[May 2, 1776]
Lord North presented the following Message from his Majesty:
GEORGE R.
His Majesty, relying on the experienced zeal and affection of his faithful Commons, and considering, that, during the present troubles in North America, emergencies may arise, which may be of the utmost importance, and be attended with the most dangerous consequences, if proper means should not be immediately applied to prevent or defeat them, is desirous that this House will enable him to def:,;-ay any extraordinary expences incurred, or to be incurred, on account of military services, for the year 1776, and as the exigency of affairs may require. And his Majesty, having judged it expedient to issue his proclamation, in pursuance of an act of parliament, passed in the fourteenth year of his reign, for calling in the remainder of the deficient gold coin, doubts not but that his faithful Commons will enable him to make good the charges which shall be incurred in this service, and which cannot at this time be ascertained. Referred to the Committee of Supply.
1. T. C. Hansard, ed., The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803 ... (London, 1813), XVIII, 1344. He:r:eafter cited as Hansard, ed., Parliamentary History.
