Chapter XIX: 1763. April 19th. Lord Bute’s pretended Abdication of Business 270

The “Triumvirate” who succeeded him 271

Grenville’s Ingratitude to Lord Bute 273

April 23rd. The memorable Forty-fifth Number of the
“North Briton.” 274

April 30th. Wilkes apprehended on a General Warrant 276

Committed close Prisoner to the Tower 277

May 3rd. He is taken by Habeas Corpus to the Court of
Common Pleas 278

He is discharged from Confinement 279

Triumph of Wilkes _ib._

His Endeavour to obtain Warrants against the Secretaries
of State 280

Discontent in the Cider Counties _ib._

Mortifications of the Court 281

Wilkes challenged by Forbes 282

Aug. 21st. Sudden Death of Lord Egremont 283

CHAPTER XX.

1763. Perplexity of the “Triumvirate” 284

Lord Bute’s unsuccessful Manœuvres 285

Aug. 25th. Lord Halifax and Mr. Grenville remonstrate
with the King 286

Schemes of the Bedford Faction _ib._

Aug. 28th. Mr. Pitt sent for by the King 288

Negotiation with the former _ib._

The Treaty broken off 289

Causes of the Rupture 290

The King’s Account of his Interviews with Pitt 291

Ministerial Arrangements 295

CHAPTER XXI.

1763. Secret Power of Lord Bute 298

His Rupture with Pitt 299

Unanimous Attempt to destroy Wilkes 301

Death of Augustus the Third, of Saxony 306

The Pope invites the Duke of York to Rome 307

Humiliation of the helpless Line of Stuart _ib._

Nov. 3rd. Charles Yorke resigns the Attorney-Generalship _ib._

Unfavourable Commencement of the new Lord-Lieutenant’s
Power in Ireland 308

CHAPTER XXII.

1763. Nov. 15th. Opening of Parliament 309

Wilkes’s “Essay on Woman” laid before the House of
Lords 310

Persecution of Wilkes 313

He complains in the House of a Breach of Privilege 314

Warm Debate on the Question _ib._

Wilkes wounded in a Duel by Martin 317

Nov. 16th. The King’s Speech read to the Commons 318

Postponement of the farther Hearing on Wilkes 319

Bestowal of the Bishoprick of Osnabrugh 320

CHAPTER XXIII.

1763. Nov. 23rd. Important Question as to the Privilege of
Parliament 321

Abandonment of General Warrants 323

Debate on the Proceedings against Wilkes 324

“The Moderator,” a new scurrilous Paper 329

Dec. 3rd. Riot on the attempt to burn “The North
Briton.” 330

Dec. 6th. Debate on this subject in the House of Lords 331

Triumph of Wilkes 333

Attempt to assassinate Wilkes _ib._

The East India Company and Lord Clive 334

Outlawry against Wilkes 335

CHAPTER XXIV.

1763. Lord Sandwich offers himself for the High Stewardship of
Cambridge 339

His “Flying Pension” 337

Disgraceful Grant to Count Virri _ib._

Dismissal of General A’Court _ib._

Negotiation between Grenville, Conway, and Walpole 338

CHAPTER XXV.

1764. Jan 16th. Marriage of the Princess Augusta with the
Hereditary Duke of Brunswick 348

His marked Opposition to the Wishes of the King _ib._

Jan. 19th. Debates on Wilkes’s Complaint of Breach of
Privilege 349

Jan. 20th. Sir William Meredith and Sir George Saville 350

The “Essay on Woman” 354

Feb. 9th. The Marriage Bill 359

Feb. 13th. Debate on Breach of Privilege _ib._

Cases of Carteret Webbe and Wood 361

CHAPTER XXVI.

1764. Feb. 17th. Debates on the Legality of General Warrants,
and the Conduct of Wilkes, continued 368

Feb. 21st. Treatise entitled “Droit le Roi,” condemned
by the Lords 383

CHAPTER XXVII.

1764. The Earl of Egmont 387

March 9th. The Budget 388

Taxation of the American Colonies 389

March 23rd. Appearance of the “Lettres, Mémoires, et
Négotiations du Chevalier d’Eon,” &c. 392

Contest at Cambridge 395

April 12th. Lord Clive appointed Governor-General of
India 397