THE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND

FROM THE

ACCESSION OF GEORGE III.

1760 TO 1835.

BY THE REV. T. S. HUGHES, B. D.

PREBENDARY OF PETERBOROUGH,

LATE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE AT CAMBRIDGE, &c. &c.

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY A. J. VALPY, M. A.

AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1836.

ADVERTISEMENT.

THE Publisher flatters himself that this work will be favorably received by those who possess the various OCTAVO EDITIONS of HUME and SMOLLETT; to which it will form a Continuation of the History of England to the present time-commencing with the accession of George III. in 1760, and including a narrative of important events more particularly interesting to the present generation.

PREFACE.

IN this CONTINUATION OF OUR NATIONAL HISTORY the Author's principal object will be to give an accurate, and, as far as the limits of his work permit, a copious detail of the interesting and momentous events which have distinguished these latter times. In executing this task he will adhere as strictly as possible to those great rules which ought to govern every one who undertakes the very responsible office of compiling historical records-neither to advance what is false, nor to suppress what is true; to suspect his own judgment in the interpretation of motives, and to withhold his decision on important points, until he shall have diligently compared all the documents in his power, and fully considered the evidence thence to be derived. In some cases indeed historical truth is inscrutable: when such occur, he will content himself with stating the best opinions that offer themselves on each side of the question, and will leave the reader to decide for himself. Although it is impossible to