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London, England, 1806-12-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLEOIENI:

HOUSE OF PEERS.
THURSDAY, DEC. 18.
THE House met soon_after three. Several Lords
took the Oaths, amongst whom were, the Earls of
Elardwicke, Macclesfield, Ferrers, Buckinghamshire,
Carvsfort • hords•Viscount Sidmouth, -Hood, Low-
ther; LordsC Grenville, Boston, Somers, Rivers, Say
and Sele, Sheffield, &c.
Adjourned at four o'clock, till to-morrow (this
day).

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THURSDAY, DEC. 18.

The SPEAKER came to the House at one.o'clock,
but was not enabled to take the Chair till two; The
swearing'then proceeded as usual. •Aniong..those
whd took the Oaths were, Mr. Long, Mr. Sturges
Bourne, Mr. CoUrtenay, Scc. At four o'clock the
House adjourned.

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WE are'happy•. to have it in. our ;power ‘to lay be-

fore our Readers the Speech deliVered this Day by
tbe•l.App CHANCELLOR, as oil,: of the Lords Com-

missioners; to both Houses of Parliinnent.

" My Lords and Gentlemen,

" His Majestyhas.commandqd us to assure you,

that in the difficult and arduous circumstances un-

der which you are now assembled, it is a great sa-

tisfa&ion to Him, to recur to the firmness and

wisdom of His Parliament, after so recent an op-

portunity of colleEting the sense of His People.

" His Majesty has ordered the. Papers which

have been exchanged in the course of the late Ne-

gotiation with France to be laid before you.

" His 'Majesty has employed every Effort for the

restoration of General Tranquillity, on terms con-

sistent with the Interests and Honour of His'People,
and with that inviolable good Faith towards His
• • ,

Allies by which the 'condua ,of this Cuuntry 'has

always been distingui-shed.

.".The Ambition and Injustice of the Enemy dis-

appointed these Endeavours, and in the same mo-

ment kindled a fres:l War in Europe ; ,the progress

of which has been attended with the most calamitous

events.

" After witnes"sing the subversion o 6 the an-

. tient _Constitution of Germany, and the. subj a-

gation of a large proportion of its most consi.

derable States, Prussia found herself still more

nearly threatened .by that danger which she had

vainly hoped to avert by so many sacrifices.—

She was, therefore, at length compelled to adopt

the 'resolution of iopenly resisting this unremitted

System of Aggrandizement and Conquest. But

neither' this determination nor the succeeding. mea-,

sores •weie previonsly concerted with His Majesty,

Nor_had any disposition been shewn to offer any

adequate Satisfaction for those Aggressions which

had placed the two Countries in a state of mutual

Hostility.

" Yet in this situations His Majesty did not hesi-

tate to adopt, without delay, such IVleazure; as were

best calculated to unite their Councils and Interests

against. the Common Enemy.

" The rapid course of the Calamities which en-

sued opposed insurmountable Difficulties to the

execution of this purpose.

." In the midst of these disastrous events, and

under the most trying circumstances, the good Faith

of HIS MAJESTY'S Allies has remained unshaken.

The conduet of the • KING of SWEDEN has been

distinguished by the 'most honourable. firmness.

Between His Majesty and the Emperor of Russia

the happiest union subsists ; it has been cemented

by reciprocal proofs of good faith and confidence ;

and His Majesty doubtg not that4nu Will participate

in his %anxiety to cultivate and confirm an Alliance

which affords the onry remaining hope of safety for

the Continent of Europe.

, 17-17-2-L-w-RcAcc&-a)

Gentlemen ofthe 'louse' of Common:,

" His gajesty looks with confidence- to your as,-
sistaticein thoic Exertioni which the Honour and

Independence of your Country demand. The ne-

cessity-of- adding .to . the. ,Public .Burtheas by ill be
painful to your feelings,- and is deeply distressing. to
. •
His _Majesty . In considerin the Estimates for the
various Branches of the Public Service, you will best

consult His Majesty's wishes by cornbinit*all.ptac-
ticable Economy with those, Efforts which it is ne.

cessary to make against the formidable and increas-
ing- power of the Enemy.

My Lords and Gentlemen,
" The long series of misfortune which has af-

flieted the Continent of Europe could not fail to

affect, in some degree, many important interests of

this Country.
" But under every successive Difficulty, His Ma-

jesty has had the satisfa6lion of witnessing an in•

creasing energy and firmness pn the part of His
People, whose uniform and cleterinined resistance

has been go less advantageous than bonoarable to

themselvas, and has exhibited' the most striking

example. to the surrounding Nations. The uncon-
querable Yalour and Discipline of His Majesty's
Fleets and Armies continue to be displayed. With un-
diminished lustre: The great sources of our Prospe-
rity and Strength are unimpaired. Nor has the
British Nation been at any time more united hi sen-

timent and action, or more determined to maintain

inviolate the Independence of the Empire andAhe
'Dignity-of the National CharaCter, With these ad-
vantages, and with an humble reliance on the pro-
tedion of the Divine Providence, His Majesty is
'prepared to meet the Exigencies of this great Crisis;

assured of receiving the, fullest \SuiTort from the
Wisdom of your Deliberations, and from the tried

Adeaion, Loyalty, and Public Spirit of His brave

People."

IT has been recently reported that a.partial change
was.ahout to take place at the Admiralty, and that
Earl SPENCER was to resume his former situatron.—
We Can venture: to assure our Readers that.this're-
port is without foundßibn. - •

HER MAJESTY -will.giveThef Annual efiiigtnpas
Festival' to the young Nobility, at Froginore, the
tir.s't week in January.

The PRINCE, and all the Royal ales, met her
MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES at the Doke of CAM-
BRIDGE'S, On Wednesday. Princess ELIZABETH
was not present, being iiidisposed at Windsor.
•

Yesterday Lord GRENyILLE entertained about
twenty per Sons of distinaion to'dinner, at his house
in. ObwningTstreet. Amon, the company were the
following persons :—The ZacapisHoP of CANTER
BURY, the LORD FTIGHCHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND,
EA], ST_ENCER, Mr. WINDHAM, !Earl MOIRA, the
Right Honourable Tnom,ts,GRENVILLF:, Lo—rd. Vis
count SIDMOUTH, Lord ELLENROROUGH, the Earl of
LAUDERDALE, the Earl of JERSEY, Earl TEMPLE,
the Earl of WINCHELSEA and NOTTINGHAM, „Earl
CARYSFORT, Lord SOMERS, and Lord WALSINGHAM.
After dinner, the Speech to: be this day delivered
from the Throne was read.

Lord HOWICK yesterday. gave a most sumptuous
Entertainment to all the Foreign Ministers at our
Court. The following Noblemen-and Gentlemen.
also sat down to 'table, and after dinner beard the
.Speech, which is this day to be. delivered from the
Throne, read--,Lord HENRY PETTY, Lord HOL-
LAND, Lord MINTO, Lord OSSULSTON, General
WAI:POLE,' Sir FRANCIS VINCENT,- Mr. WICK-
HAM, Mr. ELLIOT, Mr. N. BOND, Mr.• W. W.
LAMBS, Mr. JOHN SMITH,Mr.ALLEYN SMITH, Mr.
EDEN, &C. &C.

The first division of the troops that are to proceed
by the Paddington Canal for Liverpool, and thence
by Transports for Dublin, left Paddington this day,•
and will be followed by others to-morrow and Sun-
day. By this mode of conveyance the men will be
only seven days in reaching Liverpool, and with
comparatively little fatigue, as it would take them
above fourteen clays to march that distance.—Relays
of fresh horses for the canal boats have been ordered
to be in readiness at all the stages.
Government has two obje&s in view in sending
so Many troops to Ireland at this time. In the first
place, to protect. tho Country against any attack that
may be meditated by the enemy ; and, secondly, to
replace the deficiency that has been occasioned by
the extensive volunteering of the Militia into Regi-
ments of the Line, by which a very great number
of effective men have been withdrawn from that
part of the tnit-d Kingdom. When the Irish Mi-
litia were allowed, to volunteer into the Line, such
was their general patriotisni, that the whole would
have turned out, had not the Colonels found it tie-
cessary to detain a few of them., as: a nucleus on.
which to form again some new Regiments. •

The communication with the Continent is' again
opened by the way of Husum, for which port the
last Maits were made np: They will continue to be
forwarded there as long as they can be conveyed
with safety from that place to their respetlive 'desti-
nazions. The Harwich Packets have again resumed
their fun6uions:

Sir SIDNEY SMITH arrived on Wednesday even7ng
at. Portsmouth, in -the Termagant Sloop of War.

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The Papers of the Negotiation will be laid before
the two Houses forth With; and, as we learn, they
will be .found materially' different from the Corres-
pondence which the French Government has pub-
lished.'

In order to form some idea of the' weak and in- ,
efficient state of the Police of Cochin' China, it♦ is
-only necessary to relate a fa&,-. as• described in a
Jetter from Canton to 'Bengal :—" We have lately.
been witness to a most daring robbery committed
in this city. A desperate band of robbers, armed
with a..sword and creese each, entered the gates in
the evening, and proceedh,g to one of the public
offices, forced an entrance and. seized .a considerable
quantity of' treasure and jewels, with which they .
-effeEted their escape without opposition."..
On Sunday last the Sunderland Volunteer Infan-
try, commanded by Sir R. MiLBANKE, completed
theii days of service .for the year. Previously -to their.
dismissal, the Serjeant-Major, in the name of the.
`COrps, presented the Lieutenant-Colonel with an
elegant silver Cup, accompanied with n neat Speech,-
expressive of the high sense the Corps entertains of
him as a leader; to which Sir RALPH replied with
his usual ability and politeness.
Monday there Was a mister of the Regiment Of -
Bath 'Volunteer Infantry; when their arms were
inspeaed by PETER SHERSTON and CHARLES PHIL-
LOTT, Esqrs. Deputy Lieutenants of the County.—
It was afterwards proposed to the Regiment to re-
linquish a part of the. allowance for last year's at-
tendance, in aid of the expence of new clothing;
and to the credit of the corps, the proposition was
unanimously agreed to. ,
•
The end of FaA DIAvoLo, and the elevation of
the great Disturber of Europe, exemplify the truth
. ,
of what is said by the Satirist

" Thus little villains must submit to fate,
" That great ones may enjoy the world in state."

Mr. LUDLAM, whose unfortunate derangement
has excited so much notice, lately visited the Admi-
ralty, where his behaviour was full as extraordinary,
though not quite so dangerous, as at the London
Tavern. He gave a man connetied with the former
place a two-pound note, because he happened td 1)4.
a son of St. Patrick, but after many weunsical
freaks, went quietly away.

: The father of Mrs. WELLS, the Aelress, -Nina, 3i..
seems, the Artist who designed the box which" was
made from SHAKSPEARE'S celebrated mulberry tree for .
.Mr. GARRICK. Mrs: WELLS, we under,rand, is en-
gaged at Drury-lane Theatre in ordef•to exhibit her
Imitations for a few nights. Some of these irnitat
'tions are remarkably like -the originals without being
caricatures.

THE THEATRE.--The Comedy of. The' WV, one
Of the lively prOdu6tiOns of Mr. REYNOLDS, .la6t
night introduced Miss. RAY, from. the phyit6, ham ,
Stage,
.at Drury-lane -Theatre, in the char2a.(ler
All ina,. which, was originally 'performed 'by Mrs::-,
JORDAN. Of this young Lady it. may be fairly,
that there are very few comic Athesses now on the
Stage equally entitled to'public prOteaion. 'Her fi-t
gure is genteel, her face handsome, her ''aaion
animated and easy, and the whole of her perform-
ance displayed characteristic spirit. Her voice is
pleasing, .and sufficiently poWerful for the area of
the vast Theatre in which she appeared. She is
about 18. years of age. Though she Made a shew
of spirit and-vivacity, yet it was evident: that shewas
notwithoutthat awe and 'timidity which must.ne-
cessarily 'be impressed by a London Audience.
Her figure appeared to
,considerable 'advantage
in male attire. There are many points
,in the dia-
logue that require peculiar archness, and all these
points she gave with. skill, humour, and effea.
Nor does she seem wanting in tenderness, for there
were some touches of generous pathos in her tone
'and manner that came hotnC to the feelings. ' The
audience received tier not only. with their accus-
tomed kindness and liberality, but_with a zeal and
i fervour thatt-mplied noordinary degrae of approba-
tion. In faa; the new Ray is likely to illuminate
and cheer the regions of Comedy. -
Mr. WARE, the Leader of the COVent-garden
Band, is to compose the music for the forthcoming
Pantomime at that Theatre, which is to excite the
-wonder and delight of the holiday folks after Christ-
mas. .

.. _ _
The late luckless Farce is ascribed to two Gentle-
men'tiamed LAmnr., one who belongs to the-India
House, and the other who is the son of Lord MEL-
BURNE, We do not conceive that there will. be a
great struggle between these Gentlemen for the ho-
nour of having produced the Farce in question. The
real author, however,. must certainly •be considered
'as a leder'd character...

It is 'said that the Comedy of The Good-natured
Man is to be represented at. Stanmore Priory, and
that the Noble owner of the 'mansion is to perform
the character of Mr. Lofty.
The PEACOCK that so fortunately escaped"the pis-
tols of Mr. Lunt-km, will at least have a good op-
portunity . of attacking his opponent in return with
his BiM.'

To borrow an, old joke of Swirl., it may be fairly
said, that if Mr. PAULL, Wbd is certainly no Conju-
ror, should contrive to get a seat in Parliament, it
will not be by a spell.

On Monday evening last the Junior Society of
Cumberland Youths ascended the steeple of Christ-
church, Spitalfields; and in three hours and fifty-
five minutes completely brought round an abstra&
of a peal of Steadman Grandsire Cinques, contain-
ing 5086 changes, being the first abstraet peal rung
On those bells in that critical and harmonious method.
by
,twelve men only, notwithstanding the tenor is
44 cwt. bell' metal:—The peal was conducted by
Mr. J. Noonan.

A Dispensation lately passed the Great Seal to
enable the Rev. THo. WELLES, Doaor itr Divinity,
late Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, to hold
,the Living of Badgmirth (and Chapel of Shurding-
ton anncxed), with the Vicarage of Presthury,. in
the County and Diocese of Gloucester; and last week
he was instituted to the former, on the presenta-
tion of the Miss TURNBULLS, the heiresses at law of
the late Mrs. TRACY, of Sandiwell Park, !war
Cheltenham. - •

On Thursday se'nnight as.one James •Robinson,
aged 72, was thatching a hme,. in Bleasdalei • near
Chipping, his foot slipped, and be was precipitated
to the ground, by which he was so much bruised as
tO cause Ibis death on Saturday last.