STATE PAPERS. 



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provision you have made for the 

 services of the present year. 



It is a great satisfaction to me to 

 reflect that, by the regulations you 

 have adopted for the redemption 

 of the national debt, you have es- 

 tablished a system which will not 

 retard its ultimate liquidation, 

 whilst at the same time it provides 

 for the vigorous prosecution of the 

 war, with the least practicable ad- 

 dition to the public burthens. 



My Lords and Gentlemen, — I 

 entirely approve of the arrange- 

 ments which you have made for the 

 government of the British territo- 

 ries in India, and for the regulation 

 of the British commerce in that 

 part of the world. They appear 

 to have been wisely framed, with 

 a view to the circumstances which 

 have occurred since this subject 

 was last under the consideration 

 of parliament. By these arrange- 

 ments you have preserved in its 

 essential parts that system of go- 

 vernment which experience has 

 proved to be not less calculated to 

 provide for the happiness of the 

 inhabitants of India, than to pro- 

 mote the interests of Great Britain; 

 and you have judiciously extended 

 to the subjects of the United King- 

 dom in general, a participation in 

 the commerce of countries within 

 the limits of the East India com- 

 pany's charter, which will, I doubt 

 not, have the effect of augmenting 

 the resources of India, and of in- 

 creasing and improving the trade 

 and navigation of his majesty's do- 

 minions. 



The tried and affectionate loyalty 

 of his majesty's people, the con- 

 stancy which they have displayed 

 during this long and arduous war. 



and the patience with which they 

 have sustained the burthens neces- 

 sarily imposed upon them, have 

 made an indelible impression on 

 my mind. Such continued and 

 persevering exertions, under so se- 

 vere a pressure, afford the strong- 

 est proof of their attachment to 

 that constitution which it is the 

 first object of my life to main- 

 tain. 



In the success which has recent- 

 ly attended his majesty's arms, I 

 acknowledge with devout gratitude 

 the hand of Divine Providence. 

 The use I desire to make of these, 

 and of all other advantages, is, to 

 promote and secure the welfare of 

 his majesty's people ; and I cannot 

 more decidedly evince this dispo- 

 sition, than by employing the pow- 

 erful means you have placed in my 

 hands in such a manner as may be 

 best calculated to reduce the ex- 

 travagant pretensions of the ene- 

 my, and thereby to faciHtate the 

 attainment, in conjunction with my 

 allies, of a secure and honourable 

 peace. 



Then the Lord Chancellor, by 

 the Prince Regent's command, 

 said — 



My Lords and Gentlemen, — It 

 is the command of his royal high- 

 ness the Prince Regent, acting in 

 the name and on behalf of his ma- 

 jesty, that this parliament be pro- 

 rogued to Monday the 23rd day 

 of August next, to be then here 

 holden ; and this parliament is ac- 

 cordingly prorogued to Monday 

 the 23rd day of August next. 



