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trious house, to whose mild and 
constitutional sway these kingdoms 
are highly indebted for the bless- 
ings theyenjoy; this marriage pro- 
mises the perpetuation of the same 
blessings ‘inder the same house. 
I have it also in command to in- 
‘form you, that his majesty has con- 
cluded a treaty of amity, commerce, 
and navigation, with the United 
States of America, in which it 
has been his majesty’s obje¢t €o re- 
move, as far as possible, ali grounds 
ef jealousy and misunderstanding, 
and to improve an intercourse be- 
neficial to both states. As soon as 
the ratification of this treaty shall 
have been exchanged, and I shall 
have received a copy of it, I will 
direct it to be laid before you, in 
erder that you may consider if it 
will be necessary to make any pro- 
visions for carrying into effect a 
treaty, in which the commerce of 
this kingdom is so materially and 
extensively interested. 
Gentlemen of the house of com- 
mons, | 
T have directed the estimates for 
the public service, and the state of 
the public accounts, to be laid be- 
fore you. / 
His majesty has that assured con- 
fidence, grounded on a, long and 
uniform experience of your loyalty, 
-and your geal for his service, and 
the good of your country, that I 
think it unnecessary to press you, in 
any particular manner, to make a 
provision adequate to the present 
awful situation of affairs. 
It is with pleasure I acquaint 
you, that the provision will, in 
some degree, be facilitated by the 
circumstance, that, during the ex- 
istence af such a war as the pre- 
sent, the public revenue, together 
with the commerce of the king- 
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dom, has kept up, and has even 
been augmented: advantages which 
are due to the care and vigilance of 
our sovereign, in the general pro. 
tection provided by him for all his~ 
subjects, 
My lords and gentlemen, 
T earnestly recommend to you a 
continuance of the laudable pains 
you have constantly taken to cul- 
tivate all your domestic advantages 
in commerce, in manufaéture, and 
in such public works, as have ap. 
peared direéted to promote those 
important objects. These are the 
true foundations of all public re- 
venue and public strength. Your 
endeavours have had their fruit. 
The great staple manufacture of 
this kingdom has increased beyond 
the most sanguine expeCtation—an 
advantage principally owing to the 
constant superintendance and wise 
provisions of the parliament of Ire- 
land; and next to those, to the 
assured, liberal, and most merited 
encouragement, which it receives 
in the rich and extensive market 
of Great Britain—a circumstance 
tending to cement the union, and 
to perfeét the harmony, which 
happily subsists, and I trust will 
subsist for ever, between the two 
kingdom. 
Attached as you are to the ge- 
neral cause of religion, learning, 
and civilization, I have to recom- 
mend to your consideration the 
state of education in this king- 
dom, which in some parts will ad- 
mit of improvement, in others may 
require some new arrangement. 
Cansiderahle advantages. have been 
already derived under the wise re- 
gulations of parliament, from the 
protestant charter-schools, andthese 
will, as usual, claim your atten. 
tion; but as these advantages have 
been 
