STATE PAPERS. 
His Majesty’ s most gracious Answer. 
My Lords and Gentlemen, 
I THANK you very warmly for 
this loyal, dutiful, and seasonable 
address, 
My utmost endeavours shall ne- 
ver be wanting to maintain among 
my people a just sense of the ad- 
vantages of our present constitu- 
tion, the source of legal and well- 
regulated freedom: and, at. the 
same time, to secure to them, by a 
due exertion of the laws, a conti- 
nuance of all the unexampled bless- 
ings which they now enjoy. It is 
the greatest satisfaction to me to re- 
flect that, in these endeavours, I 
shall receive the firm and united as- 
sistance of my parliament ; and I 
feel the same conviction and confi- 
dence which is expressed by you, 
that our exertions for this purpose 
will, be seconded by the zeal and 
public spirit of my people, whose 
happiness forms the first object of 
all my wishes. 
Speech of Mr. Speaker to his Ma- 
jesty, June 15th, 1792. 
Most gracious Sovereign, 
obey Majesty’s faithful Com- 
mons, not content with hav- 
ing carried into effect a bill, the 
Ve milo and tendency of which is 
ighly interesting to public credit, 
and to the prosperity of the king- 
dom, have also made provision for 
reventing the future permanent 
increase of the national debt, by 
having resolved, that on all future 
loans means should be found for 
their discharge ; which operation, it 
is the hope of the Commons, no 
necessity will ever prevent; as, by 
such provision, your Majesty’s loyal 
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subjects will be guarded from those 
difficulties in which they have’ been 
involved, and which could only be 
supported by that public spirit and 
patriotic zeal which pervaded all 
ranks of your Majesty's people. 
Other objects have also occupied 
the attention of the Commons, who 
have the satisfaction of releasing 
your Majesty’s subjects from severak 
of the burdens under which they 
have laboured. The Commons 
have also taken measures to pro- 
mote the commerce, the manufac- 
tures, and the revenue of the em- 
pire. Your Majesty may be assur- 
ed of the determination of your 
faithful Commons to maintain the 
happy constitution of the country, 
from which the people look for an 
increase of their blessings, and for 
the security and continuance of 
those of which they are actually 
possessed. Your Majesty’s faithful 
Commons trust, that the giving to 
juries the right of deciding on all 
cases of libels, will be highly advan- 
_ tageous, as it gives uniformity to 
the law, and security to the proper- 
ty, the lives, and liberties of your 
Majesty’s subjects. Your Majesty's 
faithful Commons are sensible of 
the enjoyments arising from the 
present form of government, the 
preservation of which they are fully 
convinced is determined to be per- 
severed in by a great and loyal peo- 
ple. 
Protest against the Address of the 
House of Lords to his Majesty, 
on the Proclamation. 
Die Jovis, 31 Mai. 
ECAUSE I think the honour 
and dignity of parliament tri- 
fled with, by a soleian call, with- 
out 
