Trial of Earl Ferrers 274 Execution of Earl Ferrers 278 Qualification Bill 279 Militia Bills 280 CHAPTER XI. 1760. General Murray beaten at Quebec 284 French retreat from Quebec _ib._ General Amherst takes Montreal 288 Successes in East Indies 289 Campaign in Germany 290 Prussians defeated, and General Fouquet taken 291 King of Prussia before Dresden 292 Is obliged to raise the siege _ib._ King of Prussia defeats Laudohn 294 Daun compelled to raise the Siege of Schweidnitz, and retreats 295 Allies take Berlin _ib._ Abandon it 296 King of Prussia beats Daun at Torgau 297 Campaign in Germany _ib._ Duke of Cumberland 300 Earl of Clanrickard _ib._ George the Second dies 302 His Character, and Will 303 Anecdote of George the First’s Will 308 APPENDIX 313 INDEX OF NAMES 319 INDEX OF MATTERS 342 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. CHAPTER I. Dismissal and Resignation of Ministers--Parliamentary Inquiries into the loss of Minorca--Mr. Pitt’s Power and Popularity--Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Fox--Mr. Pitt’s conduct on the Inquiries--Passing of the Militia Bill--Great success of the King of Prussia--Various Plans for an Administration--Vote for a Million--Bill for regulating the payment of the Wages of Seamen--Duke of Newcastle’s irresolution--Rupture of the negotiation between him and Pitt--His Projects and Difficulties.