he revenue
acts 88
1 May, 1769. Partial repeal of the new duties decided on 90
1761. Condition of Ireland. Rise of Whiteboyism 91
The government of Ireland 93
1768-69. Octennial act and augmentation of Irish army 94
1768. The general election of 1768 94
Wilkes returned for Middlesex 95
10 May. Riot in St. George's Fields 96
1769. Wilkes and the Middlesex electors 97
French annexation of Corsica. Faltering policy
of ministers 98
Arrears of the civil list 99
The _Letters_ of Junius 99
Chatham in opposition 100
28 Jan., 1770. Grafton resigns. North forms an administration 102
Triumph of the king's policy 103
Discontent with the constitutional machinery 103
Chatham and Burke differ on character of
needful reforms 105

CHAPTER VI.

THE KING'S RULE.

1770. Two parties in the opposition 106
The struggle in parliament 107
April. The Grenville controverted elections act 108
5 Mar. The "Boston massacre" 109
Chatham and his city friends demand a
dissolution 110
They are foiled by the king 111
Dispute with Spain concerning the Falkland
islands 112
England's foreign policy 114
1770-71. Changes in the ministry 115
The law of libel 116
The house of commons and the printers 117
1772. Religious toleration 118
The royal marriage act and C. J. Fox