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awl mu iotty+ , Our tling, Con6titution anti II atal. MONDAY, MAY 1, 1820. No. 1,238.—V0L. XIII.] [Pules 94d. PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE the wisdom or the firmness of the late Parliament. Ile was per suaded the bills they had passed had done much m6cliief. The Addre s s was then carried—Nem. I)is. The Earl of SI Arr s RY, on the motion of the Earl of Liverpool. was re-appointed Chairman of Committees. Adjourned till to-morrow. FRIDAY, APRIL 23. The Lords met at it t 41C o'clock, and, after prayers, pro:seduci so Ca . with the Address. The Y.orll C , Paola* lo their departure, salon med the House to Monday. HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, APRIL About two o'clock his Majesty came in state to the House of Peers, and being seated on th e Throne, tue Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod was directed to summon the Commons to attend. The Speaker and several Members of the House r, C ininions soon sppeared; but, notwithstanding precaution* had been takkii to prevent the promiscuous admission of strangers. it Was with difficulty the Members could opllTUatil the bar. No person was admitted into the lobbies of the Hou e of I .ords without a Peer's order; but the desire to see the new throne, and to be present On thcopening of the new Parliament by his Majesty, caused an unusually numerous attermance of Members of Parliamelit. There were also more than the usual proportion of ladies pre-ciit at the delivey of the Speech. The Speaker and the members of the Commons having got to the bar, his Majesty delivered from the Throne the following Speech: MY LOIID9 AND GENTLEMEN. I have taken the earliest occasion of assembling you here, after having recurred to the sethe of my people. In meeting you personally for the first time since the death of my beloved Father, I um anxious to asiu re you that I shall always continue to imitate his great example in uncewing attention to the public interests, and in paternal solicitude for the welfare and happiness of all classes of my subjects. I have received from foreign Powers renewed assurances of their friendly disposition, and of their earnest desire to cultivate with me, the relations of peace and amity. GENTLEMEN OF THE 110 H SE OF Coussoms, The Estimates for the present year will be laid before you. They have been framed upon principles of strict economy but it is to me matter of the deepest regret that the state of the oountry has not allowed me to dispense with those additions to our military force which I announced at the commencement of the last Session of Parliament. The first object to which your attention will be directed is the provision to be made for the support of the civil government, and of the honor and dignity of the Crown. I leave entirely at your disposal my interest in the hereditary revenues ; and I cannot deny myself the gratification of declaring that so far from desiring any arrangement *Mb •tigelt Yead to the imposition of new burthens upon my people, or even nigh diminish or. my account, the amount of the reductions incident to my Accession to the Throne, I can have no wish, under cir cumstances like the present, that any addition whatever should be made to the settlement adopted by Parliament in the year Itsl6. MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, Deeply as I regret that the machinations and designs of the disaffected should have led, in some parts of the country, to acts of open violence and insurrection, I cannot but express my satis faction at the promptitude with which those attempts have been Slippressed by the vigilance and activity of the magistrates, and by the zealous co-operation of all those of my subjects whose exertions have been called forth to support the authority of the ass. The wisdom and firmness manifested by the Lue Parliament, and the due execution of the laws, have greatly contributed to restore confidence throughout the kingdom, and to discountenance those principles of sedition and irreligion which had been dis seminated with such malignant perseverance, and poisoned the minds of the ignorant and unwary. rely upon the continued support of Parliament in my deter mination to maintain, by al! the entrusted to my hands, the public safety and tranquillity Dtploring, as we all must, the distress which still tinhar; ily prevails anion; many of the labouring classes oi the community, and anxiously looking forward to its removal or mitigation, it is in the mean time our common duty, effectually to protect the loyal, the peaceable, and the industrious. agailst Mow practice. of turbulence and intimidation, by which the period of relief can only be teferrcd, and by which the pressure of distress has been incalailahly aggravated. I troq that an awakened of the dangers which they have ir carted, and of toe arts widen have been employed to .educe them, will bring back. by far the greater part of those who have In en unhappily lel astray, and will revive in them that s:nrit of loyalty, that due submission to the laws, and that attachment t o the CooAthutitnt, whieh eub,ist unabated in the beans of the great body tftl:c people, and which, under the blessing of Divine i'mvidence, have secured to the British nation the enjoy went of • larger share of practLal freedom, us well as of proverity :11;,1 Lappintss, than Lace fallen to the lot of any maim: in the world. His Majesty left the !louse at half—past two o'clock, and an adjournmeat ensued Miring pleasure. We were struck on this iniporrant toce:!siorr by vie elegance which reigned in eve'' , part of the Chamber._ At five o'clock the 1.011 l) CI I AscELLon atgatin took the WooLeck. and stianwrs were wimitted Cu the h:a. T! A DIMESS. The LOUD CHASCEI.I.OII then real the King's Sr ca•h from tl,c % wdszck, rod it %lb also read to the House by the Clerk of l'arthooeht. 1..0re , G1 VI L I.h: rake to more tic Address. Earl RON V It.:2‘ Ott wws nest, otts, On the first meeting of Par. liiiiiient, to aost.iin troll going into i.i,sission. which %night in. torupt the tinsonhity the liouse ought to feel tiptin the Ot:abiciii. The Miailtiis of LANSDOWNE expru , sed a similar Oesire. .ord HOLLAND did hot wish to uppoie t h e Address. but would not pledgc hinonli by Mb von: to ply any coniplitnent HOUSE OF COMMONS, THOUSDAY, APCIL 27. The full uttentlatict. of Members enabled the Speaker to take the Chair about a quarter betbre two o'clock. At two o'clock, the Usher of the hick Rod, Sir T. Tyrwhit, summoned the Ilome to attend in the Hou , c of Peers. The Speaker immediately left the chair to proceed tu the !louse of Lords, but the rush wits to great to get near the Bight Honora ble Gentleman, the Members present bnog very numereus, that many were eventually prevented from being able to follow him to the Lords. A mongst thot•e who were thus thrown Out of the procession were the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. B•agge Bathurst, and Sir W. Curtis, &c. About a pawl , past two o'clock the Speaker returned. He then left the Chair, and returned at a quarter before three, when the swearing in of Member, commenced and proceeded till four o'clock. The SPEAKER, at half-past four o'clock stated. that the House had been in the flott , e of Peers to hear the Royal Speech of which, to prevent mistake., lie had obtained u copy ; and the Right lion. Gentleman then read it. The reading of the Speech being concluded, Sir F. KNATCHI3I.II. ruse to propose an Address on Cie Speech, which was as usual an echo of it. The Address was carried Nem. Dis. In a conversation respecting the Civil List, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated Mat it was intended to bring that question before Parliament on the 4th May..--Adjourned. JIMMY, APRIL 28. The SPEAKER stated to the House., that he had received a Letter from the Marquis of Hastings, acknowledging the re. cApt of the Thanks, dated March •&„ Mr. SYKES presented a petition from Ship.owners of Hull, complaining of the new duty on Wool. Mr. COULRUBN pre , fented a petition, complaining of an undue Return for Portsmouth. Ordered to be taken into con it deration M Lord J. AIJStiELL gave notice. that on Tuesday neat Ito ehashkeweso fur iestv.t to bring in a bill Di itictonehtse pound, and to transfer the right to Leeds. He should also, if it were consistent with the orders, move to curtail the sentence of Sir Al. Lopez. Sir H. PARNELL (for Mr. Grattan) gave notice of a Mo tion respecting the Roman Catholics for May 11 Mr. BROUGHAM gave notice that, after the holidays. he should bring tinward his digested plan on the suoject of Educa- tion ; the delay originated in waiting for documents, not in any dilution:on of his conviction of the necessity of Education. Re cent events. indeed, convinced him of the necessity of general Education on solid principles. Mr. LAM I'TON said, that he should bring forward his mo• lion on the State of the Representation on Tustlay dune ti. Lord ALTHORN.: gave notice. that on Tuesday next he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Insolvent Debtor's Act. Mr. B. BATHURST gave notice. that on Monday neat he shruld move for leave to bring in a Bill on the subject. as some doubts had arisen regarding the terms of the present Act. On ti:e motion that the Report of the Address be received, The Address was ordered to be presented by the whole House, when his Majesty had announced his intention to receive it. Mt. BROUGIIINI moved for accounts of the produce of all funds at the disposal of the Crown, and deemed not to he under tile controul of Parliament. Mr. H U E desire,' to know whether this applied to Gana'. tar. 151 0 1 , 001. having been received during the last rei L ,n; it it did not i.e wined such object to be gained. Mr. BROUGHAM said the amount would be gained. The accounts were to complete Me papersaircutly prtseattll The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objec tion to the motion on such statements. Agreed to, and the accounts were ordered of the application of the stun, after Mr. HUME had mentioned that he had in vain looked fur aasittnts of ins late Alajesty's property. Had any been kti The CHANCEI.I.OII Ull the EXCIIEQUEIt replied, that he had no official knowledge of there being any will; but lie had rta,on to bclicce that l.i, late Nla;azty 11;:d kit a will. All the accounts were ordertxl, Mr. Brougham observing on the necessity of classification in the manner of making them out. Mr. illit/Utill.3M moved tiff accounts of retired alluwuntas to public officers during the last year.—Ordered. vi,. TIFIINLY said. he saw in the papers before the House a sum of 3rs i,oq tl. paid to tic privy purse; wind did that mean, or t here did it come from? The privy purse was limited to bo.onol. _ . 'the t. II ANL:ELIA/It of the EXCHEQUER replied. that it came from the Colonial teaources, anti was applieu according to immemorial usage. Mr. TtElt NEY added, that further enquiries ought to be i tt ad••; riTre ought to lie no ob;ections to exp.anatiod. AtUou. .IPTURI SG ELEPHANTS. ffe [From the Madrat Cosokr.l Early in February last, about 3,000 people were assembled in a place of rendezvous on t:ie skirts of the Jungle, and the haunts of the cicphants being aseertaineal, a :;cmi-circular line of people provided with tire-arms, tons-turns, Re. and extending tin. several miles, was formed round them, each and of the line reaching a chain of hills, the passes through which had been previously stopped and guarded by parties of match-lock men. _ . The object of this line was to drive tle• lorliants toward:. a pattkular narrow place aurruuudcd %%WI deep hills, and when they had once entered, and the passes from it properly guarded, it was next to impossible for them to escape ; in this place there was abundance of fOod and water for several days. 'flits, however, was not an eaay,.task, as the eie. phants frequently attempted to force the lines and get off to the ettattiettl--but the line gradually dosed on them, and halted at night, and kept up large fires to prevent their breaking through; and after ten or twelve days' labour, at last succeeded 5. driving them into the intended place, where they were closely surrounded, and kept in for several days. In the mean time, at the debouche of this pass, se veral hundred people were busily employed digging a deep ditch, enclosing about a quarter of a mile of ground, leaving only the space of a few yards as an entrance untouched. Two ditches were cut from the entrance, to a hill on one side, and to a rock on the other, to prevent the elephants passing the enciosure. On the outside of the ditch, a matting of branches about six feet high was placed, to give it a formidable and impas sable ppeamnee, and green bushes and branches were also stuck about the entrance to conceal the ditch, and to give it as much as possible an appear ance of Jungle. When all this was completed, the people were removed from that place, anti those at the other end commenced tiring, shouting, and making as much noise as possible, with drums and cholera horns, which • sti intimidated the elephants that they made the best of their way to the opposite end; and the people following close, with the assist ance of a few rockets, drove them straight into the enclosure, when the remaining part was dug away and the ditch: completed. People were immediately posted round the outside of the ditch, armed with long spears and matchlocks, to repel any attempt the elephants might make to cross it. Next day, eight tame female elephants were in troduced into the enclosure; the Maltouts couched close on their necks, covered with dark cloths. The object of the tame ones was to separate one of the wild from the herd, anti mob him. When this was accomplished, foor Kut Mahouts, whose profession is to catch elephants, crept between the legs of the tame ones, and having fastened strung ropes to the hind legs of the wild fellow, secured him to the nearest tree; but the Kut Mahouts then retired towards the ditch, anti the tame elephants, leaving the captive to his struggles, went after others. In this way 23 elephants were captured in six days, without the parties engaged meeting with the slightest accident to the great amusement of the spectators, who perched on trees overhanging the enclosure, witnessed their spurt without sharing in the danger. The sagacity of the tame elephants— tile address and courage of' the 'Mahouts in approach ing the wild ones—the anxiousintenents which passed from the cast of the first rope, until the last ban.l was tied—the rage of the animals open finding them selves entrapped, and their astonishing exertions to get free—atlinaled altogether a scene of extraordi nary novelty and interest. One of the elephants calved in the enclosure ; and the young one was sufficiently strong to run alarit with its mother the first day. To naturalists, it may be satisfactory to know that the young elephant sucks with the mouth, and not with the proboscis, AS is generally supposed. It is said that four persons applied to the Sitting Alderman at Guildhall, on Tuesday last, to make depositions against the man of the name of Edward: - , so often mentioned in the late trials, but who was not brought forward as a witness. These persons . were prepared to charge this Edwards with the ime of high treason, and that he had instigated others in the atrocious atualk meditated on his Niaj: sly's Ministers. In their proposed deposi thins they enumerated various flirts m corroboration of the charge, but u ll wi.ieh hailp hapened in the county of Middl esex , not withia the limits of the city, and then:hire Alderman 6.';r W. Doraville and . \lr. Alderman Wood thought fit to convey the intended depositions to Lord Sidmouth, and desired the persona to go to the office of the Noble Lord,— The Noble Lord wrote an answer, saying, that as Edwards was unc of . he witnesses nanual in the and was liable to Le called as a witnos for ilia Crown, it did not appexr to biro e.at any snflicient ground was laid for instituting procc,:iiiiizt against h im, 1 / 4 r i 4 , • ._ „ • •\ • • tir . N