urine may be an excuse; and in that case, a letter wrote by this day's post to me, addressed to the Cockpit, will be in town on Monday, and will, upon my arrival there, enable me to say what you shall think proper, for your not coming to town, or to execute any other commands.
I must own that this unexpected revolution at court, without any previous notice to you, gives a new turn and interpretation to lord Cholmondeley's express; and inclines me to think, that it concerns men more than measures, tho' the last are in consequence included in it. And as this grand affair (pursuant to what Mr. Pelham hinted to you in his letter by Morris, that the dance would no farther goe) has been some time in agitation, I am really surprized that lord Cholmondeley was not so kind as to inform you by a private letter, when he sent the express, how matters stood at court; for it is very possible, unless you hear this day of the disposition of places, and a compleat and determined scheme of the new ministry, the king's, or rather lord Granville's, resolution for filling up the vacancys may be reserved for your arrival; which, as it concerns persons, is extremely hazardous and embarrassing; for I take it for granted, that the meeting of parliament will be put off for some time, or adjourned immediately. As I thought it my duty to send you the anonymous letter, I could not forbear these loose speculations, entirely submitted to your better judgement.
MEMOIRS OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.
ABJURATION Act; strong debates
upon the clauses, i, 26
Act of Settlement; brief history of,
i, 12. Is extended to the house of
Hanover, 14
Addison, Mr.; is appointed secretary
of state, i, 205. Defends the peerage
bill, 224
Aislabie, Mr.; introduces and sup-
ports the proposals of the South Sea
company, in the house of commons,
ii, 5. How far concerned in that
business, 44. Is involved in the
punishment of the directors, 45.
His prosecution by the house of
commons, 48
Aland; the object of the congress at,
defeated by the death of Charles
XII. of Sweden, ii, 65
Alberoni, Cardinal, the Spanish mi-
nister; his dangerous intrigues, i,
216. Is dismissed, 218
Alexander VI., Pope; invests Ferdi-
nand the Catholic with an exclusive
right to America, iv, 2
Amalia, daughter of the countess of
Platen; negotiation for her mar-
riage with the count de St. Florentin,
son of the marquis de la Vrilliere, ii,
101. Is married to him, 122
America; exclusive claim of the
Spaniards to the possession of, iv,
VOL. IV.
2. Treaties with England respect-
ing the British possessions there, 3.
The English trade with the Spanish
settlements, connived at by Spain,
5. History of the Asiento con-
tract, 6. Disputes between the two
nations concerning illicit trade, Ib.
And the limits of Georgia, 9. Me-
morial of the British merchants, 10.
War declared against Spain, 111
Anne, daughter of James II. and
princess of Denmark; concurs in
the act of settlement, i, 14. Birth
and death of the duke of Gloucester,
15. Artful, conduct of King Wil-
liam toward her, 17. Succeeds to
the crown, 28. Her Whig ministry
removed, and succeeded by Tories,
46. Disgusts the Duke of Marlbo-
rough, 52. Forms intentions in
favour of the Pretender, 84. Alarm-
ing state of affairs at the time of her
death, 91
Anson, Commodore; his expedition
to the South Sea, iv, 145
Argyle, Duke of; removed by the
king, from the household of George
prince of Wales, i, 143. Biogra-
phical anecdotes of, iv, 99. His
opposition politics, 104. His prin-
ciples fluctuating, 106. Character
of his oratory, 107. Arraigns the
conduct of the Spanish war, 157.
Heads the Tories and Jacobites in
opposition to Pulteney's arrange-
ments on the removal of Sir Robert
Walpole, 270. His discontented
speech at the meeting at the Foun-
tain tavern, 271. Is made master-
general of the ordnance, 279. Re-
signs, 280
Asiento Contract with Spain; its
origin and nature, ii, 2. History
of, iv, 6
Atterbury, Bishop; brief memoirs of
his life, ii, 76. The first intimation
of his plot, Ib. Bill of pains and
penalties against him, 85. His po-
pularity, ibid. Instances of lenity
toward him, ibid. Promotes the
service of the Pretender, 88. His
conduct in exile, ibid. Is buried in
Westminster Abbey, 91
Aylesbury Election; strongly con-
tested in the house of commons, i,
Bank of England; its competition with
the South Sea Company, ii, 8. Is
engaged by Walpole to support the
credit of the South Sea Company,
but evades the danger, 19
Barnard, Sir John; his proposed
amendment to the address in answer
to the king's speech, previous to the
proposal of Walpole's excise scheme,
fii, 75. His objections to that
scheme, 79. Examines the com-
missioners of the customs concern-
ing the frauds in tobacco, 107.
His scheme for the reduction of
interest, 286. His speech in reply
to popular objections, 288. His
bill thrown out, 305. Introduces a
bill for the regulation of the stage,
315. Withdraws the bill, 317.
His motion for papers respecting
the Spanish depredations, iv, 34
Bath; see Pulteney.
Bath, the order of, revived, and con-
ferred on Sir Robert Walpole,
ii, 128
Bathurst, Lord; his extraordinary de-
claration respecting the inquiry into
Sir Robert Walpole's administra-
tion, iv, 290
Bellenden, Miss Mary, maid of honour
to queen Caroline; rejects the ad-
dresses of the king, ii, 276. Marries
Mr. John Campbell, 277
Belsham; his misrepresentations of
the debate on the reduction of the
army, pointed out, iv, 22, note.
Berg and Juliers, the succession to,
disputed, iii, 255. The guaranty
of, by George II. declined, by the
advice of Sir Robert Walpole, 257
Bernsdorf, Count, the Hanoverian
minister of George I.; his character,
i, 153. Carries the king's apologies
to Townshend for having taken the
seals from him, 200. Is disgraced by
the influence of Townshend, ii, 105
Berwick, Duke of, natural son of
James II., acts as agent for the Pre-
tender, i, 87. Proves the conspi-
racy of Bolingbroke to place the
Pretender on the throne of England,
ii, 137. Invades Germany at the
head of a French army, iii, 169
Bolingbroke; see St. John.
Bolles, Sir John; why employed by
Harley to propose the bill for se
curing the Protestant succession, i,
Bolton, Duke of; appointed lord lieu-
tenant of Ireland i, 204. Is deprived
of his regiment for his opposition to
the excise bill, iii, 119. Debates
on this subject, 126
Borck, Baron, the Prussian minister at
London; his account of his con-
ference with Frederick prince of
Wales, falls into the hands of George
II. iii, 332
Bothmar, Baron, the Hanoverian mi-
nister of George I.; his character,
i, 153
Bourbon, Duke of, complains to
Horace Walpole of Sir Luke
Schaub's importunity in soliciting a
dukedom for the marquis de la
Vrilliere, ii, 114. Sends the infanta
back to Spain, and affiances the
young king Louis XV. to the
daughter of Stanislaus king of Po-
land, 205. Is disgraced, 240
Brady, Dr., the Tory physician; his
early prognostication of the future
eminence of Sir Robert Walpole,
i, 7
Bremen and Verden; how acquired
by George I., i, 158
Brodrick, Alan; see Midleton.
Brodrick, Thomas; his character, ii,
174. Remonstrates to the king on
the treatment of his brother, 181
formed with the duke of, by the
Emperor, and by Townshend on the
part of England, ii, 321
Burke, Mr; his remarks on the con-
duct of Sir Robert Walpole; re-
specting the war with Spain, iv, 114,
236. His opinion of the true
policy of negotiation, 349. His
general character of Walpole, 362
Burnet, Bishop; his remarks on the
conduct of the Tories, respecting
the bill for securing the Protestant
succession, i, 19
Byng, Admiral; destroys and cap-
tures great part of the Spanish
fleet, i, 218
Cadogan, Lord; proposed inquiry
into his conduct respecting the
transport of Dutch troops, negatived,
i, 213. His military appointments,
ii, 117. His high favour with the
king, ibid.
Cambray, the Congress at; obstructed
both by Philip of Spain, and the
Emperor, ii, 203. Is broken up,
Carleton, Lord; is made president of
the council by Sunderland's influ-
ence, ii, 73
Carolina Wilhelmina, queen of George
II.; her education, character, and
person, ii, 268. Fails in her endea-
vours to persuade Dr. Clarke to ac-
cept of a bishopric, 273. Her li-
terary intercourse with Leibnitz
and Clarke, on abstruse points of
philosophy and theology, ibid. Vin-
dicated from the charge of lord
Chesterfield respecting her behaviour
to Mrs. Howard, 277. Her motives
for patronizing Sir Robert Walpole,
285. Her prudent conduct in ap-
pearing to decline interference in
politics, 295. Appointed regent
during the king's journies to Han-
over, 296. A jointure settled on
her, 300. Favours Walpole in
the disagreement between him
and Townshend, 382. She endea-
vours to avert the displeasure of the
king from Sir Robert Walpole to
his brother Horace, iii, 207. Pre-
vails on the king to abandon his
scheme for a northern league, 260.
Grants a reprieve to captain Por-
teous, during her regency, 273.
Her illness and death, 377. Her
character, 380 Her patronage of
learning, 383. Grief of the king at
her death, 386.
Elegy on her death
by Mr. Dodington, 390
Carteret, John, lord; sent by king
George I. to break up the congress
at Aland, ii, 65. Is made secretary
of state, 73. His character and
views, 95. Cultivates the friend-
ship of cardinal du Bois, 97. Forms
a division in the English cabinet,
101. Why he attended the king
to Hanover, 104. Is supplanted
by Townshend in the king's fa-
vour, 105. Is deluded by the re-
presentations of Schanb, his agent at
Paris, 112. His indiscreet perti-
nacity in soliciting a dukedom for
the family of la Vrilliere, 114. He
foments the discontents in Ireland,
and imputes them to Walpole, 118.
Is made lord lieutenant of Ireland,
123. His sentiments on the chango
of the ministry, 124. Foments the
discontents in Ireland, 178. Is sent
over to supersede the duke of
Grafton, 185. Promotes the intro-
duction of Wood's halfpence, 187.
Is obliged to announce the surrender
of the patent, 188. Moves an in-
quiry into the murder of captain
Porteous, iii, 278. His private
conferences with prince Frederick
during the quarrel between him and
the king, iii, 361. His motion in the
house of lords for an address to the
king for the removal of Sir Robert
Walpole, iv, 207. Is made secretary
of state on Walpole's resignation,
269. Differs with the duke of New-
castle on the subject of Hanoverian
troops, 329. Struggle between
them, 389. Succeeds on his mother's
death to the title of Granville, ib.
Carthagena, unsuccessful attack of,
by Admiral Vernon, iv, 146
Catharine, Empress of Russia; her
warm declarations in favour of the
duke of Holstein, ii, 214. Is com-
pelled to give up her hostile inten-
tions, 239. Her death, 247
Cawthorn, the Poet; his character of
the duke de Ripperda, ii, 354
Chandler, Dr.; his application to Sir
Robert Walpole for a repeal of the
test act, iv, 95
Charles, VI., Emperor of Germany;
his unfavourable disposition to-
wards the accession of George I. to
the crown of England, i, 94. Why
dissatisfied with the quadruple al-
liance, 203. Concludes a treaty
with Spain at Vienna, 207. His
memorial to George I., 243. En-
deavours to form a confederacy
against the alliance of Hanover,
246. Concludes a separate peace
with England, France, and Holland
ibid. His treaty with the duke of
Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, ii, 320.
Negotiates with the British court,
iii, 5. Obstructions to an alli-
Sir Robert
auce with him, 9.
Walpole censured for not assisting
him against France, 162.
gotiations with the British minister
respecting the Polish election, 164.
War declared against him by France,
Spain, and Sardinia, 168. He claims
the assistance of England, 169.
Leaves the Austrian Netherlands to
the care of the English and the
Dutch, 170. Neglects an alliance
with Sardinia, 171. His artful at-
tempts to procure assistance from
England, 176. Resents the offered
mediation of Geo. II., 179. Suc-
cesses of the allies against him, 182.
His endeavours to remove Walpole,
185. Expresses his concurrence
with the English plan of pacification
suspended by cardinal Fleury, 197.
His intentions suspected by the
Dutch, 204. Hopes to produce a
His remon-
general war, 215.
strances, 217. Extraordinary agita-
Receives
tion of his mind, 218.
Fleury's plan, for a general pacifica-
tion from the British embassador,
with cordiality, 232. Suspension
of arms on the Rhine, 236. The
preliminaries of peace signed, 241.
Obstructions arising from his capri-
cious disposition, 262
Charles XII. of Sweden; his character
and situation, at the accession of
George I., i, 96. His motive for
aiding the Pretender, 159. Conse-
quences of his death, ii, 63
Charles Emanuel, king of Sardinia,
apologizes to George II. for his re-
luctant alliance with France and
Spain, iii, 171
Chateauneuf, the French embassador,
conducts the negotiations with Eng-
land at the Hague, i, 167
Chatham; see Pitt
Chauvelin;
his influence over cardinal
Fleury, and his fundamental prin-
Ineffec-
ciples of politics, iii, 198.
tual attempts of Walpole to bribe
him, 265. His disgrace, 271. Dis-
covers a correspondence with the
Pretender, by carelessness, ib.
Chesterfield, Earl; his opinion of
the treaty of Hanover, ii, 222.
Queen Caroline vindicated from his
account of her behaviour to Mrs.
Howard, 277. Offends the queen
by paying court to lady Suffolk,
282. Joins the opposition against
the excise scheme, iii, 118. Is dis-
placed as steward of the household,
119. Opposes the bill for licensing
plays, 322. His private conferences
with prince Frederick, during the
quarrel between the prince and king,
361. His sarcastic imputation on
the memory of queen Caroline, 381.
His malignant declaration respect-
ing the inquiry into Sir Robert
Walpole's administration, iv, 290
Cholmondeley, Earl; his mediation
between the king and prince of
Wales, rejected by the prince, iv,
250. Is made lord privy seal, 329
Christian VI. of Denmark; his dispute
with George II. about the lordship
of Steinhorst, iv, 96. How in
fluenced to a treaty with England,
96
Churchill, Admiral; accused of negli
gence and corruption, i, 37
Civil List, Walpole's plan for dis-
charging the debts of, ii, 57. He
procures an increase of it for George
II., 300
Clarke, Dr. Samuel, rector of Saint
James's; patronized by queen Ca-
roline, declines a bishoprick,
ii, 273. His literary correspon-
dence with Leibnitz, at the queen's
instance, 274
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