CHAP. II.--The revival of Marine Corps in the reign of Queen Anne--Expences incurred by them--Marines no longer considered as a nursery for the Navy--Rules for their future government and conduct--Under the controul of the Lord High Admiral--Independent Companies also raised and embodied.--P. 9 to 15. CHAP. III.--The high estimation in which the Marines were held as Soldiers--Their various enterprizes in favour of King Charles III. in his views upon the Spanish monarchy.--P. 16 to 25. CHAP. IV.--The reduction of Port Royal, now named Annapolis Royal, in honour of Queen Anne.--P. 26 to 27. CHAP. V.--Reflections on the views of King Charles of Spain respecting the Spanish monarchy--The heroic perseverance exhibited by the Marines when besieged in the town of Alicant--Expedition against Cette, in the province of Languedoc--Taken, but afterwards recovered.--P. 28 to 30. CHAP. VI.--An unsuccessful attempt on the town of Quebec.--P. 31. CHAP. VII.--Death of the Emperor of Germany--King Charles called to fill the Austrian throne--Peace restored by the treaty of Utrecht--Moderate expences of this long war.--P. 32 to 33. CHAP. VIII.--A retrospect of arrangements as to the allowances to Officers of the Army and the Marines--Reforms in the constitution of Marine regiments--George I. commenced his reign with a signal mark of royal favour to the Marine Corps--Marines disbanded. Again embodied. Considerably augmented--Admiral Vernon's encomium on the subject of Marine Soldiers--War with Spain detailed, by the taking of Porto Bello, the bombardment of Carthagena, and an attack on Chagre--A disastrous expedition against Carthagena--Heavy losses.--P. 34 to 57. CHAP. IX.--Marine regiments augmented--Indulgencies granted them--Established regulations for them--Hardships experienced by the Officers in drawing their arrears of pay.--P. 58 to 60. CHAP. X.--Renewal of operations against the Spaniards--The evacuation of Cuba.--P. 61 to 64. CHAP. XI.--Unsuccessful expedition--Rattan possessed by the British--Mutiny there suppressed by the energies of the Marine Soldier--Heavy casualties of the troops in the West Indies.--P. 65 to 68. CHAP. XII.--A spirited attack on the town of La Guira--An unsuccessful attempt on the coast of Terra Firma.--P. 69 to 71. CHAP. XIII.--France declares war against England--Property of naval prizes granted to the captors--The Marine force considerably augmented.--P. 72 to 75. CHAP. XIV.--The attack and fall of Cape Breton--A digression to a train of important domestic events--Effective strength of the Marine regiments in 1745.--P. 76 to 84.