Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 1 (of 4)

CHAPTER XXI.

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1763. Secret Power of Lord Bute 298

His Rupture with Pitt 299

Unanimous Attempt to destroy Wilkes 301

Death of Augustus the Third, of Saxony 306

The Pope invites the Duke of York to Rome 307

Humiliation of the helpless Line of Stuart _ib._

Nov. 3rd. Charles Yorke resigns the Attorney-Generalship _ib._

Unfavourable Commencement of the new Lord-Lieutenant’s Power in Ireland 308