STATE PAPERS. 
safely be made in our naval and 
military establishments; and my re- 
gard for the interests of mysubjects 
renders me at all times desirous of 
availing myself of every favourable 
Opportunity to diminish the public 
expences. 
Gentlemen of the House of 
: Commons, 
, Lam persuaded it will give you 
great satisfaction to)learn that the 
extraordinary expences incurred in 
the course of last year, have, ina 
great measure, been already defray- 
ed by the grants of the session. The 
state of our resources will, I trust, 
be found more than sufficient to 
provide for the remaining part of 
these expences, as ,well as for the 
current service of the year, the es- 
-timates of which I have directed to 
be laid before you. 
I entertain the pleasing hope, 
that the reduction which may be 
found practicable in the establish- 
ments, and the continued increase 
of the revenue, will enable you, af- 
ter making due provision for the 
several branches of the public ser- 
vice, to enter upon a system of gra- 
dually relieving my subjects from 
some part of the existing taxes, at 
the same time giving additional effi- 
cacy to the plan for the reduction 
of the national debt, on the success 
of which our future ease and secu- 
rity essentially depend. With a 
view to this important object, let 
me also recommend it to you to 
turn your attention to the consider- 
ation of such measures as the state 
of the funds, and of public credit, 
may render practicable and expedi- 
ent, towards a reduction in the rate 
of interest of such of the annuities 
which are now redeemable. 
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»'My Lords and Gentlemen, 
The continued and progressive 
improvement in the internal situa- 
tion of the country, will, I am confi- 
dent, animate you in’ the pursuit 
of every measure’ which may be 
conducive to the public interest. 
It must at the same time operate as 
the strongest encouragement to a 
spirit of useful industry among all 
classes of my subjects; and above 
all; must confirm and increase their 
steady and zealous attachment. to 
that constitution which we have 
found, by long experience, to unite 
the inestimable blessings of liberty 
and order, and‘to which, under the 
favour of providence, ‘all our other 
advantages are principally to be'as- 
eribed. Posi 
‘ 
Speech! of Mr. Speaker to his Ma- 
Jesty; April 5,\ 1792. . 
Most gracious Sovereign, 
+ is my duty to tender to your 
Majesty two bills, \in,the name 
and on the behalfof the Commons 
of Great Britain, in parliament as- 
sembled. 
In pursuance of your Majesty’s 
recommendation, your Commons 
cheerfully proceeded to makea pro- 
vision for the establishment of their 
Royal Highnesses the, Duke and 
Duchess of York; and they trust 
that the bill which they have passed 
for this purpose, will fully manifest 
their just sense of what is due to the 
rank, and dignity of their Royal 
Highnesses, as well as the satisfac- 
tion they derive from an event 
which, whilst it promotes the com- 
fort and happiness of your Majesty 
and your illustrious family, is also 
materially conducive to the inte- 
rests and honour of your people. 
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