The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

3j2letters^ tracts, life." Your Majefly's ever dutiful and loyal people cannotbut rejoice at. an event which tends to perpetuatethat family, under whofe mlM and equitable government-they have enjoyed fo much profperity and happinefs.Their fond hopes and afte6lionate expe£latioiisalready regard their infant prince as born to in-^herit, not only the throne, but the virtues of his fatherand of his anceftors j and if it fhaJi pleafe the all wifeDifpofer of kingdoms and empires to preferve his preciouslife, they already flatter themfclves that theirpofterity will enjoy under liis reign the fame entireliberty, the fame exa6l juflice, the fame undifturbedfecurity at home, and the fame dignity and confideration,the fame glory and martial renown among foreignnations, which have diftinguiflied, in the annals,of Great Britain, the reign of your Majefty, and ofyour Majefly's ever refpecled and revered forefathers." We beg leave, at the fame time, to take this opportunityof congratulating your Majefly upon the;many glorious fucceiTes, the natural confequences ofa wife and vigorous adminiftration, which have illuftratedthat fliort period of two years,: during whichyour IMajcfty has reigned over thefe kingdoms. Thereduction of Belliile j the more important acquifitionsof Martinico, of Grenada and its dependencies, andof a,li the neutral iflands ; the capitulation of the llavannah,the chief city of the great ^md rich iiland ofCuba, and the key of Spanilh America *, the furrenderof the fhips in the harbour, the flower of theSpanifli navy ; the fpirited attack and conquefl of theMoro Cattle, notwithftanding its natural llrength, itsnumerous and well fupplied garrifon, and the llcill,valour, and inflexible magnanimity of its gallant defender; the fpeedy recovery of Newfoundland ; theentire expulflon of the French, notwithftanding theiriuperiority in numbers, from Hanover, and from thegreater p;irt of the county of Hefl~e •, and the genelousfuppcrt which, in the midft of a furious war