April 30th. Wilkes apprehended on a General Warrant 276 Committed close Prisoner to the Tower 277 May 3rd. He is taken by Habeas Corpus to the Court of Common Pleas 278 He is discharged from Confinement 279 Triumph of Wilkes _ib._ His Endeavour to obtain Warrants against the Secretaries of State 280 Discontent in the Cider Counties _ib._ Mortifications of the Court 281 Wilkes challenged by Forbes 282 Aug. 21st. Sudden Death of Lord Egremont 283 CHAPTER XX. 1763. Perplexity of the “Triumvirate” 284 Lord Bute’s unsuccessful Manœuvres 285 Aug. 25th. Lord Halifax and Mr. Grenville remonstrate with the King 286 Schemes of the Bedford Faction _ib._ Aug. 28th. Mr. Pitt sent for by the King 288 Negotiation with the former _ib._ The Treaty broken off 289 Causes of the Rupture 290 The King’s Account of his Interviews with Pitt 291 Ministerial Arrangements 295 CHAPTER XXI. 1763. Secret Power of Lord Bute 298 His Rupture with Pitt 299 Unanimous Attempt to destroy Wilkes 301 Death of Augustus the Third, of Saxony 306 The Pope invites the Duke of York to Rome 307 Humiliation of the helpless Line of Stuart _ib._ Nov. 3rd. Charles Yorke resigns the Attorney-Generalship _ib._ Unfavourable Commencement of the new Lord-Lieutenant’s Power in Ireland 308 CHAPTER XXII. 1763. Nov. 15th. Opening of Parliament 309 Wilkes’s “Essay on Woman” laid before the House of Lords 310 Persecution of Wilkes 313 He complains in the House of a Breach of Privilege 314 Warm Debate on the Question _ib._ Wilkes wounded in a Duel by Martin 317 Nov. 16th. The King’s Speech read to the Commons 318