Memoirs of King George the Third Volume 4; His Life and Reign (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...ministers, "I found it in the closet of his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales." In all probability this was far from having been the only occasion on which the prince and Thurlow had found opportunities of arranging their plans. For instance, after the breaking up of the council which had been held at Windsor on the 27th, while the other ministers were on their way to dine and sleep, according to agreement, at Salt Hill, we find the chancellor making his escape to the prince's apartments, where refreshments were brought to him and where the prince, who had himself dined, sat by him during his meal. Such suspicious proceedings could scarcely fail to alarm the chancellor's colleagues, and accordingly, at another meeting of the Cabinet, which took place in Downing Street on the 29th, several home questions were put to him, evidently for the purpose of testing his good faith. By one it was asked if any one knew whether Mr. Fox had yet seen the Prince of Wales, or had held any communication with him? By another, what were Mr. Fox's proceedings? The wily lawyer, however, was not to be disconcerted. He not only expressed the most perfect ignorance on these subjects, but had the effrontery to inquire in return whether any one present knew the colour of Fox's carriage, or whether any one had seen it on the road to Windsor? Yet, as William Grenville writes on the following day, "It is unquestionably true that he has seen Fox, and I believe he has also seen Sheridan repeatedly, and certainly the Prince of Wales, and of all these conversations he has never yet communicated one word to any other member of the Cabinet." That the public were not altogether unsuspicious in regard to the nature of the chancellor's proceedings, is shown by one of the ca...