April 12th. Lord Clive appointed Governor-General of India 397 CHAPTER XXVIII. 1764. April 19th. Prorogation of the Parliament 401 Walpole’s Conduct on the Dismissal of General Conway 402 May 9th. Mr. Conway’s regiment given to the Earl of Pembroke 415 May 22nd. Trial of Carteret Webbe for Perjury 417 The Earl of Northumberland Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 418 ERRATA. VOL. I. Page 42, line 3 from bottom, omit the sentence beginning “His Lordship’s mother.” ” 60, line 14 from bottom, _for_ by the aversion _read_ by aversion. ” 352, line 3 from bottom, _for_ the illustrious line of the family _read_ the last line of the illustrious family. ” 311, line 3 from bottom, _for_ deshonorer jamais _read_ deshonorer à jamais. VOL. II. Page 89, line 2 from bottom, _for_ Minister at Tunis, &c., in 1802, _read_ Minister at Turin. He died in 1801. ” 316, line 3 from bottom, _for_ _l._ _read_ lbs. ” 399, line 3 from bottom, _for_ Burton Veyncourt _read_ Burton Pynsent. *.* The names Dowdeswell and Mackenzie have been printed in the text as Walpole wrote them, Dowdswell and Mackinsy. MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD. CHAPTER I. Motives for writing these Memoirs.--Their assistance to History.-- Causes of contradictory Opinions in the Writer.--Career of George II.--Auspicious circumstances under which George III. ascended the Throne.--Firmness of the Administration.--Our Glory and Fortune in War.--Precipitate Peace.--Communication to the Prince of Wales of the death of George II.--Mr. Pitt and the Princess Amalie.-- Anecdotes of the Accession of the new King.--His conduct to the Duke of Cumberland.--The first Council.--George the Second’s Will.--Anecdotes.--The King’s Speech to his Council.--Mr. Pitt and Lord Bute.--Duke of Newcastle.--Duke of Devonshire.-- The King’s Mother.--Earl of Bute.--Views of other Ministers.-- Union of Pitt and Newcastle.--City Politics.--Inscription on Blackfriars Bridge.--Jacobites at St. James’s.