THE SPANISH TROOPS EVACUATE SICILY. PHILIP OBLIGED TO ACCEDE TO THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE. BILL FOR SECURING THE DEPENDENCY OF IRELAND UPON THE CROWN. SOUTH-SEA ACT CHARTERS GRANTED TO THE ROYAL AND LONDON ASSURANCE OFFICES. TREATY OF ALLIANCE WITH SWEDEN. THE PRINCE OF HESSE ELECTED KING OF SWEDEN. EFFECTS OF THE SOUTH-SEA SCHEME. A SECRET COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. SEVERE RESOLUTIONS AGAINST THE SOUTH-SEA COMPANY. CHAPTER III. BILL AGAINST ATHEISM. ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND SPAIN. PLAGUE AT MARSEILLES. DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ABOUT MR. LAW. SENTIMENTS OF SOME LORDS TOUCHING THE WAR. PETITION OF THE QUAKERS.. NEW PARLIAMENT. DECLARATION OF THE PRETENDER. REPORT OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE. BILL OF PAINS AND PENALTIES AGAINST THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THOSE CONCERNED IN THE LOTTERY AT HAMBURGH. AFFAIRS OF THE CONTINENT. CLAMOUR IN IRELAND ON ACCOUNT OF WOOD�S COINAGE. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. AN ACT FOR LESSENING THE PUBLIC DEBTS. PHILIP, KING OF SPAIN, ABDICATES THE THRONE. ABUSES IN CHANCERY. TRIAL OF THE EARL OF MACCLESFIELD. DEBATES ABOUT THE DEBTS OF THE CIVIL LIST. BILL IN FAVOUR OF THE LATE LORD BOLINGBROKE. TREATY OF ALLIANCE. TREATY OF HANOVER. A SQUADRON SENT TO THE BALTIC. ADMIRAL HOSIER�S EXPEDITION. DISGRACE OF THE DUKE DE RIPPERDA. SUBSTANCE OF THE KING�S SPEECH. DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. CONVENTIONS WITH SWEDEN AND HESSE-CASSEL. VOTE OF CREDIT. SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE. DEATH AND CHARACTER OF GEORGE I. NOTES: GEORGE II. CHAPTER I. GEORGE II. ASCENDS THE THRONE. CHARACTERS OF THE PRINCIPAL PERSONS CONCERNED IN THE MINISTRY. DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT CONCERNING THE CIVIL LIST. NEW PARLIAMENT. VIOLENT DISPUTE CONCERNING THE NATIONAL DEBT. A DOUBLE MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. LIBERALITY OF THE COMMONS. DEBATES ON THE SUBSIDIES OF HESSE-CASSEL AND WOLFENBUTTLE. COMMITTEE FOR INSPECTING THE GAOLS. ADDRESS TOUCHING THE SPANISH DEPREDATIONS. PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. WISE CONDUCT OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. ABDICATION OF THE KING OF SARDINIA. SUBSTANCE OF THE KING�S SPEECH. OBJECTIONS TO THE TREATY OF SEVILLE. OPPOSITION TO A STANDING ARMY. BILL PROHIBITING LOANS. CHARTER OF THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY. THE EMPEROR RESENTS THE TREATY OF SEVILLE. ARRIVAL OF SEVEN INDIAN CHIEFS. BILL AGAINST PENSIONERS SITTING AS MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. TREATY OF VIENNA. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PARMA. DON CARLOS TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS TERRITORIES. FRANCE DISTRACTED BY RELIGIOUS DISPUTES. THE MINISTRY VIOLENTLY OPPOSED. DEBATE ON A STANDING ARMY. THE CHARITABLE CORPORATION. REVIVAL OF THE SALT-TAX. MR. PULTENEY�S NAME STRUCK OUT OF THE LIST OF PRIVY-COUNSELLORS. THE KING SETS OUT FOR HANOVER. CHAPTER II. REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF SUICIDE. AFFAIRS OF THE CONTINENT. MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT. ADDRESS TO THE KING. THE EXCISE SCHEME PROPOSED.