been incorporated into the preceding portion of this article, are the following: "At a levee, soon after the experiment on gunpowder had been made," says Bishop Watson, "the Duke of Richmond informed the king, that they were indebted to me for a great improvement in its fabrication. On my saying that ought to be ashamed of myself, inasmuch as it was a scandal in a Christian bishop to instruct men in the mode of destroying mankind, the king answered, Let not that afflict your conscience, for the quicker the conflict the less the slaughter.'"

Passing a handsome new house, he asked who was the owner, and on being informed that it had been recently purchased by his card-maker, he said, "Then I presume his cards have all turned up trumps."

Having bought a horse, the seller handed him the animal's pedigree, which the king immediately returned, saying, "Take it back: it will do just as well for the next horse you sell."

Lord Bateman, waiting on him one day, as master of the stag hounds, to know when they should be turned out, the king gravely replied, "I cannot exactly tell, but I can inform you that your lordship was turned out about an hour ago!"

"One day," says Smith, in his account of Nollekens, "when Cobb, the upholsterer, (who was remarkable for the absurd pomposity of his behaviour,) was in the library at Buckinghamhouse, giving orders to a workman, whose ladder was placed before a book which the king wanted, he desired Cobb to hand him the work, which instead of obeying, he called to his man, Fellow, give me that book!' Upon which the king arose, and asked Cobb what his man's name was. Jenkins,' answered the upholsterer. Then,' said the king, Jenkins, you shall hand me

the book!'"

On seeing Reynolds's portrait of Fox, the king said, "Very like-fine specimen of art; but Gillray is the better limner: nobody hits off Fox like him. Gillray is the man for the man of the people-eh!-like as my profile on a tower halfpenny-eh!"

During the progress of some alterations in the grounds near Windsor castle, he told Colonel Price that he meant to

have a certain tree cut down, and then rapidly asked the colonel's opinion, in a manner indicating that he expected an absolute approval of his intention. The colonel, however, respectfully intimated that he differed in opinion with his majesty on the subject. "Ay," said the king, "that's your way; you continually contradict me!" 66 If your majesty," replied the Colonel, "will not condescend to listen to the honest sentiments of your faithful servants, you can never hear the truth." After a short pause, the king said, in a very kind manner, "You are right, Price; and the tree shall stand."

Gainsborough having said to him, that painters ought to design the fashions for female dress, the king replied, "I am of the same opinion, Gainsborough. Why do not you, and Sir Joshua, set about it? But they are bewitching enough as it is,-eh?-Gainsborough! eh?"

Gresse, the artist, one of the teachers to the royal family, was a man of extraordinary bulk. The king often visited his residence at Cookham; and one day, while going up a very narrow, crooked staircase, which led to Gresse's bed-room, his majesty whispered to the lord in waiting, "It is a wonder how Gresse climbs up to his dormitory; but it will be a much greater wonder how he will be brought down, if he should die here, for there's no flexibility in a coffin,-eh!-my lord,-eh!"

To conclude, George the Third appears to have possessed many amiable and some noble qualities. He was entitled, perhaps, to more respect as a man, than admiration as a monarch. In private life his virtues would not have been so inadequately appreciated, nor his defects so glaringly obnoxious, as they were in the exalted station which it was his fortune to fill. The great blemish of his character was an undignified pertinacity in cleaving to opinions after the most disastrous consequences had evinced their absurdity. His great virtue consisted in the admirable subserviency of his conduct to the dictates of his conscience. Few men have equalled,-scarcely any have excelled him, in purity of motive. If his measures were often attended with unhappy results, his intention in originating them was, nevertheless, above impeach

the queen's hand." The boy boldly answered, "No, but I won't though; because it would dirt my new breeches."

During one of his walks in the severe winter of 1785, two boys, who did not know the king, fell on their knees and besought him to afford them relief; their mother, they said, had been dead three days; and their father was stretched by her on some straw,-sick, helpless, and destitute of money, food, and fuel. The king went with them to their miserable hovel, and found that the boys had not exaggerated the distress of their unhappy surviving parent, to whom his majesty immediately gave some money; and, on his return to the castle, sent an ample supply of food and raiment to the hovel. The man ultimately recovered, and the boys were provided for at his majesty's expense.

The king and the Prince of Wales, one day, when rambling near Windsor, found a man vainly endeavouring to get the wheel of his cart out of a hole in the road, into which it had sunk: they immediately volunteered their assistance, and with some difficulty, the king, the prince, and the carter, by their joint efforts, liberated the wheel. In gratitude for their services, the carter proposed to treat his unknown friends with some ale at the next public-house: they, however, not only declined his offer, but to his great astonishment, presented him with a couple of guineas. On another occasion, a pair of horses having bolted up a by-lane with the carriage, the king, who happened to witness the circumstance, as soon as the coachman had succeeded in stopping the animals, offered to hand out a lady who was riding in the vehicle: she however, thought proper to keep her seat, and requested the king, whom she did not know, to oblige her by assisting her man to back the horses out of the lane. His majesty complied with her request, and in a few minutes, the carriage was again on the main road.

Being overtaken by a sudden and heavy fall of rain, while riding near Stoke, he took shelter in a cottage, where he found a girl roasting a goose. Requesting her to put his horse in an adjacent shed, she agreed to do so, on condition that he would not let the goose burn in her absence. While she was out, her father entered, and found

his sovereign very busily basting the bird at the fire. He had good sense enough not to seem to recognise the monarch, who entered familiarly into conversation with him on the disadvantages of roasting with a string; and before his departure, took an opportunity of placing five guineas on the dresser, in a paper on which he had written with a pencil, " To buy a jack."

The king, on some occasions, evinced much impatience, if accidentally or purposely intruded on: strangers, while visiting Windsor castle, were directed on no account to notice his presence, if they met him in any of the public apartments; and he often gave those whom he honoured with private interviews a hint to depart, by significantly looking at his watch. Never, perhaps, was his patience more severely tried than at a private audience which he granted to Lord George Gordon, a man who was neither remarkable for his loyalty nor wisdom. On being admitted to the king's presence, his lordship very unceremoniously locked the door, which the lord in waiting had purposely left open. He then said that he had an excellent pamphlet in his pocket, which he would do himself the honour and his majesty the pleasure of reading. He accordingly began the pamphlet, and the king listened very patiently, until it began to grow dark, when his majesty observed," I am sorry, my lord, that light fails you; but some other day-" "Please your majesty," replied Lord George, "there is no time like the present; and as for light, a little of that will suffice for me." then familiarly poked the fire, the blaze of which enabled him to continue the pamphlet, which he read to the last word. The king now expected to be released: but to his amazement, Lord George said, " Please your majesty, I will next read you ten or eleven excellent letters that I have received from your protestant subjects in Ireland, which never were nor ever will be surpassed." He then commenced the letters; and this vexatious interview lasted for two hours longer; at the termination of which, the fire having gone out, or ceased to blaze, Lord George departed.

He

Among the more remarkable dicta of George the Third, which have not

have a certain tree cut down, and then rapidly asked the colonel's opinion, in a manner indicating that he expected an absolute approval of his intention. The

Passing a handsome new house, he asked who was the owner, and on being informed that it had been recently purchased by his card-maker, he said, "Then I presume his cards have all turned up trumps."

Having bought a horse, the seller handed him the animal's pedigree, which the king immediately returned, saying, "Take it back: it will do just as well for the next horse you sell."

Lord Bateman, waiting on him one day, as master of the stag hounds, to know when they should be turned out, the king gravely replied, "I cannot exactly tell, but I can inform you that your lordship was turned out about an hour ago!"

"One day," says Smith, in his account of Nollekens, " when Cobb, the upholsterer, (who was remarkable for the absurd pomposity of his behaviour,) was in the library at Buckinghamhouse, giving orders to a workman, whose ladder was placed before a book which the king wanted, he desired Cobb to hand him the work, which instead of obeying, he called to his man, Fellow, give me that book!' Upon which the king arose, and asked Cobb what his man's name was. Jenkins,' answered the upholsterer. 'Then,' said the king, Jenkins, you shall hand me the book!'

On seeing Reynolds's portrait of Fox, the king said, "Very like-fine specimen of art; but Gillray is the better limner: nobody hits off Fox like him. Gillray is the man for the man of the people-eh!-like as my profile on a tower halfpenny-eh!"

During the progress of some alterations in the grounds near Windsor castle, he told Colonel Price that he meant to

that he differed in opinion with his majesty on the subject. "Ay," said the king, "that's your way; you continually contradict me!" "If your majesty," replied the Colonel, "will not condescend to listen to the honest sentiments of your faithful servants, you can never hear the truth." After a short pause, the king said, in a very kind manner, "You are right, Price; and the tree shall stand."

Gresse, the artist, one of the teachers to the royal family, was a man of extraordinary bulk. The king often visited his residence at Cookham; and one day, while going up a very narrow, crooked staircase, which led to Gresse's bed-room, his majesty whispered to the lord in waiting, "It is a wonder how Gresse climbs up to his dormitory; but it will be a much greater wonder how he will be brought down, if he should die here, for there's no flexibility in a coffin,-eh!—my lord,—eh!"

To conclude, George the Third appears to have possessed many amiable and some noble qualities. He was entitled, perhaps, to more respect as a man, than admiration as a monarch. In private life his virtues would not have been so inadequately appreciated, nor his defects so glaringly obnoxious, as they were in the exalted station which it was his fortune to fill. The great blemish of his character was an undignified pertinacity in cleaving to opinions after the most disastrous consequences had evinced their absurdity. His great virtue consisted in the admirable subserviency of his conduct to the dictates of his conscience. Few men have equalled,-scarcely any have excelled him, in purity of motive. If his measures were often attended with unhappy results, his intention in originating them was, nevertheless, above impeach

ment. If, while endeavouring to benefit Great Britain, he frequently plunged the nation into calamity, a want of wisdom is to be attributed to him, rather than a want of patriotism. But it is impossible to excuse, or account for his singular obstinacy in not retracing, or at least, arresting his steps, when the path he had erroneously chosen was evidently beset with dangers; unless it may be presumed, he still thought that, although difficult and perilous, it would eventually lead to the accomplishment of an object, which, in his honest opinion, it was desirable, or perhaps indispensable, to achieve. His daring perseverance under the most unpromising circumstances, was, it must be admitted, occasionally rewarded with triumphant advantages; and the recol

lection of his success in these cases, it is probable, strengthened him in his predominant error. During his long reign, opinions frequently fluctuated with regard to his character: when his unflinching adherence to his own opinions proved fortunate at last, he was lauded for his firmness; when a contrary result occurred, he was abused for having been unpardonably pertinacious. He was a slave, upon conviction, to consistency; than which, no bugbear but gross superstition has so materially checked the improvement of individuals and society at large. On the whole, however, it is probable that few of his predecessors, if placed in similar extraordinary circumstances, would have done more good and less evil in their day, than George the Third.

EDWARD AUGUSTUS, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, was born on the 14th of March, 1739. In his second or third year his medical attendants suspected that he laboured under some deeply-seated internal complaint; and by the time he was twelve years old, it became evident that he had an imposthume in his side. He was compelled to undergo an operation, which, | although successfully performed, is said to have not altogether re-established his health.

In 1752, he was created a knight of the garter; and in 1756, the king granted him an allowance of £5,000 per annum. In 1758, he embarked as a volunteer with the expedition against Cherbourg; at the taking of which he was present, and manifested great intrepidity. Having afterwards distinguished himself on several other occasions, he received the freedom of the city of London in a gold box; and a handsome compliment from the Recorder for his early entrance into the naval service of his country. He had previously been created Duke of York, and appointed one of the members of his brother's privy council; but he never took any part in public affairs.

It is related of this prince, that going one day to St. James's, evidently in a state of great dejection, the king, his brother, asked him why he was lowspirited. "How can I be otherwise," said the duke, “eternally pestered as I am, by my creditors, without having a penny to pay them?" The king immediately presented him with a thousand pound note; every word of which the duke gravely read aloud, and then marched out of the room, singing, loudly and cheerfully, "God save great George our king," &c.

When Bubb Doddington showed the duke a room, on the first floor of his (Doddington's) house, absurdly paved with marble, observing, at the same time, that it ought, perhaps, to have been on the ground; the duke replied, "Be easy, sir, it soon will be there."

He took great delight in travelling, and was beloved wherever he went, on account of his liberality and agreeable manners. He died at Monaco, in Italy, of a malignant fever, after an illness of fourteen days only, on the 17th of September, 1767. His remains having been embalmed, were brought over to England, and interred in Westminster Abbey.