The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-04-22 00:00:00

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1,11PE111.4L P.IRLLIMENT.

DOUSE OF LORDS, Imo" Aram Rt.

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This being the day appointed for the assembling
ref the new Parliasnent, bei.pg the seventh of the
l'oeted Kingdom. ot two o'clock precisely the
1.0.,1 Cronies.llor lift his Court, arid 'proceeded to
f pi irate-room adjacent to the House of Lord..
in about twenty swamps after, when his Lordship
1.104 the other Lords' Cousmissimpers had tittered
Ilonse, the doors were opened to strattgrm
fp`i. our bvti. ii4ttnittell, the tie, Lied.' Commis.
• 'with. aria. ...As 61 Oil iilr !WOW the new
.111,011 Y, 111 I /lel' stale rote. a. "Posy were—hi.
C-!acs the Archbishop of Canterhutl, the Lord
Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, and the Earls
r!" Westmorland and Shaftesbury.
The Earl of Liverpool bud a kill other Peels
'sere present.
Immediately after Mr. (Nome, the D,puly
IL%tier of the Black Rod, was ordered by the
lord Chancellor to command the attendance of the
posse of Commons at the House of Lon:..
In a few minutes after the doors were thrown
open, and the Members of the I louse of COMMI/1.%
kinenibled, in number about 60, including the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Alayor and
the other City Alembers, several Gentlemen of the
Rtr, Sir IVin. Congreve, &c. preceded by the 1
Deputy Usher, and the clerks of the table, Mr.
Rickman, Mr. Dyson, and Mr. Ley, presented
themselves, and advanced with the usual forms to
the bar.
The Lord Chancellor then said, that the Com.
u-Ossioners had it in command fiom his Majesty
to Inform the two Houses, that it being inconvenient
to his Majesty to attend there, he had been gra-
:angle pleased to order letters patent under the
Great Seal to be issued, appointing certain Lords'
Commissioners therein named, or any three ur
more of them, to open the present Parliament.
The Commission was then read by Mr. Birch,
the clerk. It comprised, as is usual, the names of
II very great number of Peers besides those who
u;,ted under it.
After it had been gone through, the Lord
Chancellor addressed the members of the House of
Cumulous to the C.llimitig effect :--
" Gentlemen of the Muse of COMilells,
• " We are commanded to acquaiut you, that, as moo as
the Members of both Houses shall have been sworn, the
...uses shall be eaplaused which induced his Majesty to sons-
ume this Parliament. At present it is his Majesty's plea.
sure, that yin should go to the place where you are to sit,
and there elect some proper person to be your Speaker; and
that you do proem the saws person, so elected, at the bar
a this House to-morrow, at two o'clock, to receive leis Ma-
jesty's 'approbation.." -
The Commons instantly withdrew. Prayers were
Own read, during which time strangers were ex-
c'uderf. When the doors were re-opened the Mem-
leers proceeded to take the oaths, and enter their
it a:nes on the roll, till four o'clock, when the House

u•ljourned.
The following were among the Peers sworn :
The Lord Chancellor and the other Commissioners ; his
Royal Highness the Doke of Clarence, the Duke of Athol.
The blarquiries of Hertford, Neatly, Ely, Bath, Camden,
turd Ctsolosondeley.
The Foal, of I.nreviarel, Nelms*, Oxford, Abergavenoy,
Kellie, Aberdeen, Scurborough, &Sulgrave, Digby, Rosol)a,
Darnley, Conserver', Pomfret, and Caledon.
Lords Napier, Colville, Tserington, Gwydir, Carleton,
itusefierry, Keith, Kenya', Lake, Davie, sbeiErld„ and

new and magnificent Throne is erected in
twe House of Lords; the canopy, which is of the
pfeatest richness. is supported by two large Corin-
thian column.. the shafts are fluted and richly gilt.
The columns are festooned with an oak leaf wreath,
nista gilt, and the canopy is surmounted with a
large single crown (instead of three, as on the for-
mer throne) in the centre. The drapery and cover-
„,g is of the richest crimson velvet, richly embroi-
r:rred with gold lace. The ornaments consist of
Use Ruse, Thistle, and Shamrock, with the em.
weals of the various Orders of Knighthood. There
is. • new chair in place of the old ivory one, but
compared with the magnitude of the throne it is
disproportionately small, and we understand its
parsec is shortly to be supplied by anothsr, not yet
completed, of larger dimensions, to be elevated in
such a manner, that his Majesty's person, when
seated in it, will be visible trom all parts of the
House. The old tapestry reorsins on the walls,
bat in all other respects the House is newly fitted
wp its the most superb style. The improve-
ments, near as they are being completed, it is said,
sere commenced only one month since.

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