The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-08-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

fIoUSE OF LORDS--Tv asp Av,Jc tv $l.

His MAJESTY came down to the House in the
*goal states and being robed, and seated on the
Throne, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
was sent to the Commons to require their attend-
ance. The SPEAKER and the Commons being at
the Bar, the Sr e. tea addressed His MAJESTY in
the following words :
" most ChAelovs &mummy,

Vtr,4r Majority's most dutiful and loyal Subjerts, the
COMSIOII* of Comet llribin and Ireland in Parliament *seem•
bled, approach the foot of Y.,lnr Majesty's Throne, with senti-
ments of unfeigned joy and Ur/4MM a.
- _

" The Dell, which 1 11,14 in my hand, completes the Sup-
plies for the present Year. These. Sire, we have appropriated
t; the farther support of Yoor Majesty's Doesehrild, and the
'honour and dignity of Your Crown. to the Naval and Mili-
tary Defence of the Redd, and to the tenons SoriheeS of
Your extended Efapirsc. in providing for these Grants, large
in their amount, and cernmensurate With the extraordinary
demands of the Caws in which we live, We have, neverthe
less, steadily persmseed in ewe former course, by raising a large
proportion of our Supplies within the Year; and We have
new the proud satisfaction to see, that the permanent Debt of
the State is rapidly alhninishing, at the nine time that the
growing Prosperity of the Country has strengthened and mul-
tiplied all its reeetirCet.
" Cs' sotempiating the War in which we are engaged, the cha-
ttels:: and the meets of our Enemy, and tat possible duration
ef the Contest, a-though we are fearless of its iteue, we have
atewerth-lcas deemed it our iadispansthle duty to deliberate with
unntantttng solicitude upon the best system fur our
defence : And the voluntary sprit of Your Pecyle, seconding
the views of Parliament, has at the same time animated a..
ranks of men wilt au active desire of att.nni hg to such a state
of thitzl,.!eie it. Aims, as stay enable them sumessinlly to Co-
op /ate with Your Majesty's regular and veteran Forces.
" lints formidably armed and pnwcifuily sustained, We trust
tit f, v ith tire blssing o Gad, We shall viet.triously maintain
Your Ma:rails Throne, and trantrnit uthespaired to our de
tcaudstrirts the most prefect beat of GatenintrOt which the
World has OWN experienczel for the prirtical hadniiir as of Mhn-
kmd ; Sr.nly persuaded, that this Emirs will hong outlast the
storm: which have overwhelmed the Continent of Euspe;
•ad ear .estly hoping that other Nation. now fallen, may wit
tie's the d nantetion of a Tyranny (minded on fraud and vio-
let/ire, and cemented with innocent blood, and agate recover
their ancient power and independence, as the hest guarani...sty
the 'ti• or- welfare and tramjuditty of the Civili eel World."
" The Hill winch I I:see to present to Your Majesty, is inti-
tette :

" An Act fu grantmg to His %felony a certain Suns of
• Money, nut of the Consolidated Fund of Great Sri-
^ him, and for amlying a certam Sum of 14,mer,
0 therein menti aca, fur the Service te. Grea'
fur the Year one thousand eight hundred and r,
• and for further ae,msprining the Supplies ranted an
" tl,r. Swamp of Parliament"
" To which Your Cnwtmou•, with all humility, entreat Your
Trfate.ty's Rural Anent "

The Rill then received the Royal Assent, with the
usual formalities ; after which His '.l AULT T de-
livered the following rent grlcious Speech

" My Loans sae G
" Before 1 put an end to the present Session of Tarlisinent,
jam desirous of exilessilig my entire approbation of the eat
w th which you have applied yourselves to the gnat
es' Ws of public concern w'aich have come under yo.ir con-
' Sideeatign.
" You hays wisely CORtitllta to direct your attentio r to the
omeriuragetnent and improvement of that respectable and ; ria •
teal Vele/steer Force, which the ardour and spirit of my Sub-
left. ham enabled me to establish to an exteiit hitherto enex•
weeded. You have at the same time endeavoured to combine
an ad-lei n.ltabhsltm•nt far our domestic define:, with the
means of aw 4 u.•ntmt sue regular army, awl of maintaining it
on .44 a vcale, as may be propurto.ted to the ein•umstanc is of
the tones, and to the rank •+'rich this cowit.y ciaglat era yr
h. demon, the power. a Europe.

" GEnTt asses ov Trig HOCSIF DI enmemous,

Y ,pue. einitiel VD rot witille,t acknOwledirit^ritS tor the
fresh flood which iron have given me of your agaftiotute at-
tachment to my person and fanaPy, and your regard to ths h i-
nocr.ind d gent,' of me Crown, by the libera prori.l.ll2 which
you have mole fee tut. payment uf the debt on my Civil Li!,
Iltevocium, and fot furnulting me with the additional means or
itle,raving the increase which has unavoidably liken place in
diffem it branches of my expenditure. I most also return you
1.17 waral,ft C,lnk* for the extnllive prevision which roe have
merle for tin ex igenein of the poblit icrvice, and esper ially fit
the just a-id prudent attention which you have sheen to true
economy, and to the permanent credit and welfare of the
country, by the eat ex irti-xt, ...us have tuAie for consenting,
at far as poitiole, the accumulation of debt, and of misicg so
large a prn;ortion of the ew:,e,treA of war within the year.
" Mr Locos imp n. • riAmr",

" I hive now only to V. you to e rty into vw't
reaped ive Countism the zeal for the PuSt.c Intiirest which
has guided all your prooeeliiir : wilt be veur particular duty
to inculcate in the minds of all classes of mu Subjeas, that the
Preservation or a!1 that o most dear to them regimes the con.
tinuance of then unremitted ext.:none for the national defence.
The preparations which the enemy has loi,g been forming (or
the declared purpose's( invading this kingdom, are daily
erected, and the attempt a pears to have been delayed only
with the view of pro:unag additional mean. for carrying it into
eximut•on. Retying on the skill, valour, and discipline of
tiny naval and military Force, aided by the voluntary seal,
and native couraga of my People, I look with confidence to
the imiie of tins great conlict ; and I doi.bt not that it
weal ter.ninate, under the bles.,:ng of Prey:Pl...ea, not Daly in
repeliing the danger of the moment, but is estallishing, in the
oyes of foreign nations, the ',corky of this country en a lash
never to be shaken. In addittost to in.. brat and peat object,
entert..in the animating hose, that the benefits so be derived
loin 41,,r ....coocf .I'. exertions m.ll not be confined within our
valves ; bit that, by the r example a..d their consequences,
they may lead to the re-estttilnhment. of such a system in
Ftvape, al may reveals It from the precarious state to which
is reiliscod, rind may bay ra,.e an eartza h •rt,,r :11.1.10A the