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Mr. Pitt's Plan for redeeming the National Debt.
King's Debts a fifth Time discharged..
97
101
Motion of Sir W. Lewes for a Repeal of the Shop-Tax.. 105
Humane Attempt for the Relief of Hawkers and Pedlars ib.
Wine Excise Bill....
East-India Regulations-Lord Cornwallis nominated
Governor-General of India.....
Mr. Hastings formally accused by Mr. Burke.
106
107
.. 109
Mr. Hastings's premature and arrogant Defence...... 112
Decision in Favor of Mr. Hastings respecting the Rohilla
War......
113
Decision against Mr. Hastings on the Benares Charge. 114
Frantic Attempt to assassinate the King...
ib.
Treaty of Commerce with France......
116
Convention with Spain relative to the Mosquito Settle-
ments
117
Session of Parliament, 1787-Debates on the Commercial
Mr. Fox's Motion for the Repeal of the Shop-Tax...... 124
Mr. Beaufoy's Motion for the Repeal of the Test-Laws 125
Application for Payment of the Prince of Wales's Debts 136
Charge against Mr. Hastings respecting the Begums of
Oude....
Ferruckabad Charge...
Charge respecting Contracts..
Charge relative to Fyzoola Khan.
Charge respecting Presents.
Charge relating to the Revenues..
146
149
151
153
154
Mr. Hastings impeached at the Bar of the House of Lords 156
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Mr. Addington chosen Speaker.
Tobacco Excise Bill.....
State of Europe...
Character of the Emperor Joseph II...
His tyrannical Innovations in Brabant
War between Russia and Turkey. . . .
War between the Imperial and Ottoman Courts. . .
Troubles in the North-Rupture between Sweden and
Russia....
251
252
254
257
259
261
Death of the Grand Seignor Achmet IV. and Accession
of the Sultan Selim III....
264
Triumphs of the Russian and Austrian Arms-Death of
the Emperor Joseph II...
Alarming Commotions in France.
267-9
270
283
States General convened at Versailles..
-Assume the Appellation of National Assembly...... 285
-Publish a Declaration of the Rights of Man.
291
-Congratulatory Address of the Revolution Society... 295
Session of Parliament, January 1790...
297
French Revolution reprobated by Mr. Burke and the King's Friends.....
Vindicated by Mr. Fox and the Friends of the People... 302
Mr. Fox's Motion for a Repeal of the Test.
305
Negatived with remarkable attendant Circumstances.... 311
Mr. Flood's Motion for a Reform in the British Parliament 315
Trial of Mr. Hastings-Its disgraceful Procrastination. 317
Wise Administration of Lord Cornwallis in India...... 320
Reluctance of France to support the Claims of Spain.... 334
Convention between Great Britain and Spain signed at
the Escurial....... .... 336
Anniversary of the French Revolution celebrated.. 538
Mr. Burke publishes calumnious Reflections on the French
Revolution.....
340
Pernicious and fatal Consequences of the Reflections.... 347
Reflections answered by Thomas Paine...
Wonderful Effects of Paine's Pamphlet..
348
350
New Parliament assembled, November 1790-Attempt of the Minister to seize the unclaimed Dividends at the Bank......
... 3524
Debate on the Pendency of Mr. Hastings's Impeachment 356
Catholic Toleration Act passed.
366
Mr. Fox's Motion for a Bill to ascertain the Rights of Juries 367
Mr. Wilberforce's Motion for the Abolition of the Slave-
State of Affairs in France-Civic Oath imposed upon the
Treachery of Louis XVI.-His Flight from Paris... 386-91
Dissolution of the National Constituent Assembly...
Church and King Riots at Birmingham
Session of Parliament, January 1792-Flourishing State
of the Nation.....
396
... 400
414
Mr. Whitbread's Motion of Censure respecting Russia.. 405
Mr. Wilberforce's second Motion of Abolition.
Insidious Conduct of the House of Lords.....
417
Mr. Fox's Motion for a Repeal of the Penal Laws..... 419
Mr. Pitt's total Dercliction of the Principles of Whiggism 421
Mr. Whitbread's Motion of Enquiry into the Birmingham Riots....
Mr. Fox's Bill for ascertaining the Rights of Juries re-
vived and passed into a Law.....
425
427
428
Act for the Relief of the Scottish Episcopalians..
Society of the Friends of the People instituted. . . . . . .
Royal Proclamation for the Suppression of Sedition.... 429
Prosecutions for Sedition-Trials of Holt and Winter-
botham.....
431
State of Affairs in India-War of Mysore.....
434-6
Discontents increase-Menaces of the Court of Vienna.. 449
Death of the Emperor Leopold II... ....
455
Accession of the Emperor Francis II. His arrogant De- mands.
455-7
Overtures of France rejected by the English Court.... 457
War between Austria and France-Military Operations
in the Low Countries...
... 457-60
Astonishing Infatuation of the French Monarch, and
462-8
his consequent Deposition.
Progress of the combined Armies-Massacres of September 470