74 



State of Piihlic ^J'airs in Juhj. 



[Aug. 1, 



'« His Majefty is particularly fcnCible of the 

 fielh proof he has received of your affefl.nn- 

 atc attachment to him, in the provihon which 

 you have matlc for enabling the younyei- 

 branches of his royal family to meet the ne- 

 ccllury cxpenccs of their ilation. 

 ♦' My L'jrdiind Gr.Ktteir.cn, 



♦' His Alajerty, being always anxious for 

 the reftoiation of p'-ce onjiift anJ honoura 

 ble terms, is engugcl in difcuflions, witli a 

 view to the .iccompliHimcut of this mo:!: d- 

 firable end. 1 hdr fiicccfs mull depend on 

 a correfponding difpofition on the part of the 

 enemy ; and in every event his Majcfty looks 

 •wit:<. tlic fuUeft confidence to the continuance 

 of that union and public fpirit among all 

 ranks of his people, which ciin alone give 

 energy to war or fccurity to peace." 



I lis Majtily's coiiiiniiriou forpioi-o<;uiiig 

 the I'arlianient was read at the tahle, I he 

 fame noble lords l'\Uiii2 as rorninillioiieis. 

 The Lord Chaiiccllnr tlipii laid : 

 «' Afy Lciih and Gentlemen, 



♦• Py virtue of his Majefty's commlllion 

 under the great feal, to us and other lords 

 direded, and no-.v read, wc do, in his Ma- 

 jefty's name, and in obedience to his com- 

 mands, prorogue this Parliament toThurUiay, 

 the Sfith day of Auguft next, to be then here 

 holden; and this I';,Hi:imeiit is accordingly pro- 

 rogued to Thurlday the 2Uth of Aupuft next." 



There are at preleiit i'l coniiiiili'iou 7i30 

 fliips of war, (e\clufi\r of eiitler?, Ike. of 

 which 122 are of the line, \b from o'J to 

 44 guns, Ui.T fri:ratcs, 181 ilonpi, C47 

 brii;s, iVc. inakm.i; a total of 7^0 vilfel-s. 

 The ordinary comprifes ','1 Ihips of the 

 line; IB repairiiii; for fervite, and '.J4 

 tiuildini;. 



Orders have licfnidutd for a(\'en)liling 

 and iniiiieiliately eniiitirkiiig the follow- 

 ing ttoii] s : — tlie fnft and tltird battalions 

 ftf the firii brigade of liiiards, the IJtli, 

 ■•Seih,. 40ti», b-l'\, (i'.'d, Wth, and eig.lit 

 totnjanies of tW: Dotii reiiiuunls of in- 

 fantry. Tl-.ey are to be accoinpjinicd by 

 foine'horfe alid foot artillery, fo that the 

 amount of tie expedition will be little 

 fliort of T2,noO men. It is iiitended for 

 til'.' defence i)f Sicily. 



It appears Ly a return from the Adjn- 



tant-Ueni raJ's oilice, tliivt the numbe-r of 



eiu Cti',(; men in foreign and eoionial corps 



\n the fcrvice of (ireat Driuim, it 01,(07. 



liorr.AM). 



On the '.24th of June, their MajeftifS 

 mnde tli(ir foletnn entrance into the 

 tlatiiie. VMsen the pr(H-elf;on rSacheci lie 

 palace' of their hiirh'ini^li.liiu iies, their" 

 ina)t-.iics were received at the door of ti.e 

 anii-cTau'iber by the preiident and t-.-.o 

 other (feputiiis'. " lUvin^" entered the hull 

 of the alten\hly, the kin;^ feated luaifeif 

 (»ii the liirone, "aud put pa his Iwt. On 



the riclit hand fide and l)eiiind hisinajefty, 

 flit the f;;rand chainlierlain and the aid-de-- 

 CJimp fiencral; on tiie left the niafter of 

 the horfe, and tlie irrand inafter of the ci- 

 vil lill. All the other oflicers of Hate were 

 ranged in proper lit nations. The irem- 

 bcis of the afl'embly Hood up in their 

 j)iaccs imci)\ered on the entrance of the 

 kin.L'; bul when his niajeliy covertxl hijii- 

 feif tliey followed l.is example. The \i\c- 

 lldent placed himfelf in his chair directly 

 oppolitc the kiiiL'. After the kins; was 

 feated, lie directed the j^rand maflcr of 

 tiie ceremonies to adminilter the oaths of 

 allei:iaiice to their hi;:h ini(i;lilinelVes. Eacli 

 member a]iproacheti the foot of the throne, 

 and was fworn on the holy evangelills. 

 Speech of the Ne-w King of Ho/land to their 

 Hgb MightineJ/ls. 

 " Gentlemen — When the Nation;i! 

 Deputies cameto offer n.c the throne which I 

 afcend this d '.y, 1 accepted it under the con- 

 viftion that it was the \vi(h of the whole na- 

 tion— that the confidence and necelTities of ail 

 called me to it. Relying on the intelligence, 

 zeal, and patriotifm of the principal public, 

 funflionaries, and particularly on youi's, gen- 

 tlemen, the d;-putics, I have fearlcfsly weigh- 

 ed in my mind the misfortunes of the nation 

 in their fulled extent.. Animated by tiie 

 ftron^cft defire to promote the welfare of this 

 good people, and entertaining a hope tiiat 1 

 (Jiould one day atta'n that end, I ftilkd thofe 

 fen'imcnts which, till then, had been ever the 

 ohjcft and happlnefsof my lile. I have con- 

 fentcd to change my country, to ceafe to be 

 folely and entirely a Frenchman, after having 

 paflcd my whole life in performing, to the belt 

 of my ability, thofe duties which that name 

 prefcrlbes to all who have tlie honour of bear- 

 ing it. I have corfcnted to feparate mylllf, 

 for the firft time, from him who, from njy 

 infancy, has poflelTcd tny love and admiration 

 —to lofc the rcpofc and independence which 

 thofi; whom Heaven calls to govern cannot 

 have — to quit him, the fcpiiiatioii from whom 

 would fill n>e with apprchcnfion, even in the 

 mo'l trancjuil time.*, and whofe prefencc pic- 

 chijts dani;cr. I have coiif.nled to all this 

 — and, Gentlemen, had I not clone fo, I would 

 ncvcrthclefs yet act the lame put, now that 

 b) the ardour, joy, and confidence of the peor 

 pie through wiiofe country I have paflcd, I hey 

 h;,ve proved to me that you weie the true in- 

 terpreters of the nation, noweffccially, when 

 1 am convinced that! may rely on your zeal, 

 your attachment to tne ir.tcici'ls of j-wur native 

 land, and on your confidence in, and fidelity 

 towards me 



' «< Gentlemen', this is the firft day of the, 

 real indepciidence of the United Provinces. 

 A tranficnt j^hince at pali c;jes is fuliicient to 

 convince us, that they never haa a fiable go- 

 vernment, a fixed dertmy, a real indcpendcnie. 

 Under that fair.ous people, \vhom they .fraught 

 an J leiyed l.v turns, as under the Franks and 



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