394 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



to detain and bring into port every 

 such ship and vessel accordinglj-, 

 except such as are above excepted : 

 »nd the right hon. the lords commis- 

 sioners of hisMajesty'streasury, the 

 lords commisioners of the Admiral- 

 ty, and Lord Warden of the Cinque 

 Ports, are to give the necessary 

 directions herein as to them may 

 respectively appertain. 



Chetwynd. 



Prince Regent's Speech on opening 

 Parliament, Nov. 30th. 



This day the business of the 

 Session commenced with the usual 

 formalities. Soon after two 

 o'clock, his royal highness the 

 Prince Regent arrived at the 

 House, atiended by the great 

 officers of state, &c. when, the 

 tnenibers of the House of Com- 

 mons being called in, his Royal 

 Highness was pleased to deliver 

 the following speech from the 

 throne; — 



My Lords and Gentlemen, 



It is with the deepest concern 

 that I am obliged to announce to 

 you, at the opening of this parlia- 

 ment, the continuance of his Ma- 

 jesty's lamented indisposition, and 

 the diminution of the hopes, which 

 I have most anxiously entertained, 

 of his recovery. 



The situation of public affairs 

 has induced me to take the earliest 

 opportunity of meeting you after 

 the late elections. I am persuaded 

 you will cordially participate in 

 the satisfaction which I derive 

 from the improvement of our pros- 

 pects during the course of the pre- 

 sent year. 



The valour and intrepidity dis- 

 played by his Majesty's forces, and 



those of his allies in the Peninsula, 

 on so many occasions during this 

 campaign, and the consummate 

 skill and judgment with which the 

 operations have been conducted by 

 General the Marquis of Welling- 

 ton, have led to consequences of 

 the utmost importance to the 

 common cause. 



By transferring the war into the 

 interior of Spain, and by the glori- 

 ous and ever memorable victory 

 obtained at Salamanca, he has 

 compelled the enemy to raise the 

 siege of Cadiz ; and the southern 

 provinces of that kingdom have 

 been delivered from the power 

 and arms of France. 



Although 1 cannot bnt regret 

 that the efforts of the enemy, com- 

 bined with a view to one great 

 operation, have rendered it neces- 

 sary to withdraw from the siege of 

 Burgos, and to evacuate Madrid, 

 for the purpose of concentrating 

 the main body of the allied forces; 

 these efforts of the enemy have, 

 nevertheless, been attended with 

 important sacrifices on their part, 

 which must materially contribute 

 to extend the resources, and facili- 

 tate the exertions, of the Spanish 

 Nation. 



I am confident I may rely on 

 your determination to continue to 

 afford every aid in support of a 

 contest, which has first given to 

 the continent of Europe the exam- 

 ple of persevering and successful re- 

 sistance to the power of France, 

 and on which not only the iiide- 

 pendeni'e of the nations of the 

 Peninsula, but the best interests of 

 his Majesty's dominions essentially 

 depend. 



I have great pleasure in commu- 

 nicating to you, that the relations 

 of peace and friendship have been 



restored 



