Let us now attend what pafs'd at the Cour King in Germany, and first take Notice of fome ble Paffages at Hanover, before the News of the Death reach'd that Court. On July the 16th, of Clarendon, Envoy Extraordinary from her late arriv'd at Hanover; but it was the 4th of Augu he was conducted in one of the King's Coaches haufen, where he had an Audience of the King, Royal Highneffes'the Prince and Princef, and Erneft; and, in the Afternoon, complemented th Prince and Princeffes. One of the apparent Re his Audience being put off fo many Days, was ch val of the King of Pruffia, who on the 19th Came Incognito to Herenhaufen, under Pretence of co the Death of the late Princefs Sophia; but, in real concert Measures for fecuring the Succeflion of the of Great Britain, to his prefent Majefty; and who ftaid there three Nights, return'd to Berlin on the Auguft.

On the 5th of the fame Month, at Seven a-Clo the Morning, Mr. Craggs arriv'd at Hanover, and directly to Herenhaufen, with the Letter the Privy Co of Great Britain wrote the Day before the Queen dy his Majefty. The fame Night three other Expreffe riv'd at Hanover, two to that Court, and one to the of Clarendon, with the News of the Queen's Death, w his Excellency communicated to the King at two a in the Morning; and which was confirm'd a few H after, by the Arrival of the Baron de Bothmar's Secret with the farther Account of his Majefty's being claim'd King of Great Britain in London and Westmin without the leaft Disturbance, or any fhew of Op fition.

On the 8th of August his Majefty caus'd Te Deum to fung in all the Churches of his Electorate, to return t Almighty folemn Thanks, for having vouchfafed to a vance him to the British Throne; and Prayers to be ma for the Profperity of his Reign.

One of the King's firft Cares, upon the Receipt of th News of Queen Anne's Death, and of his being proclaim was to communicate the fame to the King of Pruffi for which Purpose the Baron de Rhede, firft Chamberlai to his Majefty, was immediately difpatch'd away to Be lin. He was withal to acquaint his Pruffian Majesty, tha the King of Great Britain was defirous to have an Inter view with him, before his Departure for Holland: Bu

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Ce Baron de khede could reach Berlin, his Pruffian had begun his Journey to Coningsberg in Pruffia, revented the intended Interview: However, as 5the King of Priffia receiv'd from the Hague, the the Death o the Queen of Great Britain, and Proclamation of King George, he immediately deis Refolution to contribute his Affiftance to the ning of that Succeffion, in Cafe it should be

And accordingly his Pruffian Majesty fent Orais Minifters abroad, particularly to Mr. Bonnet, dent at London, to notify, That as his faid Mahad before conftantly declar'd himself in Favour le Succeffion of the House of Hanover, to the Crown jreat Britain; fo, now he was affected with pecuJoy to hear, that the faid Settlement of that n had, in its due Time, actually taken Effect, by proclaiming of King George; the rather, because ifibly tended to the promoting the Proteftant Reli1, and the true Intereft and Welfare of the British ion ¿ and that, in Cafe of Need, he was ready to ploy all the Power which God had put into his nds, in aflifting to maintain that Succeffion against who might offer to difpute it.

on the News of the late Queen's Death, Brigadier · in, her Majefty's Envoy Extraordinary to the Court Berlin, having fome Time before got Leave to go for land,upon his private Occafions, repair'd immediately to over, to attend the King; as did alfo the Earl of emarle from Holland; and all the neighbouring Princes States either went in Perfon, or fent Envoys and puties to congratulate his Britannick Majefty's happy ceffion to the Crown; which occafion'd a vaft Conarfe of People at Hanover, and retarded his Majesty's parture. The Inhabitants of that City being in the epeft Affliction for the irreparable Lofs they were like fuftain, by the Abfence of their Sovereign, and his Durt, his Britannick Majefty caus'd Intimation to be iven to the Magiftrates, that they might afk fome Faur of him. Upon this Encouragement they defir'd, at the Excife on Provifions might be taken off; which was granted; befides which, his Majefty, before his Dearture, caus'd the Debts of infolvent Debtors to be dif harg'd, and their Perfons to be fet at Liberty. The Earl of Albemarle having paid his Duty to the King, and obtain'd the Favour he afk'd of his Majefty, that he would please to take his House at Voorft in his

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Way to Holland, his Lordship went back to prepare all Things for his Majefty's Reception. On the goth of Auguft, the Earl of Clarendon fet out from Hanover, and on the 5th of September, N. S. arriv'd at the Hague; as did the next Day Brigadier Breton; the 8th the Earl of Dorfet, and the 10th and 11th the Baron de Kilmanseck, Master of the Horse, the Baron Bernsdorf, first Minister of State, the Baron de Goritz, Prefident of the Finances, and Minister of State, and Monfieur Robethon, Privy Counfellor to the King, in order to wait for his Majesty's Arrival.

The King having committed the Government of Iris Dominions in Germany to a Council, at the Head of whom he plac'd his Brother, Prince Erneft; his Majefty's next Care was to confider what Part of his Family he should carry with him into Great Britain, and what he thould leave behind him: Upon mature Deliberation, his Majefty refolv'd, that the Prince Electoral and Royal fhould go firft along with him; that the Princefs, his Confort, fhould follow a few Weeks after, with the two eldest Princeffes her Daughters; and that the young Prince FrederickGeorge fhould remain at Hanover, with his youngest Sister : In the laft Place, his Majefty nam'd those that should accompany him and the Prince Royal into England, which he confin❜d to a very fmall Number; for befides the four Gentlemen above-mention'd, who went before the King to the Hague, the other Perfons of Note that were to cross the Seas with his Majefty, were only the following, Count Platen, Great Chamberlain; the Baron de Rhede, first Chamberlain; Mr. Bernsdorf, and the Marquefs de la Foret, Chamberlains to the King; Baron Schutz, and his two Brothers, one Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the King, the other to the Prince; Monfieur Reiche, Privy Counfellor and Secretary to his Majefty; the Baron de Hattorf, Counsellor of War; Monfieur Schraden, Secretary of Embaffy; Monfieur Hammerfiein, Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber; Monfieur Kempe, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Prince; two Phyficians, Dr. Steigerthal, and Dr. Chappuzeau; two Surgeons, and to Valets-deChambre, who were Turks.

All Things being thus fettled, on the laft Day of Auguft, in the Morning, the King fet out from Herenhausen without Ceremony, his Majefty refufing to receive Complements from any Perfon; but the Prince did not follow till an Hour after. That Day his Majefty and the Prince Royal went through Hagenburg and Lefe to Doepeñau,

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where they lay that Night; and proceeded the next Morning through Bobme and Ofnaburg to Ippenburg. On the 2d of September, they went through Rheeme and Benthem to Twickel, a Seat belonging to the Count de Wassenaer Opdam, who entertain'd and lodg'd his Majefty and the Prince Royal that Night; as did, the next, the Earl of Albemarle, at his Seat at Voor, after his Majefty and Royal Highness had travell'd through Markel, Larenfe, and Capelle. On the 4th of September, the Deputies of the States General, receiv'd and complemented his Majefty on their Frontier, and the fame Day, the King went through Zutphen, Appleboon, Voorhuysen, and Amersfort to Utrecht. Here his Majesty and the Prince Royal were complemented by the Deputies of the States of that Province; after which, they went into a Yatcht of the States, and the fame Night reach'd Woerden, where they were receiv'd by the Earl of Albemarle, and the other Deputies of the States of the Province of Holland, under fix Salvoes of nine Pieces of Cannon, anfwering the Number of Years of his Majefty. The Earl of Strafford and the Earl of Berkeley likewife attended the King at Woerden, and had the Honour to kifs his Majefty's Hand, while he was yet in the Yatcht; after which, they went back to the Hague. On the 5th, in the Morning, the King, in the Earl of Albemarle's Coach, follow'd by fix others, and attended by a Detachment of Horfe Guards, proceeded to Leyden, where the fame Number of Guns were difcharged as at Woerden; and about Five in the Afternoon, his Majefty arriv'd at the Hague, amidst the Acclamations of a valt Number of People. The States had fent Orders to all their Towns through which the King was to pafs, for the Burghers to appear in Arms, and line the Streets, as was done when the prefent Emperor went through Holland as King of Spain: But his Britannick Majefty declin'd that Ceremony; defiring to pass through the Country as much Incognito as was poffible.. The King fupp'd that Night in private, but the next Day, and most of the Time he was in Holland, he eat in publick, and admitted the Earls of Strafford, Dorfet, Berkeley, and Albemarle, feveral of the States Deputies, and other Perfons of Diftinction, to his Table. On the 5th of September, about Noon, the following Deputies of the States General, viz. The Baron de Lintelo on the Part of Gelderland; Monfieur Fagel and Penfionary Heinfius on the Part of Holland; the Sieurs Velters on the Part of Zealand; Schonauwen on the Part of Utrecht ;. Berum on the Part of Friezeland; Marle on the Part of Qvery fel;

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Overyfel; and Gockinga on the Part of Groningen; with the Sieur Fagel, Greffier of the States, went to the Old Court, and had an Audience of the King, whom they complemented on his Acceflion to the British Throne, and his happy Arrival at the Hague. They had afterwards Audience of the Prince, and then return'd to the Assembly of the States to make their Report; after which, most of them came back to Court, and had the Honour to dine with his Majesty.

The fame Morning, all the British Nobility and Gentry either refiding at the Hague, or who on this Occafion, had repair'd thither from England, and other Parts, as alfo the British Officers of the Green Cloth, had the Honour to kiss his Majefty's Hand, being prefented by the Earls of Strafford, Dorset, and Berkeley; and among the reft, Sir James Abercrombie, Commandant of Dunkirk, and Brigadier Prefton, Governor of Newport, took that Oppor tunity to wait on the King. In the Afternoon, his Majefty, accompany'd by the Prince, took feveral Turns in his Coach round the Voorhout, (a Place at the Hague like our Ring in Hyde-Park) where he was follow'd by a numerous Train of Coaches, and a great Concourse of People. Some of the foreign Minifters had that Day private Audiences of the King, to complement him, on the Part of their Masters, on his happy Acceffion to the British Throne, and his fafe Arrival at the Hague. The Marquefs de Chateauneuf, Embaffador of France, had his Audience on the 7th of September in the Morning for the fame Purpofe; and 'twas given out, that that Miniker having, among other civil Expreffions told the King, That there were yet a few Difficulties to be remov'd, to put the ⚫finishing Hand to the Treaties yet depending, but that his Majefty fhould be the Arbiter of the Peace," His Majefty anfwer'd, That he would be the Guarantee of it. On the 12th of September, the Duke d'Offuna and the Marquefs de Monteleone, Plenipotentiaries of Spain, came to the Hague from Utrecht, to wait upon the King, and the next Day they had alfo a private Audience of his Majefty; as had, the Day before, the Count de Tarouca, and Don Lewis d'Achuna, Plenipotentiaries of Portugal. On the 11th of September, the Earl of Strafford receiv'd fome Inftructions from the King, upon which he held frequent Conferences with the Embaffadors of France, Spain, and Portugal. The King having refolv'd to embark for England with the first fair Wind, his Majesty's Raggage was by this Time fent to the Yatchts, which, on

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