The National Register. — London, England, 1811-01-20 00:00:00

NATIONAL REGISTER. monies advanced by the persons accustomed to act as Island Agents, for the reasons assigned in the Resolutions of this day, come to ,n the Committee, and to send a copy of the said Reso lutions for the information of his Grace. 64 ResoLvEn—That in consideration of the rivaticies suf' fared by his V.,tjesty's Officers appointed to the rt g tmetfts ots the Island establishment, by the unfortunate difference* 'Which oc curred I.:st Session with his Majesty's Ministers, this House will provide for the .rrearages of the usual Island allowances of lodging money, and sub4istence to such Officers,their *twee, widows, and children, from the 81st December, 1909, to the Ist of December, 1810." IMPERIAL PARLIAMEXT. HOUSE OF LORDS. • MONDAY, JAN.I4. A Cornfiittee from 'each House held a Conference In the Painted Cr 'amber, when the Committee from their I.ordships' House co .municated the Resolution for authorising the Lord Chancellor to put the Great Seal to a Commission for opyning • the Parliament, agreed-to by their Lordshipste ribiday, to the: , Committee on the part of the Commons ; at the same time de-;: , airing their ccuettirence with t satuu—Adjourned. ~~ IiftSDAT, A Committve frcrn both 11;uses held a cortferenest in the Painted Chamber ; return of their Lordships' Qom- • miLree, the Lord Pre iidem informed the House thatOte Corn- mons '- ad agreeu to the Resolution for a Commissintomciet the Great Seal : making onli it verbal Amendment, of no iinpdrta;nee. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. The Commission in his Majesty's name, authorising the open ing of Parliament in forin, was read. The SPEAKER of t3r. 1 - iyuce of Commons, attended by a num ber of the Members of that-House, appearing at the Bar, The LORD eHANCELUID read the Speech, which was in substance as follow 66 MT Loan* AND GINTLRMIEN, " Acting br virtue of the authority given to us by his Ma jesty's Jommission under the Great Seal, and which has been now read, amongst other things,t 0 declare the causes of your present meeting, we have only at present to discharge our duty, by calling your attention to the afflicting circumstances of his Majeati' , ; indisposition, and to make provision for the care of his Majesty's Sacred person, for the maintenance of the Royal Dignity, and for the exercise••of the Royal Authority, during the continuance of this calamity, in such manner, and to such extent, as the exigencies of the citoc may require." The Commissioners were, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President (Camden), the Lord Privy Seal (Westmoreland), Earl Graham (the Duke of Mon trose) and the Earl of Liverpool. The customary orders at the commencement of a Session were then made, and Lord Walsinghani appointed the Chair man of the Committees of the House, during the present Session. The Loan CHANCTLLOR gave notice that he would submit some Resolutions to the House on the subject of Proxies on Wednesd,:y se'nnight, for which night their Lordships were summoned.—Adjourned to Monday. Mr. Sum mar; deliered his sentiments at some batik in opposition to the motion, but did not more any Amend ment. • The Resolution was then put and carded without a tlivia; :the Report was brought up and agreed to, and the same Was ordered to be commulicated to the Lotds in a conference...a Adjourned. mossim 7021115 AT, 3Ale, 15. The e avec eLLoa of the Esc zollits called the attention If tate Hdb. to a clerical ern" in the ,P.eielution adopted last Sght, authorisi4ube Great Seal is be_rit to a sit* Se opening the SeWon ofkarliamont. The sentence to Maack 1e 1 alluded was this tos# 4 Illeat it is expedient and necessary that Letters Parent should issue under the Great Seal of the United Kingdoms of West Britain and keltrid, soled Great emirs." The three biter words being floaeinees, be moved that they be left out, and the Resolatiolaillet bick to the Lords, whisk was agreed to. zxzetrripx. - Mr. SntltinAl4 said, as the Neste • ha 4 at Present, nothint before them, he would take the °profanity of mentioning, a subject whirls had made a very deep and serious impression ,:iipen his mind ; he alluded to the cieeuttisnuace of the 'entente 'iiftfie law having been earned into execution .urns person who had been condemned to sn death during the suspension of,the ftmctlons of mercy.... Mr. ( 4 5.1 had writte, a, letter, on • 4 8urklay last, on the subject, to the R ight Hott:-SecTerary..4r• site (Mr. RTDER,) and he had to acknois le4re theaarration which had been paid to it by thlrith.. Non. Gen , . fie should not now make tiny motion on.thet subject e lant should probably. bring lt,before the-Muse on some future oceas on. Mr. Piles:vat:Observed, that on a'subject so likely to-agi tate the passions of thehuman Mind, lie could nit suffer a Elbe impression to be in any meaner conveyed to the publii; and, therefore, lie must trespais on the House by Milting a few Oir servations upon-it. In acting as he had done, he conceihd his .Right Wn. Friend was. perfectly justified; he bad acted in strict compliance with,a - direct ano positive Atct of ParliaMent. . With respect to the channel of mercy being stopped, the .l uoges - had the full power of respiting, and were the intermediate chan nel ; and, though the ultimate Channel of Mercy was stopped, the intermediate ones were open; but through none of then bad any intimation been given that a respite would have been adviseabie. Mr. SIiERIDAN said, be was perfectly aware of the Act to. • which Mr. PERCZVAL had alluded. The Right Hoc. Gentle man had, in one case, taken upon himself the responsibility Of .• reppiting a criminal in Scotland twice : he did not find fault welt him for having done AO ; it Was honourable to his feelingls; but ' why was it done in one case and not in another? This seiptia" don of mercy was one of the lamentable c•msequences ;rising from the crippled state of the Monarchy, which might have been avoided, if the more speedy and direct mode of supplying the royal authority_ had been adopted. , •• , Mr. Secretary RTDIta said thessinne circumstance bad occur . red in 1788-9. Persons had beenitried, convicted, and executed for murder, during his Majesty's ; and If he had now interfered to prevent the law tab its course, his conduct would have been unprecedented and higliy improper. The Serjeant at Arms informed the Commons that the House • ' of Lords desired the presence of the House, to hear the • Com mission for opening the Parliament read..-Upon the return. of the House, the Speaker informed them that Parliament was • opened by Commission by a speech from the Lord Chancellor. The Clandestine Outlawry Bill was then read, and the Speaker read the speech from the Chair. To a question asked by Mr. Sar*IDAN, the CIANCELLOR of the ElCllege ell answered, that a second Commission would be necessary to give authority to the passing of a Bill. The usual Committees were appointed, and the Standing Orders read. The CHANCtLLOIt of the EXCHHQI7EII obtained leave to being in the Regency Bid, and upon bringing it in, it was read a first and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. W. Saturn made a few phservations, regrettlfsl that another mode of acting was not adopted by the House in the present exigency. • Thr CRANCtLI.OII of the Excuequee moved, that the Hove be called over on Thursday next, which was agreed t 0... Adilugned• IrEDNILSDAY, JAN. H. Mr. BANNS gave notice, that he would, on Monday, move for the revival of the Finance and Sinecure. OffLe Committees. • The CHANCZI.I.OIt of the EXCIIEQUER stated to the Hone the necessity that existed for the appointment of a day, upon which the receiving Petitions for Privati_Bills would terminate. The constant interference of Bills of a fnvate, with those of a public nature, basether with many other inconveniericies s induced him ~ : HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, JAW. 14. Mr. Alderman Cosset presented a Petition from the Livery of London, praying that the Prince of Wales might be invested with the full powers of Moaarthy without any restrictions.— Ordered to lie on the table. The House having then resolved itself into a committee on the State of the Nation, sod dee Resolution trots the Lards being read by the Chairman, . • Mr. PIACXYAL said, it **snot necessary for him to preface with many observations ;laden he was , about to make, because, after the Regolntlay 0161. t had been Wendy •sted bit the two Houses, and after the meeting between. his R 4, y t High. new the Prince of Wales and the Committees of the two Houses, they must all have expected the measure that was 'DOW to be proposed, and which came on as a matter of course. The pre sent course of proceeding was regulated according** the prece dent of 1789, and no precedent could at. this time have been so imperious on the House; because a similar proceeding Lead, in that year, not only been proposed, but adopted, and the Parlia ment had actually been opened, and sat under the Commission so resolved on by the two Houses. Fer these reasons, be con cluded with moving, 64 That the Committee do agree with the Lords in the Resolutions communicated from that House." o .~