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PARLIAMKNT. HOUSE OF PEERS, TUESDAY, NOV. 16. MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. TH Is being the, day appointed by. His Majesty's -Royal Proclamation for the meeting of the newt/ 'lmperial - Parliameni,• for the di „.!tch of business, 'several Peers attead - ed,a ratite: early hour, and t two o'clock the LORD CHANCEI,LOR came dowu -to the House. Having taken his seat on the Wool_ .. sack, the LORD CHANCELLOR, in the mode usual on similar 'occasions, communicated to their Lord ships His Majestl's - Royal Pleasure; that as it was not convenient to His MAJESTY to attend personal ly that -day, that the first Proceedings of the new Parliament of :the United Kingdom :should tak e place by virtue of His'lVtajesty's Royal . Commission prepared for that purpose. The Lords Commissioners present—namely, the Archbishop of -CANTERBURY, the LORD CHAN CELLOR, and the Duke of PORTLAND, then retired to robe ; and bn their return,, took their Seats, on :the Bench In front of the Throne. • Sir FRANCIS MOLYNEUX, Bart. Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, was dispatched to order the attendance of the Commons, an unusually great number of whom fOrthwith appeated at the Bar, preceded by. the principal Clerks and Officers of the House. The LOR CHANC EL LOR then informed the Corn mons, as he had done their 'Lordships, of His Ma jesty's Roy-al Will and Pleasure, re petting the facq Proceedings cf the new Imperial Parliament, and His Majesty's Commission prepared for the occasion was then read. After which, the LoRD CHANCELL.JF, in the accustcimed l'orm and manner, stated, that on a fu . -tune day, when the necessary forms should be gone through, Hrs MAJESTY intended to be personally present, and to state to both Houses his reasons for calliug his Parliament together ; and that it was His Majesty's Royal Will and Pleasure, that his faith ful Commons should forthwith proceed to the Elec tion of a fir and -proper person, to be their SPEAKER, and that they should attend in that House to-mor row, at two o'clock, to.present. their Member, so eleEted, for His Majesty's Royal Approbation. The Commons then retired, and the Lords Com missioners unrohed. The proper Officer from that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland, prei:et,ted an authenticat ed List of those Peers who were elefted to repre sent the Scottish Peerage in the present Parliament. The Clerks then proceeded, in the usual form, to administer the Oaths, &c. to the Peers present, among whom were :. The LORD CHANCELLOR ; the DUKE of YORK ; the Archbisnops of CANTERBURY and YORK ; the Duke of PORTLAND ; Marquis of SALIsBURY ; the Earls of EGR EMoNT, CHESTERFIELD, Moi MACARTNEY ; Viscounts LIMER IC, WENTWoRTH, CURZON, NELSON, HOOD; the Bishop Of LONDON ; Lards WALSINGHAM, KENYON, SELSEA, AUCK LAND, and BOLTON. At four o'clock the House adjourned till a quarter before two to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, NOY. i 6. Tuts day ecmimenced the first Session of the new Imperial Parliament. The House was pretty mune_ rousiy attended about two o'clock, a great many Members having been sworn by the Lord High Steward in the preceding part of the. day. The Ministers entered about a quarter past three, and soon afterwards Sir FRAN. MoLylstrux, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod,sununoned the House, in the name 6f the Lords empowered by virtue of Ills Ma jesty's Commission, to attend in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. Mr. Ley, the Chief Clerk, went up accordingly, followed by the Ministers, and several other Mern, hers, and returned after an interval of about a quar ter of an hour. ELECTION OF A SI'tAKER. Sir WM. SCOTT then rose, and addressed the House to the following effect :--" it is with the um - lost deference to the House, and a modesty aris ing from the consciousness of not having any pre_ tensions of my own, that I seize this opportunity of addressing you on the subjea recommended in His Majesty's' Nl.)st Gracious Message. The Of fice of Sr EAK E R of the House of Commons; is a great fu:n and of extreme importance, in respect to the qualities of the person seleeted to execute it.— To enforce the respeCtive and relative duties of all, to guides die Representatives chosen by the People of the Country, and fully to accomplish all the ob_ jeCts required in that station, call for qualifica !ions not easily to be described, and scarcely, perhaps, to be expeCied, if we had not before us the examples of some eminent and meritorious Gentlemen, who succeeded with so much honour in the discharge of that sacred and dignified trust. The foundation of all the requisite qualities are centred in old English Loyalty, a firm attachment to the Constitution, and a vigilant regard to the Rights and Privileges of this Nouse. To these must be united a love of Liberty, an enlargement of mind capable of embracing the most extensive objects,, and descending occasionally to the most minute ; habits of industry, and powers of research ; an indefatigable .patience ; a jealous watchfulness of the rights of the Commons ; suavity of disposition ; a dignity of public demeanor cal. itlated to ensure respeCi; urbanity of private man ners, to conciliate esteem and regard ; an inflexible perseverance, and a rigid impartiality. In looking round this now much increased Assembly, we have the happiness to observe no deficiency of numbers of Gentlemen possessing all these qualifications. What ever may be supposed to be my partiality for the pro fession, and the reasons vs hich may incline me to look for such requisites in persons bred to the Law, I find a National pride in asserting, that in this great Country equal talents have been found, and at least as conspicuously displayed by Gentlemen of other habits of life, and in very different stations. It was certainly a matter of some difficulty for the House, on a precetmg occasion, to supply the loss of talents inferior to none that went before them', and 1 pcissibly superior to any that might succeed ; hut at ; this particular crisis, we have the good fortune.to: be enabled to proceed upon, experience. A large proportion of us who sat in the • last ParliaMenr,e had there the opportunity of Witnessing thibighly" meritorious condua of the Right Hull. Gentleman, who towards its conclusion, filled the Chair instich a manner as cannot be described in terms of sufficient praise. In that Gentleman we were consoled for the loss of those eminent persons who before dis charged that office ; and I do not use my own lan guage, but the general sentiment of the House, in claiming for him an unlimited confidence for indus try, in attending to all subjeas, whether serious and comprehensive,' or inferior and minute, and the ca pacious knowledge with which these important duties were performed. The talents and assiduity pre viously manife . sted by the Gentleman alluded to, had pointed him out for the seleftion of the House, and as these hopes, which then existed only as hopes, were afterwards realized, and that in him we find confirmed experience combined with the most emi nent abilities, I have no further hesitation in proposing the Right Hon. CHARLES ABBOT to be your Speaker." Mr. L ASCELLES —" Although the necessary qualifications for the office of Speaker have been fully explained in the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman who preceded me, I am glad of the op portunity that is afforded me of supporting the Mo. tion, not by a private vote, but a public declaration. I am fully impressed with the importance of the subjea, and that we should look for qualities such as to ensure the dignity of our Proceedings, and produce that general respett which I hope our con_ duet will always be entitled to. In the present state of the United Kingdom, we require, in the Speaker of this House, ability, atuivity, industry, experience, and stria impartiality. Those, at all times so necessary, are more than usually demanded by the increased quantity of our Parliamentary labours, and especially as the most essential in terests, not only of this Country, but of all Eu_ rope, may be involved in the Proceedings of the present Parliament, perhaps even of the present Session. The Right Honourable Gentleman now proposed, was before singled out on account of the prtiofs the House previously had of his industry and knowledge ; he discharged the duties of the office to which he was appointed with honour to himself and advantage to the Country ; and however de sirous I may be of enlarging on the value of his services, I feel myself restrained with the appre hension that any language- I could use would but ill convey the public respeet, or my private friend ship towards him." Mr. ABBOT —" Unquestionably, to be con sidered as qualified to perform adequately the duties of the high station to which I have now the honour of being proposed, is by me considered as the greatest honour that the House can confer, or any of its Members receive ; but however flattering may be the partiality of my friends, I cannot bat feel apprehensive of my own incompetency, and these apprehensions have been rather confirmed by the experience of the last Session of Parliament. The duties of the office in question are nor, in my conception, confined to the daily and ordinary transaCtions of the House, hut require a deep know- . ledge of all the Orders of Proceeding, of the Rights and Privileges of the House, and a vigilance ever prepared for any extraordinary occurrences. The perusal of the Journals and Records of Pail iamentary Transaelions will, no doubt, in this respea, furnish much useful instruainn ; but it is a striking remark throughout all the Annals, that unless the person holding that important trust, possess the con._ fidence and friendly regard of the House in general, it will be impossilde for him adequately to dis charge the duties of it. Without that confidence no man ought to desire it; without it no man ought to retain it for an hour; and all I have farther to add iq, that whatever m.iy be my privax dive_ hensions, I will not shrink from exertion, but submit myself entirely to the pleasure of the House." Mr. Au nor was then, with the unanimous approbation of the House, conduded to the Chair by Sir WILLIAM SCOTT and Mr LASC ELL ES, and being seated there, he - said that impressed with the deepest sense of gratitee - for the honour con ferred on him, by placing him in that dignified situa tion for the second time, he would leave them to judge of the sincerity of that gratitude, by his fu ture endeavours to execute the duties of the Office. Lord CASTLEREAGH. "It would be do ing great injustice, Sir, to my own personal feelings, as well as those of every Member in this House, if I did not offer you my sincere Congratulations on this greatest mark of confidence which the Representatives of the United Kingdom have in their power to bestow, and the placing of which so worthily, reflects no less honour on the House, than it must afford satisfadion to yourself. it would be unnecessary for me to enumerate those qualities and features of charader which the unani. may of the present EleCtion proves you eminently to possess. When the House had to supply, the loss it had sustained in your able predecessors, it looked with confidence to similar qualificatiOns in you ; and permit me now to add my own personal conviaion, that . should His Majesty be pleased to give his gracious approbation to our present choice, it will ensure regularity and : dignity to our Proceedings, security to our Rights and Privileges, and contribwe in a great degree to the satisfattion and advantage of the People." .On the Motion of Mr. ADDINGTGN, the House then, at half past three o'clock, adjourned till to morrow. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Nov. 16, 1802. Commission in the NortiAk Mi3i la, signed by the Lord Lieutenant. Eastern Robert Wilson, Esq. to be Captain, vice Aufrere, resigned. Dated OCtober 16, iSo2. John Staniforth Patteson, ES4. to be Captain. Dated Oct. 19, 18oz. BAN.K RtIP TS . Richard Spencer, of Liverpool, merchant, to surrender Dec. 6,7, and .2S, at one, at the Globe Tavern, Liverpool. At twilit's, Mr. Woods, Liverpool; or Alr. EliAcktock, Temple, London. Joseph Haywood sad Joseph Cottcrill, of Brom ley-Park,' Staffords'hire, farmers, Nov. 29, at tour, at Style's Hotel,. Birmingham, 30, and Dec. zB, at eleven, at the Three. Tuns, in S utton-Coldfield, WarWickshire. Attorn ies, Messrs. Croxall and Holbeche, Sutton-Coldfield. ''John Wimpenny, of Elland, Halifax, innkeeper, Dec. 2,3, and 28, at eleven, at the White-Lion,Halifax. Attornies, Mr..Coulthurst, Bedford-row, London; or Mr. Swainson, Halifax. Robert Leplastrier, of Holywell-street, Shoreditch, potatoe . deoler, Nov. 23, 27, and Dec. 2S, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Harding, Primrose-street, Bishopsgate, street. Joseph Ward, of Brentwood, Essex, publi c a n , N ov. 20, 27 ; 1 and Dec. 28, at ten, at Guildhall, London. Attorney e Mr. Hodgson, Gray's-Inn. Amy Button, late of Reading, Berks, innkeeper, .Nov. to; 22, and Dec. 28, at ten, at the Angel Inn, Reading. At tornies, Mr. Andrews, Reading ; or Messrs. Batten end Anstice King's. Benc- Walks, Te m pl e . Henry Bird, of Clifton, Gloucestershire, shoemaker, Nov, 29, 30, and Dec. 2.8„ 'at eleven, at the R ummer Tavern; Bristol. Attornies, Mr. Hartley, Bristol ; or Mr. Gabell, Lincoln's-Inn. Francis Brogi, of Thanet-Place, Strand, Italian merchant, Nov. z 3, 30, and Dec. 28, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Hough, Villiers -street, Strand. Joseph Bennett, late of Blackman-street, Surrey, carpenter, Nov. 20, 30, at eleven, and Dec. zB, at one, at AttOrney, Mr. Speck, Saint John's, Southwark. James Rawlins, of Red-Lion -street, Clerkenveell, hardware man, Nov. 2.3, .27, and Dee. 28, at ten, at Guildhall. At torney, Mr. Allan, London-street. John Stanley, of Weatheroak-Hill, King's-Norton, Wor cestershire, farmer, Dec, 1,2, and 28,.at eleven, at the King's-Head Inn, Coventry. A ttoraies, Messrs. Kinderley, Long, and Ince, Symond's-Inn, London ; or Mr. Trcegh ton, Coventry. Daniel Sheldon, late of Wood-street, warehouseman, Nov. 20, 27, and Dec. 28, at tell, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Jones, Basinghall-street. Thomas White, of White-Yard, Rosemary-lane, cooper, Nov. 23, 30, and Dec. 28, atone, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Parnell, Spitalfields. James Coysgarne Hill, of Lombard -street, jeweller, Nov. 20, 27, and Dec. 28, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Mangnalls-, Warwick-square. George Lukin and William Neve, of London, merchants, Nov. 20, 27, and Dec. zB, at te n , a t Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Vizard, Gray's-Inn-squ are . • DIVIDENDS. Dec. it. Andrew Paul Pourtales and Andrew George Pourtales of Broad-street-Buildings. merchants, at eleven, at Dec. 7. John Healey, of the Sun Brcwhouse, Laystall street, brewer, at ten, at Guildhall. Dec. 18. John Cooties, of White-Horse-lane, Stepney, coal-merchant, at ten, at Guildhall. Dec. 7. Robert Redhead, of Mark-lane, wine and brandy ' merchant, at ten, at Guildhall. Dec. 7. Jonathan Smith, of Fore-street, London, gold heater, at ten, at Guildhall. Dec. 7. John Barry, of Orchard-street, Portman-square, haberdasher, at ten, at Guildhall. Dec. IS. James Edward Bowyer Bull, late of the City- Road, baker, at one, at Guildhall. Dec. to. John Peter Riehard, 'of Liverpool, merchant, at eleven, at the Star and Garter 'Tavern, Liverpool. Dee. 7., John Macklin, of Cheapside, stationer, at ten, at Guildhall. Dec. fiLe John Henstridge Hall, late of Finsbury-Place, merchant, at ten, az Guildhall. Dec. 21. George Frederick Benekirt, of Swan Mead, Ber mondsey, leather-dresser, at eleven, at Guildhall. Dec. 14. William Reid and Peter Macdonald, of White cross-alley, Moorfields, handkerchiefamanutadurers, at twelve, at Guildhall. Dec. 7. Miles Burkett, of Greys Thurrock, Essex, soap maaufaeturer, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Dec. 7. John Gumbrett and Edward Cltiles, of Richmond, carpenters, at eleven, at Guildhall. Dec. 14. Richard Guyer, of Gracechurch-street, hatter, at twelve, at Guildhall. Dec. 21. Shadracit Jones, of Bartholomew -Close, merchant, at ten, at Guildhall. Dec. 9. Henry Deaves, of Liverpool, merchant, at three, at the Star, Manchester. Dec. to. Peter Atkinson, of Setticoates, Yorkshire, ship builder, at eleven, at the White-Hart Tavern, Silver -street, Kingston-upon- Hull. Dec. to. John Osbaldiston, of Southampton, baker, at one, at the Dolphins-Inn, Southampton. Dec. 8. !teary Scott, Henry Scott, and Edward Appleby, of Hinckley, Leicestershire, hosiers, at eleven, at. the Punch-Bowl, Nottingham. Dec. 8. John Flinders, of Nottingham, hosier, at eleven; at the Punch-Bowl, Nottingham. Dec. 7. Thomas Chatterton and Edw. Wells, of Brenehley, Kent, hat-manufacturers, at ten, at Guildhall. CERTIFICATES. Dec. 7. John Cheetham Morrey, of Manchester, cotton manufacturer. John Dawson, late of the Strand, linen-draper. Williain Palmer, of Bristol, victualler. David Seefcldt, fate of Greek -street, Soho, taylor. Robert Burton, of Ivey lane, book-binder. Robert Wakeman, of Birmingham, plater. Thomas Williams, late of Castle -street, Bloomsbury, money scrivener. Joseph Prager, late of Norfolk -street, Strand, broker. ARRIVID. Ilamburgh i- - - DUE. -.. . 0 MAILS. PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVI O'CLOCK. Consols - - 67 ia 68 I Omniurn - to disc. THE SUN. SOLSM QUIS DICERI TALSUM AUDIAT LONDON, NOVEMBER 17,1802. A more auspicious Meeting of Parliament than that which took place yesterday, we never remem ber. As no Business of Importance was likely to take place before the day on which His MAJESTIC will deliver a Speech from the Throne, a full at tendance was not expeded. Not less, however, than 300 Members were present. This alacrity i•n attendance was, we are persuaded, very much ow. ing to the zeal with which the New Parliament was anxious to demonstrate its confidence in the Government, and not a little to the expedation, which pretty generally prevailed, that an Opposi tion would be made to the Re-eledion of the very respelable Individual, who, in the last Parliament, tilled the Chair of the House of Commons—with so much Honour to himself, and Credit to that Go vernment. by whom he had been recommended and supported. Having given in our preceding Columns an accu rate Report of the Speeches that were made on this occasion,: we need only observe, that a Speech of more good sense, eloquence and taste, than that which was delivered by the Right Honourable Mover, ills seldom enriched the Annals of a Par liamentary Register. It seemed to make a strong impression on the House in 4 epyal ; and was ad mirably calculated tg fix on the minds of the New Members of the present Parliament, the im. portance of ^the Dut:, w hi c h b e l ong to the high office of Speaker, and he sufficiency of the indi• vidual, who had been p rt . ed, b y ex perience, f ull y capable of executing them. T h is Speec h was s e ' conded with much abili t y ai discretion by Mr' LASCELLES ;—and the Addre ss; . to t h e H o use fro m New (if. the Speaker he ' may PLperly be. so de' scribed) both before he was eleetet an d after. he took the Chair, were highly creditait e to his feel ings and his understanding. Lord CAs7LEREA °IIIS Speech of Congratulati on was , as m igh t k expea . 3 euP elegant and impressive. A more important Crisis' than that at which th e New Parliament meets, has seldom -perhaps curred. What line the present. circumstances e this C ountr y, an d o f E urope at l arge , may eaij upon it to take, we will not presume to prescrib e ' Much, however, will depend on its outset. Fi °lll one quarter we shall perhaps be told, that the mos t Vigorous measures, though. attended with the eer i; tainty of an im m edi ate renewa l o f t h e W ar wit h France, should be taken, to prevent the fur th° aggrandizement of the French Republic. E c°ll) another we may hear, that Great Britain has nil ,h thing at all to do wi t h C ont i nenta l P ol i t i cs; that it is wholly immaterial to us w h at str id es t owar ds Territorial Sovereignty French Ambition 114 make ; that our insular situation precludes us f ri)111 taking any interest in them; that they mot 136 wholly unconneaed with any views that we Of have to our own future Security ; in short; 63 neither the rapacity of a neighbouring Power, 0f the ravings of its Official Journal, at all require our part, either animadversion, remonstrance: of preparation. _ From either of these extremes we may perhor take , the liberty of dissenting._ With an earde sC desire for the continuance of the blessingrof Peac e ' we never can - entertain the smallest apprehensi°l/ from the possible recurrence of. War.-I\.:*e'at all doubting the general indignation which lids been excited by the recent condud of :France toward Switzerland, it may certainly be a queition) h o far the Public Opinion would sanCtion Govern' ment, whatever might be its disposition, to tel' es hostilities on the sole ground of that unwarrantable) and cruel aggression. 'the fate of that Count r i seems, for the present at least, decided : nor do cg , c see how our interference alo ne could avail. 14} ; Majesty's Speech will of course explain much 00 . 1 present is involved in' utter darkn ess , and on wh icl as it would be the height of presumption in to hazard a conjeaure. On the one ham], W 5 r certain that a wise Government, like th e pr e ' e f f 7 will never suffer Passion to mix itstil, i n t he ' °° , ,, c est degree, with the measures whi c h ma y be 11 ; aaed from them by a delibererre view o f what t essential Interests of the Country may req uire i ; and on the other, that a perfat knowledge at the Resources, the Spirit, and the Fortitude 01 theft Country, whose Affairs are committed f 0" t charge, and of which they h ave h a d abun da proofs, will deter them from an v li ne o f cond uits which, in t a rni s hi n ei its he Honour, could not fa il its consequences virtually to affect he future wei r3l.e of Great Britain. These are considerations of high moment , require much circumspalion, and ;he most delibe' rate reflation. Where our feelings i ire.stprg (3 : we hope those of Englishmen ever will bei . f ti ge judgment will ever prove thei r b est corre ctive. must pursue a firm, but steady course. Ag ai n st violence on the one h an d, an d t i m idi t y on the oth e ,: we equally enter our protest. The Public %W . shortly be able to judge for itself, how far the P ° : sent Government will be entitled to a continu ar ! of that Con fi dence which at present it so haPPti f enjoys, by avoiding each extreme, from either of le which we should have not a little to fear, and litt indeed to hope. the WE this morning received the Moniteur 01 rail s 14th inst. which contains only some farther de vej of the journey of the Ft asr Cotist.m. He l iffi at Beauvais, on his road to Paris, on So uroi last.— ['he Funds are 53. 90. ,(1 1, 'flits morning a Mail from Hall:burgh arrive') course. According to intelligence from Frankfirt; the Grisons, or some part of that Country, is exP eci ii % to be allotted for the additional Indemnities of 1 GRAND DUKE Of TUSCANY. Lord ELGIN has had several Conferences vlith the REIS EFFENDI at Constantinople, resP eeii ; 4 lc the farther favouring the English Navigatio n in Black Sea, of An ordinance has been published, of the 1C174°, it,s GREAT BRITAIN, as Elettor of Hanover, the occupation of the Bishopric of Osnabragf al, iv ted to HIS MAJESTY by the Plan cif Indemnities perpetual Sovereignty. a sec' A Note has been published, which was adures by the GRANO SEIGNIOR to the DEV O f ALGI 1 1 : dircding him to restore a good understanding vii` France. 1