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Parl. Ref. Resolutions

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Conclusion

Disinterestedness

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34 or 2 That in respect of any such measures as shall be

necessary or conducive to the adequate diminution, of this effect of that separate

and sinister interest, the diminution of which was, so long ago as the Year 1782, as

above, so declared by this House to be necessary, this House can not permitt itself

to entertain a doubt of the ready concurrence of the Prince Regent, acting in the

name and behalf of his present Majesty: and their confidence in this respect is the

more entire, inasmuch as it was after the declaration and publication of the said

Resolution, that, in a speech from the throne, bearing date the 19 of May 1784, his

said Majesty was pleased to say “You will find me always desirous to concur with you

in such measures as may be of lasting benefit to my people: I have no wish but to

consult their prosperity ...: and again in a speech from the throne bearing date the

25 th of January 1785 “You may at all time depend on my hearty

concurrence, in every measure which can tend to alleviate our national burthens, to

secure the true principles of the Constitution, and to promote the general welfare of

my people.

35 or 3. That accordingly, pursuing these its so solemnly

declared principles, treading in those its steps, and obeying, as in duty bound, that

so solemnly delivered royal call, and giving an altogether uncontrovertible

manifestation – and that the only manifestation which the nature of the case admitts

– of the disinterestedness so called for and prescribed – this House is resolved, by

one great sacrifice of all separate and particular interests, to declare, and it does

hereby proceed in a more digested[?] form to declare detail the principles, upon

which it is the determination of the House with all sincerity an promptitude, to

proceed upon one comprehensive and consistent plan of radical reform: which said

principles are as follows, viz.