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FORE:The style of St. Paul's, and, indeed, of all Wren's churches, is neither Grecian nor Gothic, but Italian, influenced by the fashion which Bernini, the Italian architect of Louis XIV., had introduced into France. It is a class of architecture of which the Grecian is the basis, but which is so freely innovated upon as to leave little general resemblance. In its different parts we have columns and pilasters of every Grecian and, indeed, Roman order, pediments, peristyles, architraves, and friezes, mingled up with windows of all sorts, and all kinds of recesses and projections, the fa?ades and intercolumniations ornamented with festoons, and wreaths, and human masks, and the whole surmounted by a great Eastern dome, and by campaniles partaking of[159] all the compilations of the main buildings. St. Paul's itself is a noble building, notwithstanding the manifest gleanings from the antique and the medi?val, and their combination into a whole which has nothing original but their combination into one superb design. Besides St. Paul's, the rest of Wren's churches are disappointing, and we cannot avoid lamenting that he had lost the sense of the beauty of Gothic architecture, especially when we call to mind the exquisite churches of that style which adorn so many of the Continental cities. Whilst the exteriors of Wren's churches show heavily in their huddled-up situations in London streets, their interiors, in which much more of the Grecian and Roman styles is introduced, are equally heavy, and wanting in that pliant grace which distinguishes the interiors of Gothic cathedrals. Perhaps the noblest work of Wren next to St. Paul's is Greenwich Hospital, which is more purely Grecian, and therefore displays a more graceful and majestic aspect. The Palace of Hampton Court, attached to the fine old Tudor pile of Cardinal Wolsey, is a great square mass, in which the Dutch taste of William is said to have set aside Wren's original design. But surely William did not compel him to erect that (in such circumstances) ponderous barbarism of a Grecian colonnade in the second quadrangle of Hampton Court, attaching it to a Gothic building. In fact, neither Wren nor Inigo Jones appears to have had the slightest sense of the incongruity of such conjunctions. Jones actually erected a Grecian screen to the beautiful Gothic choir of Winchester Cathedral, and placed a Grecian bishop's throne in it, amid the glorious canopy-work of that choir. The return to a better taste swept these monstrosities away.
FORE:GEORGE III.
FORE: 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.When Parliament met on the 20th of February, this conspiracy was laid before it and excited great indignation. The two Houses voted cordial addresses to his Majesty, and for a while there was an air of harmony. But the fires of discontent were smouldering beneath the surface, and, on a motion being made in April, in consequence of a royal message, to grant the king an extraordinary Supply in order to enable his Majesty to contract alliances with foreign powers, that he might be prepared to meet any attempts at invasion which the Swedes might, after all, be disposed to make, the heat broke forth. The Supply moved for was fixed at two hundred and fifty thousand pounds. It was expected that Walpole, having had his name suspiciously mentioned in Gyllenborg's correspondence, would take this opportunity to wipe off all doubt by his zeal and co-operation. On the contrary, he never appeared so lukewarm. Both he and his brother Horace, indeed, spoke in favour of the Supply, but coldly; and Townshend and all their common friends openly joined the Tories and Jacobites in voting against it; so that it was carried only by a majority of four. This could not pass; and the same evening Stanhope, by the king's order, wrote to Townshend, acknowledging his past services, but informing him that he was no longer Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
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