Defcent of the French on the Coaft of Wales Naval Victory obtained over the Spaniards by Sir John Unfuccessful Attack on the Ile of Teneriffe Capture of Trinidad-Failure at Porto-Rico Triumph of the Executive Power Third Attempt of the Court of London to negotiate with Reflrictions on the Bank continued SESSION of Parliament, 1797-8.-Seceffion of Oppofition 450 Debates on the Addrefs-And Negotiation at Lifte Conduct of Ministers approved 451-54 459 Motion for the Abolition of the S'ave-Trade Motion for the Removal of Miniflers by the Duke of Bed- ford Debates on the State of Ireland Twelve Regiments of Militia fent to Ireland ib. Patriotic Spirit difplayed by the British Nation Affairs of Ireland inveftigated Conciliatory Propofition of the Earl of Moira Difafiraus Expedition to Oftend Iland of Minorca captured-St. Domingo evacuated Domeftic Occurrences-Difmiffion of Mr. Fox from the Council-Profecution of Mr. Gilbert Wakefield Great Naval Victory over the French at Aboukir Extraordinary Effects of the Battle of Aboukir Proceedings of the Congress of Raftadt Revival of the War in Germany and Italy Defeat of the Neapolitans-Naples taken by Storm Subverfion of the Neapolitan Government 528-31 MEMOIRS GEORGE III. BOOK XIII. Debates in Parliament, 1793. Correspondence with M. Chauvelin laid before the two Houses. Message from the King accompanying the Papers. Proceedings on the Motion for an Address to the Throne. Speeches of Mr. Pitt, Mr. Whitbread, and Mr. Fox. Address carried. Second Message from the King, announcing the French Declaration of War. Addrefs moved by Mr. Pitt. Amendment propofed by Mr. Fox-Oppofed by Mr. Burke-Supported by Mr. Sheridan. Amendment negatived by the Houfe. Debates in the Houfe of Peers. Refolutions moved by Mr. Fox. Addrefs moved by Mr. Grey. Remarkable Motion of Mr. Sheridan. Traitorous Correfpondence Bill. Adjournment of Parliament. State of Affairs on the Continent. General Dumouriez enters Holland. Breda furrenders~also Klundert and Gertruydenburg. Refolute Defence of Williamstadt. Succeffes of General Clairfait and the Prince of Cobourg. Siege of Maeftricht raifed. French evacuate Holland. Retreat of the French from the Maefe. Battle of Neerwinden. Defiction of Dumouriez. Capture of the French Commiffioners. Judicious Manifeflo of the Prince of Cobourg. His Plan of Policy fuperfeded. Dangerous Situation of France. Elation of the Court of London. Sanguinary Memorial of Lord Aukland. The Doctrines of Paffive Obedience and Non-Refiftance preached before the House of Peers by Bishop Horfeley. Heroic Exertions and Death of General Dampierre. Duke of York Commander in Chief of the English and auxiliary Troops on the Continent. Military Tranfactions in concert with the Prince of Cobourg. Siege and Capture VOL. III. B Capture of Valenciennes-also of Condé, Mentz, and Quef noy. Fatal Separation of the Duke of York from the Auftrians. Brilliant Action at Lincelles. Duke of York forms the Siege of Dunkirk. Ineffectual Overture of France for Peace. Treaty with Sardinia. Unparalleled Number of Bankruptcies in London. Commercial Gredit reftored. Parliamentary Investigation of Lord Aukland's Memorial. Charter of the Eaft-India Company prolonged. Motion for a Reform in the Reprefentation by Mr. Grey. Parliament prorogued. Affairs of Ireland. Conceffions made to the Catholics-Oppofed by the Lord Chancellor Fitzgibbon. Ex-traordinary Profecutions for Sedition in Scotland. Tyrannical Sentence of Transportation paffed on Muir, Gerald,. Skirving, Margarot, and Palmer. French rife EN MASSE.. Duke of York totally defeated at Dunkirk. Barbarous Ex-· ecutions of the Generals Houchard and Custine. Prince of Cobourg compelled to repafs the Sambre. Werwick, Menin, and Furnes, captured by the French. Operations on the Rhine. Retreat of the Auftrian and Prussian Armies. Siege of Landau raifed. Rebellion in La Vendée fuppreffed. Naval Armament returns to Portfmeuth. Proceedings of the Convention. Bold Machinations of the Jacobines. Revolutionary Tribunal established.. Fall of the Briffutines. Internal Commotions in France. Toulon furrendered in Truft to the English. Siege of Lyons. Barbarities commited by the Facobines. Toulon evacuated by the English.. Trial and execution of the Queen of France-and of the Deputies of the Gironde. Savage Proceedings of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Afcendancy of Robespierre. Extravagant Conduct of the Convention. New Calendar eftablifhed. Reign of Terror. Naval Tranfactions. Tobago taken. Forts in St. Domingo captured. Pondicherry, Maké,. and the French Settlements on the Coaft of Coromandel, reduced. Neutral Powers infulted by the Court of London.. Grofs Inconfiflency and Duplicity of the English Miniftry. Alarming Order of Council-revoked. UPON UPON PON the very fame day that France declared war against Great Britain, the British parliament was engaged in discussing a meffage from the king, stating, "That his majesty had caused to be laid before them copies of several papers which had paffed between M. Chauvelin and the minister for foreign affairs, and of the order of departure tranfmitted to M. Chauvelin. And his majesty moreover declared, that in the present situation of affairs he thought it indispensable to make a further augmentation of his forces by sea and land, for maintaining the rights of his own dominions, for fupporting his allies, and for oppofing views of aggrandizement and ambition on the part of France, at all times dangerous to the interefts of Europe, but peculi arly fo when connected with the propagation of principles fubverfive of the peace and order of all civil fociety." On this occafion Mr. Pitt, who had now resumed his feat in parliament, made an eloquent harangue, evidently calcu lated to prepare the minds of his auditors for war, and to inflame the paffions of the house to the highest pitch. Adverting, at the commencement of his fpeech, to the melancholy catastrophe which had just taken place in France, he represented it in terms of the most high-flown rhetorical exaggeration," as an event fo full of grief and horror, that he wished it were poffible to tear it from their memories, and expunge it from the page of hiftory;-but that event was unfortunately paffed, and the prefent age must be for ever contaminated with the guilt and ignominy of having witneffed it. In this dreadful tranfaction they faw concentrated the effect of those principles, pufhed to their utmost extent, which fet out with diffolving all the bonds by which fociety was held together-principles established in oppofition to every law human and divine, and which, prefumptuously relying on the authority of wild and delufive theories, rejected all the advantages of the wisdom and experience of former ages, and even the facred inftructions of Revela |