Lord Stanhope declared, in the name of England, that no peace was possible, unless its preliminary were the dismissal of the pernicious minister.

The fall of Alberoni was almost as speedy as that which he had but lately contrived for his enemy the Princess des Ursins.

On the 4th of December, 1719, he received orders to quit Madrid within eight days and Spain under three weeks.

He did not see the king or queen again, and retired first to Genoa, going by France, and then finally to Rome.

He took with him an immense fortune.