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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

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A. D. 1795.

YEAR OF GEORGE III. 35 & 36.

PARLIAMENT 5 & 6:

KINGS Speech in Parliament.-Debates respecting suspension of the

Habeas Corpus Act. Measures for augmenting the Navy. Impe-

rial Loan. Financial Statements. Motions for Negotiation de-

feated. Slave Trade Abolition postponed. Acquittal of Mr.

Hastings. Debate on an extra allowance to the Army without par-

ticipation of Parliament. - Marriage of the Prince of Wales to the

Princess Caroline of Brunswick.-Arrangement respecting his debts.

Discontents among the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Recall of

Earl Fitzwilliam from the Vice-royalty, and its effects in both

countries. - Invasion of the United Provinces by the French, and

disastrous retreat of the British Army. Retreat of the Stadtholder to

England, and entire change of the Dutch Government under the in-

fluence of France. Peace between the King of Prussia and the

French Republic. - Treaty between Spain and France.- Affairs of

the Chouans and Vendeans, and Defeat of the Emigrants landed in

Britany by an English Fleet. - Campaign on the Lower Rhine be-

tween the French and Austrians. Party Tumults and Insurrections

in Paris. Death of the Dauphin, and deliverance of his Sister. —

New French Constitution. Insurrection of the Sections of Paris,

quelled by the Army under the conduct of Napoleon Buonaparte.-

The Convention resigns its Authority, and is succeeded by the new

Legislature and the Directory. - Trecties between France and several

other Powers. Austrian Netherlands incorporated with France.-

Occurrences in the West Indies. Naval Affairs.- Actions under

Admiral Hotham and Lord Bridport. Reduction of the Cape of

Good Hope. Domestic Transactions. Unpopularity of the War.

-Popular Meetings. Insult offered to the King. Parliament

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