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Audacity of Wilkes 182
March 28th. Beginning of the Middlesex Election 186
Riots during the polling 187
April 20th. Wilkes surrenders to the King's Bench 194
The General Elections 197
Plan for the Expulsion of Wilkes 200
Meeting of Parliament 203
Riots before the King's Bench 204
May 11th. Petition of the Sailors to Parliament 206
May 12th. Mark of Distinction to Aldermen Harley 207
Debate on Wilkes in the Commons 216
French Designs on Corsica 217
Heroism of a Sailor 219
June 8th. Renewal of Wilkes's Outlawry 223
Riots at Boston 231
August 3rd. Death of Archbishop Secker 233
August 9th. Trial of a Soldier for Murder 235
Arrival of Christian the Seventh 235
Removal of Amherst from Virginia 239
Contemplated Disgrace of Lord Shelburne 245
Resignation of Lord Chatham 247
Lord Rochford made Secretary of State 248
Privy Seal given to Lord Bristol 250
State of the Country 253
Nov. 8th. Meeting of Parliament 255
Meditated Expulsion of Wilkes 256
Nov. 14th. Sir Joseph Mawbey presents a Petition from him 260
The King of France's new Mistress 264
Nov. 17th. Death of the Duke of Newcastle 265
Affairs of Corsica 265
Quarrel between the Duke of Grafton and Lord Hertford 267
Nov. 23rd. Debates on Wilkes's Case 271
Ayliffe committed to Newgate 279
Dec. 8th. Riots at the Middlesex Election 283
Characters of Townshend and Sawbridge 284
Character of Colonel Onslow 280
Dec. 14th. Election of Serjeant Glynn 289
Resolutions on American Affairs 289
The Cumberland Election 290
Wilkes demands to be heard at the Bar of the House of Lords 292
Jan. 13th. East India House rejects the Government Proposition 297
Jan. 16th. Argument on Wilkes's Writ of Error 298
Douglas Peerage Claim 299
Trial of Macquirk and Balf 307
Discussions concerning Wilkes 310
Jan 25th. Resolutions on America 313
Jan. 27th. Wilkes appears before the House of Commons 314
Feb. 2nd. Censure on him passed 325
His Expulsion carried 327
Republican Party in England 331
Mr. Grenville's State of the Nation 333
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