

182 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



lutlons upon the great and impor- 

 tant subject of a legislative union 

 between Great Britain and Ireland, 

 which you desired me to transmit to 

 his majesty, together with your ad- 

 dress of the 27th day of March 

 last. 



The few alterations and addi- 

 tions which have been suggested 

 therein by the two houses of the 

 parliament of Great Britain, by 

 whom, in consequence of your re- 

 quest, they are communicated to 

 his majesty, are in such strict con- 

 formity to the spirit of the resolu- 

 tions you agreed to, that they may 

 be justly considered as essentially 

 the same. I am, therefore, to con- 

 gratulate you, in his majesty 'sname, 

 upon that identity of sentiment 

 which has been so conspicuously 

 manifested in both his parliaments 

 fortheadjustmentof this great mea- 

 sure : and I am to express the con- 

 fidence which his majesty feels, 

 that you will persevere in those zea- 

 lous exertions which you have hi- 

 therto displayed, for its speedy and 

 entire accomplishment. 



His majesty will feel it as the 

 proudest day of his reign when he 

 can consider all his subjects as one 

 people, united under the common 

 protection, of the same government 

 and the same legislature, and all 

 participating in the full enjoyment 

 of those blessings which the British 

 constitution is so eminently calcu- 

 lated to confer. 



I am also commanded by his ma- 

 jesty to communicate to you the 

 joint address of the lords and com- 

 mons of Great Britain, of the 8 th 

 instant, which they presented to his 

 majesty upon laying befoi'e him the 

 said resolutions. 



C. 



His Excellency's Speech to both 

 Houses, on the kd of August, 

 1800, on proroguing the Parlia- 

 ment of Ireland. 



My lords and gentlemen, 



THE whole business of this im- 

 portant session being at length 

 happily concluded, it is with the 

 most sincere satisfaction that I com- 

 municate to you, by his majesty's 

 express command, his warmest ac- 

 knowledgments for that ardent zeal 

 and unshaken perseverance which 

 you have so conspicuously mani- 

 fested, in maturing and completing 

 the great measure of a legislative 

 union between this kingdom and 

 Great Britain. The proofs you 

 have given on this occasion of your 

 uniform attachment to the real wel- 

 fare of your country, inseparably 

 connected with the security and 

 prosperity of the empire at large, 

 not only entitle you to the full ap- 

 probation of your sovereign, and the 

 applause of your fellow-subjects, 

 but must afford you the surest claim 

 to the gratitude of posterity. You 

 will regret with his majesty the re- 

 verse which his majesty'sallies have 

 experienced on the continent; but 

 his majesty is persuaded that the 

 firmness and public spirit of his sub- 

 jects will enable him to perseverein 

 tliat line of conduct, which will best 

 provide for the honour and the es- 

 sential interests of his dominions, 

 whose means and resources have 

 now, by your wisdom, been more 

 closely and intimately combined. 



Gentlemen of the house of 

 commons, 

 I am to thank you, in his ma- 

 jesty's name, for the liberal supplies 

 which you have cheerfully granted 

 for the various and important 



