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• 1. ,{". TV r ,-•;" • - • • PIM L ENTART fItOCEEDItiuS. • . • • • ROUSE OF LORDS, JULY 2. • • The House 'Met shat one o'clock, and Prayers . w ere read by the bishop- of Ossonu. The4'eers present all wore their Robes of State. 'The Gas Light' Dili was returned np, by a deputa tion from the Commons. with the acquiescence of that House to their Lordships' Amendments therein. STATE AP IRELAND. The Earl tit DONOUGHMORE took the oppnr tnnity of the, fall attendance, to move for the pro. action of in import.tht Docninent, relative to this subject. What he memo w.ts the 'lvy of a Letter, addressed by , Earl Wurrwonvtf: . .Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to Viscount 81DINOUTH, one of his Ma jesty's principal Secretaries of State; nn the subject of tin. State of Ireland.. He was induced to this proceeding. because, and as he trusted, the actual state•of Ireland would be taken into consideration early in the next Session of Parliament: with respect to its civil policy—its laws—of the administration of them—and more especially with respect to the state of his Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects in that country t and he therefore thought it advisable, that every possible information relative to the real state of Ireland, should he before the House. pre vious to their Lordships' entering upon the consi deration of so important a subject. The Noble Earl having moved as above, the Address was voted ac cordingly. The CHANCELLOR of the . EXCHEQUER,' attended by several Members, appeared at the Bar, and presented a Document, which we understood to be a Report of one of the Committees of that House, and thus communicated at the desire of their LOP:. hips. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. &on after two o'clock raker of artillery an. nooneed the arrival of the Puma Raciervr, and in some minutes after his Royal Highness and his Royal suite entered the House. Tl►e former being arrayed in his Robes of State, took his seat on the Throne. Among the State attendants of Ms Royal High ness, the Sword of State was borne by his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON the Imperial Crown of the Realm by Lord JAMES MURRAY ; the Cap of Main. tenance by the Marquis of WIN-cumin ; and the Prince of WALL'S Crown by the Earl of YARMOUTH. Sir THOMAS TYRWIIITT, Knight, Gentleman U.her of the Black Rod, was then •rnt to command the attendance of the Commons upon his Royal High oess the PRINCE REGENT. Accordingly, a conside rable number of Members, with the &LAMM at their head, appeared at the Bar. The SYEAKLR then addressed the PRINCE RECENT in the following Speech : " May it plume your Royal brislinest, a At We close of a laborious Session, We, his Majesty's mast faithful Commons, attend upon your Royal Highness with our concluding BR of Supply. " During the course of our deliberations, we have, in obedience to your Royal Highness's commands, examined various Treaties and Conventions which have been laid before us. We have seen the tran quillity of Europe re-established upon the basis of legitimate Government, by the s.lnie presiding eCtiti• eels whit.;: planned the bold, provident, and com prehensive measures, commenced with Cie Negotia tions at Chaumont, matured in the Congress at Verna, and crmpleted by the Peace of Paris. We have seen also the - ! , iise and provident p"licy of the Allied Powers, who, disclaiming all projects of dis membering the great and ancient Monarchy of France, have been contented to adopt such precao . ti .nary measures as might effectually protect the world from a renewal of its former sufferings :—and we have rejoiced more especially that this important charge has bern confided, by common consent, to the same victorious Commander, whose triumphs haVJ so mainly contributed to the glory of this coun try, and the general happiness of mankind. " In our domestic concerns, the great and sudden transition from a state of warfare to our present si tuation, has necessarily produced many serious evils and difficulties, to which we have not failed to apply our mrsi anxious attention. - ss* To the distresses of the Agricultural Interest we have rendered such immediate relief as could be devised, hoping also that they may daily decrease, and trusting much to the healing influence of time. , s For the benefit of Commerce, and the general convenience of all ranks of his Majesty's subjects, a new Coinage has been provided : and in various ways, by positive enactments or preparatory inqui ries, we have devoted much of our labours to the general improvement of the condition of the people, their relief, and their instruction. 44 In settling our Financial Arrangements, the ex penditure for the services of our Civil and Military Establishments has been considered with reference to the pecuniary resources of the year ; and amongst the most important of our measures, as affecting the joint interests of Great Britain and Ireland, is the law which we have passed for consolidating the Re venues of both portions of the United Kingdom. But, Sir, in the midst of all our various and im portant concerns, domestic end foreign, there are none in which this nation ever takes a deeper interest than those which regard the splendour and dignity of the Throne, and the happiness of die Royal House which reigns over us. Impressed with these senti ments, we have endeavoured, by a new arrangement of the Civil List, to separate those revenues which are specially assigned to the support of the Rural State, placing them henceforth beyond the reach.of any contingent charges, which more properly belong • to other and different branches of the public service ; And, in, the same spirit of loyal and affectionate at tachment, we have hailed with heartfelt satisfaction, the auspicious Marriage, by which the paternal choice /of yotfr Royal Highness has gratified the universal wishes of the Nation, and has adopted into the fa mily of our Sovereign, an illustrious Prince, whcise high qualities have already endeared him to the peo pie amongst whom he has fixed the future destinies of his life.. 41 These. Sir, are the objects to which our thoughts and labours have been chiefly directed; and for coma. pletmg the Grants which it is our special ditty and privilege to provide, we now present to your Royal Highness a Bili. entitled, 4 An Act for granting to Majesty a strain sum out of the Consolidated, 'A Fnnd of nreat WWI% ,end for kg:plying antis.' Monies therein mentioned for the service of the year and for further approptiating the Supplies granted in this Session . of Parliament.' • 64 To which Bill, with all humility, we entreat his Majesty's Royai assent." • 'rl.e personal Royal Assent atfie PRISICZ REGENT was then declared to the following Bills : The Appropriation Bill, the Pillory Abolition, Pariiih Apprentices, Hydrome . er, Chancery Courts, Cemeteries Regulation, I:01ns Road, Bankrupt Laws Amendment, Regent's Canal, Dyott's Divorce, and four Estate Bills. The PRINCIC ItIIGENT then delivered the following most gracious Speech from the Throne : • 6. My Lords and Gentlnnen, " 1 cannot close this Session of Parliament without again expressing my sincere regret on the continuance . of his Majesty's lamented indisposition. The cordial interest which you have manifested in the happy event of the Marriage of my ,Daughter, the Princess Charlotte, with the Prince of Saxe Co- bourg, and the liberal provision which you have made for their Establishment, afford an additional proof of your affectionate attachment to his Majesty's person and family, and demand my warmest ac knowledgments. 46 I have the pleasure to inform you, that I have given the Royal Consent to a Marriage between his Majesty's Daughter, the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Gloucester, and I am persuaded that this event will be highly gratifying to all his Majesty's' subjects. " The assurances which 1 have received of the pa cific and friendly disposition of the Potters engaged in the late War, and of their resolution to execute :nviolably the 'firms of the Treaties which I an nounced to you at the opening of the Session, pro mise the continuance of that peace so essential to the interests of all the Nations of the World. 46 Gentlemen of the House of Common,. " I thank you for the Supplies which you have granted for the service of the year, and I am sensible of the beheticial el:cis which may be expected to re sult Irom the salutary system of making provision for them in a way calculated to uphold public credit. " The arrangements which you have adopted fur discharging the incumbrances of the Civil List, and for rendering its future income adequate to its expen diture, by relieving it from a part of the charge to which it was subjected, are in the highest degree gratifying and satisfactory to me, and you may be assured, that nothing shall be wanting on my pan to give full effect to those arrangements. „ The provision you have made for consolidating the Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland,. will, I doubt nor, be productive of the happiest conse quences, in cementing and advancing the interests of the United Kingdom; and must afford an addi tional proof of the constant cissposnion of Parliament to relieve the difficulties, and promote the welfare of Ireland. " My Lords and Gentlemen, " The measures to which I have been under the necessity of resorting fur the suppression of the*e tu. molts and disorders which had unfortunately occurred in some pasts of the Kingdom, have been productive of the most salutary effects. 44 I deeply lament the continuance of that Pressure and distress which the circumstances of the Country, at the close of so long a war, have unavoidably en tailed on many of his Majesty's subjects. 4 1 Y feel fully persuaded, however, that after the many severe trials which they have undergone in the course of the arduous contest in which we have been engaged, and the ultimate success which has attended their glorious 'and persevering exertions, I may rely with perfect confidence on their public spirit and for titude in sustaining those difficulties which will, I trust, be found to have ar:sen from causes of a tem porary nature, and which cannot fail to be materially relieved by the progressive improvement of Public Credit, and by the Reduction which has already takes) plate in the 13u: them of the People." After the delivery of the Royal Speech, The LORD CHANCELLOR, having previously received the Ratiesr's commands, came forward, and said, 44 My Lords, and Gentlemen, 1 It is his Royal Highness the Prince Regent's will and pleasure, acting in the name and on the be half of his Majesty, that this Parliament be prorogued until Saturday, the 24th day of August next, to be then here holden ; and this Parlisment stands ae• corsiingly prorogued until Saturday, the 24th day of August next." The Paine REGENT and the Royal Suite then retired; the Commissioners withdrew to their own House, and their Lordships separated. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tis being the day for the Prorogation of Parlia. ment, the SPEAKER, attired in his state robes, came down to the House, and took the chair at one o'clock. GAS LIGHT lIILL. M r . SWAN moved that the Lords' Amendments to the Gas Light Bill should be taken into conside ration. Mr. CAWTHORN opposed the Bill altogether. It went to incorporate those who had no right to claim such a privilege, and who, as private indivi duals, were free to supply the Metropolis with Gas. He proceeded at some length to argue against the principle, and to set forth the injurious consequences of the Bill. Mr. CROKE& spoke to order, and appealed to the Speaker if thq Honourable Gentleman, instead of confining himself to the single point now under the consideration of the House, was not (what his object might be he could not state) now entering on the discussion of the whole question. The SPEAKER said, the only question now be. tore the House was, whether they should agree to the Lords' Amendments to the Gas Light Bill, and it was certainly quite foreign to the subject for any Honourable Member on this occasion to go into its general meritb Mr. CAWTHORN bowed with great deference to the Chair, and would confine his observations within the limits prescribed. He was proceeding to explain the course he thought it his duty to take, when Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW spoke to order. After what had fallen from the Speaker, he contended, the Hon. Member ought not to be permitted to debar the question. Mr. CAWTHORN thought, when an Hoe. Mao. . ' called to order, the point of order might be ~hated. (Cries !IQ:motion I) The SPEAKER said, when an Hon.. Member had *ten called to order, he had a right to vindicate his *induct as well an he could. Mr. CAWTHORN proceeded to comment on the Bill, as amended by the Lords, till The SPEAKER interrupted, by Owning, the Hon. Gentleman was then tratsgresting the known rules of the House, and it was for them to coesidei whether he should be permitted to proceed or not.— ( Loud trier of Question 1) Mr. CAWTHORN said he stood 'corrected, re ' stewed ilis opposition to the Bill. and asserted his right to express his sentiments on it in its present form. Lord COCHRANE hoped he should not be out af order it he presumed to offer on this occasion a few remarks on the measure, so he confined himself within the rules of the House. He then went on to com ment on the probable consequences of the Bill. Mr. COURTNEY called the Noble Lord to or. der. He maintained it was against the rules of the House. after so many opportunities had been given in the different stages of the Bill for opposing its general provisions, to debate them now. The SPEAKER said, the Noble Lord must be aware he would not conform to the rules of the House if he took such a co'ir'e. Lord COCHRANE . apprehended he bad been called to order on the supposition that he was going into the details of the Bill. It was not his intention to d. this, but to comment on its general tendency. Mr. SWANN spoke to order. He wished to ob :wee, that that on which the House had now to de cide was the Amendments made by the Lords. The SPEA KEIt observed, the Noble Lord had wandered entirely from the subject. The plain ques tion now before the House was this, whether they should now agree—" Aye" or " No," to the Lords' Amendments ? Lord COCHRANE thcn•moved that they should be taken into consideration on that day six weeks. This motion was not seconded. The orginal question was then put and carried, the Amendments agreed to, and the Bill ordered back to the Lords. A new writ was ordered for the borough of Plymp ton, to elect a Burgess in the room of Mr. Douglas, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. A Petition was presented from the Common Brewers of Barnstaple against the Additional License Duty.—Ordered to lie on the table. TROOPS FOR THE WEST INDIES. Mr. CAWTHORN begged to ask of the Noble Lord opposite, if it was in the contemplation of Go vernment to send out additional troops to the West Indies ? Lord CASTLEREAGH declined answering this question, observing, it was not customary for Minis ters to give information respecting the intended move ments of troops. DIVINE WORSHIP. General THORNTON gave notice, that early in the next Session he would call the attention of the House to the conduct of the Clergy, in deviating from the established forms of Divine Worship. He then read the greater part of the following Kesolu . tion, which he proposed to submit to the House on this subject: fg That this House being fully sensible of the many evsls arising from the imperfect manner in which the public service of the Established Church is in some parishes performed. arising partly from an inattfntion to the laws of the realm. and to the constitutions and canons ecclesiastical, particularly the following, being the fourteenth canon The Common Prayer shall be said er sung distinctly and reverently on such days as are appointed to be kept holy by the Book of Com mon Prayer, and their eves, and at convenient and usual times of those days, and in such plate of every church as the Bishop of the Diocese or ecclesiastical or dinary of the place shall think meet for the largeness or, straitness of the same, so as the people may be mutt edi fied; all Ministers shall likewise obsei ve theorders, rites, and ceremonies prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer, as well,,in reading the Holy Scriptures, and saying of Prayers, as in administration of the S'icra merits, without either diminishing in regard of preach ing, or in any other respect, or adding any thing in the matter or form thereof;' do give instructions to the Grand Committee for Religion, to report to this House what legislative provisions they shall think best adapted to insure the due performance of the sacred duties, that the subject may be taken into the most serious consideration :—and this He.use being convinced that the discipline of the Church can never be effectually enforced, either in the respect before mentioned, or in another of great importance, namely, the constant residence of at least one Minister in each Parish, for the performance of the sacred duties, without giving the Laity of the Church power and encouragement to assist in promoting that discipline, do likewise desire the opinion of the said Com mittee, whether they think it advisable to adopt the following as a legislative provision - (the precedent being taken from a clause in the Act of the 13th and 14th years of the reign of King Charles the Second-, for the Uniformity of Public Prayers), namely— ' That in all places, the proper Incumbent of any Parsonage, or Vicarage, or Benefice with Cure, or his Curate, or the officiating Minister (there not being some lawful impediment to be allowed by the Ordi nary of the place), shall strictly observe all the direct lions contained in the fourteenth canon. as before re cited, upon pain to.forfeit the sum of fivaponnds to the use of the poor of the parish for every offence, upon conviction by confession, or proof of two credi ble witnesses on oath, before two Justices of the Peace of the county, city, or towntorporate, where the offence shall be committed (which oath the said Justices are -hereby empowered to administer). and, in default of payment widtin ten days, to be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels' of the offender, by the warrant of the said Justices, by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said patish, rendering the surplusage to the party ; pro vide 4. always, that the enforcement of the above mentioned penalty shall not exempt the offender from any pains or penalties he shill otherwise have in curved." The SPEAKER. said it was not conformable to the practice of the House to read so long a motion on giving a notice. At pre sent , acc o r din g to t h e ru l es of the Haase, the Honourable Member could only state the subject matter of his future motion. General THORNTON said, Lis object would Lt, to indict OR t h e Clergy a small fine for the Donitt. tormance of the established service. Sir GERARD NOEL gave no t i ce , that writ;the next Session he would move for fray to Taxes. . c %B ue il c l i t io o n al o t f er the the A e s z se is s t s i: d g Lows wi t h respect to tw 1 ,1 Mr. W. SMITH , moved fir a retin n rIF RH st of money transmitted to the Treasury by ti. • G rwt nor of Berhice since the conquest o f th at 4,4114., Ordered. THE ETTER or ss - cuatvreroN. Lord cAsTLEKEAGH rose for the purp ose calling the attention of the House to the r : cent trio of the Duke of Wellington, and to suggest the ci which he thought it would be proper for them pursue on this occasion. It had been thought !v e i l sary by that House, at the close of the for mer wit. to send to his Grace a Deputation of its Mam e; on his return, to express to him t h e i r gratitude fa those glorious exertions which had so largely "i n buted to the happy termination of that arduo thcl test. He wished the Hopse now to take the 0,p % tunity of agaio marking their deep sense of th e i timable services he had retWere.4 his country, ipt (he might add) of the blessings which he (the D,,i t of Weliineton) had conferred upon maiikina i n ge. neral. It it ',mid happ-o, from the arrival pi Grace so close upon the termination at the Scsii r. ., that the Deputation could not fulfil the ohjte t the House had in view. they win Id at least have th, satisfaction of recording in their Jouttiais sense which they had of those important to which he had alluded, and which cnild n r :r effaced from the page of history. He moved— Lit the Thanks of that House should be given to field. Marshal Wellington, on his return from his commend, for his eminent and warmitting services, and mote especially for his exertions in the memorabl e 1 )4( 4 of Waterloo; and that a Committee should be ap. pointed to communicate the same to his'Grace, and to congratulate Iran on his return to this cout,try. The Motion was agreed to, and a c omni i ttn forthwith appointed. At two O'clock, the SPEAKER was summoned in the usual form to the House of Peers, by command of the PRINCE REGENT, to hear the Parliament pro. rogued. He went thither, attended by all the Meth. bers present, and ou his return took his seat at the table, and read the Speech delivered by the Panics REGENT in the other House --(For width see the Lot*, —Having finished the reading of the Speech, he bowed to the Members who surrounded the table, and who now took leave of him, and of each other, and shortly after retired. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, JUNE 29. On Thursday list the Duke of Wellington waited upon the King at the Thuilleries, with whom hehad an interview of half an hour. His Grace, we are as sured, proceeds for England to take the Cheltenham waters, and will return to Paris early in August. Count Vaugirtaud, at Guadaloupe, annountes, by a letter dated the sth of May, that Sir James Leith had received orders to give up the island to the French authorities, and that the ports were accor dingly opened to French vessels. The Court of Revision has, by four voices against one, rejected the appeal of General Bonnaire, and his Aide de Camp, &Loon. Yesterday came on before a Court-Martial, the trial par aoniumare of Lieut.-General Unmet d'Erlos, who commanded at Lille, in March, 1815. Ater various documents and depositions had been read, the Court unanimously declared the information null and insufficient, and ordered one more complete to be given in. It appeared that many documents, which would have involved this General, as well as many other criminals, were burnt, after the return of Bonaparte to Paris in June, in the War-Office, by order of Count Lnbau • The Prevotal Court of Aix has capitally condem.' ned, the iitst finger of his right hand being previously cot off, one Franc, a deserted soldier, convicted of parricide by poisoning his mother. M. Grefuihe, a considerable landowner in the De partment of the Seine, has Om up to the StAte the sum of 18,00 francs, being his quota of the loan of 1(X) milliens. We learn from MN, that an innkeeper of the name of Rallis has been sentenced to perpetual depottatim, by the Assize Court of that town, for circulating a most seditious libel against the King. This act of rigour, says the Journal du Gard, has produced 0:e best effect in the D e p art m en t, an d w ill p revent , *a future, such indecent offences. ASSIZE COURT. TRIAL OF THE SEI,F-sFYLED PATRIOTS OF Isl 6. SITTI:4O OF THE 28TH OF JUNE. _ , . 1 - 1 ~~ • I • • The Court was again occupied the whole day in the oral examination of the Prisoners, according to the practice of French jurisprudence. Very little of any interest transpired. The following was the answer of ToHeron, the en graver, when asked why he engaged in the consp;. racy I was bred up in the Revolution ; I ki. , ne nothing hut it. In my early age I was taught to de test this Government; but these first improsions were effaced in my mind. I WAS exasperated by being de signated as a brigand in nay neighbourhood ; my windows were even broken because I did not Wiwi nate. For the rest, .I believed that the overthrow of the Government would take place guile trappil?-y• as -on the 20th of March. I thourzht there would only be that kind of revolution of which we have secu su many specimens for the last twenty years." Q. Did you know of the Noe in Reply to hie Praise& . &c. 1 knew of nothing but by cohjecture ; is knew not whether a republic, Napoleon, or the Duke: of Orleans, was the object. The female Picard was then Introduced. stated, that ber acquaintance with Pleignier from his being a can and famous for his boa• legs, her husband being a boot-maker. Q. What did Pleignier say to you ?—A. lie begra by saying to me, know you the repoits in circulation r Maria Louisa, and Napoleon 11. are at Strasburg on their way to Paris ; here are some cards, he added, they were not made in Paris, but come trim abroad. What, tl.en, will become a. f the Royal Family, asked ? I shall again lose my cud°, v. He assured me that all would proceed tranquilly. I had already seen two revolutions, and was weak enough to believe that a third might take place. 1 received the cards. Q. But did you not thiak that:uc., a change could