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Son ane Ey 
. Meffage from the King to the Houfe of 
Commons, Feb. 27, 1797. 
“ GeorceR. 
« IS Majefty thinks it proper 
to communicate to the 
Houfe of Commons, without delay, 
the meafure adopted to obviate the 
effeéts which might be occafioned 
by the unufual demand of {pecie, 
lately made from different parts of 
the country, on the metropolis. 
“The peculiar nature and exi- 
gency of the cafe appeared to re- 
uire, in the firft inftance, the mea- 
ure contained in the order of coun- 
cil which his Majefty has directed 
to be laid before the Houfe. In 
recommending this important fub- 
je@& to the immediate and ferious 
attention of the Houfe of Commons, 
his Majefty relies with the utmoft 
confidence on the experienced wif- 
dom and firmnefs of his parliament, 
for taking fuch meafures as may be 
beft calculated to meet any tempo- 
rary prefiure; and to call forth, in 
the moft effectual manner, the ex- 
tenfive refources of his kingdoms 
in fupport of their public and com- 
mercial credit, and in defence.of- 
their deareft interefts.5 G.R.” -. 
- ford Oxford's Protef azaimft the 
“Decifion of the Houfe of Lords on™ 
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Pe AvP: Be RS 
his Motion for Peace, jublifhed by hina 
with the following Preface : 
Portman-/quare, Mar. 27,1797. 
T was my intention to have en- 
tered my proteft on the Journals’ 
of the Houfe of Lords the day after 
I moved my addrefs to his Majefty 
for peace, and for that purpofe IL 
went to the clerk’s office; but, to 
my utter furprife, I found that my 
addrefs had never been entered up- 
on the Journals. Upon enquiry, I 
was informed that Lord Kenyon had~ 
taken it home with him. 1 with at 
all events that the public fhould be 
in poffeflion of my proteft; and I 
hereby pledge myielf to my coun- 
try and to the Houfe of Lords, that 
I will this day, in my place in that 
Houfe, demand the fulleft repara- 
tion for this infult, offered through, 
me tg the whole Houfe, in this ille- 
gal and unprecedented manner. 
DissEnTIENT. Firft, Becaufe 
feeing no means of falyation for 
this country but by an immediate, 
fincere, and lafting, peace, I think 
the addrefs which I moved March 
23, 1797, calculated to produce that 
happy event; and that a refufal to 
carry that addrefs to the throne 
tends to a continuation of this cruel 
war, which I hoid to be certain and 
inevitable ruin. 
Secondly, Becaufe a Secretary of. 
State’s moving, That an addrefs to 
his 
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