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THREE:[See larger version] Peaceful Accession of George I.��His Arrival��Triumph of the Whigs��Dissolution and General Election��The Address��Determination to Impeach the late Ministers��Flight of Bolingbroke and Ormonde��Impeachment of Oxford��The Riot Act��The Rebellion of 1715��Policy of the Regent Orleans��Surrender of the Pretender's Ships��The Adventures of Ormonde and Mar��The Highlands declare for the Pretender��Mar and Argyll��Advance of Mackintosh's Detachment��Its Surrender at Preston��Battle of Sheriffmuir��Arrival of the Pretender��Mutual Disappointment��Advance of Argyll��Flight of the Pretender to France��Punishment of the Rebels��Impeachment of the Rebel Lords��The Septennial Act��The King goes to Hanover��Impossibility of Reconstructing the Grand Alliance��Negotiations with France��Danger of Hanover from Charles XII.��And from Russia��Alarm from Townshend��Termination of the Dispute��Fresh Differences between Stanhope and Townshend��Dismissal of the Latter��The Triple Alliance��Project for the Invasion of Scotland��Detection of the Plot��Dismissal of Townshend and Walpole��They go into Opposition��Walpole's Financial Scheme��Attack on Cadogan��Trial of Oxford��Cardinal Alberoni��Outbreak of Hostilities between Austria and Spain��Occupation of Sardinia��Alberoni's Diplomacy��The Quadruple Alliance��Byng in the Mediterranean��Alberoni deserted by Savoy��Death of Charles XII.��Declaration of War with Spain��Repeal of the Schism Act��Rejection of the Peerage Bill��Attempted Invasion of Britain��Dismissal of Alberoni��Spain makes Peace��Pacification of Northern Europe��Final Rejection of the Peerage Bill��The South Sea Company��The South Sea Bill��Opposition of Walpole��Rise of South Sea Stock��Rival Companies��Death of Stanhope��Punishment of Ministry and Directors��Supremacy of Walpole��Atterbury's Plot��His Banishment and the Return of Bolingbroke��Rejection of Bolingbroke's Services��A Palace Intrigue��Fall of Carteret��Wood's Halfpence��Disturbances in Scotland��Punishment of the Lord Chancellor Macclesfield��The Patriot Party��Complications Abroad��Treaty of Vienna��Treaty of Hanover��Activity of the Jacobites��Falls of Ripperda and of Bourbon��English Preparations��Folly of the Emperor��Attack on Gibraltar��Preliminaries of Peace��Intrigues against Walpole��Death of George I.

FORE:The next person to attempt the impossible in the vain endeavour to keep the vessel of the old French monarchy afloat with all its leaks and rottenness, was the Archbishop of Toulouse, Lom��nie de Brienne. He had vigorously opposed Calonne; but there was no way of raising the necessary revenue but to adopt some of the very proposals of Calonne, and tax the privileged classes, or to attempt to draw something still from the exhausted people. As the less difficult experiment of the two, he was compelled to cast his eyes towards the property of the nobles and the Church; but he found the nobles and the clergy as ready to sacrifice him as they had been to sacrifice Calonne. When one or two of the more pliant or more enlightened members of those classes ventured to remark on the vast amount of untaxed property, and particularly of tithes, there was an actual tempest of fury raised. Tithes were declared to be the voluntary offerings of the piety of the faithful, and therefore not to be touched. As further loans were out of the question, some one ventured to assert that the only means of solving the difficulty was to assemble the States General. "You would convoke the States General?" said the Minister in consternation. "Yes," replied Lafayette, who was bent on revolutionising France, as he had helped to revolutionise America��"yes, and something more than that!" These words were taken down as most exceptionable and dangerous. All that the Assembly of Notables could be brought to do was to confirm the abolition of the corv��e, and to pass a stamp act. They would not move a step further, and they were dismissed by the king on the 25th of May, 1787. The Parliament, or Chief Court of Justice, adopted a similar course, and it also was dismissed. The king then promulgated a new constitution, but it fell hopelessly to the ground.Sir David Wilkie (b. 1785), one of the greatest of Scottish painters, claims a few words here, especially regarding the latter part of his brilliant career. In 1820-1 he accomplished his masterpiece, "The Chelsea Pensioners listening to the[433] News of Waterloo," for which he received 1,200 guineas from the Duke of Wellington. His later works did not increase his reputation, chiefly because he abandoned the style in which he excelled and adopted the pseudo-Spanish. In 1830 he was made painter in ordinary to his Majesty on the death of Lawrence, and became a candidate for the Presidentship of the Royal Academy, but had only one vote recorded in his favour. Between 1830 and 1840 he painted a considerable number of works, among which were "John Knox preaching before Mary," and "The Discovery of the Body of Tippoo Sahib," painted for the widow of Sir David Baird, for ��1,500. In 1836 he was knighted, and in 1840 he set out on a tour to the East, and went as far as Jerusalem, which he viewed with rapture. At Constantinople he had the honour of painting the Sultan for the Queen. He returned by Egypt, but never saw his native land again. He died off Gibraltar, and, the burial service having been read by torchlight, his body was committed to the deep, on the 1st of June, 1841. FORE: