The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-29
LONDON, AUGUST Q.

LONDON, AUGusr 9.
Tuefday His Maieity went in the ufua fate
to the Houfe of Peers, and put an end to the pre-
fent Seilion of Parliament by the following Mott
Gracious Speech from the Throne.
Ny Lords and Gentlemen,
Before put an end to the preftnt SefIion of
Parliament, / am deGrous of expecting my en-
tire appreciation ofthe zeal and ailiduity with
which you have applied yourieves to the great
objects of public CONCERN which have come I'M
der your confederation.
You have wifely continued 70 direct your at
tention to the encouragement and Improvement
OF that Respectable and powerful volunteer force
which the ardour and fpirit of my fubieGts has
enabled me to eltabliih TO an extent hitherto un-
cxampled You have at the fame time endea-
voured to combine an additional Establishment
for our domeitic defence, with the means of
augmenting our regular army, and of maintain
ing it on fuch fcale as may be proportional
tothe circumstances of the times, and to the rank
which this country ought ever to hold among the
powers of Europe.
Gentlemen gftbe Hoaf efCommon5,
You are entitled 10 my warmcH acknowledge
ments for the freih proof which you have given
me of your conftant and afectionate attachment
10 my perfon and family, and your regard to the
honour and dignity of my crown, by the liberal
you nave HlfIC lot INS payment
of the debt on my civil lift revenues, and for
furnilhing me with the additional means of de-
frayng the incrsafe which has unavoidably taken
place IN different branches of my expenditure.
mutt alto return YOU nv warnet thanks for
the exteniive provilion which you have made for
the exigencies of the public fervice Especially
for the juit and prudent attention which you
have ihewn to true economy, and to the perman-
ent credit aud welfare of the country, by the
PxeFItnpC have made for, rs,eptinr
as far as potiibc, the accumulation of debt, and
for rafting 70 large proportion of the. eXpences
of the war within year.
Ny LordJ and Gentlemen,
have now only to recommend to YOU TO carry
into your reflective counties the fame zeal for
the public intereIt which has guided all your
proceedings. II will be your particular duty TO
inculcate on the minds Of all claifes of nv fub-
jecfs, that the pretervation of all that is mott
dear to them requires The continuance OF their
unremitted exertons for the national defence
The preparations which the enemy has long
been forming for the declared purpofe of inva-
ding tits Kingdom, are daily augmented, and
the attempt appears to have been DELAYED only
with the view OF procuring additional means for
carrying it into execution.
Relying on the tkii, valour, and difcipline of
my naval and military force, aided by the volun-
tarY yea! and native courage Of my people, look
with confidence to the nue ofthis great confiiGt
and doubt not that it will terminate, under the
blefling OF Providence, not only in repelling the
danger OF the moment, but in eftabliihing, in
the eyes OF foreign nations, the ftcu,ity of this
country on a bliis never to be fhaken.
In addition to this iirf aud great Object, en-
terrain the anlmatng hope that the benefit to be
derived from our fucceigtul exertions, will not
be confined within ourfelyes; but that by their
example, and their confequcnces, they NAV lead
to the eftabhihment of fuch fytem in Europe
as may refcue it from the precarious Rate to
which it is reduced, and may finally rafs an eff
feStual barrier aGainf the unboundcd fchemes
aggrandizemcnt and ambition which threaten
every Independent Nation that yet remains on
the Continent
Then the Lord Chancellor, by his Maieay's
command, faid
Ny LordS and Gentlemen,
"It is hio MaeGy's Royal Will and Pieafire,
Thu this Parliament be prorogued TO 1'uelday,
!hc 4.h day of September next, to be then here
holden; and this Parliament is accordingly pro-
rogucd to Tuciday, the 9TH day OF September
Bext."