Such was the influence of the above admirable appeal on the sympathetic feelings of Majesty, that the sermon, which we understand was founded upon the text, "_Let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no untruth_," and which was _not_ preached by Dr. _Prettyman_, was entirely neglected, and a message instantly written, honoured by the Sign Manual, and directed to the office of the Right Hon. Lord _Sydney_, Secretary for the Home Department, enjoining an immediate redress for Mr. _Thomas_, and a total suspension of any further proceedings in a measure which (as the energy of Royal eloquence expressed it) was of such unexampled injustice, illegality, and oppression, as that of a _scrutiny after a fair poll, and a decided superiority of admitted suffrages_. This message, conveyed, as its solemnity well required, by no other Person than the Honourable young _Tommy_ himself, Secretary to his amazing father, had its due influence with the Court; the Noble Lord broke his wand; Mr. _Delpini_ executed a _chacone_, and tried at a _somerset_; he grinned a grim obedience to the mandate, and calling for pen, ink, and paper, wrote the following letter to the Printer of that favourite diurnal vehicle through whose medium these effusions had been heretofore submitted to the public:
"_Monsieur_, On vous requis, you are hereby commandie not to pooblish any more of de _Ode Probationare--mon cher ami, Monsieur George le Roi_, says it be ver bad to vex Monsieur le petit homme avec le grand paunch--_Monsieur Wharton_, any more vid scrutinée; je vous commande derefore to finis--Que le Roi soit loué!--God save de King! mind vat I say--ou le grand George and le bon Dieu damn votre ame & bodie, vos jambes, & vos pies, for ever and ever--pour jamais. (Signed) DELPINI."
Nothing now remained, but for the Judges to make their return, which having done in favour of Mr. _Thomas Warton_, the original object of their preference, whom they now pronounced duly elected, the following Imperial notice was published in the succeeding Saturday's _Gazette_, confirming the Nomination, and giving legal Sanction to the Appointment.
To all CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come, greeting,