Gazette Of The United States, & Daily Advertiser

The following address was presented to the
KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, by
the Society of friends in London, on his
escape from the late attempt upon his
life.

May it please the King.

Amidst the general satisfaction which thy
late escape from an attempt on thy life hath
occasioned, permit thy faithful and affectionate
subjects, the religious society of Friends,
(usually called Quakers) thus publicly to
manifest their thankfulness for thy preservation.
We have received too many benefits
during thy reign—too many marks of thy
princely favor, not to feel greatly interested
in thy personal safety; and we earnestly desire,
that thus thy providential deliverance
may more and more incline thy heart to
seek for the direction of Divine Wisdom in
all thy steps; for, what greater blessing can
we implore for a prince whom we honor and
love, than that he may continually commend
himself, and the people over whom he
reigns, to the approbation of the KING OF
KINGS.

To which the King returned the following
answer:

I thank you for this dutiful and loyal address,
and for your affectionate congratulations on the merciful favour and protection
which the Divine Providence has vouchsafed
to me.

The repeated demonstrations of loyalty
and attachment to my person and government,
which I have received upon the present
occasion, are highly acceptable to me;
and you may rely on the continuance of my
unremitting exertions to promote the welfare
and happiness of all descriptions of my
subjects, and to preserve inviolate their civil
and religious privileges.