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170 in the first instance, and then they might raise their terms, and supply the public with a w,irse article at a higher price. This would, therefore, have in some measure the effect of a monopoly ; and upon the whole he saw no good reason fur pass ing the bill. Lord LONGFORD a ipporteil the hill upon the same grounds as those stated by the Earl of Limerick. The Earl of LAUDER oALC stated, that in ease the bill should be read a third time, be would move en amendment, that the company should not have the power to raise the prices stated by themselves in one oh their schedules to be sufficient. Upon the question that the bill be now read third time, the /louse divided—Contents, 16 Not Contents,ls ; Majority, 1. The bill was then read a third time ; and we understood that while strangers were excluded, The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved his amendment, which was lost: th , re being 10 for it, and 16 against it, The bill was then passed, and sent to the Commons. The appropriation bill was then read a third Mite and passed. (I,unrittA. TUESDAY, JULY 2. • The Prince Regent came to the House at two o'clock. The Commons were sent tor; and 011 their appearonec, the Speaker, on presenting the Appropriation Bill, delivered the .following Address:— May it please yaw Royal Highness. At the close of a laborious session, we, his Majesty** most faithful Commons, attend upon your Royal Ilighneas with our coucluding bill of Sup ply. Daring the course of our deliberations we have, in obedience to your Royal Highness's commands, examined saiimis treaties and conven tions which have been laid before us. We have there seen the tranquil lity of Europe re-established upon the basis of h•gitimate government, by the same presiding counsels which planned the bold, provident, and comprehensive measures commenced in the negotiations at Chaumont, 'natured in the congress at Vienna, and completed by the peace of Pa ns. We have seen, also, the wise and generous policy of the Allied Powers, who. disclaiming all projects of dismembering the great and ancient monarchy of France, have been contented to adopt such precau tionary measures as might eff'ectually protect the world from the renewal of its former sufferings : and we have rejoiced more especially that this important charge has been confided by common consent to the same victorious commander whose triumphs have so mainly contributed to the glory of this country, and the general happiness of mankind. In our domestic concerns, the great and sudden transition from a Mate of extended warfare to our present situation has necessarily pro duced many serious evils and difficulties, to which we have not failed to apply our most ansions attention. 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 inrluence of time. Fur the benefit of commerce, and the ge neral convenience of all ranks of his Majesty's subjects, a new coinage has been provided ; and in various ways, by positive enactments or pre paratory inquiries, we have devoted much of our labours to the . general improvement of the condition of the people, their relief, and their in struction. In settling oar financial arrangements, the expenditure for the services of our civil 33(1 military establishment has been considered with reference to the pecuniary resources of the year ; and amongst the most important of our measures, as affaaing the joint interests of Great Britain and Ireland, is the law which we have passed for consolidating the revenues of bath portion; of the united kingdom. But, Sir, in the midst of all our various and important concern., do mestic and foreign, there are n are in which this nation ever takes a deeper interest than those which regard the splendour and dignity of the throne, and the happiness of the royal home which reigns over us. Impressed with these sentiments, we have endeavoured, by a new ar rangement of the civil Ida, to separate those revenues which are speci ally assigned to the suspect of the royal state, placing them henceforth beyond the reach of any contingent charges, which more properly be long to other and diffirent branches of the public. service : and in the same spirit of loyal and affectionate attachment, we have hailed, with heartfelt satisfaction, the auspicious marriage, by which the paternal choice of your Royal Highness has gratified the universal wishes of the nation, and has adopted into the family of our Sovereign an illustrious Prince, whose high qualities have already end ared him to the people amongst whom he has fixed the future destinies of his life. These, Sir, are the objects to which our thoughts and labours have been chiefly directed: and for completing the grants which it is our spe cial duty to provide, we now present to your Royal Highness a bill, in- Culled " An Act for granting to his Majesty a certain sum out of the consolidated fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain monies therein inentioned, for the service of the year I+;16, and for further ap propriating the supplies granted in this session of Parliament :" to which bill, with all humility, we entreat his Majesty's Royal Assent. The 'loyal Assent was then given to the Appropriation Bill, and others ; after which the Prince Regent delivered the fol lowin4 Speech from the throne : My Lords and 3 'mermen, 1 elmrA dole this &wilco of Parliammt without again expressing my dep re...7a at the Uontinivince of his Majesty's lamented intlis positithi. The cordial intirmt which you have manifested in the happy event of the nyariage of my daughter, the Princess Charlotte, with the Prince of Saxe Cobourg, and the libaal provision which you have Made fnr their establishment, afford ail additional proof of your affec tionate attsehment to his Majesty's person and thmily, anti demanding wan nest acknowledgments. I have the pleasure to acquaint you, that i have given the roynl con- sent 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 1 4 43 j-sty's subjects. The assurances which I have received of the pacific and friendly dbpositiim of the powers engaged in the late war, and of their resolu tion to execute inviolably the terms of the treaties which I announced la you at the opening of the session, promise the continuance of that pace so avential to the interests of all the nations of the world. Gentkotem of the House of COMM.II4, thank yon for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the year; and I ant sensible of the beneficial effects which may he expected to result from the adittary system of making provision for them in a way cal ad:ueil to uphold public credit. The arrange:news which you have adopted for discharging the in eurnhrinc,xi of the cit it list, and for rendering its future income ade quate to its expenditure, by relieving it from a fart of the charge to which it was I t , are in the highest il-gree gratifying and satisfac bry to In, 1 you may he lasitred that nothing aiall be wanting on at } putt to b.-ire full effect to those twrangenwsww, THE NATIONAL REGISTER. The provision you have made for consolidating the revenue; of Gr:at Britain and Ireland, will, I dou'u not. be productive of the happiest connequence4. in cem,mting and advancing the interests of the united kingdo:n; and must afford an additional proof of the con stant disposition of Parliament to relieve the difficulties and promote the welfare of Ireland. My Lords std Gentlemen. The measure.; to which I have been under the necessity of resorting. for the suppression of those tumults and disorders which had unfor tunately occurred in some parts of the kin:glum, have been productive of the tuest salutary effects. 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 entailed on many classes of his Majesty's subjects. I feel fully prsuatlztl, haws:vet, that after the many severe trials which they have undergone, in the course of the anlttons contest in which we have been engaged, and the ultimate success which has at. • tend.al tlizir glorious and perseviering exertions, I may rely with per feet contidmce on their public spirit and fortitude in sustlistMg those diMmlties, which will. I trust, be found to have arisen front causes of a tempwary nature, and which cannot tail to be matrially relieved by the progressive improvement of public credit, and by the reduction which has already taken place in the burdens cf the people. Then the Lord Chancellor, by the Prince Regent's command, said:— My Lords sad Gent:caws, It is the will and pleasure of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and behalf of his Majesty, that this Parliament be prorogued to Saturday. the 24th day of August next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Saturday, the 24th day of August next. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Musa tv, JULY 1. - - - - - The Speaker informed the House, that the Royal Assent bad been given by commission to several bills. Mr. BENNLT WI/tight lip the police committee report. He observed, that the committee had taken great pains in esamiii mg this soil ject ; and he hoped the House would look at it with due attention next session. It was connected with many im portant considerations. The question of the licensing of public houses deserved consideration. It had appeared in the ex amination, that in the district of Whitechapel there was a con• nection between magistrates and brewers. It also appeared, that in 1813 above 11,001) per:te.s were committed, on various charges, to Newgate and other prisons ; and, in IMI3, 10,340 : 803 were committed to Clerkenwell prison, tin• assaults chiefly. There were great evils from the want of a proper classi fication of prisoners confined for different sorts of crimes. He thought, on the whole, that the manners and morals of the pub lic had been rather improved of late ; notwithstanding the ex• tent of distress which had placed 23,000 persons in a state of want and penury. The report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Flurrenwoiern gave his testimony to the exertions of the committee. He hoped, also, that the bill for regulating stage-coach driving would be renewed next session. Great abuses had occurred on the Leicester road, where a coach was shattered to pieces, and four persons killed. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could not promise any thing for himself next session without assistance and support; us this his first attempt at legislation had proved so unsuccessful : but something mast be done iu this matter, tot the security and the satisfaction of the piddle. Dyott's divorce bill was read a third time. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR gave notice of a bill for next session re spccting the pavement of the metropolis. ROCIIEiTER ELECTION. Mr. Cams presented a petition loin W. Alston and other freemen of Rochester against the retorts of Mr. Women, and complaining of various illegal acts dorin4 the sdid election.— Laid on the table, and to he considered within the lirst four days of next session. Arrtos WITH A SPANISH SHIP. . . • - • • Mr. Wiumtvones asked what information hail been re ceived of a Spanish vessel being captured ny a British ship of war. Mr. CROKER said, there had c.rtainly been a rencontre be tw et n a British ship and a Spanish slave-ship. He wished to avoid giving any particular answer to the Hon Gentleman's question, as the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs was not in the House ; and it was possible some negotiation with Spain as now pending. Mr. WILBERFORCE conceived it to be his ditty to move for papers on the subject. The Noble Lord on a former occasion hail said that lie bad not received any intelligence, and he had waited for information till now. He therefore moved for copies of papers respecting an actimt lately between his Ma jesty's ship Ferret and a Spanish slave-ship. Mr. CROKER observed, that if he saw any advantage likely to arise from the production of these papers, be should not :take the smallest objection to the motion : but no notice of it had been given, and the Ministers were absent; and public in convenience might arise front producing the papers ; but no good could be derived front it, as no parliamentary measure could be founded on it this session. It appeared much better to leave the :natter till next session. Mr. W. Smillt could not see any danger in giving the papers, as it was better to have an authentic account of the transaction made public, which he thought would strengthen the bands of Government in negotiating. Mr.Husuissom said, t hat this was a case of a kind generally left to the discretion of the responsible advisers of the crown. Producing the papers might possibly occasion inconvenience; and there was no prospect of its occasioning any advantage. Mr. MA RRV AT thollolt much irritation might he occasioned by the publication of the papers respecting the unfortunate combat, while negotiations might be carrying on with the Spanish Government. The less said anion it the better. Ne gotiation was the most likely way of obtaining the object de sired. . . Mr. Honx FR could not see why producing the papers would impede negotiation. The strength of our arguments rested much on the puldicty of our opinions. and those of that House. If there were no particular inconvenience in it, he thought the accounts should appear in the Gazette. Mr. CaoKeit observed, that smite amicable explanation might take place ; and that Government might publish the account in the Gazette, it it appeared necessary. A private account of the transaction was hist received. Immediately on the arrival of the official accounts at the Admiralty, a commie meat on was made to the proper offices. . . The 11 - 10ti011 Wd4 withdrawn. Mr. W. Sum( moved for an account of the extent in aifl isimed against a Mr. Smith is itilston, who was debtor to Dai mon and Co. of Dudley. (to the 11th of June, the officers entered Mr. Smith's house with the extent, intending to take his person; hut he was not at horn... lint for the prod, nt and moldy tesibtauce of bum partueta iu the ethicern,lifteett butt JULY 7. tired per4ons tni•Alit have been thrown out of employtn-nt. Thi4 ease ought certainly to be placed before the He nhoislil therefore move fur the copy of the extent at4ain4tJo44..ph Smith.—Ordered. A nte•o•age from the Lords requested a copy of the report ou mcnolicit• ..... The Lords' amendments on the gaslight bill were take o into cou,itleration. to 'rite bill wt.; opposed by Mr. CAWTHORNE . , who moved postpone it for three month. ; but there not beim; forty mem bers present, the house Na. couuteJ out. and then adjourned. TL ERIIAY, JULY 2. Returns of lives lost in transports since 1914 were presented. On the further consideratiou of the Lords* amendments to the gas light hill, Mr. CILVY molts, opposed it, particularly as it affected the whale-fishery, and the tineertaimy of the Inacitinery to he em ployed, and the ability of the compatly to light the metropolis: 39 miles of pipes were requisite; and any accident by the stroke of a small hammer might put a neighbourhood into darkness. . Mr. Cititugn spoke to order, as it was not n,nal to go inlo he general question un the mere consideration of the Lords' amendments. _ _ . A new WI it was ordered for Plympton. General Tisiinsvron gave notice of a motion to impose penal ties oil clergy men deviating from the canons prescribing the mode of celebrating divine service. Proecerling to espiniu his intended motion, he was called to order by the Speller. Sir a NOEL gave notice of a motion respecting the mode of collecting the assessed taxers. DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Lord CASTLERK 1G H called the atteution of the house to the, return of the Duke of Wellington to England since the last vote of thanks to his Grace. Oil a former occasion a deputa tion of the winners waited on the Duke with the thanks ; and his lordship wished now to follow that example. Though the close of the session might frustrate the.ohjtet of the deputa tion, yet it waidil be satisfactory that the sense of the house should be recorded on the journals for those great services of his Grace 'which would never be effaced from the page of his tory. He then moved that the thanks or the house be pre sewed to the Duke of Wellington by a committee of the house, who should congratulate his Grace on his rcturu, and particu larly on the glorious and memorable battle of Waterloo. ,tgreed to. The c iii unittee was appointed, consisting of Lord Castle reagh, the Chancellor of the Evehequer, the Marquis of Tavi stock, Mr. I'onsonby, Mr. B. Bathurst, Lascelles, Lord Clive, and others. Mr. W. :Oran moved fur accounts of monies paid by the Governor of Berbice on the head of crown plantations. Or dered. The SPEAKER and several members went to the Lairds to hear the speech from the Throne; and on their retnim, the Speaker read it to the House, and the Mee.ibers separated. lONIAN ISLANDS. Conrv, APIIII, 27.—0 n the 23d of this month, Baron E. Theoloky, President of the Senate of Corfu, pronounced in the hearing of n great concourse of persons of ull classes, whom the solemnity of the day had collected in the church of our illustrious Saint, an eloquent oration in Greek, which deeply affected the undience mid tilled their minds with joy. TO 1.11. tisfy the desires both of many of those who heard it anti of others who were not present, we g ive a translut • which, however interior to the original, will ' gise our readers an idea of it. The following are some of the most remarkable passages of this speech : " The Treaty of Paris stipulated between two Ministers of Englar.d and two of Russia, one of whom is our esteemed fellow citizen, render ed us happy by honouring us with the protection of Great Britain. ' " From the remote times sung by Homer, no period has been belier calculated than the present to render us happy. " Read our history in ancient and modern historians, remember what has happened to us within thirty years, you will sea that we have passed the best part of oar lives in feuds and discord, or und:r arbitrary and fluctuating Governments, sometimes as subjects of foreign nations who d espised us, and sometimes protected by nations who sincerely desired our welfare, but were too remote to contribute to it." He then proceeds to prove, that in the present situation of the Islands no Power eau afford them by its protection such advantages as Great Britain, on account of its wealth, its mari time strength, its extensive commerce, its eminence a agri culture, arts and matinfactures. " Nene of the F.uropean nations have done us the justice we merit in such a degree as the English writers in their works: they alone saw and acknowledged in us those good qualities which the French, the Ger mans, the Italians, the Russians, have often sou,, , ht to depreciate in their works. "No nation is so versed in our language as English are. " Rejoice, then, inhabitants of the lonian Islands. at your future destiny. The Lord High Commissioner of his Britannic Majesty is on the point of arriving here; you will soon see Sir Thomas 'Maitland, whose name cannot be pronounced without vimeration—with him is u• rity and felicity make their entrance into these islands. " Ile re-opened sue temples, and will command the restitution of their property. Ile removed every obstacle to the commerce of our ports, and pro visions will again abound amongst us. •• The measures adopted by him, and carefully enforced by Major- General Phillips. checked the devastattoas of the plague, and make us hope to see it wholly eradicated. " He will restore you your Bishop, and the Ecclesiastical Order will bare its I:gal establishment " Our orthodox Church will flourish, and will have the preference before every other. " Aristocratical laws will no longer corrupt your manners. but you will have free and just laws like those which govern great nations, and you will bee chosen to execute Owen, the wisest and must upright men, the fathers, the friends of the people. .• Your industry will revive, your agriculture will improve, you may export your own produetioni in your own vessels. and an unconquered Bag will secure your commerce against every insult. The ports of England opened to us, will offer us particular relvan cages. Our cities will become flourishing, our country will be the re sort of merchants, artists, and learned men.—llo.pitals will be estah lisluxl for the poor and infirm. Public schools tor the instruction of our youth, r.nd librarim which will dispense the treasun s of :union and modern literature.—The illustrious Sovereign ,who prom. is us in ren dering us worthy of his favours, will render us worthy of our ancestors, and we shall live perfectly happy." On the 2 Itli, Sir Thomas Alailland arrived from a voyage to the other islands, and was recede* d with the greatest solemnity and joy. 'lke following day the Senate, the Clergy, &c. paid their compliments to his Eseellency ,and Baron ThCoioky 111411 C him a very handsome address: to which Sir Thomas made a suit able reply, stating, that of all the ties that bound those islands to hue Bi itish Cross; , the attachment of the people was must pre cious ; and that he should do his utmost to promote the views of his Sovereign, which were solely directed to their happi ness, in which he reckoned with confidence on their cordial support, .fsc.