New Disposition of Employments _ib._ New Appointments 388 Sir Thomas Robinson _ib._ Affairs in Ireland 389 New Parliament 391 Duke of Newcastle slights Mr. Legge _ib._ Origin of the War 392 Remarks on America 395 Spain 398 Defeat of Major Washington 399 Consultations on War 400 Law-suit about Richmond New Park 401 Debates on Address 403 Prince of Hesse turns Papist 405 Disturbances in the New Parliament 406 Elections _ib._ Debates on Election Petitions 407 Army Estimates 410 Debates on Army Estimates 411 Breach between Sir George Lyttelton and Mr. Pitt 414 State of Ministry and Parties 417 Projected Changes in Ministry 418 Fox made Cabinet-Counsellor 420 Debate on Mutiny Bill _ib._ Charles Townshend’s Attack on Lord Egmont 421 Deaths of Lord Gower and Lord Albemarle 422 ------ APPENDIX 427 ILLUSTRATIONS. VOL. I. GEORGE II. _Frontispiece_. MR. PELHAM p. 378 VOL. II. MR. FOX _Frontispiece_. DUKE OF BEDFORD 270 VOL. III. MR. PITT _Frontispiece_. DUKE OF NEWCASTLE 182 MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE SECOND. 1751. An nescis, Mî Filî, quantillâ Prudentiâ regitur Orbis? _Chancellor Oxenstiern to his Son._ CHAPTER I.