State of affairs in France Character of Cardinal Fleury He becomes Prime Minister Horace Walpole, ambassador at Paris 1727. Cabals of M. Palm in England Preparations for the siege of Gibraltar Preliminaries of Peace signed at Paris Intrigues of Bolingbroke with the Duchess of Kendal His illness and death, on his journey 1729. Debates in Parliament upon this subject He concludes the Treaty of Seville Quarrel between Walpole and Townshend 1731. Ascendency of Walpole in the Cabinet English substituted for Latin in legal proceedings ib. ib. Mission of Abbé Strickland to England Preliminaries of Peace concluded Dispute between the Courts of Spain and Portugal 1736. Correspondence of Walpole with Cardinal Fleury But reprieved Captain Porteous fires at the mob Popular resentment and tumult at Edinburgh Attack upon the Tolbooth - Execution of Porteous by the mob Lord Isla despatched to Scotland But fails to discover the ringleaders Motion of Pulteney for increasing it The High Tories refuse to vote Opinion of Alfieri, Schiller, and Byron Advantages of preserving the Unities Modern attacks on the poetry of Pope His faultlessness urged as his reproach Increase in the number of readers Literary patronage before the government of Walpole Breach between the Methodists and the Moravians Their excellent organization Attachment of Wesley to the Church of England State of the Church at that period Alienation between the higher and lower clergy |