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IMPERIAL PARLM.AIEzir.

ROUSE OP. PEERS.

TUESDAY, NOVIINIII lilt U. •
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THIS day, at a quarter past three o'clock, Hts
MAJESTY came down to the House in the accustomed
state, and being seated in his royal robe% upon the
Throne, Mr.QUAIO.Ir, Deputy Usher of the Black
Rod, was dispatched to order the attendance of the
Commons, who forthwith appeared at the Bar, with
ale SPEitia R. at their head. Hts MAJESTY was
then pleased to deliver the following most gracious
Speech from the Throne
g' M 1 Lcrdi and Gentlemen,

" Since I last met you in Parliament it has been
my chief object to carry into effetft those Measures
which your Wisdom had adopted for the. Defence
of the United Kingdom, and for the vigorous Pto-
seootion of the War, In these pieprations I have
beets seconded by the volttntary •egertions of all
•ranics of my People, in a ma►►ner that:hal, if possi.
bleu strengthened their Claims to my Confidence and.
Affeetion ; they have proved that the menaces. of
the Enemy have only served to route their native
and hereditary Spirit; .and that all other consitiera-
thins arc lost-in a general disposition to make those
Efforts and Sacrifices which the Honour and Safety
of the Kingdom demand at this important and critical
conjuniture.

" Though my attention has principally been di.
reeted,to the great °Neel of internal Security, no
.opptirtunity has been lost of making an impression
on the Foreign Possessions of the Enemy. The
Islan6s of St. Lucia, of Tobago, of Si. Pierre and
Miquelon, and the Settlements• of Demerara and
Essequibo, have surrendeted to. the liritish Arms.
In the conduct of the operations by which those
valuable acquisitions 'fiate been made, the utmost
prninvitude and zeal been displayed by the
Officers employed otr tilbse. services, and by my
Forces at under th&ir command by Sea and
Land..

"In Ireland, the Leaders; and severalinicribr
Agents, in the late traiteruus and atrocious Con:
spiracy, have k.est brought to justice ; and
public tranquillity has ciperienced no. furtlaer.inc.'
terruption. I indulge the .Itope, that such.of my
deludedSuhjeets as havd swerved front their,alle.
gianceare now convinced of their error; and.thav
having compared the advantages they -derive. from-
the protetlion of:a free Constitution, ‘vitlfsthexon.:
Lillian of those Countries which are under the do..
minion of :he French Government, they will,cor-
dially and zcalouily concur in resisting anyatretupt
that may be made against the Security .and In le.+,
pendenee of my United Kingdom. , „

•
" CeNtlemett the 'low of Comp:mi.
" I have a perfedleliance on your Publid-Spirit
for nlidcing such Provision as may be necessary for
the Service of the Year. The progressive improve..
meat of the Revenue cannot encourage you
to persevere in the System which has been adopted,
of defraying the Txpences of- the War, with as
little addition as possible to the Public Debt, and
to the permanent burthens of the State.
" I lament the heavy pressure which, Oder, the
present circumstances, must Onavoiddbly be experi.
eneed.by my People ; brit I am persuaded that Pie)?
will meet it with the good Sense and Fort itatk.which
so eminently distinguish their charaaei,''under a
convisgion of the indispensable importance- of op_
holding the Dignity, and of- providing effeelually
for- the Safety ot the Rovire.
• 4 lity Lords' and Get/denten,
" I have conctuded a Conveorinn with the lciog
of swedeo, for the purpoie of adjusting 'Oll the
differences which have ari.en on'the suhjeft of ,the
Eleventh Article of the Treaty of 'o6t. I have
direeled that a Copy of this Convention should lit.,
laid lithre yoti; and you will, 1 trust, be of opi.
Ilion that the arrangement, whilst, it upholds our
MaritiMe Rights, is founded on those principles of
reciprocal advantage which are best calculated to
maintain and imprOve, the good understanding which
happily subsists between the two Countries.
" In the prosecution of the Contest- in which we
are engaged, it shall be, as it has ever been, my
first objet to execute as becoMes me, the great
trust committed to my charge. Embarked with
my Brave and IMyal People in one common
Cause, it is my fixed .determination, if the ocea,
vim should arise, to share their Exertioni and
their Dangers in the Dclence of our Constitution,
our Religion, our Laws, and Independence. To
the activity and valour a my Fleets aatl Armies,
to the zeal and unconqucralde spirit of my faithful
suhjens, I confide the Flonour of my Crown, and
all those valuable interests which are involved in
the issue of this momenteus Contest.

Aduateti by these sentiments, and humbly
imploring the Llessin.g of Divine Providence, I
look forward with a itrin convklion, that if, con.
trary to all just expenation, the Enemy should
elude the vigilance of my numerous Fleets and
Cruizers, and attempt to execute their prcsump.
mom threat of Invading
sour Coasts, the come.
quence will be to them, discomfiture, confusion,
and disgrace; and that our's will not only be the
glory of surmounting present difficulties, anti re.
pelting immediate danger, hut the solid and per.
manent advantage of fixing the Safety and Inde.
penitence of the b.'ingiloin on the basis of acknow-
ledged strength, the MOE of its own stied energy
and resources."

After His MAIRSTY retired and the Commons
had vrithdrawn from the Bar,
Lout HAWKESIIIIRT (lately called up by Writ
to the House under that title, &c.), was introduced