1815.] 



'* But, Sir, in the midst of all our various 

 »n(l iinportant concerns, domestic and 

 foreign, tliere are none in vvtiieli the nation 

 ever takes a deeper interest tiian tiiose 

 viiicli regard the splendour and dignity of 

 the ilirone which reigns over us. Im- 

 pressed with these sentiments, we have 

 endeavoured, by a new arrangement of 

 the Civil List, to separate those revenues 

 vhicli are specially assigned to the sup- 

 port of the royal state, placing them 

 Jienceforth beyond the reacli of any con- 

 tiugeiit charges, which more properly Iie- 

 lonjr to other and different liranchcs of 

 the public service. And in the same spirit 

 of loyal and aft'cctionale attachment we 

 liave hailed, with heartfelt satisfaction, the 

 auspicious marriage by which the paternal 

 chf'ire of your Koyal Highness lias gra- 

 tified the universal wishesof the nation, and 

 has adopted into the family of our sove- 

 reign an illustriotis Prince, whose high 

 qualities iiave already endeared him to the 

 people amongst whom he has lixed the 

 future destinies of his lire. 



" These, Sir, are the objects to which 

 wir thoughts and labours have been chiefly 

 directed; and, for completing the giants 

 which it is our special duty and privilege 

 i-o provide, we now present to your Royal 

 Highness a Bill, entituled, '* An Act for 

 granting to his Majesty a certain Sum out 

 Qt' the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, 

 and for applying certain monies therein 

 jnentioned for the Service of the year 

 1816, and farther appropriating the Sup- 

 plies granted in the Session of Parliament;" 

 to which bill, with all humility, we intreat 

 Lis Majesty's royal assent." 



His Rojal Highness the Priuce 

 Regent tlicn delivered tlie following 

 jSpeeGli from the throne :■ — 

 " 3ty Lords and Gentlemen, 

 " I cannot close this session of Paiiia- 

 nient witlmut again expressing my deep 

 regret at the continuance of Ids Majesty's 

 lamented indisposition. 



''The cordial interest which you have 

 inanifestcd in the bappy event of the mar- 

 liaueof iny <laiigliter, tlie Princess Ciiar- 

 lotie, wiih the Prince of Saxe Coburg, 

 and tlie liberal provision which yon have 

 made for tkcir establisbnicnt, atford an 

 additional proof of your ati'cctionate at- 

 tcichnicnt to his Majesty's person and 

 family, and demand my warmest acknow- 

 ledgments. 



" I have the pleasure to acquaint yon, 

 that I hiivc given the royjil consent to a 

 marriage lietwecn his Majesty's daughter, 

 tlie Princess Maiy, ami the IJiike of 

 Gloucester; and I am persuaded that this 

 event will be hij;hly gratifying to all his 

 Majesty's subjects, 



" The assurances which I have received 

 of the pacilic and friendly disposition of 

 the powers cngage<l in the late war, and 

 cf tlitir roolutioii to txecutq inviolably 



Re^enPs Speecfu 75 



the terms of the Treaties which I an- 

 nounced to you at the opening of the 

 session, promise the continuance of that 

 peace so essential to the intciests of alt 

 the nations of the world." 



" Gentlemen of the House nf Commons, 

 " I thank you for the supplies whicU 

 you have granted for tiie service of tlie 

 year ; and I am sensible of the beneficial 

 effects which may be expected to result 

 from the salutary system of making pro- 

 vision for them in a way calculated to 

 uphold public credit. 



" The arrangements which you have 

 adopted for discharging the incumbrances 

 of the Civil List, and for rendering its 

 futinc income adequate to ifc^ expenditure, 

 by relieving It from a part of llie charge 

 to which it was subject, are in the highest 

 degree gratifying and satisfactory to me ; 

 and you may be assured that nothing shall 

 be wanting on my part to give full effect 

 to those arrangements. 



" The provision you have made for con- 

 solidating the revenues of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, will, I doubt not, be produc- 

 tive of the happiest consequences in ce- 

 menting and advancing the interests of 

 the Uyited Kingdom ; and must afford 

 an additional proof of the constant dis- 

 position of Parliament to relieve the 

 difficulties and promote the welfare of 

 Ireland." 



" My Lords and Gentlemen, 

 "The measures to which I have been 

 tmder the necessity of resorting, for the 

 suppression of those tumults and disorder* 

 which had unfortunately occurred in some 

 parts of the kingdom, have been produc- 

 tive of the most salutary etfects. 



" I deeply lament the continuance of 

 that pressure and distress whicli the cir 

 cumstances of the country, at the close of 

 so long a war, have unavoidably entailed 

 on many classes of his Majesty's subjects. 

 " I feel fully persuaded, however, that 

 after the many severe trials Hhich they 

 have undergone in the course of the ardu- 

 ous contest in which we have been engaged, 

 and the ultimate success which has attend, 

 ed their glorious and persevering exertions, 

 I may rely with perfect confidence ou 

 their public spirit and fortitude in sustain- 

 ing those difiiculties which will, I trust, 

 be found to have arisen from causes of a 

 temporary nature, and whicli cannot fail 

 to be materially relieved by the progres- 

 sive improvement of public credit, and 

 by the reduction which has already takiu 

 place in the burthens of the people." 



A crusade of above tweiily years 

 against liie sacred and eternal principles 

 of liberty is, we grieve to say, now work- 

 ing lliose effects which we, and tliovi- 

 saiids of other palriols, iiavc hjiig feand 

 and jiublicly anticipated. Tlio wcaltlj 

 and resoitrces \\ hicli liad been accumn- 

 litliuS' ill tlicsc islands since tlie reign of 

 L % ilLury 



