Session of Parliament-Lord Rockingham's spirited Amendment to the Address. Earl of Ossory's Motion respecting Ireland. Humiliating Confession of Earl Gower. Lord North's Propositions respecting Ireland. Estimate of the National Force." Petitions to Parliament on the Subject of Public Economy. Reform Bills introduced by Mr. Burke. Commission of Accounts instituted. Earl of Shelburne's Motion of Reform. Famous Motion of Mr. Dunning, affirming the Increase of Regal Influence. Other Motions carried in Opposition to the Court. Illness of the Speaker-The Efforts of the Patriots prove finally abortive. Riots in London excited by the Catholic Act.
Laudable Conduct of the King. Sanguinary Severities of Lord Loughborough. Alliance with Holland dissolved. Armed Neutrality. Victory by Sir George Rodney over the Spanish Fleet off Cape St. Vincent's. Indecisive Engagements in the West Indies, between Sir George Rodney and the Count de Guichen. West Florida conquered by the Spaniards. Fortress of Omoa captured by the English. East and West India Fleets taken by the Spaniards. Military Operations in America. Philanthropic Act passed by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. Defection of General Arnold. Victory gained by Lord Cornwallis at Camden. Defeat of Major Ferguson at King's Mountain. Extravagant Exultation of the Court Faction in England, Rupture with Holland. Dissolution of Parliament-Remarkable Address of Sir George Saville. Meeting of the New Parliament-Mr. Cornwall Speaker. Debates