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FORE:Visiting the guard is dull work, and precisely the same round, night after night, with hardly ever a variation. But to-night there occurred a slight one.[Pg 187] Landor was carrying his sabre in his arm, as he went by the back of the quarters, in order that its jingle might not disturb any sleepers. For the same reason he walked lightly, although, indeed, he was usually soft-footed, and came unheard back of Brewster's yard. Brewster himself was standing in the shadow of the fence, talking to some man. Landor could see that it was a big fellow, and the first thing that flashed into his mind, without any especial reason, was that it was the rancher who had been in trouble down at the sutler's store.To oppose this tremendous force, our Admiral, Sir Charles Hardy, had only thirty-eight sail. In the confidence of their overwhelming strength, the Franco-Spanish fleet sailed directly for the English coast. Hardy, who was a brave seaman, but somewhat past his prime, endeavoured to[260] prevent their insulting our shores, and pursued them first near the Scilly Isles, and then towards the straits of the Channel. On shore the panic was intense, the French and Spaniards being expected every hour to land. But on the 31st of August, the wind veering enabled Hardy to get the weather-gauge of them; and being now in the Channel, he was prepared to engage their fleet, though so much superior in numbers; and on shore great quantities of military and volunteers had collected. Hardy anchored off Spithead. At the sight of this combination of circumstances, the courage of the Spaniards and French evaporated. They began to quarrel amongst themselves. The Spaniards were for landing on some part of the British coast; the French admiral contended that they would have the equinoctial gales immediately upon them, and that many of their vessels were in bad condition. The Spanish commander declared that, this being the case, he would relinquish the enterprise, and return to his own seaports. D'Orvilliers was necessarily compelled to return too, and retired to Brest, where a pestilential disease attacked the French, from having been so long cooped up in foul ships. Well might Lord North, on the meeting of Parliament, say, "Our enemies fitted out a formidable fleet; they appeared upon our coasts; they talked big; threatened a great deal; did nothing, and retired."

FORE:Visiting the guard is dull work, and precisely the same round, night after night, with hardly ever a variation. But to-night there occurred a slight one.[Pg 187] Landor was carrying his sabre in his arm, as he went by the back of the quarters, in order that its jingle might not disturb any sleepers. For the same reason he walked lightly, although, indeed, he was usually soft-footed, and came unheard back of Brewster's yard. Brewster himself was standing in the shadow of the fence, talking to some man. Landor could see that it was a big fellow, and the first thing that flashed into his mind, without any especial reason, was that it was the rancher who had been in trouble down at the sutler's store. Accession of George II.��Characters of the King and Queen��Adroit Tactics of Walpole��Rise and Fall of Compton��Attitude of the Opposition��Congress of Soissons��Causes of Dispute with Spain��Stanhope's successful Negotiations with King Philip��Retirement of Townshend��Walpole Supreme��Peace Abroad and at Home��Walpole's System of Wholesale Bribery and Corruption��The Public Prisons��Duel between Pulteney and Lord Hervey��The Excise Scheme��Great Outcry��Withdrawal of the Bill��Walpole's Vengeance��Attack on the Septennial Act��Wyndham's Speech��Depression of the Opposition��Definitive Peace of Vienna��Gin Act��The Porteous Riots��The Prince of Wales and the Opposition��Application for an Increase of his Allowance��Birth of George III.��Death of Queen Caroline��Attempt to Reduce the Army��Disputes with Spain��"Jenkins' Ear"��Walpole's Negotiations��Secession of the Opposition��Further Difficulties with Spain��Declaration of War��Privateers and Reprisals��Vernon's Victory��Frederick invades Silesia��Assistance of England��Parliament Meets��Sandys' Motion��Walpole's Defence��Disasters of Maria Theresa��She throws herself on the Magyars��Misfortunes of the English Fleets��Vernon Repulsed from Carthagena��Power slips from the Hands of Walpole��His Last Battles��The Chippenham Election Petition��His Fall.