Chapter VII: 1751. Change of the Ministry 190

Mr. Legge _ib._

Duke of Bedford has an Audience 193

He declines Office, but with marks of Favour _ib._

Further Appointments 194

Lord Anson _ib._

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 Mirepoix _ib._

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams 205

Death of the Prince of Orange 206

Princess of Orange 207

Parliament 208

Debates on Privilege _ib._

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 Estates _ib._

Debates on Scotch Forfeiture Bill 257

CHAPTER IX.

The Scotch Bill in Lords 262

Session Ended 275

Character of Archibald Duke of Argyle _ib._

King goes to Hanover 278

History of the Factions in Ireland _ib._

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, Governor _ib._

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