The New Hampshire Gazette

KENSINGTON, August 26.

This day the right honourable the lord mayor, aldermen and commons of the city of London, in common council assembled, waited on his majesty: And being introduced to his majesty by the right hon. the earl of Holdernesse, one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, Sir William Moreton, knt. the recorder, made their compliments in the following address.

To the KING's most excellent Majesty.

The humble address of the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of the city of London in common council assembled.

Most gracious Sovereign,

MIDST the joyful acclamations of your faithful people, permit us, your majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the lord mayor, aldermen and commons of the city of London, in common council assembled, humbly to congratulate your majesty on the success of your arms in the conquest of the important fortress of Louisbourg, the reduction of the islands of Cape Breton and St. John, and the blow there given to a considerable part of the French navy.

An event so truly glorious to his majesty, so important to the colonies, trade and navigation of Great Britain, and so fatal to the commercial views, and naval power of France, affords a reasonable prospect of the recovery of all our rights and possessions in America, so unjustly invaded, and in a great measure answers the hopes we had formed, when we beheld the French power weakened on the coast of Africa, their ships destroyed in their ports at home, and the terror thereby spread over all their coasts.

May these valuable acquisitions, so gloriously obtained, ever continue a part of the British empire, as an effectual check to the perfidy and ambition of a nation, whose repeated insults and usurpations obliged your majesty to enter into this just and necessary war: And may these instances of the wisdom of your majesty's councils, of the conduct and resolution of your commanders, and of the intrepidity of your fleets and armies, convince the world of the innate strength and resources of your kingdoms, and dispose your majesty's enemies to yield to a safe and honourable peace.

In all events, we shall most cheerfully contribute to the utmost of our power, towards supporting your majesty in the vigorous prosecution of measures so nobly designed, and so wisely directed. And it shall be our most fervent prayer, that your majesty may long, very long, enjoy the fruits of your auspicious government, in returns of loyalty and affection from a grateful people; and that the crown of these realms may flourish, with equal lustre, on the heads of your august descendants, to latest posterity.

To which address his Majesty was pleased to return this most gracious answer.

I receive this dutiful and loyal address as a fresh mark of your constant affection to me, and my government; and I return you my hearty thanks for it. The steady affections of my people, united in a hearty zeal for the honour of my crown, will, I doubt not, enable me to carry on, with vigour and success, a war which was necessarily undertaken, to defend the religion, liberties, and valuable possessions of my kingdoms, against the unjust attempts of my enemies. The city of London may always depend upon my protection and favour, and upon my constant care for the extent of their trade and navigation.

They were all received very graciously, and had the honour to kiss his Majesty's hand.