try, which muft ever be infeparably connected with their own real profperity and advantage. Nothing material has happened, fince your meeting, with refpect to the war between Ruffia and the Porte; and it is with pleasure I can. inform you, that the very friendly affurances which I continue to receive from the neighbouring powers, give me the ftrongest reafon to believe, that they have the fame good difpofitions as myself, to preferve the tranquillity of the reft of Europe. Gentlemen of the Houfe of I thank you for the fupplies which you have fo chearfully given; and I fee, with great fatisfaction, that, notwithstanding the ample grants you have made for the feveral establishments, and the compenfation which has been fo proper ly provided for the holders of the deficient gold coin, you have been able to make a further progrefs in the reduction of the national debt. My Lords and Gentlemen, I have nothing to recommend to you, but that you would carry into your refpective counties the fame affectionate attachment to my perfon and government, and the fame zeal for the maintenance of the publick welfare, which have diftinguished all your proceedings in this feffion of parliament. His Majefty's most gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Wednesday, November 30, 1774. My Lords and Gentlemen, T gives me much concern, that of this parliament, to inform you, that a moft daring fpirit of refiftance and disobedience to the law, fill unhappily prevails in the province of the Maffachufet's Bay, and has, in divers parts of it, broke forth in fresh violences of a very criminal nature. Thefe proceedings have been countenanced and encouraged in other of my coloniés, and unwarrantable attempts have, been made to obftruct the commerce of this kingdom, by unlawful combinations. I have taken fuch meafures, and given fuch orders, as I judged moft proper and effectual for carrying into execution the laws which were paffed in the laft feflion of the late parliament, for the protection and fecurity of the commerce of my fubjects, and for the reftoring and preferving peace, order, and good govern-, fachufet's Bay; and you may dement, in the province of the Mafpend upon my firm and ftedfaft refolution to withstand every attempt to weaken or impair the fupreme authority of this legiflature. over all the dominions of my crown; the maintenance of which I confider as effential to the dignity, the fafety, and the welfare, of the British empire; affuring myself, that, while I act upon these princi- ples, I fhall never fail to receive your affiftance and fupport. I have the greatest fatisfaction in being able to inform you, that a treaty of peace is concluded between Ruffia and the Porte. By this happy event, the troubles which have fo long prevailed in one part of Europe are compofed, and the general tranquillity rendered complete. It fhall be my conftant aim and endeavour to prevent the breaking out of fresh disturbances; fhall fucceed, as I continue to receive the strongest affurances from other powers of their being equally difpofed to preferve the peace. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I have ordered the proper eftimates for the service of the enfuing year to be laid before you; and I doubt not but that, in this house of commons, I fhall meet with the fame affectionate confidence, and the fame proofs of zeal and attach. ment to my perfon and government, which I have always, during the course of my reign, received from my faithful commons. My Lords and Gentlemen, Let me particularly recommend to you, at this time, to proceed with temper in your deliberations, and with unanimity in your refolutions. Let my people, in every part of my dominions, be taught, by your example, to have a due reverence for the laws, and a juft fenfe of the bleflings, of our excellent conftitution. They may be affured that, on my part, I have nothing fo much at heart as the real profperity and lasting happinefs of all my fubjects. The bumble Address of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament affembled. Moft Gracious Sovereign, 'E, your majefty's most duti ful and loyal fubjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in parliament affembled, beg leave to return your majefty our humble thanks for your most gracious fpeech from the throne. WE, your majefty's most duti We think it our indispensable duty to declare, on this occafion, our abhorrence and deteftation of the daring spirit of refiftance and disobedience to the laws, which fo ftrongly prevails in the province of the Massachusett's Bay, and of the unwarrantable attempts in that and other of your majefty's provinces in America, to obftruct, by unlawful combinations, the trade of this kingdom. We thankfully acknowledge, at the fame time, the communication it has pleafed your majefty to make to us, of your having taken fuch meafures, and given fuch orders, as your majefty judged the most proper and effectual for the protection and fecurity of the commerce of your majesty's fubjects, and for the carrying into execution the laws, which were paffed in the last feffion of the late parliament, relative to the province of the Maffachufet's Bay; and in the ut moft reliance on your majefty's firm and stedfaft refolution to continue to fupport the fupreme authority of the legislature over all the dominions of your crown, your majesty may be affured, that we will chearfully co-operate in all fuch measures as fhall be neceffary to maintain the dignity, the fafety, and the welfare of the British empire. As this nation cannot be uncon cerned in the common interefts of Europe, it is with the greateft fatisfaction we are acquainted with the conclufion of the peace between Ruffia and the Porte. We have the fulleft confidence in your majesty's endeavours to prevent, as far as poffible, the breaking out of fresh disturbances; and from the affurances given to your majefty by other powers, we have the pleafing expectation, ! pectation, that nothing is likely rope. We beg leave humbly to affure your majefty, that it will be no lefs our duty than our inclination, to proceed with temper and unanimity in our deliberations and refolutions, and to inculcate, by our example, a due reverence to the laws, and a juft fenfe of the excellency of our conftitution. Impreffed with these fentiments, and with the deepest gratitude for the many blethings we have enjoyed during the courte of your majefty's reign, it will be our principal care to teftify, with unaffected zeal, at this conjucture, our inviolable fidelity to your majefty, and our ferious attention to the public welfare. His Majefty's most gracious Answer. My Lords, I thank you for your affectionate affurances of duty and loyalty.The zeal you exprefs for the fupport of the fupreme authority of the legiflature, which I fhall conftantly maintain, is very agreeable to me; and your refolution to proceed with temper and unanimity in your deliberations gives me the greater fatisfaction, as it correfponds with the hearty concern I shall ever have for the true interefts of all my people. your jefty our humble thanks, for Permit us to affure your majefty. that we receive with the highest fenfe of your majefty's goodness the early information which you have been pleased to give us of the ftate of the province of the Maffachufett's-bay. We feel the most fincere concern, that a fpirit of difobedience and refiftance to the law fhould fti!! unhappily prevail in that province, and that it has broke forth in freth violences of a moft criminal nature: and we cannot but lament that fuch proceedings fhould have been countenanced and encouraged in any other of your majefty's colonies and that any of your fubjects fhould have been fo far deluded and misled as to make rash and unwarrantable attempts to obftruct the commerce of your majefty's kingdoms by unlawful combinations. We beg leave to prefent our moft dutiful thanks to your majefty, for having taken fuch meafures as your majefty judged most proper and effectual, for carrying into execution the laws, which were paffed in the last feflion of the late parliament, for the protection and fecurity of the commerce of your majefty's fubjects, and for reftoring and preferving peace, order, and good government, in the province of the Maffachufett'sbay. Your faithful commons, ani The bumble Address of the House of mated by your majesty's gracious Commons to the King. Moft gracious Sovereign, WE E, your majefty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects the commons of Great Britain in par liament affembled, return your ma affurances, will ufe every means in their power to affift your majefty in maintaining entire and, inviolate the fupreme authority of this legiflature over all the dominions of your crown; being truly fenfible that we should betray the truft re pofed pofed in us, and be wanting in every duty which we owe to your majefty and to our fellow-fubjects, if we failed to give our most zealous fupport to thofe great conftitutional principles, which govern, your tant jefty's, conduct in this important bufinefs, and which are so effential to the dignity, fafety, and welfare of the British empire. ma We learn with great fatisfaction, that a treaty of peace is concluded betv on Ruffia and the Porte; and that, by this happy event, the general tranquillity is rendered complete and we entertain a wellgrounded hope, that your majesty's conftant endeavours to prevent the breaking out of fresh disturbances will be attended with fuccefs; as your majefly continues to receive the ftrongest affurances from other powers, of their being equally difpofed to preferve the peace. We affure your majefty, that we will, with the utmost chearfulness, grant to your majefty every neceffary supply; and that we confider ourfelves bound by gratitude, as well as duty, to give every proof of our most affectionate attachment to a prince, who, during the whole courfe of his reign, has made the happiness of his people the object of all his views, and the rule of all his actions. Dublin-Caftle, May 4. This day the houfes of lords and commons waited upon the lord lieutenant with the following address to his majefty. To the King's most excellent Ma. jefty. The humble Addrefs of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,in Parliament affembled. Moft gracious Sovereign, W E your majesty's dutiful and loyal fubjects, lords ritual and temporal. in parliament affembled, beg leave to approach your majesty, with hearts full of gratitude, for your paternal regard to your faithful and loving fubjects of the kingdom of Ireland, efficiently manifeited by your majesty's gracious compliance with the prayer of your faithful fubjects of this kingdom, in returning a bill for the encouragement of tillage. The improvement of agriculture is a benefit fo univerfal, diffusive, and permanent in its nature, that it has ever been held a grand object in the eye of the greatest princes: It is therefore peculiarly becoming the protection of a fovereign, whofe paternal attention extends to every part of his dominions. Permit us, fir, to add, that as it is at once the great fource of population, civilization, and morality, it cannot fail of being the strongest reinforcement against all his enemies to a monarch. who, making the fpirit of the conftitution his rule of conduct, and the interest of his people the end of all his actions, reigns all powerful in the breast of every truly loyal subject. His Majesty's Answer to the House of Lords. promote the interefts and happiness of his fubjects, cannot fail of giving great fatisfaction to his majesty, and is agreeable to their conftant zeal and loyalty for his perfon and government, upon the continuance of which his majefty has the firmeft dependence. R G. R. Die Martis 24° die Maii, 1774. ESOLVED by the lords fpiritual and temporal, in parliament affembled, that the humble thanks of this houfe fhall be returned to his majefty, for his majefty's moft gracious anfwer to the addrefs of this houfe of the fecond inftant. Ordered, That the Lord Chancellor do attend his excellency the lord lieutenant with the faid refolution, and defire his excellency will please to lay the fame before his Majefty. To the King's most excellent Ma- The bumble Address of the Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes, in Parliament affembled. Moft gracious Sovereign, Wful and loyal fubjects the E, your majesty's most duti commons of Ireland, in parliament affembled, beg leave to prefent our unfeigned and grateful acknowledgements for the gracious condefcenfion which your majefty has manifefted to the wishes of your fubjects of this kingdom, in return The improvement of agriculture, the extenfion of commerce, and the increase of population, are objects worthy the attention of the belt of fovereigns, and cannot fail to be the confequence of this moft excellent law. And we flatter ourselves that it will be a pleafing reflection in your royal breaft, that the increase of population in this country will add to the numbers of the most dutiful and loyal fubjects, at all times moft zealously and affectionately devoted to your majesty, and to your iiluftrious houfe. His Majefty's Answer to the House of Moft gracious Sovereign, E, your majefty's moft duti ing the bill for the improvement Wful and loyal fubjects, the of the agriculture of Ireland: which we confider as a fignal inftance of your majefty's paternal regard for your people. commons of Ireland, in parliament affembled, beg leave to return your majefty our most humble thanks for your majefty's moft gra |