England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . e place was taken with sixships only. At the door of the inn of the oppositionmember is a wooden lion, devouring a fleur de lis, in-timating that the Old Interest were already urgingto those hostilities with France, which soon followedthe period of the elections. Oh, Britain, favourite isle of heaven,When to thy sons shall peace be given ?The treachery of the Gallic shoreMakes even thy wooden lions roar. The third plate of Hogarths series represents thevarious tricks and frauds used in polli
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . e place was taken with sixships only. At the door of the inn of the oppositionmember is a wooden lion, devouring a fleur de lis, in-timating that the Old Interest were already urgingto those hostilities with France, which soon followedthe period of the elections. Oh, Britain, favourite isle of heaven,When to thy sons shall peace be given ?The treachery of the Gallic shoreMakes even thy wooden lions roar. The third plate of Hogarths series represents thevarious tricks and frauds used in polling for thevotes; and, in the fourth, the successful candidate is chaired, and enjoying histurbulent, and apparentlysomewhat perilous tri-umph, amidst a scene ofwild uproar. It is gene-rally understood that Ho-garths successful candi-date, who is of the NewInterest, is intended torepresent the celebratedBubb Dodington, the in-triguing manager of theLeicester House opposition. In the plate the artisthas represented a goose flying over his head, whichis said to be designed for a parody on Le Bruns en-. THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE. 1754.] DEATH OF MR. PELHAM. 259 graving of tlie battle of the Graiiicus, in wliicli aneagle is represented hovering over the head of Alex-ander the Great. On the eve of the elections, an event occurred whichopened a door for new intrigues among the youngerstatesmen, who w^ere struggling for power. The primeminister, Henry Pelham, died on the 6th of March,1754. His brother and colleague, the Duke of New-castle, who had long divided the cabinet by his per-sonal rivalry, succeeded in obtaining the premiership,and at the same time provoked the hostility (concealedfor a while) of two other rivals in ambition, Pitt andFox, wdio were left in their subordinate places, althoughone of Pitts friends, Mr. Legge, was appointed Chan-cellor of the Exchequer, while Sir Thomas Robinsonsucceeded Newcastle as Secretary of State. TheDuke had indirectly fomented the Kings disli
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