The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-24 00:00:00

UMBER 3177:j

IMPERLIL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS)

TUESDAY, NOV. 23.
IEsTY
TUTS day at half past two o'clock, tits MA.
came down to the House of Peers in the
llstlai State, and being seated, in his royal robes
upon the Throne, Sir FRANCIS MoLYNEox, Bart.
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, was deputed to
order the attendance of the Commons, who forth-
to a very considerable number, appeared at
at:he Bar.—HIS-MAJESTY thendelivered the follow-
"ng most gracious Speech from the Throne:

" My' Lords, and Gentlemen,
IT is highlv gratifying to Me to resort to
Y°llr Advice and( Assistance, after the opportunity
sewhich has been 4icently afforded, of collating the
,ce VI MY Pqr.ejy,_
realized ltisperity of the Country has
tien tournlQ" sanguine Hopes ;We have expe-
,u ct'd Bounty of Divine Providence in the pro-
ce of a•n abundant Harvest.
R The state of the Manufaetures, Commerce, and
b -venue of
My United Kingdom, is flourishing
‘,„Zi°,,nd example ; and the Loyalty and Attachment
zn,-c" are manifested to My Person and Gove.rn-
.s -"t) afford the strongest indications of the just
eense that is entertained of the numerous Blessings
niqed under the. Protation of our happy Consti-
thtion,

•
" In My Intercourse with Foreign Powers, I
Thave been aauated ,by,a sincere" Disposition for the
tibaiiNenance of Peace. It is nevertheless impos-
lyise for Me to lose sight of that established and
ath (System .Policy, by whiCh the Interests of
c States are Conneaed with Our Own ; and 1
tiainnot therefore be indifferent to any material
lv?nge in their relative Condition and Strength.
Condtta will be invariably regulated by a due
-onsideration of the aaual Situation of Europe, and
by
-4 Ma watchful solicitude for the permanent Welfare
y- People.
" You will, I am persuaded, agree with Me in
thinking, that it is incumbent upon Us to adopt
those 'Means of Security which- are best calculated
th:o afford the prospea of preserving to My Subjeas
e Blessings of Peace.
" Gentlemen of the Howe of Commons,
" I lave ordered the Estimates for the ensuing
-tear to be laid before you ; and I rely on your Zeal
tanfd
iberaljty
t•he Public s
in providing for the various Branches
-ervice ; which it is -a great satis-
friaa "
vi t° Me to think, may be fully accomplished
tll°llt any considerable addition to the Burdens of
People.

Afy Lords, and Gentlemen,
treat and increasing Benefits produced by that im-
aportant Measure, which has united' the Interests,
-,,nd consolidated the Resources of Great
.Britain and
a.tdreland.
The improvement and extension of these
are, and Attention. The Trade r..nd Commerce
1".37 Subjeas, so essential t 6 the support of Pub-
-4e Credit, and of our Maritime Strength, will, I
till Persuaded, receive from you every possible En.
:surag("lnent ; and you will readily lend your as_
eye'
4tv)ery part of My
in affording to Mercantile Transaaions in
United Kingdom, all the facility
d accommodation that may be consistent with the
eCurity of the Public Revenue.
tour To uphold the Honour of the Country, to en-
toage. its Industry, to improve its Resources, and
inaititain the. true_ Principles of the Constitution
tieehorOi arid Staie are. the great and leading Du.
e whielt,You are called upon to discharge. In
Performance of them, you may be assured of
1110 Y uniform and cordial Support ; it being My
Qorst earnest wish to cultivate a perfect Harmony ;!nci
14041ence between Me and My Parliament, and to
Stijl )s to the utmost the Welfare of .11,1 v
ton„.11, whose Interests and Happiness ishall ever
tiler as inseparable from My Own."
Thel,o4l
Commons then retired, and shortly after
form4lPF FIELD was introduced with the usual
thin,:iities, sworn, and took his seat. His Lord.,
4414" st'Pporters. were Lords Aucxt..vin and FEL-

- -
After
‘414 , a short interval had elapsed, the LORD
19,11i,i\het Loa read a copy of His Majesty's Speech,
table was afterwards., read by the Clerk at the

THE ADDRESS.
tIi,,Qrd4RDEN then rose to move an Address to
Theto
kbivlaiesty on the occasion of his Speech..a
Speech Lord prefaced the Motion with short
circa in which he descanted upon the favourables
ittcliolstances of the Country, with respect to lot
1)1,:r.oal situation, which under the bounty
,nf
4ndvidence,. were to be attributed to the wisdom
verns"nd-policy which aftuated His Majesty's
tine
Spe;tl'henr• He remarked, that the pasage
terircr", fro He
the Throne, which adverted toin thet
to efia.l 'oYaltv and attachment of the Country, is An
l''ell fr„:", ajesty's Person and Government, was
that- there seemed to exist in the Country, some,
.ren
Ivhitsb of that spirit of disloyalty and disaffection
Secret f°rmerly slimed itself, and which still led to
with t,celnbinations and traitorous designs. However
It)ay ,esPea to these points, he thought Parliamente
oftiC°,nfidently rely on the attention and vigilance
1,. Ministers. With respeet to the
.v.a.s
lai.stillPortant considerations adverted to in 11_1
rlnfide-Y's
the,SPe his Lordship seemed perfailY
td by
lin! that.
und policy and energy display-
eroker " 'Majesty's Government, and the prudence,
1 and diicretion of Aliniiterse would induce

those results which, were most consonant to, the
Honour of His-Majesty's Crown, and the Security
of his Dominions ; and it was his opinion, that the
line of condua recommended in the Speech from the
Throne, would best tend to the preservation of the
Blessings of Peace. Under these convictions his
Lordship moved an Address to His 'Majesty, which
was of considerable length, and, as nsual, on similar
occasions, a faithful echo of the Speech.
The Address being read from the Woolsack,
Lord Viscount NELSON rose to second it. He
expressed his most cordial approbation of the prin-
ciples laid down therein, and of the sentiments it
contained: He was, the friend of Peace, and, he
observed, having seen so much.of• the miseries of
War, strengthened him in that intlination. How-
ever, much as he loved Peace, he had' no hesitation
to declare, that the Honour of the Country was its
best jewel, and that we should never suffer it to be
tarnished. The next consideration . was, the r.:O-
- andsecuritY of our Commerce. In the just
defence of theie, we should , persist to the last drop
of cur blood; and Peace should be one of honour
and security, to induce him to love it. He be-
lieved that the Country in general was aduated by
`the same sentiments, and . that it was unani-
mous for the vindication of its HonoUr and
that of the Sovereign, and for the proteaioa
of its legitimate Comtherce. The best way t 6
preserve all was, by our conduft to evince, that
though we loved Peace, we were not afraid of War.
The declarations in the Speech relative to the gene-
ral situation of Europe, he most heartily approved
of. No Power on the Continent should arrogantly
say to any *of the others, « you shall; do thus, and
not do otherwise." Such would be a violation of
National Independence. On the whole, he. cordially
agreed in the Address moved by the Noble Lord,
and he should not that evening,,arotible their Lord-
ships further on the, subjed, should_ he, not feel it
necessary to rise in explanation, in consequence of
any thing that may be said in the course of the
Debate.
The Marquis of ABERCORN, in a speech of
considerable length, delivered his, sentiments, not
only upon the topics adverted to in His Majesty's
Speech and the Address, but_ with respea to the
comparative situation of the Country: at present,
and that in which it stood fit former periods. 'He
belie red that every Noble Lord: who heard him
would agree that the present
.was one of the most
critical and momentous periods that ever occurred
in the History of Britain. They had many bitter
reeolledions as to the past; and many new and
urgent considerations with resped to. the future; the
present novel and unhinged state of Europe was among
the latter; and with respea to the COuntry itself, the
sitssiaen, in whiehlio:dce stood, how i,taods, an,.; is
likely to stand in futureovere serious and que-stionable
considerations for the first new Parliament Of the
United Kingdom; and these would certainly arrest
the feelings of every man who composed it.—His
Lordship proceeded to censure, in strong terns, the
line of policy adOpted by the present Administra-
tion, and seemed to compare the conduct of France
and this Country, in their political intercourses, as
a system of insolence on th.e one hand, and of de.:
grading humiliation on the other.—Great changes
were efiefted on the Continent ; this Country should
be prepared for the worstit was still adequate to
its own defence, and it was happy that it was so ;
the very fate of the Country was at stake.—The
question was, whether' the condua of Government
would be, to keep us as we are, or rather as we ought
to bey or, that we should drudge:on in the eternal
round of diplomatic mystery and failure, irethe
founded hope of preserving an ;insecure and un.
equal Peace ?—The Power we had, to,ropf3rwith,
was always our. Rival, and never yet- our,Friend ;
but a Rival that was always more successful in
Peace than in War ; the present posture of this
Rival was formidable and menacing indeed—his
foot upon every neighbouring and prostrate Na-
tidn, and his hand for ever on his sword—A

gloomy and desponding mind could not be fairly
imputed to himself: but he could not shut his eyes
on the real comparative situation of the Countries—
Such a situation as Ministers had brought this
Country to was lamentable, after all the blood and
treasure which had been sacrificed for her honour
and security—after a contest for every thing va-
luable to Man in Civilized—Society. The No-
ble Lord seemed to consider the measure of
Unior. as one of the highest importance, con-
solidating and increasing the strength of the Em-
pire, and tending to enable the Country the
better to look her perilous situAiOn in the face—
this measure, as well as the prosperous and rcspea-
able situation, in which, till lately, the Empire
stood, was chiefly to be attrhoted to the incom_
parable talents of a Minister, the superior powers
of whose mind could only be equalled by the sound_
fleas of his principles, and the integrity 'of his
heart--the wisdom of his counsels, and the vigor
of his measures shelved 'at once the strength
of his abilities, and the spirit and intrepidity
by which he was aauated.—Were not the hands
of that great Minister with-held, were he un_
incumbered, and left unembarrassed, and his advice
followed ; he entertained no doubt,, but that Mini-
ster, single, and alone, would have • brought the
contest to a happy and successfUl issue : his services
and exertions were rewarded byi the gratitude and
affeaion of his Country, and his' wisdom and inte-
grity would be duly appreciated by succeeding ages.
The Noble Marquis proceeded-to deliver his senti_
ments upon the various points conneaed with his
general subjea, and commented rather a t length upon
the subjea of the late Pacification, and the condua
of Ministers with respect to tile Preliminary, the.
intermediate Negotiations, and the Definitive
'Peaty of these he spoke in general tern of