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[Translation.]

On the last day of October, in the year 1760,
and in the beginning of the most auspicious reign of
GEORGE the Third,

Sir THOMAS CHITTY, Knight, Lord Mayor,
laid the first stone of this bridge,

Undertaken by the Common council of London,
(amidst the rage of an extensive war)
for the public accommodation
and ornament of the city :
ROBERT MYLNE being the Architect.
And, that there might remain to posterity
monument of this City's affections to the man
who, by the strength of his genius,
the steadiness of his mind,

and a certain kind of happy contagion of his
probity and spirit,

(under the Divine favour,

and fortunate auspices of GEORGE the Second)
recovered, augmented, and secured
the British empire,

in Asia, Africa, and America,

And restored the ancient reputation

and influence of his country

amongst the nations of Europe,

The Citizens of London have unanimously voted this
bridge to be inscribed with the name of
WILLIAM PITT.

With the coin placed under the foundation-stone was a silver medal, given to Mr. Mylne, the Architect, by the Academy of St. Luke, with a copper rim round it, having the following inscriptions:

On one side,

In Architectura Præstantiæ Præmium (ipsa Roma Judice)
Roberto Mylne Juvenii Britannico datum 1758.

And on the other side,

Robertus Mylne Pontis hujus Architecton grato
Animo posuit.

The

The solemn interment of the late monarch took place on Tuesday the eleventh of November. The royal body having been conveyed from Kensington, to the Prince's Chamber, near the House of Peers, the night before the funeral, was carried thence to Westminster in the following procession:

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Gentlemen-ushers Quarter-waiters.
Pages of Honour.

Grooms of the Privy Chamber.
Gentleman-usher Assistant.
Gentlemen ushers Daily-waiters.
Physicians to the King.
Two Pursuivants.
Barons of Ireland.
Barons of Great Britain.
Bishops in their rochets.
Marquisses younger sons.
Earls eldest sons.

A Pursuivant.
Viscounts of Ireland.
Viscounts of Great Britain.
Dukes younger sons.
Marquisses eldest sons.
One Herald of Arms.

Earls of Ireland.
Earls of Great Britain.

Earl of Effingham, as exercising the office
of Earl marshal of England.

Dukes eldest sons.
One Herald of Arms.
Marquisses.

One Herald of Arms.

Dukes.

One Herald of Arms.

Dukes having great offices.

Lord Privy Seal.

Lord President of the Council.
Lord Archbishop of York
(No train borne.)

Lord Keeper, bearing the purse,
(No train borne, nor mace carried.)
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
(No train borne.)
Norroy King of Arms.
Master of the Horse.

Clarencieux King of Arms,
carrying the crown on a
purple velvet cushion.

First Gentleman-usher
Daily-waiter.

Lord

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Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold, with his white staff.

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The body was carried by twelve Yeomen of the Guard, and covered with a large

pall of purple velvet, lined with purple silk, and a fine holland sheet. The coffin being adorned with ten large escutcheons of the Imperial arms, painted on sattin, under a canopy of purple velvet.

Gentleman-usher.

Supporter to the Chief

Mourner, a Duke.

Garter Principal King of Arms.

The CHIEF MOURNER,
his train borne by two
Dukes, assisted by the
Vice-chamberlain.

Gentleman-usher of the Black Rod, the rod reversed.

Supporter to the Chief
Mourner, a Duke.

Two Dukes and fourteen Earls, Assistants to the Chief Mourner.

First Gentleman-usher of the Privy

Chamber.

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The Grooms of the Bed-chamber. The remaining part of the band of Gentlemen-pensioners, with their axes

reversed.

Yeomen of the guard to close the pro

cession.

N. B. The Knights of the Garter, Thistle, and Bath, who walked in this procession, wore the collars of their respective orders.

The cavalcade proceeded from the Prince's Chamber through the Old Palace Yard, on foot, to the great north door of the Abbey; the way was railed in on both sides, and floored, twenty feet wide, being covered with an awning, with black baize on the floor and under the awning; and the whole way to the Abbey, and in the Abbey, to the steps leading to King Henry the Seventh's Chapel, was lined on each side with the foot-guards.

The

The procession, having entered the church, passed along to the end of the north isle, then crossed the nave to the south isle, and thence to the steps, and there fell off on each side, until the Judges, the Knights of the Bath, the Privycounsellors, the Peers, the Body, and Chief Mourner, &c. were placed in King Henry the Seventh's chapel.

At the entrance, within the church, the Dean and Prebendaries in their copes, attended by the choir, all having. wax tapers in their hands, received the royal body, and fell into the procession just before Clarencieux King of Arms, and so proceeded singing a solemn dirge into the Chapel, where the body was deposited on tressels (the crown and cushion being laid at the head) and the canopy held over it by the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, while the service, according to the liturgy of the Church of England, was read by the Bishop of Rochester, Dean of Westminster; and the Chief Mourner and his two Supporters were seated on chairs placed for them at the head of the corpse, and the Lords Assistants seated on stools on each side; whilst the Lords of the Bed-chamber, &c. were seated, and the Peers and other attendants took their seats in the stalls on each side of the choir.

When the part of the service before the interment was read, the royal corpse was carried to the vault, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold; the Chief Mourner, his Supporters and Assistants following, Garter going before them, and White-staff Officers of his late Majesty's Houshold, placed themselves near the vault.

The following INSCRIPTION in Latin was put upon his late Majesty's Coffin:

Depositum Serenissimi, Potentissimi, et Excellentissimi Monarchæ, GEORGII SECUNDI, Dei gratia, Magne Britanniæ, et Hiberniæ, Regis, Fidei Defensoris; Ducis Brunsvici et Luneburgi, Sacri Romani Im

perii

In ENGLISH.
Here lie deposited

The remains of the most Serene,
most Mighty, and most Ex-
cellent Monarch,

GEORGE the SECOND,
By the grace of God, of Great

Britain, France, and Ireland,
King, Defender of the Faith;
Duke of Brunswic and Lu-

nenberg,

perii Archi-Thesaurarii et Principis Electoris. Obiit die 25 Octobris, Anno Domini 1760, ætatis suæ 77, regnique sui 34.

nenburg, Arch-treasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

He died the 25th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1760, in the 77th year of his age, and in the 34th year of his reign.

The royal corpse being interred, the Dean of Westminster went on with the office of burial; which ended with a solemn anthem, sung in the choir, and composed by Dr. William Boyce, Master of his Majesty's band of mu

sicians.

Afterwards Garter King of Arms proclaimed his late Majesty's stile as followeth :

"Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life, unto his Divine Mercy, the late most High, most Mighty, and most Excellent Monarch, George the Second, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the most Noble order of the Garter, Duke of Brunswic and Lunenburg, Arch-treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman empire.

"Let us beseech Almighty God to bless and preserve, with long life, health, and honour, and all worldly happiness, the most High, most Mighty, and most Excellent Monarch, our Sovereign Lord George the Third, now, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the most Noble order of theGarter, Duke of Brunswic and Lunenburg, Arch-treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman empire.

"GOD save King GEORGE the Third."

"On the eighteenth of the same month, king George III. at the meeting of parliament, addressed his first speech indicative of the rule of government he intended to pursue. This being the most remarkable in the present reign, we give it at length:

"My Lords and Gentlemen,

"The just concern which I have felt in my own breast on the sudden death of the late king, my royal grandfather,

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