London and the Kingdom - Volume 3 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.

CHAPTER XXXV.

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_Accession of George I.--The Old Pretender.--Impeachment of Ministers.--Tory re-action.--End of Jacobite Rebellion.--The King's Picture and Statue.--The Septennial Act.--Trial of the Earl of Oxford.--Disputed Elections.--The right of the City to discharge law costs incurred in Elections over the Chamber, questioned.--Paying "Scot" defined.--An Alderman insulted by the Military.--The South Sea Company.--Supremacy of Walpole.--Fears of another Jacobite rising.--The Election Act, II George I, c. 18.--Death of the King._ _Page 1_