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:k i • 1 •, i%7 , I • •••• .r 4.11 • • •,.i•ti - -.~. NU MBER !)'''‘''.49 BIPERLIL PARLLIMENL HOUSE OF PEERS, TUESDAY, FEB. 12. .......... r, EG ENT. COMMISSION FROM THE PRINCE tt The Loan CrtANCISLLOR came down to the House about the usual hour, and a number of Peers attend ' rd in their places. Shortly after prayers were read, • the The Loan CIIANCEL Loa briefly addr essed }louse from the Woolsack, and sequence in the acctrned way informed ;heir Lordships, that in con__. . Ine _. of ifs , Qt being convenient to his Royal ti t. i i g is l ca ; p : the Prince Regent to htt personally present Ilt Seal, ! a C°""rusion had been issued under the Great to echtre authorising the Peers therein mention ed the further Haubcases of opening anti licriuMg ._ t hills:air: haaleol. hen tooved, " That the H o use adjourn tinting pleasure, to afford their Lor dships an opportunity to robe." accordingly • An adjournment of a few minu tes ile House, took plat:e, and on the re.a ssembling of t ~,,,,lice,. the Are ht)khop of Canterbury, the Lord .ul I for Lift c,it„de, ,the E, ii ti of Wc.tmorland, e ar ;; l t d s ;1 Glahatri Wuke of ,N•loturose) look ' hen- s ihe 1 °H the WOQlrack itr: their Robes of State, :.'.• Lords Commissioners. Most of the Peeispresent7_erre. also robed. 'The Lord Chancellor th en ordered Mire Quame, L ord Chancellor of the Black Rod, to des the immediate attendance of the CoMmons. Del 4 QUARIIZ accordingly repaired thither, au l d . in a few minutes a considerable number of Men kers, with the Speaker ‘a' t their, head, appea - red at Lord the Bar, arid in the space below it. When the Chancellor, a.a organ of the Commissioners,•address ed the Assembly as follows :-- • !, •" My Lords and Gentlemen, • • r ."‘ IN Royal Highness the Prince Regent not be=. (1)g, able tu be personally preaent here this clay, has ordered •a earn ]t under his Majestya Greed Seal 1 autil(4.ling t htl Lords therein named, or anY . three Or more of them, to declare and signifY in his ' lqajesty's %Me and behalf, the further reasons an d cantles lor the alt, and holdirg of this-Parlia ...,. nituit, and which Counoission You -will now hear '• ' read." I'll It the Commission was then read by the Clerk. Vai COUtIICCI 1 the accustomed for m and words; and alter referring to the former Commission under the Great Seal, issued for the opening and holding. • the P4thaoleot, specified the names of those Lord' ageolowissionera, who were included in the COrn nljuiotl issued last Session; being neat lY Il' °I tile Lords who are of hill Nlajosty!s PI ivy C°llr" whole eil, and concluded with the ~,„rd5......,. WitneB4, Qeorge, Pritice IW.le " f I s, itegen t 0 tre Unised 4iHgdin, sigli.ed°,witlai iliti hand,. in the name and on behalf 01 his Majesty." • 1114 SPEECII. The Coriutliisioo being real, Ilie, L 01") CHAN . 41,04 deishite'd the fofiowing ReYal Speech to ` 1 °lli Houht.a of Parliament. t a. " illy tards and Gentlemen, . in execution nt the Commission which has .now , ,ea "pail t„ NU, we Me commanded by h is Royal , .11i0helts the Prince Regent to express, in the II .; r()Llget ► hianour how deeply lit laments, '') tertm .' - , . , too tvith all Ifig MajvsLyii loyal subjects, not only . : out with a isr...o t al . d f l'• I. • fir dim), the great .i baron., i . I'. ' 1 ' ,4n 1 I, L i 4 i 6 1 - - Caiallllly wrilell ha 4 'been tue eoeasicm of --taosia, t Its ,• 1 i folion ills ttoyat licruntets tne duty ~• e.re'irtig, Ili his iltajesty's nat°lle, the Royal Autho, - ti t) 01 this li in gilorn, ~ • ~.., IR .N)Veyiog to yoit the sense s•ellich his Royal in tgliness enierthins of the great'clitlieulties attend //IN 111'' jo)portant trust which Csreposed in him, his : i„u),...41 Ilighnesis conintaruls us toasSure You. the (hat wit- de an with the (mist per feet ennfidence to W'-- :: ~f , :" 341 zeal of, Parliattient and to the attachment fee : ,"' a 10Y4 ailci aiThetionate people., tor the alost t'i----- 1 ~"1.41. assistance aod sot, and his Royal -Highness t wl:l. ,On his part, exert his utmost entleaenurs to di.aed4 16. p t ' s with which he is invested, to the • 'allternent el the - ..t-. 'fare 'and' secu- ' titL. • ~ Pi‘4,pcti y, we . , Ji fit hi., alajcsty's (4);Ilillir)11S. 4.‘', V V, are difeaed to Inform )OLI, that his Royal, %:)ness hi:i grein 64tildiliAiLiti in tieill% ePaii,..b1e.,..4.; ti,r) valoutitti'lle, that tro,h 6ppurtunilieOulye b en suosoes.. r illg the late cainnaieri fur diatiogurahing the r „,i ~. . . • -.' - ; - ti i d ''" ''''‘lll t/ 1 List MajUDly 6 forces both by sea .', slctalld. • _A " lle citpture of the Islimds of Bourbon and 14 i- s'l'llhoytia have 11l 1 •ii , .• d .d the coluniol de, ~,,,., . ~ ~. at . nt ril l >r 114 Int. l''''lcklities of the etretiry. ' .., s' Tile attaek 'Lim the Island of Sicily, which s annoenced t o tha \kw id with 4 presumptuou's Il' 6,1463 u of hlitx.it,S,,, has been repulsed by the per : 'sv"lll4 exertioos curl valou r of Isis Majesty's land • tin' se4 rurcei. „ '1 I'll .1444:i0ns arrangement adopfed by the Ofli scers entiimandMg on that station, derived. material t),l)Port trent the Ze3l.and ardour which l!k ere ma ;.lici,n,telt„lod during this contest by the jo hal"tants of i:e'Yi: awnderfero,t.oretolie co-operation,: of t I,\ire tint:J.; 1 ot:-an s " b ieCi di ed by his c ots I 10.1,,b1) to this ~ . . : it) Portugal and at eldiz the defence of Which constittltd th e ' pt 1'411)41 objeet of his 'majesty's ethrtions in the last campaign, the design s of th e enc l../ Lave been hitherto frestritiett. . The consuto 1114to skill, prudence, and perseverance of Lieute n'Gellra Lord Viiconet Wellington, arid the 'selplie and determined bravery of the. Office" ...4" ll'a under his corronand,have been conspieth ‘4l-,41/I(ltsPlrlYed througjtout the whole of the win . !)41P-* Th 4 tired of those distingnished qualitie, -111 Inspiritig confidence and, energy into the troops 01 "8 ,Atijesty's allies, has been, happily es lliced by thel gtiwn.ii good cuncluCit, :and particularly Cy, the ..- kn'illarit ratt wl ich they bore it) the tpulae cif the tme, 1 • Ith, "Y al huzato.. And his 1 sal Highness corn• -441 441 us f‘irtlAr•tn stale that lie trusts you will t: • to THE enable him to continue the most efreanal assistance to the brave nations of the Peninsula in the support of a contest which they manifest a determination to maintain with unabated perseverance; and his Royal Highness is persuaded that you will feel that the best interests of the British Empire must be deeply afredecl in the issue of this contest, on which the libertis and independence of the Spanish and Portuguese nations entirely depend. • " We have it likewise in command to acquaint you, that discussions are now depending between this Country and the: United 'States of Americo ; and that it is the earnest Wish of his Royal High ness that"he-may find himself eiabled to bring these discussions to an amicable terfnikiation, consistent with the honour of his Majesty's Crown, and the Maritime Rights and Interests of the United Kingdom. Gentlemen of the House'of Commons, " We are direcled to acquaint you, that his Royal Highness the Prince Regent has given his commands that the estimate. for the expenditure of the current year should be laid before you; Ind his Royal Highness has great saiistaaion in acqu tinting you, that although the difficulties under which the Commerce of this Kingdom has laboured, have in some degree affeded a p,art of hjs Nlajesty's .reve nue, particularly in Ireland, yet that the h:venue of Great Britain in the last >ear, though unaided by any new taxation, is greater than was ever known in any preceding year. Anti. his Royal Highness \ trusts' to your zeal and liberality to afford his ,testy adequate supplies for the support of the great Contest in which he is necessarily engaged. " My Lbrds and Gentlenien, " We are commanded by his Royal Highness to declare to you, that it is the moat anxious wish of his heart, that he may be enabled to restore unim paired into the.hands of his Majesty the Govern merit of his Kingdom ; anu that his Royal High ness earnestly prays; that the Almighty may be p:eased in his mercy to accelerate . the termination of a calamity so deeply lamented by the whole Na tion, and so peculiarly afflicting to his Royal High ness himself." The Commons then withdrew to their own House, and a second further adjournment, for' a short time, took place. THE AlmitEst. On the resuming of the HOuse, the Speech,, de livered under the authority of his Roy al Highness the PrinCe Regent, was ag !in, for the tietr !nation, read from the Wet. , :sacii, and after wards by the Clerk % the table . The Earl or ABERDEEN rose for the purpose of moving an Address to his Royal Hignness the Regent, on the occasion of the Spvecil then Lord ships had just heard deliver- din his Ro f High ness's name. Oil that cominuntea‘i:ni his Lordship thought there could be vvry little or no difference 'of opmion in the House. On the leading topic he felt it impossible that any dif ference of sentiment could exist. He hoped and trusted the universal feelings of the _House, and the Country, would go with t h a t sentiment, and deeply sympa,tuze in those expressions of 'grief With his Royal Highness, en the inelanchol and afflicting circumstances,' Which rendered it necessary , for his Royal Efightr4s to as'ume 'the goVeroment of the country. He also trusted the universal feeling would go with him, in the earnest hope, :!s express ed by hilt Royal Highness, of the speedy recovery of their venerable' amid beloved Soveleign ; arid he trusted that there could be but 'one feeling in the House, and in 'th e country--a 'feeling of the greatest satisfactiun at the conduct manifested by his Royal Highness throuoout this arduous and ailllct ing occasion. The priticiples on which the Prince Regent had assumed the Government, and the great sacrifice ot, persona) feeling which mAde.,on the occasion, would be theroughly telt and appreciated by the House add - by the Country. observed that the cheering :hopes. held out of his. Majesty's speedy recoveryhopc6 which were confirmed frou'l day to day, be gratifying iu the,,extretne to their Lordships, and to his, Majesty's subjects at large; on this point, though onaiof thermost ecieso latoiTiMportande, it was unnecessary for bun to expatiate, as his Majesty's virtues, and the bless ings - of his: iiiild and; paternal government, must, from a reign of mete than fluty years, be well known to every deeription 'Of his Majesty's sub jeas. In considerilig this "topic, however, it was matter of great consolation, that the country had, in his successor, 6 Prince, who 'had already given so many proofs of his wishes for the public welfare, more especially is his eonduel on the trying and importint occasion to which he had more than once ahuded'.• With resp-ei to the various - other topics in the - speech 'delivered by his : Royal Highness's ConarniSsiOners, they were treated of, in such a way as would render it e'Th Unnecessary , for him to trotableir Lord Shi es i n any defail,_ the view he should fake of than would be a cursory one.— The first point that arrestea the attention, was whit was said respecting the state of the Peninsula;-- though in r one point of view shadows, clouds, and darkness, rested upon it ; yet w hen they :considered the extenii:'esnirit of resista nc e w hi ch still existed, the hatred or the people avinst then . common ene my, and their desire of 'liberty, the sacred flame of which was still cheriShed, .the prospett. was less clouded. With i . espea to the.campaign in Portugal, the present was of a brighter complOsion, and held out still holies of advautage to the general cause - ; hopes which were the more confidently to be enter!' twined, when the skill, prudence, and valour of the eminent Commander in that country were consi dered. 'lt: may be asked,' what advatitage resulted to the common Ciltitie from the operations in Portu gal ? To this he would say, that it wiihd rew. frontsservice in Sp a i n a numerous and well appointed army, commanded by cue of the ablest and. most tUrtunate Generals of Fiance. `Flit: first operations it . , 3.. , ~ .., 1 , tel .14,,,;; . ' -4x% -o** 441.1 t., if:Ati-c ,:trei ~.,,,A.4 , ,,, xr., a , 'VW- ~ - -;. e , ~.....- ~p-7t,y, , I 1 •- :„, ,SS.AI, 4 .‘ '. - , Ar,.. ..' . 101 , 0/ 1 " 1 1V\ \ • ,, S of thts powerful army were cOmpletAy baffled, and that, it could not be denied, was productive of con siderable advantage. They had preserved the capi tal of Portugal and a great part of its territory from the ravages of the enemy ; and the British -troops still held that army in a state of disgraceful ivi ty this was doing a great deal. With respect to what was said of the operations in . Sicily, what had taken place in that quarter was of soch a nature and effect as to afford general satisfaction, and to operate favour ably in a prospective view, either as the naval or mi litary operations of the enemy were considered. He next adverted to the operations against the colonial possessions of France; • the result of these Was im pertaikt, not So much for the intrinsic value of the acquisitions as for their effed in tending to paralyse the power of the enemy in those parts. With respe6l to the pending negociations between this country and the United States, they must all earnestly con cur in the with of their being brought to a success ful issue; but as the House was possessed of no in formation respecting the state of these negociations, no opinion could be correetly pronounced upon t hem, they had only to express their regret that a state of difference and dissension should so long prevail he tween two nations, who, according to etery prin ciple of sound policy, ought to be united in the bands of harmony and friendship; at the same time he could not avoid expressing his convidion that these d e lays were not fairly attributable to the Mi nisters of; his Boyal Highness. Another Considera• tion which was adverted to, would, when duly -re garded, be found of the most consolatory iMportance, namely, ihe flourishing state of the finances and the commercial relations of the finanaes of the country ! aod.the great and extensive warfare which had been supported throughout the recent campaign, with 7 out any additional burdens on the people, skewed the extent and energy of the national resources— resources which the crafty and unprincipled machi nations tlf the enemy in Stain endeavonied to impair in any material degree. And they had the consola tion to reflea, that-these resources were now beyond the power of tie enemy. L.Ad% ening to-the in the Royal Speech to Ireland, his Lordship took occasion , to glance briefly at the aft irs of t hat country, the ptowonent consideration of which, though he entertained similar sentiments on that point with that immort,d wan to. whom the country owed so • much. (lke imagine the Notle Earl alluded to' the Catholic Question, , and the , sentiments of Mr. Pitt),' y et h e must express his opinion that the preient was not Iho proper eritneniLfiir t agile don' olt bat sub jefL H apologisA` for s i n long detaining their tordships,:and softened theil. coocurrence in the Address to.his L- [loyal Highness the Prince -Re gent, which he Olould have the honour fo move. His Lordship then inoved•:in Addresi to his Royal Highness on t he Occasion of the Speech' delivered by .the Cinninissioners, and - which, lts'usual, was an echo of the leading points L in that important do cument,. Lord ELLIOTT, in,a short, but pertinent' speech, supported the Address moved by the Noble Earl. It was' unnecessary for him to expriate upon topics, he observed, which bad -been so ably and eloquently touched upon by ihe last speaker. . He com mented in, terms of eulogium ,on the conduct of his Royal Highness, on the .trying and melon. .choly occasion, which rendered his assumption of the Government necessary.. He. thought that_ it was:at :present more than ever necessary tq i evioce. to the world that the. greatest harmony existed between the Sovereign and his Tarliament, •Othr t his necessity was increased by the, peculiar circum stances of the moment. He treated that the Ides triousTersen, to whose condua they had rOgulorry to advert, would receive that grateful applause from that House and the country to wilier:he was so justly entitled, for the great sacritice he. had made of his own personal . feelings—a sacrifice which could not aiford greater satisfaction to his Royal-'Parent, than it would, prove beneficial to the true interests of ,the country._ Ile thought the Address tuovezi , by his Noble Friend of. such a tenor and character as that no material objection could lie Aainst it. One consideration with respect to the Address. was - of essential, importance : it went. to. pledge the House. to no specific line of condua—to engage them in no particular system, nor to express any particular approbation of the conduct of Mieisteis, but merely went to those points which were called for by the tenor of his Royal Highness's Speechr and upon these groonds he truhtted it would have the general concurienceof their k,ordsh;ps... It Went not to pledge the House to adopt,any particular sys tem of measures, but merely gave an assurance 'of. continuing our support to our allies, and on . this principle there was, he trusted, no difference of sentiment. As to the rest, ,it merely adverted to ,the points touched upon in the Royal Speech, aed,upon t hew hole, was of that complexion and cha paer, to which he could not anticipate any well. founded objeaion. The motion of hia Noble Friend, therefore, had his most hearty concur rence. The Address being read, and the question pm, Earl Gitosvalsoa could not avoid expressing his decided disapprobation with respect to certain points which appeared so him to elicit from the Speeches of the Noble Lords who moved and seconded the Address. They seemed to call ter the support of .the House to the: present Ministets. Ma way as t f their measures oi charatlers were new - to that House, or to the country ; as it they had no exp er i ence 4) 1 their measures, either domestic or belligeeent ; as if they had forgotten, the .expedition to NiValche rim, and to other places; as it they were not known to have endangered the existence of the country; as if they had not been stied and found wanting. Pursuing this qrain, the Not)le .Earl censured the conduti of - Ministers during the absence of a regular head to the Government, and especially their pm posing to transact any .otber business, during there. cent situation of Parliatilent, than what the naves- -1 6,•'-11, t .;4,4;;:..tta,7 1:'," :`,:\ ....ke.............. ... fs I .„,y --.,•i- . - ~:-/-. 14).;.i.. • , I,:i.trtt. , city of the occasion called - for. This, in a con stitutional point of view, was what they had not a right to do, and against which, he thatiked God ! fie had entered ~,his solemn protest.— He disapproved of the frothing and tenor of the Speech made by Ministers for his Royal Iliehoess. He Should have hoped, tli t in a time so criti cal and momentous as the present, the first tette his Royal Highness the Regent h a d to address Par liament, they would lipve contrived to Itirree'tice some consolatory topic; something that Weuld gise satisfaaion to the country at large; some assurance that particular *measures would be adopted for the benefit of the people; soineting of a `popular de s scription ; some hopes held oig e of the reforM of abuses. Nothing was te be found resording the sent alarming state of Ireland; sae - 160 1 ( 1 g. resPed4 in the ,commercial relations of the country, e•tkle • cially with riled to the Nottlien Powersee . Better* they could deride with respea to some of 11140-Vlod important topics referred to in the Speech, :1:4„y should be inform.-d as to the real state of otroits in Spain and . Portugal, and inure eSpecitilty a, ; t,,) else real state of Afrrs in Ireland. He agree that the country was bound in honour and in to.-urt itself in favour of its Allies; but the stela:leo of the- country itself shpuld be considered, and these exet• dons should not proceed beyond time diaates of prn. deuce, or palsy our oseans t,F self- defence. 'n s probable ultimate success of • these exertions should ba duly considered. This he spoke With refsre ence to the critical state, and the yesourcei of Ow country, and the degree of probability which cx isteal'of the country's being in wale of those resnul o s ter purposes of selfsdefeeee. The se na:ien off relent Was a 'particular,topic of .his aniteadsersioe, and he insisted it called fur the me..it serious considerat ioe it deseteed immediate 41(1114p...it should be keown, if iewere true, as said, that many of the natives, alarined.at prospective dangers, were ernigrat leg in 'to different parts of England, and among the tneuti• tains of \Valet. The degree of - these dangers, if any do exist, ought to Ile inveStigattd. Adverting iteaie to the affairs of the Peninsula, his Lordship itrs4;ied on the propriety Of thoroughly Worming Parlimne e e. 'on that sUbject, as to .fie. real state, and means of defence possessed by the natives, the character of the Nobles, and whether thee great Wises of the peo ple Were eat riestly inelteecho resist the pro l ;rt- the enemy.. These were points ore which, he con. tended, Parliament 'should . he informed; end the Conduct Of Ministers, he again wets site. ii, especially on . the recent trying and ardo ins *Hs shonld divest there of the cenfi.leeee of tl•e (pees try. The Noble 'gar! - coeclecl d with no seee tic proposition. , cordial Lord GUENVILLE professed s a. cornett rence in the greater part of what fell from the No ble Earl who moved the Addresi. . Spch had fallen from that NoiliteL e tde as, in his Mind, were most desirable to be express( d* on the present occasion. He could not retrain front ::xpres.ing his opinion, that he had never heard more ability, or peculiar jodginent in the selection of topics, or more eloquence displayed, than by that Neble Earl ties evening. It was highly ;;rat lying foeheri to heir the iMportant topics of America at el Ireland el,t'eeed at, on such principles as that No , h.! Eorl scnicd'lo consider them; he was riot on:y an ()resilient to 1;;I countß from his ardent love' and profee• 'edge Pt literature, but he predieted he weel,l in,ove one of the brightest ornaments of (.111 11 shenld he ever' be called, as his talents :nil ne(iiire. .meats fitted him, to the highoSt officei of th.. Selie, he would come with sentiments 'on great poiets of national policy; liberal and enlightened beyond Most others he had ever known. Ie the .greater part of - what fell from the Noole Ea:l he cordially ,agre e d °; but he could not avoid expressing his astonishment that on such an occasion as the prs sent, of such pe- Culiar importance; effOrding such anode seoee, and calling so . nrieqte vocally for it, that nose ft single,word was said" in, the Address; personally 'reseect log the adniirable conduct displayed by his R ,y,ll aightt'e time Prince Regent on the tecessii.n; resof etitig whit h, the 'House and th e C ountry weie iMpressed .-,w;th the same Sentiments. This omission Cono not avoid' noticing. With' respect to its pokie ;( l points, he agreed with much of what wes safety his Noble Friend who spoke last. Althou,i;h sieved the AddresS, as worded,: did not .vies it ;my. express pledge as to measures, yet in his Ot he thought it contained a ph. of oi f , iih w , least contrary to the s , •nttmeols be had mind,,,:!!, held, and 'now eentinued te) hold, on the so;*,c:. He had tiever urged any pror(itiltioit 6() atmIIFIJ toy that England should Withhold her ee.e.e.eee -front the inhabitants of Seain end Porin i , ; ; l L, engaged, as they have b..e.e, in 1!)c myitel)r ; bust a .c t ll a t s h. i r s o tit s i ctt three ttlee etltertalned firs Ut,tfiic ri (t t; ~ .oppose a system whiei, wet;t to employ the tlo r of the British military on I he..contincot of E 0 n; tal b j r a sti t ue‘ e ivl ( I ) l4 :t t i l' ` a i e )wr n a t t country could afford woeld avail, beseevideeee they `could have .on this head was t LIU infortea tion of those Who had heen on tile: the 'particular circtunst locos of the Po' rttiOv,e citinpaign, he well recollected the predictions s ° o confidently made in a 'former St,'s!'ilorl. But wit, t was since the event ? 'Thu ii heard Inut:ti as to the griert Straits to .which the cairns w were reduced for want of proiisions but Witte respe4 to this it was well keowe„ that in a trait of riountry, over which a ;species U 1 ict ucat made by the enemy, i n • that very traiiitwo:;eevov,eubiteii..... try,. the Welsh troops found' reseurces for boast their own wants: Let the relative s r it Of tlJt, z e i t i t m d e i i p ig re a d r i i i c e ,ri s s be t o ‘t w , hiefti ihe compared, al ialluded feel - or not. He meant to arraign th e. gr eat poj of tho measure of so iniployin4, ou ljtifil r~