arms, and those of the Allies, had led, at an early period of the campaign, to the re-establishment of the authority of his most Christian Majesty in the capital of his dominions; and it has been since that time his Royal Highness's most earnest endeavour to promote such arrangements as appeared to him best calculated to provide for the last ing repose and security of Eu

rope.

In the adjustment of these arrangements it was natural to expect that many difficulties would occur; but the Prince Regent trusts it will be found that, by moderation and firmness, they have been effectually surmounted.

To the intimate union which has happily subsisted between the Allied Powers, the nations of the Continent have twice owed their deliverance. His Royal Highness has no doubt that you will be sensible of the great importance of maintaining in its full force that alliance, from which so many advantages have already been derived, and which affords the best prospect of the continuance of peace.

The Prince Regent has directed copies of the several Treaties and Conventions which have been concluded to be laid before

you.

The extraordinary situation in which the powers of Europe have been placed, from the circumstances which have attended the French Revolution, and more especially in consequence of the events of last year, has induced the Allies to adopt precautionary measures, which they consider as indispensably necessary for the general security.

As his Royal Highness has concurred in these measures, from a full conviction of their justice and sound policy, he relies confidently on your co-operation in such proceedings as may be necessary for carrying them into effect.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons ;-The Prince Regent has directed the estimates for the present year to be laid before you.

His Royal Highness is happy to inform you, that the manufactures, commerce, and revenue of the United Kingdom are in a flourishing condition.

The great exertions which you enabled him to make in the course of the last year, afforded the means of bringing the contest in which we were engaged to so glorious and speedy a termination.

The Prince Regent laments the heavy pressure upon the country which such exertions could not fail to produce; and his Royal Highness has commanded us to assure you, that you may rely on every disposition on his part to concur in such measures of economy, as may be found consistent with the security of the country, and with that station which we occupy in Europe.

My Lords, and Gentlemen ;— The negotiations which the Prince Regent announced to you at the end of the last session of Parliament, as being in progress, with a view to a commercial arrangement between this country and the United States of America, have been brought to a satisfactory issue. His Royal Highness has given orders, that a copy of the Treaty which has been concluded shall be laid before you ; and he confidently trusts, that

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the stipulations of it will prove advantageous to the interests of both countries, and cement the good understanding which so happily subsists between them.

The Prince Regent has commanded us to inform you, that the hostilities in which we have been involved in the island of Ceylon, and on the Continent of India, have been attended with decisive success.

Those in Ceylon have terminated in an arrangement highly honourable to the British character, and which cannot fail to augment the security and internal prosperity of that valuable posBession.

The operations in India have led to an armistice, which gives reason to hope that a peace may have been concluded on terms advantageous to our interests in that part of the world.

At the close of a contest so extensive and momentous as that in which we have been so long engaged in Europe, and which has exalted the character and military renown of the British nation beyond all former example, the Prince Regent cannot but feel, that, under Providence, he is indebted for the success which has attended his exertions, to the xisdom and firmness of Parliament, and to the perseverance and public spirit of his Majesty's people.

It will be the Prince Regent's constant endeavour to maintain, by the justice and moderation of his conduct, the high character which this country has acquired amongst the nations of the world; and his Royal Highness has directed us to express his sincere and earnest hope, that the sam

union amongst ourselves, which has enabled us to surmount so many dangers, and has brought this eventful struggle to so auspicious an issue, may now animate us in peace, and induce us cordially to co-operate in all those measures which may best manifest our gratitude for the Divine protection, and most effectually promote the prosperity and happiness of our country.

Treaty of Marriage between her

Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta and his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c.—Signed at London, March 13, 1816 In the name of Almighty God,

Be it known unto all men, by these presents, that whereas his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of his most sacred Majesty George the Third, by the grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, has judged it proper that an alliance should be contracted between the family of his Majesty and that of his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. and has therefore, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, consented, with the full agreement of the parties interested, that a marriage shall be celebrated between the most high and illustrious Princess Charlotte Augusta, daughter of his Royal Highness

Highness the Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c.

In order, therefore, to attain so desirable an end, and to treat, conclude, and confirm the articles of the said marriage, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, as well as his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. have named and authorized mutually, viz.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, the most reverend father in God, his right trusty and right entirely beloved councillor Charles Manners Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan; his right trusty and well-beloved John Lord Eldon, Chancellor of Great Britain; his right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor Dudley, Earl of Harrowby, President of his Majesty's Council; his right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor Henry Earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; his right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor Robert Banks, Earl of Liverpool, First commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury; his right trusty and well-beloved councillor Robert Stewart, commonly called Viscount Castlereagh, one other of

his Majesties Principal Secrétaries of State; his right trusty and well-beloved councillor Henry Viscount Sidmouth, one other of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and his right trusty and well-beloved councillor Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of his Majesty's Exchequer.

And his said Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. William Augustus Baron de Just, Privy Councillor of his Majesty the King of Saxony, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Britannic Majesty, King of Hanover, and Commander of the order of Civil Merit of Saxony; who, by virtue of their respective full powers, which they have mutually communicated and exchanged, have concluded and agreed upon the following articles, viz.

Art. I. It is concluded and agreed that the marriage between her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta and his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. shall be solemnized in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called Great Britain, both being present, according to the due tenour of the laws of England, and the rites and ceremonies of the church of the United Kingdom, as soon as the same may conveniently be done.

II. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the

name

name and on the behalf of his Majesty the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, promises to secure to her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta, and to his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. during their joint lives, and to the survivor of the:n, the annual sums hereinafter mentioned;-that is to say, during their joint lives, the annual sum of 60,0001, to be paid quarterly; 10,000l. of which annual sum, also to be paid quarterly, shall be granted unto commissioners, named for that purpose by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting as aforesaid, to be by them received for the sole and separate use of the said Princess, notwithstanding her marriage state, and without his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. having any power over the same, and which annual sum of 10,000l. so payable quarterly, the said Princess shall not have power, either separately or conjointly with his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. to alienate, mortgage, or receive or direct to be paid by way of anticipation; but the same shall, from time to time as the same shall become due, be paid and payable into the proper hands of the said Princess alone, upon her own sole receipt,

or to such person or persons to whom she shall by writing, signed by herself alone, from time to time, as the same shall become due, direct and order the same to be paid, or otherwise to receive the same on her sole behalf.

III. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting as aforesaid, engages to secure to her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta the annual sum of 60,000l., to be paid to her during her life, in case her Royal Highness shall survive his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c.; such annual sum to commence in payment from the death of his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c. &c. &c. in the lifetime of her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta, and to be paid quarterly; and the first quarterly payment is to be made at the end of three calendar months after such his decease, when the said annuity, payable during their joint lives, is to determine.

And his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, so acting as aforesaid, further engages to secure to his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringuen, Prince of Coburg of Saalfeld, &c the annual sum of 50,0001., to be paid to him during his life, in case he shall survive her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta; such annual sum to commence in pay

ment