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LtIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE , TUESDAY, JUNE. 23 AT three o'CIOCk. the LORIS. Commissioners took their seats, and immediately. sent' the Usher of the Rack Rod to desire the attendance of the House of Commons, with their Speaker Elegy, in the House of Peers; to present hiin for his Majesty's approba tion. In a:few minutes the Commons, with Mr. Abbott at their head, attended at the Bar; Mr, Abbott had on one side , N4r. Yorke; on• the otheri"Vir. Bankes, who bad moved and seconded his re-eleaion. Mr. ABBOTT then addressed the Lords Commis sioners to the following effea : " I have to acquaint your" Lordships, that in obe dience to his Majesty's commands, and in virtue of their antient.rights„ his faithful Commons have pro ceeded to the Election of a speaker, and that their choice has once more fallen upon me: .Deeply,'pe netrated with the most heartfelt gratitude Ibr this new mark of. their " confiderice and good opinion, kind in humble compliance with their wish, I now present myself at your Bar, and have hunibly to pray,. that his Majesty will graCiously allow' thern.to re consider their choice, and to elc& a worthier' per .. eon." The LORD CHANCELLOR : " Mr. ABBOTT—The Lords appointed by his Ma jesty's CoMmiss;ion have it in command from his Majesty to signify, that his Majesty, fully persuaded of the wisdom and prudence of his faithful COM motes, is perfe&ly satisfied with the choice they have made; and convinced ocyour arriple and tried suffi cienty to execute all the duties of that high office. Vie, therefore, by the authority of 'his Majesty's Commission, :do allow- and confirm the choice they have made of you as their Speaker." Mr. ABBOTT "',MY LORDS—I feel - deeply 1 - )enetrn'f6clwth gra , titude for this 'fresh mark of Majesty's grace. and faVour, which I receive with allrdne" humility and resignation. It now becomes'-my duty, the name and in behalf of the Commons;'telay claim to all their, ancient and tindoLbted rights and . priaeeS, to which, by the usage of the Chnstitution of Par liament, they, are entitled; more especially that their persons, servants, and estates, be Irge . frarn ar rest and molestation ; that they may enjoy liberty of speech in their debates; and .that they have free access to bis Majesty's Royal Person ‘vhentver oc7 casion may 'require; and that all their proceedings may receive from his Majesty the most .favourable conStruEtien; and that, where any inVoluntary rorq may seem,to have been kleurred, tjle blame, he hoped, would be wholly imputed to The LORD CHANCELLOR . "Mr. SPgAKEk—We . have it in command from his Majesty to sav,• that his Majesty :allows 2nd confirms to his faithful Commons. all those imrnu pities and privileges they claim, and that: in-as full' and ample a manner as they have heretofore been granted and .allowed by his Majesty, or_ by any of his : Royal Predecessors. As to any apptehension, you May entertain •of , incurring auy. : ,errors, we are commanded loinform you, that his Majesty sees no ground for any such apprehensions andAhat con sequently, we ;pay moreover acquaint.you,,that any thing coming from you from his Majesty's faith itzi COMMons, will receive : from his Majesty the most favourable interpre,tatipn." The BYEA K kit then ,bowed respeafully, and with drew with the Commons, and the Commissioners retired to utirobe. . . .• , The Clerk then proceeded to swear in the. Peers. AmOrk those sworn this:day we .r qt The Marquisses of ,Staffbrd,,Bl.4o(osr,j,, , .,prtchWaterford, Earls Courtown, Cholnlontieley, Coventry, Oxford, Mount Edgecumbe, Stanhope, Rivers, Sandwich, Paley, &c. Lords Beauchamp, Kmuoul, Hawke, - 4-..c.- - Bistrgps a Rochester,- Litchti.:l4i, and Coventry, , • Adjourned n'tfour o'clock. HOUSE OF COMIVIONS, TUESDAY, JUNE 23. The House having assembled about three o'clock, the:Ushe.r of the Black Rod appeared at the.l.3ar, to desire their attendance in the Houe of Peers, with their Speaker Elea, to present him eoi - hiS Majesty's • approbation'. • The Conimons accordingly, with the Speaker at their,head; immediately attended. 'On their return ; tiIe : SPEAKER informed theilOuse . that his Majesty had been pleasedtai cOnfirm the choice which the House had beeriAdleaSed I - 13qte of , rs him as . -their. Speaker;' that he, had therefore, by humble lietition, laid claim to all-the' ancient and un disputed rights and privileges to which, by the usage and constitution of Parlialnent; they, Were entitled ; more especially that their persons, servants', and estates, should be f:ee from arrests, and ail other molestation whatever ; that they might enjoy liberty of speech in their debates ; that they might have free access •to his 2.l. , .jesty's Person Nvheirever• occasion might require; and that their proceedhsgs' migh Lid.= ways receive his Majesty's most favourable cOn struction. " And now," continued Mr.., Abbott, - " having been placed in the Chair, for the fourth time, by your favour, I repeat my humble and heart felt acknowledgments for the highest honour that can be conferred on a Member of this House, •in the delegation to him of yoilr authority, and in the en trusting to him the,special charge of - youtlights and privileges. I have to intreat the .House,•that they will continue. to me their assistance in the .preserva-. tion of Order, and in the establishment.of,that regu larity which is.so essential tO'the dispatch of public and private business." The SPEAKER then took the usual Oaths of Alle giance, Abjuration, and Qualification ; after which a great number of Members were sworN, among whom..we perceived, • • The Attorney-General, Lord Euston, Sir W. Lemon,-Sir T o ,pest, Sir 1. Pulteney, Sir "E. Nepean,- Colonel Struit, Nlessr.'Yorke, Bankes, - Loveden, Tyrwhitt, Egerton, Lee hek, Carew, Adam, Shaw Lefevre; D. Giddy, 'Graham, U. W. Baker, Swan, &c. &c. .The SrEAKEß'gave notice, that he would come down to the House to-mdrrow, at a quarter before twelve o'cock, and take the chair as soon as the at tendance of Members would ena;ble . -:r4iti); - foi the purpose of proceeding : With the4d4W6tion oldie oaths.-lili3ottined at four o'cloak,A7zed .Amone, .the isiletnber 'sworn'in''9ii Monday were the fo:llAwing : f it Tile Chaitcdtor of the Exchequer, Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Caarin hif. Sturges Bourne, lioskisson, !dr. Mon. tague, Sir Wm."Scatt,• Mr. 'Yorke ; Mr. Bankes. Sir Thomas Turton, 'Alderman Combe, Alderman Sir C. Prire, Alder- '• man Sir Wen, Curtis, Alderman - Sir C., Shaw, Mr. George Rose, Sir James uitt;ney, , Mr. 'Wilberforce, .Mr. Calcraft; Lord Milton, Earl Percy, Mr. Wm. Smith, Mr. Fuller, General Fitzpatrick, Sir Charles Buribilry, Mr. WM. Adams, Mr. D. P. Coke, Hiley- Addington, Right Hon. Nathaniel Bond, Cavendish Bradshaw, F. Hawkins 13rowne, Mr. Henry Martin, Mr. Dent, -Wm. Dundas; SatindersDundas, Right Hon. ‘Vm. Elliot, Sir P. Francis,'Daniel Giles, Sir A. Pagot, Mr. P turner, Mr. Rains, and Right Hon. R. 13. Sheridan- MALLS. AR.RIV ED —1 Dublin, r Waterford. DUE—I Gottenburgh, t Lisbon, 2 Waterford THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DIEERE rALsuitr IAUDEAT ? L 0 ND 0 IV, WEDNESDAY,. JUNE 24, 1807. LETTERS have been received from Holland of as. late a date as the 20th, which _mention the depar ture of. King Louis, but they are silent upon the subje& of his Abdication. The following remark.; able passage is in one of the Letters to which we allude Since the departure of His Majesty, commercial affairs have assumed an.extraerdinark appearance. Four Vessels haVe been seized Under the. Blockading Decree, bec;ause came: from an *English Port." It is obvious frnm this Paragraph,. that the disposition of Louts to• encourage the trade of Holland was the chlefcanse ofBUNAPATE's pleasure against him.. His. departure appears,to have been the signal for the rigid execution of those D ecrees against all commercial` intercourse with 'this Couuiry which B6 . ;sTAPARTE issued in his fury, and which are calculated to destroy the small remains,of _ the Commerce of-Holland. THE strenuous and- systematic attempts of the Opposition .to raise a formidable body for- the .pur:-. pose of obstructing the measures of the present Administration,. whatever those; measures may Prove, must raise the inctgrtation 'of all reflecting Men, all friends to good order and,. their country. The proceedings of, the present, Opposition indeed, in that respect, exceed every thing on record, and we trust will only lend to defeat their own ends, since it must be obvious that a. desire of power, and not a regard for the national interest, is the motive of aion. ,Proceedings of the same nature, though not pursued with equal Violence, and equal dis regard of • decorum, it is well known induced Mr. .BURKE to relinquish • his conneaion with Mr. Fox—a connection that, as he hit*elf stated, he relinquished with great reluctance, but which nothing ,could induce hini `to renew. What Mr. RURKE . Said on that occasion,-in -his memorable letter to the Duke of PdaTLA•Nn,;contaiuing fifty-four articles of impeachment against Mr. Fox, is-very ap plicable at the present moment ; with this difference,. that the present Opposition 'are more more deterrnined, and more • con.fident in . avowing their intentions to obstru6t the operations of Government, than they were at the period alluded to. " I can not,", says. Mr. 13 . 1.1RKE, " conceive •it a matter. of honour or duty (but the dire& contrary) .in any Member of Parliament,- to continue a systetinOc Opposition, for the purpoSe of putting Goverrnent, Under difficulties, until Mr:' Fpx. (with all his pre sent ideas) ' shall have the principal direaion of af fairs placed in his Ilan& ; and until the pre,sent, .body of Administration . (with their ideas andmea sures): is of course overturned .and diSsolved." ',lt- is proper -to remind those Members of 'Parliament who' have entered into . this shatneful concert for a prey determined opposition , to all , the. measures of that Ministry which His Majesty ha 4 thought pro ,per to appoint, instead 'of th6se who attempt ed to ensnare him into. a breach of his Corona tion Oath, that they are the Ilepre.entatives of various :classes of. the people, and they-shoukt-ask thernServes - whether they are complying with the • . wishes of their Constituents ,in entering into party .obligitions as' may only. tend- , to prolong he= burthens of War, by exciting division, ~ at hona.:6.• Whatever a party, stung withresentment, and burn, ing with anxiety to regain . nosse . ssion' of power, may imagine, the peopleat large have too rnuch goed sense,. too much liberality, and.too much loyalty, to approve of such unprincipled proceeclir:g s ,- and therefot:e those Members of a predetermined, prejndging . ,opposition are absolutely disregarding the obvious sentiments . of . . their Constituents, in binding -themselves - by such a disgracefal compaa. , But while we confidently rely on the present Ministry- far a vigilant.. attention to the awful duties of their situation, wearnesty hope that their zeal to counteraa the' arts of their oppOnents will' be proportionable to the aaivity that will be direited against them, and that they will be as firm in 'a good cause as their enemies are y . in a bad one. By such firmness they will ; itahitain : the honour 'of their Country abroad, .and-preserve. it from the malevolerice-of faction at home,: till it sh ill• please the Supreme. •Dizposer of • Ewrits -to. ik,sci'6 Europe front its present lamentable stateol thraldom, and lamentable insecurity. • - t THOMAS BALLIE, the : Irish rebel, after risonmeAt of nineteen months in the Temple. at •Parig; has recently -.been' escorted by the Gen d'Armo.s, -.who never lost sight Ofliim Until he was shipped, to Bourdeaux,•for America ;„and very many of his countrymen of the same description have lately taken the same voyage. THE observation of DEAN SWIFT, that you-May' always know a man of abilities by the 'number of blockheads who abuse him, is particularly applica ble at the'present moment. Mr. SiITRGES BOURNE, who is so grossly attacked every, day 'in the Opposi . tion Prints, , has, therefore, reason to be Proud that ,he is seleaed for such persevering hostility. It is ranch better .to have such writers as his enemies than his friends, Their assaults are pe rfecaly harm-' less, and are conveyed in . such a style of low per sonality as to be only disgraceful to the authors.— Besides, •they know that Mr. BOURNE is a . mati 'of such independence in fortune, as well as talents, that none of the hackneyedtopiesOf abuse can be applicable to him. He wants 'Au& of the emoluments of office; his principles are truly constitutional, and his chief motive for entering. into the public service„ and con se.quently exposing - himself to such pltry defama tion, is to siipport the national interests in the most critical situation in which this Country and all Eu ropt: ever were involved., . Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, their .MAJEsTiEs, Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIi.TRETH, .SopniA, and AMELIA, arrived at the Queen's Pal3ce'from Wind; , sor. Princess MARY remains at Windsor, 'being in-' disposed. At two o'clock her .MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES' honoured Lady C. FINCII"With a visit. at her apartments 'in .St. James's Palace. In the evening'their MAJESTIES had a seleel party. His MAJE S TY will bold a private Levee to-day at the' Queen's Palace. Viscount NEWARK will move the Address to his Mitsi, , sry in the House of Commons, on Friday next. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, K. B. is arrived from heland. The Deputy Paymaster-General, W, P. SurTH, Esq. and his Thipartment, left town yesterday to .proceed on the Expedition under the corrimand of Lieutenant• General Lord CATHCART.' Thct.whole of the Stag of our Expedition,• it is understood, will set off to-morrow. On Monday. last Col. JOHN McLeon, of Col becks; who commanded the late Regiment of Loyal M‘Leoci's, arrived in England, after a five years detention in "France: Yesterdry a Battali.on of the German Legion Ca . -valry passed through the City - from, Essex, and proceeded ovet London Bridge, on their route to Canterbury, supposed for the Expedition. .The `Gazette ofilast'night contains the following paragi a ".lirt.truiti in the• Gazette of the 6th of June.—An Address, entitled . " The humble Addres o-f the Provost, Fellows, and Scholals of the Holy and Uadivided Trinity near Dublin," was io6erred by mistake, no Address baying been presented to His Majesty from that Body." ' • Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH is to hoist his Flag in the Channel Fleck as second in command. • Lord and the Miss Mims°Ns gave a superb Ball and Supper on Monday evening, at his, Lordship'S. : . house in Seymour-place. 'The preparations . on .the; Occasion were in a superior style of excellence and" - taste. 'The principal draWing-room was. fitted up in a very tasteful manner for dancing ; the floor was beautifully chalked, representing dancing figures; flowers, &c; At eleven o'clock the Ball was opened by MisS Monson,' his . Lordship's' lovely sister; arid :.Pollingron, to the much admired tune The Burton Hunt, followed by. Lady 8. Saville and Lord Monson ; Miss Drummond, 'Lord H. -Moore ; Miss Monk, Lord Hinton ; Miss . C; Monson, Mr. Dun- combe ;,Miss Long, Lord Hamilton ; Lady ,E4a heal Butler, .Lord, Lismore. At hdlf-post one .the sapper was annouticed', 'which Con s i s t e d o f all ,the Micacies of the season. 'lt was prepared w the library; and in .a large temporary • room, in the gar- den, where covers were 'laid for upwards of 250. At three dancing recommenced, .;ipd continued after five. Among the company present Were--r; - his Royal Highness the' Prince of •Wales, Duebeises - , of Northuniberland, St. Albans, Gordon ; Marchio ness Tieadfort ; Lords Henry Petty, Palme . rstan, Rodney, Lonsdale; Hinchinbroke, Morpeth,Qssul 7 stOn, .Louvaine ; Percy, Carnarvon, - Stair; 'FL Mobre; CoWper, Lindsay, Mduntjoy,MortOn;lLisle,Theren; Ladies Ormond, G. Morpeth, Cowper, Townshends, Cianarvbri, licheiter, Percy,' Gallo wok,. L. Moaners, I - Leatlitote, , CaStlerektgh, 'Hai . ri'ligton,' A. IGI. Stan-,, -hope; OSsulstOn, Morpeth, De Clifford, ppwager Dc elitford,'Hinchinbroke ? Perth, Lansdale, Essex,. Dowager,Essex, scc. , . • , 'The regular, course of the Ladies' Subs . cription ,concerts has . been .finished some time ago ; but in' cOnsequence of the extraordinary circumstance of a•' Bf3rumer 'Meeting of Parliament, on Monday last, Mr. SArzo was favoured with a supplementary con cert under the auspices of the most distinguished Ladies of fashion. Her Grace the Duchess' of • MARL,BOROVGH threw open the spacious and ete ,- g'atit rooms of her. splendid mansion in Pall Mall, for :the reception of the company, which amounted to upwards of "int) of the most distinguished personages. - Madarne.CATAI.A . NI was encored in each of tour airs, with Which She delighted the . company. The creation a Marshal LEFEBVRE to be Duke of Danttic, as well as sonic other such recent 'crea tions of BONAFART E , must be deemed remarkable— inasmuch as it affords . . an astonishing proof of the contemptible fickleness of the French Nation, to see them now reverting to the order of Nobility, after haying so ..recently eternally disgraced them iselveS by unheard-of ads Of atrocity in order to crush it. 'The progress and the result of the French Revolution has for ever lowered the charaeter of tlatit people beneath that of any other, either ancient or modern. The Doke of BERRY, son of Mcnsieur, is to em Lakin a few days, in order t o joiil. the, • artily of his Swedish INldjesty at Strain:al • NAV AL N.E'V'S. PLYmPT#4 JUNA 22.—Arrived the Danish Gal. liot.P7impvr lc pk.Assmer, laden with linen, &c. from Tianninten7lNnind to Lisbon, detained by the Busy Privateefj .0.71 7 / a ry, I.EAR j and the Benjamin and Mary, CoaTps, both from Memel, laden with tim ber for this Port. The Poinone Frigate is come into Harbour to refit. The Alceste Frigate, of 44 guns, went out of Har bour this morning and anchored in the Sound. Arrived the Leighton, Ross, from Alliurg,. with • t►mber for the Dock-yard. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 23.—Yesterday arrived the Rio Novo, MARTIN, for St. Vincent's, and the Bel lona, TixompoN, for .Madeira, from- the Downs ; and; to-day the Strenuous Gun-brig, Lieut. Tom: Nu ENT, from a cruize. ' Oo i • URE J RNESS, UNE .22.,-Came into the Little Nore His Maj esty's Sloop Falcon. Sailed all the Transports`to the Downs to take in Troops for the intended Expedition. _ Arrived a Tender from- the River with volunteers and impressed_ men for tl?e Fleet. Sailed up the River, with men to bring down Valiant, the Rifleman Gun-brig. • Arrived His Majesty's SlOop Stork, from the \Veit Indies, where she has been five years ;.:likeWise His Majesty's Sloop. Tanderer from the Nprth'Sea. Came down from Chatham H; M. Rosamond. Sailed the Sparrinv, Capt. BEVEN, with Convoy filTonningen, and to cruize off the Dogger Bank; and the Venus Frigate for Woolwich. DEAL. JUNE 23.—Arrived and sailed: ror 'the River the ANcndance Store-ship from Portsmouth. Sailed. the. Pincher Gun-brig with the outward bound Fleet under Convoy for Portsmouth. Arrived_yesterday the Ant Schooner, with the Queen and Hero Transports, containing the 2d and 4th Companies of the, Artillery of the king's Ger man Legion ; al4o several light Transports under Convoy from Portsmouth, and remain in the DoWns with a large Fleet of Ships of War, Transports with Troops, Scc. _ :11,6ISGATE, JUNE 22.—A great deal of company, from Margate and other parts of Kent, came here this morning, to see the troops that.are to form the second part of the Expedition embark ;- bat there was no embarkation, nor have any troops whatever. arrived here for that purpose. The troops which are to compose the next embarkation are still at' Canterbury, and consist of A Troop of the Horse Artillery_ or the The 3d Light Cavalry, Tho zd Heavy Dragoons, German LegiaiL eL Detisi:hment of Foot Artillery, And a large proportion of Artillery Horses. It is not imagined here, that there will be any British troops detached from this country, at the pr,esent period, on foreign service . . Rum Ours and;' conjectures are,, however, as frequent on Ramsgate Piew i as•they are'on the Stock,Exchange. • Ramsgate harbour is 'Still crowded with transports , 4 ' ~ 1- 4 aclY $9 ,receive the troops, when e ver they arrive fpriVia4l . 4rpose: • klettenhas been received from Newfoundland, which mentions- thearrival of a Fr'ench Fleet of six Sail 'in the tleighbourhood of St. John's. The fol lowing is an, Extract of the letter “. -ST. Tontsfs, 11lAy SchoOner an, rived here last night from Halifax is said 4o bring the' information, that a French Fl e et of six Sail has, been seen somewhere in ow neighbourhood, atic), that a'veSsel had been dispatch&l for the West dies with the same •intelligenoe. As to its .truth can say nothing ; I gi ve it-you as I heard it myself. " vessels foundered in a most tremendous gale on the 'Banks; one of them from Peterhead ; • ) ,fteirplyitvere all , saved.: the other met with a more ,iiserl9n,sAt,p; she was an American, f rom Li verpoo l fqr,buiii.,3fork, with passengers on board—all of • waiyi . 4,A,4„ , Ana sorry to .nod erstan d , met a watery 2,g6;F . ,, f , The-crew ,(though not all) saved themselves. by taking to the boat 3 they had not been . above. "one hundred yardl from the vessel, when the ship, after. pitching first on.one side, then on the other,. went down .amidst ,the shrieks, of husba n d s , w i ves , and children, laiinchipg into eternity,.locked in each -- arms,",. . The Chuhnin4i Kitty Captain Kt!..7G; Greenwich, BRISTOW. ; rind the Duke of Portl a nd; S PENCE , from London for the South Seas; were all well.on the 9th. of April, in. Lai. Long: 22. W. ' having parted • company from' the• East India Fleet which sailed. • from-Portariouth on the 26th of February last, a few day's 'before. Letters have been received from' the Fleet under ` , V ; ice4Adnitival Lord COLLINGWOOD, off Cadiz, dated l about twelye.'days ,since, all of which agree, that the combined Squadron, about twelve or thirteen • Sail of thbT Line, are ready for sea, and it is sup ,posed if our Fleet were by accident driven: off their station, they would endeavour to make a grand push out to get through the Gut of Gibraltar, and en deavour to form a junction with the Carthagena . or Toulon. Squadron, or perhaps with both. But Lord COLLINGWOOD is ever on, the alert, and ' his , • cruizing Frigates form a line of communication from . off Cadiz Bay to his Fleet in the Offing, for the pur pose of communicating information directly by tele graphic signals. A Court-Martial was held on Friday, at Plymbuth, on Mr. E. HANDHELD, Midahip'man of the Pomone, on d'chare'of , haing occasioned the death of JOHN WI Lirnms;searnan, of that ship: Mr. ki A NDFI ELD seurby his Captain for his pistols, when going ti!p ,vith them to the quarter-deck, Mr. H. had to lstocia EafttiWii.rope, the pistol in his eight hand went "off, and lodged the contents in the biidy of WD.- Limy. It was proved to be unpremeditaled and per fectly accidental.