. The popular history of England : an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . QUEEN CHARLOTTE. CioNvii. (riicre is no perfect of tlii^ G i cat beal ) CIIArXER IV. Accession of George II.—Walpole confirraeil in power—Frederick, the heir-apparent—Course offoreign policy—The Stuarts—An-ival in England of prince Frederick—Townshend leavesoffice—What is History ?—The Dissenters—Intiuiry into the state of the Gaols—Law proceedings in English—Party Quarrels and Libels—Parliamentary Opposition—The Salt-tax—The Excise Scheme—Wars in Europe—Ne
. The popular history of England : an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . QUEEN CHARLOTTE. CioNvii. (riicre is no perfect of tlii^ G i cat beal ) CIIArXER IV. Accession of George II.—Walpole confirraeil in power—Frederick, the heir-apparent—Course offoreign policy—The Stuarts—An-ival in England of prince Frederick—Townshend leavesoffice—What is History ?—The Dissenters—Intiuiry into the state of the Gaols—Law proceedings in English—Party Quarrels and Libels—Parliamentary Opposition—The Salt-tax—The Excise Scheme—Wars in Europe—Neutrality of Great Britain—Motion for the Repeal ofthe Septennial Act—Wyndhama character of Walpole—Walpoles character of Bolingbroke—Bolingbroke quits England. SiE RoBEET Walpole is seated at dinner iu his villa at Chelsea on the14th of June, 1727. An express arrives from lord Townshend, who hasaccompanied George I. to the Continent as Secretary of State. The king isdead. The First Commissioner of the Treasury is instantly in the saddle onhis road to Richmond, where the prince of Wales is staying. T
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