The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-18 00:00:00

. I.ft IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. gt Y. J4lli. 14. This hein: the day titril for tile meeting of the new Par• battient, a considerable ottoinber sit Peers virtu aseatbtt•d in The havoc by assn o'clock. Toe Earl of I.TVF It POOL informed their lantlAipa. that a Ctrortni• had brew owlet the 0, rA. So 31. app.• , tl in_ Lord Chief Zaino, hir Rickard Richard•, to •it alit 'Oficiale iu that intend of tht: Lord Ch.utrrilw, le I.is Los ti•liqi'b place on all occamoita %lien be may be . . Tile Cornmisainn was read by the Clerk. The motion bring agreed to. the laird Chief Miro. toe' kis %edt no the woolsack arcertlingly• Ttu. Lo oil Cm cc Banos Oro stated. that he Was Ilieeelell to ateiptdint the Douse, that the 61,4! Iti-zvot. acquit in the 1 , 111.111 e anti 011 lilt' bt half of Ilis %14 . 14,•1y. isspol L, t i e '', Patent, appoint e'etttill Liu d, to act us Commiasionei a for opening the pt esent Parliament. Their Lordship.' would soon. be ce . ii iy an t a k e their seat•, Rodin the mean lime he should propose that tlie Dome adjunrn during plc usurp. After II 11111)111 414j1111thillellt, the Hover was reatinscil, and the 1.0014 Co.am'strioners mitered and took their sea''. Ti les were five in woollier, via. the real of Ilarrowhy, the Doke of wel;ittet.u...the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Westmorland, and the E•I.1 Of !that tesbui y. The Lin i of IiAItIIOVERY llieerloll Sir Thomas Tyrishitt, c en tii wan [`d uo of the Black Hod, to tufo' in the Douse of Comoviii:, that the Lords Commis,dollers had taken their Pt and desired the attendance of the Members of that Hnnse at the Bar. ip a few 'Monte% the Black Rod rettn nett, and was follower' to the Bar by ato eat another o the leinbers of the llono. of Cam is our s at the head of UllOlll weir Mr. Dyson and other glerks of that noose. 'Pus Earl of Ran itownv then, addressing both the Peers and. Cau ti ons, said, 'hal as it was not cuosenient fur hi. Itityal ii i tbe nine'. Regent to attend, Leiters Patent 'h a d been hailed tinder the G, eat commanding them (the Lords Commisainners) and either Lords, to open the Pa lia_ meat, ill the *sisal forms, as would mare fully appear hum the Letters P ite:d .5 Inch the clerk would read. The Cunt liilo.loll empowering the Lords therein named, or any of ilirron open the Parliament, was rcan by the Clink after r , inch The gait of RA ItalniVOY said, that the Coonnis.di nect. had it in eammattitt from the Pi ince Regent, to tivike known to their I..ordshms and the Gentlemen of the House o f c ontinnii ,„ 'that as soon as a snftictrnl number of the Nlemheis of both Ermaes should he swum the canses of calling the to csent Tarliamen: would be declared to thorn. Theo addressing tha V,,, l ngioas, his Lorlisht p observed, that, it beim; now fleet-V/41 y to Cllfl.nle II Speaker, lie hail to direct them to repair to their 'usual 'place of sitting, for the purpose of a fit and grope: person for that office ; and to room to the Bar at two o'rlOrk to ilil/relle/, to present the person so etioseis, for -the 4.. probation of his al Highness the ,Poinee Reg. of. The Commons retired from Cite liar, and the Lords Cuiu wtissimu•rs withdrew to inmate. The Lord , . prevent - then proeeetled to take the usual oaths. which nertipied the time of the House until 4 o'clock—Ail. jouined. At tom o'clock, the , l,ords Contnitsaioners, viz. the Earl of Ilarroutry, the Earl of Westmorland, the Earl of Shattes bniy, the Doke of Wellington, atid•Earl Batiarrat,•took their The Earl of Barrowhy ordered the Gentleman Cslier of the Black Rod to stinstuon the eiontioleg. Soon after Nit.. dinners Sutton Caine to the bar, attended by a gr.mt number of the Alembers of the House rit Com mons. Ttio ur lee wA.: borne before itiou, and he Were a Com t dirss ; but nut the robe of the Speaker. tith e SpEAKen (Mr. M. Sutton) staled, that, in obedience to the c hie Rural Highness the Prince Regent, acting iu the name and behalf cef his Ilajesiy, his Nlajesty. fait Idol ColliMoll9 had, in the exercise of their undoubted privileges, proceeded to clion%e a Speaker ; and , that he bad now to acquaint their Lordships, that the choice had fallen on him. The Earl of Hannowav said, the Commissioners hod it in command from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, to confirm the election. The SPEAKCR then stated, that in the name of the Com_ MOW% of Great Britain and lacland, lie claimed, by humble petition, a full and ample confirmation of all th e ir a nci e nt sights and pH , leges, especially freedom of debate, freedom limn arrest, and from all feel serial molestation of thymic/yes and their savants ; free access to tile Throne on all just, ne cessary, and proper occasions ; ni d that the most favourable construction might be put upon all their proceedings. The Earl of HA RROWDY replied, that the Lot& Com tni•stokers had it in cominand from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to declare, that lie grants and confirms, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to his Majesty's faith ful cmuluons, all the rights and privileges which they have t rip ) ed during his Majesty's reign, or any of his predece4- ler., and that the most favourable construction would be pat en all their proceedings. 'Fne Speaker then witbdrew•fruru the liar with.the Com mon.. _ . . Several Peers afterwards took the oaths and their seats. Adjourned to Monday. HOUSE•' OF COMMONS. •"" "nn'; NATTONAT. ItEGTSTIM the election of the Mr. Wilson, not being an Al tleinsati. provided hiiii•elf (44 thel:ite ga 14 Watson aid, nu the hle orriision, i ii%tarili of thirty years ago) with 11 scarlet t'obe wilhnunit for, for this porpose. Mr..PV El. then rose mid addressed tile House. in conse quence of the message communicated this d.ty, and in confor mils with eltlAl):,Ali...l leaser. devolseil neon the Hon.,. l i t perform A duty %shirts. while it was the first in I • tof time, was fa: flont being the lest in pond of importance: it was 1, , select firma g, its members a lit person to till the Mike of sireakee- -411 office coeval with the existence of the liodse 44 4 111.r.11 - 41t1 11f:11101 Of lilt' 140%1.01111', asst O iONe•seti floe peculiarity -chat of all the great others of state, it was the roily one die appointment to whit It did not pruceeJ 1(0111 the direct stomissation of the Crown, hilt frau the elec time of the menthes* of the Moors. It W 44. tlelllllll4, still Move rental kahle for Ilse exteot of die hunts ontsinsitled to the individual lilliog it. 'Many of the duties belonging to it wee( performed so coma: tufty moles the observation of those now profile', anti had 40 114114.111411 y eleiened their attentien. that it would lie quite sup, rflosous, 11'11411 1/11O.101111:11011/l, hill, toeing to to eitly detail ergariline them. All, even those hitionruble geetienten hotoalay. for the rust time, eitteifiled to assist ill the ilelim•riseiorts "(Ilse limos«, welt- fully appeised, that 111 the Speaker were intro...led the charge of presiding over the various' ilisenssions, the duty of atamlaiiiing order Md regftlau ity in the proeeediogre; Amd lie %ca., he.idca, en trusted on every oera•ion wilt the task of meet tabling and deelarini: the cullective sentiettent• of the members. It is as his pailittil dusty also, cessary, to mark Ills displea sure and denounce the ceacuro of the II inst., or to convey to fleserviii; objects tho welcome expressions ef Ilitioll4l he tins had the privilege of confer, ing at the {Agile moment, the teivard to which a lefty mind tcutstil aspic e', 411t1 lilt' most animating inventive to future ekes lion. He would now proceed to rite e immediate object fai ts huh he rose, soul %veldts advert in the individual who, in Ili, o pinion, ought to he •, feetiol for the great elsarge to be intrusted to his hands. He IA lilt' Home, that Ito par tiality of private 16.1 , 1,411 p 1171%1' het sas ed him into the proposal of the homairable ;sentleinan, whose name he should presently mention, if lie had not felt a strong cenvir tion that his motion would he in peiti r r inti•on tests the fit i ings of all those whom lie addressed. lie was confident th it, w nut he soggested that Mr. Manners Stilton should he placed to the chair, it would meet with nitenimotts applobation. Re might with perfect security appeal to the exitesienee which the last paultaniret had hail of his zeal, lii• talents, attti his industr), lot an the question, whether the raper. tatiosis heti out by lilt' a:11111141'1We )11". Sefton ba.l not been tally verified, and a [tether the liberal addition of applause le stowed rein by those who bail resi•led his claim had slot been warranted. Even his oppo. eeets had marked their respect for Ins character 411.1 attain moos, while it:cording Own - prelei eller of aitoth-r. Time, who had supported hisainim to the vacant chair in the i. 1.1 sesstoil, had formed their opitsion tit' his competence, tot: merely from getirral knowledge, hut ft' lns comfort i another whet., the ditties of which, in sonic I everts, %Cll . '. not eery dissimilar to those which were to be disc liaigeil hese. Of his other qualifications for this important duty he too 111.11,, to opeals : .P 1 his peculiar fi nest it would perhaps be lento, • slide for him to treat without °gentling the personal delicacy of the hoinnitable gentleman. If facility of access, remit ' mess to afford information, mildness and ease of deportment in his isitervotirse with the members, were of any come quecce, lie undoubtedly possessed them all, and snore. 01 these points neatly all present were able to judge as bimsi If. But whatever might be the talents and illilbr41:lii011 of the individual, it was stiff epte•stiou necessary that be bill/111d pusses the conlidenve of Vie lionse--that confidence wftirh no talents, no attainments, coati secure ssittiont the higher reqoisites of high integrity and :lofty independence. His knowledge, the per:Mier structure of his mind, the imbue of his pin snits, sod :above all the unimpeachable elmearter he had sustained, called neon the House to replace him ill the chair lie had eh cady so able filled. Witlinot raising the viii which separates the relations oh' private lite from public observation, lie might put it to every man acquainted with the honourable geutkauen, whether. in their intercom - se with the world, they ever met with a man of puier loci ples and of loftier independence. 11l 61111'4 acts at 'mina: men were not very charitably judged or, his chit acter hid never been assailed , Isis spotless integrity had not only escaped reproach, but was looked tip to with fervent adtenration. He concluded by snoring, that the Right Heti. Chutes Nlainiers Sutton he culled to the chair of this House. Lord ektv E. seconded the motion. Mc. li titt4ETT said, he did not conceive he should be dis charging his duty did he omit to express Iris warts approbation of the motion which had her:mins: made. It had been truly said that the office was diticnb,and rendered more so by the aMe, active, and impartial coneuct of the lit. Ilau. Gentleman who had piesionsly execittedtiis functions: but the titan tier in which Mr. Stilton had imitated the example, proved every way worthy of following suck a prt'decc astc The question was about to be pill, when Mr. M. Scon - ON rose, and spoke to the following effect : ui Sir," (addressing the chief clerk i, " It as impossible for me to express its I feel, my 'Wok; to my Rt. lion. and my noble Frit:H.l, for that kind review olio) etilitiiiet which their pat tiality lather than lily merits has (hetet. .1, and to this house fur the 11111111On' ill a kick their prnpu,ttiun has been e ceiv,•,l. Conscious as IWO that the zeal ..1 nay-fiiirniis has, its the present Instance, led them to overstate say humble merits, yet I feel proud of the additional proof it has afforded me of the strongest disposition of the House to support every attempt. Wise...es weak, to is ards the performance of his duty, by hint who is placed at their head. For my intentions in the discharge of those duties wind' the house confided to me, rattier than the manner of their execution, can I claim any nir rd. But it they have been discharged satisfactorily, I owe it to the kind indulgence and aisle support Which 1 have se. ceived from the House on every occasion. In what ha , Plata by my Rt. lion. and Noble Frielids, as to the difficulties of the situation I folly concur. It dues abound m difficulties whirl: ere autfiriunt ter make it formidable to any, and mote particularly to those who w,re aware of the able manner in which if, timelines had been perlitroisd by the Right lion. Gentleman wition4.l had the 110110111 of succeeding in the tar t Parliantent. still,l ata Willing to obey the rotors,and ef the douse: and if Wry shuuld *gain confer • upon 1111 , lilt Inv lemma, it shall ever be toy iriost motions enileavinir to do ii.y best in die discharge of its several ditties ; rely the upon a enotimiance of that indulgence Isave•experieneed etieol e." The rr of " Chan ! Chair !'then a esonedeti from all parts of the 11 , .11.(` and alit.' a pause of a moment. Mr. M. Marron took at, atmiiht food ( meet.. He then said, " I beg to thank the Mole most sina , rely and c.4..rthalb for the high honour thel have conical; 1 iron ,TAN IS me ; and to itouire them, that I will ',trill: eve y mire to de. 'ive their choice, by a strict, clearly, faithful, and impartial inchar ge of my duty. Mr. CANAINU *aid, that in fibiug to move that the Mowae do adjourn, he wa, nut mine prompted by a rigid tof lien-nee to ancient ii,a;:e, than directed by ittelination to enov u t ti te e it upon the choler n hlrl. bad jowl been mink. lie offered. then, hi. i•itwere congratulations, nut to sorich to the Speaker ilr I', Ifoltsts, 11111011 (hilt That the ronetiiiii, to the fliNdiAlge sit ' t. hi e h he was thou edited %Yen• import:4ot, all would admit ; and fi out what they hail beard from (th.. ',peak(' r) they n ere vita h'ed 10 judge Itu%i high a valor. he Iwd M I neon them. They had the exp... itmev of his i n o w %Val i the knonleil.(r tti th.rt conduct Is cell Ittem:)ry, it tVit% 111111024Slille )))) to conceive the lured hupev of the future, tit,: recollection tor the stet. fhat he might lung I:01111111W iir hold the high ho. :WV( which he -then enjoyed, was lii•, (Mr. t:asining',l lutist cattiest wail, as it that of, Le Lettered, all alio Ireatil INI , 110: then adjourned. THURSDAY, JAN. It. Ti,'ot being the first day of the firo sr9aion of a new Par- . ha.nent, the ileintrerA or the Roust c ( oaanona began to ♦.•eutble at an early hour, for the imrpore of taking the in the Long (3allery,before the Lord Ste•w.u'd. At two o'clack lomat 2Ufl were aitsembled, and had taken th.•er.tats in the ff , mte; and in half an boor the Udier of tile Black Rod knocked at the door as a-sal, and being admitted, adder se.l himself to Me. Dyson, Actin% Chief Clerk, and reqoired the Ass oetliate attendance of the !lung: in the Mascot Peres, to.hcar the Royal Commission lead. Ur. D inn accordingly left his seat at the table, and, lot t owe d be a omotiel of ti e\feml.etc, proceeded to the Hat of th e Howie .•f Lola.. In about a ynarter of an limn they setnrned, and the Members took their &c. .] ; aid it lit 'lie 6.,t thi!, of meeting of the new Parliament. the Membeis for the Ct y ul L .ndon, according to ancient cte.tum, took ta)tei- seals at the top of the Treasury Bench, next the• Speak scarlet robtr4, to rotation, as the nu/abets bmoil ac the chase at the in', and zoatiaued to those scats duliug 1 , 1(11).1Y. 'the Spe+ker elect enters ti th.• house at :shout n quarter he. fore tau o'clock. when about boor lilt member, wer e pre. ent . At two o'r!uek Ike U•her oi the Black Itod summoned the house til attend the Peet to bear the UtoNal C•nnntission read. :11r. 11 sings tirrrits ;teem dingly lett the Chou, and went to the lloteor of Poet,, foilossvil by nearly all thv nt.•no- bets presvutt. 011 111, ICI.IIII Ito illtllCV.Cti tie bourne to th e tttlitrA big eflrt•t : . . . . . . " I have to acquaint the horse, that this hone has been to the flimsy of Preis, where the Lands, iii itoriao l by Ins Ala_ haso declared 61s Ituyal ii:gilite.i the. Prince licirciat's approval and volifirinalion of the eaten by thi• house of 111 C as Speaker, am, that I did Owls:upon l a y claim, by humble petiiimi, to all its itheirnit rights mist privileges; store espeoiall) fieedoie iii4Cllll , 4loll And debate, freedom for the menthe's, their servants awl estates., front 1111fUNt and molestation; hee access to the Ito) al pr.!. %rime, at all fillies warm iscressary : that the most favours alder ermstruetion shmll,l be pet opnh Ihuir proreediligs; all of whiela %sere granted and allowed in as full and ample a 4% Ihcy have been granted and allowed by his :quietly lit' .uly Of his royal pretlecesmis. Thu Speaker slims took the oaths aloud, and the clerk primeedetCto read over the 1141111VOI of the svvi lal emimies. One member appeared from Itedforilshil e, two from 13-11k ,hire,ohr from Cambridgeshire. and more than 30 from Cons. l'his ili•propor excited enrich laughter, particularly on the part or Nieto s. 'Fietriey god Cab:rot!, %she counted 'lse numbers. A ber of inemhers then advanced to the table AN they were called, AA took the 0:011' , 11l tin' orilmary forms. 041 the minion of Mr. ilio4,le , is list house thou-4tijourtlt.d. 7'llE ISLAND OF SUMATRA. tic tlif arrival of the Kingston, from Java, intelligence of touch impeitanee as ogee wig British interests in the Indian Seas has been received. The Govettior of Fort Marlborough has displayed his cuaracter, energy, and activity, since his .irrival in S1111144;1, and has tilisiomhv endeavoured to extend the Its isisli influence over the o lade of that valuable and es• mist s e island. :Sumatra hiss lotbrt to liven very little known. I he European estaflishoients are emit Hy on the coast— Etisopeaus hail never penetrated 141:U the lulrrinr . All at tempt* to do so, indeed, were reckoned 44 - ln:rate; lin Eu ropean would etiMai k its them. The population o: the Moe. riot were roo , iillerr4 aR LIVAgeS. and the isioilittalits impassm. Isle, and yet [lse natives wool.. still bring down their gold ;sod eitsvia, cuniplior itc for Vk 1111'11 511111411.4 had frusii the vailie•t ages been fantods. The Governor frit there was lint Om , aiteritative, amt tlia; was to open the road by i • gI • see. Iris enterprise.' was tit:owned with tweet**. lie priietratird Mt° the interior to three ditiment duet:tit:us; to the south ward inland of Alautia, to the important proviiice* ocimpied by the people called the Paseo 1111 l to the northward to Nleisangcabou, the fat-famed capital of the Malay Empire; and inland of Bettroolen, across the island to Paleiutiang. rite result Itas beeu the discovery ot a mine of istalas—•a country highly cultivated, and abounding in portions metals. The ed101111111;111S are an athletic true 1 ace of men, as superior to the pea* un the coast its it is 110SsillIte 10 Cl/41!eive: they ate agricnltural and 1111111C1011A. At tvleuaugcalion he ass gratifeol•w WI a population and rummy fully topsail to any part of Jas a. Wilnio the space of 40 'Mies the population does lint fall short of a ruilliou. lu short, it is the 4iovernot's opinion, that, with a little enconiagement, far G reater rot sources are to lie found in Sumatra 1111111 the lit dish could have derived from Java; 0111 lunch relllllllll to tie done. A centi al gosei ninent 011111 be established, the whole island must be Waugh! wider comicial, and the 111 t'lltle% of 011111. coerce, now closed up, re-opened. Our readers are aware, that flenangeation was the place whence all the gold that gave Alelana the name of the Gulden Lhersonstis was ...Mitt!. These discoveries have not, however, been mule without great personal risk end fatigue. The einintry could only he explored on foot—mountains fiOntr feet high were to be crui sed, and rocks, torteipieot, and forests to Ise traverses'. Fur litany nights the patty 1.e.1 no shelter lint the leaves they could collect sifter theit day's journey, and their jam nit-s were sehlant less than Trom 20 to 3if miles a clay user ilea worst toads that ever were passed. hi this expedition the Governor vas accompanied by Lady Raffles. Sae was occa sionally carried on a MAO'S back, but generally walked, as the roads were too bad to admit of her being ea/tied let a chair. Doctor Arnold, physician and natssralist, tell a NactlfiLt to the fatigue, and died of a violent levee. Or. Mirabelli, who accompanied the Governor to Menton:editor, war, 1/31114. 12111 of Angst I, the date of our last ink-tit...suite from Fart Mai - si• borough, dangerously ill with a dysentery. lint we hope his life will-hg spared, to carry home the important collectiuu lae has made, troth ill Java and SIIIII4IIJ. As tins was the first appearance of the European anihoritv in the interiur,•Larly Willies was the inust.peaceaide I Ilse party could hoist. It was impossible for the natives to consider their object warlike, when Gower eeee pails:ended unarmed, and confides' his wile to ilictr liospitaiitv. • • They t u m i d Ihw costars heatitifill and inagnitissint. Sit .Thoinas Stamford 'tattles has !blown the trade "pea, aid r fui mei all the establishments. have hero etturvd 11110 51 itii the Print:esti Islesiateccation. We are happy to End, th.it the 111111,11' of C Inept ell Ce. Ito ve obtaine,l suels relief tot to eitAble it it. procre.! In it• U•r ul mercantile eoarrr , has waved correct. ,We ttndatalaud that 30 I ciipeet.ettle NIPI Omni, of the City of !Awful' come kit ward iPti.r•cois ittrii to the Amount of firtgni.i...o :1, foto - mg an aggrt*iite',ioselif 140,7001. inkieh the Bank ailwancer ; and iiko that pi ivatc ditl tlaa beet.; rtit , L;red to tlio amoomt of 30 : eNYi. more.