Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 1 (of 3)Walpole, Horace
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Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 1 (of 3)
Walpole, Horace
Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760
A. D. PAGE
1751. State of ministry 1
King’s return to England 3
Removal of Lord Harrington _ib._
Transactions between Spain and the South Sea Company 6
Proceedings in Parliament 8
Affair of the Queries 9
Mr. Pitt’s opposition for eight thousand seamen 12
The Westminster Election and Petition 13
History of Mr. Alexander Murray 17
Debate on Naval Establishment _ib._
Quarrel of Pitt and Hampden 18
Debate on Westminster Petition, and Breach of Privilege 19
Anecdote of Speaker Onslow in 1742 21
Mr. Murray and Breach of Privilege 22
Sir William Yonge _ib._
CHAPTER II.
1751. Debate on Army 25
Westminster Petition--Breach of Privilege 26
Quarrel of Lord Coke and the Speaker 28
Murray’s Behaviour in House of Commons 29
Debate and Proceedings on Murray’s Contempt 30
Murray Imprisoned 31
Staff Opposed _ib._
Westminster Petitions withdrawn 32
Report from Murray _ib._
Petition from Gibson _ib._
Ways and Means _ib._
Sir John Cotton 33
Report on Murray’s Case 34
Mutiny Bill 35
Lord Egmont 35
Mutiny Bill 38
Colonel Lyttelton _ib._
Colonel Townshend 39
Colonel Conway 41
Sir Henry Erskine _ib._
Charge against General Anstruther 42
Committee for the Suppression of Vice 44
General Naturalization Bill 45
Gin Bill _ib._
Subsidy to Bavaria 49
Reformation of the Calendar 51
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