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ONE:Lord Howe arrived from England, and cast anchor off Sandy Hook, a few hours after the Declaration of Independence had been read to the army by Washington. He had been expected by his brother, General Howe, who had arrived at the same point on the 29th of June, supposing he should find the admiral there. General Howe found Washington already in New York, and actively engaged in throwing up entrenchments, both there and on Long Island, to close the Hudson against the British fleet. Washington's headquarters were at New York; those of General Sullivan, at the western extremity of Long Island, opposite to New York; and Governor's Island, Paulus Hook, New Rochelle, and other points, were strongly defended to protect the rear of the city. At the time of Admiral Howe's arrival, the army of Washington did not amount to more than seventeen thousand men, of whom three[228] thousand were sick, and but about ten thousand men fit for duty. From his letters to Congress, it is clear that he entertained very little hope of maintaining his ground in case of attack, for the fresh forces brought by Howe from England, being joined by the shattered remains of Sir Peter Parker's squadron, amounted to twenty thousand men. A few days afterwards, however, he was joined by two regiments from Philadelphia, and by large bodies of New York and New England Militia, raising his army to twenty-seven thousand men, but of these a large number were sick. He now posted strong reinforcements in Brooklyn. On this General Howe quitted Sandy Hook, and advanced to Staten Island, where he could watch the operations of the enemy. The Americans abandoned Staten Island, on his approach, without firing a gun.Hearing that General Cope��who had seen his blunder in leaving open the highway to the Scottish capital��after having reached Inverness, had begun a rapid march on Aberdeen, trusting to embark his army there, and reach Edinburgh in[95] time to defend it from the rebel army, Charles marched out of Perth on the 11th of September. He reached Dunblane that evening, and on the 13th he passed the fords of Frew, about eight miles above Stirling, knowing that several king's ships were lying at the head of the Firth. On their approach, Gardiner retired with his dragoons from the opposite bank. Stirling, being deserted by the troops, was ready to open its gates; but Charles was in too much haste to reach Edinburgh. Hearing that Gardiner, with his dragoons, intended to dispute the passage of Linlithgow Bridge, Charles sent on one thousand Highlanders, before break of day, under Lord George Murray, in the hope of surprising them; but they found that they had decamped the evening before, and they took peaceable possession of Falkirk and the old palace. The prince himself came up on the evening of that day, Sunday, the 15th, where the whole army passed the night, except the vanguard, which pushed on to Kirkliston, only eight miles from Edinburgh. ONE: The American Colonies and their Trade��Growing Irritation in America��The Stamp Act��The American Protest��The Stamp Act passed��Its Reception in America��The King's Illness��The Regency Bill��The Princess Dowager omitted��Her Name inserted in the Commons��Negotiations for a Change of Ministry��The old Ministry returns��Fresh Negotiations with Pitt��The first Rockingham Ministry��Riots in America��The Stamped Paper destroyed��Pitt's Speech��The Stamp Act repealed��Weakness of the Government��Pitt and Temple disagree��Pitt forms a Ministry��And becomes Lord Chatham��His Comprehensive Policy��The Embargo on Wheat��Illness of Chatham��Townshend's Financial Schemes��Corruption of Parliament��Wilkes elected for Middlesex��Arrest of Wilkes��Dangerous Riots��Dissolution of the Boston Assembly��Seizure of the Liberty Sloop��Debates in Parliament��Continued Persecution of Wilkes��His Letter to Lord Weymouth��Again expelled the House��His Re-election��The Letters of Junius��Luttrell declared elected for Middlesex��Incapacity of the Ministry��Partial Concessions to the Americans��Bernard leaves Boston��He is made a Baronet��"The Horned Cattle Session"��Lord Chatham attacks the Ministry��Resignations of Granby and Camden��Yorke's Suicide��Dissolution of the Ministry.The earliest martial event of the year 1760 was the landing of Thurot, the French admiral, at Carrickfergus, on the 28th of February. He had been beating about between Scandinavia and Ireland till he had only three ships left, and but six hundred soldiers. But Carrickfergus being negligently garrisoned, Thurot made his way into the town and plundered it, but was soon obliged to abandon it. He was overtaken by Captain Elliot and three frigates before he had got out to sea, his ships were taken, he himself was killed, and his men were carried prisoners to Ramsey, in the Isle of Man.

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