count Irwin for the Eaft-Riding in the Vol. IX. County of York.

About the fame Time it was declared, Preferments, That his Majefty had been pleased to appoint John Richmond Webb, Efq; Lieutenant General, to be Captain and Governor, of the Isle of Wight.

Walter Chetwynd, Efq, to be chief Ranger and Keeper of St. James's Park, and Keeper of the Mall there.

Henry Wife, Efq; to be Mafter Gardner of all his Majesty's Royal Gardens and Plantations in England.

Samuel Edwyn, Efq; to be Ufher of the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, and Keeper of the Council Chamber of his Majefty's Star Chamber within his Majefty's Palace at Westminster.

Chriftopher Wren, Efq; to be chief Clerk of his Majefty's Works.

Thomas Woodford, Efq: to be Regifter of all Goods and Ships that fhall be feized or stayed by reafon of any Importation or Exportation into or out of England andWales.

As alfo, that his Majefty had been plea, fed to grant his Royal Licenfe under the Mr. Steele great Seal to Richard Steele, Efq; to form, made Gover. nor of the Royentertain, govern, priviledge, and keep al Company of a Company of Comedians for his Majefty's Comedians. Service, to act Tragedies, Comedies, Plays, Operas, &c which Company is to be ftiled the Royal Company of Comedians.

On the 24th. a Patent palled the Great Seal appointing James Earl of Berkley Cuftos Rotulorum for the County of Surry Other Cufos and on the 27th. another Patent paffed Rotulorum. alfo the Great Scal, appointing Charles

Vol. IX. Earl of Carlisle Cuftos Rotulorum for the County of Cumberland.

* Jan. 28th.

The next Day publick Notice was given, That his Majefty had been pleased to appoint, Major General Thomas Whetham Military to be Major General and Commander in Preferments. chief of all his Majefty's Land Forces in the abfence of the Duke of Argyle, General and Commander in Chief of the faid Forces, in the abfence of the Earl of Stair.

Other Preferments.

And Major-General Jofeph Wightman to be Commander in Chief of the faid Forces in the absence of the Duke of Argyle, Earl of Stair,and Major-General Whetham.

Coll. Samuel Vetch to be Governor of his Majefty's Province of Nova Scotia or Acadia in North America, and of the Town and Garrison of Annapolis Royal in the faid Province.

David Crawford, Efg, to be Deputy Commiffary-General of all his Majesty's ftanding Forces in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Iflands and Territories thereunto belonging.

Alexander Inglis, Efq; to be Chyrurgion General of his Majefty's Forces. And Benjamin Teale, Efq; to be Apothecary General to his Majefty Forces.

It was alfo declared, That his Majesty had been pleafed to appoint William Lord Cheyne Vifcount Newhaven, to be Clerk of the Pipe in the Exchequer.

Wiliam Wynde, Efq; to be Inspector of the Profecutions in the Court of Exchequer concerning unaccustomed and Prohibited Goods.

Thomas Strickland, Efq; to be Commiffioner or Chief Officer of the Transfer Of fice Established in the City of London.

Thomas

And Thomas Walker, Efq; to be Houfe keeper of his Majefty's Houfe at Newmarket.

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On Thursday, the 20th of January, be- General ing the Day appointed for a General Thanksgiving Day folemThanksgiving to Almighty GOD, for the nized. King's happy and peaceable. Acceffion to the Throne, His Majefty, with their RR. The King with HH. the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and attendded by the chief Officers of State, Wales go to Princess of Privy Counsellors, others of the Nobility, Paul's. and fome of the foreign Ministers, was pleased to go from St. James's Palace to the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, where after Divine Service, and the Singing of Te Deum fet to excellent Musick, by Dr. Crofts, an excellent Sermon was preach'd by the Right Reverend Dr. Richard Willis Lord Bishop of Glocefter. The Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of London, gave their Attendance in the accustomed Manner; the City Companies in their Liveries were in their refpective Stands, the Streets being lined by the Militia: The Guns in the Park were fired on a Signal at the Singing of Te Deum in the Cathedral, as they were alfo .at his Majesty's Setting out from, and Return to his Palace: And at Night there were Illuminations, Bonefires, and other Publick Deinonftrati- . ons of Joy.

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His Majefty to a peaceable and quiet Poffeffion of the Throne, and thereby dif appointing the Designs of the Pretender and all his Adherents. And certainly, if any Nation ever had Reafon to be thankful, we have upon this Occafion, We see our felves in Peace and Quiet; our Laws, our Liberty and Property preferved; our Excellent Church and Holy Religion fecured; and which of thofe could we expect to have feen, had we been deprived of the Proteftant Succeffion? And what makes the Bleffing the more valuable, is, that tho' we thought it worth venturing all for, and had Reafon enough to apprehend it might have come to that; Yet God was pleased to fend it us without Blood and Slaughter, even without a Struggle, and in profound Peace. What ftill farther enhances the Bleffing, is, that we have all the Human Views that it may be durable and lasting; that by a numerous Royal Progeny it may be tranfmitted Safe to all Pofterity. We have not only a Proteftant King, but Children, and Childrens Children that are Proteftants; which we never had at Home before, and never but once Abroad, and that in this very Family by the Princess Elizabeth, Daughter to King James the Firft, and Grandmother to our prefent King: But with this Difference, that it was a Family then in Diftrefs and Perfecution for the Proteftant Caufe, it is a Family now at the Head, of the Proteftant Intereft in Europe. Perhaps, added the Bishop, there is no Nation in the World has more Reafon to be thankful to GOD, or has received more Advantages

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from Him than we have: Our Religion efta- Vol. IX.
blifh'd by Law is happily reform'd from the
Idolatry and Supperftions, and Tyranny of
Popery; and we have fome Advantages in
our Conftitution above all other Reformed
Churches; our Civil Government is mild and
gentle; the Crown has many Prerogatives to
protect us and do us Good, but none to in-
vade our Liberty and Property: Our Country
is rich and fruitful, and abounding with great
Plenty; and whatever we want at Home, is
by our Trade brought to us from Abroad.
All Sorts of Learning and Arts flourish a-
mong us; we are by our Situation, being an
Iland, freed from the Incurfions of Enemies,
and cannot easily be invaded; which gives a
great Security to all our other Bleffings. Thefe
Things, one would think, were enough to make
a happy People; but after all, the Matter
has hitherto been otherwife, at least for a great
while- We can many of us remember when
we had a Popish Prince upon the Throne,
and how full of Frights and Fears, we then
justly were, and how all true Sons of the
Church groan'd for a Deliverance: GOD
was pleafed to fend us One, to the almost
univerfal Foy of the Nation; but that was
Scarce Jettled before we fell into Difcontents,
that lafted through the Reign of our Great
Deliverer: Which made Him and Us un-
eafy at Home, encourag'd the Common Ene-
my, and loft almost all the good Effects of
vaft Sums of Maney, and the Lives of many
brave Men, Spent in a War for the Defence
of the Liberty of Europe. The next Reign
began with a War for the fame glorious Pur-
pofe, and was carried on with fuch an

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