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ANNMJAL REGISTER, I8I7. 



accomplished, such signal honour 

 on the British nat'oii. 



" In India, the refusal of the 

 government of Nejjaul to ratify 

 a treaty of peace « hich had been 

 signed Ijy its j>leiiipotentiaiies, 5.'- 

 casioned a renewal of mi!it;u-y 

 operations. 



" The judicious arrangements 

 of the govei'nor-general, seconded 

 by the bravery and perseverance 

 of his ]Majesty's forces, and of 

 those of the East-India company, 

 brought the campaign to a speedy 

 and successful issue; and peace 

 has been finally established upon 

 the just and honourable terms of 

 the original treaty. 



" Gentlemen of the House of 



Commons ; 

 " I have directed the e.'^timates 

 for the current year to be laid be- 

 fore you. 



"They have been formed upon a 

 full consideration of all the pre- 

 sent circumstances of the country, 

 with an anxious desire to ir.ake 

 every reduction in our establish- 

 ments which the safety of the em- 

 pire and soimd policy allow. 



" I recommend the state of the 

 public Income and expenditure to 

 your early and serious attention. 



" I regret to be imder the ne- 

 cessity of informing you, that 

 there has been a deficiency in the 

 produce of the revenue in the last 

 year : but I trust that it is to be 

 ascribed to temporary causes ; 

 and I have the consolation to be- 

 lieve, that you will find it practi- 

 cable to provide for the public 

 service of tlic year, without mak- 

 ing any addition to the burthens 

 of the people, and without adopt- 

 ing any measure i-ijurious to that 

 system by which the public credit 

 of the country has been hitherto 

 sustained. 



" My Lords and Gentlemen, 



" I have the satisfaction of 

 informing you that the arrange- 

 ments which were made in the 

 last session of parliament, with a 

 view to a new silver coinaa^e, have 

 been completed, with unprecedent- 

 ed expedition. 



" I have given directions for 

 the immediate issue of the new 

 coin, and 1 trust that this mea- 

 sure will be productive of consi- 

 derable advantages to the trade 

 and internal transactions of the 

 country. 



"The distresses consequent upon 

 tl:e termination of a war of such 

 unusual extent and diuation have 

 been felt, with greater or less se- 

 verity, throughout all the nations 

 of Europe ; .and have been consi- 

 deiably aggravated by the unfa- 

 vourable state of the season. 



" Deeply as I lament the pres- 

 sure of these evils upon the coun- 

 try, I am sensible that they are 

 of a natuie not to admit of an 

 immediate remedy ; but whilst I 

 observe with ])eculiai' satisfaction 

 the fortitude with which so many 

 privations have been borne, and 

 the active benevolence which has 

 been employed to mitigate them, 

 I am persuaded that the great 

 sources of our national prosperity 

 aie essentially unimpaii'ed ; and I 

 entertain a confident expectation 

 that the native energy of the coun- 

 try will at no distant period sur- 

 mount all the difficulties in which 

 we are involved. 



" In considering our internal 

 situation, you will, I doubt not, 

 feel a just indignation at the at- 

 tempts which have been made to 

 take advantage of the distresses 

 of the country, for the purpose of 

 exciting a spirit of sedition and 

 violence. 



" I am 



