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Excerpt from Our Country, Vol. 2 of 3: A Household History of the United States for All Readers, From the Discovery of America to the Present Time
Prince George remained at Kew during the day and night after the king's death. He was his grandfather's successor sto the throne, and was so pro claimed. William Pitt, then at the head of the ministry, immediately repaired to Kew to condole and consult with the new monarch. On the following day the king went to St. James' palace, where Pitt again waited upon him and presented a sketch of an address to be made by the monarch at a meeting of the Privy Council. The minister was politely informed that a speech was already prepared, and that every preliminary was arranged. Pitt perceived, what many had suspected, that the Earl of Bute, who was the special favorite of the young king's mother, was to be a leading spirit in the administration. The pride of the great commoner was touched, and he left the royal presence with clouded brows. A year later he retired from public life. The young king, who was to occupy the British throne for fifty years the period in English history the most interesting to Americans - was a son of the dead Frederick Prince Of Wales. His mother was the beautiful Princess Augusta of saxe-gotha. He was born in London in I 738, and was regarded with special favor by the people of England, because he was a native prince. His tutor and confidential adviser, the Earl of Bute, was a gay Scottish nobleman of handsome person, pleasing address, possessed of moderate mental endowments, and was narrow in his political Views. The Princess Augusta seemed fond of him, and scandalous things were suggested concerning their intimacy. Such was the man - a sort of needy adventurer at the English court, at first - without valid claims to the character of a statesman, whom the young monarch unfortunately chose for his counsellor and guide, instead of the wise and sagacious Pitt, who had done so much to glorify England during the reign just closed. Like Rehoboam, George for sook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
