Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

From the London Gazette.

His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

I HAVE particular satisfaction in acquainting you, that, since last met you in parliament, the tranquility of Europe has remained uninterrupted, and that all foreign powers continue to express their friendly disposition to this country.

I have concluded a treaty of navigation and commerce with the Most Christian King, a copy of which shall be laid before you. I must recommend it to you to take such measures as you shall judge proper for carrying it into effect: and I trust you will find that the provisions contained in it are calculated for the encouragement of industry, and the extension of lawful commerce in both countries, and, by promoting a beneficial intercourse between our respective subjects, appear likely to give additional permanence to the blessings of peace. I shall keep the same salutary objects in view in the commercial arrangements, which I am negotiating with other powers.

I have also given directions for laying before you a copy of a Convention agreed upon between me and the Catholic King, for carrying into effect the sixth article of the last Treaty of Peace.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

I have ordered the estimates for the present year to be laid before you, and I have the fullest reliance on your readiness to make due provision for the several branches of the public service.

The state of the revenue will, I am persuaded, continue to engage your constant attention, it being essentially connected with the national credit, and the prosperity and safety of my dominions.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

A plan has been formed, by my direction, for transporting a number of convicts, in order to remove the inconvenience which arose from the crowded state of the jails in different parts of the kingdom; and you will, I doubt not, take such further measures as may be necessary for this purpose.

I trust you will be able, in this session, to carry into effect regulations for the relief of the merchants, and for simplifying the public accounts, in the various branches of the revenue; and I rely upon the uniform continuance of your exertions in pursuit of such objects as may tend still further to improve the national resources, and to promote and confirm the welfare and happiness of my people.