HISTORY

OF

ENGLAND

FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT

TO THE PEACE OF VERSAILLES.

1713-1783.

BY LORD MAHON.

IN SEVEN VOLUMES. - VOL. II.

1720-1740.

THIRD EDITION, REVISED.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1853.

226. c. 59.

LONDON:

SPOTTISWOODES and SHAW,

New-street-Square.

A. D.

1722. Dissolution of Parliament

Death of Lord Sunderland

And of the Duke of Marlborough

Walpole left undisputed Prime Minister

CHAPTER XII...

Birth of Prince Charles Stuart

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The dog Harlequin

Layer, Plunkett, and others, taken into custody

Arrest of Bishop Atterbury

His harsh treatment in the Tower

Meeting of Parliament

Vote against the Pretender's Declaration

Tax on Roman Catholics

Compulsory oaths of allegiance

1723. Charge against Earl Cowper

His death and character

Trial and execution of Layer

Bill of penalties against Bishop Atterbury

His eloquent defence

The Bill passes

His last interview with Pope

He is conveyed to Calais

Pardon of Lord Bolingbroke

Bolingbroke arrives in England

His overtures to Walpole

He returns to Paris

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Lord Carteret, Secretary of State

Disagreement between Walpole and Carteret

Struggle for power

Intrigues of Bolingbroke

1724. Carteret is dismissed from his office

But appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

CHAPTER XIII.

Affair of Wood's Patent

Dissatisfaction in Ireland

Exertions of Swift

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1724. The Drapier's Letters

The popular ferment increases

Arrival of Lord Carteret

His ineffectual measures

The Government is compelled to yield

The Malt Tax in Scotland

Tumult at Glasgow

Combination of Brewers at Edinburgh

1725. Prudent measures of Walpole and Lord Isla

Tranquillity restored among the Scots

Lord Chancellor Macclesfield impeached

Partial restoration of Lord Bolingbroke -

Opposed by the ardent Whigs

And also by the ardent Jacobites

William Pulteney

His league with Bolingbroke

The City Act

The Order of the Bath revived

State of Foreign Affairs

The Infanta sent back from France

Resentment of the King and Queen of Spain

Conclusion of the Treaty of Vienna

Counter-Alliance at Hanover

Clamours of the Opposition

First rivalry of Walpole and Townshend

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Jacobite intrigues

CHAPTER XIV.

State of the Highlanders

Mission of Allan Cameron in Scotland

Bishop Atterbury at Paris

Lord Mar out of favour with James

Influence of Colonel Hay (Lord Inverness)

Quarrel between James and his Consort

She retires to a convent at Rome

1726. Ill effects to the Jacobite cause -

The Duke of Wharton openly joins it

Proceeds on a mission to Madrid

His strange behaviour

He takes refuge in the house of Mr. Stanhope

But is arrested

He escapes from the Castle of Segovia