The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-27 00:00:00

NUMBER 4012.]

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE" OF COMAIONS,

FRIDAY, JUNE 26.

Soon after oneo'clock the Speaker took thethair,-
when the Administration of the oaths -wasproceed-
ed with. • About three o'clock the Usher of the
Black. Rod, in the name- of 'the Lords, • autho-
'rise& by. virtue .of his Majesty's CoomiiSsion,
• desired the attendance of that Honourable HoUSe
in the House of Peers. ikccordingly the Speaker,
and all the Members present; immediately attend-
ed.. On their return a number of other. Members
were sworn. At four o'clock the Clandestine
Outlawry Bill was read a first time, pro forma, and
ordered to be read a second time.

On the Motion of Mr. Rose, the Grand Com-
mittees of'Religion, of -Cotirts of Justice, of Trade,
&c. and the Committee of Privil,2ges, were ap-
pointed,
The Standing Orders of the House were read and
agreed to. .•

THE KING's SPEECH.
The S'PEAKF.a then aCqbainted the House,. that
that House had been in the House of Peers, where
the Lords'authorised by his Majesty's Cimmission
bad delivered a Speech to both Houses of Parlia;.
menu, of which, to prevent mistakes, he had ob-
tainid a copy.

[We gave the Speech in Yesterday's Paper.]
Viscount ATE,WiIIiK rose and said -- " Mel
Speakers—iu'risin. to move en Address of Thank's
to his Majesty"forhis roost gracious Speessh from the
Throne, I cannot but feel a considerable degree of
solicitude and. embarrassment, from the apprehension
of my not being able to acquit myself as I ought in.
the arduous task I: have nodertekett. Conscious as
I am, that 1 hava: but little pretensions to 'warrant
me in such an act 01 presumption, as that of
troubling, this House with my sentiments,. I feel
more peculiarly the lime of this difficulty, when •I.
have to address you on a cluesoon winch may pro-
bably occasion a very important and interesting. dis-
cussion. Thisconsideratioe, Sire would have prompt-
ed me cilejline,the honour I now have..of pre-
senting myself to, your notice, had Ie not besets;
.encouraged by the indulgence uniformly ; shessa•
`by. this, House to every: Gentleman who has:
offered himself under my circumstances ; by the-in-
dulgence :which- indeed I messli have more: than.
once experienced, and -which I shat ever-most grate-:
fully keel and. acknowledge. IrVitli this impression
on my mind, I "shall not; Sir,- presume to trespass
long on the patience of the House, I beg leave
to call its attention to the leading points of hiseMa-
jesty's most gracious Speech, aud to requeseits con-
rence in the Address of Thanks I shall have the
toeour to move;„ It is unnecessary for me, .Sir, to
enter .at any length into the circumstaeces•which
to the Dissolution' of tile last Parliament, as those
circumstances have -repeatedly beep discussed in this
llouse, and are_now become the subject of public
notoriety. I am
_the more disposed to avoid any such
discusSion, as it must necessarily involve . points . on
which I am aware there is a great difference of opi-
nions: His Majesty has, in his eviedOin, thougheit
expedient to avail himself of the only constitutional
mode of colleiting the sense of his People, by,- dis-
solving Al* "late- Parliamept, and by
,-callieg; that
which is now convened. By this measureethis
House. is now become the organ of expressing the
public opinion ; and / trust we shall, if not by our
unanimous vote this night, at least by a considerable
majority, prove, not only our affeetionate
.attach-
mentte his Majesty's Person and Government s but
7iis-O-
to those sound constitutional principles
ex-
pressed, as they have,been, in the .many loyal and
dutiful Addresses presented at the toot of the Throne.
The Country, Sir, has; beyond all question,•shesen
its 'determination tosupport his-Majesty in the ex-
ercise of the rightful Prerogatives of the Crowns'end
its his efforts to withstand every unconstitutional, in-
novation. Need j advert, Sir, in support of lily
argument, to'that recent instance of his.patriotistri,
to that paternal' solicitude and regerd for the best in-
terests of his Protestant. Stibieds, which has endei-
ed him to us more than any other ael of his long and
eventful reign ? While this, Sir, is fresh in -cur re-
cojleaion, can this House withhold its. tribdteeof
gratitude to him for having thus approved himself
as the watchful guirdian of our constitutional rights,,
" and as the faithful and patriotic Sovereign of a loyal
and affeelionate People ?. • BissMsjesty, t)_,cing ex-
pressed to us his solicitude to cult iv lte among his.
Allies on the -Continent that mwmal good under-
standing and confidenc,e so essential to the success of
the common cause, next calls our attention to his
inefleEtual attempt to mediate between'RuSsie and
the Porte, and to the hostilities with the latter
Power, in which it has been the necessary cause of
itiVolving hith. He laments, as we -have all to la 7
ment, in two Unfortunate instances, the failure of
the gallant efforts of his Navy and Army, and the.
loss of so many of his brave and valuable Sobje&s.
These reverses are, I trust, but partial and temporary;
and it would be in vain to hope for uninterrupted suc-
cess, in F o extensive a scaleell military operatiosis as
that in v hich we are engaged. His Majesty next
appeals to the-loyalty and zeal of his. faithful Com-
mons, for their furnishing such farther.. supplies as
may be necessary for the public service; and ex-
presses his cons iellion of the necessity of; a careful
and econowical'administration of them. • I am will-
ing to flatter myself, and 'moreover to believe, that
the same-laudable principle will inffnence the con-.
dtia of his Alajeste's confidential .Survanis ; and am
happy to hear, that those inquiries into the pubhe
expenditure, which were I rose,:eted in the last Par-
liaments will be revived in this. I shall now, Sir,
detain the House no longer with my.observations,
than while I make a remark on the conclusion of
leis Majesty's Speech. He calls 'ou us to cherish
amour otuseivea a Ipirit of union duu harmony ; and