Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 419

Whereupon the Lords of the Privy Council assembling at
Carleton House gave Orders for proclaiming his present
Majesty who caused all the Lords and others of the late
King's Privy-Council to be sworn of his Majesty's Privy-
Council and was pleased to make the following most gracious
Declaration.
The Loss that I and the Nation have sustained by the
Death of the King my Grand-father would have been
severely felt at any Time but coming at so critical a Juncture
and so unexpected it is by many Circumstances augmented
and the Weight now falling upon me much increased, I feel
my own Insufficiency to support it as I wish; but animated by
the tenderest Affection for my native Country and depending
on the Advice Experience and Abilities of your Lordships,
on the Support and Assistance of every honest Man, I enter
with Chearfulness into this arduous situation and shall make
it the Business of my Life to promote in every Thing the
Glory and Happiness of these Kingdoms to preserve and
strengthen both the Constitution in Church and State; and
as I mount the Throne in the Midst of an expensive but just
and necessary War, I shall endeavour to prosecute it in the
Manner the most likely to bring on an honourable and lasting
Peace in Concert with my Allies.
Whereupon the Lords of the Council made it their humble
Request to his Majesty that this his Majesty's most gracious
Declaration to their Lordships might be made publick, which
his Majesty was pleased to order accordingly.
F.. Vernon.

At the Court at Carleton House.
Present the Kings most excellent Majesty.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland.
Archbishop of Canterbury Viscount Barrington
Duke of Leeds Viscount Ligonier
Duke of Newcastle Lord Anson
Earl of Holdernesse Lord Mansfield
Earl of Cholmondley M^r Vice Chamberlain
Earl of Waldegrave M^r Secretary Pitt
Earl Gower Henry Fox Esq^r
Viscount Falmouth S^r Tho^s Robinson

Lib. J. R.

& U. S.

His Majesty at his first coming into the Council was this
Day pleased to declare that understanding that the Law
requires that he should at his Accession to the Crown take
and subscribe the Oath relating to the Security of the Church
of Scotland he was now ready to do it this first opportunity

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