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due regard to its finances to dimi- 

 nish some of those burdens, and 

 relax some of those regulations of 

 revenue, which had been felt the 

 most inconvenient in that part of 

 the united kingdom. 



His majesty further commands 

 us to return you his tlianks for the 

 provision which you have enabled 

 him to make for the establishment 

 of his serene highness the duke of 

 Brunswick. 



My Lords and Gentlemen, — 

 His majesty has directed us to 

 acquaint you, that Portugal, res- 

 cued from the oppression of the 

 enemy, by the powerful assistance 

 of his majesty's arms, has exerted 

 herself with vigour and energy in 

 making every preparation for re- 

 pelling, with the continued aid of 

 his majesty's forces, any renewed 

 attack on the part of the enemy ; 

 and that in Spain, notwithstanding 

 the reverses which have been ex- 

 perienced, the spirit of resistance 

 against France still continues un- 

 subdued and unabated: and his 

 majesty commands us to assure 

 you of his firm and unaltered con- 

 viction, that not only the honour 

 of his throne, but the best interests 

 of his dominions, require his 

 most strenuous and persevering 

 assistance to the glorious efforts 

 of those loyal nations. 



His majesty has commanded us 

 to recommend to you, upon your 

 return to your respective counties, 

 touseyourbestexertionstopromote 

 that spirit of order, and obedience 

 to the laws, and that general con- 

 cord amongst all classes of his ma- 

 jesty's subjects, which can alone 

 give full effect to his majesty's pa- 

 ternal care for the welfare and hap- 

 piness of his people. His ma- 

 jesty has the fullest reliance upon 



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the affections of hissubjects, whose 

 loyalty and attachment have hi- 

 therto supported him through that 

 long and eventful period during 

 which it has pleased Divine Provi- 

 dence to commit the interests of 

 thesedominions to his charge. His 

 majesty feels that the preservation 

 of domestic peace and tranquillity, 

 under the protection of the law, 

 and obedience to its authority, is 

 amongst the most important duties 

 he owes to his people. 



His majesty commands us to as- 

 sure you, that he will not be want- 

 ing in the discharge of that duty ; 

 and his majesty will always rely 

 with confidence on the continued 

 support of his loyal subjects, to 

 enable him to resist with success 

 the designs of foreign enemies, 

 and to transmit unimpaired to 

 posterity the blessings of the Bri- 

 tish constitution. 



n. Earl of Chatham's Memorial 

 and Sir Richard Strachan's Re- 

 ply on the Expedition to the 

 Scheldt. (Extracts.) 



1. Earl of Chatham'' s Memorial : 

 dated October \5, 1809. Pre- 

 sented to his Majesty, February 

 14, 1810. 



In submitting to yourmajest)' a 

 statement of my proceedings in the 

 execution of the service your ma- 

 jesty wasgraciously pleased to con- 

 fide to me, and of the events which 

 occurred in the course of it, it is 

 not my intention to trouble 5'our 

 majesty with any further details of 

 the earlier parts of our operations, 

 but to bring under your majesty's 

 view the consideration of the two 

 following points, as most immedi- 

 ately applying to the conduct and 



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