The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-22 00:00:00

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No. 12,099.

PARLIANIENT.

HOU USE OF L O 12) Jux,-; 21.
At Half-past Five o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR tOflk
his seat on the voolsark, by which time the body of the
House was very much croWded..
The LORD CHANOELLOR, requested that order
Might he kept while be read his Majesty's speech, which
was as follows .

Loans amo Oaxri.rurv,
" I have availed myself of the earliest opportunity of molting
to your advice and assistance, after the dissolution of the late
Parliament.
" Having had recourse to that measure for the purpose 'of
ascertaining the sense of my people on the expediency of a Re-
tbrm in the representation, I have now to recommend that im-
portant question to your earliest and most attentive consideration
—confident that in any measures which you may prepare for its
adjustment, you will carefully adhere to the acknowledged prin-
cipl6 of the Constitution, by which the prerogatives of the
Crown, -the authority of both Houses of Parliament, and the
fiefs and liberties of the people are equally secured.
The assurances of a friendly disposition,which I conlinue to
reeelie from all Foreign Powers, encourage the hope that, not-
withstanding the civil commotions which have disturbed some
parts of Europe, and the contest now existing in Poland, the ge-
neral peace will be maintained.
" To the preservation of this blessing my most anxious care
will be constantly directed.
" The discussions which have takcii place on the affairs of
Belgium have not vet been brought to a conclusion ; but the
most complete agreement continues to substat4,betweert the:
faswers4hgps.Plettipotentibries have been *zonated in thes*On-
ferences orLondon. The prinidple on which those conferences
havebeen conducted has been that of not interfering with The
-right of the people of Belgium to regulate their internal affairs,
and to establish their Government according to their own views
of what may be most conducive to their future welfare and in-
dependence, under the sole condition, sanctioned by the practice
of nations, and founded on the principles of public law, that, in
the exercise of that undoubted right, the security of neighbour-
ing States should not be endangered.
" A series of injuries and insults, for which, notwithstanding
repeated remonstrances, all reparation was withheld, compelled
me at last to order a squadron of my fleet to appear before
Lisbon, with a peremptory demand of satisfaction. A prompt
compliance with that demand prevented the necessity of further
measures, but I have to regret that I have not yet been enabled
to re-establish my diplomatic relations with the Portuguese
Government.

" GENTLEMEN OF TILE HOVSE OF COMMONS,
" I have- ordered Estimates of the expenses of the current
lear to be laid before you, and I rely with confidence on your
oyalty and zeal to make adequate provision for the public ser-
vice, as well as for the further application of the sums granted
by the last Parliament ; always keeping in view the necessity
; of a wise and wholesome economy in every branch of the public
' expenditure.

" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
It gives me great satisfaction to state to you, that the large
reduction of taxes which took place in the last and in the pre-
sent year, with a•view to the relief of the labouring classes of
the community, haatiot been attended with a proport onate di-
minution of the public income. I trust that such additional
means zs may be required to supply a part of the deficiency occa-
sioned by these reductions may be found without any material
abridgment of the comforts of my people.
" To assist the industry, to improve the resources, and to
maintain the credit of the country on sound principles, and on a
safe and lasting foundation, will be at all times the objects of my
solicitude, in the promotion of which I look with confidence to

your zealous co-operation.
" It is with deep concern that I have to announce to you the
continued progress of a formidable disease, to which my atten-
tion had been early directed, in the eastern parts of Europe. In-
formation having been more recently received that it had ex-
tended its ravages to ports in the Baltic, from whence there is a
great commercial intercourse with my dominions, I have directed
that all the precautions should be taken which experience has
recommended as most effectual for guarding against the intro-
duction of so dangerous a malady into this country.
" Great distress has unhappily prevailed in some districts, and
more particularly in a part of the western counties of Ireland, to
relieve which, in the most distressing cases, I have not hesitated
to authorise the application of such means as were immediately
available for that purpose. But assistance of this nature is ne-
cessarily limited in its amount, and can only be temporary in its
effect. The possibility, therefore, of introducing any measures
which, by assisting the improvement of the natural resources of
the country, may tend to prevent the recurrence of such evils,
must be a subject of the most anxious interest tome, and to you
of the most grave and cautious consideration. Local disturbances,
unconnected with any political causes, have taken place both in
this part of the United Kingdom and in Ireland. In the county
of Clare, and in the adjoining parts of Roscommon and Galway,
a system of violence and outrage had for some time been carried
on to an alarming extent, for the repression of which the con,
stitutional authority of the law has been vigorously and success-
fully exerted. By these means the necessity of enacting new
laws to strengthen the Executive Government• with further
powers will, I trust, be prevented. To avert such a necessity
has been, and ever will be, my most earnest desire ; but if
it
should unfortunately arise, I do not doubt your firm resolution
to maintain the peace and order of society by the adoption of such
measures as may be required for their more effectual protection."
Lord ELLENBOROUGH suggested that it was alwar
ratatninas*.a'.4v6re the first reading-of a Bill; -
Earl GREY then moved the first reading of the Select
Vestry
The LORD CHANCELLOR then read his Majesty's
Speech to the House ; and the Speech was afterwards
again read by the Clerk at the table.
The Duke of NORFOLK trusted the House would
extend to him their indulgence while he endeavoured to
express the gratification which he felt at the Speech which
his Majesty had been most graciously pleased to deliver
that day from• the throne. It was an indulgence which
he felt to be peculiarly necessary ; because, until he had
been restored by the Act of the Legislature to the enjoy-
ment of those civil rights and privileges which he now
shared with his fellow-subjects, he had not been in the
habit of addressing any public assembly.—(Hear.) At-
tached as he had been from the earliest period of his life
to the institutions of the country, he was happy to take
this opportunity of giving his cordial support to his Ma-
jesty's present Ministers ; whose desire he was sure it was
to renovate and strengthen, and nut to destroy those insti-
tutions. The first topic of his Majesty's Speech related
to that measure which had rendered it highly necessary
for his Majesty to obtain a thorough knowledge of the
sense of the country, with a view to the satisfactory set-
tlement of the great question which, in the last Session,
had been brought under the consideration of the other
House of Parliament. It was evident that that question
had strongly, bad irresistilly obtained the favour of the
great majority of the people of England.—(Hear, hear,
hear.) He was no friend of rash innovation ; but it ap-
peared to him to be infinitely more dangerous to adhere
pertinaciously to old abuses, than, by a salutary correc-
tion of them, to add a new vigour to the State --(Hear,
hear, hear.) To say that the people of England
wished for revolution was, in his opinion, a gross
and scandalous libel —(Hear, hear, hear.) What they
wished for was, a restitution of those rights and
privileges to which they were entitled by the Cerpttitu-
tion.—( Hear, hear.) It was satisfactory to hear that his
Majesty hail received assurances of a friendly disposition
from all foreign Powers; and he had no doubt that his
Majesty's Ministers were determined to preserve peace as
long as that desirable object could be obtained without any
sacrifice of the honour of the country ; and that they
would for that purpose avoid interfering with the con-
cerns of other States, while they would resist, with be-
coming dignity, any insult that might be offered to this
country.—(Hear, hear.) The next subject of satisfaction
was his Majesty's recommendation, that, notwithstanding
the great reductions which had already been made in the
public expenditure, Parliament should still keep in view
Ireland, t o which the necessity of a wise and wholesome economy. The state
undoubtedlyof
bad
was graciously
pnta
an,dv.e7
and
adverted,
haicshubhjiesetMoatjetshteY importance,
one which aught to engage the most serious attenti •
on of
Parliament. He thought much might he effected by their
efforts, and he was quite sure that • his Majesty's Govern-
ment would feel every disposition to second • their efforts.
In the character and talents of the Noble Marquis at the
head of the Irish Government, e also sate much to in-
duce him to hope, that means l
wouldi w
di-
minishing the sufferings
underwhi.h be discovered of
so large a portion of
the people of Ireland at present laboured. He had in-
tended to make many more remarks ; but he trusted their
and
Lordships would excuse his deficiencies,
sty,
him to
conclude by moving an Address to his
to his Majesty's most gracious Speech. jiisisy,Gnriace here
• answer
read the Address, which was, as usual, an echo
of the
Speech.
Earl MULGRAVE rose to second the Address ; but
had not uttered half a sentence, when
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM expressed his wish that
the Address should be read by the Lord Chancellor.
Some Noble Lords exclaimed " No, no !" and others,
" Read, read !"
The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed his readiness
to read the Address, and was proceeding to read it, but
Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that the Now,
Duke's motion was irregular in its form, as the proposed
Address ought to have been in the third person, not the first.
Earl GREY said, that as the Address, if carried, would
he referred to a Committee, that was a matter of little im-
portance. •
Lord ELLENBOROUGH maintained that there was
a deviation from the ordinary practice.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said, that undoubtedly
the motion ought to be, " That an humble Address,"
&c. ; and then that it should be referred to a Committee to
prepare the Address itself
motion for the
The Earl of ELDON observed,
that the
Address ought certainly to be in the third person.
The LORD CHANCELLOR did not rise to discus,
the matter, about which be seas really ignorant, and on
which he wanted instruction. As there
,sFeLued to be,a