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0/. James's, May \ i.
H I S Day the Court of Lord Mayor
(Sir Charles Afgill, Bart, locum tenens)
and Aldermen of the City of London
waited oa His Majesty, and being-introduced to His Majesty by the Right Honourable thc
Earl of Egremont, one of .His Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State, James' Eyre, Esq; Recorder,
addressed His Majesty as follovvcth.
SIR,
O U R Majesty's Faithful and Loyal Subjects,
the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of'the City of
London, desiretd be'permitted to pay their humble
Duty to your Majesty, and to express'their Grateful
Sense of your 'Majesty's. Gracious and Benevolent
Attention to the Welfare of .your1 People, in relieving
them from the; increasing Burthens of a long and expensive though Glorious and Successful War.
They enter not into a particular Consideration of
the Nitional Advantages resulting from the Treaty
of Peace which' your Majesty has been pleased to
"conclude ;—These have been, submitted to a Constitutional. Examination j but they beg Leave thus
publickly to declare:to yaxxt Majesty their entire
.Acquiescence in a Measure wliich your Majesty's
Codncils, and the. Great; Council of the Nation,
have seen.Reason to approve. And this they have
thought-it their Duty to do at this Time, when they
have with Concernobserved a Spirit of Faction unhappily arising, and are apprehensive their Silence
might-be interpreted an Encouragement of Practices,
which..their Dutiful-Attachment to your Majesty's
Person and Governirlent- leadi* them to detest and
abhor.
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They, further beg Leave to assure your Majesty,
that as Magistrates to whom the Executive Power of
the Government of the City of London is intrusted,
,it shall be their constant Endeavour to maintain and
preserve Domestick Tranqilility, Order, Good Government, and that true and perfect Liberty which
)ias its Foundation in Obedience to the Laws, and
of which Licentiousness; though it often assumes the
Name, is, ih this Country, the only Enemy.
By a Conduct so conformable to your Royal Example, they presume to hope they shall intitle themselves to the ^Continuance Of your Majesty's Prosection and Favour.
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T o which Address His Majesty was pleased to
return, this most gracious Answer.
3* Return you My sincere Thanks for this Address*, and
for the Satisfaction you express in the Success of My
Endeavours to restore the: Public Peace.
. . I receive with great Pleafiire the. Assurances you give
Me, of your Abhorrence and Detesiation of those Fadiout
and Licentious Pradice'sy which, alone, can endanger
Our present happy ' Settlement,- afterf.tht Conclusion of
Pe.K§ wish all Our Foreign Enemies. . . - .
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to &at«Ctiaj May 14, 1763.
Your Resolution to support, in Opposition thereto, tht
true Constitutional Liberty of these Kingdoms, is highly
acceptable to Me. • •
The City of London may depend upon My constant
Favour and Protedion.
They were all most graciousty received j and had
the Honour of kissing His Majesty's Hand.
The following Address of the High Sheriff, Lord
Lieutenant, Nobility, Gentry; Clergy, and others
of the County of Berks, has been presented to His.
Majesty by John Hippefley, Esq; Sheriff, accompa<nied by Henry Pye and Arthur Vansittart, Esqrs.
their Representatives in Parliament, being introduced
by the Lord of His Majesty's Bed-chamber in Waiting : Which Address His Majesty was pleased td>
receive very gracioufly.
The humble Address of the High Sheriff, Lord
Lieutenant, Nobility, Gentry; Clergy, and others
of the County of Berks.
Most gracious Sovereign,
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E the High Sheriff, Lord Lieutenant, Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and others of the
County of Berks, beg Leave to present to your Majesty our most sincere and hearty Congratulations on
the Re-establishment, of Peace; and to declare our
most grateful Acknowledgments of your Majesty's
tender and paternal Regard to the Happiness of your;
People, by putting an. End to the manifold Calamities of an expensive and bloody, though just and
glorious, War. An Event, which, we trust, wiljl
be attended with- the greatest Advantages to Us. and
our.latest Posterity.
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We most earnestly pray G.qd to, direct yodr R/saW
jesty's Councils to the perfect Attainment of the
various Blessings and happy Fruits of Peace ; and
grant, that you may long live to fee every Part of
your Kingdoms flourishing in the full Enjoyment
of all their Religious and Civil Rights, and vying
with each other in Gratitude.and Thankfulness for
such inestimable Blessings,.,by a dutiful and chearful
-Obedience to your Majesty's just: and auspicious
Government.
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T h e following Address of the Mayor,' Aldermen
and Common Council of the .-.City of Gloucester,
has been presented to His Majesty : Which Address
His Majesty was pleased to receive very graciously.
T o the King's irioit Excellent Majesty,
T h e humble,and dutiful Address of tbe Mayor, A l dermen aruj Common Council of the City of
Gloucester, in Council assembled.
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F T E R having offered up, on this D a y of
solemn Thanksgiving, our Prayers and Praises
to the Suprerne Being for the happy Return of Peace,
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