Side lights on English history; . ch he came ina <lying state, to perform ! Such was the glorious end of thisGreat Man ! GROUP XXIX. GE0R(;E III. AND IMS HEIR APPAREXT I. Extract from the Memoirs of Vis count Melbourne. (Edited by Mc-Cullagh Torrens. \<)1. I. p. 1:^6.) Lor<l Essex used to tell how GeorgeIII, about to mount his horse for amorning ride, noticed that the heirapparent, whom he desired to accom-pany him anil who stood uncovered by hisside, wore a wig, and he asked sharplywhy he did so; the Prince replied*that he found himself subject t(jtake cold, and that he had been ad-
Side lights on English history; . ch he came ina <lying state, to perform ! Such was the glorious end of thisGreat Man ! GROUP XXIX. GE0R(;E III. AND IMS HEIR APPAREXT I. Extract from the Memoirs of Vis count Melbourne. (Edited by Mc-Cullagh Torrens. \<)1. I. p. 1:^6.) Lor<l Essex used to tell how GeorgeIII, about to mount his horse for amorning ride, noticed that the heirapparent, whom he desired to accom-pany him anil who stood uncovered by hisside, wore a wig, and he asked sharplywhy he did so; the Prince replied*that he found himself subject t(jtake cold, and that he had been ad- vised by his physician to take this pre-caution. His Majesty turned to thelord-in-waiting and said, A lie everready when its wanted. , . When Regent he [George IV] oncecalled on Lady Spencer to ask her todo :iim a great service. He wished herto choose a person of attainments andaccomplishments to be governess to thePrincess Charlotte. Al)ove all tilings,he desired that the lady should teachhis daughter always to tell the George III. and his Heir Apparent 273 Lady Spencer betrayed by the expres-sion of her features what was passingin her mind. On which his RoyalHighness observed, Yon know Idont speak the truth, and my brothersdont, and I find it a great defect, fromwhich I would have my daughter have always been brought up badly,the Qiieen having taught us to equivo-cate ; and I want you to help me in thematter. Letter of \Iajor- General Greti-ville to Earl Cor/iivallis. (Cornwal-lis Correspondence. London, 18^9. ?Vol. L p. 34S.) Dec. 20, 1787. We are totallv guided by [the Prince of Wales], and thorouglily initi-ated into all the extravagancies and de-baucheries of this most virtuous me-tropolis. Our visits to Windsor are lessfrequent, and I am afraid will at last betotally given up ... I flatter myselfstill . . [that] we shall perceive beforeit is too late, that we are losing our-selves in the eyes of the world, andthrowing away the finest game that everman had
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