officers. Sir P. J. Clerke, brings in a bill against the contractors; firft quefticn carried upon a divifion; but the bill rejected upon another. Bill in favour of Diffenters brought in and paffed. Affairs of Ireland. Various attempts and proposals for affording commercial relief to that country, prove at length ineffectual. [105 CHAP. VII. Debates on the army extraordinaries. Motion for printing the estimates rejected upon a divifion. Committee on Eaft India affairs. Refolutions moved for and carried, relative to the violence committed on the late Lord Pigot in his government. Motion for profecuting certain members of the late council at Madras, agreed to. Mr. Fox's motion, for the removal of the firft lord of the admiralty from that department, is, after long debates, rejected upon a divifion. Committee of enquiry, into the conduct. of the American war. Amendment moved to the motion for the examination of Earl Cornwallis, by the minifter, and carried upon a divifion in the committee. Amended motion then put, and rejected upon a divifion. Third motion rejected. Tranfactions in the committee, difcuffed in the Houfe, and refcinded. Committee revived. Earl Cornwallis, and other witneffes examined, in behalf of Lord and Sir William Howe. Counter evidence propofed, and agreed to. In the interim, General Burgoyne's evidence brought forward and examined. Counter evidence examined. Committee fuddenly diffolved. [129 Two enquiries in the Houfe of Lords, tending to the fame object, and carried on through the greater part of the feffion. Enquiry into the ftate of the navy, and the conduct of the admiralty, inftituted by the Earl of Bristol. Motions for naval papers, bring out much debate, and are rejected upon a divifion. Motion by the Earl of Bristol, for the removal of the first lord of the admiralty from his employment. Great debates. Motion rejected upon a divifion. Protefts. Enquiry into the government and management of Greenwich hofpital, conducted by the Duke of Richmond. Moves for a compenfation to Captain Baillie, late lieutenant-governor of Greenwich hofpital. Motion rejected upon a divifion. Minority lords quit the Houfe. Refolutions in vindication of the Earl of Sandwich. Hard cafe of Captain Baillie. Marquis of Rockingham endeavours to bring forward an enquiry into the affairs of Ireland. After feveral ineffectual attempts, a kind of compromife takes place, referring the bufinefs of that country to the enfuing feffion Mr. Townshend's motion to defer the prorogation of parliament, rejected upon a divifion. Spanish manifeflo. Addrefs from the Commons. Second address moved by Lord John Cavendish. Motion of adjournment carried upon a divifion. Amendment to the address of the Lords, moved by the Earl of Abingdon, Abingdon, and rejected upon a divifion. Second amendment proposed by the Duke of Richmond; rejected upon a divifion, after confiderable debate. Bill brought in by the minifter for doubling the militia, after much debate and propejed amendment paled by the Commons. Indemnity bill likewife poffed. Militia bill meets with great oppofition in the Houfe of Lords. Inderinity Lill much oppofed; but carried through. Protefis. Militia bill deprived of its principal effective powers, and returned to the Commons. Debate on a point of privilege. Bill paffed. Speech from the throne. [153 С НА Р. IX. Hoftilities in the Eaft Indies. Sea-fight between Sir Edward Vernon and M. de Tronjolly. French Squadron abandon the coast of Coromandel. Siege of Pondicherry. Gallant defence by M. de Bellecombe. Capitulation. State of affairs in Georgia and the Carolinas. Leyalifts defeated in North Carolina. American General, Lincoln, arrives in South Carelina to oppofe Major General Prevost. Rebels defeated at Briar Creek. General Prevoft poffes the Savannah, and penetrates into South Carolina; advances to Charles Town; retires. Action at Stono Ferry. General Prevost takes poffeffion of the ifland of Port Royal. Expedition from New York to Chefapeak Bay, under the conduct of Sir George Collier and Major General Matthew. Great damage done to the Americans in the neighbourhood of Hampton and Norfolk. Expedition up the North River; Stoney Point and Verplanks taken. Expedition to Connecticut, under Sir George Collier and Governor Tryon. Surprize of Stoney Point by General Wayne. Recovery of that poft. Attack upon Paulus Hook. Lieutenant Colonel Maclane befieged by an armed force from Boften. Relieved by Sir George Collier, who deftroys the whole rebel marine in the Penobject. [174 CHA P. X. Admiral Byron takes the command in the West-Indies. Endeavours to draw M. D'Eftaing to an engagement without effect. Mortality at St. Lucia. Mr. Byron convoys the homeward bound trade. Lofs of the island of St. Vincent's, during the abfence of the fleet. French fleet reinforced by the arrival of M. de la Motte: proceeds to the reduction of the Granades. Lands a body of forces, which inveft the Hofpital Hill in the island of Granada. Attack the works by night, and carry them by form. Lord Macartney propofes to capitulate; but the terms offered by D'Estaing being deemed inadmissible, furrenders the fort and ifland at difcretion. Admiral Byron returns to St. Lucia; proceeds with the fleet and army for the recovery of St. Vincent's. Receives intelligence at fea of the attack upon Granada, and being ignorant of the great fuperiority of the French fleet, changes his courfe in order to fuccour fuccour that ifland. Different views and conduct of the hoftile commanders. Engagement. Extraordinary acts of gallantry. Vice-Admiral Barrington wounded. French perfevere in their refolution of not coming to a clofe action. Views of the British commanders totally changed, upon difcovering that the island was already loft, as they had no force capable of attempting its recovery. Tranfports and disabled ships fent off to St. Chriftopher's in the evening. Followed next day by the fleet; the enemy having returned to Granada in the night. Prodigious lofs of men on the French fide accounted for. Claim a victory; and upon what ground. M. D'Estaing directs his operations to the northward. Firft object, the reduction of Georgia.-Second, an attack upon NewYork, in conjunction with General Washington. Arrives upon the Coaft of Carolina; takes the Experiment man of war, and fome frigates. Anchors off Tybee. Lands his troops, and invefts the town of Savannah. Summons General Prevoft. Is joined by General Lincoln, and Count Polafki. Attacks the British lines, and is repulfed with great flaughter. French retire to their ships, and totally abandon the coafts of America. [*199 APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. Abstract of the late Act for altering the duty on houfes and fervants. 251 of an Act for extending the provifions of the 12th of Geo. I. in titled, an Act to prevent frivolous and vexatious arrefts. of an Act for laying a duty upon poft-borfes, &c. Proceedings at the trial of Admiral Keppel. Charge against him for misconduct and neglect of duty. His fpeech before the court-martial, on opening his defence. 251 252 253 254 254 257 258 285 294 Copies of letters between the Hon. Admiral Keppel, the Secretary to the Admiralty, the Fudge Advocate, and Sir Hugh Pallifer. Votes of thanks of the two Houses of Parliament, and of the City of London, to the Hon. Admiral Auguftus Keppel. Extract of a letter from Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne to his conftituents, upon his late refignation; with the correspondence between him and the Secretaries at War, relative to his return to America. Copy of a letter from Capt. Pearfon, of his Majefty's fhip Serapis, to Mr. Stephens, containing an account of his engagement with, and being captured by, Captain Paul Jones. 297 309 Copy Copy of a Letter from Lieat Georges, of zie Rumuur Catter, to Sir Charles Harij gesing an account of an in 4 mest berwan 2. Majoly': họ the 2000s and a inc's i que sf 314 Account of toetra of Wr. Strate a, did the user member: of the Council of Account of the quantities of all corn and grur expr 1 317 rates of the bini. 318 from and imported nomas paid, and STATE PAPERS. 1023 13-5 1330 His Majesty's most gracious speech to bath Hats of Parliament, Nov. 15th, 1.76. 36 The bumble addres of the Lords Spiritual and Temperal in Parliament ajambled; with his Majety's anj wer. The bumble aid efs of the House of Commons to the King. 1337 1338 [339, 343 Me agent by the King to both Hrajes of Paricament, June 1-th. [+ The bumbie addrejs of the Right Hon. the Lords Siritual and Temporal, in Parliament afembled. Amendment propofed to the above addrefs. Protefts of the Lords. 45 (ibid. [345. 348 His Majesty's Speech to both Houses of Parliament, at the claje of the jefion, July id, 1779. 1351 The speech of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to both Houses of Parliament of that kingdom. (52 The bumble address of the Lords Siritual and Temporal in Ireland to bis Excellency the Lord Lieutenant; with wis Excellency's an ower. [353 Tranflation of the King of France's declaration of war at Martinico. [355 Declaration of the King of France, addrefed to all the anc ent French in Canada, and every other part of North America. [ibid. Truso letters of the French King to the Admiral of France. [358 madovar, on the 16th June, 1779. [259 Orders for reprijals, by the Court of London. [361 Proclamation relative to an invafion, dated the cth July, 1779. 1362 Tranflation of the two Royal Chedules of the King of Sain. [363, 364 Tranflation of the Spanish manifefto, declaring the motives which have induced his Catholic Majesty to act hoftily against En land. Copy of the anfuser tranfmitted to the Marquis d'Almadovar by Lord Vif count Weymouth, dated the 13th of July, 1779. 5 [386 Manifefto [367, 386 |