1721 Punishment of the directors, 953 =Supremacy of Walpole=, 953 Revival of Jacobite hopes, 954 1722 =Bishop Atterbury's plot=, 954 1723 Quarrel between Carteret and Walpole, 956 1724 Excitement in Ireland, 957 1725 Disturbances in Scotland, 957 =Spanish difficulties=, 958 Intrigues of Ripperda, 959 Treaty of Vienna, 960 The secret treaty, 960 1726 The Treaty of Hanover, 961 Excitement of Europe, 961 1727 =Preliminaries of peace signed at Paris=, 962 Opposition to Walpole headed by Bolingbroke, 962 The King's death, 963 Review of the reign, 963 Increased importance of England abroad, 963 Private and public immorality, 963 Influence of the Hanoverian courtiers, 964 GEORGE II. 1727-1760. =Walpole retains his position=, 966 Increase of the Civil List, 966 Influence of the Queen, 967 =Character of Walpole's ministry=, 967 Character of the Opposition, 967 Strength of the Government, 969 Depression of the Jacobites, 969 =European complications=, 970 1729 Congress at Soissons, 970 Treaty of Seville, 971 Disappointment of the Emperor, 971 1731 Second Treaty of Vienna, 971 Complete supremacy of Walpole, 972 1730 Rejection of the Pension Bill, 972 1731 =Retirement of Townshend=, 972 =Walpole's home government=, 973 1733 His financial measures, 973 His pacific foreign policy, 975 1734 Refuses to join in the new European war, 975 1738 Definitive Peace of Vienna, 976 1734 Increasing opposition to Walpole, 976 Wyndham's speech against him, 977