Law Preferments 262 Declaration of Spain on the Falkland Islands 265 Jan. 25th. Panegyric on Choiseul by Chatham 267 Quarrel between Wilkes and Maclean 271 Feb. 11th. Motion in the Lords to remit Pressing 272 Close Struggle on the Nullum Tempus Bill 273 Feb. 13th. Discussion on the Spanish Declaration 275 Scheme of Wilkes 278 Conduct of the Queen of Denmark 280 March 4th. Bill to allow the East India Company to raise a Regiment in England 281 The Irish Parliament 283 March 12th. Resistance to the House of Commons 284 Lord Mayor attends the House 292 Revelation respecting Barré’s attack on Mr. Pitt 292 Protracted Conflict with the City 293 Spain demands the restitution of the Falkland Islands 296 Character of Dr. Johnson 297 Famine in Bengal 297 CHAPTER VIII. 1771. March 15th. The Lord Mayor attends the House 299 Alderman Oliver sent to the Tower 301 March 27th. Riot and Attack on Lord North 302 Lord Mayor committed to the Tower 304 March 30th. Lord Rockingham visits the Lord Mayor 306 Weakness of the Opposition 308 Conduct of the Court 310 Education of the Prince of Wales 311 Character of Mr. Smelt 312 Debate on the King’s Friends 314 Alderman Oliver declines to stand as Sheriff with Wilkes 316 Dissolution of the French Parliaments 317 April 23rd. Bill for an East Indian Regiment rejected 319 April 28th. Bill for Triennial Parliaments 320 May 1st. Motion of Lord Chatham tending to a Dissolution 321 Lord Chatham and the Pynsent Estate 322 Instances of the Partiality of both Houses 323 May 9th. Close of the Session 324 Controversy between Horne and Wilkes 325 Duke of Grafton accepts the Privy Seal 327 Visit of the Prince of Wales to Gravesend 327