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r IPP..V. , ^^' - ''' ..--. 7.11PE.::1.1L 1 2 .1RL1.1.1fENT... 11:111SF. OF 1.."r/tD4 rt.cvmse, darer:Aar 21. • ---. The Parlia=nent was, tine lay, in the absence of Hs Maj-srr, ttpe.rei with the ousel forntalittei, by Commission. Btlore three o'clock. a considerable number of Peers attende I ; and, at that hour, the A a cis 'lsnot of Carer tanu•tr, the LORI) CHANCEL. the. " the Earl of Daarnnurm, Karl Cassosa. and Lord A icar. sato. took their seats in their rubes, as H•s '-fatv's Commiasinnv- 3 , on t h e Bench. in front of t he Chroce. Mr. Qualities, De. put, Usher of the Black Hod, was then dispatched, to °riot the attendance of the Commons, who forth• with. with the Seams's at their head, appeared at the Bar. Th. Royal Commission, authorising certain Peers, therein named. or any three, or more of them, to open the Parliament. and, in the name and in • behalf of His Majes=ty, was then read ; attn• which. the Loeb Cis alscsir oft, as organ of the Commis sioners, delivered the following Speech to both Houses : w iv r....* and Gentlemen. " lit petulance of the authority given to us by kis Nita- OW% Orniraaion, under the (I , e-it Seal, amongst other rings r declare the taus- of Hi. beidiiiK this Parliament, His Slaiwity has directed sir particularly to call your attention to Sae meet iimisim Surceas oats which Providence has trusch (sled In bless H. Majesty's Arms at Sea. since you were last enielebled in Parliament. " The sairtio and perseverance of Hi. Majesty'. Fleet. have Wen esespleueosly displayed in the pursuit and attack of the ididiares aqoadrrins of the seine, and eters , Encounter has Itrunenated te the honour of the British F cc, and the dimitiu• don of the Naval Torte of the rawer. with whem H., Mak-sty in at War; but the Valor. obtained ore, the Combined Fleet stirrers ai.d Spain, ne Cape Trafalgar, has manifested, be. yet t say os o loir remr4ol even in the Annals of the British pagry. the Skill aad Enterprise of His Maiaufs (Mem , and Stamm; and the dottruction of so large a proportion of the *gavial Strength of the Enemy, has n t wily conetnied, in the lemeteignet manner. the Maritime Superiority of this Conntra , bet bps tetentially teastriburert to the Security of He Majesty's iheroinions. " His Majesty mew deeply muesli that the day ad that Movable Triumph aboulti ham been unhappily clouded eith the fall of the Heroic Commander under whom it was achiev- ed ; Mid he is persuaded that you will feet that this lamented, bat gleniees weinination lila emits ef traitscendant Exploits, claim. a disteguishial expreision of the lasting gratitude of the Cawitsy, sad that yee will thereon elieerfelly concern , in en Siding His Miosty to annex to those Helmut which he has esethined en the Family of the late Lord Viscount Nelsen. such a Roark of rural tetanskireco, at may preserve, to the latest . gleatiftle, the Memory of hie Name and Services, and the Be meet al* greet Essoiple. Slim Majesty has commanded us ifeetiter to inform yes, that Whilst tbesepetiwity of his Arms et Sea ham been thus uniformly asserted and asaintairied, he has met been wanting is his models/sum te apple the means, which were era libwally placed at his disposal, in aid of seek of the revers •f the Cuatitteet at evieo4 a deterteinatioe te Mnisathe fromistatile and greiviseg Vocroachnimits of France. Yee ardirseted the Newel Treaties grew Iwo for this pur pose. et be laid before pee ; and though he cannot but di eply kart user the Events of the War in Germany have disap. plias his beget, sad led to an unfavourable issue, vet Ho Sillegeaty feels deofitioutt that, upon a review of the steps which he br rhea, yere wilt be of opinion that he hat left eothtng us. idle. en kis part, to sibtaie the Mons of his Allies, awd that Seim Mei in stnct ennforesity to the principles declared by fie, cad MO•griised by Parliaramst„ as essential to the leterests end Seco* of his own Derminioes, as well as to the general • • "It is a gown 00.11101111i041 to His Majesty, and one is which be ponluedoe yes will participate, that although the Emperor of Elootaany befell hiatus', compelled to withdraw from the coo. be, Ins Majesty earth:sues to riketve (mashie august Ally, the tmperin of Russia, the strongest assurances of onahaiten adher ence 101110 gentwerus and enlightened Pvlicy by witivh he has ahlthertsba-n actuated; and Elio Majesty hat no &hen that Ayr torn Is fully erusible of the important advantage to be de rived from proweving, at all times, hoofbeat and most anti gen', connenetin with that Sovereign. " Geutlemeit of the Horse If Camoreas, " His Majesty has directed the estimates Cu, the year to be laid Ware you, and he has remmaradvd as to Amore you, that they aft framed 111,011 that Scale of Exertion, vrlitch the present situation of the Country readers indiftensiliir. fits Majesty folly relies upon your granting him such Supplies, as, upon duedeliberation, the Public Eatgencies sway appear to r.cluire. " It this earnest wish to ensitsthute, by every moans in his power, to alleviate the additional blather which most neces• airily be inommed •pon his 'torte, and wile the vies h• has di reined the awn of One Million Steeling, put of the proceeds leaning from the Sale of soch Proses mods vin the Powers wilt, Orhieh he is at War, as are by Lao ersti.rl in the Crowe, to he epptied to the ?oink Services of the Year. is Iff /4•1411 ead anatktiaria„ 4 " His Majesty is most fully persuaded, that 'whatever prkleand confidence son may feel in common with Hint, in the suet's' which has distetgualftl the British Arm , in th- canna of the present comsat, you will b. c oil bit how much the OVrttts of the %t as, the Cootioent, by width the predominant pu.OV Mad anti:woos of FrAnce haft heats' co anhapply extended, re glair, the coutinuanco a all postai& oigtlaace and exert Mn. prides' this impression, His Majesty touts that y r •• attention will lie iiivariatilv dneticd os hut improvement of ti ,, do moms which are to be froin4 In the brave/ and disrip'ttre of liis Forc-s, the zeal and 'gayety f every Class of his Stihjert i„ end in the inexhavisted Revnirera of his deritty the Britivb Empire invincible at Imo*, as we:l as foe mktabl. abroad ; verishe-1 that by :Itch ...furls slime the con test cal. he brought to a cnoclusicalt, iititiotent with the Se, ty and liiS•vendence of the Count. y, sod oath its Rank •n - .ongtt tket N.tie.p of the Wood " After the Commons had withdrawn, Earl NL1.1024 (the elder brother of the late 'tint e Mid illustrious Viscount), was introduced in full form, Lord A IC I. AMD aOing in the absence of I .cord Ger ota, as Great Chamberlain, and the Duke iv li.oaruLa, as Esrl Maokal, was *wont s aid took -- his seat. His Lordship's sappOrtert were Om Earls Of 8i114016-and Mactiairri tau. The hlavelaisses of Lisisnowit, lVsrc assay, and Lord tit. hale, dime tespcdively sworn, and took-their seats. immediately after the delivery of His Majesty's speech, the Lord CH aisczi. !ant quitted the wool sack. and his place was taken by the S • • I the House, pro t. snpore. Lord ELIESIOIIOVON. The Seleft Vestries Regulating Bill was read a first time, pro fo•Pio, to assert thrit Lordships' pri vilege in the disposal of business, previous to the discussion of a communication from the Throne. Lord Er ttuaneouott (the Speaker), then read a copy of His Majesty's Speech, which was after wards read a second time by the Reading Clerk. THE ADfdtESs. The Earl of ESSEX ruse to move an Address to His Majesty, on the occasion of his late communi cation to both houses of Parliament. This Isis Lordship introduced by a short, but pertinent and well delivered speech. lie observed, that the Ad dress which he should have the honour to pt opose to their Ltirdships, would include no points, bur such as, in his mind, the sense of that House ought unanimously to concur in. The communication from His Majesty was fraught with wisdom and moderation, and such as should, with sincerity, be echoed by every man, not only in that house, but in the country at large. The prominent considera tion in the Speech, viz. our late glorious naval suc , was such, as must deviously draw correspond ing sentiments of exultation and applause from every man in the kingdom. The great and illus trious charader, to whom those unparalleled suc cesses were principally to be ascribed, has establish. ed his fame to latest posterity, and challeng-d the gratitude and admiration of his country, iii suds a way, as nothing, which such an individual as him self could advance, would in the least add to its lustre, or to its renown. Indeed, when he took a view of the various topics adverted to in the Speech, he should have very near as little occasion to tres pass on their Lordships, as he obviously had, with rest en to its prominent consideration. The nature aod tendency of that Speech was sitch as fully war ranted him in urging such 211 Address to their Lordships' adoption, as he should have the honour to propose. With resped to the great and import ant vidory of Trafalgar, he could not avoid again touching upon it ; in his opinion, it was, ill all its circumstances, the most brilliant recorded in the annals of the Aritish Navy. With respei to the other important ccrisiderattons adverted to in the Royal Speech, he thought that the measures to which they referred, were calculated for the well being and security of His ‘lajesty's dominions ; and the line of condo& prescribed, that which sound policy didated as most conducive to the honour of His Ma jesty's Crown, and the prosperity and interest of his sullied, at large. With respell to their Lordships' concurrence, in enabling His Majesty to bestow ade quate marks of his Royal bounty on the family of the late heroic and illustrious Lord Viscount Nel sen, be could not harbour a thought of its being any other than freely and unanimously accorded. (Meer, hear.) He then generally adverted to the condo& of His Majesty's Ministers, with reaped to the late important transactions on the Continent ; this, in his opinion, when the necessary information, as refereed to in His Majesty's Speech, should be laid before the House. and the suhjes thoroughly investigated and discussed, would be found such as was consistent with the dilates of prudence and foresight. The danger, which in some points of view menaced the country, may be such as to call for its vigilance and most vigorous exertions ; but let that danger be met by a united people, and its ill consequences would be averted.--I le deprecated all ideas of an Address to the throne, or any lan gunge held in that shape, which should wear an ap pearance of alarm, despondency, or concession.— Such, he thought, would not only be danger ous in its possible consequences, but evidently absurd in point of policy. He hoped nothing of that sort would be persisted in ; or that unanimity. which, he flattered himself, would eventually pre vail among their Lordships, be disturbed by such a proposition. Let the line of wise and vi gorous policy. recommended in His Majesty's Speech, be ailed upon, and persisted in ; and he doubted not, the country would extricate herself from the apparent ditlicuities of her present situa tion, with honour and with advantage. 'there was an additional topic, which he felt it incumbent on him, not only from respell to 'fur most gracious Sovereign, but from feelings of respedful concern for the very amiable and praise -worthy charac ter in question, to introduce into the Address, namely, expressions of their Lordships' sympathy and regret of His Majesty's severe domestic loss, in the death of his Royal Brother, the late Duke of Gloucester; on this, of course, he must anticipate the unanimous concurrence of their Lordships. The Noble Earl made a few farther observations, but, horn having dropped his voice, in such a tone as not to be audible below the Bar, we could not dis tinftly hear them. He concluded by moving the Address, which, as usual on such occasions, was a faithful echo of His Nlajestt's Speech, with the addition of their Lordships compliments of con dolence on the death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. Lord Viscount CARLETON rose to second the motion for the Address. He observed, it went not to pledge their Lordships to any specific line of pro- ceeding ; but went to leave those points on which differences of opinion might obvious* arise, as matter of subsequent &scussion. He could not rived adverting, in the first instance, to that pro minet-t consideration in the Roy Speech, which had been m ably touched upo n tithe Noble Earl who pieceded him. Without meaning to depre ciate the glory acquired by British sailors in other naval attions, or to undervalue, in the le.sst, the skill and b • yof those_ gallant men, he thought the *Rion m question eclipsed all the other . navel victories he had heard of, however brilliant. Whether he considered the professional skill, or the ardent b y with which the Combined fleets of France and Spain were attacked, and the glorious manner in which every ship in the aaion bad dis tinguished herself ; in these, and in every point of view, lie thought the vi Cory merited such a cha ratter, and. as such, called for the applause, the gratitude, and the admiration of every man in the House, and ill the Count: y. Above all, the unpa- I, rolleled skill end her , iic lin-Avery of tlh Commander, late a Nofile Member of that house, was deseioing of the warmest euloittin ; whether he considered the promptitude, the vigilance, or the aftivity of that great man, on that memorable and important occasion, it was beyond all praise and enlogy ; and the illustiious Nelson had the gory of dying, as he wished, an heroic cliaraaer. On all that part of the Speech, and the cortesponding Address, wl h related to this subjea, he Wa'.i,Coll - Pent there could he no difEreitce of opinion ; nei ther could there be the least :hods:se cf ohjeaion ' to the paragraph referring to the death of that wor thy and amiable Prince, the late Doke of Glouces ter. With respea to the allusions in the Speech to the situation of the country, and the unfavour able issue of the war in Germany, whatever differ ence of opinion there might arise in certain points of t iew, his own sentiment was, clearly, that His Majesty, as stated in the Speech, had aced in stria roof irmity to those principles he had mid: irmly laid down as the rale of his condo& and which, in point of wisdom, justice, and policy, had regularly beers recognised by Parliament. In regard to other considerations, he thought it would he found, when the proper time for discussion should arrive, and the necessary intprmarion be laid before the House, that ever; thing hid beets done by Ministers, with reference to a due execution of the trust repoised in them. He could not but admire and applaud, not only the magnanimous spirit, but the enli,:htevesl and strong policy which aau iced the condo :1 of the Emperor of Russia, in his willingness to join his force with that of this country, in the wise and g!o -rious endeavour to restore tranquillity and independ ence to Europe, and to which ends, the most prompt and vigorous exertioits were necessary.— With these conviitions, and feeling upon the occa sion as he did, he most cordially supported the mo tint, for the Adjusts. The Address being read, and the question put, Earl COWPER rose and observed, it had been his intention to have moved an Amendment to the Address, as proposed by the Noble Ettrl, but which he was at present induced to decline, in consequence of the ill state of health of the Right Hon. Gentle man at the head of His Majesty's Councils. Tiiis he thought would, at the ntoment, render the tho rough discussion of the points which his pro posed Amendment involved. a matter of consider able difficulty. He also felt a degree of delicacy on the occasion, in so coming forward, on the very eat hest opportunity that offered ; as urg ing such a Discussion at the moment, may, in some dgiee. wear an appearance of personal hostility, by which no man was less actuated than himself. 0.1 motives, therefore, of delicacy, arising out of these considei ations, it was his wish to postpone moving it for the present. At the same time, he wished it under stood, that it was by ro means his intention to wave the discussion- He would therefore beg leave to re id that which he had intended to propose as an Amendment. This was done by his Lordship ; when the leading features of the proposition ap peared to be —An assurance to His Majesty, that their Lordships would, without delay, eilitire into the causes, of what it stated as the present calami tots: state of the country. That the House, filly sensible of its alarming and unexampled state, w is aware that the most vigorous exertions were neces sary to rescue the country from its dangerous situ ation ; but was of opinion, that the energy and re sources of the country, were adequate to extricae .her, provided they 'sere not misapplied, so as to increase, instead of naming, the perils by which she was surrounded, 3m—A discussion, arising out of these propositions, he thought should he brought forward with as little delay as was consistent with propriety. He would therefore propose to bri ig it forward on Monday next Lord GRENVILLE felt satisfied with what had fallen from the Noble Eoll who spoke last, on the present occasion. No one was more fully aware than himself, that the present situation cf the coun try imperiously called for speedy investigation. The motive which could induce him- to agree to pass over, even that day, without investigating, must be be very strong indeed ; bat by such a moat, he was then aauated. Whatever were the causes by which the present calamitous titillation of the country was induced, the first mode that presented itself for endeavouring to extricate it, WAS an immediate and thorough investigation ; but, from the motive alluded to by the Noble Earl, he was prevented, at the moment, from feeling himself at lawny fully to enter into it upon that day, at least as fully AS he might think necessary for a due investigation of the suhjea. What the Noble Earl premised, had relieved him on that head, 111 a great de gree ; if such a sentiment were entertained by the Noble Earl, how much more strongly. how much more poignantly, must it be felt by himself. He was therefore glad the Noble Earl waved the discussion at present. With reined to the Address, and what fell from the Noble Lords who moved and seconded it, no one could more enr.fially acquiesce in what they said, respeaing the late glorious naval vi fury ; nor could A;IV Lord be more ready to concur in enabling His iitajesty to make an adequate and ample provision fur the fa roily of that late gallant and illustrious Viscount. The services he had rendered his country were cf great national magnitude, and should be remember ed by a proportionate national reward [.l grarral rev ! 4,ap 1 . 1 With respea to the rest of the Address, as it seemed to call for no manifestation of any particular opinion, or pledg e t h e H ouse to any particular l i ne o f covidua hereafter. he &multi not then oppose it ; but the situation of the count; y was such, as called for a deliberate view of every thing that had been done. He certainly would be the last man to caper's any unfavrurahle opinion of the honourable personage alluded to, or of his measures; save where it was forced from him as a dlity.MpOil free and full examination of the stihjea, and the results conneeted with it. When a regultar oppor tunity should arrive, he would fully deliver his sen timents, and he had to express his thanks to the Noble Earl, for the very handsome manner in which he declined the discussion in the present instance. Lord HAWKESBCRY felt it incumbent on him to trespass briefly on their Lordships, on the present occasion. He conceived, that additional circumstances existed to those adverted to by the Noble Baron (Grenvillie), as reach-Ting the postpone. eseut oh the discussion proper. He, however, gave the Noble BarO2 full cred.: tot those personal tort logs %Olio% actuated him on the (+ceilings. fl e corioin there was no individual in the country stool minded mon, or one endowed wi•ls genet feelings, that did not feel syn . :pa:by and regret for ,resent situation of an individu a l so much adosi try the country and the world, in the most sod poignant 113 Inner ; and more especially Noble Baron, from his intim ire conneotion with ;sersouo t ; • in question, and from other rio t . stances, must fed even more f. foible than lo expressed. With respect to the discussion, . • Lordships ought to hear in mind, what was so nerly observed by the Noble Lords who spoke fir re.spoOiag copies of the treaties, and other docu ary information, which His Majesty had preorm sitoori be laid before the House. As to the Addro itself, it had beet so ably moved and seconded, isth. render it unnecessary for him to trouble their Loo ships upon it; it was so framed as not to commit O f House upon any one topic, or to call upon thei r Lordships in any one sense, save what every one them would obviously be disposed to concur In tire idea of rewarding the services of the NrOa and illustrious Viscount, in an adequate provisOo to his family, he had of course anticipated that rs difference of opinion could exist. In Additinn to Noble Earl's idea of waving the discussion, from feelings of personal consideration, should have opt ' rated a deference to what was the gener 41 praslice; indeed the uniform custom of Parliament, on suck occasions, was when His Majesty informed the House he would lay before them his engagements wik Foreign Powers, to consider the nature of these, and judge whether it may be necessary to col for further information, or whether those originally communicated were sufficient to enable thins to form their minds, before they should enter into air discussion of the general subject ; this was the gencr praftice on such occasions He agreed with the Wile Bartnothot it was highly desirable and proper that tie situation of the country should be thoronghly ext. mined (a cry of " Hear," from E.rl Stanhope): He was sure that the Members of His Majesty's Go. vernment were not disposed to shrink from it.— On the contrary, they were ready and vrining, at the proper time, to enter upon it, and to justify tie measures they had adopted ; and he repeated, that those who composed His Majesty's Governrnoo, were, at the proper time, ready to enter upon Cie proposed discussion. Lord MULGIIAVE followed. He expressed his satisloaion at the proposed discussion, of w hich he sugared the results would be re-v different torn those w:tich Noble Lords opposite seemed to pro some. In the event of di cnssion and thurnu, l j in. vestigation, he doubted whether his Noble rend p pos:te would find much us ohj-01 to. Either in toe periods of execution, or in the extent of the measures adopted, they were equally ready to discuss ere subjeet as his Noble Friend ; boo withaltioNoaVe Friend near him, bethought the opinicsiss oro . arlia. meet ought to be withheld, until the psi err ard d.. cuments should be before them. It cer aim v cool! he more to-poorly discussed in such circurn t loxes, than it possibly could in the present moment. At the some time, he was anxious that the morn nt of investigation should take place at the earliest op portunity, as every measure of prudence on 3 pre. emotion had been resorted noon the part of Gower*. ment, and he knew of no rammer wh c n had beta adopted, that he should now wish to re:raft. Lord GRENVILLE spoke in explanation. He was of opinion. that the investigatioo, in crier to he salutary and efficacious, should he on an early day, and the points which it involved appeared to Lim -es be such as world coil for much justification. Vi.h rove& to the Noble Earl's notice for Monday, e confessed, it appeared to him to be rather an *ie.v day, and Ise should be i•:clined to -ripest him to withdraw it. In regard to the or. ss which Mi nisterial Lords seemed to lay on the prosinetion of 'treaties with Foreign Powers, he had to observe. that many principal points he thould have to eweil on, were not included in those Treaties. To these c msiderations, the discossioa of the Ameni'vssent would naturally lead ; but, upon the whole, be thought the public interest would not suffer by a postponement for a moderote imervol The Question was then put. The Address was agreed to without any Amendment, And the Loeb with white staves were ordered to learn His Majes ty's pleasure with respect to receiving the nose. Lord HAWKESSURY gave notice that le should, on Friday next, move for the Thanks of the House to Lord Coliirgwood, and to the Officio. Ste. under his command ; and moved that the House he summoned for that day. Ordered. The Marquis of A BERCORN called their Lord ships' attention to the state of the proceedings in the case of Mr. Justice For. It was neorstar y, as well for the sake of the person accused, as for the sake of those concerned in the accusation, that th, time in which their Lordships may be able to tato u', And proceed with, the buiiaes , should be speci • tied ; tor his rant, l was woo:el to CUM; kat - ward with the e:ideneo relative to whatever co: cv u mioltt have is the business, as soon as the plea sure of the House should IDT known in that respea. Lord CA R t.E 1t34 made several observatiovs coroeiveiice of whotiell from the Noble narcosis; but. in soch a tone of voice, a , that the far weate , p a r t of what he said, was inaudible at the In the outset, ht expressed his concurrenc • in the ' propriety of wh.o the Noble Lo-J said, as to the pr. rind for proceeding with the business, being keel with certainty. The Earl of DARNLEY stated his intention to take an early opportunity, prolsahlv on Friday, or Monday, to move for An account of the number of men raised by the Parish Officers, snider the Audi. tionol Force Att. Om the Motion of Lord Hwerneinvar, L Ird W41...1%0/4 AN WA4 appoint►d Chairmaa of all their Lot tt:ip%'Cornmittee;, during the errs - ~essoe. S•me other ctitomAry orders nine TM de. After wr.ich, the Meuse adjanrned till tn ni.rnAv. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At three o'clock pate sziy. the 5 v4ker and feet , r.-. 1 Menage', entered the House, and itr. after, M. QUA Rale, Deputy Usher of the B:zek ltod. eum•r.oned the liGese to attend the. LA,r4l%, atrlionsed by Commilsion, in the House P.ers. Tb- SPeithig, and al: the %Imlay, prement. clotly obeyed ; and, on tleth te:ur3, the Sets. suloreaed the Hottw, that, puzanant to •a I