The British nation a history / by George MWrong . in Ger-many. At last British public opinion revolted againstthose who had a part in the disasters; Admiral Byng, bywhose fault Minorca was lost, was tried by court-martialand shot, and the clique which monopolized office foundthe nation against them. To produce better things onlya leader was needed, and he was at hand. William Pitt now became supreme for awmkmPit°t! ^Iief but glorious period. Though George IIdisliked Pitt, who had been a fearless critic ofHanoverian influence in England, there was a blunt hon-esty in the old king. Sire, give me
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . in Ger-many. At last British public opinion revolted againstthose who had a part in the disasters; Admiral Byng, bywhose fault Minorca was lost, was tried by court-martialand shot, and the clique which monopolized office foundthe nation against them. To produce better things onlya leader was needed, and he was at hand. William Pitt now became supreme for awmkmPit°t! ^Iief but glorious period. Though George IIdisliked Pitt, who had been a fearless critic ofHanoverian influence in England, there was a blunt hon-esty in the old king. Sire, give me your confidenceand I will deserve it, Pitt said, inthe cringing tone he could nothelp assuming to royalty. De-serve my confidence and you shallhave it, George replied, and kepthis word. Pitt formed in 1757 acoalition with Newcastle, who wasto be Prime Minister and to at-tend to the hungry office-seek-ers, while Pitt was to carry onthe war. He had a sublime arro-gance. I know that I can savethis nation, and tliat nobody else can, he said to the. William 1itt, Eakl ofChatham (170S-1778 i. Duke of Devonshire. His strength was in his frank THE REIGN OP GEORGE III 453 appeal to the nations higher motives. The effect of his studied and dramatic oratory was amazing. In him spoke the best elements of English public life; unworthy men quailed before his fierce invective, and he now carried all before him. Pitt was resolved to give Britain world-wide supremacy and to humble France beyond the possibility of future rivalry. He chose his agents for their efficiency, not for their family influence. Gen-eral Amherst took Louisbourg in 1758. Wolfe, a young and, to the undiscerning eye, an untried officer, by defeating the French before Quebec in 1759, made the conquest of Canada secure. England paida huge subsidy to Frederick^and him, too, fortune soon be-gan to favour. The Englishharassed the coasts of France,and won naval victories in 1759 at Lagos and ofE Quiberon Bay. In India Cliveaveng
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