THE S.H.1825. HISTORY OF ENGLAND, DURING THE REIGN OF GEORGE III. BEING A CONTINUATION TO HUME AND SMOLLETT. BY WILLIAM JONES, AUTHOR OF THE BIBLICAL CYCLOPÆDIA, HISTORY OF THE IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG, 73. CHEAPSIDE; AND R. GRIFFIN & CO. GLASGOW. 1825. 589. HISTORY OF ENGLAND, DURING THE REIGN OF GEORGE III. CHAPTER I. 1760-1763. GEORGE THE THIRD Succeeded his grandfather in the British throne, at a period of our history, and under circumstances, peculiarly interesting. He was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and of Augusta, Princess of Saxe Gotha; and at the time he was called to sway the British sceptre, had recently completed his twenty-second year. On his accession to the throne he found the country engaged in a continental struggle; but as he was beyond dispute the most powerful monarch in Europe, he was universally allowed to be the arbiter of peace or war. It may be proper, however, before we proceed to detail the affairs of the country over which he reigned, to give a short sketch of the character of the new monarch, tA VOL. I. |