§ The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought up the following Message from the Prince Regent:
§ "GEORGE P. R.
§ "The Prince Regent, in the name and on behalf of his Majesty, thinks proper to inform the House of Commons, that the assistance which his Majesty was enabled to afford last year to the Portuguese government, for the maintenance of a body of troops in his pay, has been productive of the most important advantages to the common cause, and has contributed essentially to the success of those measures which have been adopted by his Majesty for the defence of the kingdom of Portugal,
§ "The Prince trusts that the House of Commons will enable him to continue the same support to the Portuguese government for the present year, and to afford such further aid and assistance to that government as the nature of the contest in which his Majesty is engaged may appear to require."
§ The Chancellor of the Exchequer then 357 moved, That this Message be referred to the Committee of Supply, on Monday.