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THE ROYAL
GEORGIA GAZETTE.
ts O U S E of LORDS.-
Wednesday, November r.
one ° ,c * day his Majesty
Gvj , went ill state from St. James’s to the
5?-7?\ House of Lords* attended by the
a Duke of Northumberland and Lord
* “ * Onflow, when, being seated on the
throne, with the usual solemnity,
. Mcrtengerof the Black Rod was
dilfatched to the House of Com
mons, to cenduft them, and their
new Speaker, To tfye bar of the House of Lords, which
beinz accordingly done,
\Mr. Cornwall addrefted himfelf in the following manner
to his Majesty:
< Tour Majesty’s faithful Commons in Parliament af
ftmblea fiave, in pursuance of your'Majefty’s order, and
their anejent right, defied one of their members to he a
% akpr, and have chosen me for the execution of that
high and honourable trust. .
“ I now stand before your Majesty for yoitf-delermina
tion upon their choice. ’ I am conlcious of my own’in
competVney for thi3 arduous employment, and humbly re
commend it-to ftiftifjbsF
opportunity of rs-confidcring the business, arid the right of
eiefting another,”
The Lord Chancellor then held a conference with his
Majesty, after which he replied, -
“ Mr. Cornwall,—His Majesty, notwirhftanding yur
diffidence, is of opinion, that you are in all refpefts ade
quate to the situation to which the Commons have elefted
you. His Majesty therefore commands me to inform you,
that he entirely approves of the choice of his faithful
Commons, and allows and commands you to be their
Speaker.’*
Mr. Cornwall then made the following answer:
“ Since it is your Mojefty’s royal pleasure to confirm
the choice of your Commons, I submit myfelf to . their e
leftion and your approbation, with, that implicit fuhmiflion
which becomes me, earnestly requesting your Majesty to
accept my moft humble acknowledgments for the gracious
exercise of such an unmerited favour. I must naw, how
ever entreat of your Majesty, that, since I have v by your
Majesty s expreft, though to me moft honourable injunc
tion, accepted of the great trust of Speaker of your faithful
Commons, your Majesty will be graciously disposed to look
with partiality and lenity upon the faults, or involuntary .
errors, which 1 may commit in the execution o so difficult
an employment, always believing, thit, notwithstanding
all other defers, I never can err in the h<*artisft with for
the fafety of your Majesty, and the protection, so far as in ‘
e lies, #f the rights of your Parliament. At all events,
I humbly hope that your Majesty will never impute ray
faults to your faithful Commons. I must also, in their
name, and for myfelf, in the humblcft giannerj urge,
that their ancient privileges be granted them, particularly
that they, tflsir servants, and estates, may have exemption
from arrests, that they rpay enjoy freedom oT speech in
their debates, have free access to your royal person on all
©ccafions, and that your Majesty will, in all their pro
ceedings, give the moft favourable interpretation .0 their
conduft.”
The Lord Chancellor then replied again 1
. “ Hi * Majesty has the greatest confidence in the affec
"11011 of his dutiful Commons to his person and government.
He has the highest opinion of their wisdom and prudence
in all their proceedings, dnd readily grants them'the full
jtofleflion ol all those privileges which have been at any
lime granted by his Majesty or any of his predcccflbrs. As
to your particular felf, Sir, though fully convinced you
tvHl stand in need of no such indulgence,'his Majesty has
direfted me to fay, that he will at all times put the moft
favourable conftruftion both on your words and aftinns.”
The ceremony end* here. Mr. Cornwall withdrew,
and his Majesty immediately addrefted himfelf to the two
Houfcs of Parliament. [ Hi, Majeftybeech was inferred
tn our laft.\ J
The speech having been read according to theeftabUfb
ed praCtice on thefc occaf.-ns, firft by the Lord Chancel
lor, and then by the Clerk of the House,
The Earl of Weitmoreland ar->fe to move for the usual
Address. He prefaced his motion with an elegant and manly
■©ration, and recommended vigour in all our military exer
tions as the only expedient for restoring this country to the
conference which it formerly held-in the political fealc of
Europe. In our previous wars, he said, we had had only
trifling dangers to contend with, compared to those which
beset us on every quarter atprefent. In the last war, for
anfunce, France was, for fome lime,-the foie objeft of
our hostilities; when Ihe became reduced, Spain, Indeed,
stepped in to her alfiftance, but there was no period in
whiv-h we had experienced the lieceflxty of supporting a
double contention with these two ltates, when both, as at
pref’nt, entered upon the war with their powers unim
paired, “their treasury inerhaufted, ahd the objefts of their
arrack undivided. Added to the other circfumftances of a
lantiing aggravation which we felt at this crisis, this was
Jiever to he forgot, that the thirteen provinces, which had
pievioiifiy fought and conquered under our banners, were
How united with the catalogue of our foes, and conftitutcd
the moft dangerous part of this confederacy. Under thefc
jCircurnltaners, however, black and terrible as they were,
©V the unremitting exertion of fpirlt and attention we had
proved victorious both by fed and land, pur fleets in the
est Indies had intimidated those of our a Ivcrfaries, and
to quit the teas, without ending any part
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1781.
of those mighty purposes which were repreftnted as the o
riginal objects and infallible confequeaces of their destina
tion. We had gained a compleat viftory in Carolina, and
had brought :’ne capital of one of the principal provinces of
America to entire reduction. Theft were striking ex
amples of the wonderful advantages which result from
spirit, when wetl directed, and operated as the moft con
vincing proof ah3t a fnnilar exercise of activity was neces
sary in future. What would become of us if we fat down
in supine dcfpair, and beheld the continent of America
faatched fr>m onr pofteflion ? Would we rtotfoonlofe, as
.a neccflary confequcnce of such an event, all our valaabie
iflandsin that quarter? And would we not therefore even--”
tually degenerate into a pitiful state difgraccful to our pall
charafter, and fbotking to the conception of a brave and
fofceotible pe ipso ? He now took an opportunity of dwel
ling open fome of the private virtues of his Majesty. Other
monarchs, he fiid, would have availed the
distress under which the kingdom and capitol had recently
laboured from the unfortunate prevalence of enthusiasm
and tumult, and would have attempted to increase their
power, and eftablifti defpptifm; but his Majesty, so far
from having been influenced by anyeortfiJcration of that
a- hutntrtity and co#££rn
which mewed him open"to no feelings or fentiraepts but.
thtfo which centered in the peace j -comfort, an.d welfare,
of his people. His Lordlhip further contended, that the
resource? of this kingdom were, if propptly exerted, even
superior to those of either France or ‘lpain in their present
fituatioH, and adduced a late decree that has been recently
iflued in the raetropnljs of the latter kingdom for the circu
lation of paper money, containing an aftual legiflativc co
erlion tt-wu the tralerfor the acceptance of it, as a full
prooj that ftie had begun to fink in h'r finances, and that
this th<>refore was a period when we ought to use every
endeavour to profit by/her decline. His Loidihip then
concluded, with spying rt An Address of thanks for his
Majesty’s moft gcaci u. fpee h fsom ‘he throne, co* gratu
lati ng him upon the birth of anew Prince, and the happy
recovery of he/ Majesty/” and also, See. through all the
circumstances of hi, Majesty’s speech, of which the ad
drefj is, by acknowledged prefcriptlon, no more than the
parliamentarv echo.
L ! 3ro feconded the address, and also contend
ed for the neceftity of extraordinary exertions.
The Mas juis of Carmarthen was now up to fpcak, when
fome Lords, who had not taken the usual oaths neeeflarv
at the opening of anew Parliament, offered themselves to
the Clerk for that ceremony. This little circumstance
proved the fou-ce of a very tedious altercation. Dird
Abinglon contended that she noble Lords could not take
the oaths it that time, for the period preferibed hy an old
bat an unrepealed statute, for the perfvming that ceremo
ny, was between the hou sos nine and four*. It was then
pa ft Tour, and their oaths, if parted, would b aft of Par
liament be nug ‘tory and void. The aft alluded to being
then dvfired to be read, it was read accordingly, and con
tained this moft lingular example of legiflatorial absurdity,
in the following words: ** That if a noble Peer takes the
oath necertary at the opening of anew Parliament before
the hour of nine in the morning, or after the hour of four
in the afternoon, that oath fball be deemed of no avail, and
he be deemed a Popifh recusant convift.” This curious
folly of making Popery consist in swearing out of a certain
and prqfcribed hour produced a good laugh in the House,
which being fub'fidcd, „
i-ord Mansfield arose and reconciled all difficulties, by
observing that there was a clause in the aft in question
which proved an antidote against the nonfcnfe conveyed in
the general tenor of -it, which was, that the House of
Lord* might, if they pleated, make a motion at any time
for a noble Lord’s t aking the oath in question j and if that
w,s that the order of the House stand for hi*
talcing it, then this very aft allowed that he had a right to
swear, and wa* no longer Antichriftian for so doing. On
this being suggested, an order parted the House for the
noble Lords in question taking the oath, and the matter of
contention ceased of confequcnce.
The Marquis of Carmarthen rose again, and in a gener*--
ous delicate manner exprerted his acquiefcenee with the
noble Earl who made the motion for address, so far jts re
fpefted the birth of a young Prince, and the recovery of
her Majesty. He rejoiced, he said, in the felicity of jficir
Majesties, and, though hp could no longer be a near spec
tator of their .hkppinefs, he always fclt a moft fmcere fa
tisfaftion at humble distance in hearing of it. He could
not, however, agree with the noble Lord in the strength
of language he had used in the latter part of his motion for
affording such unlimited supplies, and therefore would
move for that part of it that an amendment to the follow
ing eft'eft rtiould be fubfrituted? “ and that the House were
always ready and disposed to artifthis Majesty, and defend
their country, so fat as propriety and reason juftified such
meafurcs, and the certainty of ir&being well applied, coun
tenanced the generosity of the offer.”
Lord Abingdon waS against the address in toto. He did
noGchoofe to congratulate tire Kine: on the birth of
Printe, because, under such ntanagars as the present, the
Prince might be horn to ltarve, and if that were the cate,
he could not fee where was the propriety in exulting at his
nativity. - - 1
The motion was then put, when there appeared,
For the Address without the amendment, 64.
For the Address with the amendment, ‘ ‘ 2 j
Majority, 41
The Lords having resumed their feats, Lord Aylesford
rose and mdved, “ rhatan humble Address be presented W
her Majesty, congratulating her on‘the birth of another
Prince, and her Majesty’s happy recovery; and assuring
her, that the sincerest plclfure is imparced to their Lord
ships breasts, by every evcnt which increases her Majefty’
domcftick. happiness, and better fecirres the accertion of her
royal offspring to the throne of these kingdoms.”
Lord in aconcife elegant speech, fecondest
the motion; and it palled ttemine dijjentiente.
Ordered, that the Lords with white ftaves gt> t>p to
morrow, and present the said addrefl'es to their Majesties.
[The Addrtft to the King war inftrtei in last week's paper. 1
After which the House adjourned. --- --
From the LONDON GAZETTEf ‘
ST. JAMES’ and; Oftober 6.
THIS day the Right Hon. the Lotd Mayor, the Al
dermen; Sheriffs, and Common Council, of the
City of London, waited upon the King, and being intros
duced to his Majesty by the Right Hon. Lord Hinchin
brook, Vice Chamberlain of his ’Majefty’s Houfliold#
J irpes Adair/ Esq. the Recorder, made their -
m the fallowing Address :
To the KING’s Moft Excellent Majesty.
7Ar bumble Address of the Lord Mayor y Aldtrmerl , and
Commons t of the City of London , in Common Council af
’ femklcd. J
WE yoQr Majesty’s iftoft dutiful and loyal fubjefts, thd
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Comnions, of the City of
London, in Common Council artcmblcd, embrace this op
portunity of approaching your royal person with our sincere
congratulations on the fife and happy delivery of your moft
amiable consort; a Princess whole virtuous and exemplary
life rndears her not only to your Majesty, but renders her
Majesty an example and ornament to her ftx.
Wft beg leave, even in our present calamitous aqd i
larming lituation, still to express our joy on the bisth of
Prince; and to assure y>>U, Sire, that, whenever
the domcftick felicity of youi Majesty Is augmented, it
adds further fatisfaftion to your faithful citizens.
Signed by Order of Court,
William Rix/
7# which Address his Majesty was pleased to return the sol *
lowing mofl gracious Answer t
“ I THANK you for yous dutiful congratulations art
the happy delivery of the Qijeen, and the birth of another
Prince.
“ Expressions of loyalty and affeftion from the City of
London will ever be received by me witli great fatisfaftion.”
They were all received very graciously, and had the
honour to kiss his Majesty’s hand,
08. 31. This evening the ceremony of the ehriftening
of the young Prince was performed in the great Council
Chamber by his Grace the Arcbbiftiop of Canterbury. Hit
Royal Highness was named Alfred. The sponsors were
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, his Royal High
ness the Prince Biffiep of Ofnaburgh, and her Royal High
ness the Princess Royal.
Wtr Offti Cy November 4. His Majetey has hern pleased
to appoint his Royal Highness Prince Frederick, Bilhop
of Ofnaburgh, to he Colonel in the army, by brevet,
bearing date the ift of November, 17S0.
_ Lieut. Gen. William Augustus Pityt to be Colonel of the
10th regiment of dragoons, vice Sir John Mordaunt.
Hoq. Major Gen. John Vaughan to he Governor
Berwick, -vice Sir John Mordaunt.
Brurfwichy Oftober i6 Yeftcr lay her Serene Highneft
the Princess Augu-fta Carolina Frederica Louisa, eldeft*
daughter of his Serene Highness the reigning Duke of
Brunswick, was married toj his Serene Highness Prince Fre
derick William Charles of Wirtemoerg*
LONDON, September ifi.
AMONGST the letters intercepted in the Span Kb
packet brought into Scotland is one which ccmes
from Cordova, in the Tucuman, in South America, and
mentions that a Negress, named Lduif* Trdfco, as now
living there, aged 17 c years. In osder to authenticate
such a circumstance, the Council of that city hath judici
ally examined every information capable of attesting it. It
appears, from an interrogatory of that Negress, that Die
remembers perfeftly having seen the Prelate Fernando
Trexo, her firft master, who died in the year 1614; and
that a year before his death he gave her, with other pro
perty, towards a fund for founding the university. A* no
registers of existed so long since, car* was taken
to colleft every proof tending to afeertain this uncommon
faft, one of which proofs Was the deposition of another
Negress, named Monuela, who is known to be 120 year3
old; and Ihe declares, that, when Ihe was a mere child,
Ihe remembers this Leuifa Trexo was an old woman.
Oftober 7. Yesterday William Adam, Esq. kilted Ma
Majesty s hand at Sf. on his being appointed to
be Treasurer and Paymaster of the Ordnance, 2nd
wards took his feat at the Board.
r 08. li. We are credibly that his Swadifis
Majesty, travelling under the title of Qo\nt Haga, tn lira
tour through Holland, had great honour-, paid hist; chiefly
M tlle Hague by the Prince of Orange, the foreign Minis
ters, and ocher persons ‘of diftieftion, and was conipli
mooted by the Regency of eveay town he parted through,
except Rotterdam, where*, eUat- fr.>m inattention, or
fome other motive, he was taken -r,o notice of by the ma
gi It racy, though hepaffed the night and a great part of the
following day*in that city, ,
[N 0 . to.]
