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oP AU ht oP A Pr Rae 
His Majesty’s Speech to both Houses 
of Parliament, Jan. 31, 1792. 
My Lords and Gentlemen, 
ne es many proofs which you 
have given of your aflection- 
ate attachment to my person and 
family, leave me no doubt of your 
participating in the satisfaction 
which I derive from the happy 
event of the marriage which has 
been celebrated between my son 
the Duke of York, and the eldest 
daughter of my good brother and 
ally the King of Prussia; and I am 
persuaded that I may expect your 
cheerful concurrence in enabling 
me to make a suitable provision for 
their establishment. 
Since I last met you in parlia- 
ment, a definitive treaty has been 
concluded under my mediation, and 
that of my allies, the King of Prus- 
sia and the States General of the 
United Provinces, between the Em- 
peror and the Ottoman Porte, on 
principles which appear the best 
calculated to preveat future dis- 
putes between those powers. 
Our intervention has also been 
employed with a view to promote 
a pacification between the Empress 
of Russia and the Porte; and con- 
ditions have been agreed upon be- 
tween us and the former of those 
powers, which we undertook to re- 
commend to the Porte, as the re« 
establishment of peace, on such 
terms, appeared to be, under all 
the existing circumstances, a desir- 
able event for the several interests 
of Europe. Iam in expectation of 
speedily receiving the account of 
the conclusion of the definitive trea- 
ty of peace, preliminaries having 
been some time since agreed upon 
between those powers. 
I have directed copies of the de- 
finitive treaty between the Emperor 
and the Porte to be laid before you, 
as well as such papers as are neces- 
sary to shew the terms of peace 
which have been under discussion 
during the negotiation with the 
court of Petersburgh. ; 
I regret that I am not yet ena- 
bled to inform you of the termina- 
tion of the war in India; but the 
success which has already attended 
the distinguished bravery and exer- 
tion of the officers and troops un- 
der the able conduct of Lord Corn- 
wallis, affords reasonable ground to 
hope that the war may speedily be 
brought to an honourable conclu- 
sion. 
The friendly assurances which I 
receive from foreign powers, and 
the general state of affairs in Eu- 
rope, appear to promise to my sub- 
jects the continuance of their pre- 
sent tranquillity. Under these cir- 
cumstances, I am induced to think 
that some immediate reduction may 
safely 
