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My lords and gentlemen, 
His majesty has commanded us to 
acquaint you, that the state of the 
‘public business enables his majesty 
to close this session of parliament. 
We are, at the same time, direct- 
ed to express to you the great sa- 
tisfaction which his majesty has de- 
rived from your. unremitting zeal 
and diligence, and from that atten- 
tion to the most important interests 
_ of his empire, which has been so 
conspicuously manifested in all your 
proceedings. 
The measures which have been 
adopted for the permanent improve- 
ment of the various branches of our 
military system, your attention to 
combine these arrangements with 
the great object of public economy, 
and the regulations which you have 
established for the speedy and ef- 
fectual audit of the public accounts, 
call for his majesty’s particular ac- 
knowledgments. 
Gentlemen of the house 
commons, 
We have it in command from his 
majesty to thank you for the provi- 
sion which you have made for the 
various exigencies of the public ser- 
vice, particularly by raising within 
the year so very large a proportion 
of the necessary supplies ; a mea- 
sure in itself highly advantageous, 
and which must create, both at home 
and abroad, the most favourable im- 
pression of aur national resources, 
and of the spirit which animates the 
British people. You may be as- 
sured that the utmost attention shall 
be paid to the frugal administration 
of those supplies which you haye so 
liberally granted, 
His majesty is particularly sensi- 
ble of the fresh proof he has re- 
ecived of your affectionate attach- 
of 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806, 
ment to him, in the provision which | 
you have made for enabling the 
_ younger branches of his royal family 
to meet the necessary expences of 
their stations. 
My lords and gentlemen, 
His majesty being always anxious 
for the restoration of peace, on just 
and honourable terms, is engaged 
in discussions with a view to the ac- 
complishment of this most desirable 
end. ‘Their success must depend on 
-a corresponding dispesition on the 
part of the enemy; and in every 
event his majesty looks with the 
fullest confidence to the continuance 
of that union and public spirit 
among all ranks of his people, which 
can alone give energy to war, or se-~ 
curity to peace. 
g» Then a commission for proroguing 
the parliament was read: After 
which the lord chancellor said ;— 
My lords and gentlemen, 
By virtue of his majesty’s com- 
mission under the great seal, to us 
and other lords directed, and now 
read, we do, in his majesty’s name, 
and in obedience to his commands, 
prorogue this parliament to Thurs- 
day, the 28th day of August next, 
to be then here holden; and this 
parliament is accordingly prorogued 
to Thursday, the 28th day of Au- 
gust next. 
Speech of the Lord Chancetlor deli- 
vered, in his Majesty’s Name, to 
both Houses of Parliament, Dec. 
19, 1806. 
My lords and ge:+(lemen, 
His majesty has commanded us to 
assure you, that in the difficult and 
arduous circumstances under which 
you are now assembled, it is a great 
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