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"The swarfc Hindoos, on the banks of the sacred Ganges, wondered 

 at the illustrious old man who conquered all things ; and Canada, 

 amazed, beheld the Grauls routed, stretching forth her hands and enter- 

 ing into firm treaties. But He, alas ! now hath perished, hath perished 

 by a woeful stroke. The King best beloved, alas ! the chief joy of the 

 British race, hath perished ! " 



'' The chief joy of the British race hath perished ! " Curiously 

 enough, Thackeray, in his "Four Georges,'* 'avers that the death of 

 George II. was the beginning of an era of misfortune to England. " It 

 was lucky," he says, " for us that our first Georges were not more 

 high-minded men ; especially fortunate that they loved Hanover so 

 much as to leave England to have her own way. Our chief troubles 

 began when we got a King who gloried in the name of Briton, and, 

 being born in the country, proposed to rule it." 



Here is a specimen of the scenes going on among " the swart Hin- 

 doos," along the Coromandel coast, in 1759. We quote from a report 

 on the French side. On the 29th of April, Count Dache is off the 

 town of Gondelour, in command of the French fleet, when a signal is 

 given of the approach of an English squadron of nine ships. The 

 narrative then proceeds : M. Dache immediately drew up in line of 

 battle. At two in the afternoon the engagement began, and continued 

 till night with great vivacity on both sides. The English retired to 

 Madras, to repair the damage they had received. On June 1st, the 

 English fleet, after being repaired at Madras, was again seen approach- 

 ing. Count Dache immediately got under sail; but the English, rather 

 than venture a second engagement, again retired to the coast of Madras. 

 On the 26th of July, the English fleet again appeared; and on August 

 3rd, at one in the afternoon, an engagement began, " which continued 

 with the utmost fury for above two hours." The English squadron 

 Buffered greatly in the action ; and Count Dache, the account says, 

 would have had the whole advantage, had it not been for the accident 

 that happened on board his ship and the Comte de Provence, by the 

 combustibles or fire-arrows which the English, contrary to all the rules 



