The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-08 00:00:00

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

This day, at half past two o'clock, his Royal
Highness the PRINCE REGENT 'vent in the usual
tate to the House of Peers, acid opened the Ses-
f •
sion of Parliament with a most gracious Speech,
of which the following is a correct abstract

The Speech begins by informing the Lords and
-Gentlemen that " it is with deep regret his Royal
Highness is again obliged to announce fhe conti-
nuance of his Majesty's lamented indisposition.
It then says, "'that it would have given his
,Royal Highness great satisfaction to have been
enabled to communicate to them the termination
of the War between this Country and the United
States of America. Though the War origin-,
ated in the most unprovoked aggressio❑ o❑ the
part of the Government of the United States,
and was calculated to promote the designs of the
common enemy of Europe against the rights and
independence of all other nations, his Royal High-,
ness has never ceased to cherish a sincere desire
to bring it to a conclusion on just and honOurable
terms." His Royal Highness adds, that he is
still engaged in Negociations for this purpose.
The success of them must depend on his disposi-
tions being met with by similar sentiments on the
part of the United States.

The Speech proceeds to state, that " the ope-
rations of his Majesty's forces by sea and
land in the Chesapeake have been attended
with the most brilliant and successful results.--
The flotilla of the enemy in the Patuxent has
been destroyed. The signal deleat of the ene-
my's land forces enabled a detachment of his Ma-
jesty's troops to possess themselves of the City of
Washington, and the spirit of enterprise which has
characterised all the movements in that quarter
has produced on the inhabitants a deep and sensi-
ble impression of the calamities of a war, in
which they have been so wantonly involved. The
Expedition sent from .Haiifax to the Northern
Coast of the United States has ended in a man-
lier. not less satisfactory. This. successful opera-
tion has been followed by the immediate submis-
sion to his Majesty's Arms of the important and
extensive District East of the PenosScot.

In referring to these events, his Royal. High
ness is confident the two Houses cvill be disposed
to render full justice to the valour and discipline
which have distinguished his Majesty's land and
sea forces ; and they will regret with his Royal.
Highness the deep loss which the country has ex-
perienced by the fall of the gallant Commander of
his Alajesty's troops in their advance toßaltimore.
The Speech then affirms, that " his Royal

Highness had availed himself of the earliest op-
'portunity afforded by the state of affairs in Eu-
rope, to detach a large military force to the
River St. Lawrence, but its arrival could not pos-
sibly take place till an advanced period of the cam-
paign. Notwithstanding the reverse which ap-
pears to have occurred on Lake Champlain, his
Royal Highness entertains the most confident ex-
pectations, as well from the amount as from the
description of force now serring-inCanada, that
the ascendancy of his Majesty's Arms throughout
that part of North America will be effectually
secured."
Proceeding next to notice -the Congress, the
• Speech says, that the opening of the Congress
at Vienna has been delayed from unavoidable
causes to a later period than had been expected.
It will be his Royal Highness's earnest endea-
Your in the Negociations which are now in pro-
;
gress, to promote such arrangements as, may tend
to consolidate the Peace which, in conjunction

with his Allies, his Royal Ugliness has had -the
happiness- to conclude, and to restore that just
equilibrium amongst the. different Powers which
%yin afford the best prospect of permanent Repose
to Europe.

Addressing himself to the House of CoMmons,
his Royal Highness then says—He has 'directed
the Estimates for the ensuing year to be laid be-
fore them. He is happy to he able to inform them
that the Revenue and Commerce of the United
Kingdom are in the most flourishing situation.
His Royal Highness regrets the necessity of
the large Expe►iditune which we must be pre-
pared to meet in the ensuing year, but the cir-
cumstances under which the long and arduous
contest in Europe has been carried on and con-
chided,-have unavoidably led to large arrears, for
Nvhich the House will see the necessity of provid-
ing, and the War still subsisting with America,
renders the continuance of great efforts indis-
pensable.
The Speech closes with informing my Lords and
Gentlemen, that the peculiar character of the late
War, as well as ti►e extraordinary length of it,
must have materially affected the internal state of
all the countries engaged in it, as well as the com-
mercial regulations which formerly subsisted be-
tween them.

limler:these circumstances, lie is confident they
will see the propriety of proceeding with due cau-
tion in the adoption of such regulations as may be
proper for the purpose of extcudiiig our trade, and
securing ourpresent advantages. And they may rely
on his cordial co-operation and assistance in every
measure calculated to contribute-to the proSperity
and welfare of his Majesty's Dominions,