1818 Apr. 2 +

Parl. Ref. Resolutions

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1. Interests Common

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{ 18 – in a speech {from the throne} bearing date the 13 th of

November 1770 his present Majesty was pleased to say, “I have no interest, I can have

none distinct from my people.”}

{ 19 in a speech from the throne bearing date the 8 th of May

1771 his said Majesty was pleased to say – “I have no other object – I can have no

other interest – than to reign in the hearts of a free and happy people ... and

thereupon to add – “The support of our excellent Constitution is our common duty and

interest.”}

13 – and, in like manner, in a speech bearing date the 10 th of

June 1778, after speaking of “all ranks of his faithful subjects”, his Majesty that

now is was pleased to say “Let it be your + constant care to

assure them that I consider their interests as inseparably connected with my own”.

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21 – in a speech from the throne bearing date the 13 of January 1774 his said Majesty

was pleased to to vouchsafe to Parliament and People this gracious assurance “You can

propose no measure that will serve either to secure or to advance the happiness and

prosperity of the people in which you may not always depend upon my most hearty

concurrence.”}

14. – and again, in a speech bearing date the 10 th of June 1791,

his said Majesty after the gracious assurance conveyed in and by these words viz. “My

constant endeavours will be directed to the pursuit of such measures as may appear to

me best calculated to promote the interests and happiness of my people”, was pleased

to add – “which are inseparable from my own.”

+  Whose? that of Commons alone or Commons and Lords?