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    u §* And as I had no other intention iti coming hither than to preserve your religion , laws and liberties , so you may be sure that I shall endeavour to support them , and shall be willing to concur in any thing * that shall be for the goad of the kingdom , and do ait that is in rny pourer to advance the welfare and glory of the nation t "

    From the Banqueting House we are told that the Lords and Commons went in the same solemn procession to different parts of the city , and proclaimed William and Mary King and

    Queen of Great Britain and Ireland . A curious letter has lately appeared , giving an account of the joy manifested on this memorable occasion . It

    was written by ait eye-witness , and , though brief , merits attention . It was written by Lady Cavendish , daughter of the patriotic Lord Russel , who was beheaded ; the scenes witnessed were on the evening of the Proclamation of William and Mary , February ^ 1689 : ** There were wonderful

    acclamations of joy , which , though they were very pleasing- to me , yet they frightened me , for I could not but think what a dreadful thing it is to fall into the hands of the rabble , they are such a strange sort of people 1 At night I went to Court with my

    Lady Devonshire , and kissed the Queen ' s hand , and the King ' s also , both proclaimed King and Queen of England in the room of King James , my father ' s murderer . There was a world of bonfires , and candles almost in every house , which looked

    extremely pretty . The King applies himself mightily to business , and is wonderfully admired for his great wisdom and prudence in ordering all . things . He is a man of no presence , but looks very homely at first sight , but if one looks long on him , he has something

    in his face , both wise and good * But as for the Queen , she is really altogether very handsome ; her face is very agreeable , and her shape and motions extremely graceful and fine ) she is tall , but not so tall as the late Queen . Her room , as you may guess , was mighty full of company /'

    * The Protestant Dissenting Ministers in and abput the city of London were foremost in their congratulations to William . The silver-tongued Dr * Bates drew up and read the Address -on . the occasion , -It . thjis commenced ;

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    " May it please your Majesty . Ttie series- ' -of successful event * which have attended your glorious enterprise for the saving of these kingdoms from so imminent and destructive evils , has l > een so eminent and extraordinary that it may force an acknowledge ment of the IXivine Providence from

    those who deny it , and cau&e admiration in all who believe am ) reverence it . The beauty and speed of this happy work , are bright signatures of his hand who creates deliverance for his people—the less of-human power , the more of Divine wisdom and

    goodness has been conspicuous in it . If the deliverance had ' been obtained by fierce and bloody battles , victory itself had been dejected and sad , and our joy had been mixed with afflicting

    bitterness ; but as the sun , ascending the horizon , dispels without noise the darkness of the night , so your serene presence has , without tumult and disorder , chased awav the darkness that invaded us . In the sense of this

    astonishing deliverance we desire , with all possible ardency of affection , to magnify the glor ious name of God , the Author by whose entire efficacy the means have been successful , and we cannot , without warm rapture of thankfulness , recount our obligations

    to your Majesty , the happy instrument of it . Your illustrious greatness of mind in an undertaking of such vast extent , your heroic zeal in exposing your most precious life in such an adventurous expedition , your wise conduct and unshaken resolution in

    prosecuting your great ends , are above the loftiest flight of language , exceed all praise I" Such were the sentiments of the Protestant Dissenters on this memorable occasion without disguise or reservation .

    The Mayor , Aldermen and Common Councilmen of the city of London , also made William the following short but impressive Address , delivered by Sir George Treby , Recorder , December 20 , 1688 : " Great Sir , when we look back to the last month

    and contemplate the swiftness and fulness of our present deliverance , astonished , we think it miraculous ! Your Highness , led by the hand of Heaven , and called by the voice of the people ^ has preserved our dearest interest , the Protestant religion , which is . primitive Christianity restored , Our

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    connected with th& Revolution of 1698 . ' 37

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1826, page 27, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2544/page/27/