The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-17 00:00:00

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Yesterday *e loork.ifertr, accompanied by the 11
Lord Ma or. Sir Curtis, Sir James Sbaw, Sir
Flower, Aldermen Birch, Atkins, Brown, Lucas, the
Reeiiierizinteriffe'Gerratt and Venable', the City Of-
ficers, and a great number of the Members of the
Court of Common Council, proceeded from Guildhall
to Carlton Palace, where they arrived about three
o'clock.
His Maje was partakeir engaged with several
of thitile s • `d teas not able to receive
the Address/! ti as` I:o'clock. Mr. Mash, the
Gentleman Usher in waiting, then conducted the
Lord Mayor &c. from the Anti-room adjoinieg the
Grab,' Hall, through the Octagon Hall and State Rooms
to the Throne Room. where his Majesty was seated op
his Throne dressed in a Field Marshal's uniform, sur-
rounded by his Cabinet Ministers, the Great Officers
of State, and others. The Lord Mayor, Court of Al-
dermen, and their Officers approached the King. mak-
ing their obeisances, when Sir John Silvester, the Re-
corder, read the follwing dutiful and Loyal Address
of the Court of Aldermen :

TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
THE HUMBLE AND DUTIFUL ADDRESS OF THE COURT
OF LORD MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY Or
LONDON.
MOST GRACIOUS SOVIRILIGN---We, your Majesty's
dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor and Alder-
men of the City of Loudon, are anxious at the earliest
possible opportunity to approach the Throne, and offer
oar most sincere and cordial Congratulations on your
Majesty's safe and happy arrival in your British Do-
minions.
Desirous of evincing the deep interest we take in
every circumstance which can tend to confirm attach.
ment to your Majesty's sacred Person, as well as vene-
ration for the honour and dignity of your Crown, we can
assure you, Sire, that yielding to none in willing and
steady allegiance to our King, and in affectionate de-
votion to your Royal House, we feel, in grateful sym-
pathy wills every honest heart, the fervent effusions
of loyalty which your Royal Presence has excited in
every class of your Majesty's subjects during your
progress.
We are fully sensible of the many and great blessings
which, under Divine Providence, are secured to us by
your Majesty's paternal care; and, as we could not but
experience considerable solicitude for the arrival of the
hour which would bring back to us our beloved Sove-
reign in health and safety; so we most ardently join in
the general joy at your return. The Shield of Pro-
vidence has been over you. Long may your Majesty
wield the imperial sceptre of these realms, under the
Divine' Protection • long may you dreserve the glory
and prosperity of the country, and enjoy the consolation
of ruling over a free, loyal, and happy people.
Signed by order of Court,
HENItY WOODTHORPE.
To which Address his Majesty was pleased to re-
turn the following answer:—
" It is with the greatest satisfaction that I receive
your Congratulations upon my safe return to my British
dominions.
" The sentiments of loyalty and affection with which
I have been greeted during my absence from this part of
my kingdom were similar to your own, and to those
which I am fully persuaded are entertained by all ranks
cod descriptions of my faithful subjteSe thteeshoet the
empi re.
" The City of London may confidently rely On my
constant favour and protection, and I humbly trust that
a Gracious Providence will assist and prosper my earn-
est endeavours to promote ther true interest and happiness
of my people."
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Officers,
were most graciously received, and bad the honour to
kiss his Majesty's band.
The Gentlemen of the Court of Common Council
were then conducted into the Royal presence by the
City Iteinembranceer, when the Recorder read the fol-
lowing Address:
TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
THE. DUTIFUL AND LOYAL ADDRESS OF THE LORD
MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMONS OF THE CITY OF
LONDON, IN COMMON COUNCIL ASSEMBLED.
MOST (hlAcloL's SOVEREION—We your Majesty's
most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Cord Mayor, Alder-
men, and Commons of the City of Lontbn, in Common
Conncil assembled, approach the Throne with all those
sentiments of veneration and respect which are implant-
ed in the minds of a faithful and free people, by the
blessings which they enjoy under an invaluable Consti-
tution, and by the paternal regariketn.f 4eeerstl ..entil-
lustrious Monarch. • *
We present ourselves before your •0-sty on this oc-
casion to offer our sincere and hearty—eNratulations on
your Majesty's return to your native country in perfect
health and safety. And while we felicitate your Ma.
jesty on that spirit of loyalty and affection which has
manifested itself in those parts of your Majesty's do-
minions which you have for the first time recently
visited, we feel confident that your Majesty is perfectly
assured that the Citizens of London, In common with
the people of Great Britain, will yield to none of your
Majesty's subjects in zeal for your service, in attach-
ment to your sacred person, and in a determination to
uphold the honour and dignity of your Majesty's Crown.
That the same gracious Providence which has pro-
tected your Majesty throughout your arduous jennies.
may still preserve you long to reign in the hearts of
your loyal and affectionate people, Fs the fervent prayer
of your Maesty's faithful Citizens of London.
Signed by Order of the Court,
H. WOODTHORPE.
To which Address his Majesty was pleased to make,
the following most gracious Answer
u I receive with the tits satilfetefien thia-tektimony
of your feelings upon my safe return to my native
country.
" Highly gratified, as I am, of the sentiments of
loyalty and affection which have been manifested ip
those parts of my dominions which .1-.4recently
visited, I am perfectly convinced. dot-Ike .o.me spirit
&situates the Citizens of LondonoM all classes of my
faithful people throughout the British Aotninions.
" You may be fully assured of my determination
to maintain inviolate all your,rights and privileges, and
of the ardent solicitude wield' I shall ever feel for your
welfare sod prosperity."
Mr. Oldham, Mr. Ex-Sheriff Williams, and the nu-
merous assemblage of the Court of COMIIIOU Councils
had the bower to kiss his Majesty's hand.
The King afterwards called the Lord Mayer to him.
and very coniesceadingly and graciously apologised
for demisting his Lordship, the Court al Aldermen,
and the Geatlemen of the Commea Outsell, asd ob-
served—
" I treetop), Lord, that the Corporation of the City
of London will OM NI my Maisie% them. I mock re-
Pot the circealoolleo, and assert you, that het
Om most important and Freesia( besiegesuse
fees receivieg yea misty at ebe time appetuted."
Ills Majesty also very graciously vegremsd that it
had net been in his power Se amp with the Cope-
radars ea Lord Mapes day.
The Sin psi sediessee to the Sari el Memos*,