STATE PAPERS. 
_is the best pledge that nothing will 
be wanting on your part which can 
contribute to the present security 
and permanent advantage of the 
country. 
I retain a deep and unalterable 
sense of the repeated proofs which 
I have received of your cordial and 
affectionate attachment to me; and 
I place an entire reliance on the 
continuance of those sentiments, as 
well as on your firm determination 
to defend and maintain that consti- 
tution which has so long protected 
the liberties, and promoted the 
happiness of every class of my sub- 
jects. 
In endeavouring to preserve, and 
to transmit to posterity, the inesti- 
mable blessings which, under the 
favour of Providence, you have 
yourselves experienced, you may 
be assured of my zealous and cordial 
co-operation ; and our joint efforts 
will, 1 doubt not, be rendered com- 
pletely effectual, by the decided sup- 
port of a free and loyal people. 
Speech of the Earl of Westmoreland, 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to 
both Houses of Parliament, Ja- 
nuary 19, 1792. 
My Lords and Gentlemen, 
‘TY HAVE it in command from his 
Majesty to acquaint you, that 
since the close of the Jast session, 
preliminaries of peace have been 
signed between Russiaand the Poste, 
and those powers are now engaged 
in negotiation for a definitive trea- 
ty, which his Majesty trusts will 
complete the restoration of tran- 
~quillity among the different powers 
of Europe.—His Majesty, convinc- 
ed of the interest you take in what- 
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ever concerns his domestic happi- 
ness, commands me to acquaint you 
of the marriage of his Royal High- 
ness the Duke of York and the 
Princess Royal of Prussia. 
Gentlemen of the House of 
Commons, 
I have ordered the proper officers 
to lay before you the national ac- 
counts; and | trust you will make 
such provisions as are necessary for 
the exigencies of the state, and the 
honourable support of his Majesty’s 
government. 
My Lords and Gentlemen, 
The constant attention you have 
shewn ‘to the interests of Ireland, 
makes it unnecessary to recommend 
to you a continuance of that wise 
system of policy from which your 
country has received such inestima- 
ble advantages in the increase of 
her trade, her credit, and manufac- 
tures. It is equally unnecessary for 
me particularly to point out the 
encouragement of your agriculture, 
and attention to your linen manu- 
facture. The Protestant charter- 
schools, and other charitable insti- 
tutions will receive your accustom- 
_ed consideration. 
You may be assured of my zea- 
lous co-operation to forward every 
measure that may contribute to the 
public welfare. I shall pay unre- 
mitting attention to the due execu- 
tion of the Jaw, and the mainte- 
nance of good order and govern- 
ment, so essential to the continu- 
ance of that freedom, prosperity, 
and happiness, which Ireland en- 
joys under his Majesty’s auspicious 
reign, and under our excellent con- 
stitution. 
Speech 
