Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-04-15
foreign gsxsIi,aenee.

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Regent, attended by his great Officers of
State. came in, and delivered the follow
ing SPEECH:
NV Lord5 and Gentlemen,
Ii is with deep regret that am again
obliged to announce TO you. that no al
tcration has occurred in the Rate of his
Majefy's lamentable indispoGrioH.
continue 10 receive from foreign
powers the itrongca afTurances of their
friendly diipoGtion towards this country;
and OF their carnelt dcErc to maintain the
general tranquility.
The holfilnies to which | was compel.
led to refort in vindication of the honor
Of the country againlt the government
OF Algiers, have been attended with the
noa complete fuccefs.
The fplcndid achievements of his Ma
ielfy's feet. ia conjunction with fquad'
ron Of the King OF The Netherlands, un-
der the gallant and able conduct OF Ad
mirsl Viscount Exmouth, led to the i'm
mediate and unconditional liberation OF
all Chriltian captives then within he
territory of Algiers, and to the renuncia
ton by It's Government of the practice
of Chriffian fayery.
am perfuaded you will be duly fenh.
bic of the importance of an arrangement
10 intereiting 20 humanity, and rejecting
from the manner in which it has been &C
complilhed, such hgnal honor on the
Britifh nation.
In India. the refufal of the government
Of Nepaul TO ratify a treaty of peace
which had been Ggned by its Plenipotens
tiaries, occaGoned renewal of military
operations
The judicious arrangements of the
Governor General, feeonded by the bra
very and perseverance of his Majefy's
forces, and those of the Eaf-India Com
parry. brought the campaign TO fpeedy
and fuccrisful iiiue !; and peace has been
finally eaablilhed upon the juit and hon
orable terms Of the original treaty.
have directed he efimates for the
current year TO be laid before you.
GrTbe refs5ne Of this Jfction Of the Ipeecb
relates TO The reoaiue His K. II. men
fi9ns that there had been efficiency Of The
income ,af year but The prslpect 4Uas that
no nssv taxes 1vould Be neceDary for The cur
rent year ; and no mtrenebments made on
sbe Sinking Fund He mentions HJ6, The
sucrefgu operation Of the Bae Of The ne1V
Coinags. he then PROCEEDS.
The diltrenes confeouent upon the
termination of war of iuoh unuiual ex.
tent and duration, have been felt, with
greater or lefs fsyerity, throughout all the
nations of Europe and have been con
Gderab.y aggravated by the unfavorable
fate of the feason.
Deeply ssI lament the preffure OF
thefe evils upon this country, am fen6-
Bile, that they are of a nature not to adj
init of an immediate remedy but whift
obicrve with peculiar fa,isfaction the
for,itude with which 70 many privations
have been borne, and the active benevo
lence which has been employed 10 miti-
gate them, am perfuaded thar the great
fosrcss of our national PROPERTY are ef-
sentially unimpaired and entertain
confident expectation that the native en-
ergy of the country will, at no dihant
Jcriod. furmuunt all difficulties in which
we are involved.
In con6dering our internal fituation,
you viii. doubt not, feel juft indigna-
ton at the attempts which have been
made to rake advantage of the dift,effes
Of the country, for the Purpole of excit-
ing fpirir of iediticn and violence.
| am too wellconvipced of the loyalty
and fenie of the great body of his Maief
ty's iublects. to believe them capable of
being perverted by the arts which are EN-
ployed TO fedace them bur am deter
mined TO omit no precautions for prefervs
ing the p bic peace, and for cosnteraet.
ing the de6gos of the difafected And
| rely with the utmoR confidence on your
cordial iupport anu cooperation, in up.
holding fyitem of Law and Govern
ment, from which we have derived ines |
timabIe advantages, which has enabled us
to conclude, with unexampled glory, a
CONTEXT wh-reon depended the beif inter
efts of mankind, and which has been
hitherto felt by ourlelves, as it is acknowi-
edged by other nations, 70 be the moif
perfect that has ever fallen to the lot of
any people
His Royal Highness then Withdrew, and
the Peers adjourned during pleasure.
At five o'clock. The Peers rraf1embled. |