Memoirs of the Life of William Pitt Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822 Excerpt: ...speech from the throne, after mentioning the marriage of the duke of York with the princess royal of Prussia, and the pacification effected in the north of Europe, through the mediation of himselfand his allies, informed the two houses, that though the war in India was not terminated, the suc "' Dr. Priestley laid his damages at 4,1221. 11 s. 9 d.; but the sum awarded him by the jury, was only 2,5021. 18 s. The deductions were on account of MSS. of his own composition, which he valued at 4.201. 15 s. for which the jury would allow nothing, and of a philosophical apparatus, which he valued much higher than the jury thought right. cess, which had already attended the British arms, afforded reasonable ground to hope, that it might speedily be brought to an honorable conclusion. His majesty next remarked, that as the general state of affairs upon the continent appeared to promise a continuance of the present tranquillity, some reduction, he conceived, might be made in the naval and military establishments, which, with the progressive increase of the revenue, might enable parliament to repeal a part of the existing taxes, and at the same time give additional eflicacy to the plan for the liquidation of the national debt. With a view to the same important object, he recommended salso the adoption of such measures as the state of the funds, and of public credit, might render-practicable and expedient, towards the diminution of the interest of the redeemable annuities; and at the end of his speech, he observed, that the continued and progressive improvement in the internal situation of the country, must confirm and increase the steady and zealous attachment of his subjects to that.constitution, which had been found, by long experience, to unite the inestimable ...