Memoirs of the Life of Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
CHAPTER I. IMPEACHMENT OF MR. HASTINGS.
CHAPTER II. DEATH OF MR. SHERIDAN'S FATHER.—VERSES
BY MRS. SHERIDAN ON THE DEATH OF HER SISTER, MRS. TICKELL.
CHAPTER III. ILLNESS OF THE
KING.—REGENCY.—PRIVATE LIFE OF MR. SHERIDAN.
CHAPTER IV. FRENCH REVOLUTION.—MR. BURKE.—HIS
BREACH WITH MR. SHERIDAN.—DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—MR. BURKE AND
MR. FOX.—RUSSIAN ARMAMENT.—ROYAL SCOTCH BOROUGHS.
CHAPTER V. DEATH OF MRS. SHERIDAN.
CHAPTER VI. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—SOCIETY OF “THE
FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE.”—MADAME DE GENLIS.—WAR WITH FRANCE.—WHIG
SECEDERS.—SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT.—DEATH OF TICKELL.
CHAPTER VII. SPEECH IN ANSWER TO LORD
MORNINGTON.—COALITION OF THE WHIG SECEDERS WITH MR. PITT.—MR.
CANNING.—EVIDENCE ON THE TRIAL OF HORNE TOOKE.—THE “GLORIOUS FIRST OF
JUNE.”—MARRIAGE OF MR. SHERIDAN.—PAMPHLET OF MR. REEVES.—DEBTS OF
THE PRINCE OF WALES.—SHAKSPEARE MANUSCRIPTS.—TRIAL OF STONE.—MUTINY
AT THE NORE.—SECESSION OF MR. FOX FROM PARLIAMENT.
CHAPTER VIII. PLAY OF “THE STRANGER”—SPEECHES IN
PARLIAMENT.—PIZARRO.—MINISTRY OF MR. ADDINGTON.—FRENCH
INSTITUTE.—NEGOTIATION WITH MR. KEMBLE.
CHAPTER IX. STATE OF PARTIES.—OFFER OF A PLACE TO
MR. T. SHERIDAN.—RECEIVERSHIP OF THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL BESTOWED UPON
MR. SHERIDAN.—RETURN OF MR. PITT TO POWER.—CATHOLIC
QUESTION.—ADMINISTRATION OF LORD GRENVILLE AND MR. FOX.—DEATH OF MR.
FOX.—REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.—DISMISSION OF THE
MINISTRY.—THEATRICAL NEGOTIATION.—SPANISH QUESTION.—LETTER TO THE
PRINCE.
CHAPTER X. DESTRUCTION OF THE THEATRE OF
DRURY-LANE BY FIRE.—MR. WHITBREAD.—PLAN FOR A THIRD THEATRE.—ILLNESS
OF THE KING.—REGENCY. LORD OBEY AND LORD GRENVILLE.—CONDUCT OF MR.
SHERIDAN.—HIS VINDICATION OF HIMSELF.
CHAPTER XI. AFFAIRS OF THE NEW THEATRE.—MR.
WHITBREAD.—NEGOTIATIONS WITH LORD GREY AND LORD GRENVILLE.—CONDUCT OF
MR. SHERIDAN RELATIVE TO THE HOUSEHOLD.—HIS LAST WORDS IN
PARLIAMENT.—FAILURE AT STAFFORD. —CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR.
WHITBREAD.—LORD BYRON.—DISTRESSES OF SHERIDAN.—ILLNESS.—DEATH AND
FUNERAL.—GENERAL REMARKS.
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