Chapter XXIX: The Regency 314

Schemes for delivering Ferdinand 316

Baron de Kolli’s attempt 316

Overtures for peace 321

Buonaparte’s intention of establishing a Western Empire 323

Money voted for the Portugueze army 326

Debates upon this subject 326

Marquis Wellesley 326

Lord Grenville 328

Lord Liverpool 332

Earl Moira 333

Lord Sidmouth 334

Marquis of Lansdowne 334

Lord Erskine 335

Lord Holland 335

Mr. Perceval 338

Sir John Newport 339

Mr. Villiers 339

Mr. Curwen 340

Mr. Leslie Foster 340

General Ferguson 349

Mr. Fitzgerald 350

Lord Milton 350

Mr. Bankes 350

Mr. Jacob 351

Mr. Whitbread 352

Mr. Huskisson 354

Mr. Bathurst 354

Reform in the Portugueze army 356