The Speech of Mr. Chamberlain WILKES, when he
prefented the Freedom of the CITY OF LONDON to
Lieutenant General Sir WILLIAM MEDOWS, Knight
of the Bath, May 17, 1794.

GENERAL SIR WILLIAM MEDOWS,

I GIVE you joy; and I have the satisfaction of returning you thanks in the name of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled. They have unanimously voted you the Freedom of the Capital, and desire to express their high esteem for the second in command under the Marquis Cornwallis, and gratitude for the glorious and important advantages gained by His Majesty's forces in the East Indies, aided by your gallant conduct.

May I be permitted to remark, that the East Indies have only been the
latest, although the most important, scene of your military glory? The
public attention has long been fixed on former victories in various other
parts; and the astonishing successes at St. Lucie, with very inferior num-
bers, againft the formidable strength of the antient enemy of these king-
doms, is still related with patriotic enthusiasm. I will not go into any
other particulars of your conduct in the field, nor dwell on that nice
fence of honour which has marked your progress through life. Your
country approves and applauds, and the Citizens of London inſcribe
your name in the illuftrious lift of the benefactors of this free nation.

I desire to add my fervent wishes, that you may long enjoy the fair
fame, and unfulled honours, which are the reward of superior merit and
fortitude.