The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-19 00:00:00

MIA', PARLIAMENT.

THIS DAY, THURSDAY.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Gallery of the House of Lords was opened this day
a few minutes before two o'clock.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
five minutes after two, when the Lord Chancellor, the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Rosslyn,
and the Earl of Jersey, sat as his Majesty's Commissioners.
The House of Commons having been summoned, a number
of the Members, headed by Mr. Ley, the Chief Clerk, aP"
peared at the bar, when
The LORD CHANCELLOR said his Majesty not thinking:
it fit to appear personally then, would attend on a future occasion
and declare why the Parliament was called together. They had
it in command to say, that as soon as the Members of. both
Houses were sworn, his Majesty would meet the Parliament
but it being necessary that the Commons should first choose a
Speaker, they would retire to the place where they should as-
semble, and proceed to the election of a gentleman to preside
over their debates, and present him at the Bar of that House to-
morrow at 3 o'clock.
The Commons then retired.
Prayers were read by the Bishop of HEREFORD.
The LORD CHANCELLOR was then sworn at the table.

The Duke of CUMBERLAND then took the oaths.

The list —of the— Scotch Representative Peers was then
called, and those present were sworn. After which the peers
generally took the oaths.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
At an early hour all the avenues leading to the Houses of
Lords and Commons were crowded with persons anxious t 0
witness the ceremony of the opening of Parliament. At 11
o'clock the doors of the House of Commons were thrown open'
and in a few minutes the body of the House, and the galleries,.
were filled with members. The House presented a scene of the
greatest animation and excitement from this period up to two
o'clock ; groups of Members were collected in every quarter
discussing the important subject which had occasioned the 1111"
usually large assemblage of members at the opening of a
session.

-------
Mr. Alderman WOOD, the senior City member, appeared in
his robes of office, and on taking his seat to the right of the
Chair, was loudly cheered.
At a few minutes past two, Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD, Gen-
tleman Usher of the Black Rod, entered the House, and
proceeded to the table. The Members immediately rose
and uncovered, and the House was then summoned'
in the usual form to bear his Majesty's Commission read in tbe
House of Lords. The clerks ens' several members, among
whom we observed Sir IL Peel, then left the House, and re-
turned in about five minutes. The clerks having resume°
their seats at the table,
Lord F. EGERTON rose and said—his Majesty baving
pointed out to them their preliminary duty, he ,tre"
rose for the purpose of making a motion, which, if it 064
as he confidently trusted it would, the approbation
of a majority of that House would carry his Majesty's pleasure
into effect, and would do so, as he (Lord F.) conceived in
manner best calculated to secure and promote all those,
great interests which could be in any manner affecte':
by the object of the present discussion.—( Hear, hear, hear-'
At no period in the history of that country, under any eircuo"
stances, public or otherwise, would the importance of selecting'
a person to fill that Chair require so much grave consideration,
On every occasion, a question like the present was one of se'
rious responsibility, but in the present circumstances of thet
country, when they were all aware that that House was ebtn`
to enter on a field of discussion of vital importance td
every interest of the State, he felt that they Alen,
look, narrowly and closely, to the qualifications of the
individual to whom they were accustomed to look le_
,guidance and advice—( Hear)—for the maintenance of tbee
high privileges and constitutional independence—for the due
control over the fervor and excitement of discuesicn'l
and for the wise exercise of that influence which
they were wont to concede to the individual yvbcb-
„,
they would call to the chair, and which, with its at'
tendant honours and emoluments, was no more than Lar;
adequate compensation for the toil and sacrifice of time of t 5
individual who competently filled it.—( Hear.) In addition te°
that mass of circumstances which at any time must maid
the qualifications of the individual matter of such interest an
importance, he could not but remind the House that great
public calamity had added great weight to the ordinary clusbe
fications for that station —qualifications more difficult to
found than talent or temper—more rare than patience ,
and less frequently to be met with than candour or educ,atio. he
In these instances, there was but one individual whom
.../
could point out as experienced in that particular .effiee:he
( Hear, hear.) And he need scarcely add, that it *As ,"81
object of his motion, therefore, to place that inditiun,
in the Chair, and he must say that if any circumstances e x
„f
isted which would deprive that House of the opportunity '
securing the services of that individual, he could scarcely et;
ceive a more legitimate subject of -'regret, than
any circumstances should exist which would preven
their availing themselves of the talent, tried abilit)il
and experience of one who was competent, above of
others, to carry into their new locality the usages, the laws at
common convenience, and the salutary traditions of tio,
House, acid when he looked' to the lamentable hiatuses in cil
d,
cuments and records which that catastrophe had occasions
the House could not but acknowledge the acquaintance of th_e
.
individual on whom they founded their best hopes or reparation°
I confess that with such feelings I grudge him -that ear,
and that retirement which so many years of puhlic 5e st
vice have so well entitled him to demand. I could aint,fse
grudge him those very favours of the Crown and , teb
honours which he might receive elsewhere,_ but ,•"',1(1
are incompetent with the situation I propose that he OWL'
fill. I feel, after what I hare said, that it is little more tuP-0,
a matter of form that I should speak the name of Sir Cher' f
Manners Sutton.—( Great cheering on the Ministerial side °,
the House, but perfect silence on that of the Opposition(ii
That individual, who, I believe, for a period of uptcaral
of eighteen years has filled the Chair, in a manner whic"of
believe seven successive and unanimous votes of the House
Commons, and this invitation to re-assume the Chair, Pre.„.`
the House's appreciation of his discharge of his duties. bt
( Cheers. ) It would be idle in me, as well as painful to my Rig
Honourable Friend, were I to attempt to describe, after.
fashion of my own, the grouds of just eulogy and approbatt,°,
of which, upon a recent occasion, he was the object, more r.,
ticularly, when there are many here present much more e° ~i 5
petent to impress their opinions of his merits upon two,
assembly. But public attention has been already ealled,.4
this subject, and with peculiar force and justice in the spece',
of Noble Lords and Honourable Gentlemen upon a recent co,
casion, expressing their high approbation of my Right flecv,
friend, and which is the more forcible as emanating from tads,
viduals who are, I believe, opposed to him on political groan e
I lay, and I think I am right, more stress upon this circuinstastcv,
because I feel that he who relies upon the support of a Pnr.
might possibly receive the opposition of those whose politl Ch
sentiments agreed with his own, and I believe that from snbe,
casual circumstances an individual might be elected, not the
cause he was the most competent to discharge his duties atner,
time, but because he was supported by the good will and
„);it
tiality of those who, perhaps unconsciously to themselves,
from party motives be induced to support him. This is not the t,
ture of the title of my Right Hon. Friend, 'Jut I can adduce "'i
guments in his favour far superior to any I can use. I hop 814
shall have the permission of the House extended to me while Ica e
its attention to some extracts from the debates which took Vilco,
upon the occasion of the last election of my Right ,°tif
Friend to fill the chair, debates which do honour to the cana,°
and intelligence, and undoubtedly to the sentiments of 011-I
Honourable Gentlemen on the other side of the House'tife
will first refer to the speech of my Noble Friend and rein sg,
(the Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire) who eNl3r,eoa
ed the highest opinion of my Right Honourable Frtog
as one who had most faithfully discharged his duties, ftll!l4ty
most competent to perform them—as one who had die ely
without pride, urbanity without servility, and as one whose! ci,
timents were exhibited in the whole line of his official con teat:
The proposition which I have to make to the House is toot
it will appropriate its especial and highest services to 146
individual who has great experience in all those valtia
attainments so essentially necessary for the fulfillinCon,
the high office. That gentleman was followed by the Ping,
Baronet, the Member for Westminster, who after supperty,e,
asked the question, which some Honourable Members Lich
sent may think might be answered now, but %is
found no response at that time—the question of ;lb' eo
vituperavit ?—( Great cheering.) The question Was efec
found to be without a response ; and it mar, that
now be difficult to answer ; for I cannot but thina,,ch
every Honourable Member in the House has too 'be-
good-sense to appeal to it by vituperation. I canue't,efe,
lieve that I shall hear that species of vituperation
I think the only question will rather be— Quis ,vituPer:;. for
duris eat.—( Cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Metunceea
Dublin, in opposing the claim to place my Right Hon. r'coe
in the chair, in giving his resistance to that motion't
not be charged with inconsistency for that ;
concurred with those who had preceded him in the great-roe
sonal qualities of that Right Hon. Gentleman to fill 10i t
Gait
he
portant an office. I have a right, I think, to consider
opinion of that Learned Member, as to the fitness We,
Charles Manners Sutton, as an extremely strong one. tent
allusions I have made to the expressions that werettileou
by Hon. Members at the last election of Speaker Onto s;
anything invidious in their nature or application, sh°roof °,,
once stop from continuing my quotations. In further %ere ''
the eminent qualities of Sir Charles Manners Sutton, Abe
the speech of an eminent and distinguished individuluoilif
has been taken from this House by a dornestiellor
calamity—( Hear, hear, hear)—the late Chance east'
the Exchequer, who stated that he thought the licusoifiCs'
not but admit that Sir Charles Manners Sutton's qtl. spec'
tions pre-eminently entitled him to fill the high office °lvo ,Se°
ker, and that there was no person in the House who vocie
capable of filling it.—( Cheers.) Those are not the testitoot
of private friendship or partiality, nor the conselyieetl,
of any undue deference on the part of my Right Bur' tietri;
to any party or section of party in the House or in tbe ds, Ptif
but they are the testimonies not only of private friee ins•
w
of honourable adversaries. They are, in fact, hartficati°Pl.
truly call the verdict of a jury upon his qua°

(To be concluded in a Second Edition•