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think he must have alfo finifhed
the conquet of Agra. It would be
prudent in your majefty to difpatch
Couriers to him, to acquaint him
with the fituation in which
you are
placed. I entreat your majefty to
read my letter attentively. It has
been dictated by candour, truth,
and a fenfe of your
interest.

I pray God to grant fuccefs to
the exertions of your majefty, to
whom I have the honour to be,
(Signed) Dubuc, commander-in-
chief, naval captain of the
French republic, one and
indivifible.

(True Copy) C. Macauley, fec. Major Fillietag begs you to accept his homage and attachment to your majefty.

(True copy) N.B. Edmonstone, P.T.

Proclamation by Lieut.-gen. George Harris, the Honourable Hen. Wellefly, Lient.-col.W.Kirkpatrick, and Lieut.-col. Barray Clofe, the Commiffioners for the Affairs of Myfore, 24th June, 1799, at Seringapalam.

Bahadur, and its allies, for their defence and protection against the joint defigns of the faid fultaun and of the French.

The allied armies of the honourable English company, Bahadur, and of his highnefs Nizam ud Dowlah Afoph Jah Bahadur, proceeded to hoftilities in vindication of their

rights, and for the preservation of their refpective dominions from the perils of foreign invafion, and from the ravages of a cruel and relentless enemy.

And whereas it has pleased Almighty God to profper the juft caufe of the faid allies with a continued courfe of victory and fuccefs, and finally to crown their arms, by the reduction of the capital of Myfore, the fall of Tippoo Sultaun, the utter extinction of his power, and the unconditional fubmiffion of his people.

And whereas the faid allies being difpofed to exercise the rights of conqueft with the fame moderation and forbearance which they have obferved from the commencement to the conclufion of the late fuccefsful war, have refolved to use the

WHEREAS the deceafed Tip- power which it has pleafed Al

poo Sultaun, unprovoked by any act of aggreffion on the part of the allies, entered into an offenfive and defenfive alliance with the French, and admitted a French force into his army, for the purpose of commencing war against the honourable English Eaft-India scompany, Bahadur, and its allie the Nizam ud Dowlah Afoph Jah Bahadur, aud the Pethwah Row Pundit Purdham Bahadur; and the faid Tippoo Sultaun having attempted to evade the juft demands of fatisfaction and fecurity made by the honourable English company

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mighty God to place in their hands, for the purpofes of obtaining reafonable compenfation for the expenfes of the war, and of establishing per manent fecurity and tranquillity for themselves and their fubjects, as well as for all the powers contigu ous to their refpective dominions.

Whereas the' faid allies have refolved, that of the territory possessed by the faid Tippoo Sultaun, the diftricts specified in the fchedule A hereunto annexed, fhall be fubjected to the authority, and for ever incorporated with the dominions of the Englith company Bahadur ; and

that

that the diftri&ts specified in the fchedule B hereunto annexed, fhall be fubjected to the authority, and for ever incorporated with the dominions of the nabob Nizam ud Dowlah Afoph Jah Bahadur; and that a feparate government fhall be established in Myfore, under the Mikifioor Maharaj Kilhenrai Wuddiar, a defcendant of the ancient Rajas of Myfore, who fhall poffefs the diftri&ts (pecified in fchedule C hereunto annexed, and which fhall form the feparate government of Myfore. And farther, that the diftricts in fchedule D fhall remain for the prefent under the authority of the faid Maharaj Kishenrai Wuddiar.

And whereas the arrangements and ftipulations neceflary for the eftablishing the aforefaid divifion and allotment of the territory poffeffed by the late Tippoo Sultaun, between the faid allies, have been finally concluded.

We, the above-named commiffioners, do promulgate the aforefaid divifion and allotment of the territories poffeffed by the late Tippoo Sultaun; and do farther hereby require, from all inhabitants and perfons belonging to, or refiding in, the aforefaid territories, that they pay full and implicit obedience to the government to which they become refpectively fubject by the foregoing arrangements and ftipulations.

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I congratulate you on the happy effects which have followed the unparalleled achievement of the detachment of his majefty's fleet under the command of rear-admiral lord Nellon; on the total defeat of the French fquadron off the coafts of this kingdom, by that under the command of fir J. B. Warren; and on the brilliant and important conqueft of Minorca. Thole events, while they afford to us, in common with every other defcription of his majefty's fubjects, matter of juft pride and fatisfaction, muft, at the fame time, give confidence to other powers, and fhew to all Europe the beneficial effects of a fyftem of vigour and exertion, dire&ed with manly perfeverance against the destructive projects of the common enemy.

I feel much concern in being obliged to acquaint you, that a fpirit of difaffection ftill prevails in feveral parts of this kingdom, and that the fecret agents of the enemy are active in raiting an expectation of fresh affiftance from France.

In this fituation, and under the evident neceflity of continuing the war with vigour, his majefty firmly relies upon that fpirit and magnanimity which have hitherto marked all your exertions in fupport of the honour of his crown, of the intereft of this kingdom, and of the general caufe of the empire.

Gentlemen of the house of commons,

I have ordered the public accounts and eftimates to be laid before you; and as I am confident your wildom will raife the fupplies which may be neceffary, in the manner least burthenfome to the fubject, fo you may depend upon my attention to their prudent and economical application.

It is with great fatisfaction I obferve, that, notwithstanding our internal calamities, this kingdom, blended as its interefts are in the general profperity of the empire, has participated in the effects of the increasing wealth and commerce of Great Britain, and that our revenues and trade have increased.

My lords and gentlemen, It is my duty to recommend to your attention the various objects of internal regulation which have fo long enjoyed the benefit of your protection and fupport. Your agriculture, your manufactures, and particularly the linen-manufacture, the Proteftant charter fchools, and other charitable inftitutions, will require, and will, I am fure, continue to receive that aid and encouragement which they have uniformly experienced from the liberality of parliament. I am confident you will feel a particular anxiety to give farther attention to the juft and honourable claims of thofe who have fuffered from their loyalty during the

rebellion.

His majefty depends upon your perfevering energy to reprefs, by every wife effort, the fpirit of difaffection, which still requires the exercife of extraordinary powers to check its malignant effects. In recurring, where the occafion has required it, to acts of indifpenfable feverity, I have not been inattentive to the fuggeftions of mercy, and have endeavoured to mitigate the effects of penal juftice, and the neceffary exertions of the powers of the ftate, with as much forbearance and lenity as could be confiftent with the public fafety.

In the general caufe, which engages the empire, our profpect is

highly encouraging; but in propor tion as a fuccefsful termination of the war becomes probable, our efforts fhould be redoubled, in order to fecure it.

The zeal of his majesty's regular and militia forces, the gallantry of the yeomanry, the honourable cooperation of the British fencibles and militia, and the activity, fkill, and valour of his majesty's fleets, will, I doubt not, defeat every future effort of the enemy. But the more I have reflected on the fituation and circumftances of this kingdom, confidering, on the one hand, the ftrength and stability of Great Britain, and, on the other, those divifions which have fhaken Ireland to its foundations, the more anxious I am for fome permanent adjuftment which may extend the advan tages enjoyed by our fifter kingdom to every part of this ifland.

The unremitting induftry, with which our enemies perfevere in their avowed defign of endeavouring to effect a feparation of this kingdom. from Great Britain, must have engaged your particular attention; and his majefty commands me to exprefs his anxious hope, that this confideration, joined to the fentiment of mutual affection and common intereft, may difpofe the parliaments in both kingdoms to provide the most effectual means of maintaining and improving a connection, eflential to their common fecurity, and of confolidating, as far as poffible, into one firm and lafting fabric, the ftrength, the power, and the refources of the British empire.

His Excellency's Speech to both Houses, on proroguing the Parliament, Ift June.

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My lords and gentlemen, HAVE received his majefty's com-fidence, that the public fpirit of this country will not be found inferior to that of Great Britain, in fubmitting to fuch temporary burdens as the fafety of the community may require.

liament: and I have the fulleft con

mands to releafe you from your farther attendance in parliament, in order that the various parts of the kingdom, which are ftill agitated by the projects of the difaffected, may reap the advantage of your more immediate vigilance and protection.

I am at the fame time to thank you, in his majesty's name, for the continued and undiminished zeal which you have manifefted for counteracting the wicked plots of internal confpirators, and for the defeat of every hoftile attempt which the desperation of the enemy may meditate.

The fituation of affairs on the continent has been materially improved in the period which has elapfed fince the commencement of the feffion. The fignal advantages already obtained by the Auftrian arms, and the vigorous and decifive exertions on the part of Ruffia, must be fubjects of great joy and congratulation to all who can eftimate the value of established order and legitimate government. I know the pleasure you must derive from the confoling profpect, that Europe may be ultimately refcued from the ravaging arms and the defolating principles of France.

commons,

I fincerely regret, that fo exten five a demand fhould be made on your liberality; but, when no meafure has been left untried by the malice of our enemies to fever this kingdom from the British empire, and to involve you in all the horrors of rebellion and maffacre, you have difplayed true wifdom in proportioning your exertions to the bleffings you have to preferve, and the miferies you have to avert.

My lords and gentlemen,

I am to return you his majesty's acknowledgments for the many important measures you have accom plifhed this feffion. Your liberality and juftice, to those who have fuffered from their loyalty, will confirm the exertions of the well-difpoled; and your judicious provifions for the regulation of paper currency are calculated to preferve its credit from depreciation without diminishing the neceffary circulation.

I am fenfible of the confidence which you have repofed in me, by enabling me to exercife the powers

Gentlemen of the houfe of of martial law in the manner beft adapted to the prefent circumftances of the country. It will be my care to employ thofe powers for the purposes for which they were given, by taking the most effectual and fummary meafures for the fuppreflion and punishment of rebellious proceedings, interfering as little as poffible with the ordinary adminiftration of juftice among his majefty's peaceable fubjects.

I thank you, in his majesty's name, for the large and extraordinary fupply which you have fo honourably voted to meet every with of the government, and every exigency of the state. You must reflect with the higheft fatisfaction on the liberal co-operation which, in every moment of difficulty, you have experienced from the British par

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I have his majefty's particular commands to acquaint you, that a joint addrefs of the two houfes of parliament of Great Britain has been laid before his majefty, accompanied by refolutions, propofing and recommending a complete and entire union between Great Britain and Ireland, to be established by the mutual confent of the parliaments, founded on equal and liberal principles, on the fimilarity of laws, conflitution, and government, and on a fenfe of mutual interefts and affections. His majesty will receive the greateft fatisfaction in witneffing the accomplishment of a fyftem, which, by allaying the unhappy diftractions too long prevalent in Ireland, and by promoting the fecurity, wealth, and commerce of his refpective kingdoms, muft afford them at all times, and efpecially in the prefent moment, the beft means of jointly oppofing an effectual refiftance to the deftructive projects of foreign and domestic enemies; and his majefty, as the common father of his people, muft look forward with earneft anxiety to the moment, when, in conformity to the fentiments, wishes, and real interefts of his fubjects in Great Britain and Ireland, they may all be infeparably united in the full enjoyment of the bleflings of a free conftitution, in the fupport of the honour and dignity of his majefty's crown, and in the prefervation and advancement of the welfare and profperity of the whole British empire.

I feel moft fenfibly the arduous fituation in which I am placed, and the weight of the truft which his majefly has impofed upon me at this most important crifis; but if I fhould be fo fortunate as to contribute in the smallest degree to the fuccefs

of this great measure, I fhall think the labours and anxieties of a life devoted to the fervice of my country amply repaid, and fhall retire with the confcious fatisfaction, that I have had fome fhare in averting from his majefty's dominions thofe dangers and calamities' which have overfpread fo large a portion of Europe.

Decree of the Prince of Brazil, declaring himself Regent of Portugal.

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AKING into confideration that, in virtue of the laws on which is founded the Portuguese monarchy, all the rights of fovereignty have devolved on my perfon, on account of the melancholy, verified, and very notorious infirmity of the queen my mother, and her incapacity of continuing to exercife them; and finding myfelf convinced (by the prolonged experience of feven years, in which the care and affiftance of the moft reputed phyficians have been entirely ineffectual) that the fame infirmity, in common language, would be confidered an infanity; it has appeared to me, that in the actual circumftances of public affairs, as well as to what refpects the foreign concerns, as to the internal adminifiration of the kingdom, the good of the faithful Portuguefe fubjects, and my perfonal honour, are equally interested, in that (by my revoking my decree of the 10th of February, 1792, which was folely dictated by the fentiments of refpect and filial love, of which I have always de fired, and do defire, to give to the queen my fovereign and mother the moft fuperabundant proofs) the government of these kingdoms and

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