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OF
THE LIFE
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN.
BY THOMAS MOORE.
VOL. II.
PARIS:
PUBLISHED BY A. AND W. GALIGNANI,
AT THE FRENCH, ENGLISH, ITALIAN, GERMAN, AND SPANISH, LIBRARY, No. 18, RUE VIVIENNE.
1825.
Death of Mr. Sheridan's Father.-Verses by Mrs. Sheridan on
the Death of her Sister, Mrs. Tickell
CHAPTER XIII:
62
Illness of the King.-Regency.-Private Life of Mr. She-
ridan...
77
CHAPTER XIV.
French Revolution. Mr. Burke.-His Breach with Mr. Sheri-
dan. Dissolution of Parliament.-Mr. Burke and Mr. Fox.
-Russian Armament.—Royal Scotch Boroughs...... 140
Drury-Lane Theatre.-Society of "The Friends of the Peo-
ple."-
."-Madame de Genlis.-War with France.--Whig Se-
ceders.-Speeches in Parliament.-Death of Tickell.. 215
CHAPTER XVII.
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 Manu-
scripts.--Trial of Stone.--Mutiny at the Nore.--Secession
of Mr. Fox from Parliament....
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CHAPTER XVIII.
266
Play of "The Stranger."-Speeches in Parliament.-Pizarro.
-Ministry of Mr. Addington.-French Institute.-Negotia-
tions with Mr. Kemble.....
307
CHAPTER XIX.
State of Parties. Offer of a place to Mr. T. Sheridan.--Re-
ceivership of the Duchy of Cornwall bestowed upon Mr.
Sheridan.-Return of Mr. Pitt to Power.-Catholic Ques-
tion.-Administration of Lord Grenville and Mr. Fox.-
Death of Mr. Fox.-Representation of Westminster.-Dis-
mission of the Ministry.-Theatrical Negotiation.-Spanish
Question.-Letter to the Prince.....
- CHAPTER XX.
340
Destruction of the Theatre of Drury-Lane by Fire.-Mr.
Whitbread-Plan for a Third Theatre. -Illness of the
King-Regency.-Lord Grey and Lord Grenville.---Con-
duct of Mr. Sheridan.-His Vindication of himself... 390
CHAPTER XXI.
Affairs of the new Theatre.-Mr. Whitbread.--Negotiations
with Lord Grey and Lord Grenville.-Conduct of Mr. She-
ridan relative to the Household.-His last Words in Parlia-
ment. Failure at Stafford. Correspondence with Mr.
Whitbread.-Lord Byron-Distresses of Sheridan.-Ill-
ness.-Death and Funeral.-General Remarks ...... 428