!

THE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND,

FROM THE INVASION OF JULIUS CÆSAR TO THE END OF THE
REIGN OF GEORGE II.

BY HUME AND SMOLLETT.

WITH

THE CONTINUATION,

FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE III.

TO THE

ACCESSION OF QUEEN VICTORIA.

BY THE REV. T. S. HUGHES, B.D.

LATE CANON OF PETERBOROUGH.

ALSO,

COPIOUS NOTES, THE AUTHOR'S LAST CORRECTIONS,
IMPROVEMENTS, AND ENLARGEMENT.

With Historical Illustrations, Autographs, and Portraits.

A NEW EDITION.

VOL. IX.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL, 186 FLEET STREET.
1854.

226. c. 48

"Histories," says Lord Bacon, "make men wise:" and in proportion as their minds are influenced by a natural love of their country, so must they feel a desire to become familiar with the most authentic account of its origin, its progress towards civilization, and the circumstances leading to its present importance in the scale of nations.

BOD

DUMAINA
NUSITIO
ILLUNE,

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREST AND CHARING CROSS.

CONTENTS

OF

THE NINTH VOLUME.

CHAPTER XVIII. Page 1.

1. The army under lord Cathcart and sir Chaloner Ogle proceeds

to the West Indies-2. Nature of the climate on the Spanish

main-3. Admiral Vernon sails to Carthagena-4. Attack of Fort

Lazar 5. Expedition to Cuba-6. Rupture between the queen

of Hungary and the king of Prussia-7. Battle of Molwitz-

8. The king of Great Britain concludes a treaty of neutrality

with France for the electorate of Hanover-9. A body of French

forces join the elector of Bavaria-10. He is crowned king of

Bohemia at Prague-11. Fidelity of the Hungarians-12. War

between Russia and Sweden-13. Revolution in Russia-14. The

Spanish and French squadrons pass unmolested by the English

admiral in the Mediterranean-15. Inactivity of the naval power

of Great Britain-16. Obstinate struggle in electing members in

the new parliament-17. Remarkable motion in the house of

commons by lord Noel Somerset-18. The country party obtain

a majority in the house of commons-19. Sir Robert Walpole

created earl of Orford-20. Change in the ministry-21. Inquiry

into the administration of sir-Robert Walpole,-22. obstructed

by the new ministry-23. Reports of the secret committee-

24. The elector of Bavaria chosen emperor-25. The king of

Prussia gains the battle of Czaslaw. Treaty at Breslau-26. The

French troops retire under the cannon of Prague. A fresh body sent

with the marshal de Maillebois to bring them off-27. Extra-

ordinary retreat of M. de Belleisle-28. The king of Great Britain

forms an army in Flanders-29. Progress of the war between

Russia and Sweden-30. The king of Sardinia declares for the

house of Austria-31. Motions of the Spaniards in Italy and

Savoy-32. Conduct of admiral Matthews in the Mediterranean

-33. Operations in the West Indies-34. The attention of the

ministry turned chiefly on the affairs of the continent-35. Extra-

ordinary motion in the house of lords by earl Stanhope-36. Warm

and obstinate debate on the repeal of the gin act-37. Bill for