West Florida conquered by the Spaniards.. Fortress of Omoa captured by the English... Page 45 45 East and West India Fleets taken by the Spaniards...... 45 Military Operations in America.... Philanthropic Act passed by the Legislature of Pennsyl vania.... Defection of General Afnbld. 45 Victory gained by Lord Cornwallis at Camden. 48 50 52 Defeat of Major, Ferguson at King's Mountain. Extravagant Exultation.of the Court Faction in England.. 53 Rupture with Holland Dissolution of Parliament::. Remarkable Address of. Sir George Saville.. Meeting of the New Parliament, October 1780.. Debates on the Declaration of War against Holland.... 54 58 58 60 60 63 68 69 72 73 Review of the Administration of Mr. Hastings in India.. Confederacy of the Powers of India against the English.. 134 Lord Cornwallis and his Army made Prisoners of War... 254 Solemn Thanksgiving throughout the States of the Union 255 Commodore Johnstone's Expedition to the Cape of Good Hope.... 256 Obstinate Engagement between the English and Dutch 257 Motion of Censure on the Earl of Sandwich, by Mr. Fox 277 Lord George Germaine advanced to the Peerage... 278 Protest of the Lords against it.... 279 Mr. Fox renews his Motion of Censure on the Earl of Sandwich.... 280 General Conway's Motion against the American War ne- Successive Motions of Censure on the Ministers.. Entire Change of Administration.... Page 280 283 286 288 290 Marquis of Rockingham a second Time Minister. . . . . . . . Mr. Burke's Reform Bill a third Time introduced and King's Debts a third Time discharged... 297 299 300 300 Resolutions respecting the Middlesex Election rescinded.. 303 Mr. Pitt's Motion of Enquiry into the State of the Repre .... ... 303 sentation. Death of the Marquis of Rockingham-His Character.... 320 Advancement of the Earl of Shelburne.... Fatal Divisions amongst the Whigs.. Minorca conquered by the Spaniards. 321 322 .. 328 Island of St. Christopher, &c. captured by the French.... 328 The Bahamas taken by the Spaniards..... Decisive Victory of Sir George Rodney over the French .. 329 Fleet off Dominique.... 330 Glorious Defence and final Relief of Gibraltar. ........ 337 Provisional Articles of Peace with America signed at Paris, Extreme Unpopularity of the Coalition Administration.. 360 Act of Renunciation of the Authority of Great Britain over Ireland.... Embarrassments of the East India Company. Mr. Pitt's Plan of Parliamentary Reform.. Order of Council for the Regulation of Commerce between 363 363 365 367 the Continent of America and the West Indies....... 369 Treaty of Peace signed between England and Holland... 369 Death of Archbishop Cornwallis 369 Passes the Commons, but is rejected by the Lords... 390 Political Conflict between the Crown and the Commons.. 398 |