The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-16 00:00:00

FO'R THE C;;OWTH OF HAIR.

. . .
.
T ADJES and Gent:ernen who wish the Ornament
,
.of FINE 4IEAD of HAIR, need only make trial of
the A O 1 L, particularly as the use of Oils are found
so necessary to Moi;tan iue Hair when areSsing ; for which
purpose the Russia Oil has now become in use by the Royal'
Faffuly.„,and Ladies of the first circle. Itis a nourislier and
improver so its Growth, prevents it falling off, and is s) great
a preserver and strengthener t., the Hair, as to prevent its
becoming bald, or turninz grey, to the latest period ; also
restores the 1-lair on bald places. -Several Gentlemen, who
have been bald 'fur years, have declared, after using the Rus:
sia Oil regularly ;for three months, became nearly covered
with hair. •It will serve as a substitute for Pomatum.
It is recommended -to Ladies who use Dressing Irons, as
it will prevent any ill etleas occasioned by their heat.
Price. 7s. per. Bottle ; or one Bottle, containing four small,
-at a Guinea.

To be had of the Proprietor, 3;3, Oxford-street; and, by
appointment, of Mr. Smith, Perfumer to His Majesty and
thc Royal Family, i 10, New Bond-street ; liaeon, rso, and
AlLn, 76, OxfOrd-street Ward,
,324, Middle-row, Hol-
born-; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; . Withers, 229, Strand; Rigge;
65, Cheapside ; Holmes, Bolton, and Tutt, Royal Exchange,
London;. Bull, Dame-street, Dublin; Raeburn, North-
bridge, Edinburgh ; Shepherd, Bristol; Collins, ,Salisbury;
Miller. and Cridwell, Bath ; and otmost•sMedicine "Ven-
ders. and Perfumers in Town and Country.

, -
Caution--As a Counterfeit Russia Oil has lately been at.
tempted-to' be iMposed ore the Public, by a PersOn stating
himself as the original Proprietor, who, ,in order, the more
readily to'deceive, has imitated an Bagle in the show-bills
and wrappers which inclose the Bottles: • the Proprietors
cautions against this -imposition, by assuring that none arc
genuine but what have a label across the wrappers, signed in
Rod Ink, By the Proprietors, " Mochrikulsky and Prince."
The Libel ought to be observed when purchaseti; as 4:at can-
not be imitated without subjecting the parties to forgery, - It
is recommended to Country Venders to be guarded against a
Person that travels with. this spurious Oil, who has offred
it fnf sale to the principal Venders in town; who, as Gentle.
men, have rejected it, knowing there never was any article of
that name but that prepared by Mochrikufsky. and Prince,
which they have vended several years. It has been imposed
on different Shopkeepers in town and country, that were un-
k acquainted of its being a Counterfeit; but finding they had
been deceived, have applied to the Proprietors,'requesting to
be supplied With the genuine.,-The Proprietors find it re-
quisite to mention this 'for the reputation of such Shop-
keepers who may still be unacquainted of vending this Coun-
terfeit : likewise informing tfrem,' that they may be supplied
with the Russia Oil at the Proprietors, Na. 333; Oxford-
street ; or any Wholesale Vender4 in Louder, Where they will
-seceive liberal allowance.

VICTU4LI.ING-OFFICP,
• - Dec. to, 'Sok
THE COMM.ISSIOIVERS fir VICTIM L ING
liis 111/IyESTY's hereby give Nrake,-)That
on tfrednesday next, the 17th inst. thy will be ?%.46' to receive.
Tenders, fn uniting (sealed up), and treat with' such Perron'
as will Undertake to suPpb/ what T ALLOW ,CAN!)I.ES
be demanded. for the rise bf the VinUalling Dep.:llmq at ' the
Foil of London, far 9ne from the lit yanua4 to the 31st
December 18a7, inclusive; and ,t 7 be paid for by sills, pay.
able, 7,ita Inierert, ninety daju after date.

The Conditions of the Calmat-1 m:9., be icePt at the Secretay's
0. e
Nu regard will be had to anjrTendir in which the f', tee shall
not be inserted in nsn.rds at length, o'-• that shall rot be delivered to
the Board before 04e o'eack on the scta' /Yednesday next, the
I.7th instant, nor unless the Person who make: the reuder, or
s,r'te per Son on Lir tehalf; attends, to answer, 2c "en coil d for.

'7-Icruil L L!NG.OFFICL•,
tgotS.
. .
CONIMISSIOXERSI6rP7CTUAL,LIAG
lIIS MAJESTY', NAVY diio hereby f Notice, That
an Friday, the 19th 'instant, they will be ready to receive
Tenders, in tvriting (sealed up), and beat asi• Two Hundred
Bags of Ii4ENTISFI 110 I'S of the growth 'he:war and
for One Hundred Bair qrKEICITIS HO I'S of the growth of
theprese;ayear ; to be answerable to samples io ter'rodUced with
the TinaVri ; to be delivered P! a Forinigot,-by sveeldy pro..
portions, iitta Elir Ilrajerty's‘ViEivalling Stores at Deptford ; aftl
to ,be `paid for by Bills, pay,i4le, Ivi/h Intereit, ninety days
after date,

The Conditions of:'c Contrael may to :iv: at the Secretary's
Office.

"No iegard will be had to a 4, 'render in whirls the Price shall
not be inverted in words at length,
.or. that shall not be delivered to
the. Board before One o'ClOck on the said Fridqy the Oth
instant, nor unless • the Person- who makes the Tender , ur
saute Perron on his behalf, attends, to answer, wl.;e.
fot

".EAST
.HOUSE.
, - November 12, 1804.
'THE COMM/../TE of the
UM rh7/5 C'u.V/P4 N of AfIZCH -I NTS of ENG-
LRNU, tradlotg to thie Indies, hereby give Notire;•

Ma.: a Quarie4enera:l Court of the laid '...ompaiiy will be
&Id at their House','in I eadentali-street, oPt N'ednis4 the 17th
Dec, next, izt Eleven 4' Ci,c be F,:rinoon; for the pari,-e of
declaring a Ditvid• id f P&p: Midsummer lint C,ristrnai ,next.
IV II: R A v ecrehn'Y

INDL,

Mvember z 6, nce6.
HE COURT of D R Y' 0 R of the
T
triNa ELI AN). (4 AIeRCII,INI.S LNG•
LAWD-tYirdiig tc, the East bidies do hei'cbj glee Notice,

Tha:t at thcseitarterly. Central Cc.wt of the 'raid Ceprp.rip, ap.
,ointed to be befit at their Ilause, Li,.:derbail_iireet, on wed.,
nr-4,...ty the t7th Dee. next, at arvra ,'Ll,rk in tlr l'orenooyr,
the folloWing Re4olution of the General court; epthe 24,6
her /art, will br tO"theet Jot theirsrwyfrntart
" Resolved; That this Coult approvf.' the Residue, vi of
" the Court pit Diretiors of Lth in for to the
Office u# Recorder Prince of WaieS i eland a S lary of
" 30001. per Annual." , •

WILLIAM R,41115,11".

•
To the PROPRIETOR of Doctor BROIAJM's MEDI-
CIN ES, Datry'S Elixir Warehouse, Salisouiy.-square.
SIR, Birmingha;n, lutV 2, 13c6.
T Request you to send to my Sister, in Hatton,
1. Garden, where you sent betbre, two Five:guinea,Bottlel
of Dr BRODUM's NERVOUS CORDIAL, and she will
pay for•the same. I have the pleasure to in to: in,you, one of
the 'Bottles yeti last sent I gave to "emirs' S v;one-, who lives
near Worcester. She has laboured under a nervous affliction,
attended with most vidlent hsad-achs, for some ears ; and
she. write, the word; since she con-lam-wed takinr your
dicthe, the unpleasant symptems have very Much decreased ;
and she has the Most sanguine hopes or being perfettly,eured.
by a tew more bottles. have the satisfaction to add, the
Nervous Cordial itas completely restored,me to health ; and
1 only now take it by the advice of my iKnySician (who has
the htgh'est,opinion of ydur Medicine); to prevent a relapse.
And am, Siry' .•
Your most obedient humble ervaar,
• MARV BROWNS.

DISEASES of.the E FHRA; and Certain CUM.
PLAINTS.

AS Sole Proprietor of DARAN's' celebrated
- • MF,DICATED•IjOUGIES and REMEDIES, Mr
FOU It iniorais the Pnhlic; that he may, as
consulted daily from nine to three; at hiS.House,. No. 54,
Frith-streer,. Soltbi' on Cases of Stri&ures, ObStruclions
Gieets, &c. &c. as veil as Debility; iind ev,i:y Disorder where
secrecy is so essere.al a requisite, that Mr. D. has provided a
spacious House,-.. hat, every Patient may be introduced in
separate Apartincit. Mr. D. has for many }ears confided
himself to that department of Surgery, and front extensive
Pradieei and the most tiattering,suCcess, he is enabled to
offer a method of Cure, mild; efficacious, requiring Ile eon.
finement of restraint in diet, and preventing the passibility
of a relapk"... Persons in the Country statlng their case- tally
in a Letter, enclosing a !1., or 2.i. Note, will have.pmper
remedies sent to -the amount.

For the various syniptom, &c. see Mr. Duftiiir'S Treatise
on Lie above Complaints, Price zs. 64. the sth euition:

A CHALLIF.NGE.
\ EMS. CURRIE and Co: chlilleng-e the whole
World to prove a single instance where their-Medicine
and IVlethod of Cure have failed of the desired ;e*a. The
practice ut manyyears in this particular branch of their pro-.
fession has ant givers rise to one unsuccessful ase. Tney con-
tinue to dired their studies to -the treatment and care Of cer-
tain Complaints; and that derangement of Aire syStem which
is the consequenceof a destruetiv, habit. I tjs melancholy
truth, that the indulgence in this solitary vice b;in„,,-a nn those
Detisiencies and-Debilities which frequently prevrit am*
embitter the. Matrimonial State, and Impost:6 oy anticipa-
tion upon its unhappy viairns all the infirmities ufold.age.
To such persons it must be a consuiing rehectiow.o know
that they may nosy, by a new and infallible 1310dC.of treat;
ment, be restored to health, strength. and manly vigour.—
Messrs. Currie and Co. being regular surgeons of the }loyal
College, the idea of emnircisin cannot possibly be attached
to their prattice, for notOtg but a thorough conviction, con—

firmed by many years experience, of the injudiciousmode of
treatment adopted by the general l'raditioner in the cure of
Venereal Complaints, and that class of Debility which inevi.
tably results rrom the indiscretions of youth, could induce
them to deviate from the usual system, and by performing the
most surprising cures, con4ince the world of the decided su-
periority of their mode of treatment
Messrs, Currie and Co. may be consulted by patients of
either sex, with the greatest delicacy, secrecy, and honour,
at their House, No. 107, Hattuu Garden. Letters from the
Country (post,paid), inclusing a 13ank Note, stating the
particulars of the case, will have the necessary Advice and
Medicines sent to any part of the Kingdom,

Ut LI,fI.INT.

HOUSE 0E 'Pi,:Ens.

hIONDAY, .pEC„

• • . . • ..•
This beiing the day appOinteci for, the meeting of
Parliament, the Lord-Chan"cellor tattle-to the House
AbOut • two 'o'Clock, and':"acituallited tlr.HOuse, that
His Majestyir.not ttitinlslng',6oo2.be personally pre-
sent,•that clay, had beep pleased to cause -a Commis-
Sion to he issned,',uncler the Great Seal, 'ln order tq
the opening and holding of thetarliataent-'
Then .foor of.the,Lords Commissioners, v 4. the,
Archbishop of a,iitefburx; 't
he :.LOra ChincellOr; the
4itarl of 'Aylesford,' and Lord -Walsingharn, being
Reatecl on a forth Placed between the I.llr9De and the
Woolsack, the. I,brd; _Chancellor commanded the
pentle.Man Usher of the plack.,Rod to let. the Cool-
mons lmo‘y thp Lords" Commissioners desired their
.immediate attendance's fit tat • Übuse to hearthe
coininission read.
A great numberof Members of the House of Com-
mons, preceded by Mess. Ley, Dyson, and Ley, jun'.
the' Clerks of iheollouSe, shortly afterwards-carne to
the Bar. ; •

The Lqui CRANCEia4)R then said,
fg, My Lords and Gentlemen of 114 House of
Commons,

f' His Majesty, not thinking fit to-be present here
this„day in His Royal Person, has,been pleased, in
order to the opening and holding of this Parliament,
to'• cause Letters Patent to be passed under his Great
►seal,, constituting us; and: several other Lords there-
in named, hid Commissioners, to 'do all things in
His Majeity's name, on his part necessary to be per-
formed in this Parliament. This will rfiore fully ap-
pear by the Letters Patent therpselve§, which must
now be read :."

The Letters Patent were react by the Clerk ; after
which the Lerd. Chancellor '
'ff ,My 14)7.4 and 'Gentlemen of the House of
Commons,

fr We have it in comtnanctrfrorn his. Majesty to
Jet you know, that, as soon as The Members of both
Houses shall be sworn:, the.:•-calise ol'his-Majesty's
callin.g this Parliament :will,- be declared to you :‘
and, it being necessary that a Speaker of the House
'of COminons should be first chosen, it is-his Via
pleasure' that yOrt, Gentletnen of 'the House
•, ,
of Commons, do repair to the place where you are
to sit, and there proceed toAhe choice
.of some pro-
,pet' person. to be your Speaker.;. and that ;you pre-
ent, here, suckperson whorn you shall so choose,
to-niorrow, at twelve OClock, for hij Majesty's Royal
*pprohatiOn."
- ;The Conunons!then• withdrew. • •
. .Prayers were.. read,-after Which-the Lord Chancel=
kr took the oaths at. the table, and, then 'resumed
41s seat pp •the Wodlsdcir.
. • The oaths were.adMinistered to the Lords present,.
2741:!d 005(:', who shbacquently came into the ;House,
until four o'clock. •
''AOngst the Lords 'Who:tookthe Paths were, the
•A'rchbishop Of Cant6rbUrr, the Dukes-of Kent,. Nor-
• • folk k- titt--Maittiaisses StaffOrd, Abercorn, •_the
Eafis of Aylesford, Spencer, Carlisle, St.-_Yineent,
-13erkeley, tnniskillen, Scarlaoroggh,
I::linden, Westmorland, Derby, Grosvenor,
Stan-
borc•, Cowper, Ole Bishop of London,. Lords.-,Wal-
. -Carrington, Dyneyor,• St. He-
.
jcn's, Rots, Redcsdale,..SoMerville, ,Stc:
Lord Ailsi (Earl,,olCassilis) was introduced by
ozd Walsinhahraii4'Lord St. Helen's. His Patent
. of-Creation and. Writ Of Summons haying been read
at the table, his • Lordship took the oaths and his

AdjQurned till to-morrow (this (lay),

HOUSE OF ATAIO.IOI.-
. .
MONdAY; •
The Members, as soon as -they had been sworn
b&fore the Lord 1--ligli,Steward,•-topaiied.to the House
of Comm Ons. There were- about-200 assembled by
.P,vo .o'cloct:. At
.a qtiarter- after two. the Deputy
Usher of the Black Rod entered the House, and,
a:ldressing hirnsele,tO• the Members, -said, ." The
• Lords authorized by -virtue. of His Nlijesty's Com-
mission desire the ihnnediate attendance of this
Honourable House in -the House of -Peers to hear
His Majesty's CoMmissjcin read.'!
Mr., Ley, the Principal Clerk, :the two -.Junior
Clerks, and the Members repaired to the House of
Peers, where they; remained nearly a quarter of an
hour, On their return they. proceededito the
EIUICE OF A SPEAKER: •
/3Rd GGE BA 71-IURST said; he rose to call
. ,
Ivan the.Honse to eiterciseone of their most ancient,
• must undoubted,andi in many respects, most import-
ant privileges, and without which-the fundiona.of the,
House would be interrupted,. and their deliberations
embarrassed. The nature of those -funaions and deli-
berations suggested the necessity, of sele6ling some
perioq 'from among- themselves who waa properly
qualified tO be the voice of the Representatives of•the
pe.ople, both in their intercourse with the other. House
pt Parliament, arid in •the exercise of their colleaive
4.uthOrity .over, individuals—a person, whose 'peculiar
'duty it would be to watch over their invaluable privi-
.. 1;?:g% to alarm the jealous' of the House against the
heroachrhents of the.other 'orders of the State, and
Fil9,lly his authority; wisdoM, and experience, would
fqntribute maintlin ilonsisteney.,- order, and' regu-
Jariiy ih their own proceedings. The great increase, of
1-!! ,amemary Busin,'!sS, bdtli of ,a public and private
oy.eupying, as it 'did; solarge, a portion of the
ear---the constant and nurnerons attendance of. the-.
1-iFill'Persofthe House on alrimpatapt cincsOons, un-
.in•mOdern times at least77the habit of ani-.
protracted, and frequent debate, had all tended
to render the discharge of the greziter parrot. the duties
fklip9sed ati the person selected to fal Chair as ardu-
ous to hiinself as they Were important to the public.
411.9 4pplie4ion of procaent was found in the writ-
BecOrds• of Parliainent,.. from the must, ancient
p9l'iOd to the 'e
fisting moinent,---the . regulations, of
theiir debates, to the tinWritien, but -not lesS' binding,
344nor.ity of Parliamentary usage. With respect to
:),4.10rn-ier; the Hon. Gentleman, whose name he
preSilltly inention;qad beep the 'fir 3t to
virt them): He.rnigtit to one or ti,vo illustrious
'lll4zitteeS; when high and distinguished characters,ito no more, 'had shew'n .that th6se wi#ten roCards
gild- Puliamentary usageS, wcre.,the best buiwqrk
Gt oar and constituted -tint. impartial Latv,,
attach,' 'like' th!' (l4-n-is' Of Constitution itself;
. ..
Lib:erty aud, flora a discord:.

ancy of parts, produced harmony of the whqe.
The talents requisite'for a due discharge of the u-
ties a Speaker of the House.of Corn Mons; were
not. of an ordinary description. It was necessary
that lie who Was invested with that great office,
should 'possess an inipartialirr that secured confi-
dence, a dignity that comnianded 'respect,and a
temper and atfability that disarmed eon tention.'These
qualities were, however,_ .only. the .concomitants of
Others equally important—a sounctjudgment, a cul-
tivated uncierstandina, a knowledge' not merely of,
Parliamentary forms, but of mankind and the world,
were,indispensible to the constitution of the authoL.
rity of the Speaker of this House. a person ,pus,..
sassed pf these qualifications the-House:could not
but be disposed to entrust the full exercise of their
power, because they must he. assured that they
would be exerted for the general goOd. The °bled
of their choice would derive from that power the
means of .relaxing, where occasion demanded, the
severity and stri&ness of their rules and orders.—
Having thus imperfectly enumerated some of the
qualifications of a, Speaker of the. House -of Corn!.
mons, he should scarcely.have.ventured to have de-
scribed any Gentleman as duly qnalified,;upon any*
impressiop of his own judgmentbutwas sure
the -House had gone' before him; and:had acquitted
him of so great a• presumption. T.lapy.isiould.be dis-
posed to look to I.ie Chair; they would refer rather
,to their experience of the' past, thali to the reCOM-'
rnenclation of anv'indiVidual; The Chair *reminded
him of the duties expecaed to..be. pp,rformed lip
him who tilled it. He was perSiiaded it had called
to the recolleaitarrOf thelfouse the manner iii which
it had been filled. The difficulty under. which. he.
laboured, consisted not in the apprehension of the
colle6tive sense of the HOuse..,.'ln* detailing the
duties 'of a Speaker, and in pitipoSitig Mr. Abbott.
as a fit 'person to fulfil them, his .difficnlty, he re-,
peated, consisted not in his apprehensions of an. uni-
formity of opinion, but in the recolle&ion of the
very superior manner in which -he bad liden pro-
posed on a former occasion, by a:Gentleman-not now
in the House. He had been supported by the testi-
mony and eloquent addresses of those who had origi-
nally nominated him. But it was his consolation, that
the experience of Mr. 'Abbott's 'public chara&er, and
general extension of that wisdom and knowledge he
had evinced from his first takings his seat, made it
less difficult for the House to dispense with ability
on the part of the person who again proposed him..
He was the Jess anxious concerning hisPivii defici-
ency, in the manner he had stated the duties of the,
situation of Speaker, because he was convinced the
House would refer to the high chargter of the Gen-
tleman he had proposed, and.give him *Credit for
having passed by many topics of eulogiuna,to which
he had'ajust claim. He • .was
,not only, conscious
that* the 'condual of the Hon. had Gentleman he' ha
named, justified much higher panegyric than he
had passed upon him ;- but he •was'fiede to declare,
that Mr. Abbott had exhibited a more perfea model
-of the office itself than ever he bad formed an idea of
in the abstra6.l. There were other topics of praise to
which he 'was equally entitled. In speaking of the
general duties of the office, he had passed over, with
reference to Mr. Abbott, the facility-of private inter-
course with, and access to him on matters of business;
he had omitted to -notice his' dignified hospitality,
which conformed so much to the wise munificence
of Parliament,. These, however, were obvious to all.
If unweaned attention and indefatigable, industry
would carry into effe6t the duties of an arduous situa-
Lion, the House had ample reason for. expecting
'those exertions from the suggestion of the mind of a
Gentleman• whose labours respeciting the Records
of the Country assured to the Public. the advantage
of a source of 'knowledge and information which had
hitherto been confined to private and individual re-
search. The same comprehensive mind, and the
same application of great talent,..were as peculiarly
required for the higher duties ,he. had to,diseharge,
and the success- and ability lie had displayed upon
the subje& to which he had alluded, Was a pledge of
what ought to be expeCted from' him on every oc-
casion which related, to proceedings of this House,
and the general advantage of the Public. It was
upon these considerations, as' well -as many others,
that 'he felt it his duty to move, " That the:Right
Honourable Charles Abbott, Esq. do take the Chair
of this House as Speaker."—(Continued /Audits.).

Mr. WILBERFORCE rose to second the motion.
He observed, that the sense and feeling of the House
had already been sufficiently manifested to convince
him that the proposition he supported would receive
the sanaion of the House. It often happened thata
.Member of Parliament had public obligationi to dis.:
charge, which required painful sacrifices of his pri-
vale' duties ; but it was a sufficient compensation for
those sacrifices, if, by making them, he could render
himself eminently serviceable to his Country. In his
estimation, there was no Office more calculated; by
the advantage with which it was attended to the pub-
lic interest, to compensate a man fOr the arduous ex-
ertions necessary to execute it, than the' office of
Speaker of the House of Commons. Hii Hon.
Friend (Mr. Bragge) had pointed out the.gaperalcha7
racier and requisites which ought to distinguiSh the
person appointed to fill that high office. .To en-
ter minutely into a detail of its important duties, or
the qualities of him who was called upon to fill it,
would be a great task indeed. It was an office com-
mensurate with all the funaions of Parliament, and
consequently identified with the existence Of Parlia-
ment, and the freedom and happiness of the People.
The qualifications of a Speaker were great andritime-
rou,s, and perhapS it was difficult to form an accurate
estimate of their real value,, on account of the quiet
times in which We had lived. It was a 'common
disposition of the public • mind to imcigine, when
Matters, went on quietly,.. that they went on by
themselves, and without any aaing impulse ; but
•those to whom he Was addressing himself knew,
that -although the principle of action was kept out
'or view, it was that principle which directed the
whole machine, gave it motion, and preserved the
order find harniotiy of. all its parts. Undoubtedly
it.was not to be suppoled, that, because We had lived
happily in times yl4(3b. the publiC liberty was secure,
i•td•the privileges of this House unendangered, that it
was thei-61ore imiMportant to chose a man as Speaker
of the House of Commons, who was intimately
acquainted' with/all tip parts of the Brittsb Con-
stitution. It should be remembered, that the
•happiness of a great Country ought not to be left to
iincert;Anties; or probable eventS. It was the Linty
Of the -I:4gisl4tfire, to guard against whatever 'might
happen. lt peputOrly necessary that he who

was placed in' the Chair of the House or Commons
should be intimately acquainted with the Constitu-
tion oldie Country, in order that be might be sen-
sible of those slight deviations which in the end in-
troduced great and material alterations. It was only
by such an intimate acquaintance that any man could'
estimate the importance of small changes, and know
how in the first instance to check and repress. them..
Therefore, among the qualifications of a Speaker, a
perfeCt acquaintance with the COnstitution of the
-.Country was a first and indispensible, one. Who-
ever was intimately acquainted with the Constittr-.
Lion, cotld not'but heroine mere and more attached
to it, aid in proportion as, he developed its secret'
springs, contemplate, it as the source of public, hap-
piness. Unvestionably too, an extensive acquaint-
ance with the History of the Country, and a perfe&
knowledge of its. Constitutional 'and Parliamentary
History,, was requisite.. It must also, be obvious to
• everyone that ;the Speaker of the House of Com-
mons' should'be a man who had sagacity and pene-
tration to decide on the instant ;• that he should he
possessed of an uncommon degree of recolleaion
and memory, a SountinesS of judgment, a temper
•• not to be ruffled, and a suavity of manners. it was
unnecessary for , him to mention bow peculiarly the
Hon. Gentleman who, had been proposed was gifted
with all these qualities. The recolleaion of those
who had known him during the late Sessions would
supply abundant instances in which they had been
-conspiclouhly everted. He might mention various
other qualifications, but they had been alluded to. by
his Right Hon. Friend. There was one, with respea
to which he could not avoid saying. a word or two.
He referred to those peculiar qualifications which
characterized the proposed. Speaker for what (by
rather a misapplication of the term) was celled pri-
vate biisiness. Ceranly, Compared with those great
• 'questiOns vaLich constantly occupied the attention of
the House, it might with propriety be 'denominated
. private business. The House was always engaged.
upon snbjeEts of national importance ; but • there
were matters of private business, which, although
.they did not attraa Observation, 'were no leis essen-
. tial to the interests of the Public.. It. was net merely
the value of the property at stake, though it would:
excite estonishment if he was to state the amount
of the property decided upon by Committees of the
House, but. there was something in such detioions
even of More importance, than any. peciiniary sum
could give an idea of. It was, that the character of
Parliament itself was in a considerable degree con-
cerned in the variety of questions ibat arose concern-7
ing the property of individuals. Of these questions,
he was well persuaded no ' person was better 'qu/li-
fied to judge than the Hon. Gentleman %vim had been
proposed as Speaker. If those questions were deiided
in a summary way, without a' juSt sense of the im-
portance Oladhering-to principles of Law, he knew
nothing that would be more likelito iniuie.into the
Public an alienation of mind with regard to the
House of Commons; therefore it was- desirable that
the House of Commons should be' known and. ac-
knowledged as a place • where , the rights of the sub-
jeet were always safe. It was-equally important that
the person in the Chair' should be considered' as the
guardian of the weak and the proteaor 'of the poor.
The opulent and powerful would attend to their own
interests. but upon all questions where the pris'ate
property of individuals was concerned, whatever
their situation might be, it was ,important and re-
94site that there-should be a. man to inspect and
watch over them, who would see that precedents.
.were carefully adhered to, and the true principles
of Legislation not departed from. He had bad too
frequent occasions to address the House upon this
point, not to know bow eminently qualified the
Right Hon. Gentleman who had been named ,for
the Chair was to sustain the character of Parlia-
ment. It was therefore with singular setisfaCtion
he seconded the Motion made by his Right Hon.
Friend.; and, as ,he had just observed, i,t was not
from the ordinary habits of his life, and pursuits
that 'the House was warranted in conceiving he
woald fill the Chair with ability and dignity, bait
from the experience that he had done so already,
and consequently wotild- do 'it again. It was im-
possible not to know that even before he had.,been
raised to thq Chair, he had-given a pleasing anti-
cipation of the patriotic feeling by which he in-
tended to be governed—that he had rendered set-,
vices 'to the Country, which must have endeared him
to the House—that. he had sat .at the head of a
Committee which had inquired into all the public
offices of this Country, with view to the adoption
Of a system of economy. There was no, man who.,
considered with more satisfaCtion than himself the'
elevation of that Right. Hon. Gentleman to the, si-
tuation and rank of First Commoner of the Em-
pire—but he .should have 'contemplated it as a pub-
lic robbery, .if he had been placed there before he
bad had an opportunity of rendering to his Country
those services he had performed, and of pointing
out to his successor the means by which similar
honours were to be attained, and sheaving him,
that .in order to merit such a distinguished pre-
erriinence, he must become, like himself, an.u-p- •
right independent Member of Parliament, the true
friend to the Constitution of the Country, and the
faithful guardian of the Liberty of the People. ;It
was for these qualities he had been raised to his si-
tuation, that his principles might acct with fuller
etThet. He had the satisfaction of knowing that he
spoke to those who approved of the proposition of
his Right Hon. Friend. It was gratifying to him to
feel that what was wanting in his expressions of ad-
miration and esteem, was more than made up by
the universal approbation of the House: This, re-
minded him of another qualification, perhaps the
most, essential of all, and certainly one-,that could
not be possessed by any person who had not filled
the situation, of. Speaker. It was not merely that
the 'House had the experience of past..years, but
they knew that the Right Honourable Person pro-
posed to honour their Chair would possess the
confidenee and attachment of the House, and no-
thing was of greater importance than that he should
possess it. It as an assurance that he would yin:
dicate the rights of Parliament on the one. band,
and prevent the disposition of Members to extend
those rights tog far, to the prejudice of other branches
of the Legislature,. He had but one word more.
There Was-one quality he possessed in mest.emi-
nent degree—it 'was, that at the same time he had
shetvn his loye of public liberty, true constitutional
liberty, he had Manifested a due sense and proper
regard of the privileges of Parliament. He had
shiewn that ~ivatouss of wind which impelled

him to consider it al equally dangerous to the Cot-
stitution,- that the Commons should attempt to
strain their privileges beyoni their due bounds,
that they should not assert them when 'they wersk,
attempted to be violated. ft required a great mind
to be invested with extensive powers, without-be-
ing, at the same time, disposed to overstrain them.
The House were sensible -.that the Right Honour-
able Gentleman was possessed of that quality.—,
He therefore concluded by saying, that to second
the Motion *of his Right Honourable Friend gave.
him the most perfet satisfaelion, and the greatest.
possible pleasure.
Mr. ABBOT.—" In rising to address the
House this day, it is impossible for me not to feel,
the highest sense of gratitude for the favour Itud
kindness with which this proposition has been re-
ceived. Many, very many of the commendations
which my Honourable Friends, by their partiality,
have bestowed upon me, I dare not flatter myself
with having merited ; and although they are
pleased to suppose that my former experi-
ence 'in the Chair of ;this House may afford a%
argument in favour of their choice, yet_that same
experience has left on my mind a very different im-
pression '; for I am persuaded, that whoever aspires
to understand and cremate that high and important,
ofli,ce, will acknowledge its difficulties, as well as
bis own deficiencies. • Nevertheless, custom long
established, and respea towards the House, forbid
any person from insisting much at large on his de,
merits. I will therefore not oppose the pleasure of
the House; in the earnest hope that it will not hi
prejudicial to its interests."
Mr. ABBOT was then conduEted to the Chair,
and 'thus proceeded :—" Since it has been the plea-
sure of the House to place' the again in this Chair,
I have to make my most grateful acknowledgments
for such. a proof of its high and distinguished con-
fidence and .to assure the House, that while I have
the happiness to possess it, every part. of my life,
within .and.without these walls, shall be faithfully
. devoted to its service."

. ~
Mi. T. GRENVILLE observed, .that, upon an
occasion so solemn and important as that of seleding
a; Speaker, it. had been not unusual to allow sot
of its Members to express those sentiments which
he rejoiced to see were so unanimous. He freely
stated, that, on the present occasion,_heclid not feo
it necessary to offer any apology for intruding op toe
attention-of the House. 'lf the business they had
So happily concluded had been one .whichrequirept
high talents in the person who Offered his congrat4-
lations; he should have known himself .better than
to have offered, 21- single observation ; but, in pre-..
sentirig hiMself the first,to congratulate the HoUspt
he - was only expressing those sentiments whicil
were-. common to' all who heard -hirn.: / TO have, a
strong sense, and to express it, of 'the benefit the
country' .had 'derNO fain-the Right Hon. Gentle-
- . man'S'`being placed in the Chair ;''to augur happily
.of the futnre by the grateful recollealion of the past ;
to anticipate the services the country would' re-
ceive; to indulge•in' thc.l memory of those alieidy
'conferred ; to retied that by his being placed in the
situation in which fortunately he waq 'Placed, t e
House would assure to itself the exercise of a stea y
and temporate authority, an impartiality and integrity
not to be shaken, a rich fund of constitutional li-now-:
ledge, and a just dispensatiOn of those wise and en-
lightened opinions which aduated him--,these, were
topics so pleasing to dwell upon, lo natural toeiz-
.patiate upon, that he Was persuaded the. House
would indulge him in pursuing such themes ;
but yet, from those topics he felt himself reludanf)y
,compelled to abstain. wii6i, he recollePal; tll4
the person who was the objel of his eulogium was
the person he was addressing, he was compelled ti'ir
motives of delicaoy, not lo dwell upon the subje&
grateful as it was to him. He should conclude b
saying, that he did most heaitily congratulate' t tip
House, the Ginmtry, and the gight Han. Geetlet7
man himself, on the choice that • had been made.
He 'then moved; That the House should adjourn,
and the House adjourned accordingly.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER IG, ,1806.

~.,LAST night French. and Dutch Papers reached
town, but they do not contain any intelligence of
importance. The reports of Battles, which • have
been circulated with such confidence, turn out, ias
we expeEted, tQ be wholly destitute of foundation :
indeed, it appears highly improbable that any gene-
ral or decisive Aaiun could be. fought' before me
middle of this month. The 'accounts given in
the foreign Journals of the movements of the
French Troops are very confused : according to
some of them, AUGEREAU'S Division, which Was
advancing 'to the Vistula, has fallen back, while
others state that they have aEtually invested Dantzic-
The utmost—exertions have- been-made to put that
important City in a state of defence, but we do not
apprehend that it ispOssible to put it in a condition
to stand a regular siege, nor is it likely, 'at the pro-
sent season of the year, that the French would un-
dertake one. It is probable that some French Patroles
may have pushed forward.toDantzic, and this, by ill°
'help Of a little French:exagzeration, haS been magnl"
fled into a regular investment of the place. Our Readeri
'will find in a subsequent Column the speech of CA.,"
BACERES, the Arch-Chancellor of/ France, to the SO-
- is in 'many parts a mare echo of the lan-
guage lately held by BONAPARTE : The same threats
are heltioaut against this Country, and the same 'le-
terrnittati2n is expressed not tQ make Peace until

nate.