DEATH OF QUEEN CAROLINE (1737): HER CHARACTER DESCRIBED BY GEORGE II. 49 THE WAR OF JENKINS' EAR (1739) 51 THE OPPOSITION SUSPECTS WALPOLE OF DOUBLE-DEALING (1739) 53 ADMIRAL VERNON'S VICTORY AT PORTOBELLO (1740): I. "ADMIRAL HOSIER'S GHOST" 55 II. "GREAT BRITAIN'S GLORY; OR, THE STAY-AT-HOME FLEET" 58 THE NEW MINISTERS (1742): I. HERVEY'S ACCOUNT OF THE MINISTRY 58 II. EPIGRAM ON THE MINISTRY 60 III. EPIGRAM ON PULTENEY'S ACCEPTANCE OF A PEERAGE 60 THE ORIGIN OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR (1741-1748) 61 THE '45: I. LANDING OF THE YOUNG PRETENDER; THE RAISING OF THE STANDARD; SURRENDER OF EDINBURGH 65 II. TREATMENT OF THE VANQUISHED-- (_a_) AFTER PRESTON PANS 74 (_b_) AFTER CULLODEN 76 III. COLLINS'S "ODE WRITTEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1746" 79 IV. AN ADVENTURE OF CHARLES EDWARD 79 TRIAL OF THE REBEL LORDS (1746) 81 TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (1748): I. LORD BOLINGBROKE ON THE PRELIMINARIES 84 II. THE ARTICLES OF PEACE 86 III. A CONTEMPORARY VIEW OF THE PEACE 88 LORD CHESTERFIELD'S ACT FOR THE REFORM OF THE CALENDAR (1751): I. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BILL 89 II. LORD CHESTERFIELD'S OWN ACCOUNT 93 SMOLLETT'S CHARACTER OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE 94 THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF ADMIRAL BYNG (1759): I. HORACE WALPOLE TO SIR HORACE MANN 97 II. THOMAS POTTER TO MR. GRENVILLE 101 THE COALITION GOVERNMENT OF 1757 102 THE ENGLISH IN INDIA (1757-1759): I. THE BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA DESCRIBED BY A SURVIVOR 103 II. CLIVE TO PITT ON ENGLAND'S OPPORTUNITY 105 THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM, SEPTEMBER 13, 1759: I. THE NIGHT ATTACK 109 II. THE BATTLE 110 "THE HEAVEN-BORN MINISTER": HORACE WALPOLE's HOMAGE TO PITT: I. IN THE GREAT YEAR (1759) 113 II. CHARACTER OF WILLIAM PITT DESCRIBED IN THE LIGHT OF SUBSEQUENT HISTORY 114 DEATH OF GEORGE II. (1760) 115