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RESOLUTIONS OF THE COURT, Granting the Freedom of the City to feveral Noble Personages; with their Anfwers, Instructions at different Times to the Reprefentatives of the City in Parliament. Petitions to Parliament for different Purpofes. RESOLUTIONS OF THE COURT, On the Memorial of the Livery, to reqiieft the Lord Mayor to call a Common Hall j For returning Thanks to Lord Chatham, And his ANSWER; For erefting a Statue in G u i l d h a l l, to William Beckford, Efq; late Lord Mayor, Agreed to between the 23d O£iober, 1760, and the 12th O£ioher^ ^770. Printed by Henry Fenwick, Printer to the Honourable City of London. j^.^A'^ f 3 ] E S D A I L E, Mayor. A Common Council holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London^ on JVcdncfday^ the Twentieth Day of ORDERED, That thefeveral Adclrefrcs from this Court to his prefent Majelly, on his Acceflion to the Throne, 'and on various ether Occafions, and his Majefty's Anfwers thereto ; the Refolutions, granting the Freedom of this City to feveral noble Perfonages, with their Anfwers ; Inftruc- tions at different Times to the Reprefen- tatives of this City in Parliament ; Petitions to Parliament agalnft fubjedling the Makers of Cyder and Perry to Excife Laws, and for the Repeal of the Cyder A£l ; and the feveral Refolutions of the Court on the Memorial of the Livery, to requeft the Lord Mayor to call a Common • Hall; for returningThankstoLordCy6^/^tfW, and his Anfwer ; for ereding a Statue A 2 to t 4 1 to William Beckford, Efq; late Lord Mayor, in Guildhall \ agreed to between the Twenty-third of O^o^^r, 1760, and the Twelfth of Odlober, 1770,, be printed and neatly bound in Oaavo, and a Copy thereof fent tq every Member of this Court. R I X, fj't?- i-'t<\ ■:« ■ •.' .# '■ '■- %*. '^' j3 i«t-'- '^;:*-f? ** •" ■ t 5 i A D D R E S S E S, ^^, PRESENTED FROM THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. /) Vj T' C H I T T Y, Mayor. ' A Common Council holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London^ on i Tuefday^ the Twenty- eighth Day of O^oher^ 1760* A Motion was made, and Queflion put. That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, to condole his Majefty on the Death of the late King, and to congratulate his Acceflion to ' the Crown of thefeRealn'iS? The fame was una- nimoufly refolved in the Affirmative; which Addrefs was agreed to, as follows: ; T 't'S-'*. To the King*s moft Excellent Majefty. The humble Addrefs of the Lord Mayor, Alder- men, and Commons of the City of Londotiy in Common Council aflcmbled. Moft Gracious Sovereign^ WE, your Majefty*s moft dutiful and faithful Subjedts, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of theCity of I,^»^(?;/, inCommonCouncil A3 aflemWec^ i m 4^ mm CM aflcmblcd, mod humbly approach your Royal Prefencc, to condole with your M?jcfty, the un- cxpctfled and affecting Lofs which your Majefty and the Nation have luftained, by the Death of your illuftrious Grandfather, whofe gentle and ^cjual Rule will be gratefully remembered by the prefent Age, and whofe wife and profperous Reign will be honoured by fuccecding Generations. So fuddcn and momentous an Event in this critical Juncture, would indeed, be fevcrely felt by Greai Bvitahty and her magnanimous Ally, had not the Goodnefs of Almighty God placed her Sceptre in the Hands of a Prince, who, by his fir(t De- claration in Council, has moft gracioufly con- firmed all the pleafing Hopes which had been early entertained of his Virtue, VVifdom, and For- titude, as well as of his tender Affeclion to this his native Country, and Regard for her moft ex- cellent Conftitution both in Church and State. It is therefore, with the fincereft and warmeft Love and , Veneration, that w-e gratulate your Majefty's molt happy Accefljon to the Govern- ment of a free, loyal, and united People. ' ^ And although we are fenfible how painful it muft'be to your Majefty, to find your Kingdom engaged in a bloody and expenfive War, we doubt not but your Majefty, jealous of the Honor of your Crown, and attentive to the Rights and com- mer^cial Interefts of your People, will ftedfaftly purfue the Wifdom and Spirit of thofe Councils, by fui mc nel foi by| Ar Ai wi l\ [ 7 1 by which that War hath hitherto been fo fucceft- fully concluded, until your Majefty fhall be en- abled, by the Divine Affiftance, the tried and well regulated Ardour of your Fleets and Armies, and the inexhaudlble AfFedion of all your Sub- jedts, to eftablilh Peace upon a juft, honourable, and M'ld Foundation. May your Majefty gracioufly accept this Ear- neft of our Duty, and inviolable Attachment to your facred Pcrfon and Government, and our humble AfTurances, that as it will be our conftanc Prayer to the great Ruler of Princes, that your ^ Majefty's Reign may long continue over us, fo fiiall it always be our Study and Endeavour, by every A6k of Zeal, Gratitude, and Obedience, to render it happy and glorious to your Majefty. His Majejly^s Anfwer, delivered the thirtieth of Odober, 1760. I take very kindly your early and warmAf- furances and Affeftion for my Perfon and Govern- ment, and I give you my cordial Thanks ; Firm- nefs of Councils, fupported by fuch generous Ef- forts of a free and united People, and feconded by fuch Intrepidity and Condud in my Fleets an4 Armies, will, I truft, under the Blefllng of the Almighty, lead my Kingdoms, in Conjundion with my faithful Allies, to a juft, honourable, and A 4 J^fting I '■''V I 8 1 lading Peace. My good City of London fhall ever Experience my watchful Care for their Li- berties, Commerce, and Happinefs. COMMON COUNCIL, 7zoenty-eighth OdiohtVy iy6o, A Motion was made, and Queftion put, That proper Compliments of Condolence and Con- gratulation be made in the Name of this Court, to her Royal Highnefs the Princefs !/• Dowager of JVaks? The fame was unani- moufly rcfolved in the Affirmative ; which Compliments were agreed to, as follows ; 7b her Royal Highnefs the Trincefs Dowager of Wales. -•, * . • May if pleafe your Royal Highnefs, W E, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- mons of the City of London, in Common Coun- cil affcmbled, humbly beg Leave to prefent to your Royal Highnefs, our moft refpedlful Com- pliments of Condolence, on the Death of our late moft gracious Sovereign ; and at the fame Time, to congratulate your Royal Highnefs upon your illuftrious Son's moft happy Acceflion totheCrown of thefe Realms, amid ft the joyful Acclamations of his faithful SuBjefts. .. To [ 9 ] To your Royal Highnefs's wife and tender Care of his Majcfty's early Years, we ftand indebted for the Culcivation of the innatj Virtues of his Princely Mind, and for the Foundation of all thofe Blefllngs which wc truft to enjoy under his aufpicious Reign* Long may your Royal Highnefs tafte the ma- ternal Satisfadion, of feeing the Royal Objed of your Affedlion and Solicitude, the Darling of his native Country, the Protedlor of our Trade, the Defender of our Religion, Law, and Liberti<:s5 and the Ornament and Delight of human Kind. V. Her Royal Highnefs*s Anfwer^ delivered the Thir^ tieth Day of Od:ober, 1 7 ^^, ' \ , :i'. } ■ ^■0 Mf Lord and Gentlemen^ » I return you my hearty Thanks for this frefh Mark of your Attention to me; my warmed Wifhes have ever attended this great City, and the Joy and Happinefs of my Life, will confift in the King, my Son, exceeding in every Thing your moll fanguine Expedations. BLA- ^mt [;io ] ^A'ii'f.r:.!'. ?: ^v■:^<, ivv i -p. ''-»■ i). *\?'. ' '* , , B L A K I S T O N, Mayor. , A Common Council holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of Londotty on ^uef- \, tf'/zy, the Fifth Day of Af^j, 1761. A Motion was made, and Queftion put. That the Freedom of this City be prefented to the Right Honourable Arthur Onflow^ Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, in five fucceflive Parlia- ments, as a grateful and lading Teftimony of the refpedtful Love and Veneration which the ■ 'Citizens of London entertain of his Perfon and diftinguilhed Virtue ; for the many eminent Qiialifications he difplayed ; the unwearied and difinterefted Labours he bellowed ; and the im- , partial and judicious Conduct he maintained in the Execution of that arduous and important ^ Office, during a Courfe of three and thirty '" Years ; and for that exemplary Zeal, which, ,i upon all proper Occafions, he exerted with " fo much Dignity and Succefs, in Support of the Rights, Privileges, and conftitutional In- dependence of the Commons of Great Britain ? The fame was unanimoufly refolved in the Af- firmative. . t- ■ ''. ^ Another [ II ] Another Motion was made, and Qucftion put. That a Copy of the Freedom of this City, with the Refohuion of the Court inferted therein, be delivered by the Chamberlain, to the Right Honourable Arthur Onflow^ in a Gold Box, of the Value of One Hundred Guineas ? The fame was refolved in the Affirmative, and or- dered accordingly, iWr. OnQovv's Anfiver^ delivered the Eleventh Bay "-x-^ .^ 1 : ■ r ^June, 1761, ....-...- . Mr, Chamberlain^ I receive with the trued Senfe of Gratitude this great Mark of Rcfped the City of LorMn is pleafed to (hew towards me, in their Gift of the Freedom, and which I can only impute to the high Regard the Citizens of London bear to the .Houfe of Commons, and as a Teftimony of their Efteem for thcfe who faithfully perform their to th^ PuWic there, ' ' t^ ' The Expreflions of good Will andKindnefs to me, which are ufed in conferring this Honor upon me, however little defcrving I may think myfeif of them, do, indeed, affcd me extremely, as an Argument of the favourable Opinion the City oi London entertains of my fmccre and dutiful Endeavours to fupport, upon all p 3per Occa- iions, the Rights, Privileges, and conftitutionai Indepeodence of the Commons" of Great Britain, I beg. r^ is ■h -ryr , I beg, my Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and the whole of the Common Council, will accept my refpedtful and humbleft Thanks upon this Occa* iioii, and be aflured of my conftant and warmeft Wilhes, that this great Metropolis may ever flourifh in all Profperity and Dignity — In a Dig- nity that becomes the Metropolis of a great King- dom, and of which the City of London is fo confi- derable and refpcdtable a Part. t . . 4,"; -< .; *T'. ' V?- 1 . .' : BLAKISTON, Mayor, ' A Common Council holden in the Chambet of the GuilahaU of the City of London^ on Tuejday^ the Sixteenth Day of June, 176 1* THIS Day Mr. Chamberlain acquainted this Court, that he did, on the eleventh Inftanr, wait on the Right Honourable Arthur Onjlow^ with the Copy of hL Freedom of this City, in a Gold Box, purfuant to the Refolution of this Court, of the Fifth Day of May laft ; but that the faid Mr. Onflow could not be prevailed upon to accept the faid Box. , It is ordered, That the faid Gold Box be depd- fited with Mr. Chamberlain, till the further Or- der of this Court. [ 13 ] *> S.'-.f - 5'>4-i*!» •;• 1 if ' ../♦».•>•> BLAKISTON, Mayor. A Common Council holden in the Chamber .,, qf the Guildhall of the City of London, oti\ Friday, the Fifth Day of jfune^ 1761. > A Motion was made, and Q^ieftion put. That . ^he Freedom of the City of London be hum- bly prefented to his Royal Highnefs Edward Jugufiu^, puke of Tork and Albany, Rear Ad- miral of the Blue Squadron of his Majefty's. Fleet, in Teftimony of the dutiful AfFedlion of this Court for their illuftrious Sovereign, (whofe peculiar Glory it is to reign over a free, happy, and united People) and as a Pledge of the grateful Refpe6b they bear his Royal Highnefs, for his early Entrance into the Naval Service of his King and Country, the nobleft arid mod efFedtual Encouragement to that na- tural and favourite Bulwark of the Wealth, Reputation, and Independence of this commer- cial Nation : And that his Royal Highnefs be humbly requefted to honor this City by his Acceptance of the faid Freedom ? The fame was unanimouily refolved in the Affirmative, ■ >nd ordered accordingly. ■;«: I ■!4 : V ■ ■1 .1.- Another 1^ 14 Y Another Motion was made, and Queftion put, . That the Copy of the faid Freedom be prc- fented to his Royal Highnefs in a Gold Box, of the Value of One Hundred and Fifty Gui- neas ? The fame was unanimoully rcfolved in the Affirmative, and ordered accordingly. His Royal Hi^hnefs*s Anfwer^ deliver cu the Twenty- ni?ub of July, 1761. ... My Lord and Gentlemen J '.. . ,:, IT is with Pleafure I receive this Compliment from the Court of Common Council of London^ as a frefh Inftance of their Duty to the King, and as a diftinguilhing Mark of their Attention to me. I Ihall think myfelf happy in any Op- portunity of fliewing my Regard to the City of London, and in promoting its Trade and Profpe- rity; and I ihall always exert my beft Endea- vours in that Profeflion to which I belong, and which is effentially conneded with the Reputatioi^ and Independence of this commercial Country. ! •;*>fj.r' !•>''' ,1 . - .v!:s:^'i-i-..ti^.:» -.'.' BLA- [ ] ,,, » A sH f a . : r ^-r.. rrs. ^••"^••^ BLAKISTON, Mayor. A Common Council holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on ^uefday^ the Sixteenth Day of y«»^, 1761. A Motion was made, and Qiieftion put. That this Court doth agree to addrefs his Majefty , upon the Conqueft of the Ifland of Belleijle ? . jThe fame was unanimoufly refolved in the Af- firmative i which Addrefs was agreed to, as follows : j^«iv To th Kin^smofi "Excellent Majefty. ^ ^,^. A .^ .-;.*. ^^ ^' •WV '* W W. "i- The humble Addrefs of the Lord Mayor, Alder- men, and Commons of the City of London, ia f ommon Council affembled. t f Moft Gracious Sovereign^ WITH reverential Awe and Gratitude to the , Supreme Giver of all Vidory, We, your Ma- . jefty's iiioft dutiful and loyal Subjeds, the Lord , Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of your City ^ of London, in Common Council afTembled, hum- bly approach your Royal Prefence, to exprefs our Joy and Exultation on the entire Redudion of ^\ I 1 m I ■*' " ■ ■ ' ^ mnv^mt^rmrmr^ • [ '6 ] of the important Ifland of Belkijle, by the Con- duft. Intrepidity, and Perfeverance of your Ma-* jefly's Land and Naval Forces ; a Conquefl: which, after more th^n pne fruitlefs Attempt in former Times, feems to have been referved by Divine Providence to grace the aufpicious Begin- ning of your Majefly's Reign, and confirms our Hopes of a long Continuance of wile, ft?ady, and fucccfsful Meafures. ' ' ' * A Blow fo humiliating to the Pride and Power of France^ cannot but imprefs that haughty Na- tion with a due Senle of the Superiority of a Pii- triot King, ruling over a free, brave, and united People ; and will, we truft, convince them of the Danger of delaying to accept fuch Terms of Peace as your Majefty's Equity, Wifdom, an4 Moderation, fhall think fit to prefcribe. „ ;T What, therefore, have we more to wi(h, but that your Majefty may long, very long, continue the Guardian and Protedlor of the religious, civil, and commercial Rights of Great Britain, and her Colonies ; and that your Majefty's Wif- dom may ever be feconded by equally faithful and fpirited Councils, and your Commands exe- cuted with no lefs Ardour, Emulation, and Sue- f On our Part, permit us humbly to aflure your Majeily, that your faithful Citizens oi London Vu V will. t 17 li will, with unwearied Zeal and Chearfulnefs, contribute to fupport a vigorous Profec Jtion of this juft and neceflary War-, until your Majefty, having fufRciently vindicated the Honor of your Crown^ and fecured t!.? Trade, Navigation, and Pofleflions of your Subjeds, fhall enjoy the Blefling and the Glory of giving Repofe to £«- ropd) of wholly attending to, and promoting the Virtue and Happinefs' of your People, and of cultivating all the fofter Arts of Peace. • , ■ :; •. ■ ^" ■ • i '.' •■"•'■'; " '"?.'"■. ' . ■ His Majejly*s Anfwer, delivered the Seventeenth Day , .., ^June, 1761. ,^ . ! return you my hearty Thanks for this frelh Mark of your AfFedion to my Perfon, and of your conftant Zeal for the Liiftre of my Arms, and for the Glory of my Reign* Your repeated AfTurances of chearful and fteady Support, in the Profecution of this neceflary War, are mofc highly pleafing to me, and cannot fail to promote the defirable Object of Peace, on juft, honourable, and advantageous Conditions. The City of Lon^ don may always depend on my unwearied Endea- vours for the Security and Extcnfion of their Trade, Navigation, and Commerce.^ ,ii i\ i'H I m / v^v B BLA^ n I >8 1 • • n i f!r^fiii'ji^i:vtr' ' *BE -pleafed, itioft gracious Sovereign, to ac- cept the ^df dial and refpedful Congratulations of yotfr Mrijefty't ever dutiful and loyal Subjedbs, the L^rd Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons ot the City of London^ in Comnwn Council aflem- bled, on the Solemnization of your Majefty's moft aufpicious Nuptials* . . * Warmly interefted, from every Motive of Gra- titiade, iis well as Duty, In whatever can afFedt your 'G^ [ '9 ] # your Koy^l Mipd, ;iHfc qnjoy .t,he ,l\igheft Satisfac- tion in the Completion qf ;9vr W^flie^, by ypur Majefty's happy Union vw^th a jPriqceis ,of the molt exalted Merit ; a Princefs, who, by her De- scent from an iUuftriqus Lineage,,(refi3^6lablc for their firm and conftant Zeal fqr the Proteftant Religion, and dear to us for their particular At- tachment to your ^Majefty*^ Hpyal Jbloufe) ^nd, 4it)ove all, byiher ovvn mpft eminqnt Virtues ao^ amiable {Endpwrpents, w^s mQ(liV(prtl^y ^peflg^ your Majtjfty's Eft^em s|n^;Affe(aipnj apd,^oih^BD We adore the Pivine Goodnefs, that, as in all • your Majefty's other i Conduit, fo.fnore particu- larly in a Choice of the higheft Importance |o your Majefty and your Kingdoms, hath fo vifibly guided and infpired your Royal Breaft ; a Choice which we thankfully acknowledge, the ftrongeft and moft acceptable Proof of your Majefty's pa- ternal, i^ttention to iniprpive tife^fHappipefs and Security of your People, and to render the fame ftaale and permanent to Poftcrity. ..^ yTi .^ '.«''•:? i»'/i' ..^. ''* May the -fame Providence long preferve your Majefty and your Royal Confort, to enjoy the .Frwits of this ble^ed Marriage, in an jopifitcr- .rupted Coyrfe of conjugal Felicity, and in a nu- merous OiFspring, i:cf?,n>blir^ their j4]i;&rious JP^^nts in every, public as^well as.priva^e Virtue : B 2 And 'ii [ 20 J Ani may the Imperial Crown of thefe Realms be worn with undiminifhed Luftrc by their De- fccndants, till Time fhall be no more. His Majejiy*s An/wer, delivered the Fourteenth of September, 1761. I '.w^m *^r ' f . / ' '■ * < . * •v.': u I thank you mod heartily for your dutiful and aifedionate Addrefs. This frefli Mark of your Attachment to my Perfon, and particularly the warm Sentiments of Joy and Satisfadlion, * which you exprefs on the happy Choice I have made of a Queen for my Confort, are moft pleafing to me.—- The City of London may always depend on my unceafing Care for their Welfare and Pro- Iperity, :; ■ . • -,[: ^ ■V''. w It..: '■'■•*.. ) •- B L A K I S T O N, Mayor. A Common Council holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London^ on ^hurfday^ the Twenty -fecond Day of 05tO' her^ 1761. ,.-mi Motion was made, and Queflion put. That ;this Court doth refolve to reprefent to their "^^^^ Members, who ferve for this City in Parlia- liient, (by way of Inlliudions) their Senfe on [ 21 ] ^.'t on the prefent critical Jundurc? The fame was unanimoufly rcfolvedin the Affirmative; which Reprefentation was agreed to in the following Words : The Reprefentation of the Lord Mayor, Alder- • men, and Commons of the City of London^ in » Common Council aflemb led. Tp Sir Robert Ladbroke, Knight ; Sir Richard . Glyn, Knight and Baronet ; ^William Beckford, . Efiuire ; and the Honourable Thomas Harley j fhis Citfs Reprefentatives in Parliament, WEj the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- mons of the City of London^ in Common Council affembled, think it at this Time pur Duty, as it is our natural and undoubted Right, to lay before you, this City's Reprefentatives, in the Great Council of the Nation, foon to be aflTembled in Parliament, what we defire and expert from you, in Difcharge of the great Truft and Confidence we and our Fellow Citizens have repofed in you. That you take the earlieft: Opportunity to ufc your utmoft Endeavours to obtain the Repeal or Amendment of the late Aft,Jntituled, " An Adt for the Relief of I nfolvent Debtors i" in rcfped of the Inconveniences arifing from the compuliivc Claufe, by which a Door has been opened to the greateft Frauds and Perjuries, and if continued, B 3 muft •fHi .f [ 22 ] ifju ft become the' D^(tru6lion of all* private Cre- dit, fo eflefttiai' to the Support of a ^vad'in People. • '•'* ;r; ••< . f . 'i V » (T o That you concur in, and promote all ncccflary MeafUres^ cftablifhirfg [pod CEconomy in the. Diftribution of tht national Trcafurc-, and for that Purpofc, that you endeavour to have a Com- mittee appointed, in order to enquire into any AbufeS which fnayhaVe arifcn in the Application of it, and to prevent any Fraud or illieit Prac* trces in the Managertient thereof. M > V That you entertain jufl: Sentiments of the Im- ^6ffarice of the Conquefts made this War, by the iriltfh Arins, ii the Expcnce of fo riiurh Blood arid Tr^^fdre •, ind that ybu Will, to the utmolf of your Po\vcrarid Abilities, oppofc all Attempts for giving up futh Places as riiay tehd to IcfTen chir preferit Seclirlty, or by reftoring the Naval Poorer of f'rlince^ render us fubjcd to helh Hoili- Hties froiti 'thit nAturAl £nertiy, particularly, that th^ fole ahd eiciufive Right of bur Acquifuions in Norib America, and the Fifheries, be preferved to us. As the prefeht happy Extinaioti of Parties ; tte HarA^ohy aiid UiV^'iti^^ty of fell his Mtijtfty's Siibjeas -, th^r ZHtl ahd Affeaioh to tWr na- tiVfe Kti^, Ht^d \U gi^t ftiei-eJire of Cdtiimerce, «!% moft convincing Prdbl^ tb us of this N^ritm*B- ' ' -- > Ability^ [ 23 1 Ability, ftill to carry on, and vigorouily profc- cute the prefent juft and nccefliry War. It is pur * Dcfire, that you concwr in giving his Majcfty fuch Supplies 08 fhall enable him to purfue ali thofe Mcafures which may pron^ote the true Inte- reft of his Kingdoms, and place him above the Menaces of any Power that may pretend to give Laws, or prefcrihe Limits to the Policy and In- tercfts of this Nation ; but as it is apparent, that . our Enemies flatter thenifelves with the Hopes oi cxhaufting our Strength, by the immenfe Ex- pence in which we arc at prefent engaged, Wq therefore require you, in the farther Profecution of this War, to fupport fuch Meafures as may fruftrate thofe Expe* ^h ■u « .. I " - i« y K ■ . FLUDYER^ --J i*4 f • • ..X- A . '■ f w i *6 ] ;,V-' 15 H I I I l»>l ■^O J::7*i 1: II I I I I. Ij I I '.^^.iif I J jiji I ' 'H Ji 1 jiJ . n ' iui ' Mi t F I. U P Y E il, -^;!r. A Common Council h^den ia the Chamber of the GmldhdU of the City of London^ op, , - tmfdajy the Sixth D^y of ^W/, 1762. A Motion was made, and Qu^ftjon put. That thiij Court doth agree to addrefs hi§ Majefty \jpon the Conqvi^ft of the Iflapd pf Maxtmco,? The fame was unanimoufly refolved io ^he Af- iirnnativei which Addreft wa* agreed K% ^ follows; . , , . _ ^0 the Kin£s mofi Excellent M^^fy* ; • . The humble Addrefs of the Lord Mayor, Alder- men, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council aflembled. May it pkafe your Majejty, GRACIOUSLY to accept the humble Con- gratulations of your ever dutiful and loyal Sub- jeds, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of your City of London, in Common Council af- fembled, upon the glorious and important Con- queft of the ilrong, fertile, and ooulent Ifland of Martinico, and the confequential Surrender of iainti ^ I 17 ] Sainte Luiie\ Acqnifitions doubly valuable, ai th«y cowfideraWy dinpiimffe the nava! and com- mercial Strength of France^ smd projDortronabiy: extend and fecure the Commerce and Navigation of Gnat Britain and her Cotook^, The anoazing Rapidity of this Cpnqueft refledls a Luflre upon our former Triumphs, as well as the higlieft Honor upon the Royal Wiidom that planned and diredad ; the Skill, Unanimity, and Adivity that cpndwot dazzled by the Splendor of repeated Vidories : The permanent Profperity of my People, as a free and commercial Nation, has always been the Objeft of my Ambition : "What conduces moft to that End, I fhall ever count my greatell Glory. ,y^ ■ V' '. :::?'! \ > • ^ .i ,,, : j .■ ,. '/ V ■' f..T< .;,.r ^rt.v t, •> * JFLUDYER, i 1 '>.i with which ic has pleafed the Almighty to blefs your Majefty 's Arms, in the Redudion of the Havannah and its Dependencies, (moft properly ftiled the Key of the Spanijh Pf'^eft- Indies y and long deemed impreg* nable) under a Capitulation that does Honor to the Spirit and Humanity of the Britijh Na- tion. It is with the higheft Pleafure we reflect upon the Value and Importance of this Conqueft, at- tended with the Acquifition of immenfe Riches, and an irreparable Blow to the Trade and Naval Power of Spain, — A Conqueft that gives addi- tional Luftre to an already glorious and fuccefs* ful War, and which cannot but ftrike Terror into an Enemy not only unprovoked, but infenfible to the repeated Inftances of your Majefty's Good- will, Friendfliip, and Moderation, and convince him, that there is no Attempt, how arduous fo- ever, but what, planned and directed by the Wifdom of your Majefty's Councils, may, under the Divine Providence, be effeded by the Har- mony, Activity, and Abilities of fuch Com- manders, and the Valour, Zeal, and Emulation of your Fleets and Armies, regardlefs of any Fatigues or Dangers, wherever the Glory of their King and Country is concerned. ^ : , , . , May f 83 1 h May the Pofleffion of this very valuable Con- queft, together with other happy Confequences of your Majefty's Meafures, thus wifely and vi- goroully purfued, prove the Means of effecftually defeating the ambitious Views of your Majefty's Enemies, and of for everdiflblving the late alarm- ing Compad of the Houfe of Bourbon^ calculated to deftroy the Commerce of your Subjed:s, and replete with Danger to the Exiflence of your Majefty's antient and natural Ally, and to the In- dependence of the reft of the Powers of Europe. . ' ^ . ■ . .. ' And we beg Leave humbly to afTure your Ma- jefty, that your faithful Citizens of London^ ani- mated by the warmeft Senfe of Duty to your Ma- jefty and their Country, will, with unwearied Ghearfulnefs, contribute their utmoft Efforts to ftrengthen your Majefty's Hands, until your Ene- mies, moved by their own repeated Lofles and Diftrefles, fhall be difpofed to liften to fuch Terms of Accommodation, as your Royal Wifdom (hall think adequate to our glorious Succeffes, and fuch as may effedlually fecure the Trade and Naviga- tion of your Subjects, and prevent the Calamities of a future War. Mf •.'1' >iU '■i It '. . His Majefifs Anfwer^ delivered (be Fourth of Odober, 1762. 1 return you my cordial Thanks for this very dutiful and loyal Addrefs, and for the continued C. Proofs V' I: '■i''. L3^ 5 Proofs you give me of yonr Attachment to my Perfon and Government. r The able CondnfV, unwearied A ' ,"■ :*) ■ '. ». '• . y^*-- • ^ V B E C fK. Ij-SJl.* 4 , v>? my ( 35 J T and y Sea 'lects cucus uired BECKFORD, Mayor. A Common Council holden in the Chamber of » the Guildball of the City of London^ on Tuefday, the Twenty-fecond Day of Marcby - vv i :• A Motion was made, and Queftion put. That it is the Opinion of this Court, that a Petition be prepared to the Honourable Houfe of Com- mons, againft fo much of a Bill now de- pending in that Honourable Houfe, for grant- ing to his Majefty an additional Duty on Wine, Cyder, and Perry, as relates to fubjedting the Makers of Cyder and Perry, to the Excifc L^ws ? The fame was unanimoufly rcfolved in the Affirmative j which Petition was agreed to, as follows : C a U: '^$ r 36 ] ■) 1 » ' To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliauent affembled. rbc humble Petition of the Lord Mayor, Alder- men, and Common of the City of London^ in Common Council aflembled. Shewetb, THAT your Petitioners have obferved, by the Votes of this Honourable Houfe, that a Bill is now depending, for granting to his Majefty an additional Duty on Wine, Cyder, and Perry ; which Bill, your Petitioners have been informed, fubjcds the Makers of Cyder and Perry to the Laws of Excilc, ' - ''^ t^ •/ f :- >■ ,>.■.:• ■»:;•►.) . r, V ,,/U That your Petitioners, with the deeped Con- cern, cannot help confidering this unexpected Proceeding, as preparatory to a general Exten- iion of thofe grievous Laws ; for when new Or- ders of Men, by Situation and Profefiion, diftindt from Tra Jers, are rendered Objedls of the Excife Laws, the Precedent is formidable, not to Com- merce only, but hath a fatil Tendency, which your Petitioners tremble to t'link of. That as every Attempt to enlarge the Domi- nion of the Excife, muft awaken your Petitioners Fears ; it will alfo juftify their dutiful Repreien- tations -i .1 J'. K r. 37 ] tations to this Honourable Houfe^ the Guardiani of Liberty, • ,f i \ ' t » That after all the Burthens, fo chearfully borne, all the HardQiips fo patiently endured, and all the Blood fo freely fpilt, in Support of the late juft, glorious, and fuccefsful War, your Petiti- oners moft humbly hope, that the meritorious Subjects of this Country, may not feel the Ex- tenfion of Excife Laws among the firft Fruits of Peace. / 1 .' $• ' .n^-: (»:., '^ •■ " ♦ t , 4' * I ■'/i'Si* •>■- v-i- ,_. '^'^jit »,. Your Petitioners, therefore, moft humbly ' • > pray, that fo much of the faid Bill, as • ... fubjedls the Makers of Cyder and Perry to the Powers of Excife, may not pafs ;, into a Lawi ^i^d your Petitioners ihali .«r* t pray, &c. ''v. .'i 'rJ,.-'''^'*.. V:'j!T •;■''/ ■|>«?/ > i'^v-. ,/••■■ iv» •.,,,. ' > M'.,;..!, 'i'y I' ■'':'' r . V /r . \n<.^-.. ■ '■ f-' % 1(5 :.t| •'• • . ■ ■'■-,' v.. r S' "S" ^'•:t''ilk^;/;j?^f ;i(;;'^.jl. •»■:,:,/•»>!■■ C3 -%. * * .' '•!- ■if*y, ' , V, *.\ i, ' - . 'IN' ?; '•'Vi;-;, B E C K- M! l^i^ I ,'f| ^w»- t 38 ] B E C K F O R D, A/^;or. A Comman Council holden in the Chamber of the Guild hail of the City of London, oil Wedmfday, the Twenty-third Day of Af^rf/&, K Committee was aj. pointed to draw up a Repre- fentaton, by way of Inflrudtion, to the feveral Members who ferve for this City in Parliament, againft fb iiluch of a fiill, now depending in the Hoi^burablie Houfe of Cbmmons, for granting to hi^ M^jfefty an additional Duty on Wine, Cyder, and Perry, as relates to fubjedingthe Makers of Cyder and Perry to the Excife Laws ; which Committee prtfented a Draft of a Reprefentation, by :hem prepared, to the Rcprefentatives of this City in Parliament; and after twice reading, and feveral Amend- ments made thereto, the fame was agreed to in the followhig Words ; The Reprefentation of the Lord Mayor, Alder- men, and Commons of the City of London^ in Common Council afiemblcd, to the Rcprefen- tatives of this City in Parliament. THIS Court cannot forbear exprefllng to you their Surprife at the precipitate Progrefs which .[ 39 ] which husbcen already made, in a new Attempt towards a general Excife. The Extenfion of Excife Laws into private Houfes, whereby the Subject is made liable to a frequent and arbitrary Vifitation of Officers, and the judicial Determinat'on of Commiflioners, removeable at Pleafure, is inconliftent with thofe Principles of Liberty which have hitherto diftin- guilhed this Nation from arbitrary Governments. An Att?ick upon the Liberty of the Subject, made fo immediately, afti^r a glorious and fuc- oefsfui War, and at a Time when we h^d juft Reafon to expe6t to enjoy the Bleflings qJ' Peace, demands your ferious Attention. And this Court doth remark, that whatever may be the NecefTity of the Times, the jmallnefs of the Sum indicates thaf cannot be the only Mo- live to fo extraordinary a Meafure. For thefe Reafons, this Court doth moft ear- neftly recommend your conftant Attendance in Parliament, and urmoft Endeavours to oppofe every Enlargement and Extenfion of the Powerg of Excife ; and that you do not conceal from the Public any ftich Attempts, nor fuffer yourfelves to be ^mufcd by any plaufible Alteration in the Bill, fubjeding the Makers of Cyder and Perry to Ex-^ «ife Laws. C 4 ^ BECK. t 1 ■ 1 I ■if ' 40 3 ! U- \ ' [ BECKFORD, Maytr. ' ' f A Common Council holden in the Chaiiiber " of the Guildkall, of the City of London, ca Monday^ the Twenty-eighth Day of Marchy • ■■ ■1'. •• • ■' ■ '. 1. . RESOLVED, that it is the Opinion of this Court, to prefent an humble Petition to every Branch of the Legiflature, before whom the Bill, <*ubje£ting the Makers of Cyder and Perry to Ext cife Laws (hall depend ; and a Petition to the Honourable the Houfe of Lords being prepared, was agreed to, as follows : f^-^"*'-^-^r:.:y}'ii vp v > '■>^ r ^0 the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament a([embled. The humble Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London^ in Common Council affembled. •It-:. .*■•".. ,i I THAT by a Bill now depending before your Lordlliips, for granting to his Mijeily an addi- tional Duty on Wine, Cyder, and Perry, the Makers r 41 ] Makers of Cyder and Perry are fubjedlcd to the Laws of Excife. Your Petitioners, with the deepeft Concern, con fid er this unexpeded Proceeding as prepara- tory to a general Extenfion of thofe grievous Laws ; for when new Orders of Men, by Situa- tion and Profeffion, dillind: from Traders, are rendered the Objeds of Excife Laws, the Prece- dent is formidable, not to Commerce only, but hath a fatal Tendency^ which your Petitioners tremble to thinlj: of. ' i t'.i -v/ i » i J • That as every Attempt to enlarge the Domi- nion of the Excife, mud awaken your Petitioners Fears; it will alfo juftify this their dutiful Repre- fentation to your Lordihips. That after all the Burthens fo chearfully borne, all the Hardlhips fo patiently endured, and all the Blood i':^ freely fpilt, in Support of the late, jufl, glorioM*. and fuccefsful War, your Petitioners hum^ f ^jpe, that the meritorious Subjects of this Couni.y r ay not feel an Extenfion of Excife Laws amoaj:fl: the firft Fruits of Peace. Your Petitionejs, therefore, mod humbly pray, that fo much of the faid Bill, as fub- jeds the Makers of Cyder and Perry to the Laws of Excife, may not pafs into a Law ; and your Petitioners (hall ever pray. APe- «i. )!' ( 42 J .f* *v .»A \ A Petition to his Majefty, prepar;■■.'•!, '-r " ; To the Khg's mcjl Excellent Mijefty, - ? The humble Petition of the Lord Mtyor^ Alder- men, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council aflembled. * ' *■• - .V .'..■ fcu^'i THAT your tVtitioners are fully convinced, that the colWdting the Duties intended to be laid upon the Makers of Cyder and Perry, by way of Exciffe, is not, nor can, in many Inftances, be fo regulated, but that it will occafion numberlefs Difficulties and Queftions. * . • ^ .i , . x '..'', . ; .. .. ' * . 1 • "(•■■■ '"[ : !* V' - . ,. That the Method of Trial and Decifion of Ex- iA^Q Difputes, arc founded only in Neceflity, be- ing in their Nature arbitrary and inconfiftenc with the Principles of Liberty, and the happy ConftJ- tution of your Majefty's Government, »,L That the expofing private Houfcs to be entered into, and fearched at Pleafure by Perfons un- known, will be a Badge of Slavery upon your People. > jf^- r :_ .'^kI i ^y- V That f 43 ] That your Petitioners, firmly confiding in your Majefty's gracious Favour, and filled with a moft humble and grateful Senfe of your paternal Af- fedion for your People, rnoft humbly bcfeech your Majefty, to protedt their Liberty, and to keep them kappy^ and at Eafe, free from the Apprehcnfion of being difturbed in their Pro- perty ; by which your Majefty will eredt a lafting Monument of your Qoodnefs in every Houfe in the Kingdoni. ,, .x- /; • t' Your PeritbneTG, therefore, moft humbly ?/-.*? implore your Majefty, that you will not give your Royal Afl'ent to a Bill, which ^f, : fubjedfs the Makers of Cyder and Perry {/ -f, to Excifc Laws ; j'ii,,: » «r . : . t; , > *: •>■» •.! -ii.. ' 't ■- • . • it, ■■: X \ And your Petitioner^ fhall pray, &c. * ' ■ -, ■ * .rft; •:> i..,. '\, wiij;:-';. ^ ..' .1 '- ^ i^^, ' M »t;1 'v '';'j ,;,, , ■-., B E C K- V - [ 44 3 [ ; i^ ?'fc'J» ,■ ":: . ./.,.;,t>.iJ!.; ■i li : i M-* .."*v.!ii,: (if . :■•»<.*• ,r. BECKFORD, A^'^r. Kl c>t ,.-.• !,--'^ ■* 'ilf-v,' A Common Council holden in the Chambei* of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Tuefday, the Thirty-firft Day of M?y, 176^, THIS Day, Mr. Town Clerk laid before this Court, a Letter which he received by the Poll from Benjamin Heath, Efq-, Town-Ck of the City of Exeter, wherein was inclofed the Re blutions of the Mayor, Aldermen,^ and Common Council of the City of Exeter, in Chamber aiTembledj which were read, as follows : i- i '';■ i SIR, Exeter, Afayy, ijS^. In Obedience to an Order of our Mayor and Chamber, I take the Liberty of tranfmitting to you, the Copy herewith inclofed, of a cor^ porate A<5t of that Body, which they would en. treat the Favour of you to prefcnt in their Name, and with their grateful Refpeds, to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayoi, the Aldermen, and the Common Council of the City oi London, with the earllcft Opportunity. -?,">-, YoiL I 45 J You will permit me to add, that as it is the prefent Intention of our Chamber, to caufe this Addrefs to be inferted in the public Papers, from a Pcrfuafion, that the fetting this Example to other Bodies no lefs interefled, may, in feme Meafure, contribute towards the attaining the good End propofed ; and as a good deal may de- pend or «-he Concert aimed at, being formed with as little Delay as poflible, the earlieft Information of the Reception this Inftance of our Zeal and Gratitude may meet with, from the Lord Mayor and Aldermen at lead, on which the intended Publication will abfolutely depend, will be efteemed as a very particular Favour to the Body, by whom I am authorifed, and whofe mod refpet^- ful Compliments you are defired to accept, toge- ther with thofe of, : ^ ''- :.■'':? ^ 'SIR, • • ■:'• -.'—^ Your moll obedient humble Servant, \: ■ ; TTi." . .% BENJAMIN HEATH, ' , Town-Clerk of £;i"i'/^r. '*1l^^*'the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common , Council of the City of Exetery in Chamber ^ *"' ■ aflembled, ik%6, 1763, ri- RESOLVED unanimously. That the Thanks of this Body be prefented to the Right Honour- if, (;: ;a% ^ ■ I I? > C 46 3 able the Lord Mayor, the AIdcrm€h,anclCommoil Counc'i o^ the City of London, in grateful Ac- kro'.'k'd^'^^int of the high Obligation conferred on I .;:, in .ommon with the whole Kwigdom, by their fpirited, fteady, and difinterefted Interpofi- t:on in our Favour, with every Branch of the Le- gifl:jture, as well as by their (nftrudlions tothcit Reprefentatives, diflated by a truly Englifh Pa- triotifm, upon the Bill for laying a new Duty on Cyder and Perry-, and that at a Conjundlin^j wherein the uncommon Difpatch with which that Bill was carried through the ufual Forms, pre- eluded the more diftant Counties, which are chiefly affedted by it, from the Opportunity of making thofe dutiful Rcprefentations againft it, which would undoubtedly have been attended to, and we are perfuaded would, upon impartial Examination, have prevented it pafling into a Law. As this Body, in virtue of their Situation, in the Middle of one of the great Cyder Counties, hath immediately under its Eye the alarming Prol- pedt of the deftrudive Confequences of this new Tax; a Tax the mod unequal in itslinpoiition, by laying the whole Burthen of Expences, incurred in the general Defence of the Kingdom, and in the Protection of the national Commerce, on a few pprticular Counties, which in every other Article of the public Charge, conltribute at Jeaft their full I 47 1 full Share ; a Tax the moft difproportioned to th© prime Coft, and natural original Value of the Produft charged with it, which, in plentiful Years, fuch as the lait, it very greatly exceeds ; a Tax the moft grievous, both to the Land Own- ers and the Landholders ; to the former, as its Amount, on a great Part of the Edates in our ad- jacent County of Devon^ will be much higher than the higheft Land-Tax,which muft inevitably draw after it a proportionable Abatement in the Rents, while all other Rates, Taxes, public and private Charges, will continue the fame j to the Land-* holders, by their being fubje^led univerfally in the Cyder Counties (Cottages only in Part ex- empted) to the juftly dreaded Severity, and bur- thenfome Reftraint of the 'Excife Laws; and by the NecefTity they wiH find them^felves under, of fubmiiting to a Compofition, which, in effetR, amounts to a Capitation Tax of JFive Shillings a Head on every Servant, Apprentice, and Child of eight Years old in a Family, in Contradidion to the uncontroverted Maxims of good Policy ; one of tlie principal Aims of which hath ever been, to give all poflible Encouragement to Marriage and P.opubtipni a Tax in fine^ which, for want, as is humlDly prefumed, of fufficient Information of th^ CMcumftances relative to its Objecl, it is impradlicable to levy, under the prefent Provi- fions, without very unneceflarily expofmg the Pro- pr4e! ■:i ■i. .■'.:» ',6 It is Ordered, That the Town Clerk do acquaint the Right Worfhipful the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of Exeter^ with this Refolution, by a Letter, to be forthwith tranf* mitted to the Town-Clerk of that City. ;.:,-! f . 't •' ■ , • „i.. ! • ■ .!loJ ■:/■ iwi ( 50 ] •^. j.,V';i V , /' i- 'i:ij:>uy (1\- ( i^irtni r * -r;*^ -M ., /• ^: vf ; t ; f 3ECKF0RD, Mayor. A Common Council hcldcn in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London^ on Tuefday, the Twenty-third Day of Augujly A Motion was made, ^nd Queftion put, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, congratulating him on the happy Delivery of the Queen, and the aufpicious Birth of another Prince ? The fame was unanimouily refolved in the Affirmative ; which Addrefs was agreed to, as follows : '■.!-'-». - t , .VT.-»- ■i\.J •^1 . ' ./ ' ^0 the Kings mofi Excellent Majefty, ; ^ « The humble Addrefs of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of Londotty in Common Council alTembled. Moft Gracious Sovereign, -" -' WE, your Majefty *s moft dutiful and loyal Subjefts, the Lord Mayor, /Mdermen, and Com- mons of the City of London^ in Common Council aflembled, moft gladly embrace this joyful Oc- cafion r 51 ] •:* cafion of approaching yourfacredPerfon, with our fipccrcft and warmcft Congratulations, on the fafe Delivery of the Queen, and the aufpicious Birth of another Prince, firmly trufting, that every In- creafe of your Royal Family, will prove an addi- tional Security to our Religion, and that great Charter of Liberty, \yhich, in Confequence of the glorious Revolution, your illuftrious Houfe was chofen to defend. Your Majefty's ever loyal and faithful Citizens of Londoriy exceeded by none of your Subjeds, in honeft and anxious Zeal for your Majefty's Happincfs, and the Glory and Profperity of your Reign, rejoice in every Event which augments your Majefty's domeftic Felicity. ■ V WT» '-V - * »"'■*- * . *-%/* «-• k^ ^h. v-> Permit us, Royal Sir, to intreat your Ma- jefty's Acceptance of our faithful Aflurances, that we will, at all Times be ready, chearfully to render to your Majefty, every Inftance of Alle- giance and Duty, which afFedionate and loyal Subjects can pay to the beft of Princes. ^/ , .' , ^. ;l His Majejly^s Anfwer^ delivered the twenty-fifth ^>s, ^'^' "Day of Auguft, 1763.^ wufc ^^j/y I thank you for this loyal Addrefs^ and for the Satisfaction yoa exprefs on the Increafe of my Family. The Religion Jipd Liberties of my * " D 2 '^■■'- People I 5* ] People always have been, and ever (hall be, the conflant Obje<5ls of my Care and Attention. I fhall, at all Times, depend upon the Afluranccs which you give me, of your Allegiance ^nd -;i ♦ ■f ti J Uji.. ..•!' ^w .. "j;;* B R I D G E N, A%(?r: f'V A Cdmmon Council holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall Q^ the City of Loitdon, on Tuefda^fy the Fifteenth Day of November ^ .* " .' . • • . .■ ... .' *' • . ■■ ■ A ^Petition behig prepared to the tlonourahle Houfe of Comtnons, praying, that ib mu<:h of an Aft of Parliament pafled irt the laft Seflion, in- tituled, *' An Aft; foY granting to his Majclty fe- '* veral additional Duties upon Wines imported ** drtto this Kingdom, and certaift Duties upon all " Cyder and Perry, 8rc." as fubjcfts the private Makers of Cyder and Perry to Excifc Laws, may bt l^pealed, was agreed to^ as follow^ I » . ^ ' a' VI r n n d W G To the Honouralle the Commons ^/Great-Britain in Parliament ajfembled, ■■ '•■ «' '.>,■ J The humble Petition of tiie .t.ord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of Zjondon^ in Common Council aflembled. ■ • Sheweth, - ' ' '* --• - ' ' - ' THAT by an A61 paffcd in the laft SefHons of the prefent Parliament, intituled, " An A6t for granting to his Majefty feveral additional Duties upon Wmes imported into this King- dom, and certain Duties upon all Cyder and Perry, ajid for railing the Sum of Three Mil- *' Ijons Five Hundred Thoufand Pounds, by *« way of Annuities and Lottery, to be charged *' on the faid Duties," fuch of the Rates and Duties by tijc faid A61 granted, as are charged upon Cyder and Perry, are appointed to be under the Receipt and Management of the Commifllon- ers and Officers of his Majelly's Revenue of Ex- cife ; and the Makers of Cyder ^^A Perry are, by the iaid Adl, made liable to the Search, Sur- vey, and Controul of the Officers of Excife, and to divers Forfeitures and Penalties to be inflided and recovered without the Intervention of a Jury, > by fummary Methods of Proceeding unknown tp the Common Law. erfuaded, that if they had been called upon, aa I was, they would hav^ a<^ed with the like confcientious Re- gard p their Oaths, and to the Law of the Land. Since, however, the City of London has now given me a Reputation, I mud take more than ordinary Care to prefcrve their Gift, by the (Irid:- eft Attention to my Duty, knowing tb.at the beil Way of (hanking the Public for Honors like ihefe, is by perfevcring in the fame Condud by which their Approbation was firft acquired. . ^^ i'^"-'- . " S T E- :i.;ti [ 58 I ^Y^ M !Kir STEPHENSON, Mayor. A Common Council holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on * Saturday, the Twenty-third Day of March^ :\i: .'-.J '., ri^C^ it A Motion was made, and Queftion put, That the Freedom of the City of London be humbly prefented to his Royal Highnefs the Duke of GlQUcejlcr, in Teftimony of the dutiful Affec- tion of this Court for their illuftrious Sove- reign, and every Branch of his Royal Houfe, and of the high Senfe they entertain of his Royal Hi'ghnefs's ejpinent and illuftrious Vir- tues and Accomplifhments, and that his Royal Highnefs be humbly requefted to honor this City by his Acceptance of the faid Freedom ? " The fame was unanimoufly refolved in the Af- firmative, and ordered accordingly, . , ,t Another Motion was made, and Queftion put, That the Copy of the faid Freedom be prefented to his Royal Highnefs, in a Gold Box, of the Value of One Hundred and Fifty Guineas ? The fame was unanimoufly refolved in the Affirmative, and ordered accordingly. ' . His [ 59 ] -U )cr on . i Ills Royal Highmfs's Anfwer^ delivered the Sixth of June, 1765. c/w-),n My Lord and Gentlemen^ 1 return you my beft Thanks for this Mark of your Duty and Loyalty to the King, and of your Affeftion to me. I am very thankful for your good Opinion, and Ihall try, in all Times, to deferve it, by my hearty Wiflies fcr the Pro- fpcrity of this great City, and by laying hold of every Opportunity that fhall offer, to promote the Trade and Manufadlures of my native Country. X.V ^,^%.\ % -.ji *. : ^ STEPHENSON, Mayor. ? ; , ■ A Common Council holden in the Chamber • of the Guildhall of the City of London^ on ^uefday, the Twenty-feventh Day of Augujij '7, 1765. •'♦'.■.■■f - T|'? ■iX'' ;n •• A Motion was made, and Queftion put, That an . humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, congratulating him on the happy Delivery of . the Queen, and the aufpicious Birth of ano- ther Prince ? The fame was unanimoufly refolved in the Affirmative, which Addiefs was agreed * to, as follows : ... ■j. mas-^'-wi T"t> ■1-iU vM :i to I 'ii ^0' the Kwg*j mofi Excellent Majejly, I The humble Addrefs of the Lord M^'or, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of LfiftdoH, in Common Council aflemblcd. Mofi Gracious Sovereign^ WE, your Majefty*s ever loyal and faithful^ Subjefts, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen? and Com- mons of the City of London^ in Common Council aflembled, humbly befeech your Majefly to ac- cept our molt fincere and dutiful Congratulations on the fafc Delivery of the Queen, and the au- > fpicious Birth of another Prince. ' 'viuA^^ftliCHn**' The joyful Event of an Increafe in your Ma- jefty's illuftrious Family, will always be grate- fully confidered by us, as a further fubftantial Security to the civil and religious Liberties pf this your Majefty's free and native Country : Every A^ldition to your Majefly*s domeftic Hap- pinefs fills our Hearts with the higheft Pleafure and Satisfadlion ; and, fully confiding that your MHJefty's Hoyal Sentiments ever coincide with the\ united Wifhes of your faithful People, we glad- ly embrace every Opportunity of teftifying our Joy, and laying our Congratulations at your Ma- jefty's Feet. Permit us, therefore, Royal Sir, toaflurc your M.'jefly, that your faithful Citizens of London^ from ',', J : r lor, of [ 6i ] from their zealous Attachment to your Royal Houfe, and the true Honor and Dignity of your Crown, whenever a happy Eftahlifhmcnt of pub- lic Meafures fliall prefent a favourable Occafion, will be ready to cXett their utmoft Abilities in Support of fuch wife Councils, as apparently tend to render your Majelly*s Reign happy and glo- rious. ^fh 'nM^X.-^' » ' His Majtfty^s Anfwsr^ delivered the twenty-eighth ,,,:. -D^^Auguft, 1765. _^^^^|^^., ••1 . -• I i thank you for this dutiful Addrefs : Vour Congratulations on the further Increafe of my Family, and your Aflurances of zealous Attach- ment to It, cannot but be very agreeable to me : I have nothing fo much at Heart as the Welfare and Happinefs of my People, and haVe the greatcft Satisfadion in every Event that may be an addi- tional Security to thofe civil and religious Li- berties upon which the Pi-ofperity of thefe King- doms depends. - ■-.^^^^. J....... c.ii w :f'iji^^unii'<: :■« h^-j^fj:.!' ':ii- f ' ■•ni'M«> 3 '■:!,* r-^. \K , '--J $, ■ili:-:^''":""-'' 'i "iiii. ^.ij^ tjr.t, !,i« J ';< I ^'}{iti'j:j' diU C STE- 1^ i i*i > t ■-. ■ » -•! '.v'^iv ■^'.J itt-it ^v^ 'f,^ ^'\ I *> f'O f^ *■ ' [ 62 ] r ■• • «• > ,. STEPHENSON, Mayor. ? A Common Council holdcn in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London^ on Tuefday, the Fifteenth Day of O^ober, 1 765. A Motion was made, and Queftion put, That the Freedom of the City of London^ be prefcntcd o to his Serene Highnefs the Hereditary Prince of Brunfwick Lunenburg, in Teltimony of the Loyalty of this Court to their moil gracious Sovereign, and of their affedtionate Regard to every Branch of the illuftrious Houfe of Brunf- wJck^ under which our Religion, Laws and Liberties, are maintained and preferved, and to exprefs the high E^fteem they have for a Prince who has rendered himfelf glorious by his heroic Valour on all Occaiions, and eminent for his private Virtues ? The fame was unanimoufly refolved in the ^ Affirmative, and ordered accordingly. Another Motion was made, and Queftion put. That the Copy of the faid Freedom be prefcnted to his Serene Highnefs in a Gold Box, of the Value of One Hundred and Fifty Guineas ? The fame was unanimoufly refolved in the Affirmative, and ordered accordingly. [ 63 ] on hat His Serene Hi^bnefe*s Anfwer^ delivered on Wedncf- t day, the i Ztb of December, i 'j66. My Lord Mayor and Gentlemeny \ I accept your Prefcnt with great Pleafurc, and ^ I look upon it as a particular Honor conferred.on , me by this great and opulent City. ■ .j'.rr •; ■■:'\ NELSON, Mayor. :' ' > A Common Council holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London^ on • Friday, the Third Day of O^c^^r, 1766. A Motion was made, and Queflion put. That an humble Addrefs be prefented to the King, to congratulate his Majefty on the happy Delivery of the Queen, on the Increafe of his Majefty's Family by the Birth of a Princefs Royal, and the aufpicious Marriage of his Majeily's Royal Sifter, the Princefs Carolina Matilda, with the King of Denmark ? The fame was unanimouily refolved in the Affirmative ; which AJ.drefs was. agreed to, as follows : ., ,, v ,/ g j>. ... .... ^0 the Kin^s mcft Excellent Majejly. , .1 ." Mojl Gracious Sovereign, .WE, your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subje61:s, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 01 mens ■*l l,,i i H 1 niftni of the City of Lomioft, in Corrimon Council aflembled, witl> the mod zealous Ardour and Affci^ion, embrace the earlicft Opportunity of approaching the Throne of the beft of Princes, with oOf joyful Corigratuliltions on every Event l)leAfing to your Majefty, and falutary to your Kingdoms. tulf*** ' The fafe Delivery of the Queen, a Princefs endeared to your Majefty and the whole Nation by every royal and virtuous Accompliftiment, fills our Hearts with the .utfuoll Thankfulncfs to Divine Providence. ^'""^ ' ^^nm^Jir . : ;«- An Increafe of your Maje(ly*t auguft Family, by the Birth of a Princefs Royal, cannot fail of diffufing univerfal Joy amongft all your faithful Soibjefts, as it farther fecures to them and their Pofterity a long Continuance of thofe ineftima- blc Bleffings which they have hitherto enjoyed under the Protedion of your Majefty's illultrious Houfe, 'Ml 'J iLM .•■^iy^Xim' i- ailti .^ Ji^^''^ VS^M. The aufpicious Marriage of your Majerty*s Royal Sifter, the Princefs Carolina Matilday with tliat great Potentate, the King of Denmark (on which we beg Leave to felicitate your Majefty) muft afford the moft interefting Satisfadion, not only to us, but all yourMajefty's loyal Subjcds. ,f.. f. Permit us, Royal Sir, to afliire you, that your fuithfiil Citizens of London slvq ever ready to evince -■::■■:■ to ^; %. .cil md of tes, leht ?nt. to all the World, that their Hearts and Affec- tions are fincere Oblations of Gratitude to your Majefty for your conftant paternal Care, and efpecially for the recent In (lance of your tender Attention to the Neceffities of your People. ft )^» I. His MaJ^/s Anfwer^ delivered the Twenty -iighth .^^ "ifj , Bay of O^oh^Tf 1766. • YOUR Ibyal and affedionate Profeflions Upon the happy Events of my Queen's fafe Delivery, and the Marriage of my Sifter to my very good Ally, the King of Denmark^ cannot but be moft acceptable to me» . , It is with Pleafurc that I fee the juft Senfc, which the City of London entertains of thofc Mcafures. which the Neceflity of the Occafion obliged m. to take for the Relief of my People, and I hope they will have the defire^ EfFedt of quieting Mens Minds, and removing theDiftreffcf which feemed daily to increafe. ft .f' .f .^ *i i/A,.- •■.•r.0 ,.■■■. i«. , A i \ J** .1 # - «» KITE, ill I- i: M ■'"^".■.■-"1-"' I 70 1 iH'nt't. .1 f ■' r,. 7'■• r A Cppijpon Council holden iq the Chamber of the Guil4hall of the City of London^ on %uefdayy the Sixteenth pay_ of Decemhu 1766. >:,-„-. A Motion was made, rjnd. Queftipn put, That the Freedom of this City be prefentcd to his RoyaJ Higbnefs, the Duke of; Cun^rJandy in Teftimony of the dutiful Attachment of this Court to his Majefty and his illuftrious Houfe, • aniiraa a. Mark o£ their profound ELefpe£t foe- his Royal Highncfs, whofe princely Accom- plifliments have juftly endeared him to all his Mjyefty's Subjeds ;. and that his Royal H^gh- nefs. be bumbly requeued to ho-of this City by his A.c<:eprance of the faid Freedom ? The fame was unanimoufly refolved in the Affirma^ tivc, and ordered accordingly. Another Motion w#is niaae, and Q^eftion put. That a Copy of the faid Ereedom be prcfented to hisA Royal Highnefs in a, Gold Box, of the Value^of. One Hundred and Fifty Guineas.-.? The fame was unanimoufly refolved in the Ailitmativtff, and ordered accordingly, .fl.4 '-'-*.. • • Hk m al th ar [ 67 ] His Royal Highnefs's Anfwery delivered the Twelfth of March, 1767. - • - — »>« . .. ^...^ , .. : : , ,, A Motion was made, and Queftion put. That the Freedom of this City be prefented to the Right Honourable Ci&n-/-':^ v' ■:■■<, ' ►,--■, ,;..:,(.>: ^'^.l^U'. .... -4 *-f..iif-.iA ) '■ H ARLE Y, 11^ ■^'it**** nl r[.78 ] Aad a Motion being made, aDd Queftion^ put. That the Right Honourable the Lord Metyov be dicfired to ilTuc a Precept, toaflfemWe the Livery, in Commons Hail, purfuant to their Application to his Lordihip. ? The fame was declared to be parried in the Neg^ive; and a DiviOon being demanded and granted,, there appeared to bb fix Aldermen and Eighty-four Commoners, befides the two Tellers, for the Negative; artd three Ai- dermen and Sixty- feven Commoners, befides the two Tellers, fbr the Affirmative i whereupon his Lordihip declared the fame to be carried i^i the Negative, .jir" ,•» • v^^.v>..-^5;:-jV v;;..;''ts,?ai> _. • 1 ■ ■ > . . ' ' - ' *• .»• *iir . T • . . .--J ■ .l;.'>;";v, B£CK^ it, lix les J. le lis trjcji;. ./ , .::' B E C K F O R IT^ Mttytr. - . T r./: •1> ■ •/ » A Common. Council holden- in the Chamber of . , the GuildhalL o£ the City; of London^ ow Thurfdayy the Firft Day of March, tyyo* ,. ..) ■■'.', ' * ■ A MEMORIAL of the Committee of the Livery of London, appointed the 2^h Day of September laft, was produced to this Court ; » Debate arlfipg thereon, a Mbtion was made, that the lame be now read ? and the Queftion being put, his Lordlhip declared the fame to be car- ried in the Affirmative; AndaDiyifion being de- manded and granted, there appeared* three Al- derqienandOne Hundred and Seven Commoners, befides the two Tellers, for the Affirmative •, and Fifteen Aldermen, and fiftyrnineCommoners^ be- iidesthe two Tellers, for. the. Negative; where- upon his Lordfhip declared the fame to be re- folved in the Affirmative; and then the- Perfons fubfcribing the faid Memorialj being feverally called in, the f^me was- read in the following. .' -^ Words ::^;^* >'" '■; \\'\' ■■.. ' ;,<.'■■■■>, ? To I [ 76 ] affcmblcd, moft humbly beg Leave to cxprcfs our fincerc and hearty Congratulations on th? fafe Delivery of the Queen, and aufpicious Birth of another Princels. Every Increafe of domcflic Happinefs to your Majefty and your moft amiable Con fort, will al- ways fill the Hearts of your faithful Citizens of London with Joy and Gratitude to the Divine Goodnefs, hj > •-'..>^:^x.-^^^ Permit us, Sir, to ofTecyou our rnqft unfeigned Aflurances of Duty and AfFeftion to your R.oyal Perfon ; and we moft ardently pray, that your Reign may be long and profperous, that Loyalty to your Majefty, Submiffion to th'- Laws,' the Love of true confl:itutional Liberty, and a well- governed Zeal for the common Welfare, may ani- mate your Majcfty's Subjects throughout every Part of your extenfive Empire. r. X . "' ^ .*'- "ht ''.■*; His Majejiy^s Anfwer, delivered the Sixteenth of .-*r;r::7 - ' November, 1768, <;vi3::>. 'II. t I receive with the greateft Pleafure this dutiful and afFe(5tionate Addrefs, and return you my hearty Thanks for your Congratulations on the happy Delivery of the Queen, and the Birth of a Princcfs, as well as for the repeated Aflurances you give me of your Loyalty and Attachment to my Perfon and Family. The Ih t 77 ] ,: ,„^ The Prefcrvation of the Religion, Laws, Liberties of my People, in every Part of my Do- minions, is eifential to their true Happinefs, and is, therefore, the great Object of my Attention •, thcfe are the Principles which ever have been, and ever fhall be the fole Rule of my Government. T i ... • -t *■< r- f » • / )•■,,•. , ■(•... TURNER, Mayor, A Common Council hold^h in the Chamber of '- the Guildhall of the City of London, on Friday^ the Fifth Day of A&y, '7^9* THE Right Honourable the Lord Mayor ac-^ quainted this Court, the Reafoii of calling them together at this Time, was in Confequence of an Aj)plication of a great Number of the Livery de- firing his Lordfhip to call a Cothmon Hall, in the following Words : ** For the Purpofe of taking *' the Senfe of the Eivery of London, on the Mea- •' fures proper to be purfued by them in the pre- ** fent alarming Situation of public Affairs,** which his Lord (hip had refufed, till he had taker! the Opinion of this Court. And h't. i 74 ] '^ <^ i r.tr/i "* 1 ■;.; r ' ■■■--'•■- --LI i*MM*i ,' r ■r r:" ; . ■ ' ,:; r ■>, rri;, -v -':t'^'^;:tri » H A R L E Y, A%(>r. A Common Council holden in the Chamber Z: 43^ tht GftfMhati of thcCky of LomtoJty oh Wednefday^ the Twelfth Day of Oaohci\ 1768. , , . THE Right Honourable the Lord Mayor ac- quainted this Court, That purfuant to thfeir Order of the Tenth Inftant, he had waited on his Majefty the King of Denmark^ to learn his Pleafure in what Manner he would have the Freedom of this City tranfmitted to him;-*- That his Majefty was gracioufly pleafed to accept of the faid Freedom in the Company of GoUfmiths^ and fignified his Pleafure that it ihould be delivered to Baron Diiden^ his Ma- jetty's Minifter at this Court. - ■;'* ■ ... ; ■ft,. 1 ^ *L ', «1- V '-\ >^>- . ■ If TUR. . • ; .,A- \\ [ 75 J ♦ • -i» ♦ . • f ■\ •*:: i»^"^"*^"^^r-*— "I" ■ ■ • I «f« '■ .1 TURNER, JWiTyor. i'l* ,»>«i ■♦ ■» 'rrr 'I*'*- ' M 'i'MfMfv A ComiTion Council holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Tuefday, the Fifteenth Day of November y 1768. . '. . - 1 1 * > x> iT.y., t. A Motion was made, and Queflion piat, That an hyn\ble Addrefs be prefentcd to his Majefty, congratulating him on the happy Delivery of the Queen, and the Birth of another Princefs ? The fame w« unammoufly refolved ?n the Af- iinnative; which Addrefs was agreed to, ai tbltows : Tff tb( lQn^*s moft Excelient Majejly, , T.oni A -i: The humble Addrefs of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of ■ I^xrJ^;!, in Common Council affembled. r,. [ - • 1 " ■ WE, your Majdly's moft dutiful and loyal SubjedU, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- moiiji of the City ef London, in Common Council aflembled, " •• : .• n f " * i [ 8o 3 ». '-. 1 7*0 the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor ^ Alder- — men^ and Commons y of the City of LjndoBi in Common Council ajfemblsd. The Memorial of the Committee of the Livery of LondoHy appointed the 28th Day of Septem* ■ ber lafti , . , 1 * ,^ .. . . - ^.. . .: JL -..« %eweth^ THAT the Livery of London^ in Commo^ Hall aflembled, did, or. the 24th of June lad, direct a Petition to be prefented to his Majeilyj praying for a Redrefs of many enumerated and intolerable Grievances, The Subjefts of the mod defpotic Prince on Earth, when they humbly petition their Sove- reign en the Score of Grievances, though they cannot promife to themfelves Redrefs, at lead ex- pewc an Anfwer. That the Livery of London know they have a Right to both *, yfct, contrary to antient Ufage, the Livery of his Majefty'» loyal City of London^ after a Delay of eight Months, do ftill remain ur.d.nrwered and unre- lieved. That the Violation of the Right of Eledioni, by which they are moft efpecially affcdled, has been, fmce that Time, again avo^Ved and de- clared legal by the Influence of his Majcfty*s Miniflers^ Your iCT- fery pad, and [ 8, ] f *Tour Memorialifts, therefore, apply to you, the Common Council of the City of London^ that you may join with them in a Requeft to the Right Hoi curable the Lord Mayor, fpcedily to aflcmble the Liverymen of the feveral Companies of the City of London^ in a Common Hall, that they may have an Opportunity to take fuch further Meafures therein, for the Re-eftablifhment and Security of their antient Rights and Franchifes as the prefcnt Times require, C. Sommers, Mich. Lovell, Tho. Boddington, Frtderir k Bull, John Skey. John Lawrence, London, Feb. 28, 1770. • And the faid Memorial being handed to them, and they being refpedlively alked, touching their Signing thereof, each of them declaring his Name thereto fubfcribed, was his own proper Hand- Writing ♦, they were then direded to with- draw. A Motion was made, and Quefrion put, That Mr. Lovell^ Mr. Bully Mr. Lawrence^ Mr. Som- mersy Mr. Boddingtotiy and Mr. Skeyy who have, at the Bar of this Court, avowed their refpedtively figning the Memorial this Day, prefented to this. Court, be called in, and aflced where, and by whom they were appointed a Committee of the Livery of LondoHy the 28th Day of September laft, his Lordfliip declared the fame to be carried m ¥ the %... [ %2 ] tlie Negative ; atid a Divilion fceirrg demanded and granted, there appeared three Aldermen and Nihety-fduf Commoners, befides the two Tellers, for the Negative ; and fifteen Aldermen and fixty- nine Commoners, Befides the two Tellers, for the AifSrmativei whereupon his Lordlhip declared the fanrie to be refolvcd in the Negltive. ■■*' ■', *. • A Motion was made, that thif. Court doth agree with the Application of the faid Mema- rialifts.. And another Motion being made, and Queftionf put, That tlie Confideration of the laid Memo- rial be adjourned till the next Common Council ? The fame was refolved in the Negative •, then the faid Qneilion was put, that this Court doth agree with the /^.pplication of the? laid Memorialilts ^ the fame was rciblved in the Affirmative. T— it- B 'E C IC F b k D, Maysr^ . « "A Conamon Council holden in tlie Chamber Of 'the h ^^^,^^^^ ^^^^ Sentiments of the Cj^^^^Xlia-ents as aRe- I cannot recommendTrennur .^^^^^^^ „,edy againa J^ C-ke 'n ^^,_ Venality in Ekft'ons . ^^fl\ ^-^^ for that „;,„ ,o better Judgment .fh ^. _ Meafurefhall become prevalent ^ . . dom. Purity of P"l--" ;Vn:Ss Means to- Commanwealtlr ; and as °"J ° ,„d extend Wsthis neeeffary E^^^^f^/conftituticn and the natural R^l"'""^''"'''" View, publicly ex- theEleaed,Ihave .n^^' J' ;P^f^,,„d prefled my earneft Wid^es tor .^.^^ ^^ ^^^ !,ual R^P-^-";;^;i'„Se county, as a farther Knight of t,.eShn^.nh ^ Balance to ^^^^"S , he juft Diffidence ot thrown out this Id.a. ^' ' ^„ f^ggeft any , pvivate Man, when J^^^^f V.mated by your Thing new on a h# Ma cr^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^„, Approbation, 1 A^^ 'J.^e public Wifdom, as an ■wipw;-''^" i V [ 85 1 T-.mes when in the Service of Having >« J J^^7, Jfron, it, experienced. tl^Crown, and "''=" J"'' f paiow-Citizens, ^^^Gr^6t.A^^^^^^^2., that with their 1 am now particularly i ^ ^^ hoUimg this wileiy f Time, and Government, =:g»'"^ *^ ^^i ^uman Inftitutions; ,hc Deviations incident to all h .^ ^^^ City of L««^«« can vo ^^ ^^^^^^^,^ Er'<^-^°- Snor o e"-^ the Llonics. and ftitutipn. TRECOTHIGK, Mayor. ■ ?^^^^;Sis:y%5s..7o.,, ■^ MOTION being -de^^r^^^t:.^^^^^ ^ ,W*« court dothjrp f at the ^^^^ ^eRightHonourabk «^«'«« J .^ ^,, ^' ^*J";.S with the Infcription of GuildhaUoi th:5 «->ty. ^ ^, fame was his late Addrefs to h.s Majelty relolved in the Affirmative. t R E" [ 86 ] ■y l ! . ' .. I . -r" rrrrr >ff\.i * T RE COT HICK, Mayor. A Common Council holden in the Chamber of the Quildhall of the City of London^ on Frida^y the Twelfth Day oi O^ober^ ^77^^ A MOTION was made, and Queilion put, That the Freedom of this City be prefented to Jcbn Dunnin^^ Efq-, for having (when Solicitor General to his J^ajefty) defended in Parlia- ment, on the foundeft Principles of Law and the Conftitution, the Right of the Subject to petition and rcmonftrate ? The fame was re* . lolved ixi tixe Affirmatiye, _^ ■■•» ■ — , .. , Another Mation was m^^i^^ gn4 Queftion put, That the Copy of .the faid precdom be pre- fented to John Dt^nningf Efq; in a Gold 6bx, of the Value of One Hundred Guineas ? The fame was relolved in the Affirmative, and or- dered aecoidingly. f ^ t, '• I. ..K- John >- -■ .i r'.> t 8t J John Duiining, Efquires Anfiver^ delivered th Twenty^feventh of March, 1 7 7 1 , to Sir Stephea Theodore JanfTen, Chamirerlain, Mr. th^pl^erla'ih, 1 "am to requeft the Favour o? you, to reprefent me to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of London, as duly fenfible of the great, but I muft add, unrherited Honor thfey have done me ; for furely, Sir, thtre is little Merit in ading on one's own Opinion, and I cannot with a fafe Confcience pretend to any other. Convinced as I am, that our happy Conftitution hiis given lis the mo'ft perfed Syftem of Govern-, ment the World has ever feen, anr it it is there- fore our common Intereft and i .y, to oppofe every Pradtice, and combat every Principle that tends to impair it •, any other Condudl than that which the City of London has been pleafed to diftingunli by its Approbation, muft, in my own Judgment, have rendered me equally unworthy of the Office I had then the Honor to hold through his Majefty's Favour, and of the Truft repofed in me, as one of the keprefentatives of the People, To difcharge faithfully the Duties of whatever Situation we are placed in, is among the firft Objedis of honeil Ambition ; to be thought to have done fo, I confider as a fecond ; confequently, I cannot but feel a high Degree of Satisfadtion ir* this I W ] this Teftimony of the good Opinion of fo rcfpcft- able a Body as the Citizens of London^ and it is no inconfiderable Addition to that Satisfaction, that it gives me a nearer Relation to Men who have been ufually an^ong the foremofl toaifcrt and maintain thofe legal and conftitutWhal Rights, which are eflential to the general Interefts of the Community. I have nothing to add> Sir^ but my Acknow-« ledgments to you for the obliging Expreflions you have ufed, in executing your Commiffion. 27 Marchy 1771. J. DUNNINfcl y r