CHAPTER IV.

The Army under lord Cathcart and Sir Chaloner Ogle proceeds
to the West Indies..... Nature of the Climate on the Spanish
Main..... Admiral Vernon sails to Carthagena..... Attack of
Tort Lasar..... Expedition to Cuba..... Rupture between the
Queen of Hungary and the king of Prussia..... Battle of
Molwitz..... The king of Great Britain concludes a Treaty of
Neutrality with Franco for the Electorate of Hanover..... A
Body of French Forces join the Elector of Bavaria..... He is
crowned kind of Bohemia at Prague..... Fidelity of the
Hungarians..... War between Russia and Sweden.....
Revolution in Russia..... The Spanish and French Squadrons
pass unmolested by the English Admiral in the
Mediterranean..... Inactivity of the naval Power of Great
Britain..... Obstinate Struggle in electing Members in the
new Parliament..... Remarkable Motion in the House of
Commons by Lord Noel Somerset..... The Country Party obtain
a Majority in the House of Commons..... Sir Robert Walpole
created Earl of Orford..... Change in the Ministry.....
Inquiry into the Administration of Sir Robert Walpole.....
Obstructed by the new ministry..... Reports of the Secret
Committee..... The elector of   Bavaria chosen Emperor.....
The king of Prussia gains the battle at Czaslaw..... Treaty
at Breslau..... The French Troops retire under the Cannon of
Prague..... A fresh Body sent with the Mareschal de
Mallebois to bring them off..... Extraordinary retreat of M.
de Belleisle-The king of Great Britain forms an Army in
Flanders..... Progress of the War between Russia and
Sweden..... The King of Sardinia declares for the House of
Austria..... Motions of the Spaniards in Italy and
Savoy..... Conduct of Admiral Matthews in the
Mediterranean..... Operations in the West Indies..... The
Attention of the Ministry turned chiefly on the Affairs of
the Continent..... Extraordinary Motion in the House of
Lords by Earl Stanhope..... Warm and obstinate Debate on the
Repeal of the Gin-Act..... Bill for quieting
Corporations..... Convention between the Emperor and the
Queen of Hungary..... Difference between the King of Prussia
and the Elector of Hanover..... The King of Great Britain
obtains a victory over the French at Dettingen..... Treaty
of Worms..... Conclusion of the Campaign..... Affairs in the
North..... Battle of Campo Santo..... Transactions of the
British Fleet in the Mediterranean..... Unsuccessful
Attempts upon the Spanish Settlements in the West Indies