CHAPTER I.

George II. ascends the Throne of Great Britain.....
Characters of the principal Persons concerned in the
ministry..... Debates in Parliament concerning the Civil-
list..... Changes and Promotions..... New Parliament.....
Violent Dispute concerning the National Debt..... Vote of
Credit..... A double Marriage between the Houses of Spain
and Portugal..... liberality of the Commons..... Debates on
the Subsidies of Hesse-Cassel and Wolfenbuttle.....
Committee for inspecting the Gaols——Address touching the
Spanish Depredations..... A Sum voted to the King on account
of Arrears due on the Civil-list Revenue..... Proceedings in
the House of Lords..... Wise conduct of the Irish
Parliament..... Abdication of the King of Sardinia.....
Death of Pope Benedict XIII..... Substance of the King’s
Speech to both Houses..... Objections to the Treaty of
Seville in the House of Lords..... Opposition in the Lower
House to a standing Army..... Bill prohibiting Loans to
Foreign Princes or States..... Charter of the East-India
Company prolonged..... The Emperor resents the Treaty of
Seville..... Seven Indian Chiefs arrive in England.....
Revolution at Constantinople..... England infested with
Robbers, Assassins, and Incendiaries..... Bill against
Pensioners sitting as Members in the House of Commons.....
Treaty of Vienna..... Death of the Duke of Parma..... Don
Carlos takes Possession of his Territories—France
distracted by religious Disputes..... The Ministry violently
opposed in Parliament..... Debate on a standing Army.....
Account of the Charitable Corporation..... Revival of the
Salt-tax..... Mr. Pulteney’s name struck out of the List of
Privy-counsellors..... The King sets out for Hanover

GEORGE II. 1727-1760