The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-25 00:00:00

NAVAL NEws.

'PLYSIOI) TII Nov. 23.—Arrived the Dart,Woon,
from Dartmouth ; the Greyhound, arntrs, from
Portsmouth; .and the Auspicious, LOVERINC;, from
Wales.---AlgO arrived the Horatio, TozER, from
Guernsey, with a cargo of paving-stones, for his
Majesty's Docky-ard at this port.. •
Sailed the Speculator hired armed lugger, Lieu-
tenant WILLIAMS, for the DoAms ; and his Ma-
jesty's schooner Rapid ,fol• Portsmouth.
Went up the Harbour to be ducked the Salsette

frigate. •
The Ponzone frigate takes convoy from hence to
Portsmouth and the Downs.

YARMOUTH,. Nov. 24.—The Venus, of Colches-
ter, LAMBLRT, niSt:2r, .foundered on the 18th
inst..in a gale of wind, running- from Lowestoft
Roads for Harwich, and all hands perished.
The pilot-cutter Friend's Assistance, of Lpwcs-
;oft, was lost on the 26th Oct. last, and all hands,
n a gale of wind.,

Sailed the Albion, WAvi“-..m; for Messina, and
the Providence, Ho2T, for Malta.

HARw NoV.. 24.—SailA the 'Cozeier cutter

on a cruizc.

A convoy of ab•o„t 120 sail, for the Baltic,
passed to.day.

CHATHAM,
,Nov. doNvn to Sheerness
from Long Reach, his Majesty's ship Mulgrave.
Went, down to Long Reach his Majesty's ship
Ramillies, Capt. Sir Tnos. MAsTEgmAN. HARDY.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Arrived his Majestit's
ship Seahorse from the Do.wns ; Castilian from
ditto ; and the Linnet frinn Falmouth.

Sailed his Majesty's ship Roya?ist with a convoy

'or the Downs.

FALmouTu; Nov 22.—Arrived Ms Majesty's
ship Coquetted with the following ships under con-
voy, bound to the West Indies, put back by con--
trary: viz.

Elizabeth, Sophia, Pacific, Bristol, Britannia, Centurion,
William Lushington, iianover, Morland, HerculcP, Princess
glyal, Tobago, General Craig; Pecklington, Thomas, Mars
and the Luiz.

Also put back the Two Friends (under Prussian
colours) for America.

Sailed the Windsor Castle packet with a mail for
Gibraltar and Malta.

NAVAL APPOINTM.ENTS.--7-q11)t. D. Macleod 13
appointed to the Princess, at Liverpool; Lieut. Sinclair, of
the Victory, is proMoted to the rank of Commander, and ap-
pointed to the Reynard, in the Baltic; Lieut. T. Scott is ap-
pointed to the Conthet'; Lieutenant Titiman, to the Royal
William ; Lieut. S. Donovan to command the Veteran ; Lieut.
Waddurn, of the Royal William, to the Signal Station at Fort
Cumberland.

DESTRIIIUTION or PRIZE-MONEY.—The Fig -
,Tard, for the Wasserhennel,&c ; Fisgard, Lynx, and Flamer,
for the Juliana, Ziska, Ornen, and Po ret ; Fisgard and Lynx,
for the Christiana Margaretha and Aurora; and Brilliant, for
Le Point du Jour, on ,Friday next, at 41, N'orfolk-street,
Strand, and there recalled.

, ..
The Sandwich, for the North Star, on board, on her arrival
in pert; recalled at No. 41, Norfolk-streeL, Strand.
'The Diana, for the Brutus, on Thursday next, at No. 13,
Clements-Inn, and there recalled. •

The Alert, for the Patriot and Blazer, and No. 7, Adelphi
terrace, and there recalled.

• The Officers and Company of Anholt, for head-Money;
consequence of the attack of March 29, 1811, and for ord-
nance stores, and two gun-vessels then taken, on Friday next,
at No. 13, Great George-street, Westminster, and there re-
called.•

• The Goldfinch, forthe Nostra Senora del Carnien and-Re.
trine; and Cretan, for the Neptune, PA Saturday' next, a
No. 23, Surrey-street, Strand, and there recalled.

On the evenipg of the Gth inst. as the sloop
Three Fripads,''of Youghall, J. CAMPBELL, master,
was coming- out of Stmthampton, she was cap-
tured at the. Start Point by. a French privateer,
the Juret,.1.401:715 MARENCOURT, of St. 3laloes,
Captain. On finding the cargo consist of briCh
and hoops, orders were given
_to scuttle and sink
the shin ; but on Capt. M.'s perceiving amongst
Mr; C.'s papers a certificate from his masonic lodge,
the Frenchman countermanded his orders for sink-
ing the vessel, entertained him with great hospita-
lity, gave him a paper, by which the sloop and cargo
were to be his, and. made him promise under his;
hand, that he would endeavour to procure the re-
lease of a certain French Captain, now in Dart-
mouth pris6n, which Mr. (2. iR resolved on taking
the necessary steps to obtain.
The Oxford Militia marched into Portsea Air;
racks last week:

Friday night, about five
,o'clock, as one of the
passage-boats which pass from Mutton-Cove-quay,
Plymouth-dock, to Cremill Passage, was endea-
vouring to head' a Portsmouth sloop that I_o?.s
going out of Ilainoaze, the bowsprit of the latter
pasSed through the sail of the,forrner, and in a
moment the boat was shircred in an hundred
pieces. There were on board I I women, the two
boatmen, and a boy. The most dreadful shrieks
instantly announced the unexpected catastrophe,
And a number of boats pulling to the sput with a
promptitude that deserves much praise, the whole
were preserved from a watery grave, though the
tide was then running down with such velocity
through Ilamoaze, as nearly to sink the buoys.
MA.NsioN-HousE.--Enzbe,zzlemen t.-Yesterday
the young rnan who has undergone two or three
examinations, charged with having collected money
fin a respectable mercantile house in Basingholl—
street,- and turning it to his own use, ,was again
brought before the Loan MAYOR, in the custody
of one 'of the Marshalmen, who told his Lordship
that the prosecutors, in cbusequence Of the inter-
cession of theprisoner's friends, had relinquished all
further`prosecution; upon condition that the pri-
soner entered into his Majesty's service, whieh he
cheerfully agreed to do,

i31.-PSRIAL -PAittiA.:VIENi.

HOTJ3E OF LORDS,

TtJESPAY, NOVEMBER 24.

'Acr,ETIN OY THE NEW I).I.II.P.AMENT:

This being the day appointed by the Proclarna
Lion of his l►oy;il Highness the PRINCE REGEN:r
for the assembling of the New Parliament, the
LOAD Cu,iNcELLow, and his Officers came down
to the House soon alter two o'clock, .and a
considerable number of Peer's attended in their
places. •

Ells Lordship ace ainted the House, that as it
was inconvenient to his Royal Highness the PIUNCE
'REGENT to be personally pre,ent on that day, he
had granted Letters Patent for 'openingthe Par-
liament by Commission, which their Lordships
would presently hear read.
Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes OfYORK
and CUMBERLAND, the LORD CHANCELLOR, . and
the Earls of WESTMORELAND and LIVERPOOL, be-.
ink; robed, then took their seats on the Bench,
in front of the Throne, as the Royal Commis-
sioners.
Sir T. TYRIVIIITT, the Gentlernah Usher of the
Black Rod, wits deputed to order the attendance
of the' Commons, who forthwith appeared at the
Bar to .a considerable number.
The PRINCE REGEST'S authorisim;
the Lords therein, or any three or more of them,.
to hold and open. the Parliament, in the name
and on the behalf of hi: Majesty, was then.read.
at length ; when the LORD CLIA..qt..If,LLOR, as Or-
gan of the Coinmissioners, addressed the Assent--
bly to the following effect

411 Lords'aud Geatlen;en,

“” 1 c •virtue of the Commission, under the
Crcdt ::"3eal, to us and other Lords directed, and
now re ai, we have to state to you, in obedience
to the cOimmuuls of his Royal Highness the Prince
Pq,ent, acting in the name and on the behalf of
his Majesty, to announce to you, that as soon as
a sufficient number of the Members of both Houses
of Parliament shall be sworn, the causes of his
Royal Highness. calling this •I'arliament shall be
communicated ; 'and it being necessary that a
Speaker of the House of, Commons should be
first chosen, it is his Royal Highness's pleasure,
that the Gentleit:'n of the House of Commons
should return to their own House, and there
proceed to choose some person proper for that
oftNce; and that you shall present such person so
chosen as their Speaker, here to-morrow, at
twelve of the clock, for his Royal Highness's ap-
probation." •

The Commons the returned to their own House;
n d the Clerks proceeded to administer the cus -
tomary oaths to the Lords present.

The first . Peers sworn were their Royal High-
nesses the Dukes of YoRK and CuyiEE3LAND, who
were the only Royal Peers then present. Their
Royal Highnesses of KENT and Sussex were
sworn afterwards.

Among the Peers sworn this day were the fol-
lowing

The ArchbiAtop of Canterbury.
The Marquisses of.Stigv, Iledforti and Welksley.
The Earls of Liverpool, Westrn3reland, illiirrovibv, Lind-
sey, Harcourt, Coventry, Choltnondcley, Ncl,cn, Pomfret,-
and Sandwich.
Viscount Hood.
The Bishops of Eiphin and Raphoe. • •
Lords' Foley, 1-lolhuld, iirc-,valow, Boston, St. Helen's,
Gwydir, and St. John.

Lord Mu-LORAvE was introduced with the ac-
customed formalities,, swyrn, and took his, seat
as Viscount-NoamANBY and 'Earl of MULGR'AVE.
His Lordship's supporters were the Ex.'s of WEST-
MORELAND t“ld ittr.RoWBY.

At Four o'clock the House adjourned till Twelve
o'clock' To-morrow.

HOUSE OP COY:MONS,

TUESDAY, I)7OVEMBZI, 2-1.

CHOIC:EOr. A SPEAKER,.

' About a quarter before three o'clock, at which
time considerably upwards of a hundred Members
of .the House of. Common:; had assembled toge-
ther in thei!' House, having been previously sworn
in by the Lord Steward of Household, accord-
ing, to custom, in the Long Gallery adjoining ;
their attemlance was required at the Bar of the
••1-louse of Peers, in a message delivered by the De-
pazy (J tier of the Black Rant., They forth With
accomp:mted the senior Clerk, Mr. LEY, to the
Upper House, and shortly returning, proceeded
to the exercise of that privilege, which had there
been enjoined them by the Lords Commissioners
in the name of the Prince Regent, the Election
of a Speaker.
After a panse of some moments,—
Sir JOHN NICHOLL rose, and (addressing him-
self to Mr. LEY) spoke nearly as follows :—" Mr.
LEY, after the message which we have just' re-
ceived front his Royal Highness the PRINCE RE-
GENT through the Lords ijominissioners, l con-
ceive it will be proper to proceed without delay
to elect.one of our number to take upon ltinpelt
the high functions of Speaker ; a function, the
exercise of which is justly considered to be one of
the ancient and undoubted privileges of this
House, and which, properly exercised, is 'of the
highest importatlce not only to this House itself,
but to the rights and liberties of the people, and,
consequently to the future prosperity ansl happi-
ness of, this great and extensive Empire.—lt may
in some degree assist the HOuse the proper
choice of an individual to fill this high situation,
if I submit to their consideration the properties
which belong to the office, and the qualifications'
requisite to discharge its duties.. Those duties
are as various as •they are important. They
partly .consist in regulating the proceedings-of
this House, in its legislative and judicial capaci-
ties; they require him to preside over its debates

--to.enforce a due observance of order and de-
corum—,to conimunicate the
.approbation and the
censure of th -!:Ilonse=to watch over its privileges,
to assert its rlzirhts, and to maintain its laws. In
addition to these, he is called upon to attend to
what is called the private business of 'the House,
)vii iris in itself forms no -Sniall share of the duties
of the Speaker, in the present improving state of
the wealth and population of the country. Tl,e
discharge of the duties of this part of his office
tequires talents and attainments Of no ordinary

and of a itta* Ck. th‘At they It
kind,
rarely found united in the Same individual ; for
:there is hardly a good quality Which can adore
hitmad nature, which the vast variety of 'hatter
Which comes before him will not Occasionally cilli
for. To an enlightened understanding; to an ex-
tensive legal knowledge, and an ardent and well-
founded attachment to the principles•of Our. hapnY-
Constitution, it is necessary that there should be
added an intimate acquaintance with the precedents
Of Parliament, a thorough knowledge of its forms,
as recorded in the volumes of our proceedings,
and a mind well versed in those usages tpc
are Sanctioned by the unwritten practices '''of
thk House. Nor should we pass over With-
oht notice, the subordinate qualifications whicfi
are requisite to Mtn who holds the offiefe of
Speaker. Here quickness, coupled with correct-
neSs iii. the dispatch of pielelie business, is deinanT-
ed. Among the qualities necessary to preside ans
enforce order, are soendoes4 of judgment and
promptness, of decision ; firninciss to repress con-
tention, with the smile of affability to soften re-
buke, and disarm irritation. He,Should possess a '
temper not to be ruffled by rudeness and resistance;
attention not to he exhausted by prolonged de-
bate ; but above all, his conduct should be marked
by strut impartiality to deserve the confidence s
of all, and to ensure to hrrn the attention and "'
respect of the House. The thanks tit this HOitsa
would lose part of their vidue, if communicited
without that dignity and manner which coat=:
mantis respect ; and its censure and reprimands "!
Would lose a part of their force and effect, it
nut delivered with that tone and demeanour of
authority which enforces attention. To preserve
the dignity of this House, .turd protect its rights
against the encroachments of any other part of
the State, it is necessary that he should possess a
mind above cuntroul, and an integrity beyond the
reach of interest. In attending to the private bu-
siness,
he should be distieguished by facility of -.
I
access, by urbanity of deportment; and courteous-
ness .‘ '
of manner ; by frankness of communication, A
by unwearied attention, and indefatigable iedus- I
try, and by an anxious watchfulness to guard
over-the interests of the absent. Neither should
we overlook that munificence, which seems called
for by his rank in life, as suitable to the first and
most distinguished Commoner of the. realm.—
These arc some of the most prominent qualifica-
tions to besought for in the person 1V e select for
our Speaker. If in rising to propose -an indi-
vidual to. your choice, it had been necessary to
resort to my own opinions to select one, I hope
I should properly have felt my own - want of im-
portance, and shrunk front the task, leaving it
to some other Member, whose weight and judg- ,
ment better fitted him to discharge. it. That
the different counties of this great country,
,-
when sending to Parliament, according to- the
practice of our excellent Constitution, the must
,:, iT
enlightened of their numbers to represent them,
may furnish sevora! persons properly qualified to
discharge the many and arduous duties of this 's
high office, I ant not disposed to deny, "but I cons
not help congratulating myself and the House',
that it is not necessary, on the present occasion. ~
to fix one who merely gives the hope and promise '.:
of future worth—that it is in their power to fix qa
the. secure basis of tried excellence, and confirmed '','
experience. Those Members who are now here S--
for the first time may suppose, that while.describ- "
ing What the Speaker of this House should be, .k ~..
have been tracing the outline of a picture which ';_
exists but in imagination ; but those WhO sat in' ';"4
this House in former Parliaments will recognisa-
in it, that I have been drawing the likeness of•.;S.
that highly gifted individual who, for the four, -'s
last Parliaments, has filled the Chair in a manner -:
to secure general admiration, and the respect of ''se
all parts of 61 House.—Sir, I need- not name -
the Right Hon. Charles Abbott.-s—l used not.
gp back to praise this Gentleman's early life ; I • .
need, not rowrefer to those qualities which OH-. ..,
ginally recommended him to the choice of this
House, to prove him worthy of. that high situa-
tion
which I trust he will again be called upon to
fill. lam aware, and unfeignedly conscious that ;.-, •
a considerable degree of presumption may be ins-',...
pitted to the individual who ventures, 'on the first -',...
meeting of the House, to address you on so inte-
resting
and important a subject. But I throw -e
myself on the candour and indulgence of thes r'
Uouse, frankly acknowledging that I could not ,
resist the gratification of thus publicly testifying:, -
though very inadequately; the esteem and regard,
veneration and respect, which I feel for him, to
whom they so justly belong. I could not resist
the pleasure of taking upon myself to propose that
which I anticipate is the unanimous wish of the,
House—" That the Right Hon. Charles Abbott
be elected Speaker Of this House."—(Hear, hear,
hear !)

Mr. CARTWRIGHT—" Sir, in• rising to second'
the Motion which has jn.t been made by my •
Learned Friend, I am only sorry that lam not•
equal to the 'task, nor would I have tal;en it upon
myself, but that the Motion rests not on the to-.
lents cf hint who seconds it, but On the merits of
the:Tight Honourable Centleiian whom it is. pro- ,
posed to call to the Chair. All the qualifications
rr(luired for so important an office 'are to be
found in Mr. Abbott. This I think is one of those
motiwts in which all parties must concur ; or ra-
ther it 'is one in which all party is discarded. I.
think it not improper to refer to the early life of
Mr. Abbott, to remind the House, that before he
.was called to the Chair the public had derived great
advantages from his labours. I think it alike due
tc.) ourselves and to the public, to replace Mr. Ab-
bott in the Chair of this House, and I feel it no
small hanour to second such a Motion, which,
with the Right Honourable Mover, I anticipate
will meet with the unanimous approbation of the
House."

[A universal cry of " Chair ! Chair ! Mr. AB-
BOTT ! Mr. AB,BOTT !" at the conclusion. of this
speech, testified the assent of the House io the mo-
tion which had just been made and seconded.]
Mr. ABnOTT then said : " In rising to address
the llouse.upon the present occasion, it is impos-
sible for rue not to be desirous, in the first place,
to thank my Right Honourable and 'Honourable
Friends who ha-ye this day done "me the ,honour.
of proposing me for the high office to which you
are now about to elect one of your own number,
for the great personal kindness they have shewn
me, and also to express my sense of the very favour-.

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