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BRITISH AND FOREIGN

State Papers.

SPEECH of the King to both Houses of the British Parliament, on the Opening of the Session, 5th February, 1822.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

I HAVE the satisfaction of informing you that I continue to receive from Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition towards this Country.

It is impossible for Me not to feel deeply interested in any event that may have a tendency to disturb the peace of Europe. My endeavours have therefore been directed, in conjunction with My Allies, to the settlement of the differences which have unfortunately arisen between the Court of St. Petersburgh and the Ottoman Porte, and I have reason to entertain hopes that these differences will be satisfactorily adjusted.

In My late visit to Ireland I derived the most sincere gratification from the loyalty and attachment manifested by all classes of My Subjects. With this impression it must be matter of the deepest concern to Me, that a spirit of outrage, which has led to daring and systematic violations of the Law, has arisen and still prevails in some parts of that Country.

I am determined to use all the means in My power for the protection of the persons and property of My loyal and peaceable Subjects; and it will be for your immediate consideration whether the existing Laws are sufficient for this purpose.

Notwithstanding this serious interruption of public tranquillity, I have the satisfaction of believing that My presence in Ireland has been productive of very beneficial effects; and all descriptions of My People may confidently rely upon the just and equal administration of the Laws, and upon My paternal solicitude for their welfare.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

It is very gratifying to Me, to be able to inform you, that during the last Year the Revenue has exceeded that of the preceding, and appears to be in a course of progressive improvement.

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you.

I have directed the Estimates of the current Year to be laid before They have been framed with every attention to economy which the circumstances of the Country will permit; and it will be satisfactory to you to learn that I have been able to make a large reduction in our Annual Expenditure, particularly in our Naval and Military Establishments.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

I have the greatest pleasure in acquainting you that a considerable improvement has taken place in the course of the last Year in the Commerce and Manufactures of the United Kingdom, and that I can now state them to be, in their important branches, in a very flourishing condition.

I must at the same time deeply regret the depressed state of the agricultural interest.

The condition of an interest so essentially connected with the prosperity of the Country will, of course, attract your early attention; and I have the fullest reliance on your wisdom in the consideration of this important subject.

I am persuaded, that in whatever measures you may adopt, you will bear constantly in mind, that in the maintenance of our Publick Credit all the best interests of this Kingdom are equally involved; and that it is by a steady adherence to that principle that we have attained, and can alone expect to preserve, our high station amongst the Nations of the World.

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3. The Marquess of Londonderry to Sir C. Stuart. Foreign Office,... 8th May
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5. The Marquess of Londonderry to Sir C. Stuart. Foreign Office....15th June
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9. The Marquess of Londonderry to Sir C. Stuart, Foreign Office... 27th Aug. 10. Sir C. Stuart to the Marquess of Londonderry.Paris..... 11. William Hamilton, Esq. to Sir C. Stuart....... .Foreign Office...28th Sept. 13 12. Viscount Sidmouth to Sir C. Stuart.. .Foreign Office...30th Oct. 13 13. Sir C. Stuart to the Marquess of Londonderry. Paris... 14. Sir C. Stuart to the Marquess of Londonderry. Paris.

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15. The Marquess of Londonderry to Sir C. Stuart. Foreign Office... 18th Jan.
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17. Sir C. Stuart to the Marquess of Londonderry. Paris..
18. Memorandum of the Comte de Caraman...... London..
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No. 1.-Sir Charles Stuart to Viscount Castlereagh.—(Rec. Feb. 25) MY LORD, Paris, 22d February, 1821. I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship the Copy of a Note I have received from Baron Pasquier, in answer to the Communication which announced the capture of the Slave Ship, the Louisa, in a Port of the Island of Antigua. I have, &c.

Viscount Castlereagh, K. G.

CHARLES STUART.

(Inclosure.)-The Baron Pasquier to Sir Charles Stuart.

MONSIEUR L'AMBASSADEUR,

Paris, le 15 Février, 1821,

J'AI reçu la Lettre que votre Excellence m'a fait l'honneur de m'adresser le 9 Janvier, pour me faire connoître l'arrestation et la dé

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