Postponement of the farther Hearing on Wilkes 319 Bestowal of the Bishoprick of Osnabrugh 320 CHAPTER XXIII. 1763. Nov. 23rd. Important Question as to the Privilege of Parliament 321 Abandonment of General Warrants 323 Debate on the Proceedings against Wilkes 324 “The Moderator,” a new scurrilous Paper 329 Dec. 3rd. Riot on the attempt to burn “The North Briton.” 330 Dec. 6th. Debate on this subject in the House of Lords 331 Triumph of Wilkes 333 Attempt to assassinate Wilkes _ib._ The East India Company and Lord Clive 334 Outlawry against Wilkes 335 CHAPTER XXIV. 1763. Lord Sandwich offers himself for the High Stewardship of Cambridge 339 His “Flying Pension” 337 Disgraceful Grant to Count Virri _ib._ Dismissal of General A’Court _ib._ Negotiation between Grenville, Conway, and Walpole 338 CHAPTER XXV. 1764. Jan 16th. Marriage of the Princess Augusta with the Hereditary Duke of Brunswick 348 His marked Opposition to the Wishes of the King _ib._ Jan. 19th. Debates on Wilkes’s Complaint of Breach of Privilege 349 Jan. 20th. Sir William Meredith and Sir George Saville 350 The “Essay on Woman” 354 Feb. 9th. The Marriage Bill 359 Feb. 13th. Debate on Breach of Privilege _ib._ Cases of Carteret Webbe and Wood 361 CHAPTER XXVI. 1764. Feb. 17th. Debates on the Legality of General Warrants, and the Conduct of Wilkes, continued 368 Feb. 21st. Treatise entitled “Droit le Roi,” condemned by the Lords 383 CHAPTER XXVII. 1764. The Earl of Egmont 387 March 9th. The Budget 388 Taxation of the American Colonies 389 March 23rd. Appearance of the “Lettres, Mémoires, et Négotiations du Chevalier d’Eon,” &c. 392 Contest at Cambridge 395