LOUIS OWNS THE PRETENDED PRINCE OF WALES AS KING OF ENGLAND. THE KING�S LAST SPEECH TO BOTH HOUSES. THE BILL OF ABJURATION PASSED. AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. THE KING RECOMMENDS AN UNION. HE FALLS FROM HIS HORSE. HIS DEATH AND CHARACTER. NOTES: MAPS: QUEEN ANNE CHAPTER VII. ANNE SUCCEEDS TO THE THRONE. THE ENGAGEMENTS OF HER PREDECESSOR WITH HIS ALLIES FULFILLED. A FRENCH MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE STATES-GENERAL. QUEEN�S INCLINATION TO THE TORIES. WAR DECLARED AGAINST FRANCE. THE PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. WARM OPPOSITION TO THE MINISTRY IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. THEY RECOGNISE HER MAJESTY�S AUTHORITY. THE QUEEN APPOINTS COMMISSIONERS TO TREAT OF AN UNION. STATE OF AFFAIRS ON THE CONTINENT. KEISEESWAERT AND LANDAU TAKEN. PROGRESS OF THE EARL OF MARLBOROUGH. HE NARROWLY ESCAPES BEING TAKEN BY A FRENCH PARTISAN. THE IMPERIALISTS ARE WORSTED AT FEIDLINGUEN. BATTLE OF LUZZARA, IN ITALY. THE KING OF SWEDEN DEFEATS AUGUSTUS AT LISSOU. FRUITLESS EXPEDITION TO CADIZ. SPANISH GALLEONS TAKEN and DESTROYED. BENBOW�S ENGAGEMENT WITH DU CASSE. A NEW PARLIAMENT. DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES. THE LORDS INQUIRE INTO THE CONDUCT OF SIR GEORGE ROOKE. COMMERCE PROHIBITED BETWEEN HOLLAND, FRANCE, AND SPAIN. BILL FOR PREVENTING OCCASIONAL CONFORMITY. INQUIRY INTO THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES OF CONVOCATION. ACCOUNT OF PARTIES IN SCOTLAND. DANGEROUS HEATS IN THE PARLIAMENT. THE COMMISSIONER IS ABANDONED BY THE CAVALIERS. HE IS IN DANGER OF HIS LIFE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. A SEVERE ACT PASSED AGAINST PAPISTS. THE ELECTOR TAKES POSSESSION OF RATISBON. THE ALLIES REDUCE BONNE. BATTLE OF ECKEREN. PRINCE OF HESSE DEFEATED BY THE FRENCH. TREATY BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE DUKE OF SAVOY. SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL SAILS WITH A FLEET. ADMIRAL GRAYDON�S BOOTLESS EXPEDITION. CHARLES KING OF SPAIN ARRIVES IN ENGLAND. CHAPTER VIII. BILL AGAINST OCCASIONAL CONFORMITY. CONSPIRACY OF SIMON FRASER, LORD LOVAT. A REMONSTRANCE PRESENTED TO THE QUEEN. DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES. THE QUEEN�S BOUNTY to the POOR CLERGY. INQUIRY INTO NAVAL AFFAIRS. TRIAL OF LINDSAY. THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. VIOLENT OPPOSITION TO THE MINISTRY. THEY PASS THE ACT OF SECURITY. SITUATION OF THE EMPEROR�S AFFAIRS. MARLBOROUGH MARCHES WITH THE ALLIED ARMY INTO GERMANY. FRUITLESS NEGOTIATION WITH THE ELECTOR. THE CONFEDERATES OBTAIN A COMPLETE VICTORY AT HOCHSTADT. SIEGE OF LANDAU. MARLBOROUGH RETURNS TO ENGLAND. STATE OF THE WAR IN EUROPE. CAMPAIGN IN PORTUGAL. SIR GEORGE KOOKE TAKES GIBRALTAR. SESSION OF PARLIAMENT IN ENGLAND. AN ACT OF ALIENATION PASSED. DISAGREEMENT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE AYLESBURY CONSTABLES. THE PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. PROCEEDINGS IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. ACT PASSED FOR A TREATY OF UNION. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARLIAMENT AND CONVOCATION IN IRELAND. CAMPAIGN ON THE MOSELLE. THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH FORCES THE FRENCH LINES IN BRABANT. HE VISITS THE COURT OF VIENNA.