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Como), !PRICE OF STOCKS 11,115' DAY - AT TW ; kI,VE O'CLOCN. 59 58i I lied. TM 571 THE SUN. S YI.EM QUIS DT CER AUDEAT L 0 NI) N, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1812. Our Readers, we are suft, will peruse With plea sure the speech of JOyls? • Nicnot upon . this occasion, not only as ,ani''eloquent composition, but as a just tribute to the great abilities, the `unwearied attention, and .the strict impartiality with which' Mr. ABBOT has hitherto discharged t'ie duties of Speaker of the House of Commons, .It may appear presumptuous in us . to offer our feeble tribute of applause to that Right Hon. Gentlenw, after hii unanimous election by the 'souse of Commons ; but it is an act of justice from every one who has bad an opportunity of , witnessing his conduct, and, we could not repress 'Our feelings upon this occasion At twelv . 'e o'clock this day, Mr. ABEOTT will be presented at the Bar of of the House of Lords, for the Royal appro. -bation. While the Roman Catholics of Ireland are de n-landing, in the most authoritative manner, the immediate grant of what they arc pleased to de nominate their rights, they seem as firmly resolved not to make the slightest concession ; they even seem to turn with horror from every measure which may, by possibility, have the appearance of concili ation on their part. It remains to be seen whether Lord GRENVILLE, Mr. PONSONBY, and those other Noblemen and Gentlemen who thought that the 'Claims of the Roman- Catholics ought to be com plied with, but not without the adoption of pro per guards for the security of the Established Re ligion—and who also thought that the Veto was one of the securities that ought to berequired, are pre pared to support an unconditional compliance with the demands of the Catholics. It really seems as if those persons, who have assumed to themselves the right of managing the Roman Catholic Cause, were anxious to make their de mands in such a form, oncl in' such a tom., a s to insure their rejection. Upou what other principle can we account for their determination, not to take into their consideration the captivity of the Pope, nor to consent to the adoption of any tit' the precautions which such a circumstance must. Obviously render necessary ? What tenet of the Raman Catholic Religion prevents the Roman Catholics of Ireland from doing that now which the Roman Catholics of England and France did, upon a former occasion, under similar circumstances ? In the Treaty made be tween HENRY VIII. and FRANCIS I. (both Roman Catholic Kings, at the head of Roman Catholic kingdoms), when the POPE was in captivity, It is declared, that while the Pope remained a prisoner, no summons for a General Council of the Church' should take effect within the domi nions of France or England ; and the two Kings engaged respectively, that their Clergy should pub- Ntly protest their detestationof any such convoca-. tion." It is also declared, that " any command ment,sentence, bull, letter or brief, proceeding from the POPE, in his present situation, tending to the prejudice of the French or English nations, or to legatiie authority of Cardinal WoLsEy, should • not be obeyed, but the 'bearers of them should be punished, and that, during the 'captivity of the POPE, whatsoever the Cardinal, in 'conjunction vt;ith the other prelates of England 'assembled by the King, determined in the-Ecclesiastical affairs of the English, should, when sanctioned by his. Majesty, be valid and obligatory. The like was settled by the French." By this Treaty the power of the PorE was ac tually Suspended, while he remained a prisoner. 'The Treaty was executed and •acted upon, without eny complaint, even from the Court of Rome, that it was'a violation of the doctrines of the Ro- man Catholic Church. Upon which principle, then, isoit, we ask again, that the Roman Catlin- lies of the present day, undersimilar circumstances, conceive themselves bound to adopt a different conduct ? • Last morning were brought to town from Ports , . troutli, where they were landed from his Majesty's ship Salcette, under the care of Mr..lames Adkins, four beautiful Persian horses; two from the King of Persia, and one. front Sir Gore Ouselcy, our Ambassador, as presents, to his. Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and the fourth to Marquis Wellesley, being a further proof of the amity and friendship re-established between the Emperor of Persia and Great Britain. olemme.to• MMUS. ARRIVED-1 GlTernsev, 1 Jersey, 1 Dublin, 2 Waterford Duk.:-1 Cadiz, 2 GotWzburgii, I Brazils, 1 Waterford. Yesterday b'.th !Rinses of Parliament 'met, and a great number of Members of the. House of Corn s-lons were sworn in.: , Mr. ABBOTT was again unanimously chosen Speaker, on the motion of Sir JOFINNICHOL ) seconded by Mr. CARTWRIGHT.— NAVAL NEws. 'PLYSIOI) TII Nov. 23.—Arrived the Dart,Woon, from Dartmouth ; the Greyhound, arntrs, from Portsmouth ; .and the Auspicious, LOVERINC;, from Wales.---AlgO arrived the Horatio, TozER, from Guernsey, with a cargo of paving -stones, for his Majesty's Docky-ard at this port.. • Sailed the Speculator hired armed lugger, Lieu tenant WILLIAMS, for the DoAms ; and his Ma jesty's schooner Rapid ,fol• Portsmouth. Went up the Harbour to be ducked the Salsette frigate. • The Ponzone frigate takes convoy from hence to Portsmouth and the Downs. YARMOUTH,. Nov. 24.—The Venus, of Colches ter, LAMBLRT, niSt:2r, .foundered on the 18th inst..in a gale of wind, running - from Lowestoft Roads for Harwich, and all hands perished. The pilot -cutter Friend's Assistance, of Lpwcs ;oft, was lost on the 26th Oct. last, and all hands, n a gale of wind., Sailed the Albion, WAvi“ - ..m; for Messina, and the Providence, Ho2T, for Malta. HARw NoV.. 24.—SailA the 'Cozeier cutter on a cruizc. A convoy of ab•o„t 120 sail, for the Baltic, passed to.day. CHATHAM, ,Nov. doNvn to Sheerness from Long Reach, his Majesty's ship Mulgrave. Went, down to Long Reach his Majesty's ship Ramillies, Capt. Sir Tnos. MAsTEgmAN . HARDY. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Arrived his Majestit's ship Seahorse from the Do . wns ; Castilian from ditto ; and the Linnet frinn Falmouth. Sailed his Majesty's ship Roya?ist with a convoy 'or the Downs. FALmouTu ; Nov 22.—Arrived Ms Majesty's ship Coquette d with the following ships under con voy, bound to the West Indies, put back by con - - trary: viz. Elizabeth, Sophia, Pacific, Bristol, Britannia, Centurion, William Lushington, iianover, Morland, HerculcP, Princess glyal, Tobago, General Craig; Pecklington, Thomas, Mars and the Luiz. Also put back the Two Friends (under Prussian colours) for America. Sailed the Windsor Castle packet with a mail for Gibraltar and Malta. NAVAL APPOINTM.ENTS.-- 7 -q1 1 )t. D. Macleod 13 appointed to the Princess, at Liverpool; Lieut. Sinclair, of the Victory, is proMoted to the rank of Commander, and ap pointed to the Reynard, in the Baltic; Lieut. T. Scott is ap pointed to the Conthet'; Lieutenant Titiman, to the Royal William ; Lieut. S. Donovan to command the Veteran ; Lieut. Waddurn, of the Royal William, to the Signal Station at Fort Cumberland. DESTRIIIUTION or PRIZE-MONEY.—The Fig - ,Tard, for the Wasserhennel,&c ; Fisgard, Lynx, and Flamer, for the Juliana, Ziska, Ornen, and Po ret ; Fisgard and Lynx, for the Christiana Margaretha and Aurora; and Brilliant, for Le Point du Jour, on ,Friday next, at 41, N'orfolk-street, Strand, and there recalled. , .. The Sandwich, for the North Star, on board, on her arrival in pert; recalled at No. 41, Norfolk-streeL, Strand. 'The Diana, for the Brutus, on Thursday next, at No. 13, Clements-Inn, and there recalled. • The Alert, for the Patriot and Blazer, and No. 7, Adelphi terrace, and there recalled. • The Officers and Company of Anholt, for head-Money; consequence of the attack of March 29, 1811, and for ord nance stores, and two gun-vessels then taken, on Friday next, at No. 13, Great George-street, Westminster, and there re called.• • The Goldfinch, forthe Nostra Senora del Carnien and - Re. trine; and Cretan, for the Neptune, PA Saturday' next, a No. 23, Surrey-str ee t, Strand, and there recalled. On the evenipg of the Gth inst. as the sloop Three Fripads,''of Youghall, J. CAMPBELL, master, was coming- out of Stmthampton, she was cap tured at the. Start Point by . a French privateer, the Juret,.1.401:715 MARENCOURT, of St. 3laloes, Captain. On finding the cargo consist of briCh and hoops, orders were given _to scuttle and sink the shin ; but on Capt. M.'s perceiving amongst Mr ; C.'s papers a certificate from his masonic lodge, the Frenchman countermanded his orders for sink ing the vessel, entertained him with great hospita lity, gave him a paper, by which the sloop and cargo were to be his, and. made him promise under his; hand, that he would endeavour to procure the re- lease of a certain French Captain, now in Dart mouth pris6n, which Mr. (2. iR resolved on taking the necessary steps to obtain. The Oxford Militia marched into Portsea Air; racks last week: Friday night, about five ,o'clock, as one of the passage-boats which pass from Mutton-Cove-quay, Plymouth-dock, to Cremill Passage, was endea vouring to head' a Portsmouth slo o p th a t I_o?.s going out of Ilainoa z e, the bowsprit of the latter pasSed through the sail of the,forrner, and in a moment the boat was shircred in an hundred pieces. There were on board I I women, the two boatmen, and a boy. The most dreadful shrieks instantly announced the unexpected catastrophe, And a number of boats pulling to the sput with a promptitude that deserves much praise, the whole were preserved from a watery grave, though the tide was then running d own w i t h suc h velocity through Ilamoaze, as nearly to sink the buoys. MA . NsioN - HousE. - -Enzbe,zzlemen t.-Yesterday the young rnan who has undergone two or three examinations, charged with having collected money fin a respectable mercantile house in Basingholl— street,- and turning it to his own use, ,was again brought before the Loan MAYOR, in the custody of one 'of the Marshalmen, who told his Lordship that the prosecutors, in cbusequence Of the inter cession of theprisoner's friends, had relinquished all further`prosecution ; upon condition that the pri soner entered into his Majesty's service, whieh he cheerfully agreed to do, i31. - PSRIAL -PAittiA.:VIENi. HOTJ3E OF LORDS, TtJESPAY, NOVEMBER 24. 'Acr,ETIN OY THE NEW I).I.II.P.AMENT: This being the day appointed by the Proclarna Lion of his l►oy;il Highness the PRINCE REGEN:r for the assembling of the New Parliament, the LOAD Cu,iNcELLow, and his Officers came down to the House soon alter two o'clock, .and a considerable number of Peer's attended in their places. • Ells Lordship ace ainted the House, that as it was inconvenient to his Royal Highness the PIUNCE 'REGENT to be personally pre , ent on that day, he had granted Letters Patent for 'openingthe Par liament by Commission, which their Lordships would presently hear read. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes OfYORK and CUMBERLAND, the LORD CHANCELLOR, . and the Earls of WESTMORELAND and LIVERPOOL, be-. ink; robed, then took their seats on the Bench, in front of the Throne, as the Royal Commis sioners. Sir T. TYRIVIIITT, the Gentlernah Usher of the Black Rod, wits deputed to order the attendance of the' Commons, who forthwith appeared at the Bar to .a considerable number. The PRINCE REGEST'S authorisim; the Lords therein, or any three or more of them,. to hold and open . the Parliament, in the name and on the behalf of hi: Majesty, was then.read . at length ; when the LORD CLIA..qt..If,LLOR, as Or gan of the Coinmissioners, addressed the Assent-- bly to the following effect 411 Lords'aud Geatlen;en, “” 1 c •virtue of the Commission, under the Crcdt ::"3eal, to us and other Lords directed, and now re ai, we have to state to you, in obedience to the cOimmuuls of his Royal Highness the Prince Pq,ent, acting in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to announce to you, that as soon as a sufficient number of the Members of both Houses of Parliament shall be sworn, the causes of his Royal Highness. calling this •I'arliament shall be communicated ; 'and it being necessary that a Speaker of the House of, Commons should be first chosen, it is his Royal Highness's pleasure, that the Gentleit:'n of the House of Common s should r e t urn t o t h e i r own House, and there proceed to choose some person proper for that oftNce; and that you shall present such person so chosen as their Speaker, here to-morrow, at twelve of the clock, for his Royal Highness's ap probation." • The Commons the returned to their own House; n d the Clerks proceeded to administer the cus - tomary oaths to the Lords present. The first . Peers sworn were their Royal High nesses the Dukes of YoRK and CuyiEE3LAND, who were the only Royal Peers then present. Their Royal Highnesses of KENT and Sussex were sworn afterwards. Among the Peers sworn this day were the fol lowing The ArchbiAtop of Canterbury. The Marquisses of.Stigv, Iledforti and Welksley. The Earls of Liverpool, Westrn3reland, i l liirrovibv, Lind sey, Harcourt, Coventry, Choltnondcley, Ncl,cn, Pomfret,- and Sandwich. Viscount Hood. The Bishops of Eiphin and Raphoe. • • Lords' Foley, 1-lolhuld, iirc-,valow, Boston, St. Helen's, Gwydir, and St. John. Lord Mu - LORAvE was introduced with the ac customed formalities,, swyrn, and took his, seat as Viscount-NoamANBY and 'Earl of MULGR'AVE. His Lordship's supporters were the Ex.'s of WEST MORELAND t“ld ittr.RoWBY. At Four o'clock the House adjourned till Twelve o'clock' To-morrow. HOUSE OP COY:MONS, TUESDAY, I)7OVEMBZI, 2-1. CHOIC:EOr . A SPEAKER,. ' About a quarter before three o'clock, at which time considerably upwards of a hundred Members of .the House of. Common:; had assembled toge ther in thei!' House, having been previously sworn in by the Lord Steward of Household, accord ing, to custom, in the Long Gallery adjoining ; their attemlance was required at the Bar of the ••1-louse of Peers, in a message delivered by the De pazy (J tier of the Black Rant., They forth With accomp:mted the senior Clerk, Mr. LEY, to the Upper House, and shortly returning, proceeded to the exercise of that privilege, which had there been enjoined them by the Lords Commissioners in the name of the Prince Regent, the Election of a Speaker. After a panse of some moments, — Sir JOHN NICHOLL rose, and (addressing him self to Mr. LEY) spoke nearly as follows :—" Mr. LEY, after the message which we have just' re ceived front his Royal Highness the PRINCE RE GENT through the Lords ijominissioners, l con ceive it will be proper to proceed without delay to elect.one of our number to take upon ltinpelt the high functions of Speaker ; a function, the exercise of which is justly considered to be one of the ancient and undoubted privileges of this House, and which, properly exercised, is 'of the highest importatlce not only to this House itself, but to the rights and liberties of the people, and, consequently to the future prosperity ansl happi ness of, this great and extensive Empire.—lt may in some degree assist the HOuse the proper choice of an individual to fill this high situation, if I submit to their consideration the properties which belong to the office, and the qualifications' requisite to discharge its duties.. Those duties are as various as •they are important. They partly .consist in regulating the proceedings-of this House, in its legislative and judicial capaci ties; they require him to preside over its debates --to.enforce a due observance of order and de corum—,to conimunicate the .approbation and the censure of th - !:Ilonse = to watch over its privileges, to assert its rl z irhts, and to maintain its laws. In addition to these, he is called upon to attend to what is called the private business of 'the House, )vii iris in itself forms no -Sniall share of the duties of the Speaker, in the present improving state of the wealth and population of the country. Tl , e discharge of the duties of this part of his office tequires talents and attainments Of no ordinary and of a itta* Ck . th‘At they I t kind, rarely found united in the Same individual ; for :there is hardly a good quality Whi c h can adore hitmad nature, which the vast variety of ' hatter Which comes before him will not Occasionally cilli for. To an enlightened understanding; to an ex tensive legal knowledge, and an ardent and well founded attachment to the principles•of Our. hapnY- Constitution, it is necessary that there should be added an intimate acquaintance with the precedents Of Parliament, a thorough knowledge of its forms, as recorded in the volumes of our proceedings, and a mind well versed in those usages tpc are Sanctioned by th e unwr i tten practices '''of thk House. Nor should we pass ove r With oht notice, the subordinate qualifications whicfi are requisite to Mtn who holds the offiefe of Speaker. Here quickness, coupled with correct- neSs iii . the dispatch of pielelie business, is deinanT- ed. Among the qualities necessary to preside ans enforce order, are soendoes4 of judgment and promptness, of decision ; firninciss to repress con tention, with the smile of affability to soften re buke, and disarm irritation. He,Should possess a ' temper not to be ruffled by rudeness and resistance; attention not to he exhausted by prolonged de bate ; but above all, his conduct should be marked by strut impartiality to deserve the confidence s of all, and to ensure to hrrn the attention and "' respect of the House. The thanks tit this HOitsa would lose part of their vidue, if communicited without that dignity and manner which coat=: mantis respect ; and its censure and reprimands "! Would lose a part of their force and effect, it nut delivered with that tone and demeanour of authority which enforces attention. To preserve the dignity of this House, .turd protect its rights against the encroachments of any other part of the State, it is necessary that he should possess a mind above cuntroul, and an integrity beyond the reach of interest. In attending to the private bu siness, he should be distieguished by facility of -. I access, by urbanity of deportment ; and courteous ness .‘ ' of manner ; by frankness of communication, A by unwearied a tt ent i on , and indefatigable i e d us - I try, and by an anxious watchfulness to guard over-the interests of the absent. Neither should we overlook that munificence, which seems called for by his rank in life, as suitable to the first and most distinguished Commoner of the. realm.— These arc some of the most prominent qualifica tions to besought for in the person 1V e select for our Speaker. If in rising to propose -an indi vidual to. your choice, it had been necessary to resort to my own opinions to select one, I hope I should properly have felt my own - want of im portance, and shrunk front the task, leaving it to some other Member, whose weight and judg- , ment better fitted him to discharge . it. That the different counties of this great country, ,- when sending to Parliament, according to- the practice of our exce ll ent C onst i tution, the must ,:, iT enlightened of th e i r num b ers to represent them, may furnish sevora! persons properly qualified to discharge the many and arduous duties of this 's high office, I ant not disposed to deny, "but I con s not help congratulating myself and the House', that it is not necessary, on the present occasion. ~ to fix one who merely gives the hope and promise '.: of future worth—that it is in their power to fix qa the. secure basis of tried excellence, and confirmed '',' experience. Those Members who are now here S- - for the first time may suppose, that while.describ- " ing What the Speaker of this House should be, .k ~.. have been tracing the outline of a picture which ';_ exists but in imagination ; but those WhO sat in' ';" 4 this House in former Parliaments will recognisa in it, that I have been drawing the likeness of• . ;S . that highly g if te d i n di v id ua l who, for the four, -'s last Parliam e nt s , h as fill e d t h e Ch a i r i n a manner -: to secure general admiration, and the respect of ''se all parts of 61 House. —Sir, I need- not name - the Right Hon. Charles Abbott.-s—l used not. gp back to praise this Gentleman's early life ; I • . need, not rowrefer to those qualities which OH-. .., ginally recommended him to the choice of this House, to prove him worthy of. that high situa tion which I trust he will again be called upon to fill. lam aware, and unfeignedly conscious that ;.-, • a considerable d egree o f presumpt i on may be ins-',... pitted to the individual who ventures, 'on the first -',... meeting of the House, to address you on so inte resting and important a subject. But I throw -e myself on the candour and indulgence of thes r' Uouse, frankly acknowledging that I could not , resist the gratification of thus publicly testifying:, - though very inadequately; the esteem and regard, veneration and respect, which I feel for him, to whom they so justly belong. I could not resist the pleasure of taking upon myself to propose that which I anticipate is the unanimous wish of the, House—" That the Right Hon. Charles Abbott be elected Speaker Of this House."—(Hear, hear, hear !) Mr. CARTWRIGHT—" Sir, in• rising to second' the Motion which has jn.t been made by my • Learned Friend, I am only sorry that lam not• equal to the 'task, nor would I have tal;en it upon myself, but that the Motion rests not on the to- . lents cf hint who seconds it, but On the merits of the:Tight Honourable Centleiian whom it is . pro- , posed to call to the Chair. All the qualifications rr(luired for so important an office 'are to be found in Mr. Abbott. This I think is one of those motiwts in which all parties must concur ; or ra ther it 'is one in which all party is discarded. I. think it not improper to refer to the early life of Mr. Abbott, to remind the House, that before he .was called to the Chair the public had derived great advantages from his labours. I think it alike due tc.) ourselves and to the public, to replace Mr. Ab bott in the Chair of this House, and I feel it no small hanour to second such a Motion, which, with the Right Honourable Mover, I anticipate will meet with the unanimous approbation of the House." [A universal cry of " Chair ! Chair ! Mr. AB BOTT ! Mr. AB,BOTT !" at the conclusion. of this speech, testified the assent of the House io the mo tion which had just been made and seconded.] Mr. ABnOTT then said : " In rising to address the llouse.upon the present occasion, it is impos sible for rue not to be desirous, in the first place, to thank my Right Honourable and 'Honourable Friends who ha-ye this day done "me the ,honour. of proposing me for the high office to which you are now about to elect one of your own number, for the great personal kindness they have shewn me, and also to express my sense of the very favour-.