av 
of the continent as had evinced a 
termination to resist the formida~ 
Ble and growing encroachments of 
Fratice. He has directed the se- 
rer treaties to be laid before you; 
ind though he cannot but deeply 
Tament that the events of the war 
im Germany have disappointed his 
hOpes, and led to an unfavourable 
issue, yet his majesty feels confident 
Which he has taken, you will be of 
Opinion that he has eft nothing un- 
dc ne on hispart to sustain the efforts 
}Of his allies, and that he has acted 
in strict conformity to the principles 
declared by him and recognised by 
Parliament as essential to the inter- 
ests and security of his own domini- 
ons, as well as to the general safety 
of the continent. 
_ It is a great consolation to his 
“Majesty, and one in which he is per- 
suaded you will participate, that 
‘although the emperor of Germany 
has felt himself compelled to with- 
draw from the contest, his majesty 
gontinues to receive from his august 
ally, the emperor of Russia, the 
Strongest assurances of unshaken 
enlightened policy by which he has 
hitherto been actuated ; and his ma- 
jesty has no doubt that you will be 
fully sensible of the important ad- 
tage to be derived from preserv- 
ing, at all times, the closest and 
host intimate connection with that 
overeign. 
Gentlemen of the house of commons. 
His majesty has directed the esti- 
tes for the year to be laid before 
u, and he has commanded us to 
Orm you that they are formed 
upon that scale of exertion which 
2 present situation of the country 
ders indispensable. Hgjs majesty 
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fully relies upon your granting him 
such supplies as, upon due delibera. 
tion, the public exigencies may ap. 
pear to require. 
It is his earnest wish to contribute, 
by every means in his power, to 
alleviate the additional burthens 
which must necessarily be imposed 
upon his people; and with this 
view he has directed the sum of one 
million sterling, part of the proceeds 
arising from the sale-of such prizes 
made on the powers with which 
he is at war, as are by law vested in 
the crown, to be applied to the 
public service of the year. 
My lords and gentlemen, 
His majesty is fully persuaded, 
that, whatever pride and confidence 
you may feel in common with him in 
the success which has distinguished 
the British atms in the course of 
the present contest, you will be 
sensible how much the events of 
the war on the continent, by 
which the predominant power and 
influence of France have been 
so unhappily extended, require the 
continuance ef all possible vigilance 
and exertion. © 
Under this impression, his ma- 
jesty trusts that your attention will 
be invariably directed to the im. 
provement of those means which 
are to be found in the bravery 
and discipline of his forces, in the 
zeal and loyalty of every class of 
his subjects, and in the unexhausted ~ 
resources of his dominions, for ren- 
dering the British empire invin- 
cible at home as well as formi- 
dable abroad ; satisfied, that bysuch 
efforts alone the contest can be 
brought to a conclusion, consistent 
with the safety and independence of 
the country, and with its rank 
amongst the nations of the world. 
Treatics, 
