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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEE ~..1

MONDAY, JU,NE,"„),2.
t

TETE Commission for opo.ning,the yarliament was
read yesrerday, at two o'clock. 1. he toinwissioners
were the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the LORD
CHANCELLOR, Lord HA%ViCESBURY, Lord AYLES-
FORD, 64C.

Mier the Commission was read, and the House
constituted, ;a great number of Peers took the oaths.
Among their we pbserved, ,

The Dukes of Cumberland, Gloucester, the Duke 6f IVlon-
trOse, the Earl of Dorchester, Lords Hood, Bridport,
Kellie, Aboyne, Hawkesbury, Lonsdale, Molgrave,
Arden, &c. the A renbish. pof Camerbury, the Bishops of
Chichester, Ely, &c..

Lord GARDNE4 was introduced between Lords
IN.ilui.ottAvE and ARDEN, and took the oaths and his
seat.—Adjourned at four o'clock.
The House meet at three o'clock this day, when
the Speaker eleCt is to receive his Maje'sty's apPros
bation.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

MONDAY, JUNE 22..

About two o'clock, the attendance of the Com,
mons, at the Bar of the House of Lords; was com-
manded in a Message by the Black Rod. About two
linndred Members, who had been previously sworn
in by the Lord Steward of the" Household (the Earl
of Aylesford), according to custom, in the Long
Gallery, went up immediately, and having received
his Majesty's command, signified by the Lord
Chancellor, to elect a Speaker, returned, and
shortly after proceeded to the exercise of that pri-
vilege in the usual forth, Mr. Ley, the Chief Clerk,
presiding.
Mr. YORKE (addressing Mr. Ley), said, the
House was now called upon to exercise one of its
most- antient and valuable privileges; in' eke-ling,
from among its Members, a proper per Son todis-
charge the functions of its Speaker7fneetions always
important to the maintenance of °rider and decorum
within its own walls, and the execution of which was
at the same titre most essential .towards obtaining
for the proceedings of the House the respe& and
san&ion of the community abroad. Some apolo-
gy was perhaps necessary,, for his presuming to
(der himself to the House on this occasion, which
implied an assumption, that the person whom
Ite should
,recommend as the most .fit and proper
to discharge the arduous ,dlitieseapnexed, to the
chair, shohld immediately appear to the House
universally to,poSsess in a pre-eminent degree the
assemblage of great qnalities which was requisite for
tie! office. He was aware that there were many
Gentlemen in the House, who, by their abilities and
conduet, and the authority annexed to their names
and persons, were very capable of filling this im-
portant- station with dignity and advantage. But
there was, something farther. than • mere personal
qualifications which atibrded not only a fair presump-
tion, but even the assurance of full conviction, that
the Right Hon. Gentleman he meant to propose Was,.
even among' the many other highly gifted persons
whom he saw around him, the most worthy to fill the
Chair of the House in these times of -difficulty; , In
ad'3ressing the House on this occasion, he had,: in
addition to the satisfadion of discharging a high
duty, a pride and pleasure in bearing his personal
testimony to merits which he had long privately
known, and which, the more he.knew them, the
more he esteemed and honoured, • and.the more he
eongratulated himself on his acquaintance with the
person who possessed them in so eminent a degree.
tfe anticipated, therefore; with peculiar delight, the
testimony that he knew \vould,be uniminiously borne
this day to every thing that he had,said in behalf of
Otis Right Hon. Friend. It was a-farther satisfadion
to him, to think that the vote which the-House would
on thiS occasion, would be ilimind from all party
epktices and interests, the prevalence of which, in
that House, was oh every occasion to be deplored; but
the prevalehce of which, at the present difficult and
dangerous crisis, was partiehlarly to be deprecated,
a, it May, perhaps, be pregnant with the ruin of these
'Once flourishing. United,'and happy Countries. He
was satisfied that, on the present occasion at least,
ito party feeling would find room among those
lie saw arounu him.This happy unanimity
would enhance the pride and ' pleasure he felt
on being permitted to address the House on this oc-
easiun ; and he 'hailed: the approaching unanimous
eleCtioo of his Right Hon. Frikmd to the Chair, as
omen of the future concord which he hoped to
see prevail generally in the I-louse. It was not he-
cessary for him to descant On the qualifications re-
quisite tb fill the Chair with propriety, as there were
many Gentlemen' present who .had repeatedly seen
it filled in the most hotionrable manner. But if, he
Were called upon to give an instance of every thing
that a Speaker of the House of Commohs ought to
be,' though the Chair had, within hiS memory,
been filled by many persons of very high and chs-
tinguished merit, he should not hesitate to name
Oe Eight. Hon. CHARLES ABBOTT. If he pos-
sessed more eloquence, he could with pleasure dwell
(in the merits by which this Right Hon. Gentleman
'was so emihently distinguished and recommended;
he could dilate upon the independence. of his cha-
racter, his accurate knowledge of the laws of the
Country, 'his -intimate acquaituahce with the forms
.and the practice of the House of Commons, and his
love' of the Poustitutiop. all praise must fail
short of the merits which the Hon-se knew so weli, •
arid estimated so highly. The, services which Mr.
Bllo# had rendered as Chairman of the Committee
of Finance, and as Chief SecretarPßnreland, were,
however, so deeply impressed upOti his mind, that
be could not restrain himself from makingparticblar
thentiou of them. As a Member of the Committee
Of Ifihance he had had particular opportunities of
Observing the meritorious conduct of his Right Hon.
t.riendas Chairman of that Committee ; and he had
also particular reason to know how much cause
Ireianti bad to regret his being called from his high
t:;atidii in that'country to fill the Chairof that House.
elhbOtt 'one-word, iii `every sense, the
peFt !ei-‘, ant of the people; and it' 'every other ser-'
yant the public,- 'at the present time, anctin the
?o i2olUe, 'performed his duty with the'same
zeal, and diligence, the. country would find
service the most effeduat means of extri-
from the difficulties with which it was ,

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now -encompassed. Ve should trespass no farther
on the House, but conclude with moving, that the
• Right Hon. Charles Abbott be called to the Cl)lir
of that House.
Mr. BrIAKES never rose with more satisfaaion
to Second motion, than he felt in seconding that
• now' made by his Right Hon. Friend ; not only ir.e.
cause he was satisfied of the unanimity with which-
, every thing that had been said by his Right/Hon.
Friend was received and accorded to, but because
he was convinced that nothing could be more con-
ducive to the honour and dignity .of the House of
Commons, than to replace in its chair the distinguish-
ed person by whom it had been already so usefiilly
and honourably filled. To those who had been lately
Members of that House it was unnecessary to expa-
tiate upon merits which were known to them by their
own experience; but as several new Members had
been introduced by the late Alealions, it might not
be improper to state to those Members, that no man,
-i that had ever filled the Chair had evinced moreim-
partiality, more dignity, or more ability. Profound
research into every branch of knowledge essential to
,i the station, great legal knowledge, an intimate ac-
quaintance with history, and a perfect possession of
the customs and usages of Parliament, eminently qua-
lified Mr. ABBOTT for the 'situation to which h&was
now once more recommended. s His easiness of ac-
cess, and,his clear and satiSfaaory mode of explain-
ing all matters of business, in which it was neces-
sary to consult him, could be best explained by the
numerous Members who had had the advantage
of applying to him. For himself,- he felt a pride
in acknowledging the facilities he- had thus re-
ceived in the discharge Of his Parliamentary duties;'
and it was a grateful sattsfaation to him now, tha in
discharging one of the highest of those duties, by in
some degree 'did justice to the merits to whicl he
owed the obligation ; he felt a further pleas= in
being able to combine- on this occasion. with the
most faithful discharge of his public duty, the gra-
tification of one of his most earliest and most con-
stant private friendships. It was, indeed, a heart•
felt triumph to that friendship, that an assembly of
men so highly gifted with every advantage of talent
and education, : the friend whom 'he had so long
esteemed and loved so, particularly, should be uni-'
versally acknoWledged to be the best qualified to
fill the high and honourable station which the House
was, in virtue of its ancient privilege, now proceed-
ing to fill up. , As such, he recommended his Right,
Hon. Friend; those who knew him would recognize
the justice of the recommendation. To those who
did not know him, he could with confidence hold
out the assurance, that they would never regret the
vote they would give in his favour.—(A7 ,cry of
" Chair! Chair!" front all parts of the' House.)
Mr. CALCRiIIt hoped it would riot be deemed

'impertinent in him to state the reasons which parti-
cularly induced him to concur in the motion now be-
fore the' House. Hehad witnessed, in common with
every other Member, the able and becoming con-
du& with which the Right Hon. Gentleman now
proposed had-filled the Chair; and he could not do
Justice to his sense of those merits, without bearing
this public testimony to them. It Would, however,
he conceived, be an injustice to the House at large,
not to suppose that there were other indiViduals in its
body equally qualified; but here, with every qualifiea-
•-tion to recommend, there was the security olexperi-
'ence for the successful application of those qualifica-
tions in the office. Under these circumstanCes, there-
fore,
the House could notmake so judicious a chOice
in seleaing any other individual. He thus coinci4cl
in all the detailed recommendations. enuinerated on.
the other side; but his principal motive for concur,
ring in the vote, :and that which he rose particularly
to call. to the attention of the House, was the hide•
.
pendence with which the Right Hon. Gentleman,'
now pro Posed, had alwayS exercised the authdrity of
the Chair; He alluded, particularly to 'one:ctistin-
guished occasion. Such occasions were not -unlikely
again to fall particularly to the lot of the Ilight Ron.'
Gentleman, and if they did, he was sure theywoUid
be met with the same impartiality and independente.
It was upon a Maim made by a Right HOn-.,Friend
of his, now absent (Mr. Whitbread), thata 'division
took place, and the numbers on both sidei:of the
House being equal, the Right Hon. Gentleman then
in the Chair, by exercising a firmness 'arni- independ
ence always becoming, but most so in4such high sta-
,tions, gave form and body to the public wish, by Con-
verting into a %Resolution of the House. the Motion
which was the foundation ofthe Impeaeh went of Lord
Melville. It was the remembrance 01 this a& that
was his strongest motive for concurring in the Motion
by which the Right Hon: Gentleman was now again
called to the Chair; and if the Right Hon. Gentle-
man had then given a diffitrent vote, he should have
thought very• differently of him: In an inquiring
Parliament, for an Inquiring Parliament this should
be; or the People would. not be satisfied with its---
tlie same recollection would be an assurance '-to•
the Empire at large, that the authority of the Chair
of the Commons could. not be placed in better
hands. He would not expatiate farther on this head-.
at present, lest he should be liable to the imputa-
tion of an inordinate desire to touch on party topics.
But he feared, that whoever hoped for the total'ex,,,
tin6tion of party interests in the present Parliament
would:be much disappointed ; far, in his apprehen-
sion, there never was a Parliament in Which -Sikh
were more generally felt or diSplayed.
Air. SMITH (of Norwich) gaVe his hearty concur-
rence to the motion, and had great Satisfaaion in see,,
ing recalled to the Chair a Gentleman who had ac-
quitted himself in such a manner in the public and
private &Ales of the office, as to prove himself pos

sensed of the best disposition, as well as the most
perfect ability to fill it in the most beneficial manner.
The discharge of the public_:duties of the Chair in
the. House was a matter that came under the obser-
vation of every Member. He shOuld, 'therefore, say
nothing on that head, though he believed there was
the most ample room for commendation ; butin the
private duties of the Chair he had had more fre-
quent opportunities than others to observe the pune7,,
tuality of attendbnce,-and the zealouseti4eavours, •t 9,,
forward the business that came before him, by which,
the Right Hon. Gentleman now proposed.establish-;
ed.the strongest claim to the approbation and cop-
fidence of the House. It was unnecessary:Jo . add-
any thing to what had 'been already 8*; .but:he
could not abstain from adverting to one expression
which had fallen froth. the Right Hon. Mover:, The
Right Hon. Gentleman expressed a wish that all .ou.r.
discussions may 'be :equally free from party motives
as this. He could only say in answer, tfiat if every

proposiiion' that should be lurroolitced should -be
equally unexceptionable in its nature,.no party inte-
rest should traverse it, at least so far as Ire was con-
Cernecl.--[A4 universal cry of Chair, Chair I—Mr.
ABBOTT, Mr. ABBOTT !)
Mr. ABBOTT (from the floor, at the bottom of the
Treasury Bench, where • he sat) said, the proposition
which his Hon. Friend .had submitted to the House
as its first aft, so far as it concerned the magnitude
of the duties annexed to the Chair, received his fullest
concurrence. The history and pradice of Parlia-
ment, at all periods, confirmed that opinion. But
if it bad been thus matter of grave and solemn de-
liberation at all periods to *hose hands the high,
important, difficult; and delicate duties of the' Chair
should be entrusted, a just sense of the difficulties of
the times in which we live—difficifities which may-
be expeEted to increase instead of diminishing-, must
make it matter of particularly serious consideration
now. The partiality of his friends had ascribed to
hiM a capacity for discharging those duties, which,
gratefully as he acknowledged it as a mark of their
kindness, filled him with fear when it led him to a
comparison of the arduous nature of the task with
his humble ability to execute it. He had further
only to add, that. if the House, in the exercise of its
first privilege, should think fit to call again into its
service the qualifications it had experienced in him,
they should-be exerted with the utmost zeal and abi-
lity of which he was master. With this lie sub-
mitted to the pleasure of the House.
Mr. ABBOTT was then concluded to the.. Chair by
Mr. YORKE and Mr. BANKES j and having ascended
it, he again addressed the House

In obedience to the commands of the House I have
taken the Chair. I return my humble acknow—
ledgments, for this further mark of its confidence
and good will, which I shall exert my utmost abi-
lity to preserve, by maintaining its authority unit-.
paired, and by discharging the duties belonging to
it with fidelity and impartiality. •
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
availed hiMself of the usage of the House, to offer
to the Speaker, not his congratulations, but the
unanimous congratulations of the House of Com-,
mons, and the unanimous congratulations of the
Public.—The feelings of friendship with which
the. Speaker honoured him, were alone sufficient to
make him rejoice to see him again restored to 'a
situation, which, from every consideration, public
and private, must be as desirable to hiM as' it was
honourable. But it was not so much from private
considerations, as from a sense of the importance of
the duties of the Office; and of the peculiar quali-
fications, to distharge them, that he exulted in the
present- appointment to the Chair, to which the
Speaker's former condu& in . it gave additional
luStre. The proper objet of congratulation 'was
mit the Speaker, but the House, whose good for-
tune in providing so amply for the respectability
and utility of its Presidency, could not be too highly
estimated. On the first occasion on which the
Speakerhad been 'called to the Chair, he had made
the same, modest comparison between the duties of
the office and his sense of his own abilities to dis-
charge them. To compare his • fe,slings on that
occasion, and on the present, was a thing that could
scarcely be abstained from. The statement then
:offered of the 'arduous duties of the office, and of the
incapacity, as the Speaker had been pleased to call
it, of the individual 'to perform them, was then
subje& to the test of a severe criticism. There was
fresh in the memory of the House the COMIlla of a
predeCesSor in the
,Chair, who, in a time deeply
marked with the violence of party conflidts, had so
concluded himself as to acquire the unanimous ap-
,probation of men who scarcely agreled in any
thing else. Lord SIDMOUTH, the person to whom'
he alluded, was suppOsed to have possessed every
quality- which the idea of a perfect Speaker of
the House of Commons comprehended. It was
enough , to. say, that on the comparison with
him, the resent Speaker was not fOund- in any
sense wanting. 'The ,dignity, authority, aoct utility
of the 'character of the 'Chair, was as fully sup
ported as at any forther. period ; and the respect
which it was properly entitled to command, was not
'in any the slightest degree diminished. All that
could- be wished now was the continuance of the
cbfidud. already..experienced. The trial to which
the Speaker was called was less unequal. .All
that was necessary to his honourable acquittal, was.
to persevere in doing -as he had done. Nothing
could' be so gratifying, as to be called unanimously
to a station so arduous and so exalted, afier so full
a trial. ' The silent assent of the'House would have
been perhaps sufficient to mark its according ap=
probation. But from'the express and declared con-
currence of persons, who were not in other_ instances
likely to 'agree, the mast unequivocal sandlot) of
:universal approbation was given. Thus, however,
in the frequent changes of Administratijn .that bad
lately taken place, the minds of men may dace' as
to those who, may be best qualified to hold the reins
of Government in the country, 'there was nodoubt
any where that-the Chair of that House could by any
other person be so- well filled as by its present holder.
He felt - that any thing he could say would be
but to give expression to the sentiments' of every
Gentleman, around hiM, and therefore it was un-
necessary to trespass further.—The House then Ad-
jcinrned.
During this Debate, the four Afembers for the
City sat in their robes as Aldermen, at the tipper end
of the Treasury Bench, taking rank according to
their station on the Poll at the late Election. This,.it
seems, is, in confOrmity with antient etiquette, and
is a point of privilege in rank in the Representatives
of the City.