Through the friendship of Lord Brougham, to whom the Editor is also indebted for many valuable suggestions, access was obtained to a collection of George the Third’s Letters to Lord North, in the possession of that nobleman’s accomplished daughter, Lady Charlotte Lindsay, from which the Editor has made rather copious extracts, illustrating, as he conceives, very forcibly, the personal character of the King, and its influence on the events of his reign. He has also to express his deep obligations to the Duke of Grafton, for placing in his hands, without reserve, the autobiography of his grandfather (the Minister of George the Third), a work in itself of sufficient importance to deserve separate publication, and the appearance of which at an earlier period would have refuted many of the calumnies that have attached to the name of its noble writer. The extracts given in the Appendix relate, almost exclusively, to his Grace’s public conduct during his own administration and that of Lord Rockingham. It had been the Editor’s intention to insert in the Appendix the biographies of some of the statesmen noticed in these Memoirs, of whom less has hitherto been generally known than might have been expected from their connexion with the politics of the day. With this view he had prepared a life of Marshal Conway, and a selection from his correspondence, two volumes of which were kindly entrusted to him by the Right Honourable Sir Alexander Johnstone, from whom he also obtained much interesting information respecting the Marshal’s pursuits after he quitted office. The Appendix, however, is without such an addition already too large; but should the subject appear not to have been exhausted, the Editor proposes to publish the materials he has collected in a separate volume, under the title of “Notes and Biographical Sketches illustrative of the History of the Early Years of the Reign of George the Third.” 7, HARLEY STREET, _July, 20, 1845_. CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. CHAPTER I. A. D. PAGE 1767. Debates on East Indian Affairs 1 Wilkes and the Duke of Grafton 5 March 16th. The Houses adjourn for the Holidays 6 Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain 6 March 28th. The Houses reassemble 11 Parliamentary Discussions 11 May 1st. Conversation on Indian Affairs 15 May 6th. Court of Proprietors vote themselves a Dividend 21 Conduct of Mr. Townshend 23 CHAPTER II. 1767. May 13th. Proposal to tax the Colonies 28 Passing of the Resolutions 37