CHAPTER III.

The Russians take Oczakow..... Death of Gaston de Medeis,
Duke of Tuscany..... Death of Caroline, Queen Consort of
England..... Dispute in Parliament about the Standing
Army..... Spanish Depredations..... Motives of the Minister
for avoiding a War..... Address to the King on the Subject
of the Depredations..... Bill for  Securing the Trade, of
his Majesty’s Subjects in America..... Debates in the House
of Lords..... Birth of Prince George..... Admiral Haddock
sails with a Squadron to the Mediterranean..... Progress of
the War against the Turks..... Dispute and Rupture between
Hanover and Denmark..... Sir Robert Walpole extols the
Convention in the House of Commons—-Motion for an Address,
that the Representations, Letters, &c, relating to the
Spanish Depredations, should be laid before the House.....
Petitions against the Convention..... Substance of that
Agreement..... Debate in the House of Commons on the
Convention..... Secession of the chief Members in the
Opposition..... Debate in the House of Lords upon an Address
to his Majesty touching the Convention..... Message from the
Throne touching a Subsidy to Denmark, and a Power to augment
the Forces of the Kingdom..... Parliament prorogued..... The
King of Spain publishes a Manifesto..... The Emperor and
Czarina conclude a Peace with the Turks..... Preparations
for War in England..... Apology in the House of Commons for
the seceding Members..... Pension Bill revived, and
lost..... Porto Bello taken by Admiral Vernon..... Hard
Frost..... Marriage of the Princess Mary to the Prince of
Hesse..... Strong Armament sent to the West Indies.....
Death of the Emperor and Czarina..... Proceedings in
Parliament..... Seamen’s Bill..... Discontents against the
Ministry..... Motion for removing Sir Robert Walpole from
his Majesty’s Councils and Presence for ever..... Debate on
the Mutiny Bill..... Proceedings in the House of Lords.....
Close of the last Session of this Parliament