i6s] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



He then went through the parti- 

 culars of the treaty with France, 

 which it is unnecessary here to 

 repeat; and he expressed liberal 

 sentiments on the prospect offered 

 of future amity and good-will be- 

 tween the two countries. •' If," 

 said he, " no other blessing had 

 been derived from all that has hap- 

 pened, it would be no unsatisfac- 

 tory one to feel that the spell is 

 dissolved by which Great Britain 

 and France were supposed to be 

 necessarily enemies." His Lord- 

 ship concluded a speech, which 

 appeared to obtain the general 

 applause of the house, by a com- 

 pliment to the vigorous and stead- 

 fast conduct of the Prince Regent 

 at this momentous period ; and the 

 i\ddress, as amended, was agreed 

 to without opposition. 



On July 30th, the Prince Re- 

 gent came in state to the House of 

 Lords, and being seated on the 

 throne in full robes, with his great 

 officers ranged on each side, and 

 the peers being present in their 

 places, a message was sent to the 

 House of Commons, requiring 

 their attendance. The Speaker 

 shortly after arrived, accompanied 

 Tjy several members, and present- 

 ing to his Royal Highness the vote 

 of credit bill for three millions, 

 made an address to him, in which 

 he recapitulated the principal pro- 

 ceedings of the house during the 

 session, and adverted to the great 

 and glorious events which had 

 made so happy a change in the 

 affairs of Europe. 



The Prince Regent then deli- 

 vered a speech t> the following 

 effect. After lamenting the con- 

 tinuance of his Majesty's unfor- 

 tunate indisposition, he said, that 

 on assuming the powers of oo. 

 vernment which that event had 



placed in his hands, he had deter- 

 mined to adhere to the line of po- 

 licy which his Majesty had adopt- 

 ed, and in which he found zeal- 

 ous support from parliament, from 

 all classes of his Majesty's sub- 

 jects, and from the valour of his 

 Majesty's forces by sea and land. 

 That he had the satisfaction of 

 contemplating the full accom- 

 plishment of all the objects for 

 which the war waa undertaken 

 or continued, and the final deli- 

 verance of Europe by the combin- 

 ed exertions of this nation and ita 

 allies, from the most oppressive 

 tyranny under which it had ever 

 laboured. That the restoration of 

 so many of the ancient govern- 

 ments of the continent afforded 

 the best prospect of the perma- 

 nence of peace, and that his ef- 

 forts might be relied on at the 

 approaching congress for complet- 

 ino^ the settlement of Europe upon 

 principles of justice and impar- 

 tiality. That he lamented the con- 

 tinuance of hostilities with the 

 United States of America, and 

 notwithstanding the unprovoked 

 aggression of the government of 

 that country, was sincerely desir- 

 ous of the restoration of peace on 

 conditions honourable to both ; 

 but that until this object could 

 be obtained, parliament would see 

 the necessity of his employing the 

 means at his disposal for prose- 

 cuting the war with increased vi- 

 gour. 



His Royal Highness then thank~ 

 ed the House of Commons for the 

 liberal provision they had made for 

 the services of the year, and ad- 

 verted to the necessity of main- 

 taining for a time a body of troops 

 in British pay on the continent. 

 He concluded with assuring both 

 Houses that full justice was ren* 





