Chapter X: Preparations for War

EARL PAULET�S MOTION.

REGENCY APPOINTED.

BOSCAWEN�S EXPEDITION.

FRENCH AMBASSADOR RECALLED.

AFFAIRS OF THE ENGLISH IN AMERICA.

BRADDOCK�S UNFORTUNATE EXPEDITION.

EXPEDITION AGAINST CROWN POINT AND NIAGARA RESOLVED ON.

BRAVERY OF CAPTAIN M�GINNES.

DESCRIPTION OF FORT OSWEGO, &c

EXPEDITION AGAINST NIAGARA.

GENERAL SHIRLEY RETURNS TO ALBANY.

TREATY WITH THE LANDGRAVE OF HESSE-CASSEL.

NEWS OF THE CAPTURE OF THE ALCIDE AND LYS REACHES ENGLAND.

THE KING RETURNS FROM HANOVER, AND CONCLUDES A TREATY WITH RUSSIA.

DECLARATION OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY AT THE COURT OF VIENNA.

SPIRITED DECLARATION OF PRUSSIA.

THE FRENCH MAKE ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT UPON THE COURT OF SPAIN.

THE IMPERIAL COURT REFUSES AUXILIARIES TO ENGLAND.

THE FRENCH TAKE THE BLANDFORD.

STATE OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH NAVIES.

SESSION OPENED.

REMARKABLE ADDRESSES OF BOTH HOUSES.

HIS MAJESTY�S ANSWER.

ALTERATIONS IN THE MINISTRY.

EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON.

RELIEF VOTED TO THE PORTUGUESE.

MUTINY BILL, MARINE, AND MARINERS� ACTS CONTINUED.

ACT FOR RAISING A REGIMENT OF FOOT IN NORTH AMERICA.

MARITIME LAWS OF ENGLAND EXTENDED TO AMERICA.

QUIET OF IRELAND RESTORED.

TREATY CONCLUDED WITH PRUSSIA.

NEW MILITIA-BILL.

SESSION CLOSED.