MEMOIRS

OF THIS

PRINCE OF WALES.

VOL. III.

OF

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE

Prince of Wales.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

"In these unhappy times, the world, Sir, examine the con-
duct of Princes with a jealous, a scrutinizing, a malignant eye.
No man is more aware than I am of the existence of such a
disposition, and no man is, therefore, more determined to place
himself above all suspicion."

Letter from the Prince of Wales to the King,

VOL. III.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. F. HUGHES,

BOOKSELLER TO H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES,

No. 15, Paternoster-Row, and 5, Wigmore-Street,

Cavendish-Square.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

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M. ALLEN, Printer, Paternoster-Row.

MEMOIRS

OF

H. R. H. George Augustus Frederick

PRINCE OF WALES.'

CHAPTER I.

4

ASPECT OF THE POLITICAL WORLD ΑΓ THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR 1803--REVIEW OF THE CONDUCT Or FRANCE AFTER THE PEACE OF AMIENS-DEBATES IN THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES HIGH SPIRIT DISPLAYED BY ALL RANKS OF THE BRITISH NATION ON THE OCCASION CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE PRINCE OF WALES, MR. ADDINGTON, THE KING, AND THE DUKE OF YORK REMARKS ON THE CORRESPONDENCE.

THE peace of Amiens, or rather the truce of Amiens, (for a treaty concluded under circumstances of mutual jealousy and suspicion, hardly deserves