[25] Already the Common Council of London had met, and had voted, without one dissentient voice, an address expressing the highest resentment at the insult which France had offered to the King and the kingdom.

A few hours after this address had been presented to the Regents, the Livery assembled to choose a Lord Mayor.

Duncombe, the Tory candidate, lately the popular favourite, was rejected, and a Whig alderman placed in the chair.

All over the kingdom, corporations, grand juries, meetings of magistrates, meetings of freeholders, were passing resolutions breathing affection to William, and defiance to Lewis.

It was necessary to enlarge the "London Gazette" from four columns to twelve; and even twelve were too few to hold the multitude of loyal and patriotic addresses.