| CHAPTER I. | ||
| A. D. | PAGE | |
| 1767. | Debates on East Indian Affairs | 1 |
| Wilkes and the Duke of Grafton | 5 | |
| March 16th. The Houses adjourn for the Holidays | 6 | |
| Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain | 6 | |
| March 28th. The Houses reassemble | 11 | |
| Parliamentary Discussions | 11 | |
| May 1st. Conversation on Indian Affairs | 15 | |
| May 6th. Court of Proprietors vote themselves a Dividend | 21 | |
| Conduct of Mr. Townshend | 23 | |
| CHAPTER II. | ||
| 1767. | May 13th. Proposal to tax the Colonies | 28 |
| Passing of the Resolutions | 37 | |
| Affairs of Lord Chatham | 41 | |
| May 18th. Violent Conduct of the Court of India Proprietors | 44 | |
| May 21st. Motion for Quebec Papers | 45 | |
| State of Catholicism in England | 47 | |
| May 26th. Motion on the Massachusets Act | 47 | |
| Weakness of the Administration | 49 | |
| June 1st. Grant moved to Prince Ferdinand | 50 | |
| June 2nd. Victory of the Court in the House of Lords | 54 | |
| CHAPTER III. | ||
| 1767. | Negotiations with the Bedford Party | 58 |
| July 2nd. Close of the Session | 59 | |
| July 5th. Interview of Conway with the King | 61 | |
| July 15th. Treaty with Lord Rockingham | 69 | |
| July 20th. Meeting at the Duke of Newcastle’s | 79 | |
| July 22nd. Interview of Lord Rockingham with the King | 83 | |
| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| 1767. | Attempt to procure an Earldom for Lord Holland | 94 |
| July 28th. Walpole sups with the Duke of Grafton | 96 | |
| Sept. 4th. Death of Charles Townshend | 99 | |
| Sept. 17th. Death of the Comte de Guerchy | 102 | |
| Sept. 17th. Death of the Duke of York | 103 | |
| Characters of the Royal Dukes | 105 | |
| French Travellers in England and Ireland | 107 | |
| Generosity of Conway | 108 | |
| Conduct of Lord Townshend in Ireland | 109 | |
| Nov. 24th. Meeting of Parliament | 112 | |
| Debate on the Address | 113 | |
| Nov. 29th. Negotiation with the Bedford Party | 117 | |
| CHAPTER V. | ||
| 1767. | Affair of Colonel Brereton with the Duke of Grafton | 132 |
| Tax on Irish Absentees | 133 | |
| Character of Lord Weymouth | 135 | |
| Attempted Treaty with Mr. Grenville | 136 | |
| Dec. 18th. Success of the Negotiation with the Bedfords | 140 | |
| Dec. 21st. The Houses adjourn | 141 | |
| 1768. | Case of the Duke of Portland | 143 |
| Jan. 14th. Dunning made Solicitor-General | 146 | |
| Jan. 20th. Resignation of Conway | 149 | |
| Affair of Lord Bottetort | 151 | |
| Corruption of the Corporation of Oxford | 153 | |
| Bill for Septennial Parliaments in Ireland | 155 | |
| Feb. 1st. Death of Sir Robert Rich | 156 | |
| Beckford’s Bribery Bill | 157 | |
| Feb. 17th. Bill to restrain the Recovery of Crown Lands | 161 | |
| Dissolution of Parliament | 163 | |
| CHAPTER VI. | ||
| 1768. | On the Literature of the Early Part of the Reign of George the Third | 164 |
| CHAPTER VII. | ||
| 1768. | Walpole determines to resume his Memoirs | 180 |
| Audacity of Wilkes | 182 | |
| March 28th. Beginning of the Middlesex Election | 186 | |
| Riots during the polling | 187 | |
| April 20th. Wilkes surrenders to the King’s Bench | 194 | |
| The General Elections | 197 | |
| Plan for the Expulsion of Wilkes | 200 | |
| Meeting of Parliament | 203 | |
| Riots before the King’s Bench | 204 | |
| May 11th. Petition of the Sailors to Parliament | 206 | |
| May 12th. Mark of Distinction to Aldermen Harley | 207 | |
| Debate on Wilkes in the Commons | 216 | |
| French Designs on Corsica | 217 | |
| Heroism of a Sailor | 219 | |
| June 8th. Renewal of Wilkes’s Outlawry | 223 | |
| June 18th. Sentence of Wilkes for the North Briton and the “Essay on Woman” | 228 | |
| Riots at Boston | 231 | |
| CHAPTER VIII. | ||
| 1768. | August 2nd. Lord Bute leaves England for the Continent | 232 |
| August 3rd. Death of Archbishop Secker | 233 | |
| August 9th. Trial of a Soldier for Murder | 235 | |
| Arrival of Christian the Seventh | 235 | |
| Removal of Amherst from Virginia | 239 | |
| Contemplated Disgrace of Lord Shelburne | 245 | |
| Resignation of Lord Chatham | 247 | |
| Lord Rochford made Secretary of State | 248 | |
| Privy Seal given to Lord Bristol | 250 | |
| State of the Country | 253 | |
| Nov. 8th. Meeting of Parliament | 255 | |
| Meditated Expulsion of Wilkes | 256 | |
| Nov. 14th. Sir Joseph Mawbey presents a Petition from him | 260 | |
| CHAPTER IX. | ||
| 1768. | War between Russia and Turkey | 262 |
| The King of France’s new Mistress | 264 | |
| Nov. 17th. Death of the Duke of Newcastle | 265 | |
| Affairs of Corsica | 265 | |
| Quarrel between the Duke of Grafton and Lord Hertford | 267 | |
| Nov. 23rd. Debates on Wilkes’s Case | 271 | |
| Ayliffe committed to Newgate | 279 | |
| Dec. 8th. Riots at the Middlesex Election | 283 | |
| Characters of Townshend and Sawbridge | 284 | |
| Character of Colonel Onslow | 280 | |
| Dec. 14th. Election of Serjeant Glynn | 289 | |
| Resolutions on American Affairs | 289 | |
| The Cumberland Election | 290 | |
| Wilkes demands to be heard at the Bar of the House of Lords | 292 | |
| CHAPTER X. | ||
| 1769. | Jan. 2nd. Wilkes chosen Alderman | 297 |
| Jan. 13th. East India House rejects the Government Proposition | 297 | |
| Jan. 16th. Argument on Wilkes’s Writ of Error | 298 | |
| Douglas Peerage Claim | 299 | |
| Trial of Macquirk and Balf | 307 | |
| Discussions concerning Wilkes | 310 | |
| Jan 25th. Resolutions on America | 313 | |
| Jan. 27th. Wilkes appears before the House of Commons | 314 | |
| Feb. 2nd. Censure on him passed | 325 | |
| His Expulsion carried | 327 | |
| Republican Party in England | 331 | |
| Mr. Grenville’s State of the Nation | 333 | |
| Burke’s Reply | 334 | |
| CHAPTER XI. | ||
| 1769. | American Affairs | 336 |
| Feb. 16th. Wilkes is re-elected | 337 | |
| Feb. 17th. His second Expulsion | 337 | |
| Feb. 21st. Meeting at the London Tavern | 339 | |
| Feb. 24th. Defeat of the Ministry | 340 | |
| Feb. 27th. Agreement with the East India Company | 341 | |
| Feb. 28th. Message on the King’s Debts | 343 | |
| March 16th. Third Election and Expulsion of Wilkes | 347 | |
| Loyal Demonstration | 349 | |
| Address of the Merchants of London | 350 | |
| Riots | 351 | |
| Lutterell appears as Candidate for Middlesex | 353 | |
| April 12th. The Election | 353 | |
| Lutterell declared duly returned | 357 | |
| April 27th. Meeting at Mile End | 361 | |
| May 8th. Lutterell’s seat confirmed | 362 | |
| Close of the Session | 365 | |
| May 24th. Petition of the Freeholders presented to the King | 365 | |
| CHAPTER XII. | ||
| 1769. | Election of Pope Ganganelli | 366 |
| Quarrel between the French and Russian Ambassadors | 368 | |
| Agitation after the Rising of Parliament | 372 | |
| Lord Chatham appears at the King’s Levee | 373 | |
| State of the Country | 375 | |
| Horne’s Libel on Onslow | 377 | |
| Aspersions on Lord Holland | 379 | |
| Dr. Musgrave’s Pretended Discovery | 384 | |
| Russian Project of attacking Constantinople | 385 | |
| Conquest of Corsica | 386 | |
| Petitions against the Parliament | 389 | |
| Disturbance at the Execution of two Rioters | 394 | |
| Irish Affairs | 396 | |
| Prosecution of Vaughan | 399 | |
| Remonstrance of Junius to the King | 402 | |
| Story of the Duke of Gloucester and Maria Walpole | 403 | |