Star.
London, England, 1808-07-04 00:00:00

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

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This day, at three o'clock, the Usber of the Black
I Rod having requested are attendance of the Ccm-
mons in the House of Lords, both Houses of PArlia-
ment were prorogued until October next. Iris MA-
JESTY'S Most Gracious Speech to both 11,,ises was
read by Commission, and is, in substance, as follows t •
My Lords and Gentlemen,

We have it in command from his Majesty to rays ss to you
the great satisfaction which he derives from being •u:eal:tti, by
putting An end to the present Session of Parliament, to trrrainate
Ithe laborious astendAnce which the public business has required
of you.
The measure which you have adopted for the improvement of
the military force of the country, promises to lay the foundation
of a system of internal defence eminently useful and pecullarly
adapted to the exigencies of these times.
The unction which you have given to those measures of defi-
nitive retaliation, to which the violent attacks of the enemy upon
the commerce and resources of this kingdom compell-d his Ma-
jesty to resort, has been highly satisfactory to his .Majest‘'..--
His MAjesty doubts not that, in the result, the enemy will be
convinc.Al of the inspolicy of persevering in a ‘Titem which re-
torts upon himself in so much greater proportion those Arils
which he endeaiours to inflict upon this country.
Gentlemen of Me House of Common:,

We are commanded by his Majesty to return his most hearty
acknowledgments fur the chearfulness and liberality with which
the necessary supplies for the current year have been provided•
:iris Majesty directs us to assure you, that he participates in the
satisfacti.m with which you must have contemplated the flourish-
ing situation of the Revenue, and credit of the Country, nctwit h.
standing the continued pressure of the war; and he congratulates
you upou having been enabled to provide for theexigencies of the
Public st!rvice, with so small an addition to the Public burthens.

His Majesty commands us to thank you, for having enabled
him to make good his engagements with his Allies ; and to cap? is
to you the particular gratification which he has derived from the
mangler in which you have provided fur the establishment of his
Sister, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Briulawick,
My Lords and Gendtmtn,

His Majesty has great satisfaction,in informing you, that tot-
withstanding the formidable confederacy united against his Ally
the King of Sweden, that Sovereign perseveres with unabated vi-
gour and constancy to maintain the honour and independence of
his Crown ; and that no effort has been wanting on the part of
his Majesty to support him in the arduous contest in which he is
euraged.
The recent transactions In Spain and Italy have exhibited new
and striking proofs of the unbounded and unprincipled ambition
which actuates the common enemy of every establlibtd and hat..
pendent nation in the world.

His Majesty vicars with the liveliest interest the Inyal and de-
termined spirit manifested by the Spanish nation, resisting the
violence and peifidy with which their dearest rights have bets
assailed.

The Spanish nation thus nobly struggling against the tyranny
sad usurpation of France, can no longer be considered as the ene-
my of Great Britain, but is recognized by his Majesty as a natural
friend and ally.
We are commanded to inform you, that his Majesty has re+
ceived communications from several of the provinces of Syin, sc.
licking the aid of his Majesty. The answer of his Majesty to
these communications has been received in Spain with every de.
monitration of those sentiments pf confidence and affection which
are congenial to the feelings and true intLrests of lath nations
and his Majesty commands us to ai.sure you, that he will continue
to make every exertion in his power fur the support of the Spa.
nish cause, guided in the choice and in the direction of his exer-
tions by the wishes of those in whcr. b half they are employee,'
in contributing to the success of this just and glorious cause,
his Majesty has no other object than that of preserving unim-
paired the power and independence of the Spanish Monarchy.—
But he trusts that the same efforts which are directed to that great
object may, under the blessing of Dies NZ Priests noses, lead in
their effect, and by their example, to the restoration of the Liber-
ties and Peace of Europe.

A AUTIC AL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, JULY .2.

Came in the Nelly of London, Captain DANIEL
SUGELE, from Jamaica for London, with rum, sugar,
and coffee. She sailed under convoy of the ARIA
ritusA frigate, but parted from her on the passage..
Sailed the INDEFATIGABLE, of 38 guns ; and the
EGEnIA, of 18 guns, on a cruize. Came in the Naiad,
Captain Osrunt, from Jamaica for London, one of
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caREFIICSA'S convoy.