TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| STATE OF PARTIES AT THE QUEEN'S DEATH (1714) | [1] |
| PROCLAMATION OF GEORGE I. (1714) | [4] |
| CHARACTER AND PERSON OF GEORGE I. (1660-1727) | [5] |
| PUBLIC FEELING AS TO THE NEW DYNASTY (1714) | [6] |
| THE '15: | |
| I. THE PRETENDER'S DECLARATION | [9] |
| II. THE PROCLAMATION OF JAMES III. | [14] |
| III. FAILURE OF THE EXPEDITION EXPLAINED | [16] |
| THE SEPTENNIAL ACT (1716) | [18] |
| DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH FLEET OFF SICILY BY ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE BYNG, JULY 31, 1718 | [19] |
| THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE (1720): | |
| I. THE PROPOSALS: THE SECOND SCHEME OF THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY | [21] |
| II. THE BUBBLE BURST | [25] |
| SIR ROBERT WALPOLE AS PRIME MINISTER (1721-1741) | [27] |
| WOOD'S HALFPENCE: THE FIRST DRAPIER's LETTER (1724) | [29] |
| CHARACTER OF GEORGE II. (1683-1760) | [36] |
| THE CONDITION OF THE FLEET PRISON, AS REVEALED BY A PARLIAMENTARY ENQUIRY (1729): | |
| (a) DESCRIPTION OF THE WARDEN, THOMAS BAMBRIDGE | [38] |
| (b) HIS CRUELTY | [39] |
| (c) FINDINGS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE | [40] |
| THE EXCISE BILL (1733) | [42] |
| THE PORTEOUS RIOTS (1736) | [45] |
| LORD CHESTERFIELD'S SPEECH ON THE BILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENSORSHIP OF STAGE PLAYS (1737) | [47] |
| DEATH OF QUEEN CAROLINE (1737): HER CHARACTER DESCRIBED BY GEORGE II. | [49] |
| THE WAR OF JENKINS' EAR (1739) | [51] |
| THE OPPOSITION SUSPECTS WALPOLE OF DOUBLE-DEALING (1739) | [53] |
| ADMIRAL VERNON'S VICTORY AT PORTOBELLO (1740): | |
| I. "ADMIRAL HOSIER'S GHOST" | [55] |
| II. "GREAT BRITAIN'S GLORY; OR, THE STAY-AT-HOME FLEET" | [58] |
| THE NEW MINISTERS (1742): | |
| I. HERVEY'S ACCOUNT OF THE MINISTRY | [58] |
| II. EPIGRAM ON THE MINISTRY | [60] |
| III. EPIGRAM ON PULTENEY'S ACCEPTANCE OF A PEERAGE | [60] |
| THE ORIGIN OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR (1741-1748) | [61] |
| THE '45: | |
| I. LANDING OF THE YOUNG PRETENDER; THE RAISING OF THE STANDARD; SURRENDER OF EDINBURGH | [65] |
| II. TREATMENT OF THE VANQUISHED— | |
| (a) AFTER PRESTON PANS | [74] |
| (b) AFTER CULLODEN | [76] |
| III. COLLINS'S "ODE WRITTEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1746" | [79] |
| IV. AN ADVENTURE OF CHARLES EDWARD | [79] |
| TRIAL OF THE REBEL LORDS (1746) | [81] |
| TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (1748): | |
| I. LORD BOLINGBROKE ON THE PRELIMINARIES | [84] |
| II. THE ARTICLES OF PEACE | [86] |
| III. A CONTEMPORARY VIEW OF THE PEACE | [88] |
| LORD CHESTERFIELD'S ACT FOR THE REFORM OF THE CALENDAR (1751): | |
| I. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BILL | [89] |
| II. LORD CHESTERFIELD'S OWN ACCOUNT | [93] |
| SMOLLETT'S CHARACTER OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE | [94] |
| THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF ADMIRAL BYNG (1759): | |
| I. HORACE WALPOLE TO SIR HORACE MANN | [97] |
| II. THOMAS POTTER TO MR. GRENVILLE | [101] |
| THE COALITION GOVERNMENT OF 1757 | [102] |
| THE ENGLISH IN INDIA (1757-1759): | |
| I. THE BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA DESCRIBED BY A SURVIVOR | [103] |
| II. CLIVE TO PITT ON ENGLAND'S OPPORTUNITY | [105] |
| THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM, SEPTEMBER 13, 1759: | |
| I. THE NIGHT ATTACK | [109] |
| II. THE BATTLE | [110] |
| "THE HEAVEN-BORN MINISTER": HORACE WALPOLE's HOMAGE TO PITT: | |
| I. IN THE GREAT YEAR (1759) | [113] |
| II. CHARACTER OF WILLIAM PITT DESCRIBED IN THE LIGHT OF SUBSEQUENT HISTORY | [114] |
| DEATH OF GEORGE II. (1760) | [115] |
| APPENDIX: LONDON IN 1725-1736: | |
| (a) DEFOE'S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON IN 1725 | [117] |
| (b) PRESENTMENT OF THE MIDDLESEX GRAND JURY (1736) | [119] |
WALPOLE AND CHATHAM
1714-1760