172 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



provement and the formation of a 

 system, he said, would be consi- 

 dered afterwards. The present 

 grant, if continued, would in four 

 years raise the lowest livings in 

 England and Wales to fifty pounds 

 a year ; and it was his intention, 

 on a future day, to move an ad- 

 dress to his majesty for extending 

 similar additions to poor livings in 

 Ireland and Scotland. 



For a summary account of the 

 transactions of parliament of a 

 less important, or a less general or 

 public nature, we must refer our 

 readers to a list of acts passed in 

 this session.* 



On the 21st of June the session 

 was closed with a speech from the 

 throne, which was delivered by 

 lords commissioners appointed by 

 the king.f 



" See Appendix to Chronicle, p. 615. 

 f See State Papers, p. 765. 



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