Produced by MWS, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: _P. Battoni. pinx^t_ _J. Cook, sc._ _Augustus Henry_, THIRD DUKE OF GRAFTON.] London, Published by Richard Bentley, 1845. MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD. BY HORACE WALPOLE, YOUNGEST SON OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS. EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY SIR DENIS LE MARCHANT, BART. VOL. IV. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1845. LONDON: Printed by S. & J. BENTLEY, WILSON, and FLEY, Bangor House, Shoe Lane. CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME. CHAPTER I. A. D. PAGE 1769. Victories of the Russians 2 Altercation with France 2 Position of the Duc de Choiseul 4 Madame du Barry 6 Opposition to her Presentation at Court 12 General Dislike of the new Favourite 16 Cabal against Choiseul 18 His imprudent Conduct 22 Project for restoring the Finances 24 Trial of the Duc d’Aiguillon 25 Anecdote of the Prince of Beauvau 26 Extraordinary Letter of Louis the Fifteenth 29 CHAPTER II. 1770. Irish Parliament prorogued 32 Public Feeling 33 Opening of the British Parliament 34 Lord Chatham moves an Amendment to the Address 34 Debates on the Election of Lutterell 37 Daring Conduct of Burke and Saville 38 Lord Camden loses the Seals 44 Dismissal of the Earl of Huntingdon 45 Resignation of Lord Granby 47 Charles Yorke refuses the Seals 48 Death of Sir John Cust 48 Yorke accepts the Seals 51 His Death 52 Sir Fletcher Norton elected Speaker 54 Disinterestedness of Conway 55