d to its previous professions (in a note) 52

CHAPTER XXXI.

CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION IN ENGLAND; CHANGE OF POLICY
FOR BOTH ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES; PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AT
PARIS; CAUSE OF THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS; CHANGE OF MINISTRY;
THE KING COMPELLED TO YIELD 53-65

Names of the new Ministers; death of the Marquis of
Rockingham, the Premier, succeeded by the Earl of Shelburne,
in consequence of which several Ministers resign, and are
succeeded by others, among whom was Pitt, as Chancellor of
the Exchequer (in a note) 53

Correspondence between Dr. Franklin, at Paris, and the Earl
of Shelburne, which led to negotiations for peace 54

Parliament does not pass an Act to authorize peace with
America until three months after the accession of the new Ministry 54

Dr. Franklin proposes to include _Canada_ in
the United States 54

English and American Commissioners meet at Paris and hold
protracted negotiations, with many delays, in regard to terms
of peace 56

Two most difficult questions of the treaty--The fishing
grounds of Newfoundland and the Loyalists 56

It was agreed that the Americans should have the right
to take fish on the Banks of Newfoundland, but not to
dry or cure them on any of the King's settled dominions 56

Preamble and articles of the treaty (in a note) 56

The most important question of the Loyalists 57

They constituted the majority of the population of the
Colonies at the beginning of the contest 57

It was at length agreed that the Congress should recommend
to the several States to compensate the Loyalists; but Dr.
Franklin anticipated no success from it, as of course he
did not desire it 58

Dr. Franklin's counter-scheme to defeat the proposition of
the English Commissioners, who gave way 58

Dr. Ramsay on the Loyalists being "sacrificed" to their sufferings 59

Mr. Hildreth on the same subject 61

What was demanded for the Loyalists had been sanctioned by
al