The National Register.
London, England, 1809-06-25 00:00:00

Wednesday, June 21.

Their Lordships' House met at half-past three o'clock, when
the Usher of the Black Rod was sent to the House of Commons to
desire the attendance of that Hon. Howe in the House of Lord, to
hear his Majesty's-Commission read, for giving the Royal Assent
to the Local Militia Regulation Bill, and to the Commissiop for
Proroguing the Parliament.
After the first Commission had been read, and the Royal
Assent notified.to the Local Militia Regulation Bill
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in the name of the Commission,
and by order of his Majesty, addressed the following Speech to
both Rouses of Parliament
" M Lords and Gentlemen,
" We are commanded by his 11fajesty to acquaint you, that
his Majesty has great satisfaction in bring enabled, by the state
of the public business, to release you from your laborious
attendance in Parliament.

" His Majesty thiubts not that on your return into your re-
spective counties,• you will carry t ith you a disposition to in-
culcate, both by instruction and example, a spirit of attachment
to those established laws and that happy Constitution which it
has ever been his Majesty's anxious wish to support and to
maintain, and upon which, under pray Metter, depeud the welfare
and prosperity of this kingdom.

" Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

" We have it in command from his Majesty to thank you for
the liberal provision which you have made for the services of the
present year; and to express the satisfaction which his Majesty
derives from your having been enabled to provide for those ser-
vices without. any great and immediate addition to the burthens
upon his people.
" His Majesty particularly commands us to acknowledge your
prompt attention to his wishes, respecting an increased provision
for the poorer Clergy ; an object in the highest degree interest ing
to his Majesty's feelings, and deserving the favourable considera-
tion of Parliament.
" lify Lords and Gentlemen,
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" The attrocious and unparallelled act of violence and
treachery by which the Ruler of France attempted to surprize
and enslave the Spanish nation, which has excited in Spain
a determination and unconquerable, resistance against the usurp-
ation and tyranny of the French Government, has, at the saws
tune, awakened in other nations of Lurope a determination to
resist, by a new effort, the continued and increasing encroach-
silents on their safety and independence.

" Although the uncertainty of all human events, and the vicis-
situdes attendant upon War, forbid too confident an expectation
of a satisfactory issue to the present struggle against the common
Enemy of Europe, his Majesty commands us to cdngratulate you
upon the splendid and important success which has recently
crowned' the arms of the Emperor of Austria, under the able and
distinguished conduct of his Imperial Higliuesa the Archduke
Charles.

•° To the efforts of. Europe for its own deliverance, his Ma-
jesty has directed us to assure you, that he is aeter►nined to con-
tinue his most strenuous assistance and suppori, convinced that
you will agree with him in considering that every exertion for
tne re-establishment of the independence and security «f other
'nutions, is no less conducive to the true interests than it is be-
coming the character and honnur of (;rent Britain."
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The Speech tieing concluded, the Chancellor caused the Com.
►nission for proroguing Parliament to be read, and then iaid,
" ./gy /Aids and Gent!cmen,

64 By virtue of his Majesty's Commission under the Great
Seal, to us and other Lords directed. and now relic!, we do, its
his Nlajestyib name, and in obedience to his•cominands, proro,ce
this Parliotnent to Thursday the tenth day o; Atigtha next, to 1.,*
then there holden; and this Parliainent is accordingly proro-
gued to Thursd;# the tenth day of Angus; next."
The Commissioners were, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Lord Deucelto r, hurls Cainbden, Westmoreland, and Aylesford.


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406

HOUSE OF COAINIONS.

Monday, June 19.

The Speaker acquainted the House that the Royal Assent had
bees riven to the Scotch Judicature, the Insolvent Debtors, the
irislinrand Juries Regulation, and several prixate Rills.
A Message from the Lords acquainted the Honse: that their
LordOtipi had agreed to the Consolidated Fund, and Ihe Judges
Salaries alga to the Bankrupt Laws A memlnieat hill with
amen:lments, to which they desired the concurrence of the Com-
NOW.
Sir Samuel Romilly regretted that the T,ords should have
thought it expedient to introduce anv alterations into his bill,
but as he conceived it was stilt capable of prodncing natch bent--
St to an unfortunate class of men, he hoped the Honse would
concur in the amendments suggested by the Lords.—The araeutt-
weals were t !inn agreed to.
Sir Thomas Torino presented a Petition from Mrs. Mary Anne
Clarke, praying that the Papers belonging to her, which came
into the pies-ession of the House by Mr. Nichols, of Hampstead,
should be returned to her, or some person whom she should ap-
point to receive the same. After a few words from the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer the papers were ordered to be returned
to Mrs. Clarke.
A disrussion arose on the Lords amendments to the Manchester
Water-Works Bill. Colonel Stanley moved that they be taken
into consideration this day three months. The House divided—
For the motion, 36—Against it,l3—Majority in favour of the
bill 37.