and Mr. Pitt; rejected without a divifion. Motion in the boufe of lords, reld. tive to the votes of the dukes of Queensberry and Gordon, in the election of the fixteen peers; oppofed by the chancellor; fupported by lord Kinnaird; opinions of lord Douglas, earl of Moreton, and duke of Richmond; motion carried. Motion in the boufe of commons, relative to the right of the fons of Scotch peers to represent Scotch boroughs or counties; opinions of Sir John Sinclair, Mr. Dundas, Sir James Johnstone, and Sir Adam Ferguson, in the negative; of lords Beauchamp, Maitland, and Elcho, in the affirmative; carried for the negative. [131 CHA P. VI. Accufation of Mr. Haflings. Celebrated Speech of Mr. Sheridan on the third charge, respecting the Begums of Oude; its remarkable effects; bouse adjourn thereon; debate refumed; opinion of Mr. Pitt refpecting the matter of the charge-voted by a large majority. Mr. Burke propofes to come directly to the question of impeachment; oppofed by Mr. Pitt. Converfation relative to the evidence and profecution of Sir Elijab Impey. Fourth charge, relative to the Nabob of Farruckabad, opened by Mr. T. Pelham. Reafons of Mr. Dundas for voting for the charge. Speech by lord Hood in favour of Mr. Haftings; anfwered by Mr. Pitt. Difficulties under which the accufers of Mr. Haftings laboured. Fifth charge, relative to contracts and falaries, opened by Sir James Erfkine. Mr. Pitt objects to a great part of the charge; moves to have it confined to three points. Mr. Burke moves, that two others fhould be added. Mr. Burke's amendment carried. Altercation between Mr. Francis and Mr. Pitt. Sixth charge, refpecting Fyzoola Khân, opened by Mr. Wyndham. Criminal parts of the charge flated by Mr. Dundas. Explanation by Mr. Burke. Propofal of Mr. Pitt for bringing forward the question of impeachment; acceded to by Mr. Burke. Seventh charge, relative to bribes and prefents, opened by Mr. Sheridan; fupported by Lord Mulgrave and Mr. Grenville. Report from the committee on the charges read a first time. Conversation reSpecting the mode of proceeding. Opinion of Mr. Fox-of Mr. Pitt-of Mr. Burke. Motion to read the report a fecond time, objected to by Major Scott. Paper read containing the fentiments of Mr. Haflings refpecting the profecution. Committee to prepare articles of impeachment. Eighth charge, refpecting the revenues of Bengal, opened by Mr. Francis; be vindicates bimjelf from fufpicions of perfonal enmity to Mr. Haflings. Mr. Pitt's obfervations on the eighth charge. Conversation between Mr. Barwell and Mr. Burke, refpecting his impeaching the former. Articles of impeachment read a first time; motion for reading them a fecond time oppofed by Lord Hood, Mr. Wilkes, Mr. Smith, lord advocate for Scotland, and Mr. Alderman Townbend-fupported by Mr. Pitt-carried by a great majority. Queftion of impeachment oppofed by Mr. Sumner-carried without a diviJon. Mr. Montagu moves, that Mr. Burke do impeach Mr. Haflings at the bar of the House of Lords-ordered. Motion for taking Mr. Haflings into cuftody oppofed by Mr. Nicholls-ordered. Lords acquainted therewith. Mr. Haflings delivered to the Black Red-brought to the bar; articles read ; admitted to bail; ordered to give in bis anfer the fecond day of the next meeting of parliament. Speaker's addrefs to the King. King's Speech. Parliament prorogued. CHAP. France. Various caufes conducing to that revolution which has taken place in the political fentiments and public opinions of that nation. How far the American war and its confequences might be fuppofed to operate in producing that revolution. Unequalled expences and heavy debts produced by that war, added to the previous enormous burthens of the ftate, clog and embarrass all the movements of government, and involve the financial fyftem in inextricable diforder. Financier fucceeds financier without effect. Patriotic and generous endeavours of the king to relieve the diftreffes of the people, by curtailing in an unexampled degree the expences of his court and boufebold, prove equally fruitless. The monarch, difappointed in all the hopes held out by his ministers, finds it necessary to throw himself for council and affiflance upon the reprefentatives of the nation. Difficulty of refloring the ancient assemblies of the flates, through the manner of their election, their number, and the form of their proceedings being totally forgotten. Affembly of notables convened. King meets them in great flate. Proceedings. M. de Calonne finds himself obliged to resign the administration of public affairs, and to retire to England. Convention of notables diffolved, without their having anfwered all the hopes of the court. Oppofition of the parliament of Paris to the new taxes laid on by the crown. Celebrated remonftrance by that body. King, by the exertion of bis authority in a bed of justice, obliges them to regifter the land-tax and flamp-duty edicts. Extraordinary proteft, which renders them of no effect. Parliament banished to Troyes. Great difcontents. Turbulence of the Parifians occafions a frong armed force to enter that city. Flame of liberty burfting forth in different parts of the kingdom. Parliament recalled. Combination of circumftances which nearly compelled France to fubmit to the measures pursued by England and Pruffia with respect to Holland. Convention with England for mutually dif arming. King meets the parliament with two edicts for a new loan, amounting to about 19 millions of English money. King fits nine hours to hear the debates; and at length, departing baftily, orders the edits to be registered. Duke of Orleans thereupon protests against the whole proceedings of the day as invalid. Proteft confirmed by the parliament. Duke of Oricans banished to one of his country fears, and two members of the parliament to remote prifons. Strong and repeated remonftrances. Some relaxation obtained with respect to the imprisoned magiflrates. [174 Caufes of the difcontents in the Auftrian Netherlands. Ecclefiaftical reforms filently acquiefced in, until they were involved with invafions of the civil rights and political establishments of the provinces. Two imperial ordinances publifbed on the first day of the year 1787, which went in their immediate effect to the subverfion of the established tribunals of justice, and tended more indirectly to the overthrow of the ancient conftitution. Sketch of the conflitution of Brabant, and of the established fyftem of jurifprudence. Council of Brabant suppressed by the neredicts. Great feal transferred from the bands of the chancellor to the imperial minifter. Low Countries divided into nine circles, and intendants and commissaries, with arbitrary and undefined powers, appointed to rule thefe circles. Standing com VOL. XXIX, P mittee of the ftates of Brabant suppressed, and its powers transferred to an engine of ftate under the name of a council of general government. Univerfal confternation and general difcontent. Great licence of language with respect to the fovereign, and his violation of the inaugural compact and oath. Committee of the flates of Brabant present a ftrong memorial to the court of Bruffels. People determine refolutely to maintain their rights and liberties. The bold remonstrance of the Syndics gives new energy to this determination. Flame in the univerfity of Louvain, occafioned by the fuppreffion of the ancient feminaries of inftruction, and the establishment of a new school of theology, under the government of German profeffors. All orders of men are thus coalefced in an oppofition to the acts and defigns of government. Vifitor of the capuchins banished for refufing to fend the novices of his order to the general feminary at Louvain. Mr. de Hondt feized by foldiers, and fent a prifoner to Vienna. Spirited proceedings of the fates of Brabant; refuse to grant fubfidies until the public grievances are redressed; forbid all obedience to the intendants and their commiffaries; prefent a spirited memorial to the governors general; forbid the council of Brabant to pay any regard to the late decrees, and command that tribunal to maintain the exercise of its functions. States of Flanders and Haynault adopt fimilar measures with those of Brabant. Syndics act a great part in the oppofition. Court of Bruffels alarmed and perplexed. Governors general fufpend the operation of the new edits, and iffue a declaration which affords prefent fatisfaction. Mandate iffued by the em peror on his return from Cherfon, expreffive of his resentment at the measur purfued in the Low Countries, and commanding the fates of the respective provinces, as a proof of their obedience, to fend a deputation of their members to Vienna; where the governors general, and the minifter, count Belgiojofo, are likewife ordered to repair. Count de Murray appointed to the government in the abfence of the princes. Great alarm in the Low Countries, on the report that an imperial army was preparing to march thither. Various measures preceding, and fome tending to an accommodation. Alarming tumult at Brussels, and fome blood fbed, in a rajb attempt made by the military to disarm the volunFarther ill confequences prevented by the excellent conduct of count Murray. Accommodation happily takes place; the public rights are generally re-fored; and the ftates grant the customary fubfidies. teers. [201 Narrative of the proceedings in the court of king's bench, in January 1787, on two informations against Lard George Gordon-one at the fuit of the French Ambafador, for a libellous publication against the queen of France and M. Barthelemy; the other at the fuit of his Majesty's Attorney General, for a libel, entitled, "The Prifoners Petition," reflecting on the adminiftration of justice in this country [239 Сорх [248 Copy of a letter from Mr. Howard to the fubfcribers for erecting a ftatue to his me- [249 Account of the lofs of the Hartwell Eaft-Indiaman [232 Orange [253 Articles of capitulation on the Duke of Brunswick's taking possession of Amfterdam [254 Letter from the Princess of Orange to the Duke of Brunswick, dated September 15, [254 [256 letter rum [256 Copy of Mr. Pitt's letter to the Chairman of the meeting of Weft India planters and merchants, in answer to their refolutions refpecting the reduction of the duty upon [257 A general bill of all the chriftenings and burials in the cities of London, Westminster, &c. for the year 1787 [259 An account of the quantities of all corn and grain exported from and imported into England and Scotland, with the bounties and drawbacks paid, and the duties received thereon, for one year, ended 5th January 1758 His Majeft'e moft gracious Speech to both houfes of parliament, on opening the fef fion, Fan 25, 1787 The bumble addrefs of the lords fpiritual and temporal, in parliament affembled, to the King; with his Majefty's anfwer [268 [200 The bumble addrefs of the commons of Great Britain to the King; with his Majef ty's answer [270 Convention between his Britannic Majefty and the Mft Chriftian King, figned at [270 Letter from the King of Prussia to the States General of the United Provinces, on the recall of the Comte de Goertz, bis Majesty's Envoy Extraord.nary (274 Speech of the Duke of Rutland, lord lieutenant of Ireland, to both houses of parlia ment, January 18, 1787 (275 Speech of the Speaker of the boufe of commons in Ireland, to his Grace the lord lieutenant, on prefenting the Money Bills at the Bar of the house of lords, March 17, 1787 [276 Speech of the lord lieutenant of Ireland to both boufes of parliament, on their prorogation, May 28, 1787 [276 [277 Memorial prefented to the States General of the United Provinces, by the Baron de [278 M. morial Memorial prefented to the States General of the United Provinces, by Sir James Tranflation of the declaration and counter-declaration which were respectively figned and exchanged at Versailles on the 27th of October, by the Duke of Dorset and the Right Honourable William Eden, on the part of his Britannic Majefty; and by the Count de Montmorin, on the part of his Moft Chriftian Majefty [282 The Emperor's declaration to the States of his Belgic Provinces, July 3, 1787, in anfwer to their Remonftrance of the 22d of June [283 The Emperor's answer to the deputies from the States of the Belgic Provinces, August 15, 1787. [285 The Orders alluded to in the preceding anfwer [285 [287 [288 Articles of the New Conflitution of the United States of America, entered into by a convention of all the flates, held at New York, and tranfmitted to Congress for their approbation by General Wafbington, prefident of the Convention, September 17, 1787 [289 Remonflrance of the parliament of Paris, prefented to his Moft Chriftian Majefty, against the declaration of a Stamp duty, July 24, 1787 [300 His Moft Chriftian Majefly's fpeech to the parliament of Paris, November 19, 1787 (306 Address of the first Prefident of the parliament of Paris to his Moft Chriflian Majefly, on the exile of the Duke of Orleans and two Counsellors of the parliament; with his Majefty's answer (307 Second addrefs of the parliament of Paris on the fame fubje&t, November 23, 1787 [307 His Moft Chriflian Majefty's answer to the foregoing addrefs, November 26, 1787 (308 Third remonftrance on the fame fubje&t, December 10, 1787 Manifefto of the Sublime Porte against Ruffia, dated the 11th of Zileade, the year 1201 (the 24th of August, 1-87) [309 [311 Manifefto of the Court of Ruffia against the Sublime Porte, dated Petersburg, Sep tember 13th, 1787 [312 Treaty between his Britannic Majesty and the Landgrave of Heffe Caffel, figned 28th September, 1787 1315 Heads of the principal acts of parliament paffed in the year 1787 [319 Heads of the new criminal code of Tuscany CHARACTER S. Portrait of Frederic the Second, late King of Pruffia, when Prince Royal; by M. de Subm-from the familiar Correfpondence of Frederic the Second with that Gentles man Anecdotes and Remarks on the Character of the late King of Pruffia, when at an advanced period of his life-from Travels through Germany, by the Baron Riefbeck; tranflated by the Reverend Mr. Maty Character of the late Empress Queen Maria Theresa-from the fame 3 10 Summary |