| PAGE |
| STATE OF PARTIES AT THE QUEEN'S DEATH (1714) | 1 |
| PROCLAMATION OF GEORGE I. (1714) | 4 |
| CHARACTER AND PERSON OF GEORGE I. (1660-1727) | 5 |
| PUBLIC FEELING AS TO THE NEW DYNASTY (1714) | 6 |
| THE '15: | |
| I.THE PRETENDER'S DECLARATION | 9 |
| II.THE PROCLAMATION OF JAMES III. | 14 |
| III.FAILURE OF THE EXPEDITION EXPLAINED | 16 |
| THE SEPTENNIAL ACT (1716) | 18 |
| DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH FLEET OFF SICILY BY ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE BYNG, JULY 31, 1718 | 19 |
| THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE (1720): | |
| I.THE PROPOSALS: THE SECOND SCHEME OF THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY | 21 |
| II.THE BUBBLE BURST | 25 |
| SIR ROBERT WALPOLE AS PRIME MINISTER (1721-1741) | 27 |
| WOOD'S HALFPENCE: THE FIRST DRAPIER's LETTER (1724) | 29 |
| CHARACTER OF GEORGE II. (1683-1760) | 36 |
| THE CONDITION OF THE FLEET PRISON, AS REVEALED BY A PARLIAMENTARY ENQUIRY (1729): | |
| (a)DESCRIPTION OF THE WARDEN, THOMAS BAMBRIDGE | 38 |
| (b)HIS CRUELTY | 39 |
| (c)FINDINGS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE | 40 |
| THE EXCISE BILL (1733) | 42 |
| THE PORTEOUS RIOTS (1736) | 45 |
| LORD CHESTERFIELD'S SPEECH ON THE BILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENSORSHIP OF STAGE PLAYS (1737) | 47 |
| DEATH OF QUEEN CAROLINE (1737): HER CHARACTER DESCRIBED BY GEORGE II. | 49 |
| THE WAR OF JENKINS' EAR (1739) | 51 |
| THE OPPOSITION SUSPECTS WALPOLE OF DOUBLE-DEALING (1739) | 53 |
| ADMIRAL VERNON'S VICTORY AT PORTOBELLO (1740): | |
| I."ADMIRAL HOSIER'S GHOST" | 55 |
| II."GREAT BRITAIN'S GLORY; OR, THE STAY-AT-HOME FLEET" | 58 |
| THE NEW MINISTERS (1742): | |
| I.HERVEY'S ACCOUNT OF THE MINISTRY | 58 |
| II.EPIGRAM ON THE MINISTRY | 60 |
| III.EPIGRAM ON PULTENEY'S ACCEPTANCE OF A PEERAGE | 60 |
| THE ORIGIN OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR (1741-1748) | 61 |
| THE '45: | |
| I.LANDING OF THE YOUNG PRETENDER; THE RAISING OF THE STANDARD; SURRENDER OF EDINBURGH | 65 |
| II.TREATMENT OF THE VANQUISHED— | |
| (a)AFTER PRESTON PANS | 74 |
| (b)AFTER CULLODEN | 76 |
| III.COLLINS'S "ODE WRITTEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1746" | 79 |
| IV.AN ADVENTURE OF CHARLES EDWARD | 79 |
| TRIAL OF THE REBEL LORDS (1746) | 81 |
| TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (1748): | |
| I.LORD BOLINGBROKE ON THE PRELIMINARIES | |
