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of war, so peculiarly adapted to 

 the actual condition of the Spanish 

 nation, has been recently extended 

 and improved, under the advan- 

 tages which result from the opera- 

 tions of the allied armies on the 

 frontier, and from the countenance 

 and assistance of his Majesty's navy 

 on the coast. Althousih the arreat 

 exertions of the enemy have in 

 some quarters been attended witli 

 success, his Royal Highness is per- 

 suaded, that you will admire the 

 perseverance and gallantry mani- 

 fested by the Spanish armies. Even 

 in those provinces principally occu- 

 pied by the French forces, new 

 energy has arisen among the peo- 

 ple ; and the increase of difficulty 

 and danger has produced more 

 connected efforts of general re- 

 sistance. 



The Prince Regent, in the name 

 and on the behalf of his Majesty, 

 commands us to express his con- 

 fident hope that you will enable 

 him to continue to afford the most 

 effectual aid and assistance in the 

 support of the contest, which the 

 brave nations of the Peninsula still 

 maintain with such unabated zeal 

 and resolution. 



His Royal Highness commands 

 us to express his congratulations on 

 the success of the British arms in 

 the island of Java. 



The Prince Regent trusts that 

 you will concur with his Royal 

 Highness in approving the wisdom 

 and ability with which this enter- 

 prize, as well as the capture of the 

 islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, 

 has been conducted under the im- 

 mediate direction of the Governor 

 General of India, and that you will 

 applaud the decision, gallantry, 

 and spirit, conspicuously displayed 

 in the late operations of the brave 



army under the command of that 

 distinguished officer Lieut. -Gen. 

 Sir Samuel Auchmuty, so power- 

 fully and ably supported by his 

 Majesty's naval forces. 



By the completion of this system 

 of operations, great additional se- 

 curity will have been given to the 

 British commerce and possessions 

 in the East Indies, and the colonial 

 power of France will have been 

 entirely extinguished. 



His Royal Highness thinks it 

 expedient to recommend to your 

 attention the propriety of providing 

 such measures for the future go- 

 vernment of the British possessions 

 in India as shall appear from expe- 

 rience, and upon mature delibera- 

 tion, to becalculated to secure their 

 internal prosperity, and to derive 

 from those flourishing dominions 

 the utmost desrree of advantage to 

 the commerce and revenue of the 

 United Kingdom. 



We are commanded by the Prince 

 Regent to acquaint you, that while 

 his Royal Highness regrets that 

 rarious important subjects of dif- 

 ference with the government of 

 the United States of America still 

 remain unadjusted, the difficulties 

 which the affair of the Chesapeake 

 frigate had occasioned have been 

 finally removed; and we are di- 

 rected to assure you, that in the 

 further progress of the discussions 

 with the United States, the Prince 

 Regent will continue to employ 

 such means of conciliation as may 

 be consistent with the honour and 

 dignity of his Majesty's crown, and 

 with the due maintenance of the 

 maritime and commercial rights 

 and interests of the British empire. 



Gentlemen of the House of Com- 

 moDS, — His Royal Highness has 



directed 



