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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Tonokir,l,awvaav t 3.

The King this day opened the Session of Parlia-
ment in person. His Majesty arrived a little before
two o'clock, and took his seat on the Throiee. The
House of Commons, with the Speaker, attended
below the bar, and his Majesty delivered his
Speech, which being concluded he withdrew. Hi.
Majesty was dressed in regimentals, and looked
extremely well. The House was crowded to racers
with Members and strangers. including among the
latter a great proportion of elegant females.
At • quarter post five the LORD CRANICRLLOR,
having taken his seat on the Woolsack, proceeded to
read his Majesty's most gracious Speech, as
follows
" My Loses, and Gel WWII,

" I have the satisfaction of acqoaisting you that I con-
finite to receive from Foreign Powers the strongest moor.
Races of their friendly disposition towards this country.
" It will be a matter of deep regret to use if the °tear-
rences which have lately taken place in Italy should even-
tually lead to any interruption of trasquillity in that quar-
ter; het it will, in such case, be my great object to secu►e to
my people the continuance of peace.
" Gentlemen of the Howse of Coasaoris,

" The measures by which, iii the but Session of Parlia.
meet, you made provision for the ',Teases of my Civil
Government, and for the honour and dignity of the Crown,
.41irowied my warmest acknowledgment,.
." t home directed that the ertematee See t►e eurvead jeer
shall be laid before you, cad it is a satisfaction to me to
have been ambled to make some redaction in our Military

" Yoe will observe from the at-covets of the Public Re-
venue, that notwithstanding the receipts in Ireland ►ace
proved materially deficient, in conseci of the rofortu.

which have affected the commercial

credit of that part of the united kingdom, and althosgh our
foreiga trade, diming the early part of this timer, was is •
stale of depression, the total revenue has, nevertheless, ex-
ceeded that of the precediug year.
" A cousidemble part of this increase must be ascribed to
the new Taxes; but iu some of those branches which are the
surest indications of internal wealth, lb* augmentation has
fully realised any expectation which could have bee• rea-
amiably formed of it.

" The separate provision which was made for the Queen,
as Princess of Wales, in the year 1814, terminated wit► she
demise of his tale Majesty.

" I ►ace in the mean time directed advances, as autho-
rised by law ; and it will, under present tiresome/ices, he
fur you to consider what sew arraagnnents should be made
on this subject.
" Mg Lords, and Gentlemen,

" I have great pleasure in being able to acquaint yen,
That s considerable improvement has talkie. place within the
last half year in several of the most import'st bronchia of
oar commerce ■nd manufactures; and that in many of the
manafactui big districts the distresses which prevailed at the
commrocrment of the last &allots of Parliament have greatly
abated.

0 It will be my moat anxious derive to concur in every
me bich ni.iy be considered as calculated to advance
our internal prospeiiiy.

" 1 well know that, notwithstanding the agitations pro-
deiced by temporary circumstances, and amidst the distress
which still presses upon • large portion of my subjects, th•
firmest reliance may be placed on that affectionate and loyal
attachment lit my person and Government, of which 1 have
recently received so many testimonies from all parts of my
kingdom, end which, whilst it is most grateful to the
strongest feelings of in, heart, 1 shall ever consider as the
best and surest safeguard of my Throne.
" In the discharge of the imports'sl duties imposed •poo
yon, you will, 1 am confident, be sensible of the indispen-
sable ily of promoting and maintaining, to the utmost
of your power, at due obedience to Ills• Laws, and of
into all flames of my subjects • respect for lawful autho-
rit), and fur those established instillations, under which the
country hes beets enabled to overcome so many difficelties,
and to which, under Providence, may be ascribed our happi-
ness and renown as a ration."
After which—

The Earl of itir.tioon rose and said, that the
circumstances of his public life had led him for a
long time to ahsiuin f hiking any part in pub-
lic politics. and therefore he felt very great diffi-
culty and end) liarnt in tieing to submit to
their Lordships the Nilotion he was about to make.
fir war, however, embnldeued to the task by the
e,,,,thienee he felt that uu desire could be elder-
taiued among their Lordships but that of approach-
ing the Throne with fervent and sincere expressions
of attachment. uninfluestre dhy party feelings of
tiny description. It must afford to their Lordships
the highest satisfaction to learn that his Majesty
continued to receive limn Futeign rower' the

strongest assurance.. of their friendly
towards this country. It was indeed impossible to
foresee to what result the discussion. now pending
on the Continent might kad, but it was satisfac-
tory to know that bid Majesty viewed olds regret
the possible adoption ofony measures which might
lead to the interrnpsion of tranquillity among other
States, and was anxious to secure the continuance
of pence to this country. In the reduction of the
military eltablistinsent. their Lordships would see
the best possibly pledge that could be given of the
sincerity of the systolic itrieutions of his Majesty's
GoVeronica. It most also offard their Lord-
ships much pleasure to hear of the increase
of the revenue. and of the greet improve-
Men, which bad taken place it. seeml most
important branches of our commerce and meows
rector's: and, although it was to be lartient-
rd that this cheering.:_eiew did not compreheud slat
Inset of the empire Aft% he behoved, yet it.
was consoling to nfiect that it was impossible any
considerable amelioration in these respects should
take place in this kingdom without quickly spreading
to that country. He could not touch, however lightly.
on the distresses which pressed upon a large portion
of the people, without begging of their Lordships
to allow him to express his warmest spprobation of
the fortitude and loyalty they had displayed
under the trial.—(f/ear, hear, hear.)—lt was
feeling. such as these that would best enable us
to surmount our difficulties, and lead us back
to the path of prospe,ity. %Whatever differences of
opinion might esist mining their Lordships upon
other topics, he was sure that there could be none
upon the motion which lie had the honour to pro-
pose. He would not detain their Lordship. by
any further observation, hut conclade with moving
that a dutiful Address be presented to his Majesty.
His Lordship then read the Address, which was
merely an echo of the Speech.
Lord PRUDHOE said, the Noble Earl who had
just sat down hid touched with so much ability on
the several topics embraced in the Speech foots the
Throne, as to render it unnecessary for him to de-
tain their Lordships with any leugthened observe-
lions on the motion with which he had concluded.
He perfectly agreed with the Noble Earl that the
interests of Ireland were so united and interwoven
with those of this country, that any improvement
in the one must quickly extend itself to the other.
There was one part of the Speech from the Throne
which he could not refrain from noticing, as affording
the liveliest satisfaction to their Lordships and the
country at large ; he meant that part which alluded
to the reduction of the military establishments, a
measure which must prove highly gratifying. not only
as it tended to the diminution of the public expendi-
, tore. in which all the country participated, but as
it afforded the best and most substantial proof of
his Majesty's pailac wainscots, sod of 1n confi-
dence is the loyalty of his people. The Noble
Lord concluded by secooding the motion.
Earl GREY then rose and said, although he
lamented that any thing should arise to prevent
their Lordships from concurring in an unanimous
expression of their sentiments in an Address to the
Throne, yet be felt it impossible to refrain from
offering some observatious expressive of his disap-
pointment at the Speech which they had heard, and
of his dissent from much of what had been said
upon this occasion. The Noble Earl who opened
the discussion expressed his confident hope that no
difference of opinion would be felt among their
Lordships as to the Addiess now proposed. and he
(Earl Grey) had no doubt that the hopes of the
Noble Earl would be gratified. For although he
was fully couvinced that there were spirits abroad
who were ready to lake @derange of every oppor-
tunity to inflame and mislead the public mind, and
to seize every occasion for diverting the feelings of the
people from their proper channel, yet he was sure
that no person could be found who had taken any pro-
minent part in public affairs in either House of Par-
liament, who was not penetrated with sentiments of
the firmest and warmest loyalty and attachment to
his Majesty's person Reid government. A strong and
unprecedently unanimous expression of public opi.
nion had lately been made in all parts of the king.
dom. It was true th.t it had been accompanied
with expressions universal and decided, of attach-
ment to the person and government of his Majesty ;
yet it was not less true that it had also beet. accom-
panied with equally general and decided disappro-
bation of the conduct of Ministers. lf, therefore,
on the present occasion it was anemit to draw from
expressions of loyalty and attachment to his Ma-
jesty any inference of an approval of the measures
of Administration, be must lift up his voice and
protest against any suds attempt to deceive and
mislead his Majesty or his people. He lamented
that he could nut perceive in the Speech from the
Throne any disposition to relinquish that pernicious
system of government which had brought the coun-
try into the trying difficulties that now surrounded
it on every side, and which, if persevered in, must
lead it to inevitable ruin. (Hear bear./—He
trusted that at lesigth both Houses of Parliament
would awake to a just tense of the tendency of the
system which had so long been pursued. They
were told that the revenue had increased iu the last
year, and also that great improvement had taken
place in some most important branches of our com-
merce and manufactures ; all lie had to say on that
subject at present was, that he sincerely hoped the
gratification derived from the circumstance might
not prove illusory. He believed that in soine
branches of our manufactures some little improve-
ment had been experienced; hut as far us his powers
of observation extended, lie could see no sign, he
could discover no symptom of that internist lin-
pavement on which the Noble Lords opposite
seemed inclined to dwell with such extreme satis-
faction. He could not see any sign of the smallest
improvement in the agriculture of the cuusitry.—
Perhaps the part of the country to which hr be-
longed might be different in that respect from
others; but it was a oust unprecedented and ano-
malous condition, where an iinprovetnesit in com-
merce and manufactures was accompanied With a


state of agriculture so depot-toed and realms* as
that which now existed is this country, with wisest
most vital interests its prosperity was so •snately
connected.—(Hear, hear.)-111 so expreysiog him-
self, he wished to guard wisest beieg_
misunder-
stood as advocatisig any of that restiiestve mea-
sures, such as the Corn lams, winch had been
from time to time proposed, but which acre, in
his judgment, ill conceived, loadly framed, and
worse understood.—(Hcar, herr, hap.)-- It
gave him great satisfaction to ne.r that his Ma-
jesty continued to receive itsstismices of the ortolic
disposition of Foreign Power». Boit it was not with
equal satisfaction that he heard the alliminti to ov-
currencer on the Coutinent, with respect to which
the public mind had been intensely excited.—
Nothing had been said of those efforts which because
the policy of a liberal and higii:.spiritd nation.—
( Hear, hear, hear.)—lie had seen not which in-
, decoked either dm desire et he ruirottly- ollefot
the line of conduct which ouch a astern* might to
pursue in respect of 'hove occurrences._ (Hear.j—
He regretted to leant that nu step, such as &relit
have become this country in the lofty situation
which she was said to occupy, had been taken to-
wards preventing any foreign hostile interfs-
rence iu the affairs of Naples.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
He regretted all this, although he could not feel
any surprise on the occasion, for the sindier which
was given by the Noble Earl °Jimmie to • gore.
lion on this subject, which had been pot to haul by
• Noble Friend of his on a former occasion, had
been far from satisfactory to hint, particularly when
he remarked that we had no accredited Minister at
the Court of Naples. From the statement in the
Speech, he should have been led to suppose that
.we had observed a strict neutrality on the occasion ;
bat he could not think that a strict neutrality was
the proper course for this countey to pursue—
(Hear.)—He wes aware of the impulicy, ill most
cases, of interfering in the affair' of other nations ;
but when he saw a pretension *et up to call upon
the King of any country to attend the Congress of
that league of Sovereltis called the Holy Allissiee,
when be saw the pretended right set up of sum-
moning a Monarch to the bar of that self-comin-
toted tribunal, to account fur giving liberty to his
people, lie could not think it becoming of this
country to stand by unconcerned.—(Hear, hear,
hear.)—When this country saw a league of Mo.
narchs combined to rivet, ad libitum, the chains of
an independent people, it would become it to lift
up its voice in remonstrance against such a -
strove exertion of elespotistn—(Hear, hear)—most
especially when directed, as in this instance, against
• people, no one act of whom affected any tooth-
bourime government—(Hear, hau)—bolero in-
deed it be considered as such, that an amelioration
the condition of the subjects of one .State may
'feed a neighbouring people to leak hito -their wan
grievances, and seek redress by the same means.—
(Hear.)—When it was considered that we had 110
accredited Minister remaining at the Court of
Naples, and that an unusually strong squadron
was collected there under the orders of • British
Admiral, would that be construed as the conduct
which ought to have been adopted by this country,
and not rather ass recognition oldie principle of the
interference of Foreign Powers for the prevention of
the internal improvement °fun independent nation ?
But perhaps it was to be held as a subject of emigre- '
tulation—perhaps it was to be viewed as a matter of
exultation, that the King of this country had not re-
dived a compulsory summons to abide the heck and
nod of this Kingly League.—(Hear.)—Rethought
we had but little reason to boast of the preponder-
ance we were supposed to have gained in Euro-
peen affairs, if Monarchs were not now to be with-
held from pursuing their dishonest intentions by
the remonstrances of this, country, provided the
administration of its councils were chanecterised by
vigour, firmness, and good faith.—(Hear, hear.)
He could not withhold the expression of Ins satis-
faction at the prospect of any reduction of the mi-
litary establishment; but lie hoped that the
amount of the reduction would only be regulated
by the necessary attention to the safety and de-
fence
of the country and its foreign possession..
He thought that good policy would lead to an
attention and compliance with the wishes of the
people, by departing f.om the military system into
which we had been dragged, and ceasing to present
the appearance of keeping up a large force for the
purpose of intimidation. which only 'elided to exits-
perste. He was sure that such policy would lead to
considerable reductions, without the smallest appre-
hension of danger. nere were several other
points on which much taught be said, but which lie
would not now go into. He could not, however,
refrain from taking notice of the extraordinary pro-
rogation of Parliament about two months ago. after
a Session, in which that House in particular had
been most laboriously engaged in the performance
of • most serious duty, without any speech ur
statement of the view taken by Government of the
state of public affairs, which a due regard to the
feelings of the people, if not to the dignity of Par-
batmen', might have been supposed to require.—
( Hear, hear.)—There was one more topic men-
tioned in the Speech to which he would shortly
allude ; he meant the provision to be made for the
Queen.—( Hear, hear.)—He hoped that the ar.
rangement proposed would he such as might set
those unhappy differences, which had unfortunately
so long existed, to rest for ever. He sincerely
hoped this would be the spirit of the measure about
to be proposed; and most sincerely should lie re-
joice if he saw his Majesty's Ministers resort at last
to measures of a soothing and conciliatory nature,
and directly contrary to those which they had so
long and so unpropitiously pursued.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL commenced by assuring
the House that he should not double their Laid-
ships at any length in answer to the observalioiss
which had fallen front the Noble Earl who had last
addressed them. The Noble Lord's speech indeed
did not require any extended commentary, for the
objections which he had taken to the Speech deli-
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bias. to be rather negative than positive. He had
comphsieed 1.0. so an i‘eb et. anyanatier or propo-
siesta urged either is hue Majeety'oSpeet:b. or in the
Weigle. of the Noble Mover mid Seconder of the
Address. as at what 1w conceived to be omissions in
hash. Uuder Hach circumstances, it was not necessary
totletom the Hoerr St any length; but lest he might
he thought to licquirever in, or, rather. nut to repel
certain of the Noble Earl's renserks, lie was not
chord to let the Noble Eerl's word. pass uliogethee
without cornmeal. The Noble Earl hut neat of.
lulled t« the sedice contented in the speech repeated
by the Noble Mover of the Address, rturrening the
professions of loyalty by a numerous portion et the
public ill Addresses to the Throne; and io refer-
ence to this• topic the Node Eoul hod affirmed,
that the concurreist voice of the nation regained
that the present system of government—list system
which the 'strong Mioisters of tbi-Cture heal
fermly pursued. should kr cliassged. The Noble
Earl, however, did nut csinuteneend to expleits ui
what trimmer or particular the change required
was to bee ff-cred. A distinction ought doubtless
sit all tines, and in the coneideretion of every PIA..
jeer agitated tither in Parbanieet or among the
to he drawn between the person of the
King stout ilie individuals who coiupcse his imnse-
(hate Cabinet—between the loyalty due to fist
kilolitres Personage, and the faults, the errors, or
the vices, if fruits, errors, and vices exist, in the
conduct of his Ministers. This distinction was it-
self consietent with the wise priuciples of our Con-
' *tinniest), and involved matters that concerned the
respectability and security of the Throne. Still he
should have wished that the Noble Earl, in speak-
ing of this proposed change in the system of go-
vernment. had been more explicit. if the Noble
Earl :supposed, that, iii obedience to some ink-
ginary caprice of the people, the Ministers of the
Crown would suggest some alteration in the frame
and system of the government, he would be very
' much mistaken; and. notwithstanding the confi-
dent assertion of the Noble Earl, respecting the
' presumed opinion of the people in general, he felt
no difficulty in expressing his firm belief, that in
the opinion of the thinking part of the commu-
toy, it was to this system of government, so con-
demned, that the couutry owed the possession of
whatever she has now to boast.—(Hear, hear.
hear, from the Treasury Benches.)—But to a
system in general no satisfactory discussion could
be directed ; it must consist of individual mea-
sures, and of these, let each particular be made
the subject of a distinct proposition, and he should
then be prepared to express his sentiments concern-
ing it. Did this proposed change of system em-
brace a total revolution in the whole frame of the
national institutions, attended with all the evils of
which' restitutions are ep_pregaant .a, source? If
arch be the meaning of the chisoge proposed, it
must be effected by other counsels than now ad-
minister the affairs of the empire. The Noh!e
Earl opposite had also alluded to the notice
contained iii the Speech from the Throne, respect..
ing the improvement that has taketi place in cer-
tain branches of the public revenue, and hod
thence adverted to the depression under which the
agricultural iriterests had laboured. This depression
he complained had not been noticed in the Speech;
but if the Noble Earl would refer to the last pun-
graph but oue of the Speech. he would find it notic-
ed io general terms, when his Majesty lamented " the
distress@ which still pressed upon a large portion of
his subjects." These, however, were topics which
opened much too large a field for discussion to be
now entered upon with airy prospect of advantage.
The Noble Earl had spoken of appointing sonic
future day for giving them more mature delibera-
to, and to that period he should defer the expres-
sion of his sentiments. He might, however, be
permitted to remark, that there appeared some pe-
culiarity in the state of the country at present, as
compared with what it was some twelvemouth
ago. Then the pressure of distress weighed most
heavily upon the commercial and manufacturing
classes of society—now these classes seemed to be
relieved. and the pressure was transferred to the
agticultural dame. He repeated that it wits im-
possible to say any thing upon such topics without
entering more at large into them than might be
coovenieut to the House at present; but with re-
gard to the hopes their Lordships or the pubic
might entertain of the advantages to be derived, and
the relief thst might be obtained from legisla-
tive interference, be could not abstain from utter-
ing a caution agaiust iodulging in ally rash ex-
periments. If the House were to enter into a deli-
berative inquiry upon the subject of our agricultu-
ral distresses, let it be commenced oei sound and ge-
neral principles, and without the notion that Pare
liament could necessarily correct the misfortune,
no matter from what causes arising. It was not
long since Parliament had applied a remedy to the
distress of the •gricultutists which was then con-
ceived to be effectual. The evil then felt sro'e
from causes very different ficen any which can be
HOW assigned. It arose Gam a vast and sudden im-
portatiou of core that had long been shut up in the
ports of the Continents in consequence of the con-
tinuauce of the war. and the sudden (monition of
the restriction gave to this country a supply tor.
great for her necessities. The prices in consequrace
fell. They have fallen *tom that tine, but this
could not be attributed to the importation of foreign
corn ; no cons to any considerable amomot has been
imported for the last two years. The cause
of the low prices of cern man therefore be
attributed to an increased production.---(4
laugh ors the Ministerial Beaches./—Let this
question be inquired into. The ports had been
closed since February 1819. Ile was aware thst
• general ',lemon prevailed that by means of the
warehousing system, foreign corn might at ad times
be kept ready to afford au extrusive *apply for
home consuniptiou, but he had resew to Isms* that
the effects of the system but not been such as were
generally supposed. Let the House, .t all events,
be careful how they embraced any legislative
measures upon this subject. Legislation was not