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fish) hie lordship justifiod the mature; os'AdminiRmtion,' show
lng. by strong arguments, : they were sounded as much in
Edcnce and wisdom :: ' _tuaticn of afiairs would all". His
rdship ! entered iyco' n disquisit'yn-cf the um: Whig and
Tsiory, roved that &- pesent Wifiers Red on thenne
si po'nc' Whiggism, and !th the hulwwed out'in
the. lpeech, and echoed back in the addresx, an pro'per robe offered
to America, were most likely to effect an honourable neoncili- ss
, Ilion. -
At zo minutes nfffl- one Mr. Dunning rose. He pointed out
the illcgnliey of inzroduci foreign troops into an pan of his.
lYour th. conscm.j Par iament, and
- Majestly'u dourinian, 'wix
(he had tendency of such : inch and of what evil
sisi eons _ uenm it might hereafter be produfflve, inn it now suffered
- -.to : into :; precedcnt. He was replied on by the Anomeyct
_Gcneral.- -
)
The House did not rise till past four o'clockct on Friday morn—
ing. Upon : division there appeared, for the nddresz without any
=!!anan :78. agninh'it lo!, majority 170. . '
Wfdlo-wug but" of lbfpctin'u of lb: Gum Candle ib:
si "Zs' of Lord: damned], ctw ' b Wflzqsulld to each Houst
by the Sbtrz'ff} m flnfda) last. ct are lb in ths": word],
with on!) .: varieties oftbe addrt :. si '
ct Thehumble' tition of the Lord ayor, Aldcrmen, and Com-si
_ mo:", of ecityprondon, in ComngonctCounqilassemblesi,
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- Susws'rn, ' - ' "
THAT this Churt having taken intoits most serious cpnhdc
' ration the present distresi'ed situntion of our fellow lubjects
in America, are exceedip ]) alarmed for the eonsequenceo of
those coerclve measures, w rch are pursuedagamsijhenfflnesse
' flute: that mit Enotwithfianding chegreat uncermnty ofsi their
. ,! success) eventual )* be productive of new and m9te hurthensome
usstxes, the increase of an enormous nationaldebt; and finally, we
fea- thc loss of the most valuable branch ofct our commerce, on
' sswhieh the" existence of :m'insinite number of tndttsh'ious manusac
ss iurers and mechanics entirely depends. _ _ss _ , si— __
' That h'i'e Majest' havin beeh' taci'ouctfly pleased, in anlwer to
I late humbte ancI-dutisu addre s and petition to the Throne,
_ prayi :: cesihtion of 'h'ostilitiee with Ame'ria for : purpose of
.obtaisisssg time, and thereby giving an opportunity or a hdypy
and list'mg reconciliation With his Majeny'e American colonlcs,
to declare that besishoulctl abide !: tbe {us} as bil Parliament, this
Co'ntsit co'nceive it to be their int ispen' ab e duty, thus early in the
f seffib'n, in the most respectful manner to applytosi thin Right Hon.
House, that it will be pleased to adopt such ssmeasures for the
_ healing, of the present unhap" difputee betuteen the mother
ss_ ctnmtrzi and the colonies, as may be speedy, wanem, and ho
-.noure C.. . ,, : _ ,
ctf— Ohfsissfrhussday a new petition of Mr. Sayre to the House of
ss'ss ss si tions. csibmpiaining of an .undue electionfor the borou !: of
58 ssortl in Snffex, yas presented to the House by Mr. Sawbndge,
'sict'siol'a,Mayot elect, and seconded by SirGeor eYotmg. .
ct, " [L'qu' rwl'at paffidssyeflctdcty on bit q'efly': going to. !t
, , How to] Peern—Mr. Sayre's eommitment to the tower havin
. ' rai ed the curiosity of the public to an extravagatctu pitch, Weshnin
flet' streets were crowded by " in the morning.—-—On Tuesdny a
;!und bill, signed, " A Poor Mechanie," was dish-ibuted in great
aumbn-s, which produced an answer on the following day, intlm.
" tibg that the magistrate: had provided effectual means to a pre
' shend, and bring to justice, t'lbns attempliagh violate the am.
* Fifty thousand of these laKepaPers were difiributed. Sir ]ohn,
. '- dediog'l advertisement combmed with the above circumstances 4
tothake le imagine something ver emordinay was to hap- \
. _ss ten. te iddlesexjustices uttende at the house of the Guild-_}
, '- 'all,'Weshninster, at an early hour, and abbot 50 of their con-z
stables were stationed in the Court-room." Another-large bed !" :
evnshbles placed themselves at the door of the Sm,tavern, - ss
minfler-bndge. At & quarter before one o'ciock : body of abOut
40 constables passed through the Park to the Palacv and by this
tt_me the numhe: of people, in the Fat]: only, coufd not he [de
than 15,ooo; but their looks spoke peace and good humour; no
- thin like treason, or'misprision of treasonsisi-b-His Majesty left
the alace about two ; and the proceflictui was in the following or
(lift Two M*Wdien, with swords drawn, to clear the
way; three shte' teache: and six, filled with Noblemen and Gen
- tlemen ismp'ting; : body of horse guardc; trumpets; a body of
_ yeymen of the guarde; fourteen of huM'ajefly'ssootsimen, two and
two; hie Majesty'e coach, dmwhby ei he cream-coloured horses,
with foemen on each side; a part of orse guards, followed by
1 fhe eonhblet almost under the hee ! of the horses. All wan quiet
in the Park, save afew faint hisi'es, and a few still saintes hnzzu,
At the door of the Parliament House a little hisiing. When the
King arrived, the sum at Stangate were fired, and again on his
- ssleavmg the' House; and during the period of his being there, two—
_ fifthe horse guard: panded Parliament then to see that all was
'quuet. ffis_Maiefly was in the House just zo minutes, and be re
_ turned an peaeelbly ac he went. The whole number of the people
"assembled on this occasion were esiimated at sixty thousand. .
If hit, Majesty, had been taken into custody yesterday, it must
hmbeen by the Ladieu; for them were five women tothree men,
the Fat]: throu' h. '
& R ! lss) A ?, OcToaen 97. _
- A report wa'essmade from the committee appointed to draw up
in address to WsiMajefly, that the commune had drawn up an
address, whiehmread. * - _
Reshkmi, thet the said address be presented to' hue Majesty by
the whole House. ' ss ct '
ssOrdm't-l, that such membm as are of thesiPrI Council do
mit on bit Majesty to know-wben he will he atten therewith.
' - 'A motion bemg made for re-eommitting the address, : en
debate ensued, in which most of the rincipal speaken on th
took l very warm pa'rt. Particu asir objection wan made to
sithe fqlpwinz clause. " We thinkfully acknowledge the gra
"f dom consideration: which induced our Majesty to take thin
." key." (meaning the introduction o? hie electonl ti-oope inte
- deglnsiisom of Port Muhon and Gibrlltnrss) The Gentlet'nen in
condition considered thii clause as an hation of the measure;
vhilfi the friends of Adminish-ation inhzed it was no more than a
uln liment to his Maje 'e goodinmdion, and left the measure
itsel A matter of future elibemtion. Mr. Wedderbume and
Mr. Dutming had a long conversation upon the different intelsi'pre
Ilion: os,the chase.
"* Mr. Cornwall Icknowledged that there had been misn'ianage
ment nubmf due vhether by the Parliamentin not grantmg
i su' cientforee; Thy the Ministry in not properly applyin the
force. mused; or by the officers who had the command of t \em,*
in not exercismg shem effectually, he would not that assert, but
Kebahly might one day afford matter for inquiry in that House.
Swevcr, he could not avoid saying thue much in favour 'of Ad
mmistminn, that . Minister in the country, though he may see
much further into future events than the tell of his countrymen,
_nnnot take any grant step without havihgsi the cry of the peo' le
" with him; her] Govemment demanded 4o,ooo men'the last se wn
ct'_-_to send (o America, the people would have thoughtthem mad,
;but now that the people were with them, he did not doubt los
fuctess. He censufed those ssmemsss ver severely, who had
sofrd last sefflon with Mminish-atl , am expressed themselves
v _ diffdtcntly in this debate: H: nlluded m-ticulm'ly to Mr.
. tprlessl-"ox, who, he said, no well ne himsers, had been raised
w. sswnpommt' office: 'm : teat looeuflyan age.
si- " .YFOSJ ly, pmt ' t he had been deceived by the'
ss'siuinffl. he ] bench ! to believe that Govet'nment had so
deny Incndo in Austin, the appnsinnce of: few regitnenu
_ . Rct qssss
sin ' t , -- *l,- - _
there Would give them Mi'ity, in a "
;; themselves, vsecure obe
dience to our hws, and ensure fract
that tight! thi-ssprinciplc he
had voted so , ing wet thetorce
seffion} peace was hit-ctosi'
ject in thzsihezfitsief shut now that
' Minisiet dbclared himself
for wnr, ' cou notlmt object- '
' 'oceedi . - , '
m, Mad 'tidiculoua.in
The Lord Advfocate of Scotlaiid
3A_dminish*ation to recede et puffim' oeto iitlen ,{p criflciliawict'y.
measures, whillt— Ameisiica was mad "so e " find a refishince;
that all Europe would tity, we hud'se t-otk' imtb'i-lity to enforce
our rights, and therefore were glldto necommosilate metten upon
any terms; that when we had regtiwctd and re-ettablishml-our au
thority there. he would be happy to join in any plan for the better
ss and more happy government of th ' rt of the empire. He said
t it was ssnot uncommon forGrea-t !l "in to be unshccet'st'ul in the
beginning, and victorious in the" thgrcl's and conclusion of her
ware, and that I;: wan not at I" ditsismayed by the loumy pictures
which some Gentlemen wac pleased to draw of er perilous and
d orahle situation. 'si' - - '
_ r. 'l'hurloe insisted that dccency demanded that we should sc—
turn hie Ma'esiy thanks for the consideration which induced him
to _ this ep, though we might nfterwards condemn the men
su . Suactw'ter it: made, (Zdjbrliter in re, should ever be hmaxim
in British minde; he dec arcd thut'it was his opinion that the hill
of rights did not forbid theintroduction of foretgn troops into our
territories abroad; that it only mentioned tbi: hugdom; that con
sequently he could no mon see any illegality, than he could dan
ger, in the measure. ' _' -', _ , ss
Sh' Williztm W—ke insisied, that the hill of rights was only
declaratory of right- exiffing prior so that 16}, that therefore the
ple Were not to confine their cia'mis to the literatl term of it,
t to recnr to the great principle! upon which that declmtion,
was founded. 1: ' ss ' - '-' ' '
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Mr.-Dunnin drived upon the snnie grounds. ct ;
Governor ]6 nshmsi hmigheJ-f the conduct of Adminishitlon
prettyseverely'; he declaredsitsihat he wae'certain the Hahoverian
soldiers could not be trie'd by mnrtinl-lzw for My offitnces', that is
they should be triedf-"they wmld have an action 'in Great Britam
against; their officers", And that if my of them'should be put to
death in consequence of the sentence of . court martial, those who
ve the sentence would be ptilty siof murder according to' our
awe; he insisted, that our gusirisom abroad were, in the true
ssnse'os the word, a part of the kingdom; and he was against the.
elnnse us a dan erous piecedeht. ' -ct '
' 'Mr. Grenvi le very yathetssimlly de" lored the state of our na
tionn! affairs, and wan Convincd, he 'd; that nothing but mis
fortune could be the coafeqtmoe. - Ectet Adminiltration, says ' he,
cali the Pope from Ram! tM—Mufflsrbm 'Conltantinople, the,
Hi !! Priest from the syna e to Wrsizid; let them put th'esias
sn mlting knife into the ]) 'of tum: end "teach them to'but-si
rhet- their metten, yet=fflll (] 'even't M he minoue to this nation.
Suppose America conquered siit
& townfsidestroyed, its fields laid.
wefle, we must keep up :! la standing army tosifitppm't our tri-ss
ttmph; but tun we diake- m it: su'eh'l state raise money suf
ficient to pay fossstheir own c inn? -Can 'we make them build up
their shattered c'ities by fore ? '
Mr. F—land, though he onfessed his diflike to the employin'g
foieign mercenariee, witho the conl'ensos Parliament, declared
his objection to the recom- tment of the address: He did not
wish to imssde-thc measure otctGov'emmen; at so critical a time,
but hewi ed the Minister ad called the Parliament together last'
sisnmmet, nther than tak that- (tep without their.conctm'cnce,
however necessity the step ight have been; he was sorry", he
said, that so little advantige had been made of the grante made
last sefflons for the purpose of enfon—ing American obedience, and
!
threw out some severeremarks upon that indolence of temper, "and
diflilte to business, which seemed inherent in the character of the
]
Minilter; and to this djsfosition hcsiattributed the little success of
\
what he ventured to ul our summer's campai n in Americfctt;
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however, he l'weetened thit'dose of- censm-e wit
a great mnny
co limenu on'the
vast lbilities and aminble disposition-of the,
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] This called up Lord North, who, after some difference abode
order, observed, that he would not have persisted so much in" his
desire to be-heard, hadde! shnething which had fallen from the
Gentleman who spoke last, denandela reply, which might not
come so well 'at another time. Be wet great] obliged to the Gen
tleman, he said, for that candoiu- and bo dnese with which he
had treated hit character. He was not displeased to hear hie
faults from whatever motive the) might be suggefied; sometimes,
as in the present instance, tin- were so
geltd by undid, and'
sometimes !: tyalicious once. (Those who'sug them from
the first can a he thanked and ekemed; those who display'ed-them
from the latter Tinciple he des fed. He confessed that indolenee
of temper whic Mr. F—lan sihad noticed. and that diflike to
business, but declared, that hewe: firced into the post he' now
held; that stormy and tempeftu :: as the ocean ie', thro !! which
he hat to hear, he would never qf bb— own accord abanc on it till
the storm had subsided; he ackflvwiedged he had- been deceived}!!!
events, but that he had adopt hie measures last sefflone to the
then state of asfiire, not inag-ifiig that all America would have
armed in the cause. lt-wae cas , la said, to seevsshat has hap—
pened, but who could have forffeen that thinge would hap en so?
Administmtion had proceeded upon the information the (} re
ceived; if Gentlemen were in posieflion of better in ormation,
w_hy did they not communicate it? He said, that when he adopted
the necessary plan of sending Hanoveriana to our garcisone. he had
not a doubt of the ]?ality of the measure; that if il-should be
found that he me mi aken in that point, thoughssthe matter iiself
should be approved, any danger which mi htIe dreaded from
the precedent might be premned by a hill o indemm'ty; that'the
neceflity of taking such a He was clear, from the danger os'con'.
fiding solely in our militia gl' the internal defence of the'nation,
however brave they might be; and is he had waited for-the meet—
ing of Parliament onr troops in-Gibmltar and Port Mahon could '
not be brought over time enoughfto have admitted of-an early and
vigoroue exertion of our force : che rebels. To cal! the
Parliament in the middfe'of siliniuer,ss_would, he said, have beeh
exceedin ly disagreeabie ctand 'buictthensome to the ion, and
r'n'any in ancee could notsihe foundjh our history of'a arliament
being called so early as the present. _ He had, he said, as great a
veneration for liberty ae 'My-man in that House; and hoped the ss
Amerieans were too brave and worthy of their lordm ancestore,
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to helitate a moment in their choice between ! every or war, bect-,ct_ss
1
Meen ignominy or death ss
but in the present instance therect-swsiasii
no question of flsslvery. iffieir friends have said, that they only
" wished to be put on the same footingon which they were in 1763.
'He asscrtcd, that Adminishation' wished for no more, and he
1 could not believe that Anierie'a, without money, without trade,
, without resources, could continue to preferaiuinous and a law
Lwar with" the incensed wet: of Great Britain, to the blefflngfo
ss liberty and peace in a apyy d ndenee on her. _He spoke very
pathctically of the integnty 'o hi'ssiheart, and of the happinels
which he do d to derive in the la_ moment: of his life, from the
testimony o hie own constsimdsie'; . ' fd concluded with a beautiful
defeeifption of the envied-ffflendid wretchedness of hie minilterial
(tation. ! -= * ' .
Col. Barrc, in a Very ledicrous manner, observed, that the
noble "Lord could very cahnlyf bear to hear his fault: nnnounccd
from some quarters ; that hie Lordship [hood the: attacks ofa certain
um'lsi'm'n dialect with :! vcrjr good grace, and he was instantly shot
dead with the brogutj- "and what was acknowledged to be g
tremely candid on one side of the House, was downnght niahcc
from another; he kisse: the red in some hands, and is exceedingly
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a
docile, but in tery sorctv :belash is taken by some ozheis.
The senfim, he said, ne; h induced-au Americz To take arms
sooncr csihm th} nobicLusil ad expectgd, was to olvposc :; common ct .
encm ;.the 'cctiuumshncc ut him in mind of .1 ipsi-eth madctc' (ny
[Hall 31 Schemherg (o fhjsh'itilh troops-as they wrw crossing the
river Bo ne i!) lyclaml, ale down)" in:: ig/im, fLai/a w: naeum}!
." 'lekig the House wsis recalled to the quvltiun h); ,.silir George
Young, whopruposcd an ;uuendmem, which hcingsiom us order,
m: not you after lorne,:xlzcrcaeomsilhe question bdm'c them wn
put, lnd the House divided, when the nnmbe- s wel'c 176 to 73.
'Lord-North then mond for}! leave to bring in'a bill to em
power his Ma'efiy to call our thc-milixia when a wbcllion appeared
m any yarto his dominiom," which was carried, and {he House
rose immediately (about .quarzer after one 1his_ mm'mug) and
adjoumgd till Monday. 7 ' *
sss - This morning Stephcn 53 re, Esqz by virtue of a habeas wr
i {? ramed b Lord May- ld, was carried from the tower to
} : Mamsi "s hom'osi where his czuh was as jet]; when hi
\ Losdship wax pleased !: dischzugc him onvbail, lmself in 5001.
\ penalty, and two surencs in 2501. each. . .
\ Lord North dgclmsied in the House of Commons, that he would
send at one and the same time the molk acquitable terms of re
* conciliation to our sello-w- subjects in America, and a sufficient
, sishangth to equsice'obediencc, in czse those terms should be l'e
c e . '
i ] Lord North sshn declared prett openly in conversation, that the
reusu'in sefflons will be attend: wnh the fubmiffiou of Amcrica,
* to the fegishniie authority olsi the British Pndiamem; and that he
has : plan to commulicate, which can hardly fail of llmt— effect.
Thwe agcms are jiifixetumed from North America,scm in the
spring by Lord Shelqu'e, for, the purposc-of akin; such infor
mation as he can depend on; and it is fand, is Lordthjp -is.by
this means in ssposseffionpf- some fact! of very great oqhsequence,
which he will make and use _of in the Huul'cpi Lords. _ ,'_
73: HUMBLE Asi DRESSZ llu HOUSE d-siCOM-WNS
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to execmion. , ' ct ' . ' '
Eve motive', fand every interest,.sh=t can animate the heath,
"of loya subjects; tas] upqn your faithful Commons to grant ctto ?
your Majesty such, , S.;pplged 19 the circumstanceg and exigcncy of;
affairs may require} and, heir) snlly convinccd that the security
os'gvr'ry benesit and advantage iy'ed to the commune, the ma
nufactuns, and the n'avigation, of yoqssr.Muj 'a. kiqghusssr'ss-F
from the Ameriqn coloniu, mufl eyerddpgmion eir'beiux. held
in that due sigborfsipatign F.? xb; !!an of _Gl*sselt Britlun in
whicb'thqsisipopsisiipujn' lM placed them, we should-be wanting in
ghcsidnfysifflridh w; owe _to mu- constimcnts, ourselvest and our
pnneritssv, if we did not enguge, with out livesssand fommq, m
support thisis greatly] important czml'c, in which the right. of '
your Majesty's cM, and the interests otssyour ' am so.
eflsientially concerned; and we hope, and tmk, that weflul], by
the blcsiing of God, vnt'such strength and force into our MIF
sesty's hand:, as may [lean defeat am! suppnl'l-tpis nbc inn, lad
enabke your Mnjclly to accomplish yourgncnqus wish,_ of sin
ss eshnhhshing order, lranqusllily, and happincfz, through all the
parts of your unimctgmpirc. .. .
D _B ;. ! N, Octdhr14.\_,
ss On Tur/Zlqy last the Parlininm! qt' [reland me!, and ba": Extdlm
' lb: Lord Luuch came influx, and opened tsz'efflm: fwilb _c
ss _ fm'lo-winrzpcm') . si - si *
H.; Excess ley SlMON, Ear] of HARCOURT, Lord mem
nant General, and Ucneml Guvcmor oslrelnnd, his speech- to
both Houscs of Palliamcnt, at Dnbliu, on Tucsday the loth
day of Oflolm , 1775.
(.ȝ'U/ctctnlcts m/J (};stzf/rz'uw, , ct
8) "" wish 'd 10 'alty to the King; your just attention"
to she sihon Em- lsi-"si'x', of his gdvsrmncsim, and your
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Mosr Gucxous S_oanstcr:, _ ,
E yourMuje'fy's molt dutiful and loyal subjectl, the Com—
mons of (hue Britain, in Parliament assembled, b'e
leave to return your Majesty the humble thanks of this House for
your moct gracious speech, from the throne. ' ,
Pennit, us, Sir, to nsiure your Mujclky, that we have lough:
mcnted the condition of our unhappy fellow subjects in Amenca,
seduced from their allegiunce by the gmfl'ett misiepresentntions,
and the most wicked and insidious pretences; they have been made
the instruments of the mnbnious and traitorous designl of those
dangerous men, ctwhojmve led them,, step by step, to the standen!
of rebellion, and who have now assumcd the power: of l'ovet'eig'n
authority, which they exercise in the. most det'potic ctand urbitrary
manner over the persuns end. properties of this deludedpropk.
Your faithfulssssCommons took ;! fingere- part in your lflajefiy's
benevolent and patemal desire, rather to rcclaim twn t'ubdue the
molt refracfjory of your colouies; and, excited by your Majesty's
great example, we were anxious to man!, In had been possible,
the effitsion of the blood of our se] ow subjects, and the enlami- "
ties which are insepara'hle from : state of war; we (till hopedjhzc
ss your Majeky's people in Ameriea'.wou]<_l have discernd the Qui
terous view: of than- leaden, wouhl have considmd'hmnmindu;
even their success num- be to themselves, and been cominced that
constitutional subjection to Great Britain is the free!:ntd happilk
condition of any civil society in the kno'lt' worlde But wciM
see, siwith indi ation, that no other use hasbeeln pade of the mo
deration and orhamntc as your Majesty and your Parliament,:
but to shengdiemimesspmpamtious of this desperate conspiracy si '
and that the rebelliows war now levied tit become moste neral,
and manifesil anied on for the purpose of eltablilhing,'7m inde
pendeut empi: . - ct _
We be ssmave-to-esi'ure our Majesty ofoul'enn're concilmnce
with youri/lajesty, 'in thinhing that it i-snm become thePt-t of
wisdom. and (in it; effects) of Elemeney, to put a ( edy end to
these disorders, the,:nost deeifive etesitione; ally! at vain",
w'ith egreatess st Wion, that; 't ilpurpo e, your *
hat increased your nava] eshblishmsiesiht, and greatly 51qu
your land forces, ,in such a manner ""may be the least bunhen
some to your kingdoms; and a ewill chcsiersuliy and effectuallysu
Mrs: your Majeily in such mecessary measures, and enable oua'
ajesty, when the occasion shalirequire it, to Ivail yourse of
the friendly offera which your Majesty has received of t'onejgn as.
sifiance. We thankfully acknowledge the gracious consideration.
which induced your Ma'esty to send :- Ftt of your Elector'xte
troops to the gmflsims o Gi'hraltar and on Mahon, in order
that : larger number of the estnblished forces of this kingdom _
might be applied to the maintenance of in authority. And we
are bound "in duty'to return your Majestysiourssgartibular thanke.
for pointing out to us, from the throne, the con 'tutional resoume
of our well modelled and Well ngtllatefti'nasiional anilitia; which,
upon every grent eme nc , cannot ail o offer in 'securit to
your Majelty's reatm, rfleld gf giving, .at thesaino times, extenthnd
activity to younmi-fimy 0 rations. ' ' its ' ,ct
lt issswith the'highett snttsfaction and gratimde wghear the is.
fectionate declaration of the father of his people,si at when the
unhapyy and deluded multitude, against whom this force will be
directed, shall become sensible of their error, your Majefiy will
be ready to receive the mitlcd with tenderness and mercy; and
your Majesty's gracious communication of yourctinsstehtion to give
authority tn certain person: on the spot to grant general and par.
ticuhr pahlons and indunnirics, in such manner, and to such
persons, as they shall think sit, and to receive the shbmiffion ofsi
any provincc or colony which may be disposed to" return tsiujits
nllegiancc, demands our wm'mest acknowledgmedts; and" we'
shall he rcndy to give our ccncurr-znce totsueh measures as may belt .
contribute to cartyyour Majelty's wise and human: intention: in.