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CHAP. VIII.

Motion by Mr. Grenville, rejected. French Declaration. Royal Message

Great debates on the Address. Amendment moved by Mr. Baker.

Amendment rejected; and the original Address at length carried on a di-

vision. Great debates on the Message and Address in the House of

Lords. Amendment moved by the Duke of Manchester. Rejected, and the

original Address carried, as before, on a division. Great debates on Mr.

For's motions relative to the failure of the Canada expedition. Rejected

on a division. Counter motion, carried in the Committee, but not re-

ported. Col. Barre's motion for a Committee to inspect the public ac-

counts, agreed to, under certain modifications. Petition from Newcastle.

Motion by Mr. Wilkes, relative to private aids, or loans to the crown,

rejected on a division. Opposition to the House tax bill. Several amend-

ments moved, and rejected, on separate divisions.
Committee ap-

pointed to consider of the trade of Ireland. Resolutions passed, and

bills brought in, on that subject. Sir William Meredith's motion for a

repeal of the Declaratory Act, laid by. Bill brought in and passed to

enable his Majesty to make a suitable provision for the younger part of the

Royal Family, as well as for the Duke of Gloucester's children. Motion

by Sir P. J. Clerke for bringing in the contractor's bill, carried on a di-

vision. Great opposition formed to the Irish bills. Contractor's bill

read the first time; and the motion for its being read the second, car-

ried upon a division. Second reading of the contractor's bill. Lost

upon the question of commitment, by a majority of two only. Great de-

bates on the message for a vote of credit. Debate on the second read-

ing of the Irish bills. Sir Cecil Wray's motion rejected. Bills com-

mitted. Proceedings in the House of Commons on the death of the Earl

of Chatham.

CHAP. IX.

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State of the hostile armies in Philadelphia and its neighbourhood during the

winter. Hard condition of the brave army under the convention of Sara-

toga. Suspension of the treaty by the Congress until a ratification is ob-

tained from the court of Great Britain. Predatory expeditions from Phi-

ladelphia and Rhode Island. Draught of the Conciliatory Bills published

in America. Efect produced by it on both sides. Conduct and resolu-

tions of the Congress. Silas Deane arrives with the French treaties. Sir

Henry Clinton arrives to take the command of the army at Philadelphia,

in the room of General Sir William Howe, who returns to England. Arri-

ral of the Commissioners for restoring peace, &c. Letter to the Congress.

Secretary to the Commissioners refused a passport. Answer returned by the

Congress to the Commissioners. Further particulars relative to the pro-

posed negociation. Evacuation of Philadelphia. Difficulties encountered

by the British army in their march across the Jersics. General Washing-

ton crosses the Delaware. Battle near Monmouth. General Lee tried

by a court martial, and suspended. British army pass over to Sandy

Hook Island, and are conveyed by the fleet to New York. Toulon squa-

dron arrive on the coast of America. Appear before Sandy Hook, where

they cast anchor. Alarm, and preparations at Sandy Hook and New

York. Departure of the French fleet. Arrival of reinforcements to

Lord Howe. French fleet appear before Rhode Island. Defensive pre-

parations by General Sir Robert Pigot. Invasion of that Island medi-

tated by the Americans, to second the operations of the French. Lord

Howe sails to the relief of Rhode Island. D'Estaing quits the harbour,

and puts to sea, to meet the British squadron. Fleets separated, at the

point of engaging, by a violent storm. Captain Raynor, in the Isis,

bravely engages a French man of war of 74 guns, D'Estaing returns to

Rhode Island, and proceeds from thence to Boston. Is pursued by Lord

Howe. General Sullivan lands in Rhode Island. Invests the British

posts. American army greatly disconcerted by D'Estaing's departure.

Sullivan retreats, and at length totally quits the Island. Lord Howe,

finding D'Estaing's squadron so strongly secured in Nantasket Road, as

to render an attack impracticable, returns from Boston.

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