Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 3 (of 3)

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Title: Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 3 (of 3)

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This is Volume 3 of 3. The first volume can be found in ProjectGutenberg at:
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http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57851 .

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MEMOIRS
OF THE REIGN OF
KING GEORGE THE SECOND.
VOL. III.

M^R. PITT.
London: Henry Colburn 1846.

MEMOIRS

OF THE REIGN OF

KING GEORGE THE SECOND.

HORACE WALPOLE,

YOUNGEST SON OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD.

EDITED, FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS.

WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES,

BY THE LATE

LORD HOLLAND.

Second Edition, Revised.

WITH THE ORIGINAL MOTTOES.

VOL. III.

LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,
GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1847.

[Pg v]

CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD VOLUME.

	CHAPTER I.
A. D.		PAGE
1757.	Dismissal and Resignation of Ministers	1
	Efforts to form a new Administration	2
	Parliamentary Inquiries into the Loss of Minorca	4
	Mr. Pitt’s Power and Popularity	5
	Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Fox	ib.
	The Inquiries into the Loss of Minorca	7
	No Ministry formed	11
	The Militia Bill passes	ib.
	Great success of the King of Prussia	12
	Various Plans for forming an Administration	14
	Vote of a Million	16
	Bill regulating payment of Seamen’s Wages	19
	Duke of Newcastle’s irresolution	21
	Rupture of Negotiation between Pitt and Newcastle	22
	Duke of Newcastle’s Projects and Difficulties	ib.
	CHAPTER II.
1757.	Prince of Wales interferes to facilitate arrangements	25
	Lord Waldegrave appointed First Lord of the Treasury	26
	Resignation of the Duke of Newcastle’s friends	27
	Author’s advice to Fox	28
	[vi] Lord Waldegrave’s projected Ministry abandoned—The King’s reluctant acquiescence	30
	The new Ministry settled	31
	Charge on the Public	32
	Lord Waldegrave has the Garter	34
	King of Prussia defeated by Daun	36
	Battle of Hastenbecke	ib.
	King overwhelmed with the misfortunes of Hanover	37
	Leicester House	38
	Disturbances on the Militia Bill	40
	France	42
	Expedition to Rochfort	44
	Officers employed on Expedition to Rochfort	45
	CHAPTER III.
1757.	Isle of Aix	50
	Council of War	51
	Conway proposes an Attack on Fouras	53
	Attack on Fouras fails	56
	Affairs in the East Indies	57
	Victory of the Prussians over the Russians	ib.
	Convention of Closter Seven	58
	The King disavows the Convention of Closter Seven	59
	The Duke’s return	60
	Duke’s reception at Court, and conduct thereupon	61
	The Duke resigns	64
	Affairs of Ireland	65
	State of Parties in Ireland	68
	Inquiry into Miscarriages at Rochfort	75
	Court-Martial	78
	Lord Mansfield of Cabinet	79
	Victories of the King of Prussia	80
	Sir John Ligonier made Viscount and Marshal	81
	Death of Princess Caroline	82
	[vii] CHAPTER IV.
1758.	Mr. Pitt	84
	Five great men	85
	Lord Granville	ib.
	Sir Robert Walpole	86
	Lord Mansfield	ib.
	Duke of Cumberland	ib.
	Mr. Pitt	ib.
	Five great men compared	87
	Parliament	ib.
	Speech of Mr. Pitt	88
	King of Prussia takes Breslau	90
	General Clive’s Victory	ib.
	Military Appointments	91
	Affairs of Ireland	ib.
	Picture of some of the Manners of the Age	97
	King’s Munificence	100
	Affair of the Habeas Corpus	101
	Mr. Pratt brings in a Bill	103
	Anecdotes on the Navy Bill	106
	CHAPTER V.
1758.	Death of Archbishop Hutton	107
	Affair of Lord Tyrawley	108
	New Treaty with Prussia	110
	Sequel of the Habeas Corpus	112
	Habeas Corpus Bill in Lords	116
	Judges’ Opinions on Habeas Corpus Bill	118
	Habeas Corpus Bill dropped	121
	Leicester House	ib.
	Operations of the King of Prussia	122
	Expedition to St. Maloes	124
	[viii] Passage of the Rhine by Prince Ferdinand, and his Victory at Crevelt	127
	Defeats of Prince Ysenberg and M. Chevert	128
	CHAPTER VI.
1758.	History of Dr. Hensey	130
	Election of a Pope	131
	Rezzonico elected Pope	133
	Taking of Cherbourg	ib.
	Cape Breton taken	ib.
	Other Events in America	134
	Affair at St. Cas	135
	Battle of Custrin, and relief of Dresden	138
	Disputes with Holland	139
	Assassination of the King of Portugal	141
	Portugal	143
	The English Army in Germany	147
	Defeat at Hochkirchen	148
	Sieges of Neiss, Cosel, and Dresden raised	149
	Parliament meets	ib.
	Addresses of Thanks	150
	Army voted	151
	Affair of Dr. Shebbear	152
	Pitt’s behaviour to Conway	154
	Pitt’s conduct in Ministry	156
	Lord Arran	157
	Disgrace of the Cardinal de Bernis	158
	Conclusion	ib.
	Author’s own Character	159
	CHAPTER VII.
1759.	Author’s motives for continuing the Work	164
	A memorable era	165
	Election of Chancellor of Oxford	166
	[ix] Exchange of Prisoners	167
	Death of Princess of Orange	168
	Capture of Goree	169
	Expeditions to West Indies	ib.
	Mr. Pitt’s Character and Ministry	172
	Estimates of the year	176
	Duty upon Dry Goods	177
	Mr. Pitt’s speech on Taxes	178
	Mr. Pitt’s sensibility to censure	179
	Mr. Pitt’s complaisance to Lord Hardwicke	ib.
	Jealousies in Ministry	181
	Message on Militia	184
	Threats of Invasion from France	185
	Havre de Grace bombarded	186
	CHAPTER VIII.
1759.	Campaign in Germany	188
	Battle of Minden	190
	Reports of Battle of Minden	191
	Lord Granby and Lord G. Sackville	192
	Reflections on Lord G. Sackville	193
	Lord G. Sackville returns to England	198
	Correspondence of French General	199
	King of Prussia’s Campaign	200
	Battle of Cunnersdorf	201
	Prussians defeated	203
	King of Prussia saves Berlin and retrieves his Affairs	204
	Spain and Naples	ib.
	Charles III. of Spain sets aside his eldest son	206
	Reasons for setting aside Duke of Calabria examine	207
	King of Spain	208
	Death of Lady Elizabeth	211
	Boscawen defeats the French Flee	ib.
	Conquests in America	ib.
	Lord G. Sackville	212
	[x] CHAPTER IX.
1759.	Marshal D’Estrées	216
	French worsted in East Indies	217
	Wolfe’s Embarrassments	ib.
	Conquest of Quebec, and death of Wolfe	219
	Perfidy and cruelty of French Government	223
	Bankruptcy of France	ib.
	Thurot sails	224
	Parliament	ib.
	Mr. Pitt’s speech	225
	Lord Temple resigns the Privy Seal	228
	Lord Temple resumes the Privy Seal	ib.
	Monument to Wolfe, and Thanks to Officers	229
	Admiral Saunders	230
	Hawke attacks and destroys Conflans’ Fleet	231
	Debates on Extraordinary Commissions	233
	Army Estimate	234
	Proposals for Peace ineffectual	236
	Heir-Apparent’s Court	237
	Victorious Officers rewarded	ib.
	Warburton made Bishop	239
	Ireland	ib.
	Tumults in Dublin	241
	Irish Parliament	245
	CHAPTER X.
1760.	War in Germany	247
	Prince Ferdinand’s detachment to King of Prussia	248
	Value of contemporary Memoir	249
	Lord Bath’s Letter	250
	Macklyn’s Love à la Mode	250
	Lord G. Sackville demands a Court-Martial	251
	Earl Ferrers murders his Steward	258
	Smollett punished for a Libel	259
	[xi] Thurot’s Expedition to Ireland	262
	Thurot’s death	265
	Debate on Trial of Member of House of Commons	ib.
	Court-Martial on Lord G. Sackville	266
	Sentence of Court-Martial	273
	Trial of Earl Ferrers	274
	Execution of Earl Ferrers	278
	Qualification Bill	279
	Militia Bills	280
	CHAPTER XI.
1760.	General Murray beaten at Quebec	284
	French retreat from Quebec	ib.
	General Amherst takes Montreal	288
	Successes in East Indies	289
	Campaign in Germany	290
	Prussians defeated, and General Fouquet taken	291
	King of Prussia before Dresden	292
	Is obliged to raise the siege	ib.
	King of Prussia defeats Laudohn	294
	Daun compelled to raise the Siege of Schweidnitz, and retreats	295
	Allies take Berlin	ib.
	Abandon it	296
	King of Prussia beats Daun at Torgau	297
	Campaign in Germany	ib.
	Duke of Cumberland	300
	Earl of Clanrickard	ib.
	George the Second dies	302
	His Character, and Will	303
	Anecdote of George the First’s Will	308

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