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troduced by the Marquis of Salis- 
bury, Lord Chamberlain of his 
Majesty's household) with the fol- 
lewing Address, which was read by 
Sir John William Rose, the Re- 
corder : 
0 THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT 
MAJESTY. 
The humble Address of the Lord 
Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons 
of the City of Londin, in Com- 
mon Council assembled. 
Most Gracious Sovereign, 
We, your Majesty’s most dutiful 
and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Commons of the 
city of London, in common coun- 
cil assembled, beg leave to offer to 
your Majesty our most sincere con- 
gratulations on the glorious and im- 
portant advantages gained by your 
Majesty’s forces in the East [ndies. 
As the representatives of the 
first city in the kingdom, we feel 
ourselves particularly interested in 
the successful termination of a war 
which had for its object the se- 
curity of peace, the extension of 
civilization and commerce to the 
most distant parts of the world. 
Your Majesty's faithful citizens 
most ardently hope and trust that 
your Majesty will very long enjoy 
the honour and the happiness of 
promoting, in every quarter of 
the globe, that due respect to mild 
and equitable government, which, 
by experienée, your Majesty's sub- 
jects know to be most essential to 
the welfare of mankind. . 
Signed by order of court, 
WitiiaM Rix. 
Ta which Address his Majesty was 
pleased to return the following 
most gracious Answer : 
“TI receive with great pleasure 
this dutiful and loyal address. 
Deut 
‘? Orient, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1792. 
The congratulations of the city of 
London on the successful termina- 
tion of the war in the East Indies ; 
and the sentiments expressed by 
them on this interesting occasion, 
cannot but be in the highest de- 
gree acceptable to me.” They were 
all received very graciously, and 
had the honour to kiss his Ma- 
jesty’s hand. After which his Ma- 
jesty was pleased to confer the 
honour of Knighthood on the 
Right Honourable John Hopkins, 
Lord Mayor of the city of London, 
and Benjamin Tibbs, Esq. one of 
the Sheriffs. 
Among the persons lately mas- 
sacred in France, is M. Gerard, of 
one of the first mer- 
chants in that country, who was 
supposed worth near a million 
sterling. He had lately made a 
present of all his horses for the 
use of the army, and was univer- 
sally in estimation with the inha- 
bitants. His death arose from the 
following circumstence:—He was 
largely concerned in the East In- 
dia trade, and had two cases con- 
signed to him as hardware for ex- 
portation, which passed at the cus- 
tom-house as such, without exam- 
ination: but as they were convey- 
ing them on board a ship for the 
East Indies, they were met by 
some of the French soldiers, who 
from their length suspected their 
contents, and on opening them, 
found they were fire-arms; which, 
though manufactured particularly 
for the East India trade, and of 
little use for the army, occasioned 
the generale to be beat, and the 
municipality to give orders for 
M. Gerard’s being arrested, of 
which he got notice, and escaped 
to his country-house, about six 
miles distant, ‘where he was fol- 
alas sal ‘Towed 
