_for_ "_succ._ March, 1761," _read_ "_succ._ Oct.,
1761"; _for_ E. of Bute, "_succ._ Oct., 1761," _read_
"_succ._ March, 1761". _Ld. privy seal_, _after_ "E.
Temple" _read_ "D. of Bedford _succ._ Nov., 1761".

" 471. Grenville's administration, _secs. of state, s. dept._ _for_
"E. of Sandwich" _read_ "E. of Halifax, _succ._ Sept.,
1763"; _n. dept._ _for_ "E. of Halifax" _read_ "E. of
Sandwich, _succ._ Sept., 1763".

Rockingham's administration, _secs. of state, s. dept._ after
Conway _read_ "D. of Richmond, _succ._ May, 1766";
_n. dept._ _for_ "D. of Richmond" _read_ "H. S. Conway,
_succ._ May, 1766".

" 473. North's administration, _secs. of state, s. dept._ _for_ "E. of
Sandwich, E. of Halifax, E. of Suffolk, Visct.
Stormont" _read_ "E. of Rochford, _succ._ Dec, 1770,
Viscount Weymouth, _succ._ Nov., 1775, E. of
Hillsborough, _succ._ Nov., 1779"; _n. dept._ _for_
"Viscount Weymouth, E. of Hillsborough," _read_ "E. of
Sandwich, _succ._ Dec, 1770, E. of Halifax _succ._
Jan., 1771, E. of Suffolk _succ._ June, 1771, Viscount
Stormont _succ._ Oct., 1779".

" 475. Pitt's administration, _admiralty_, _for_ "Hood" _read_ "Howe".

" 478, col. 1, line 32, _for_ "afterwards" _read_ "previously".

" " " 2 " 50, Bridgewater, _for_ "Earl of" _read_ "Duke of".

" 481 " 1 " 27, Cumberland, _for_ "George" _read_ "William".

" 482 " 1 " 26, Emmet, _for_ "Robert" _read_ "Thomas".

" 487 " 1 " 51, Lincoln, _for_ "Earl of (Clinton), 195, 197,
198" _read_ "American general, 195, 198".

" 491 " 2 " 25, Queensberry, _for_ "Earl of" _read_ "Duke of".

CHAPTER I.

THE KING AND BUTE.

George III. was in his twenty-third year when he succeeded his
grandfather, George II., on October 25, 1760. His accession caused
general satisfaction. The jacobite schism had come to an end; no one
imagined that a restoration of the exiled house was possible, or
seriously wished that it might take place. The remembrance of the rising
of '45 strengthened the general feeling of loyalty to t