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learning, • filled. the re than any • Mope oiler ,enefit of researc►.— • unknown witness present the ce'. . duty .:aining the pro con- the of ries . • . ... . requisite for a doe discharge of this duty, ate of no ordinary deserintion ; an impartiality that secures. competency at.% ability that command, - respe& ; affability of temper, that disarms contention.; are only a few of the most promhtent additions to, or concomitants ot, that sound judgment, and that knowledge in.Paaliatstaltary foejns. He must sho be intimately acmtainted with tisankind, and be pos- sessed of a thor.aigh knowledge of the world. On these, and sach like qualifications, is the authority of the Speaker to be founded. Possessed of them, the House will he disposed to intrust him with the full exercise of their powers, convinced that he • will exercise thejn for the general good, and with- out infringing their orders, aft with that confi- dence which will be consistent with their, dig- nity. Thus, Sir, hriing described, however • • I'mperfeilly, some of the leading qualifications of the 'person whom we ought to call upon to fill the Chair, I should scarcely venture to propose any one as being fully adequate for such an arduous un- dertaking. trom any impression which he may have made upon any own judgment; but I am sure the /louse will have gone before me in acquitting me of that presumption. They will be disposed to look to their own experience of the past, rather than any recommendation which may be made to thorn by any single individual. lam sure, Worsts:. that what I have already said, most 'lave called to the recolleftion, of the House dignified manner. the ability, and the learning, • it Itich that Chair has been formerly filled. he , lacukiea under which I labour at the .o'''• potent moment, do not so much arise from any apprehenaion as to the sense of the House, collettive- tr. Opfan what I am about to propose, as from my *the first, individual taking the liberty of at, ng so detail the many and 'riotous qualifier. ''-- sionetiasat most important duty, and of propos- • iftlyc notice, as I mean to do, Mr. At as ' pecker (Ileac I heir LlS ! frets ail ficerlert of aa.) My c , n fi dence of 'opt approbation opt consist so much in the universal opinion of tea ii6use. as in her manner that Itipt llonoui able Coalman has .been supported by triaids through- out the whole empira. I console myself in the re- lation, that as time and experience have ttlideil to esteldish this public chisrafter, not only in the mists of bbcoe who were formerly Members cf the house, but \4'' those now met, oho were not Mein. bore Oche foomet Parliament, my motion will, with out the smallest iliffiztiity meet with unanimous appro. bat i ism ,otethasateeoutit the.dreastilichous to en- ter fay,ifito dc soil, and less anrous to guard against tholooupisforty. of Which I m sir base happened to Ve *saw, .4Kt.r114 pram* occasion 1 for, Sir, besides lb. IAPP4er in which 1 hare stated the gent: al duties Ai the nitration to which I allude, I ,have .rely to refer die Nlemoers of this. House to a contemplation sett recolltition of that respetable charafter's aevo• ial important qoalifictions. I must, uncloahtedly , acknowledge, that I have paned by many topics, on 'which he has a just claim to the public takeout. 1 tinoboattu..ihreter under.di ffi of t: eaut ariseslty , R i gh t wh fromfck i h o ta l i : eoi Gccni should tsi,ei om b i sa a n v . e s:rhat stared hlAethi r ic l , wooly recupyiog that Clair, nit only fully justified any rologium I could pass upon him, but, of itself, exhibited a more just idea of the qualifications re• quisoe tor that {sigh and important etalinn, than any whieh I would attempt to d.lineate. •• Resides those points upon which I have tour' ad, there are Act topics, to which 1 might•have alluded. ia: illupatine those valuahls 'endowments, which entitled that Right Son. Gentleman to a just claim for paislic favour. In speaking of the, -general they .which devolves not, die person who occupies the office ni Speak-r in this•Hoese, !lave not at all adverted to that facility of private intercohrest, upoo mattersoo bitsine4e, which has, on all occasions, peculiarly eignalised him f to that dignified hospitality, which ennforms itself wa much to the wit- munificence cu Prliament, whtch has twin, we all occasions, ob. 'Koos to every one who has bad access to Lim; hi! onwassied attentiroie and indiefinigable industry, it etrrydeje into effed• an inquiry into the state of du • Reeordt of the House; an *stoney which originates . from his owo suggestion, whicb has occupied at much of his valotihte time, and by which the puhiii Et* planed in a situation to preserve the benefit o those records, for the purpose of public research.— To eia , b e ap er i n • ire'r,,rics which are not unknowi to many nf . you,' who have been called on to witnes than, now arelthey foreign to the husinees at presen in ipeastiont. because the same application, and fir mute ehrhoions of great talents, are peculiarly nice, site? for thepesfiemance of a great past of that duo et eh he his here to discharge. Without de:aininl you Apy Luger, ell further eulogiums upon th , *coal, respeztabfe. and able cliaraetcr, I have pro petard to your notice, I shall alone upon these con ids-ratio, s, conclude with moving, o That do L.,•ht I Ito. Cl•atles Abbot: do take the Chair o ti.i, liouse."`---(1. aid testis of appooketios, end reit i?'iir.r 16 0 . i b.•- , r hies! pm all Walt of the Hcart.) • Mr. Wit BE RFORt:E=2 6- Sir, in tieing to se fond tie airmen which has jest been made by m; It ieht honourable Friend, I cannot help feeling astriderably impressed with the manrer in whicl the House has been just new ;oared in manifest it , high sense of gratitude for the fernier exertion, and 'the cotrplate adequacy of 'the iii;,-ht Hon Orstkelaan who is the sabjet of :he Motion. From the marks of esteem arct gratitude already evince, 'by the House, as wet as from a consciousness of hi competence for the task to be imposed. I can en certain no douht, that the Motien which I am nos secon.'ing, will ultimately meet with your entire ap probation. It is almost onr.ecessary, after what ha been mist by the Eieht t ton. Mover, forme to ad. =nem rising to second Lis suggestion. I canno however refrain from making a tow observations or this occasion, both in justice to the importance o the stiiii-R itself, and to the more complete illastra tom ottne able and reipeakable careillar ailudod to It ILA often horraned, that a Speaker of this Hotly of Parliament /1:411 many and vari•are duties to dd charge, hevona what he is required to perform it pabitc. This is sometimes also the case with Ott • totter Memhers of f arliament. A great sacrifice u inmate aroceions becomes necessat7 upon Va!1 , 11 0CC.46011% I have nor: ti.e &distortion to perforn a-tiaty which is not only gratifying to my own per • &oral feehrot;, hot also most comietent with nt: tleow of a roolic tiff. Impressed with a just can *id:ion-of toe high importance of that tisk' wi.icl we uto stow io c loasootriog atleioately to fill, fl 2: Right ii4WAIT4I):4 rricod tun with great prom iet; ' . -__ 4 my feeling w►,jch :oro evinced en now add cannot on of illostr3- House ptefaced his Motion, by pointing ent the greenest tt the taste to be performed,"aied The chetedel: `uncl e qualifieations which 7are . netessare to disilierst with setisfaillion to the .public. He who ciileulatta its :rest importance, has imposed upon 11:mit . great task. It is an of f ice which is intimately ron neded with theeereetnees of this empire, and may be said to operate as a cause of promoting true happiness throughout all itsinhabitants. The cum• lifications which are necessary, are acknowledged by all, to be great and numerous, but perhaps we are not so likely to form a just and proper estimake of their real value, on account of the quiet times in which we live, as there is a disposition in mtn kind to vie* and appreciate things in the Lehr which existing circumstances may justify. At pie , sent we are not troubled by internal commotion ; affairs go on quietly, and, comparatively speak ing, the greaten unanimity prevails. Every thing being thus situated, and while bustle, con sternation, and confusi in are nut of view, this ir, notWehstanding, far from being. the manlier in which we are to estimate the qualifications necessary for so high and responsible a situation. We must proceed. by xie , ,ri,: g it more minutely, if we wish to clothe it with efficiency and harmony in all its parts. Sir, undoubtedly we are not to suppose; that because we have lived happily, in times is which our pub lic liberties have been secure, and the rights of this House, and of every branch of the Legislature, have been peeeerved entire, and their pis lieges use in. fringed upon, it is unimportant for us to choose a person intimately acquainted with all the branches of our glorious Constitution. We sboold onneme ber, that the happiness of a great country is not to be exposed to danger, by regulating our coniud by common events, or truscieg entisely to an ap preciation of eireutnstances, formed in times free from commotion. No; 'sir, this ought not to be wit line of conduet. We should guard against probable events; we should remember that the per son whom we choose ought. on all occasions. be one who is pettedly acqueinted with the minim lion of his country. We fhould ever keep in wur view, that anal deviation. may in the end conduce to great changes. It is folly by an intimate ec queintance with the c ‘ntaitn irri, that ally mail een estimate the effets of small changes, so as to knee:. where they ate or are not of real Importance. On these ir i dples, therefore, most undoubtedly one of the quelificatioos we teq•iire in the person we chose as our Sprain. is a pefeu! ~ertemtance with the con stitution ; ar e , 1 miy almost say, that he should be' one who possesses a complete fore of it. These ex. pressions, however, are almost identical ; for every one who knows the blessings to be enjoyed from it, and who has been in the enjoyment of those blessings, cannot but be, in some de gree. 'in love with that constitution from which they originate, and pow more and more attached to it, in proportion as he feels the secret springs which regulate it. Sir, undoubtedly too a ;.erfel arapaintanee with the history of the country, ante its eiporitutionel history, or, I may say, the Parlia mentary history of it, must be obvious to every oat to be sebsolutely necessary as one of the (pals:ice d ins to be sought after ; as also earegacity to decide, upon the instant, upon puce affairs or delicate ques tions'; a perfed recoiled. on a memory, soui.dueas of inigolehie a temper not te be milled, a suavity of MALIUMINS, are ell hi e hly important. as described by my Right .Flon.l:rienici. • ThemAgereyer e 7t is almost unnecessary for me to spicily, tee they OSHA accord amide the feesiugs of all who have been. its the Haase, whi:e the Ragnt rion Gent:easel :tow pro posed necupied the Caine. l'!veir recon.dions w.ll nesdoebt supple them with stuficient evidene • • . 1 his qualifications in these rasped". Sir. 1 eine. :net den also various other qualificatiot.s t (sai- ...we is one branch only of those wisien have be s• laded to, which I shall yet nr4ice, as it has r -to a pc °wham manner within my own knowledei . ..aid con sequently is fresh in, my rectiiiedion, meal t e peculiar qualifications which are levered of a Speaker of toe Heim of Commons, in toe manage ment of the private boon is eonneded with that House. his branch may, perhaps, to some ap pear somewhat imnteterial, when it is measured by those larger and more ptominent duties, which more immediately occupy the anention of Members. Besides the public husiner, with which .'very one is acquainted, them is a private branch, on which we find much to approve, and much to estimate, not only by the v.slue of the prim, ny at stake. the amount of wMcli e weuld astonish every individual taforrned of it ; but the charuder of Parliament it self is in s- me degree interested upon the decision of various qiiestire s coAcerni:l; private property.— Of these owe pestions cancer:rag the rights acid pro perties of individuals. whictscome be:wetly House. in comparatively a private shape, these is no person. Sir, who can jades s a welt as yourself (meaning Mr. Les, the Chief Choi is) both on acceun• tot your long experience of Pailiamertery affairs, and the varisus ovortuilities thereby Afforded you a thing so. lints nitro be a sense of adherence to the ;teat prin ciples of the English Law. in the management of private bills, as well as in great national-concerns; for I know ncehing which could be more likely to produce an alienation hum the Hee e of Coro moos, than the non-consideration of that place. as being the most proper for deciding such ques dens as con.ern the rights and properties of individuals. This is reudered the more import ant, as the moan who is appointed to the Chair is, its general, deemed the ouardian of the weak, the protedor of the poor. We know that the rich and 'the powerful may be able to adopt measures to pro ud their own rights, but this is not tfsa case with regard to the cut er CIJOS of society. Is it not. there► fore, of the utniebt iniportaecte that in- all Ircestalet and biils; which co.M before this House, we. the Kepreseutatives of the People. &owl' be convinced that we have teirointed an individuil who is both We and wi lirg to attead to theth minutely, and to see that t:v., ! fee g riaciPles of le,islatio.s 1111 OL.t, any degree. erpatted from. or the rigito of private itsaeidaals tiempled upon i Sir. 1 have said the mare upon that particular subject, as it noes each it is 1113"10Sal . lk to !too,: the caniequence of ; ail as I have lead massy occasions to enable isne w appre ciate them, in the ehorader of the individuel whose qvaltneatirres we are now diestissiog, I tern well coo vmcerlthat he,. way adequite to the task; and chat. in that triodeofer, es well-as others, be aid aroltar himself te the-HiWere-etiCkeentons. It is. t lowest., wit:i sineealar setisfaCtion, that I rise to eve end the motion ail my Right Hon. Friend. lor,:fedeehtedly, have the ig me look than e to sure, .ODUI appro• 'eert- ,plati on %eve- the fcr .ificil ascii, Ating ihat .which -of to ob hie , in the ;inate4 'sty , e_it. 't as he has pbsetved, I. I isrly_ . from le ot p . n'.l y lialaiN ofjes‘l . uipedieltch lf Mr.- ~ A hot, tikar____':_hcv".—ka ' ail becasioln, to be deem e cpalliKeil to 11.11 4 13iff : ttripota rnt situation; hot d i ejt is from Toot -owl: experience, i .. is from your own knowledge and ennvidit.n, that he has occu pied it already, and perfoeuted.thenumerous avoca tions thereof, as well with honour to himself, as great advantage to his country. It is impossible not to recoiled ton, with satisfadion, that, before that Right Hon. Gentleman was raised to the Chair, be had shewo to the wort those patriotic feelings with which he would afterwards govern, and had rendered services to the coutitry. He had sat di tha head of a Committee, appointed for the preservation of public economy, and the remedying of abuses. Although no one rejoiced more than I at his elevatiob, as a Cummoner, to the Chair, I would have regarded it as a public injure, if he had been placed in that high situation I;efore he had rendered such services; for this reason, that, it spews to others, that it is by pursuing an upright and faithful condud as a Member of Parliament, . a's a guardian of the purse and liberties of the . people, that they can be raised to a similar simatior., and enabled to a& with full eifed tin the benefit of society. I have the satisfadion to knot'.' already, that the House will approve of the proposition, from . Mr. 'Abbot, being one who,. .from. bis experience of past years, possesses out uonfidestataind attach : ment: One of the greasiest o,:talifications 'of a Speaker of the House of Conimob,"vid which may be said to comprise all the others, is the possession of its confidence—a thing which ntSone can do, un til he has arivally - fitied .the shuati in. In tbat Right Hon. Gestreman, We have a Speaket'of tried worth, who possesses onOostifidence,in as eminent degree ; one who is eornpetentacqrroted the rights of Parliament, to restrain Alm disposition of Mem bets to push matters too far, and one who, from the confidence he possesses,' will be Olt to fill the situation with dignity. I shall 'onlj add one worst more, to say, that at the same' time that Mr. Abbot has simian, by his love of public liberty, that he feels for our true constitutional I , berty, he has shewit a just reuse of the privileges of Parliament, and has aided npon all occasions with thatgrcatbesscf mini Which 4 neceso.ry for the preset VAI itstiof wiltonstitution. In doing this, be has atudiludyendeavoared not to . strain any of our privileges too far ; and it it roe of the qualifications of a great mind, nut to oder-ketch acquired power ;this I own is one additiorial.qtrality tsper ; sdded to all the others which render Mr. abbot a person hig'tly eligible for the neesipail u n 0( that high and important situation, to which I sacoad tile Motion of his being appointed. Mr. ABBOT then rose, and said.. Gewle. men, in addresiing the House on this occasion, it is impossible for me not to fel the deepest sense of gratitude for the general favour which this propo. sallow has been met with. The many, very many commendations which the Prorsei. sad SeCandtr of this Motion Nave, by their pal tialtty, 6... towed upon me, I know not how to return. Althasoli they have been , pleased to suppose, that my being in the Chair before may afford argumer;ts 1.4. my re-ele&ron, I will frankly own, that a very , differeut impression is thereby creat , d in my own mind ; for I am persuaded, brat whorrer wishes to'' tinder-rand and to - execute die dirtier of this irn• portant situation, will readily ac.knowledgeits va- Tittle difficulties, and feel his own i:.adequicy to render it justice. Nevertheless, hoar my experience. in the business of the House, azd in compliance. with their wish, I will accede to the proposal, and take the Chair; althcnah, at the same time, 1 im • convinced, that the event of their choice will, at some future period. drew th e m that ,Caey Flight - have otherwise filled that 'duration mote for their. inreseste said bosons- ;"—(iaa .•a at Chair ! (Ali, ! , rcreenda front all suns cf Ike lioev) ; and Mr. '' AtibOt was then conduded• by the Mover and Sz ,conder, to -the Chair; and when seated tluti.ja, he again* math and addres-ed a few words in the House : . 4 enure it has been" said he, ...the pleasure of the House to place me again in this Chair, I have to tradca my most grateful acko..wiedgements to you, fax this props of your high and ilistinguished . confidence ; and to assure you, that ts bile I have the honor of occupying it, ertty moment of my time,, both within and without these wale's, shall be con stantly and faitsfully devoted to your service." . Mr. T. GRENVILLE then rose, and addressing Mr. Alsbne, as the Speaker of the House. Led, " Mr Speaker, or: an occasion so solemn and Imp ir t ant as the present, it has s uit been unusual k r some one of the Members to express, individually, th-is • sentiments. which I should rejoice to have seen other seise' expressed, as the unanimous senti ments of the House. lam bold to say. that on the present occasion, I Jo not fed it necessary to off- r any apology to the House, for thus ester ticling myself upon their notice. If the busi ness, which we have just now s) happily conclud ed. demanded, after its cenclusion, the most high or eminent t .leafs to congratulate you, Sir, upon your pretnpslon to a situation which you have so long and so acivaitageoudy 6Hed, I should be the lawt 'mon to offer ml sell before lent ; although I am the first to congratulate you upon this oc casion, I am saying no more than the common sense of the House. I only wislt to expre,s our strong sentiments of gratitude for the benefit which the Country has ahead,' received from your cone duet in that Chair. and to anticipate the benefit which we aro likely yet to derive from your feather exert;ons for the public good. If ever then, was a petiod wf,rs t'e House of Commons stool in need of a proper organ, an instruaor, and a guide, it is perhaps is the present important moment t and I cannot. but rejoice in the unanimity with which our choice bas fatten on a Gentleman, whose well. known qualifications give us the fullest assurance, that every thin will he performed that could pot say be txpened. Without entering into detail, I shall ouly say. that a reference to the Records would be the be proof of your former un wearied exertinits for the public good, would show that yi.ti are possessed of a rich fund of coo stuotional knowledge. and capable of an impar tial dispensatier. of the laws Ido therefore most grate' tidy and most heartily congratulate the House, the Country, avid yourself, for the honour conferred upon you." He tl.rn concluded with proposing thi% l louse do now asfjourn. The House accordiagly adjontued to twelve o'clock to-rneitcw (this da;.) THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON; • - TUESDAY, Dat..assatte IG. Circumstances rendering it highly eepedient that the disposaLle force of the Empire ahou:d immediately antlers a cenidurtlsle augmenta tion, the most • vizored+ Measures for th e speedy 'attainment of so necessary an objea, are intended .to by forthwith cairiell int, execution. Another volunteering from the ftcli!ia will be re. sorted to, as 'the' readiest means of fillia7, up, and rendering effederts, the of the First Battalions of the Line. la order to complete, with as little delay as crsisible, the SecOnd Bsttations, the Recruit ing Services to be executed with a degree of ene-r or ald spirit I:t# ..,rto unprecedented. All the 04...4 . on, the hAlt-pay, and under a 'certain age, r.;:1 be espeNra to undertake that important I.+l.ual duty. As an encouragement to their, :tat and aaisity, such of them AS were set vicf, in the Militia, pr... to the issuinp, of the late order on the allied. in Tire lei Loa Gazette, are to be permit'ed to rttain their Camenissidas, or to receive, on resigning them, de months subsistence. Go7e:nraent. with its accus tomed liberality, has granted this indulgence, as it did on a similar occasion Lot war, when it disluad.d the Supplementary Militia, to compensate fn. o.e etpencits individuals may have been put t 3 in eq ping, or in joining; as also to i...demnily them, is rine Measure. against the hesey.travelling char.:es. .to which they 'muss unavoidably be expnsed, in re. pairiorto their several Recruiting Distrids; at im mense distances, in most casts, from the respeSive ertatters of their different Regimen:s. Earl has introduced a new regulation is t'te' Alien 13...partreient, which bids fair to he at tcaleg the most salutary *aids. In future. an 'tenger', prior to their embarkation for Eng. land, are to obtain a passport &urn the Briiisle Resi deilt at the Court they are abOut to gait, wdich rnaai be counisrsigned, en their arrivals by the Miaister of that Court residing here. Such persons as neglea to amnion* to this terve:l°rib of which due notacia ii...tolwastiodiately given by the becte• tsry o( .State 4- the Foreign Departmer.t, a ill hereafter be c in,idered.as sespicious charaelers, and 11% 1. C MS: Treaty, not be sugered to rennin in the kit gd cm. The first Session of the mew Parliament, be.rg .the second Parlia:nrent of the. vatted iingdorn of t Britain ° and Ireland, commenced yesterday. ceremony cd'its epen:ng eitited a considerable idegtee of puldie curiosity. Before eleven o'clocl. in :de fvremion, a crowd was asseribled 4.oltit Wea minster Hall, to wee the Members pen. A! tdelre,, the Loaf HlGtl STEW AOD ilEforided i 0 011 NT Of 6e Odli.ries leading to the Hoare of Commons,whe.: nearly Members of that Hoare were scrorr. is his presence. After this ceremony, they pro .re ti the ti );rie, where they awaßld the Message, r. - guesting their attendance in the Ho;:se of Peers 'the new Members, who did not sit in the lash Parliament, swere *cry numerous. Among them' we noticed Mr. Rosc:re, the new Membes Liverpool; Alderman St: Ave, the new Member for London; Sir TeIO3IAS Toe ros, the new Member for Southwark; Mr. R. M. Patties, Mr. MENGATo &:C. etc. They all took their seats indiseriminately,T. with the exelption of the four Representatives( f the 0 city of London, 'tries rat together oh the right, hated of the S 's chair, dressed in their civic robes and ornaments Nez: to them were seated the CUANCELLOR of the EveWesenntsr the Ste:. :- TART Of STATE for Forictcrs Are t. tat, and ti e Estill Luso of the ADMIRALTY. The three Clerks of the llouse took their usual places at the TO)le, with the mace unrferneath, and the cushion upon the S 's chair. Prec:srly at a quarter past tnor o'clock, the I.nots CIiANCLL Lo.L, with the other Lords Commissioners, rook their seats in the Hour: of Pr_•re, upon the Woolsack, and in obe dience to their summons, the House of Common, Mended at the Bar, with Mr. Also?, the late Speaker, as a private Memher among them.— His 'Alsatsrv'stommission, authorising the Lords therein named to open the Parliament, being then read, the Loth Cnascsa.toa desired the Commons to teturn to their own House, and having eleBcd a Speaker, to attend with him at the Bar. at twelve o'clock this day. The Lords Commissionets then unrolsei, and the remainder of the day was occu pied. until four o'clock, is swearing in the Peers. His Grace the Duke of Noaroi.c attended in hi! robes, and with his staff of o4Bce, as Earl Mars! al of England, and Sir ISAAC HEARD. as Usher oft Black Rod. The attendance of the Peers was Dv numermos. Among those sworn were, the Loot'- counistionant, the Dukes of Kant and Noavoi.s. the Maiquiisrs of Stational) and A stacoan, th • Earls of Csattstn and Sr. VI scoot, Llrk; I How - trim:sr, Sr, Jos'., it. A.SL k • ke. I havil W t Of 0 prep