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eepercnil , y trifling, point of oriler.--nbs.bie - te form. mr lone-fergottee privilege. He ought to apolo gize for detaining the House so long Oft these to pica. His only excuse. was, that such had been the custom of others on former occasions, of a ?imilar nature, and in the present instance there was a rematkable accession of new Members.— He would, however, now proceed to the busi ness more immediately before the House—the election of a, S peaker. He knew he was not betrayed by the partialities of private friend ship to recommend the Gentlemen - hems about propose to theme for be spoke with a strong conviction that the recommendation would be in unison with, the feelings of those who beard bins, and as he confi,!ently hoped, with their almost unanimous eonsent.----(Cheering.)— Tle would propose that he should. be their new Speaker, on whom that high office lied been con ferred by their predecessors—(llearebeer !)—antl that Mr. Manners Sutton should called to the Chair.--(Hear, bear, hear !)—The experience the [louse had had of him as Speaker sees neces sarily short ; but seels as it had been, he inieht with confi•lence appeal to thsese who heard him, if it did not jastity the expectations which had been held out by Ilia Okuda, awl made good the:, fihetal ashoissioes of others, who, recording their preletenee for dumber, had net denied Isis Those liberal admissions had been brought forth by the recollection of w hat his conduct had been in ,inother of ice, which reeptirtd, to the perfect discharge of its duties, many qua lificetions aimiler to those which were neces sat y to the statism to which he had since been Coust et, t at tension it 39 indiSrel , ii• Me to all jse.tice, but it was pecosliativ so to its adminiarretion in the army, from the great extent of the military holy, over which he (Mr Alauners Statue), as Judge Advocate, Ipad pie , ided. Its that situation, goat kuosviedee of roetskind, gecat delicacy, from the mouse of the buNineas, great patience,. great sieilatise, ,etut great eqeaninsity, with deep fortelionght, were necuSS3ry.—The tenor of that office had imposed spot him the duty its taking a share in the de bates it that ll, u mid he was sure that be might safely say he had supported his argensents, and , etetolefl his opiehoss, with that waitoth and earuestnea which were elmoat nisei) usable from cooseieue issnoecoce, but with those di corons and Isoneureble thet he might apps al to the Hutoe if hr hail used a single expression to wound, or to mike an enemy, where lie had been active in the contest. Such, too, had been his depoit ment in the Chair of that Howe, that, should it meant be his lot to fill that situation, he would commence his new career without tick of en cionsterine 3 single personal foe, and they had good reason for believine that he would never make one, from hit anxiety to avoid over stepping the bounds of moiler/ohm and for bearance on every occasion. With respect to Isis other qualities, it tees mmecessary fist hiin to speak : Isis facility of access-- lii to afford information at all tnnes— his ettiformly mild conciliatory manners ; these Were known to ail aho were in the late ParSiameut. Oise point he could not pass over. lie pnssrsseil the eunfidenceof that House. This, it was pethaps a peculiarity honourable to the Mouse and the country, was to be obtained but in one' way. No talents, no attainments alone could gain its confidence, but the House bowed essith ready deference to high integrity and lofty minded independence. 'That which in ibis coun try we consider private character, failed not to command distinction, and shed addHonal lustre on the highest public talents ; and if in any situ ation this were mote valuable than in another, he thought it was in that to which he purposed they should elect his Right Hon. Friend. Its ieflu euce could not but be felt where debates were carried on with all the warmth of patty feeling, aed o here lie might find himself obliged to re strain the nae of a privilege must dear to an in dividual. When the House was equally divided, it ought never to be forgotten, ihet ou their Speaker devolved the mighty trust of giving effect to their Resolutions—of giving that which would otherwise be waste Niter, the whole weight of law. The value of character its the Speaker was on such occasions im mense. On the confidence reposed in him by the house, it depended whether pub lie opinion (when Resolutions were thus car ried) %roils: give reluctant submission, to their force, or ready acquiescence in their justice If he were light in his view of the importance of inslividne. deo arter, withoat raising the veil which separates private life from public observation, lie appeal to evely Member who knew the flight Geeoleinain, if one of them had ever hail jot e reo a r s e with a man of purer principles, higher character, or snore spotless integrity. In ti mes lik e these, when the acts of public men . were not passed lightly over, when no rely cha ritable judgmeut was commonly pronounced on their motives, his - unblemished character had no lily stood the test, And not only escaped censure, but !mired ill parties in his praise. Ile then moved, " That the Right lion. Chitties Manners Sutton be elected Speaker of this House." Lot d Cults, who spoke in a very audible tone of voice, highly approved of Ilse character and description of the persou requisite to occupy the dignified situation of Speaker, a s a bly d ram , by . the Right Honoerahle Gentleman alto had pre ceded him, It was certehdy necessary that he should not only bt a pe-son ut areal moderation. temperance, and fosbearence, but that he should also have a peofonsid knowledge of the laws and constitution of the country. The Gentleman now recommended to the high and important office possessed all these qualities in art eminent degree. Lie had not only practical knowledge of the toduona duties of such a distinguished situa tion, but its a!l his conduct had so strictly con formed himself to the rules of Parliament as to command the respect and approbation of the house. On every occasion he had diaPleyed that happy illustration Of our Laws and Institutions, as to call forth the gratitude and applause of both sides of the House. His ,Parliamentary learning, his itolehoieable. diligence, Isis patient research nets the precedents and authorities of former tittles, deserved the highest encomiums. In the discharge of his very important duties, as the Chief of that august AsseMbly, Lis whole manner and deportment had al ways been consonant to the feelings of the most delicate and most scrupulous in Parliament. He evinced at the same time much 'acuteness 'of judgment seith impartiality of derision ; and while he was firm and manly in his retolution,Of adherence to the rights and dignity of 'tlie filmic, he embellished his elucidations of Parliamentary proceedings by the standard of impartiality and trnth. In select ing such a Gentleman as their Speaker, it became them to recollect, that although he had succeeded one of the most able men who had ever filled that chair, yet that he had easily surmounted eve, y ditii• cult y, and inerked, at well as obtained, the ottani mous and cordial approval of all descriptions. With past experience, therefore, as his guide, Justified by the rare and 'accurate knowledge of our Par liamentary proceedings now alluded to, lie could not refuse literielt the - pleasure and satisfaction of secondieg, the mOtion for the selection of the Right Hon. Charley Manners Sutton fit the dis tinguished situation of Speaker of that Hini.ze. BARNFTT thought he should not discharge Iris dot' as 14 .. Member of Parliament were he to stiffer the present motion to pass unnoticed. It was-well know!' that the High! Hon. Gentleman ,tort' proposed had been obliged, by the partiality the House, to undertake a set y maltious task—the succession to a Speaker of the very first eminence. But it was universally ackllMlLd e .Cd that he had so clogety followed the steps of the distinguished Pelson alluded"to (now Lord Colchester), as to rival bin' in a proper and conscientious discharge of the daties of the hi g h and important office. Ile, oideed, followed his steps so ehs,•ly a , i n many ins:nitres to leave little o r no ei ,,, se T'- giet the change. _ This ft-Arnie of character, he thought, was the best patiegyriC which -he could bestow on both those dis!loguislted men. In the Chair, thry had been actuated by the noblest and most manly principles, for the maintenance of the honour, dignity, and independence of that House. Stich men were pre-cminetoly worthy of the great awl sacred ;lust reposed in ti , em. iii st.pnotting the present motion, he ,rered trot!, a conscientious duty to the House and to th e Conotry. He eitere tore most cordially wished the Right lion. Mein • her, now about to he elevated io the Chair, moult health and happiness in the tong enjoyment of that great and disingutsied situation. Air. 'LUANNE:PS SUTTON, With Mud) becoming hitt manly modesty, cooft•ssed his inadequa( y to the discharge of the duties of the important office now about to be filled by the appointment of the louse. In nppreciating the exercise of his b um bl e talents, the Right Hon. Gentleman who had made the motion had far over-rated his powers. If he bail been in any degree successful in ti.e . discharg e of his duty i n th e c h a i r, i t w as chiefly to he at tributed to the liberal construction of his motives by the House. Its all his conduct, he had an x ions ly adhered to th e rule s an d prece dents of Parliament. In this view, no Speaker could ever act with greater zeal or anxious solicitude. Like all men, he was liable to errors; and he felt 1111101 gratitude for the extraordinary lenity with which his humble efforts had been judged. His 'Unlit Il ru. Friend who had made the m o ti on in his favour had certainly to' , Mild , magnified such abilities as he happenetito possess. Lie well knew his own imperfections, and there fore was not worthy of receiving the honour about to be conferred. It, however, it was the wish of the House that he should occupy the Chair, he would claim, in the discharge of his duty, as he had done and experienced last Pallid ment, the liberal indulgence and frequeut assist ance of the House.—(Hear,. hear 1) " Chair 1 Chair ! Chair !" was resounded from all parts of the House. Mr. MANNERS SUTTO N then, in conformity to the call and selection of the House, took the Chair as Speaker. He afterwards very briefly returned thanks for the high honour conferted. The duties imposed on him were of the very first importance. No exertion should be wanting on his part, so far as regat;ded diligence, perse verance, and an unremitting assiduity to the du ties of his °tilt e ; but he again assurtd thern that it would be impossible to render that satisfactioo which he could wish withow trespassing on the. kind imlidgeoce of the House.—(Flear, hear !) Mr. CANNING, in rising to move an adjourn ' went, availed himself of the opportunity to offer his congratulations, not only to the Speaker, but to the House, on this important occasion. The functions •of his high state had been so accu rately described, that One word more need not he said upon the subject. On those, therefore, he should not say a word. What they had heard from the Chair itself, was sufficient to prove how highly its estimate was of those duties ; and though his Right Hon. Friend who filled it spoke distrustingly of his own qualifications to discharge them, he still pledged the firmness of ids deter mination to justify the choice. The House had, however, a higher security even than that—it had the experience of the term during - which his Right Hon. Friend had presided over the discus sions of the last Parliament—an experience which fully proved that the expectations now formed were not likely to be disappointed. An allusion had been made to that contest, during the - last Parliament, which terminated in the appointment of his Hight lion. Friend to the Chair ; a con test with a man (Nlr. Wynn), he would say, to be put in competition with whom, any man must consider as a credit, and not as a disparagement. (Hear, hear, hear f)—lndeett, lie felt at a loss to say, whether the contest of that day, or the 111)A. nittsity of the present,reflected greater honotir oil the object of their choice. In that contest there was not tl-e slightest mixture of those aspetitirs which political rivalry is too apt toengender. Every Member gave his vote us his peculiar predilections led him, without evincing the slightest disposition to disparage or undervalue the pretensions of the respective oppottents.—(Hear, hear, bear!)—The unanimity on the present occasion was as wise as it was generous —generous, because it ()Meted that homage which past services merited—wise, inasmuch as no titan could feel humbled in RC kitowledg,ing that superiority which the qualifi- Cations of his Hight Hon. Friend, their present choice, had acquired, because th e y b a d b ee n tried.—(Huar, hear !)—Tbat he might long con tinue to fill that station to whi c h l ie had beets thus honourably raised, was, he was sure, the ;via!: of every Member who had ernacm red in that cote by which be ha/1 been raised to It. And W as • s u re that they would agree in the confident hope, that so long as he continued in that situa tion, he would so discharge its duties, so main tain its authority in - force and efficiencyabove all, that he would preside over their debates with that impartiality which would show that be con sidered himself the servant of the whole House. That he might long go on in that course which had placed him so high in the estimation of the House was as much; their wish as it was his firm beief. Awl he was confident that while he filled that high station in which lie was now placed by the suffrages of the Honse, and while he pursued that coarse of conduct, he would realize their warmest eXpCClatiollB.—Adieurned till to-moriow. LONDON JOURNALS. FROM TIIE MORNING PIPERS 'OF THIS DAY. [Morning Herold 11, IMPROVEMENT IN TI 1E HOUSE OF COMMONS. Since the dissolution of the late, Parliament, some Aherat ions have been made in the approach , to the Gallery of time ll , orse of Commons, which will hive the effect of preventing those romirl. Nous scenes that continually interrupted the proceedings of the House, on great debate nights. Whenever it becanie necessary to rkeir the Gallery on account of a itryisiou, the Ales •eugers were occupied opwards of half :to hour, with all their force and might, in removing the strangtrs ; whose reluctance -to ivithdraw pro ceeded from an apprehension that they should not be able to regain !heir seats, on the Gallery's being again opened. Instead of one there are now two separate staircases leading from the Messen - gers' Lobby to the (gallery. Ou• a division', „raking place, the strangers will he tna.le to piss nut of the Gallery by one of these, and re-enter by the second ; so that those who shall ti , st arrive at the top of the second stair-case will get the best places, on the Gallery's being open ed. As every stranger then most be anxious to get upon Ibis staircase as speedily as possible, they will rush out at once, and the Grilery will alWays he cleared in time space of a few minutes. The other improvetnent is a small door it; the toiddle of the Gallery, through which Reporters only have a't easy ingress and egress, without being obliged to force their way through the crowds that always block op both the entrance doors when ever there is a great debate. It giVeS its pledSttre to be enabled to announce, that his Royal Highness the Duke of Keut in tends shor;fy to return to this country. This re solution on the part of his Royal HiAbness arises, nor only front R. doe sense of propriety in the pre sent posture of affairs, but also limn that strong ptedileetion for this country. which his !loyal !ligltness has invariably evinced. In this resptct, as +tell as in every other, there is the most per fect sympathy wild congeniality between him and Roy el Consort, who seizes every °ppm tuni . .y to manifest her regard and attachment to the iD- Iterests and happiness of England,—(lbid) [Morning Post '] ‘Ve are happy to be dssured that the conduct of the Deitch Authorities in, the Indian Arciii pcai • viiiiust which Sir Thomas Rallies bas so o, sp i r i te dly protested, has been duly noticed in Europe, and that, flow the explanations which have taken place, tio obstacle presents itself to a n it roicable adjust went of the differences which have so unexpectedly ari3eu ill that (patter. [British Press] We have received the Malta Government Ga zette Extraordiaarq of the I'3t!► of December last. I t i s fil e d with the ceremonial of the investiture of Doctor Giuseppe Bartolomeo Xerri„Archdea con of the Cathedral Church of Malta, with the inNignizt as Prelate of the Oriltr of St. Michael and St. George. The ceremony took place on the !Gilt of December in the S-1511 of the Palace, in presence of upwards of GOO persons, consist. tog of the ancient Maltese Nobility, Fo.t•eign e"nsids, and principdl British and Maltese in habitants. UNIVERSITY IN•fELLIGENCE. CAMIRIDGE, JAN. 14.—The Hu!scan Prize for the list year has been acljnelg;ed to Wm. Peach, F,l. B. A. of St. John's College, for his Essay on " Die probable influence tit Revelation upon the writings of the Heathen philosophers, and the morals of the Heathen world." Edward Willey, Esq, of Trinity Ulan, was on Wednesday last a:bullied Bachelor in Civil Law. There will be Congregations on the following days of the Lent Term : Sattnill7 . Jaa. 23, (Bachelors' Corntvenceinent.) Wednesday.. Feb. 8, at eleren. Wednesday.. Feb 17, at elev. n. , S - t.doestlay. • Mar. 10, at eleven. Friday AIAr.2G, at ten. (M.A. Incrptols.) Friday \pr. 2, at test (End of Terw.) The Rev. Robert M. Miller, M. A. Domestic Chaplain to Lord Bet esford, 1103 been instituted t o the Vicarage! of Dedham, Essex ; Patron, the King, The Rev. .1. Bullock, Rector of Radwinter, EsseN, has been instituted to the Rectory o f Fanliibourn, , on the presentation of J. J. Bullock, Esq. _ "!'he Rev. Edward Valpy, B. D. was last %reek collated to the Rectory of Thwayte, in Norfolk, on tie presentation of the Lord Bishop of Nor wich,:by virtue of his Bkhoprick.i The Rev. James Ward, 1). D. was last week in stituted to the rectory of Burlingham St. Peter, Norfolk, on the presentation of Henry Negus Burrongiies, The Rev. J. Hook. }ate Curate of Orton, Notts, has been licence(' by the Bishop of Lincoln to the curacies of Toynton St. Peter's. and Toyn ton Ali Saints, in Lincolnshire. IVednesday night a eAsk of spirirs„ smuggled, was seized by George Golf,. the officer, at Stan gate—it tvas above proof—the nerson in whose possession it was found was flared 40s. before a County Magistrate, and the liquor was st'at to the lipid of Excise. THEATRICAL. REGISTEI. Performed Last Night. . tir THEATRE nnyA L. I IRURY-LANB.—(2OtI4 three), Br nt°s• Aft el cius .liinitts, Mr. Kean: larquinin, Mrs. %V. Wes t ' Which, The Silver Arrow. THEATite ROYAL.. CA vENT-GARDENt.—The Winters Aft, ',comes, Mr. Young; Heriiiione, Miss Somerville. which, Harlequin Munchausen. PRICE 0 Tiilf; DAY AT r 3 per Cent. Ref! 76ai 3 per Cent. Cons. .. .. • 77i i 3.1 per Cent ... 87i , I per Ceuts 941 5 per Cent. Navy .-1 wt.. 10611 F STOCKS • .tvE r • I Bank L. Ann..... 20i 5 -1 ';(;'• India Bonds ..... V S ' ' Exch. Bills, 2d... 19s• Ditto Commercial. • • Cons. for Account,•:7"a NIA! LS. A ant v —1 i Holland, I Flanders. • , _ . ..... DUE--1 Waterford, Gut:rnsey and Jersey, 4 s Harnlntrzii, I FloPand. MCII WATER AT LONDON Blum?: fte r - Nturriili4, 14 illiourcs atter S. I Eretting, 39 mutates a THE SUN. 501..1:31 QUIS INCEItE FA (.SUM Attl)gAT LONDON, FRIDAY, .1.-INTL3IIy 15, 1819 e The faqirsTuesday last, wilic" d ue thi s inoroit) ; ;, have not arrived. N rsr Yolk Papers to the I6c1) Firriveti tb !Horning (F,wtrt The New York E ven i rg P os t o f t h e (-tlh) if, The Ile %, , S train Curacoa, by the Hippo/net/eh 3 !hat Lotd COCULIANE, ("ECM) Engl and, had or riv o i ' at Tortugas, with a 64, a 312, and two vest`/3 is tb 2t) t:olis e ac h, t o operate in coojunction t : Patriots, to b e follw.ved by Sir Gi t eGoa 1 ‘ 1413 : cox, with 3000 m en , to aid General I3')LIV3-t who, it appears, was at Mar garet t d , and " r t .° re' joking at thus being able to attack entnols' b i,. IMPux'rANT.---1t is stated, with great pro" , lity of troth, that the long contested gnes tic)ll tweet) this Country and Great lititaitt, relativ e . 1, the I mpressment of Seamen, has been finally 61 4 ,jested ; the law of the United States in re4 4 e to Seamen being the basis of arrangement, w ll° ., provisions, no d ou bt, are familiar to you. I V , event derives its particular interest from its 10 4 (lintely ensuing the war, of which it is no dou bt consequence. However it • may in part be P r perly ascribed to th e senliinents now avowed i ry Great Britain towalds the United States, ‘v iliC are of the most ft iendly kind. (Front Tice National Intel4g - encer, Dec. 1010 4 The•proposition of Mr. Jon NsoN, of LuttEsi 3ll t especting Florida, by the account of pr oc eoli ° in the Senate, has been u - if hdraWll, and a faa li°ll oration rt,e,istphectsigint.he It has of be tl e t n e m th e E xecut i ve int . ` 4° elation substituted, requesting fr o 'currelttlV re, ported that a correspondence has been ;or time going on bet wegn Mr: Secretary AD A `` is 311' y Don LOUIS Dif °NIS, Wilk!) has not Isar iv satisfactory result ; whether this impressitor It curled or not, we shall. probably soot know. were much to be wished the Territoty of Flori`l,l, tr useless to Spain, and from its peculiar hitua il the subje c t o f interminable perplexity to us in her possession, should be amicably ced e d tol l ' United States, to whose po:isession nattsre and V''' . litiCal events have equally consigned it o t, c distant date. We yet hope, and hope it Wir ilti ; more sincerity, as our policy is peace and el w ill with all the world, th at i t w ill b e aol uite by amicable compromise. In Senate, Der. W.—The Senate resolved tbs consideration of the motion of the 9 1 1) i nst. , r , f e questing a co py o f t h e C orrespon d enc e r eho l ' e3 to the cession of the Florid to the Ifni l i e :hates ; and on the motion o f M r . BAttanti lg ' ,. : ( , ) further consideration th ereo f was pu stru e ' this day tour weelss. (From Me same Paper.) 11* rest' Extract of a Letter to th e Edi tor o f the Register, dated Otpetotisas, Nov. " Irt4S LALLEINIAND has l e f t t h e T r i n i t y. N is fri ; 'lowers, poor deluded beings are a rriving daily, almost n a k e d an d h a lf st a rved. A ki n( ' Prochrnalion has just be en rec eived her e fr°- 00 General JO AN d e C ASTRNADO ,crmma ntlt n g 5 or 700, it i 4 swirl , Spanish troops, campe d on lebir Sabine, a dd resse d to the neareat AlVbori t i es of in Congressof the United States, stating that lie come flow the interior, for the purpose of dr ivii3 of r the Pirates. icsiding at Galve,town, which 46 says belongs to Spain, praviug the Authorities lc'. tplitt the pithl:c mina, as his injelitioni wer e° . ; hostile to t h e United States. This Alloi fest° , ° „ ;l he sent ou by thi s mail to IVatlliington City,if-111 whence you will no doubt get a perfect coPP The Dolts, as usual, ere a day 'after the fa ir l Crops are here profnising Nett-roes hi 1 1 ' .11- ° - lands looking up, awaiting the current of eglig is tion which has set this If ?USE OF REPILFSENTATiVEN, DEC. S. Mr. Ho IM ES, Cila cI) lU Of , hr ComtnitiCe Foreign }lda( ions , sulnon zed folio.vvni :"" " Itesu;ved,—Tloit (1,4! Cu be discharged itwo thc tor !ler conkii.lirly. 1 t tlO l late ltai Aoli the Cot ) by •, Col tk pl il, e 'tilt O ert t r , 1101 ti c)n Vl 4 , fi l l (1 I n enti bl ed (wh, . ibsti Pe ßi l'ili, Vh ai b t , if k art tlndt ii l I r, L ORI tikri iiret, A I ul,. thei r 14 34. tr i ' ethi