CHAPTER VII.

1751. Change of the Ministry 190

Mr. Legge _ib._

Duke of Bedford has an Audience 193

He declines Office, but with marks of Favour _ib._

Further Appointments 194

Lord Anson _ib._

Duke of Devonshire and Lord Hartington 195

Whigs Satisfied 196

Lord Holderness 198

Parliament Prorogued 200

Murray Released 201

Discovery of Lyttelton’s Letter 202

Foreign Affairs 203

Marquis de Mirepoix _ib._

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams 205

Death of the Prince of Orange 206

Princess of Orange 207

Parliament 208

Debates on Privilege _ib._

Vote of Seamen 211

The Duke’s Illness 212

Vote of Army Estimates and Debates 213

Affairs of France 216

Debate on Land Tax 218

Death of Lord Bolingbroke 220

Walpole and Bolingbroke 225

New Appointments 226

Death of the Queen of Denmark 227

Cessation of Opposition 228

Parallel between Walpole and Pelham 229