enjoy the fruits of this bleffed marriage, in an uninterrupted courfe of conjugal felicity, and in a numerous offspring, refembling their illuftrious parents in every public as well as private virtue; and may the Imperial crown of thefe realms be worn with undiminished lustre by their defcendants, till time fhall be no more. To which Addrefs his Majefty was pleafed to return this moft gracious answer. "I thank you moft heartily for your dutiful and affectionate addrefs. This fresh mark of your attachment to my perfon, and particularly the warm fentiments of joy and fatisfaction, which you exprefs on the happy choice I have made of a queen for my confort, are most pleafing to me. The city of London may always depend on my unceafing care for their welfare and prosperity." They were all received very graciously, and had the honour to kifs his majesty's hand. The Addrefs of the Lord mayor, &c. of London, to the Queen. Moft Gracious Queen, WE his majesty's ever dutiful and loyal fubjects, the lord-mayor, aldermen, and comm ns of the city of London, in common-council affembled, humby beg leave to exprefs, in your royal prefence, the exceeding great joy we feel at your majesty's fafe arrival, fo ardently wished for, and fo impatiently expected; and at the fame time to congratulate your majefty's most happy nuptials with a monarch, whofe early wisdom, fortitude, and piety, add luftre to the diadem he wears, and render him the darling as well as father of his people. We do, with that honest warmth and fincerity which charafterize the British nation, humbly affure your majefty, that as the many virtues and amiable endowments which your majesty possesses in fo eminent a degree, cannot fail to blefs our beloved fovereign with every domeftic happiness, fo will they ever endear your majesty to a people, not more diftinguished for their love of liberty and their country, than for their inviolable loyalty and gratitude to thofe princes from whom they derive protection and profperity. Long may your majefty live to share the felicity you are formed to inspire: and may your majefty prove the happy mother of a race of princes, to transmit the glories of this diftinguished reign to the latest of our pofterity. To which address her majesty was pleafed to return this most gracious answer. "I thank you for your kind congratulations, fo full of duty to the king, and affection to me. My warmest wishes will ever attend this great city." They had all the honour to kiss her majefty's hand. They afterwards addreffed her royal highnefs the princess dowager of Wales, and were most graciously received. The Address of the Chancellor, Mafters, and Scholars, of the University of Cambridge, to his Majefly, on their Majefties Nuptials. kingdoms, and fo neceffary to make that happiness permanent to pofterity. Your choice of a princefs for your confort, endowed with fuch virtues, and diftinguished for fuch perfonal accomplishments, as will add luftre to a throne, while they alleviate the cares of it, gives the fureft prospect of domeftic happiness to your majesty, and of univerfal fatisfaction to your loyal and affectionate people. As her majesty's illuftrious line has fhewn its invariable zeal for the proteftant cause, we have the firmest hopes, under God, that this alliance will perpetuate to us us the most valuable blessings, which a race of British kings, immediately defcended from your majesty, can secure to Britons; the free exercise of their holy religion, and the full enjoyment of their civil rights. That wonderful feries of providential events, which has appeared in the happy progrefs of your majesty's arms, affects us with the greatest joy; and cannot fail to excite our devout acknowledgments unto him, who is the God of armies. As these fucceffes render your majesty's reign truly glorious, and your kingdoms universally refpectable; fo the particular impreflion they must make on your enemies, by their feeling the weight of British power, and feeing the hand of heaven in support of your cause, will difpofe them, we hope, to concur with your majesty, in the defirable work of establishing a lafting peace in every quarter of the world; and we, as particularly bound by our office and character, shall not ceafe to implore the Great Difpofer of all events, that he would graciously affift your majesty's truly Christian difpofition, and earnest endeavours for that purpose. We gratefully acknowledge your majefty's regard for and protection of those ancient feats of learning, which your royal progenitors fo amply endowed, and so generously encouraged; and we most humbly entreat your majesty's gracious acceptance of these our faithful affurances of our affectionate and zealous attachment to your majesty's royal person and government; of our conftant attention to answer the good ends of our institution, by infilling into the minds of the youth, placed under our care and inspection, such principles of religion and loyalty, as may make them dutiful fubjects to your majefty, and useful members of the community and our most earnest petitions shall be offered at the throne of Grace, that God would grant your majefty a long and glorious reign over us, as the fum of our withes for the public prosperity, and the fureft means of happiness to people. your To which address his majefty was pleafed to give this most gracious answer. "The repeated affurances of your zeal, and affection, for my perfon and govern ment, are extremely acceptable to me; and can never be more fo, than upon the prefent occafion; which, I truft, will be as conducive to the happiness of my people, as it is to my own. You may always depend upon my protection and favour." They were most gracionsly receiv'd; and had the honour to kifs his majesty's hand. The Addrefs of the Univerfity of Cambridge, to the Queen. May it, pleafe your Majefty, To accept from the university of Cam bridge, ever zealous to exprefs their duty to his majesty's royal perfon and family, their most fincere congratulations on this joyful occafion; which gives them the great fatisfaction of feeing the domeftic happiness of their most gracious fovereign, improved by an alliance with a princefs of fuch diftinguished virtues and accomplishe ments, and opens the fairest prospect to all his majesty's subjects, that the various bleffings, which they enjoy under his aufpicious reign, will be continued, and secured to their posterity. Long may your majesty possess the affections of that people, whom your presence has filled with fuch uncommon joy; and may heaven vouchfafe fo to bless your royal nuptials, that, from this happy union, a race of princes may arise, who, endowed with the fame hereditary virtues, and educated in the fame generous principles, for the fupport of the protestant cause, may tranfmit the renown of British monarchs, and the liberties of the British nation, entire and uninterrupted to remoteft ages. The Queen's most gracious Answer. "I return you my thanks for this mark of your duty to the king, and affection to me, and I feel moft fenfibly your kind congratulations." They were receiv'd most graciously, and had the honour to kifs her majesty's hand. They also prefented an addrefs to her royal highnefs the princefs Dowager of Wales, and met with a moft gracious reception, The The Addrefs of the University of Oxford, prefented at St. James's, September 16th 1761, to his Majefty, on their Majefties Nuptials. Maß gracious Sovereign, loyal fubjects, the chancellor, masters, and scholars of your university of Oxford, zealously attached to your royal perfon and government, and sensibly affected with every occurence tending to the increase of your majefty's gloryand happiness, beg leave to exprefs our unfeigned joy on the muchwifh'd-for occafion of your majesty's marriage with a protestant princefs; a princefs illuftrious by defcent, and still more diftinguished by such personal accomplishments, and fuch amiable virtues, as are truly worthy of a British crown. › With the utmost satisfaction we reflect, that your facred majesty, ever since your happy acceffion to the throne of thefe kingdoms, hath fully answered the most fanguine hopes and expectations of all your loving fubjects; and nothing feemed wanting to fill up the measure of their felicity, but the prospect of stability and perpetuity to the blessings they enjoy. The prefent occafion affords us this pleasing profpect, and abundant matter of the justest exultation. We are now fed to carry our views to future ages; and rejoice to consider the interest of latest pofterity, under the blessing of God, happily fecured by this important event. It is therefore our ardent wish, and daily prayer, that there never may be wanting a race of princes, defcended from your majesty and royal confort, worthy their august parentage, and inheriting all those excellent endowments, which establish and adorn your throne: favourers of learning and merit; friends to liberty both civil and religious, making the glory of God the end of their government, and laying the foundation of their own greatnefs in the happiness and affection of their subjects; always recommending to them and enforcing the facred obligations of virtue and religion, by, that most engaging of all human fanctions, the royal countenance and example. Given at our houfe of convocation this ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and fixy-one. To which his Majefty was pleased to give the following most gracious Answer. "I return you my hearty thanks for this proof of duty and affection to my perfon : and I take a very fenfible fatisfaction in fuch a cordial testimony of joy from my university of Oxford, on an event fo truly happy to me. That ancient and famous feat of learning may depend on my protection and favour, and may be affured of my kind acceptance of their exemplary care to form my youthful fubjects to a due reverence for the laws, and to a juft fense of this excellent conftitution, by enforcing moral, civil, and religious difcipline." They were most graciously received, and had the honour of kiffing his majesty's hand. An Addrefs to the Queen, as delivered by the chancellor of the University of Oxford. Madam, I Have the honour, in the name of the university of Oxford, to approach your royal prefence with an humble offering to your majesty of their most faithful duty and homage; welcoming your majesty's fafe arrival in thefe kingdoms, and felicitating your marriage with our most gracious sovereign. On this aufpicious occafion, his majesty hath given the strongest demonstration of his zeal for the public welfare, by resolving tain on the head of a proteftant princefs, to place the Imperial crown of Great Briwhofe perfonal merits, fuperior to her illuftrious birth, will give an additional luftre to the diadem fhe wears. indeed, a circumstance peculiarly glorious It is, to your majesty, that the elevated station to which you are called, is owing folely to your own royal accomplishments, and to our august monarch's just difcernment and eftimation of them, who is proud of laying his honours and his laurels at your majesty's feet; and of fharing with you, what he valueth more than a crown, the unbounded unbounded love and affection of all his fubjects. Your royal confort's acknowledged virtue and goodness, joined to these excellent qualities, with which nature and education have fo liberally adorned your majesty, afford the fairest and most certain profpect of domestic happiness. Our prayers shall be daily offered for an uninterrupted continuance of it; and that the royal pair may long live to fet forth the brightest pattern, and also reap the blefled fruits and effects of conjugal affection. To which her Majefty was pleased to re turn the following most gracious Anfwer. "I return you my thanks for these affectionate congratulations, fo very flattering to me; and I affure you, that an address, so full of duty to the king, gives me the greatest pleasure." They were received in a most gracious manner, and had all the honour of kissing her majesty's hand. They afterwards addreffed the princess dowager of Wales, and were most graciously received. The Order of the Proceffion at the Royal Nuptials. St. James's, Tuesday, Sept. 8. THIS evening the folemnity of his Ma jesty's marriage, with her Serene Highness Princefs Charlotte of Mecklenburg, was performed in the Chapel Royal, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The proceffions to, and from the Chapel, were in the following order: The Proceffion of the BRIDE. Drums and Trumpets. The Serjeant Trumpeter. A Quarter Waiter. A GentlemanUfher between 2 Sen. Heralds. Vice Chamberlain. Maids of Honour. Ladies of the Bedchamber, not Peereffes. Peereffes. Unmarried Daughters of Peers. The King's The King's Vice Chamberlain. Lord Chamberlain. The BRIDE in her Nuptial Habit, fupported by their Royal Highnesses the Duke of York and Prince William, her Train borne by ten unmarried daughters of Dukes and Earls; viz. Lady Sarah Lenox, Lady Caroline Ruffel, Lady Ann Hamilton, Lady Elizabeth Ker, Lady Harriot Bentinck, Lady Carolina Montague, Lady Elizabeth Keppel, Lady Louifa Greville, Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, Lady Sufan Strangways. Her Serene Highness, having been in this manner conducted to the Chapel, the Lord Chamberlain, and Vice ChamberJain, with the two Heralds, returned to wait upon his Majesty. The Prices of Places for feeing the Coronation, of the feral Kings and Queens, from William the Conqueror, down to George II. according to Stow, Speed, and other Antiquarians. THE price of a good place at the coro nation of the Conqueror, was a blank; and I do not find that it was raised at that of his fon William Rufus. At Henry I. it was a crocard; and at Stephen's and Henry II. a pollard. At Richard's, and king John's, who was crowned frequently, it was a fufkin; and rofe at Henry III. to a dokin. In the reign of Edward, the coin begins to be more intelligible, and we find that for feeing his coronation a 2 was given, or the half of a ferling, or farthing; which is the fourth part of a ferling or penny. At Edward 11. it was a farthing, and at his fon's Edward III. a balf-penny, which was very well given. In Richard the IId's thoughtless reign, it was a penny, and continued the fame at that of Henry IV, At Henry V. it was two-pennys, or the half of a groffus.or groat; and the same at that of Henry VI. though, during his time, coronations were fo frequent, that the price was brought back to the penny or balf-penny, and fometimes they were feen for nothing. At Edward IV, it was again the half-grost; nor do we find it raised at thofe of Edward V. Richard III. or Henry VII: At that of Henry VIII. it was the whole groat, or groffus; nor was it altered at thofe of Edward VI. and queen Mary; but at queen Elizabeth's was a teflon or tefter. At thofe of James I. and Charles I. a fhilling was given ; which was advanced to half a crown at thofe of Charles II. and James II. At king William's and queen Anne's it was a croton; and at George I. was feen by many for the fame price. At George II. I find fome gave half a guinea, which might be reckoned a reasonable price at present, as there is no great difference in the value of money fince that time: but however, as that coronation was many years ago, and as there is a most pleasing prospect of many happy years paffing before there is another, a guinea feems to be a fair fum for the gratifying a man's curiofity upon this occafion; that we ought not to exceed two for a woman's; even though a wife, daughter, or feetheart. The |