I 



act, the kinpr announced that there was at leant one n>.< 

 (meaning himself) in tliu fount ry who wa* d 

 his duty. S.ilili.-: -rtliwitli ordered to t > 



town, ami tlm in-*tni-tiom to tin .r olliccrt 

 were that if tin- people would not .li-p-rHo on being gummoi ed, 

 they should bo thv.l upon. 



ili.--!- iinli'i-.s the officers acted. Troops marched 

 Ihroii-'h the rttnvN. mill in nomo hooBes they were quar 



I iiliuppily, the march of the soldiers waa not 

 unimpeded, though it can scarcely be said to have been resisted. 

 . .pl.' wonlil not ili-jn-rso, the soldiera fired, and the gutter* 

 whii.-li lately ran gin now ran blood. Two hundred ; 

 ml dead iii the street-, liesidcs those who pen 



r tho distillery, and -~>0 more were sent wounded to 

 limiM served to replace the authorities 

 :i of L melon, and "on tho morning of T!. 

 .Inn" tho 8th, no trace was to be seen," says Lord Main* 

 Stanhope), "of the recent tumults, beyond the Kinonldi-rin;,' 

 ruin*, the spots of blood upon tho pavements, and tho marks 

 of shot upon the houses." 



On Friday, June tho 9th, Lord George Gordon was arrested 

 and sent to tho Tower, but subsequently escaped trial in conse- 

 ' qnence of some technical flaw in the legal proceeding. Mi- 

 followers were not so fortunate. Out of a large number con- 

 1 to death at tho July Assizes, many experienced the 

 king's mercy, but twenty-one were hanged for the part they had 

 had in the Gordon Riots. 



SYNOPSIS OP THE LIFE AND REIGN OF GEORGE III. 



George III. was tho son of Frederick, Prince of "Wales, and 

 the Princess Augusta of Saxo-Gothu. His father was the eldest 

 son of Gjorgo II. He was the thirty-second monarch of Great 

 Britain and Ireland after the Norman Conquest, and the third 

 of tho Hanoverian Dynasty, or House of Brunswick. Ho mar- 

 ried the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg, by whom he had 

 nine sons and six daughters. 



Born in London . June 4, 1738 

 Death of Frederick, Prince 



<>f Wales 1751 



Began to reign . . Oct. 2."., 17i>'> 



Married .... Sept. 8, 1761 



p Act for American 



Colonies 1765 



Tax' on Tea Imported into 

 American Colonies en- 

 forced by Lord North . . 1770 

 Royal Marriage Act passed . 1772 

 Riot at Boston. American 

 Colouists meet at Phila- 

 delphia 1773 



Boston Port Bill passed . . 1771 

 Bevclt of the American 



Colonies 1775 



Bat. Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775 

 Declaration of Independence 

 by tlio American Colonies, 

 which are now called the 

 "United States," July 4, 1776 

 Death of Earl Chatham 



May 11, 1778 



"No Popery" Riots . . . 1780 

 Siege of Gibraltar .... 1782 

 Independence of tho Ameri- 

 can Colonies acknowledged 



Nov. 30, 1782 



Peace of Versailles . . . 1783 

 William Pitt, Prime Minis- 

 ter 1783 



Warren Hastings impeached 



for misdemeanour in India 1788 

 Temp. Insanity of the King 1788 

 Commencement of the 

 French Revolution. De- 

 struction of the Bastilo 



July 20, 1789 

 Louis XVI. of France aud 



Marie Antoinette beheaded 1793 

 Declaration of War against 

 England by the French 



i.lio 1793 



Lord Howe's Victory off 

 Usha&t. . . . Juno 1, 1794 



Partition of Poland ... 1795 

 War with Spain .... 1796 

 Battle of Cape St. Vincent 



Feb. 14, 1797 



Suspension of Cash Pay- 

 ments .... Feb. 25, 1797 

 Mutiny at the Nore, June, 1797 

 Bat. of Carnperdown, Oct. 11, 179? 

 Irish Rebellion commenced 



May 4, 1798 



Battle of the Nile . Aug. 1, 1798 

 Capture of Seriugapatum 



(India) .... May 4, 1799 

 Legislative Union of Great 

 Britain and Ireland 



Jan. 1, 1801 



Bombardment of Copen- 

 hagen .... April 2, 1801 

 Peace of Amiens .... 1802 

 Renewal of War with France 1803 

 War with Spaiu .... 1804 

 Bat. of Trafalgar and Death 



of Nelson . . . Oct. 21, 1805 

 Death of William Pitt 



Jan. 23, 1806 



The " Delicate Investiga- 

 tion;" an Inquiry into 

 charges against the Prin- 

 cess of Wales . May 22, 1806 

 Death of Charles James Fox 



Sept. 13, 1806 

 Abolition of the Slave Trade 



1-r... Mired by Wilberforce . 1807 

 Peninsular War begins . . 1808 

 Battle of Viraeira . Aug. 21, 1806 

 Convention of Cintra, Aug. 22, 1808 

 Bat. of Corunna and Death 



of Sir John Mooro, Jan. 16, 1806 

 Riots and Arrest of Sir 



Francis Burdett, April 6, 1809 

 Battle of Talavera . July 27, 1800 

 Expedition to Walcheren 



Aug. 10, 1809 



Battle of Busaco . Sept. 27. 1809 

 Return of the Insanity cf 

 the Kin* .... NOT. 1309 



Regency of the Pnuoe of 



. . 

 buitio of Puente* da Onore 



My, 1811 



Battle of Albutr* . May 16, 1811 

 of Ciuilad Kodngo 



Jut. 19, 1812 



Storming of Badajoe, Apr. . igu 

 AeaaMinatiou of Mr. Perce- 

 val, then Prune Minuter 

 May U 



Battle of Salamanca, July . 

 Burning of Moscow, Sep. 1 ^. 1-1.' 

 War with United State* 



f Vittoria . June 21. 1-1:: 

 battle bf Pyrenees . July . 

 Defeat of Napoieon at Leip- 



ic . Oct. 16 1813 



Paris in the band* of th 



Allies .... Mar. I 

 Abdication of NjpoV-Gu, w'io 

 is banished to Elua 



Aprils, 1814 



Capture of Washington, 

 United State* . Aug. 24, 1814 



CoagTM* of Vteu* . Jlov. 1*1* 

 Peso* wiUt United State* 



DM .... :-: 



Return of Xtpoleoa frooi 

 E1U . 1811 



I!." I :.-:.- V ,' .:... , 



and Waterloo. Juae 1-W. 18U 

 Napoleon Met to M. Helta* 



Marriage of Prl Ch*r- 



lotto 



Bombardment of 



Aug. 27. 181* 



Resumption of Cub Pay- 

 mnU . . . . Sept. 22, 1817 



Death of PriaoaM Charlotte 



Nov.*. 1817 



Death of Quern Charlotte 



HOT. 17, 1818 



OVMMB lii.i MMiMMl . Ml 



Worm Meeting at Man- 

 cbdrter. . . . Aug. 16, U0 



Sir Frond* Burdett com- 

 mitted to th Tower . . 1819 



Death of tbe King . Jan. 29. IJflO 



SOVEREIGNS CONTEMPORARY WITH GEORGE III. 



Austria, Emperor of. 



Francis I. (for- 

 merly Francis 

 II. of Germany) 1804 



Bavaria, King of. 



Maximilian Jo- 

 seph I. . . .1805 



Denmark, Kings of. 



Frederick V. . . 1746 

 Christian VII. . 17t 

 Frederick VI. . 1808 



France, Rultn of. 



Louis XV. . . 1715 

 Leuis XVI. . . 177; 



[The son of Louis 

 XVI. under the title of 

 Loui* XVII. trtu King 

 of France de jure from 

 ifce death of his father, 

 1793, fill 1795, when he 

 died in jirwoii.] 

 French Republic 



declared . . . 1792 

 Napoleon First 



Consul . . . 1799 

 Napoleon I. m- I 



pew . . . 1804 

 Louia XVIII. 



May 3, 1814 



Germany, Emperor* :f. ' 



Francis I. . . 1745 

 Joseph II. . . 1765 

 Leopold II. . . 1790 

 Francis II. (M 

 Austria) . . 1792 1 

 [Thsst Emperor* of. 

 Germany wwr* aUo 

 Kings oj ffunyary.] 



, King of. 



topoleon, from 

 1805 to ... 1814 



Kaplts, Kingt -f. 



Joseph Bonaparte 1806 ; 

 Joachim Murat . 1808 



Netherlands. Sttdt- 

 holderof. 



William VT. . . 17'1 



ttoUand .!:! 

 yiun rfirrgtd \n 

 JVwck Republic 17* 



Netherlands, Kings of. 



Louis Bonaparte 1806 

 Holland United to 



Franc* . . . 1810 

 William I. . . 1815 



Poland, Kings of. 

 Frederick Augus- 



tus II. ... 1733 

 Interregnum . . 17t>j 

 Stanislas II. . . 17'.i 



[This monarch abdi- 

 cated in 1795, and died 

 tn 1798.] 



Portugal, A'in0 of. 

 Joseph Emmanuel 1750 

 Maria and Peter 



III ..... 1777 

 Maria (alone) . 1786 ' 

 John VI. . . . 1816 



[This monarch quitted 

 Portugal in consequents 

 of the invasion of the 

 kingdom by the French, 

 and retired to firaxti, 

 from which he returned 

 .1. 1-Jl. Owing to his 

 mother' smentaldfrange- 

 ment, he vas Regent of 

 Portugal from 1792 hit 

 Hi* acce*ton.] 



Prussia, Kings of. 

 Frederick II. . 1740 

 Frederick Wil- 



liam II. . . 1786 

 Frederick Wil- 



liam III. . . 1797 



Rome, Popei of. 

 dement XIII. . 17S8 

 Clement XIV. . 1709 



PiuaVI. ... 1774 

 Pius VII. . . .1800 



Cbarle* Emma- 

 nuel II. . . . 179* 



Victor Emma- 

 nuel I. . . .1808 



Sardinia merged t* tke 

 kingdom of Hal* from 

 1805 to 1814. 



Victor Emma- 

 nnell.(rerfored) 1814 



Sp-m, ling. of. 

 Charles III. . . 1759 

 Cbarle* IV. . . 1788 

 Ferdinand VIL . 1808 



.1 S.M !. j'.. :. .; :ir'. . - 1 



Ferdinand VLL 

 (rectered) . . 1814 



Sireden, JTtma* of. 

 Adolphos Frede- 

 rick . . . .1751 

 Guatavne III. . 1771 

 Guatavo* IV. . 1798 

 Cbark*XIII. . 1809 

 A'onray annexed to 

 Sweden by t*e 

 Treat], of Kiel . 1814 

 Cbarle* XIV. 

 (Bemadotte) . 1818 



TWtey, Sul'ans of. 

 Muatapba III. . 1757 

 Abdul Ahmed . 1774 

 Selim III 



Mustapha IV. . 1807 

 Mahomed VI. . 1808 



Twe BieOim ( Veste *d 

 9M>) X .. e/. 



Ferdinand IV. . 1758 

 m memarejk i* 

 -, M of 



to 1815, * fce 



Emperor* of. 

 Eliiabcth . . . 17(1 

 Peter III. . . 1762 

 Catherine I!. . 1782 

 Paul .... 1796 

 Alexander I. . . 1801 



Sardinia, Kingt of. 

 Charles Emma- 



nuel 1. ... ITS) 

 Victor Amadeni 



U ..... 177S 



King of T** 

 Surili*, under 

 tfce titU e/ 

 Ferdinand I. . 1815 



George Waahing- 



ton . . . . 17G9 

 John Adam* . . 1797 



I 1 . i- ' * r- r. '. - 1 

 Jame* Xadieon 180* 

 Jane* Monroe . 1817 



