LETTER

XIII. Diderot; anecdote of Hume. Birth of the Dauphin;

rejoicings on the occasion

Page 131

XIV.-Lord Cornwallis taken prisoner. Meeting of parliament.

Fox's Amendment to the Address

134

XV. Character of Lord North's administration. Pitt's first

speeches. Roget's future plans. Fine arts at Paris.

Houdon

XVI. De Lolme. French Atheists. Taking of St. Eustatius.

D'Alembert

144

De-

XVII.-Fox's motion on the conduct of Lord Sandwich.

bate on General Conway's motion on the American

147

151

XVIII.-Rejoicing of the people on the prospect of a change of

ministry. Cross elections at Geneva. Demagogues less

dangerous in office than out of it. Wilkes.

XIX.-Motion for the removal of the Ministry. Their resig-

nation. Burke's speeches, and eloquence.

engagement not to accept office

On the

154

Lord George

XX.-Change of ministry; Lord North.

Gordon. Affairs in Ireland; Eden's conduct. Fox's

speech

XXI.-Debate on Pitt's motion for parliamentary reform.

Atheism

162

XXII.-Rodney's victory over De Grasse. Debate on his recall.

Hood. Geneva

Burke, &c. Their speeches on resigning. New ap-

pointments .

XXIV.-Geneva. Abbé St. Pierre and Rousseau on perpetual

175

peace

XXV.-Prospects in his profession. Genevese colony in Ireland.

Hume on eloquence; Orators of England, and of an-

tiquity; Bolinbroke

178

XXVI.—Anticipation of peace. King's speech on the opening

of parliament; debate; Fox's speech. Genevese emi-

gration. Locke

XXVII. His profession. Geneva. Characters of Duroveray,

XXVIII.-Linguet. Mémoires sur la Bastille.

fluence of religion on eloquence.

Fox and Lord North

XXIX. Coalition ministry

VOL. I.

LETTER

XXX.-Pitt's motion for reform in parliament. Anecdote.

Penal Code. Locke and Rousseau on education.

XXXI.-To his sister on the loss of her husband

On

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213

XXXII. On the same subject

LETTERS FROM THE COUNT DE MIRABEAU AND OTHERS.

1783-1787.

215

XXXIII. From MR. BAYNES. Chambre du Parlement. Henault.
(note) Dr. Parr's account of Mr. Baynes

218

XXXIV. From THE COUNT DE MIRABEAU. Work on the order

of Cincinnatus

XXXVII.-From THE SAME. Gibbon. Marquis of Lansdowne.

Examination of convicted criminals

236

XXXVIII.-From Mr. BAYNES. Fox. Mirabeau. His friend-

242

ship.

XXXIX.-From THE SAME. On his expectation of the Marquis

of Lansdowne's offering Mr. Romilly a seat in par-

liament

244

XL.—From THE COUNT DE MIRABEAU. On the immortality

of the soul. On Mr. Romilly's prospects

244

XLI.-From THE SAME. His journey to Paris, and publication

of the Banque d'Espagne

XLII.-From THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOwne.

Observations on Madan's Executive Justice

XLIII.-From SIR G. ELLIOT. On the same subject

XLIV. From M. TARGET. On the same subject

XLV. From MR. BAYNES. Trinity College. Studies

XLVI. From MR. WILBERFORCE. On the death of Mr.

XLVII.-From MR. MASON (the poet). On the ame subject

CORRESPONDENCE WITH M. DUMONT AND OTHERS.

255

1788-1789.

XLVIII. TO MADAME D. Journey from Paris. Mr. Seguier's

XLIX. TO THE SAME. King's recovery. The King of Prussia's

letters. Gray's letters. Abbé de Mably

LETTER

L.-TO THE SAME.

Abergavenny; beauty of the country;

Palm Sunday. Abolition of slave-trade Page 260

LI.-To M. DUMONT. Debate on the slave-trade. Fox,
Wilberforce, Necker, Burke. Petition from Sheffield

LII.-From M. DUMONT.

Rousseau and Voltaire

265

267

LIII.-To M. DUMONT. Rules of the House of Commons.

Mirabeau. Slave ships; misrepresentations of their

captains

LIV. From M. DUMONT. Rules of the House of Commons.

Disinclination of the French to borrow from the British

constitution

270

LV.-To M. DUMONT. French Revolution; sympathy of the

English. Mirabeau. Murder of Foulon

271

LVI. From MLLE D. Switzerland; Canton of Berne; hap-
piness of the people. Expectations respecting the
French Revolution

273

LVII. From Mr. TRAIL. Mirabeau's proposition for a Riot

Act in France. National Assembly. Departure of the

Duke of Orleans. Reported plots. Excursion to Ver-

sailles, 5th and 6th October. Entertainment given by

the Gardes du Corps

276

LVIII. From M. DUMONT. On the French Revolution. Effect

of the removal of the National Assembly to Paris.

Slave-trade

281

279

LIX.-TO MADAME D. Opinion on the removal of the Na-

tional Assembly. Change of opinion in England on

the French Revolution

LX.-To M. DUMONT. The English law respecting the sup-

pression of riots; powers of the justices of the peace;

employment of military force; Riot Act

LXI. TO THE SAME. Courrier de Provence. On the exclu-

sion of ministers from the National Assembly. On

rewards for discovering conspiracies in France. Poor

Laws. Suppléants

283

286

LXII. TO THE SAME. Law proposed in National Assembly

respecting the children of bankrupts. False reports of

tumults at Paris. History of the French Revolution.

Joseph II.

LXIII. From M. DUMONT. Mirabeau's loss of favour in the
Assembly. Law respecting the children of bankrupts.

LETTER

Intentions of writing the history of the French Revo-

lution. Geneva. Rousseau's Confessions. Page 290

LXIV. To MR. VAUGHAN. Domine Salvum, &c.

Mirabeau. Courrier de Provence

1790.

Dumont.

294

LXV.-To M. DUMONT. Urges him to write a history of the
French Revolution. Slave-trade

LXVI. TO MADAME G. Congratulations.

296

Reflections on the

progress of the French Revolution. State of Flanders

297

LXVII. From MADAME G. The king's acceptance of the con-

stitution. On the finances. State of France. Division

into departments

LXVIII. From THE SAME. Thoughts on the Influence, &c. On

the State of France; want of employment, and general

distress

301

303

LXIX. From THE SAME. Proceedings of the Assembly;

Judicial establishments; church property. General

licence

LXX.—TO MADAME G. Opinion on the National Assembly.
Right of making peace and war. Spanish war; cala-
mities of war

306

Bentham's Defence of Usury. Adam

Smith's Moral Sentiments. Opinions of the universities

on the French Revolution

308

LXXII.-To M. DUMONT. Affairs of Geneva; advice to Dumont

respecting them

LXXIII.-To M. G. Congratulations on the birth of a

daughter. Reflections on the French Revolution. Meet-

ing of parliament. Warren Hastings

are considered in France. Danton and Pastoret 315

LXXVI.-To M. DUMONT.-Groenvelt's Letters. On Paine's

LXXVII.-From MADAME G. Paine and Burke.

Mirabeau; his character and funeral

LETTER

LXXVIII.-From M. DUMONT. On the death of Mirabeau.

Groenvelt's Letters

LXXIX.-To MADAME G. Of Mirabeau's character.
trade; prejudices. Burke and Paine

LXXX. From MR. TRAIL.

from Varennes.

funeral

Page 322

Slave-

324

The King's reception on his return

Anecdote. Bon-mot on Voltaire's

327

329

330

LXXXI. TO MADAME G. On the Birmingham riots
LXXXII.-To M. DUMONT. On Groenvelt's Letters

LXXXIII.-From MR. WILSON (note). Characters of Wilson and

Trail. Louis XVI.'s acceptance of the constitution.

"Richard" at the Italian opera. Stories current at

Paris. The republicans in the Assembly. D'André.

Chamfort. Volney's Ruines

331

LXXXIV.—From MR. TRAIL. Popularity of Louis XVI. Illu-

minations. Revocation of the decree in favour of the

gens de couleur. Barnave. Report on national edu-

cation. The Queen and French princes. Fêtes Na-

tionales. Bailly. Emigrations

LXXXV.-To

Warwick

Trials of the Birmingham rioters at

339

LXXXVI.—From MADAME G. Legislative Assembly. General
desire of the nation for peace and order. Emigration
among the middle classes

-

344

LXXXVII. TO MADAME G. His profession. National Assembly.

Fox. Insurrection at St. Domingo

LXXXVIII.-To MADAME G. The French Revolution; conduct

of the Assembly. Slave-trade abolition; resolution

rejected by the Lords; feeling in favour of the bill.

Lotteries

LXXXIX.-To M. DUMONT. Arrival of young D-

September massacres at Paris

XC.-From M. DUMONT. Death of M. de la Rochefou-

cauld. September massacres; how far provoked.

Cabanis

352

XCI.-To M. DUMONT. On the September massacres.

Union of political proscription, and religious per-

XCII. From M. DUMONT. Parisian mob. Passports. Con-