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 France, was the chief inducement to begin this war; and the effectual preventing of such an union was the principle I laid down at the commencement of this treaty."

Again, "The division of the Island of St. Christopher between us and the French, having been the cause of great inconveniency and damage to my subjects, I have demanded to have an absolute cession made to us of that whole island; and France agrees to this demand."

And lastly, which is by far the most essential passage of the speech, her Majesty most emphatically states: "But the part which we have borne in prosecuting this war entitling us to some distinction in the terms of peace, I have and, That the  or , shall be made with us for the term of thirty years, in the same manner as it