[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.
| CHAPTER I. | ||
| A. D. | PAGE | |
| 1751. | State of ministry | 1 |
| King’s return to England | 3 | |
| Removal of Lord Harrington | ib. | |
| 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 Establishment | ib. | |
| 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 Yonge | ib. | |
| 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 Opposed | ib. | |
| Westminster Petitions withdrawn | 32 | |
| Report from Murray | ib. | |
| Petition from Gibson | ib. | |
| Ways and Means | ib. | |
| Sir John Cotton | 33 | |
| Report on Murray’s Case | 34 | |
| Mutiny Bill | 35 | |
| Lord Egmont | 35 | |
| Mutiny Bill | 38 | |
| Colonel Lyttelton | ib. | |
| Colonel Townshend | 39 | |
| Colonel Conway | 41 | |
| Sir Henry Erskine | ib. | |
| Charge against General Anstruther | 42 | |
| Committee for the Suppression of Vice | 44 | |
| General Naturalization Bill | 45 | |
| Gin Bill | ib. | |
| 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 Scotia | ib. | |
| Sir Henry Erskine’s Charge against General Anstruther | ib. | |
| Bishop Secker | 65 | |
| Gin Act | 67 | |
| Charge against Anstruther | 68 | |
| Prince of Wales ill | ib. | |
| Council held at Bedford House | ib. | |
| Gin Act | 70 | |
| Death of the Prince of Wales | 72 | |
| Conduct and Character of Frederick Prince of Wales | ib. | |
| Sensation produced by his Death | 78 | |
| On the King | ib. | |
| On the Country | 79 | |
| Changes in Prince George’s Family | ib. | |
| Addresses of Condolence | 80 | |
| Meeting at Lord Egmont’s | 81 | |
| A Council | ib. | |
| France and Germany | ib. | |
| King and Princess Dowager | 83 | |
| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| 1751. | Indulgence to Murray Revoked | 86 |
| Changes in young Prince’s Establishment | ib. | |
| Bubb Doddington | 87 | |
| Chief Justice Willes | 89 | |
| Dr. Lee | 90 | |
| Promotions and Resignations | 91 | |
| Naturalization Bill | 92 | |
| Pitt | ib. | |
| Fox | 94 | |
| Address of Condolence | ib. | |
| New Appointments | ib. | |
| Anstruther’s Affair | 95 | |
| Breach of Privilege | ib. | |
| Further New Appointments | 96 | |
| Lord Middlesex | ib. | |
| Duke of Cumberland | 98 | |
| Pelhams Espouse the Interests of Princess Dowager | 104 | |
| Resentment of Duke of Cumberland | 105 | |
| Duties on Gin | 106 | |
| Anstruther’s Cause | ib. | |
| Anstruther’s Cause dropped | 113 | |
| CHAPTER V. | ||
| 1751. | Prince of Wales Created | 114 |
| Regency Bill | ib. | |
| 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 Sandwich | ib. | |
| Pelhams foment Family Disputes | 188 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Parliament | ib. | |
| 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 Employments | ib. | |
| New Appointments | 388 | |
| Sir Thomas Robinson | ib. | |
| Affairs in Ireland | 389 | |
| New Parliament | 391 | |
| Duke of Newcastle slights Mr. Legge | ib. | |
| 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 | |
| Elections | ib. | |
| 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 Bill | ib. | |
| Charles Townshend’s Attack on Lord Egmont | 421 | |
| Deaths of Lord Gower and Lord Albemarle | 422 | |
| ——— | ||
| Appendix | 427 | |