FOOTNOTES:

[10] [Vide Preface.]

[11] See the Preface to the first volume of L’Histoire de France. Paris, 1720.

[12] As personal enmity undoubtedly operates on every man’s mind more or less, I have, in a subsequent part of these Memoirs, specified the persons whom I did not love, that so much may be abated in the characters I have given of them, as are not corroborated by facts.

[13] Vide Gen. Dict. vol. 10, p. 426.

[14] Vide Gen. Dict. vol. 10, p. 336.

[15] Vide his Examen, part i. chap. 2, p. 33.

[16] The soil the Virtues like.—Pope.


[CONTENTS]
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.
A. D.PAGE
1751.State of ministry[1]
King’s return to England[3]
Removal of Lord Harringtonib.
Transactions between Spain and the South Sea Company[6]
Proceedings in Parliament[8]
Affair of the Queries[9]
Mr. Pitt’s opposition for eight thousand seamen[12]
The Westminster Election and Petition[13]
History of Mr. Alexander Murray[17]
Debate on Naval Establishmentib.
Quarrel of Pitt and Hampden[18]
Debate on Westminster Petition, and Breach of Privilege[19]
Anecdote of Speaker Onslow in 1742[21]
Mr. Murray and Breach of Privilege[22]
Sir William Yongeib.
CHAPTER II.
1751.Debate on Army[25]
Westminster Petition—Breach of Privilege[26]
Quarrel of Lord Coke and the Speaker[28]
Murray’s Behaviour in House of Commons[29]
Debate and Proceedings on Murray’s Contempt[30]
Murray Imprisoned[31]
Staff Opposedib.
Westminster Petitions withdrawn[32]
Report from Murrayib.
Petition from Gibsonib.
Ways and Meansib.
Sir John Cotton[33]
Report on Murray’s Case[34]
Mutiny Bill[35]
Lord Egmont[35]
Mutiny Bill[38]
Colonel Lytteltonib.
Colonel Townshend[39]
Colonel Conway[41]
Sir Henry Erskineib.
Charge against General Anstruther[42]
Committee for the Suppression of Vice[44]
General Naturalization Bill[45]
Gin Billib.
Subsidy to Bavaria[49]
Reformation of the Calendar[51]
CHAPTER III.
Petition from a Minorchese[58]
Oswald[59]
State of Parties[60]
Naturalization Bill[61]
Affairs of Nova Scotia[62]
South Sea Company[63]
Debate on Nova Scotiaib.
Sir Henry Erskine’s Charge against General Anstrutherib.
Bishop Secker[65]
Gin Act[67]
Charge against Anstruther[68]
Prince of Wales illib.
Council held at Bedford Houseib.
Gin Act[70]
Death of the Prince of Wales[72]
Conduct and Character of Frederick Prince of Walesib.
Sensation produced by his Death[78]
On the Kingib.
On the Country[79]
Changes in Prince George’s Familyib.
Addresses of Condolence[80]
Meeting at Lord Egmont’s[81]
A Councilib.
France and Germanyib.
King and Princess Dowager[83]
CHAPTER IV.
1751.Indulgence to Murray Revoked[86]
Changes in young Prince’s Establishmentib.
Bubb Doddington[87]
Chief Justice Willes[89]
Dr. Lee[90]
Promotions and Resignations[91]
Naturalization Bill[92]
Pittib.
Fox[94]
Address of Condolenceib.
New Appointmentsib.
Anstruther’s Affair[95]
Breach of Privilegeib.
Further New Appointments[96]
Lord Middlesexib.
Duke of Cumberland[98]
Pelhams Espouse the Interests of Princess Dowager[104]
Resentment of Duke of Cumberland[105]
Duties on Gin[106]
Anstruther’s Causeib.
Anstruther’s Cause dropped[113]
CHAPTER V.
1751.Prince of Wales Created[114]
Regency Billib.
Murray’s Case in the King’s Bench[115]
Regency Bill[116]
William Pulteney, Lord Bath[118]
Character of Speaker Onslow[129]
Horace Walpole[140]
CHAPTER VI.
King’s Conversation on Regency Bill[157]
Lord Hardwick[158]
Pelhams determine to Remove Duke of Bedford and Lord Sandwich[161]
Duke of Newcastle[162]
Mr. Pelham[166]
Character of Lord Granville[168]
His former Administration[169]
His former Dismissal, and other Events of 1745[170]
History of the Resignations of 1745, and some Subsequent Transactions[172]
Winnington[174]
Resigners Restored to Office[175]
Character of George II.ib.
Lady Suffolk[177]
Duke of Grafton[180]
Princess Emily[182]
Pelhams not in Favour[183]
Duke of Newcastle determines to Remove his Colleagues[185]
Duke of Bedford[186]
Lord Sandwichib.
Pelhams foment Family Disputes[188]
CHAPTER VII.
1751.Change of the Ministry[190]
Mr. Leggeib.
Duke of Bedford has an Audience[193]
He declines Office, but with marks of Favourib.
Further Appointments[194]
Lord Ansonib.
Duke of Devonshire and Lord Hartington[195]
Whigs Satisfied[196]
Lord Holderness[198]
Parliament Prorogued[200]
Murray Released[201]
Discovery of Lyttelton’s Letter[202]
Foreign Affairs[203]
Marquis de Mirepoixib.
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams[205]
Death of the Prince of Orange[206]
Princess of Orange[207]
Parliament[208]
Debates on Privilegeib.
Vote of Seamen[211]
The Duke’s Illness[212]
Vote of Army Estimates and Debates[213]
Affairs of France[216]
Debate on Land Tax[218]
Death of Lord Bolingbroke[220]
Walpole and Bolingbroke[225]
New Appointments[226]
Death of the Queen of Denmark[227]
Cessation of Opposition[228]
Parallel between Walpole and Pelham[229]
CHAPTER VIII.
1752.Reflections of Author on his Work[237]
State of Parties[239]
Treaty with Saxony[240]
Parliament[241]
Duke of Bedford opposes the Saxon Treaty[242]
Debates in Commons on the Saxon Treaty[243]
In Lords[244]
Bill for Commuting Capital Punishments dropped[256]
History of the Purchase of Scotch Forfeited Estatesib.
Debates on Scotch Forfeiture Bill[257]
CHAPTER IX.
The Scotch Bill in Lords[262]
Session Ended[275]
Character of Archibald Duke of Argyleib.
King goes to Hanover[278]
History of the Factions in Irelandib.
Divisions in the Tutorhood of the Prince of Wales[283]
Account of the Pretender’s Family and Court[284]
German Alliances unlucky[288]
Dissensions in Prince of Wales’s Household[289]
New Governor Appointed[291]
Lord Waldegrave, Governorib.
Dr. Thomas, Preceptor[292]
CHAPTER X.
1753.Debates in Parliament[293]
Affair of the Stoppage on the Silesian Loan[295]
Public Paper on Silesian Loan[297]
The Pretended Memorial[298]
History of Lord Ravensworth and Fawcett[303]
Debate on Nova Scotia[307]
Fawcett’s Testimony[307]
Proceedings in Lords on Fawcett’s Testimony[310]
CHAPTER XI.
Seizure of Dr. Cameron[333]
King of France’s Amours[334]
The Marriage Bill[336]
Mr. C. Townshend, and Mr. H. Conway[341]
Debates on the Marriage Bill in Lords[346]
Dissensions caused by the Marriage Bill[350]
Execution of Dr. Cameron[353]
Continuation of the Troubles in Ireland[354]
Seats in Parliament offered to Government[355]
Ireland[356]
The Jew Bill[357]
Debates on the Jew Bill[358]
Ireland[362]
Debate on the Proposal to Repeal the Plantation Act[364]
Irish Affairs continued[367]
1754.Ireland[368]
Motion to Repeal Bribery Oath[369]
Parliamentib.
Death of Mr. Pelham[370]
CHAPTER XII.
Motives for continuing this Work[372]
Solemnity not necessary in Memoirs[374]
Flattery the Vice of Historians[375]
Author’s Apprehensions for the Constitution[376]
Author’s Political Principles[377]
Embarrassments on Death of Mr. Pelham[378]
Agitations on choice of Successor in the Ministry[379]
Appointment and Disappointment of Mr. Fox[381]
Mr. Fox has an Audience[386]
Duke of Newcastle sole Minister[387]
New Disposition of Employmentsib.
New Appointments[388]
Sir Thomas Robinsonib.
Affairs in Ireland[389]
New Parliament[391]
Duke of Newcastle slights Mr. Leggeib.
Origin of the War[392]
Remarks on America[395]
Spain[398]
Defeat of Major Washington[399]
Consultations on War[400]
Law-suit about Richmond New Park[401]
Debates on Address[403]
Prince of Hesse turns Papist[405]
Disturbances in the New Parliament[406]
Electionsib.
Debates on Election Petitions[407]
Army Estimates[410]
Debates on Army Estimates[411]
Breach between Sir George Lyttelton and Mr. Pitt[414]
State of Ministry and Parties[417]
Projected Changes in Ministry[418]
Fox made Cabinet-Counsellor[420]
Debate on Mutiny Billib.
Charles Townshend’s Attack on Lord Egmont[421]
Deaths of Lord Gower and Lord Albemarle[422]
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