West Indies. Buonaparte crowned King of Italy. - Genoa an-

nexed to France. New Batavian Constitution. Treaty between

Napoleon advances to attack

the Austrians. Capitulation of General Mack, and Loss of almost

the whole Austrian Army. - French enter Vienna.

Italy, and Austrians expelled.

Battle of Austerlitz, or of the three

Emperors.

Retreat

of the Emperor Alexander. Treaty of Neutrality between France

and Naples.

The combined French and Spanish Fleet sails to the

West Indies, and is followed by Lord Nelson.

leneuve's Action with Sir Robert Calder.

falgar, and Death of Nelson. Termination of the War in the East

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Indies against Holkar. Treaty of Presburg between France and

Austria. Treaty between France and Prussia. Resignation of

Lord Sidmouth (Addington), and the Earl of Buckinghamshire. —

Illness of Mr. Pitt.- Duke of Gloucester dies

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YEAR OF GEORGE III. 46 & 47.

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PARLIAMENT 4 & 1.

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Budget.

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Bill for

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King's Speech. Death of Mr. Pitt, and honours paid to his Memory.

Entire Change of Ministry.· Mr. Windham's Plan of recruiting

the Army for limited Service. Militia Bill.

Interchange of Corn between Great Britain and Ireland.

Intercourse between America and the West India Islands. Pro-

gressive Measures to the final Abolition of the Slave Trade. Trial

and acquittal of Lord Melville. Conquest of the Kingdom of

Naples by the French, and Elevation of Joseph Buonaparte to its

Throne. Attempt for its Recovery, and Victory at Maida.-

Insurrection against the French finally suppressed. - Events on the

Coast of Dalmatia. Hanover occupied by Prussia, and consequent

Difference between the latter and England. Negotiation for Peace

between Great Britain and France finally unsuccessful. The same

between Russia and France. - Napoleon's Plans of Aggrandise-

ment in Germany. - Confederation of the Rhine established, of which

he was declared the Protector. The Emperor of Austria obliged to

resign his Office as Emperor of Germany. Prussia prepares for

War with France. Napoleon joins his Army.- Battle of Jena

or Auerstadt, followed by total Conquest of the Prussian Territory

west of the Oder. Treaty between France and Saxony. Elector

of Hesse expelled from his Dominions by the French, and Hanover

occupied. Hamburgh occupied by them. - Napoleon's Berlin Decree

against British Commerce. Campaign of the French beyond the

Oder. Napoleon at Warsaw. The republic of the Seven United

Provinces changed into a Monarchy, and Louis Buonaparte declared

King. Elevation of the other Branches and Connections of the

Family. State of Spain and Portugal. Capture of French Ships

by Sir J. Duckworth. Other Naval Successes.

Colony of the

Cape of Good Hope conquered. Sir Home Popham's Expedition

to the Rio de la Plata. · Buenos Ayres taken by General Beresford,

and afterwards recovered. Hayti. Conference for adjusting

the Differences between England and America. East Indies:

Mutiny at Vellore. Shipping destroyed in the Harbour of Batavia.

War renewed between the Russians and Turks through the Intrigues

of France. - Death of Mr. Fox. Alterations in the Ministry.

Parliament dissolved, and a

Speech

A. D. 1807.

YEAR OF GEORGE III. 47 & 48.

PARLIAMENT 1 & 1.

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Discussion on the late Negotiation with France. Lord Henry Petty's

Plan of Finance. Bill passed for the final Abolition of the Slave

Trade. Lord Howick's Motion for a Bill to permit Persons to

serve in the Army and Navy without a religious Test. The Motion

dropt and a Change in the Administration. Its Causes stated.·

New Ministry.- Debate on granting the Duchy of Lancaster for

Life.--Motions against the Ministers defeated. - Parliament pro-

rogued, and remarkable Speech from the Throne.-General Election.-

"No Popery" cry renewed. Address to the Public from the English

Catholics. Campaign between the French and Russians in Poland.

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Battle of Eylau.- Dantzic surrendered to the French.

istice etween the latter and the Swedes. Battles of Heilsberg

and Friedland. — Armistice followed by the Treaty of Tilsit between

the Russians and Prussians and the French.· Success of the French

against the Swedes. Stralsund and Rugen taken. Hostilities be-

tween England and the Ottoman Porte.. - British Fleet passes the

Dardanelles. Its Operations and Return.- Expedition against

Alexandria under General Frazer. Its Incidents and final Result.

· Capture of Curaçao.· Montevideo carried by storm under Sir

S. Auchmuty. - General Whitelocke's Failure at Buenos Ayres. —

New Parliament assembled. Royal Speech. Bills for augmenting

the Army. Bill for the suppression of Insurrections in Ireland.

Parliament prorogued. British Order of Council in Opposition to

Buonaparte's Berlin Decree. Condition of Denmark.

Expedition sent from England to Copenhagen.-Demand of sur-

rendering the Danish Fleet refused. Bombardment of Copenhagen,

and the Fleet given up. - Its Consequences. Heligoland taken.

Affairs of the Court of Spain. - French take Possession of Portugal,

the Prince Regent of which sails to Brazil.

land and America. Rencontre of the ships

Embargo laid in the United States.

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East Indies. Capture of the

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King's Speech.-Debates on the Transactions at Copenhagen.. Dis-

cussion of the Orders in Council. Budget. Clause in the Mutiny

Act permitting Enlistment for Life.Local Militia. - Bill against

the Grant of Offices in Reversion. Bills altering the Punishment

of stealing from the Person; and for the better Administration of

Justice in Scotland.· Bill prohibiting Distillation from Grain.

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Actions in Valencia and

Affairs of Spain. Insurrection at Madrid, and Abdication of the

King in favour of his Son. The Royal Family go to Bayonne, where

the Father and Son transfer all their Rights to Napoleon. Bloody

Conflict at Madrid between the Inhabitants and the French Troops.

The Crown of Spain bestowed on Joseph Buonaparte.

General In-

surrection of the Spanish Nation against the French. Its Cause

adopted by Great Britain and Portugal.

render of the French General Dupont.

Arragon.-- Campaign in Portugal. - Convention of Cintra.- Re-

volt of Spanish Troops in Denmark. Spanish Supreme Junta in-

stalled. Conference between Napoleon and the Emperor Alexander

at Erfurt.-Napoleon enters Spain with a great Army.

Successes. Sir J. Moore's Advance and Retreat. Finland invaded

by the Russians, and War between them and the Swedes.-

and Convention. Further Annexations to France. The Papal

Territories, and other Districts annexed to the Kingdom of Italy. -

General System of Education in France. Murat declared King of

Naples. Revolutions in Turkey. Naval Transactions. Failure

of a Negotiation between England and the American States, and

Continuance of the Embargo.. Death of the King of Denmark.

French Royal Family take Refuge in England

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YEAR OF GEORGE III. 49 & 50.

PARLIAMENT 2 & 3.

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King's Speech, and Debates. Mr. Wardle's Charge against the Duke

of York as Commander-in-Chief and subsequent Proceedings.- Bill

to prevent the Sale of Offices. — Enquiry into corrupt Practices in the

Appointment of East India Writers; and its Results.

Bill to pre-

vent Bribery in Elections to Parliament.

March of Napoleon into Germany. - Battles of Abersberg and Eck-

muhl. His advance to Vienna. Sanguinary Actions on the Da-

nube. – Insurrection against the French in the North of Germany.

Occurrences in Italy. French cross the Danube and defeat the

Austrians at Wagram. - Armistice. — Insurrection of the Tyrolese.

Peace between France and Austria. Revolution in Sweden, and

Deposition of the King.- Peace between Sweden and the Powers in

Hostility with it.

· Expedition to Calabria by Sir John Stuart.

Grand Expedition fitted out to the Scheldt. Flushing taken. Dis-

astrous Termination of the Enterprize. Peace between England and

the Porte.-Cayenne surrendered. Reduction of Martinico.

Success against a French Fleet near Rochelle.· City of St. Domingo

surrendered. Senegal taken. Zante and the neighbouring Islands

yielded to a British Force. French Convoy destroyed near Rosas.