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The Massachusetts Spy
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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On June 9 in Whitehall, the King, in royal robes, assented to bills in the House of Peers, delivered a speech thanking Parliament for their support, supplies, and debt reduction efforts, assured peace in Europe, and prorogued Parliament to August 11.
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"My Lords and Gentlemen,
I CANNOT put an end to this session of Parliament, without expressing the satisfaction I have felt in observing the temper, and the prudence, which have governed all your deliberations during the course of it, and without returning you my particular thanks for the fresh proof you have given, of your affectionate attachment to me, in the additional security you have provided for the welfare and honour of my family.
I can with great pleasure acquaint you, that the dispositions of the powers of Europe give me the strongest reason to believe, that this nation will not be disturbed in the enjoyment of the blessings of peace.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
I thank you heartily for the supplies which you have granted with so much cheerfulness and dispatch, and for the ample provision you have made for every Branch of the public service: And I see with pleasure, and approbation, that you have at the same time been able, by a proper disposition of the public money, to make a further progress in reducing the national debt.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
I make no doubt but that you will carry into your respective counties the same principles, and the same zeal for the public good, which I have experienced from you in Parliament; and that you will continue to exert your best endeavours to cultivate and improve a spirit of harmony and confidence amongst all ranks of my faithful subjects: Let it be your constant care to convince them, that without a due reverence for the laws, and a cheerful obedience to just authority, neither their civil nor religious rights, and liberties, can be enjoyed in comfort, or security; and to assure them that I consider their interest as inseparably connected with my own, and that I am, and have ever been, persuaded, that the prosperity, and glory of my reign, must depend on my possessing the affection, and maintaining the happiness of my people."
Then the Lord Chancellor, by his Majesty's command, said,
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
It is his Majesty's royal will and pleasure, that this parliament be prorogued to Tuesday the 11th day of August next, to be then here held; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the 11th day of August next."
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Whitehall
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June 9
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parliament prorogued to tuesday the 11th day of august next; royal assent given to several bills; assurances of peace in europe; thanks for supplies and debt reduction.
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His Majesty attended the House of Peers in royal robes, sent for the Commons via Sir Francis Molyneux, gave royal assent to bills, delivered a speech expressing satisfaction with Parliament's deliberations, thanks for attachment and security for his family, assurance of peace based on European dispositions, gratitude for supplies and public service provisions, approval of national debt reduction progress, and exhortation to promote harmony, reverence for laws, and obedience to authority among subjects; the Lord Chancellor then prorogued Parliament to August 11.