Chapter XII: Crown and Grave

Arrival of Caroline, Princess of Wales--The King dines
at the Guildhall--Proclamation of the Pretender--
Counter-proclamations--Government prosecutions--A mutiny
among the troops--Impeachment of the Duke of Ormond
of high treason--Punishment of political offenders--
Failure of rebellion in Scotland--Punishment for wearing
oak-boughs--Riot at the mug-house in Salisbury Court, and
its fatal consequences--The Prince of Wales removed from
the palace--Dissensions between the King and the Prince--
Attempt on the life of King George--Marriage of the King’s
illegitimate daughter--The South-Sea Bubble--Birth of
Prince William (Duke of Cumberland)--Death of the Duchess of
Zell--Stricter imprisonment of the captive of Ahlden--Her
calm death--A new royal favourite, Mrs. Brett--Death of
the King--The alleged correspondence of Sophia Dorothea and
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_CAROLINE WILHELMINA DOROTHEA_,

WIFE OF GEORGE II.