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CONTENTS

OF

THE FIFTH VOLUME.

CHAP. XI

GEORGE II.

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Mr. Pitt and Mr. Legge taken into the Administration.... Obliged to resign....
Restored to their Employments.... Coalition of Parties.... Descent on
the Coast of France meditated.... Command of the Fleet given to Sir
Edward Hawke, and of the Land-Forces to Sir John Mordaunt....
Fleet sails September 8....Admiral Knowles sent to take Aix.......Attack
and Surrender of Aix.... A Descent resolved on.... The Fleet returns to
Spithead.... His Majesty appoints a Board of Enquiry into the Reasons
of the Fleet's Return.... Proceedings of the Court of Enquiry....Its
Report....Sir John Mordaunt tried by a Court-Martial, and acquitted
.... Fleets sent to the East and West Indies....Success of the English
Privateers.... Riots occasioned by the high Price of Corn....Operations
in America.... Lord Loudoun's Conduct in America.... Fort William-
Henry taken by the French....Naval Transactions in America....At-
tempt of M. de Kersin on Cape Coast Castle in Africa....State of Affairs
in the East Indies...... Calcutta recovered.... The Suba's Camp forced, and
a new Treaty concluded with him.... Reduction of Chandernagore....
Colonel Clive defeats the Suba at Plaissey, who is afterwards deposed and
put to Death.... King of France assassinated.... Tortures inflicted on the
Assassin.... Changes in the French Ministry....State of the Confederacy
against the King of Prussia.... Precautions taken by his Prussian Majesty
.... Skirmishes between the Prussians and Austrians.... Neutrality of
the Emperor, and Behaviour of the Dutch.... The French take Possession
of several Towns in the Low Countries belonging to the King of Prussia
....Declaration of the Czarina against the King of Prussia........ Factions
in Poland.... Fruitless Eudeavours of the English to restore the Tran-
quillity of Germany.... King of Prussia enters Bohemia.... Prince of
Bevern defeats the Austrians at Richenberg.... King of Prussia obtains
a complete Victory over the Austrians near Prague.... Mareshal Schwerin
killed.... Prague invested....and bombarded.... Brave Defence of the

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Besieged....Count Daun takes the Command of the Austrian Army....

His Character.... King of Prussia defeated at Kolin.... He raises the

Siege of Prague, and quits Bohemia.......... Preparations for the Defence of

Hanover....The Allied Army assembles under the Duke of Cumberland

....Skirmishes with the French.... Duke of Cumberland passes the

Weser....The French follow him, and take Minden and Emden, aud lay

Hanover under Contribution.... Battle of Hastenbeck....The French

take Hanelen.... Duke de Richelieu supersedes Mareshal d'Etrées in the

Command of the French Army.... The Freuch take Possession of Hano-

ver and Hesse-Cassel....and reduce Verden and Bremen....Duke of

Cumberland signs the Convention of Closter-Seven...................

CHAP. XIV.

The French enter the Prussian Dominions, where they commit great Disorders

.... Reflections or the Misconduct of the Allied Army........Russian Fleet

blocks up the Prussian Ports in the Raltic.... Russians take Memel....

Declaration of the King of Prussia on that Occasion....Army of the

Empire raised with Difficulty.... The Austrians take Gabel..........and destroy

Zittau....The Prince of Prussia leaves the Army.... Communication

between England and Ostend broke off....Gueldres capitulates...... Skir.

mishes between the Prussians and Austrians....and between the Prussians

and Russians.... Mareschal Lehwald attacks the Russians in their In-

trenchments near Norkitten.... Hasty Retreat of the Russians out of

Prussia....French and Imperialists take Gotha....Action between the

Prussians and Austrians near Goerlitz.... The French oblige Prince Fer

dinand to retire.... Berlin laid under Contribution by the Austrians; and

Leipsic subjected to military Execution by the Prussians....Battle of

Rosbach.... The Austrians take Schweidnitz; and defeat the Prince of

Bevera near Breslau.... Mareschal Keith lays Bohemia under Contribu

tion....King of Prussia defeats the Austrians at Lissa; retakes Breslau

and Schweidnitz, and becomes Master of all Silesia.... Hostilities of the

Swedes in Pomerania.... Mareschal Lehwald forces the Swedes to retire

.... Memorial presented to the Dutch by Colonel Yorke, relative to Ostend

and Nieuport.... King of Prussia's Letter to the King of Great Britain.

His Britannic Majesty's Declaration.... Disputes concerning the Con

vention of Closter-Seven.... Progress of the Hanoverian Army.... Death

of the Queen of Poland.... Transactions at Sea.... Fate of Captain Death

....Session opened....Supplies granted.... Funds for raising the Sup-

plies....Messages from the King to the House of Commons.... Second

Treaty with the King of Prussia.... Bill for fortifying Milford Haven....

Regulations with respect to Corn.... Bills for the Encouragement of

Seamen, and for explaining the Militia Act....Act for repairing London

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Bridge....Act for ascertaining the Qualification of voting....Bill for

more effectually manning the Navy....Amendments in the Habeas-

Corpus Act....Scheme in Favour of the Foundling Hospital.... Proceed-

ings relative to the African Company.... Session closed.... Vigorous

Preparations for War.... Death of the Princess Caroline....Sea Engage.

ment off Cape François.... Remarkable Success of Captain Forest....

French evacuate Embden....Success of Admiral Osborne....French

Fleet driven ashore in Basque Road........ Admiral Broderick's Ship burut

at Sea.... Descent at Cancalle-Bay.... Expedition against Cherbourg..........

Descent at St. Maloes........ English defeated at St.Cas.... Captures from the

Enemy....Clamours of the Dutch Merchants, on Account of the Capture

of their Ships.... Their famous Petition to the States-general............ 73

CHAP. XV.

Expedition against Senegal.... Fort Lewis and Senegal taken....Unsuccessful

Attempt upon Goree....Expedition to Cape Breton....Louisbourg taken

....and St. John's.... Unsuccessful Attempt upon Ticonderoga....Fort

Frontenac taken and destroyed by the English.... Brigadier Forbes takes

Fort du Quesne....Goree taken....Shipwreck of Captain Barton....

Gallant Exploit of Captain Tyrrell.... Transactions in the East-Indies....

Admiral Pococke engages the French Fleet.... Fort St. David's taken

by the French.... Second Engagement between Admiral Pococke and

M. d. Apché.... Progress of M. Lally.... Transactions on the Continent

of Europe....King of Prussia raises Contributions in Saxony, and the

Dominions of the Duke of Wirtemberg....State of the Armies on the

Continent.... The French King changes the Administration of Hanover

....Plan of a Treaty between the French King and the Landgrave of

Hesse-Cassel....Treaty between the French King and the Duke of Bruns-

wick....Decree of the Aulic Council against the Elector of Hanover

and others....Bremen taken by the Duke de Broglio, and retaken by

Prince Ferdinand....Duke de Richelieu recalled....Generous Conduct

of the Duke de Randan....The French abandon Hanover.... Prince of

Brunswick reduses Hoya and Minden.... Prince Ferdinand defeats the

French at Creveldt, and takes Dusseldorp.... Prince of Ysembourg de-

feated by the Duke de Broglio....General Imhoff defeats M. de Chevert

....General Oberg defeated by the French at Landwernhagen....Death

of the Duke of Marlborough....Operations of the King of Prussia at

the beginning of the Campaign.... He enters Moravia, and invests Olmutz

....He is obliged to raise the Siege, and retires into Bohemia, where he

takes Koningsgratz.... Progress of the Russians.... King of Prussia de

feats the Russians at Zorndorf....and is defeated by the Austrians at

Hochkirchen....He retires to Silesia....Suburbs of Dresden burnt by

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the Prussian Governor.... The King of Prussia raises the Siege of Neiss,

and relieves Dresden.... Inhabitants of Saxony grievously oppressed....

Progress of the Swedes in Pomerania.......... Prince Charles of Saxony elected

Duke of Courland....The King of England's Memorial to the Diet of

the Empire.... Death of Pope Benedict.... The King of Portugal as-

sassinated....Proceedings of the French Ministry.... Conduct of the

King of Denmark....Answers to the Charges brought by the Dutch

against the English Cruisers....Conferences between the British Ambas-

sador and the States-geueral.... Further Proceedings. .................. 189

CHAP. XVI.

Domestic Occurrences in Great Britain.... Trials of Drs. Hensey and Sheboeare

....Institution of the Magdalen and Asylum....Society for the Encou-

ragement of Arts.... Session opened....New Treaty with the King of

Prussia....Supplies granted.... The King's Message to the Commons....

Bills relating to the Distillery, and the Exportation of Corn.... Petition

from the Justices of Norfolk.... Bill for the Importation of salted Beef

from Ireland continued........ Regulatious with respect to Privateers.... New

Militia Laws....Act for the Relief of Debtors revived.... Bills for the

Importation of Irish Beef and Tallow....Act relative to Milford-Havea

....Bill relative to the Duty on Pensions.... Act relative to the Duty on

Plate.... Cambric Act....Unsuccessful Bills.... Case of the Insolvent

Debtors.... Case of Capt. Walker.... Remarks on the Bankrupt Laws.....

Enquiry into the State of the Poor.......... Regulations of Weights and Mea-

sures.... Resolutions concerning the Foundling Hospital....Messages

from the King to the Parliament.... Session closed....Preparations

for War.... Death of the Princess of Orange and Princess Elizabeth

Carokne.... Examples made of Pirates.... Accounts of some remarkable

Murders....Murder of Daniel Clarke.... Majority of the Prince of

Wales.... Resolutions concerning a new Bridge at Blackfriars....Fire

in Cornhill.... Method contrived to find out the Longitude....Instal-

lation at Oxford.... Deplorable Incident at Sea.... Captures made by ser

parate Cruisers.... Captain Hood takes the Bellona....and Captain

Barrington the Count de St. Florentin.... Captain Falkner takes a

French East Indiaman.... Prizes taken in the West Indies....Engage

ment between the Hercules and the Florissant....Havre-de Grace bom-

barded by Admiral Rodney....Admiral Boscawen defeats M. de la

Clue.... Preparations made by the French for invading England....Ac

count of Thurot....French Fleet sails from Brest.... Admiral Hawke

defeats M. de Conflans.... Proceedings of the Irish Parliament..........

Loyalty of the Irish-Catholics.... Dangerous Insurrection in Dublin....

Aların of a Descent in Scotland. ........................................................................................... 989