Afterwards First Marquess of Lansdowne, Vol. 2 of 2
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Excerpt from Afterwards First Marquess of Lansdowne, Vol. 2 of 2: With Extracts From His Papers and Correspondence Irish affair by Shelburne in the House of Lord - The Irish Parliament demands free trade - Commercial proposals carried - Demand for administrative reforms in England - Speeches of Shelburne and Fox - County associations and meetings - The Yorkshire and Buckinghamshire Petitions - Duels between Lord Shelburne and Mr. Fullarton, and between Charles Fox and Adam - Demand for Parliamentary Reform - Petition and debates in both Houses - Dunning´s motion on the increase of the influence of the Crown - The Armed Neutrality - Attacks on Shelburne in connection with the Lord George Gordon Riots - Dunning on the question - Interference of the military - Negotiations between North and Rockingham - Dr. Price and the Sinking Fund - His pamphlet on America - Differences between the leaders of the Opposition - Conversation between Barre and Richmond on the necessity of cordial union; Lord Shelburne And The King, 1780-1782; Shelburne and Grafton retire into the country - Rupture with Holland - The rights of neutrals - The Constitution of the States of Holland - The Armed Neutrality - Speech of Shelburne on the 1st of June 1780 - He recognizes the impossibility of restoring the former connection with the revolted Colonies by force of arms - Interviews in London between Grafton and Shelburne - Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown on the 25th of November 1781 - Shelburne´s speech on the ruinous condition of the country at home and abroad - Lord North tries to reconstitute his Ministry - Lord George Germaine - Debates in the House of Lords - Speech of Shelburne on the constitutional rights and position of the House of Lords - His hope that some tie may still be maintained between the American Colonies and the Mother Country - Lord North is hard pressed in Parliament, and resigns - Offers by the King to Lord Rockingham - The King on Lord Rockingham´s terms - The King proposes to Lord Shelburne to take the Administration - He declines - The King refuses to negotiate personally with Lord Rockingham - He employs Shelburne as intermediary - Shelburne says Rockingham must be Prime Minister - Lord Rockingham forms a united Ministry - Shelburne becomes Secretary of State - He consents to the recognition of American Independence - Disastrous condition of affairs - Ireland demands absolute Parliamentary Independence - The Duke of Portland Viceroy - His hopes that Grattan may not prove irreconcilable - These hopes disappointed - Repeal of Poynings´ Acts and of the 6th of George I. - Correspondence between Shelburne and Portland - The Irish policy of the Rockingham Administration - Correspondence of the King with Lord Shelburne in regard to the Civil List and the Royal Household - The Contractor´s Bill - Pitt´s motion on Parliamentary Reform About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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