The National Register. — London, England, 1814-07-03 00:00:00

N 1 r 1": ) N.-% 1? V.GISTER,. that I shall always be ready to 4... rye my Kin if a nd c mi u try in a ny c :lpa• y iu whali my services may be considered as useful or neccs-ary." Low] cheers full owed this Speech, at the conclusion of wl.ich the Sreaker "use; took off his hat, and addrcs:ied the Duke of Wel ington a s follows : I' Me 1.6it0,-=';ince last 1 haft the honour of addressioct beau from this place, a series of eventful years has elapsed ; but none without Stone mark arid note of your rh.iii glory. " The Military triumphs which your valour has achieved upon the 13 - inks of the Ilium and the Tagus, of the Ebro and the Garonne, hive called fur the spontaheous shouts of admiring nations. Those. triumphs it is needless on this day In recount. Their names have been Written by yonr conquering sword in the annals of Europe, and we shall hand them down with exultation to our children's children. " It is not. however, the grandeur of minim k success which has alone fixed our admiration, or commanded our applauses ; h has been that generous and lofty spirit %Odds inspired your troops wilt unbound ed confidence, and tatight them t 9 know that the day of baffle was always a day of victory ; that moral courage and enduring fortitude, which in perihins times when gloom unit d.nilit had beset oralinary minds, stood nevertheless unshaken ; and that ascendency of charac to•r, which uniting the energies of jealous and rival nations, cliabled sol id wield at will the' fate and fortunes of mighty Empires. " roe the repeated thanks and grants bestowed upon you by this House, in gratitude for year many and eminent service-, you have thought fit this thy to offer Your acknowledgments ; but this nation well knows that it is still largely your deLtor. It owes to you the Vrohd satisfalion, that amidst the constellation of Illustrious IVarliors, who have recently visited our country, we could present to them a leader of our own, to whoth all, by common application, condecended pre-ennuence ; and when the will ol' heaven, and the common dose finks of our nature shall have swept away the present generic Mu, you will have left your great name an imperishable monument, exciting others to like deeds of glory, and serving at once to adorn, defend, and per_ pewale the existence of this country amongst the ruling nations of the earth. tt tinw remains only that we congratulate yi•ur Grace upon the high and important mission on which you are about to proceed, and the doubt not, that the same splendid talents, so cow:it:Lions in war, sill majotain with equal authority, firmness, and temper, our natiohal honour and interests in peace." Dario; tie, Speaker's Address, the cheers were loud and frequent ; anti at the close of it there was a general and long-continued cry of hear, hear, hear ! The Doke of IVellinaton then took his leave, bowing repeatedly as te retired, and all the Members, as at his entrance, uncovered, rose and warmly eheered him. Lord CASTLEREAGH —Sir, in commemoration of so proud and so cratend a day—a ci.,v On which we had the happiness to witness within these walls the presence of a Hero, never excelled at any period of tho world; in the service of this or of ally other country—in comme inor:uion of the eloquent *wanner in which that Hero was addressed from the Chair. en an . occasion. which mast ever be dear to Englishmen, and which• will ever shed lustre on the annals of this House, T move, Sir, That your address to Held Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, be printed. rikar, hear, l u :ar The Speaker pat the question, th:4 the Address of the Duke of Wellineton, anal his own Answer thereto, be entered on the Journals, winch was unatihrously a:. reed to. Thus ended the !Unit di•rnified, and at the same time the most affect ing proceeding, that we ever witnessed in Parliament. •AIhS. cr.A Kt. 11r. ErIINFTT, adyertinci e . t 3 the Petition which lie had yesterday niesented from Mrs. M A. Clarke, stated, that since she had preferred that Ntiiinn sle had been removed into one of the state apartments; reseri.44 to himself, theretOre; the right of taking op the subject at a tutore period. if he should think proper ; and more particularly that part „f .it which related to the unjust and higi ly criminal praCtice takingmoney for allowing a prisoner to reside out of the prison, within the rules he srenild decline proceeding any further in the bminess a; the kreient Mon/co l t. ~ THE IRISH BUDGET. Mr. F3l zontAin, in *peed) of sum length; took a view of the .TITY 3. resources Of Ireland in comparison with this country, chid observed, that though lie could by no nieaus bear a proportion of expel s e, 1 1, e articles upon which he should propose additional taxes were vol. csp a . We of bearing, them. The first duty he had to prop use was a per cent eve of thirty shill:no upon st•imps tor fundiag propert t in the country, which Was to rise in proportion id the runt statopud. 1n support of tliig lax he meini.ined the nun-resitlimcc 14 (battlement of hirer prop et t % es an evil in Ireland. The ntxt t, :x was °qe on plate rlass, and an addi. minal deity postage tram Dublin tl different pans of the conutr) . -, Mr. PAUN LTA. !aid, that Iceland would, even at a time of peace, be at an expense of two millions a year wore than h e r income, and the hopostioll of any n e w tmces Would of course be bujustiliable. A divcusslun took place upon this subject, alter which the House a& journcu; TILE riiLIOES OF IVA LES: PAPERS Presented to the House of Commons; by Contmand of his nova( Hi hut'' the PlitlNcE REGE,sr, respfel the Payment of the Debts of the PniNeEss of WAVES, and the separatt Income w hich I l k Royal Highness, Yi ith the Nanetion of his Majesty, st:ta fled upon her Royal Highness, June, it>o9, P 1 opnsal Sitrlied by the Prince, and accepted by the Princess signing her name to it, mu! countersigned by the Prince's Chancellor. It having been represented to the Dukc' of Portland - and Mr. Per eeval, by Messrs. lilagrave and %t. alter, solicitors. employed bit! e creditors of her Royal Highness the Vrineess of Wales, and through his Grace and Mr. Perceval, to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wiles, that the debts of her Royal Highness ainoiinted to the sun' of 41,0001. ; the Prince most graciously proposed, and now pit) , poses, to take neon himself the arrangement of the debts of her Royal Highness to that amount, although under no legal obligation to pay those debts. His Royal Highness was also graciously pleased to propose, and now proposee, to increase the income of the Piin ress of Wales to the sum of 17,0001. net, by addit , the sum of 3,0001. to the sum of 12,0001. (to which sow will be added her Royal Highness's pin-money 5,0001. a year, received by her Royal High ness at the Exchequer;) and his Royal Highness further proposes, that the income of i 7,0001. shall commence from the sth day of July next. This gracious proposal was made conditionally ; and his Royal Highness most reasonably, amongst other conditions, intimated, that he and his revenue must, by Act of Parliament, or by an Older of his Majesty in Council, be effectually indemnified against al debts which shall in future be contracted by her Royal Highness, and which shall not be discharged out of her own income.- - eut it being thought advisable not to apply to Pai liament at present for such in demnity, and that the purpose could not be efketuated by an Order in Council, it was sugt , estrd, that if any Claim should be made against the Prince or his revenue, for any debt of the Princess's (the Treasurer of the Prince being regular in making payment to the Princess's Officer of the income of 17,0001. by equal quarterly payments) for the purpose of fixing the Prince or his revenue with such debts; that application should' be immediately made to Parlia ment thereupon, for an Act to secure the Prince and his reee..ne for the future against all debt of her Royal Highness; the 17,0001, per annum continuing to be regnlarly paid. In the course of this transaction; it was discovered by Mr. Per revel, and communicated Ity him in a' letter to Mr. Adam, that the Princo:;'s debts would exceed the cunt of 41,0004 by about 80001. for which excess, -Mr. Perceval stated, that he could not then ac curately or distinctly at:count. but that it had not been by any means ail incurred daring Ike discussion on the contrary, that he conceived it to arise principally. fi um the introduction of the de mands of. other creditors, probably on the private purse account, who had not given in their debts betore to Messrs. Blagrave and Walter,. . As, however, it would be contrary to the good faith of the proposed arravtgement to throw this excess 'Upon his Royal Iliglinms, it occurred to the Lord-Chancellor and Air. Perceval, nat it would IN advisable to submit to his Majesty, on the part of his Majesty's servants, that his Majesty should be graciously pleased to make a great from his. Droits, which might discharge it. Mr. Adam hAving laid this matter and Mr. Percevalss letter be fore the Prince, received his Rovd Higlogess's commands to stag,. to the Lord ClaaPcOlor and Sr, l'ercEval,, .that the main and pin.