THE CONTINUATION OF Mr. RAPIN's HISTORY O F ENGLAND; From the REVOLUTION to the By N. TIN DAL, M. A. ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, GENEALOGICAL TABLES, and the HEADS 1 VOL. XXI. IXth of CONTINUATION. LONDON: Printed, by Affignment from Mr. KNAPTON, for MDCCLIX. THE HISTORY O F ENGLAND. BOOK XXXIII. CHAP. I. Affairs of the North-Marriage of the princess Louifa to the prince royal of Denmark-Naval affairs-in the Mediterranean-in America-Domestic affairs— Parliament meets-Great debates about the Hanover troops-Mr. Pelham at the head of the treasury-Motion for taxing places and penfions—For repealing the Septennial act-Great expence this year-Account of the negotiation between the French and the pretenderHis fon comes to France-The French attempt to invade England-They are difappointed-Discovery of a plot in England-War declared-Bill enlarging the time for the penalties of Treafon—fufpended. T 1743. den and HE princess Elizabeth of Ruffia, daughter to Peter Geo. II. the great, had by an unparalleled exercise of courage and prudence, advanced herself from being the prifoner of the court, to be the fovereign of Affairs bethe country. The great dutchefs, the prince of Brunswick tween Swe her husband, and the emperor Ivan, a child in the cradle, were put under arreft. The counts Munich, Ofterman, and others who had been moft inftrumental in their elevation, were feized, tried, and condemned; but after being brought to the fcaffold, their fentence of death was changed into that of perpetual banishment and imprisonment. The duke 216713 Geo. II. of Holstein, whofe grandmother was the eldest fifter to the 1743. late king of Sweden, and who confequently was lineal heir to that crown, and whofe mother was the daughter of Czar Peter the Great, was invited to Petersburgh, and having embraced the Greek religion, was, by the emprefs, declared publickly to be the heir of her dominions, which gave fome uneafinefs to the court of Denmark on account of the dutchy of Slefwick, his hereditary dominion, which that king possessed. The arts of France, during the late reign in Ruffia, had embroiled her with the crown of Sweden; but a fufpenfion of arms having taken place for three months, the Swedes depending upon the unfettled ftate of the Ruffian government, demanded a reftitution of great part of the places taken from them by the czar Peter. This demand being rejected with some scorn, the war between the two powers broke out afresh, greatly to the disadvantage of Sweden, who loft Fredericfham, all their magazines, fome of their beft troops, and were driven out of Finland, which fubmitted to her Ruffian majefty. The French then offered their mediation by their ambaffador Chetardie; but as they were known to be the fomenters of the war, it was rejected by the court of Petersburgh. Succeffors both those crowns, The affair, however, of the fucceffion to the crown of appointed to Sweden, gave an opportunity for the two powers to make peace. The question about the fucceffion was moved for in the fenate of Sweden, and the candidates were reduced to two, the duke of Holftein, who, as has been obferved, had a lineal right to the crown, and prince Frederic of Heffe, nephew of the reigning king. The former carried it in the fenate by a majority of two voices only. The court of Great Britain had interefted itfelf for the latter. A deputation being ordered to acquaint the duke of his election, they found that he had been declared heir to the empire of Ruffia, and had embraced the religion of the Greek church, which incapacitated him from fucceeding to the crown of Sweden. He, however, recommended to their choice the bifhop of Lubeck, his uncle, who was every way unexceptionable; and hopes were given by the Ruffian miniftry, that if he was chofen, a good understanding might be reflored between Ruffia and Sweden, which the latter greatly defired. The competitor against the bishop of Lubeck was the prince of Denmark, no party now appearing for the prince of Heffe. But the court of Petersburgh making the election of the bishop of Lubeck the price of its friendfhip, he was chofen. The Swedes having fuffered greatly by the mismanagement of their gene Jals |