Whigs Satisfied 196 Lord Holderness 198 Parliament Prorogued 200 Murray Released 201 Discovery of Lyttelton’s Letter 202 Foreign Affairs 203 Marquis de Mirepoix _ib._ Sir Charles Hanbury Williams 205 Death of the Prince of Orange 206 Princess of Orange 207 Parliament 208 Debates on Privilege _ib._ Vote of Seamen 211 The Duke’s Illness 212 Vote of Army Estimates and Debates 213 Affairs of France 216 Debate on Land Tax 218 Death of Lord Bolingbroke 220 Walpole and Bolingbroke 225 New Appointments 226 Death of the Queen of Denmark 227 Cessation of Opposition 228 Parallel between Walpole and Pelham 229 CHAPTER VIII. 1752. Reflections of Author on his Work 237 State of Parties 239 Treaty with Saxony 240 Parliament 241 Duke of Bedford opposes the Saxon Treaty 242 Debates in Commons on the Saxon Treaty 243 In Lords 244 Bill for Commuting Capital Punishments dropped 256 History of the Purchase of Scotch Forfeited Estates _ib._ Debates on Scotch Forfeiture Bill 257 CHAPTER IX. The Scotch Bill in Lords 262 Session Ended 275 Character of Archibald Duke of Argyle _ib._ King goes to Hanover 278 History of the Factions in Ireland _ib._ Divisions in the Tutorhood of the Prince of Wales 283 Account of the Pretender’s Family and Court 284 German Alliances unlucky 288