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London, England, 1819-01-15 00:00:00

HOITSE OF COMMONS.

About eleven o'clock the Lord Steward com-
menced administetintt the usual O,iths in the Long
Gallery, anti as the Members were sworn they en-
tered the House. By two o'clock' above 200
Members Were present, and at half after two the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod appeared at
the Bar to announce to Mr. Dyson, the Clerk,
that the Lords appointed by his Majesty's Com-
mission to open the Parliament required the at-
tendance of that House in the House of Peers, it►
order to receive the orders of the Prince Regent
with regard to the immediate election of. a
-Speaker. Mr. Dyson, followed by several Mem-
bers, accordingly proceeded to the House of
Peers, and on his return,

Mr. PREL, addressing the Chief Clerk, observed
that it now became necessary, in consequence of
the Message which they bad just received at thc;r
bar, and in conformity with the long.estoblkhad

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dently in all their deliberations; to collect faithfully
and impartially the Votes and general sense of this
great assembly ; and to represent, when necessary,
their acts, their petitions, and debates, with truth,
light, sod lustre, and with full advantage to the
King's Most Excellent Majesty." Those duties
of the Speaker which were performed within those
walls were but a small-pot lion, and 'not the most
important of those which belonged to his office.
The House selected hint to claim for ahem those
rights and privileges for which their ancestors had
contended, and in the preservation'of which every
part of the country, and,the must remote poste-
rity, were equally interested with themselves.—
He was not chosen merely to urge the formal,
claim at the commencement of every Session.
Not only did they call upon him to claim tho4e
rights and privileges which were dear to them as
their lives and liberties could be, but they ap-
pointed him their sentinel, to gnat d against their
being itt the slightest degree encroached upon,
and to save their privileges from being infringed
by the least departure from form. He was to
protect the Constittoion from 'dangers, which
were perhaps the mote to be. dreaded because
they did not immediately press themselves on
the attention, and the evils to which they must
lead appeared to be remote. The necessity
of vigilantly guarding against these,. resulted
equally from the lessons afforded by reason
and by history. It had been well observ-
ed, that in all free, and of course compli-
cated Governments, and at some period or other,
cases would occur when the interests of the dif.
ferent orders of the State would clash, and (illa-
tions would arise on the peculiar privileges of
each. On such occasions, without the most un-
remitting vigilance exerted in defence of their
rights, encroachments would not fail to be made
on them, most dangerous in their con'sequences.
It was imposSible to survey the history—to take
the most rapid glance at the increased influence
of that House, without , perceiving the immense
importance of that unrelaxing jealousy with which
the House had never failed to resist any attack
on the smallest of its privileges. To the care
with which small encroachments had been guard-
ed against, they owed much of their present im-
portance in. the eyes of the nation. But it had
often been necessary-to look out for the danger,
and that too when it could only be seen by'the
keenest eye. It was ihiposiible to look at their
Journals• without perceiving how important was
the presereation even of the most trivial of their
forms. Not easy was the task to say in what
shape the danger would approach. The great
privilege which they eejoyed of otigiu,eillg
all money Bills • might be affeeted by air
amendment to 3 private Bill—by the appropri-
ation of a forfeiture, or by some other-ntat-
ter • that might appear extremely trifling, and
which inattention or 'neglect might! pass unno-
ticed. Ditties so important 'calied. for great and
varied qualifications, but rarely tO be found in the
same individual. Great decision, great presence
of mind, and great facility in business, With ca-
pacity to-preserve order and accuracy in'the de-
bates of that House, were all indispensable.' With
these other qualifications were demanded, which,
though not incompatible with those he had al-
ready enumerated, were not commonly expected
to accompany faculties of that high order, which'
be had previously supposed.- It required a mind
that could take ncomprehensive view of all Om
historical,events of the country, and yet a mind
that could at once withdraw from so interestiag a
subject, and apply itself to the discussion of some
insulated principle--to the investigation- of some

eepercnil,y trifling, point of oriler.--nbs.bie-te form.
mr lone-fergottee privilege. He ought to apolo-
gize for detaining the House so long Oft these to-
pica. His only excuse. was, that such had been
the custom of others on former occasions, of a
?imilar nature, and in the present instance there
was a rematkable accession of new Members.—
He would, however, now proceed to the busi-
ness more immediately before the House—the
election of a, Speaker. He knew he was not
betrayed by the partialities of private friend-
ship to recommend the Gentlemen-hems about
propose to theme for be spoke with a strong
conviction that the recommendation would be
in unison with, the feelings of those who
beard bins, and as he confi,!ently hoped, with
their almost unanimous eonsent.----(Cheering.)—
Tle would propose that he should. be their new
Speaker, on whom that high office lied been con-
ferred by their predecessors—(llearebeer !)—antl
that Mr. Manners Sutton should called to the
Chair.--(Hear, bear, hear !)—The experience
the [louse had had of him as Speaker sees neces-
sarily short ; but seels as it had been, he inieht
with confi•lence appeal to thsese who heard him,
if it did not jastity the expectations which had
been held out by Ilia Okuda, awl made good the:,
fihetal ashoissioes of others, who, recording their
preletenee for dumber, had net denied Isis
Those liberal admissions had been brought
forth by the recollection of w hat his conduct
had been in ,inother of ice, which reeptirtd, to
the perfect discharge of its duties, many qua-
lificetions aimiler to those which were neces-
sat y to the statism to which he had since been
Coust et, t at tension it 39 indiSrel,ii•
Me to all jse.tice, but it was pecosliativ
so to its adminiarretion in the army, from the
great extent of the military holy, over which he
(Mr Alauners Statue), as Judge Advocate, Ipad
pie,ided. Its that situation, goat kuosviedee of
roetskind, gecat delicacy, from the mouse of the
buNineas, great patience,. great sieilatise, ,etut
great eqeaninsity, with deep fortelionght, were
necuSS3ry.—The tenor of that office had imposed
spot him the duty its taking a share in the de-
bates it that ll,u mid he was sure that be
might safely say he had supported his argensents,
and ,etetolefl his opiehoss, with that waitoth and
earuestnea which were elmoat nisei) usable from
cooseieue issnoecoce, but with those di corons and
Isoneureble thet he might apps al to the
Hutoe if hr hail used a single expression to wound,
or to mike an enemy, where lie had been active
in the contest. Such, too, had been his depoit-
ment in the Chair of that Howe, that, should it
meant be his lot to fill that situation, he would
commence his new career without tick of en-
cionsterine 3 single personal foe, and they had
good reason for believine that he would never
make one, from hit anxiety to avoid over-
stepping the bounds of moiler/ohm and for-
bearance on every occasion. With respect
to Isis other qualities, it tees mmecessary
fist hiin to speak : Isis facility of access--
lii to afford information at all tnnes—
his ettiformly mild conciliatory manners ;
these Were known to ail aho were in the late
ParSiameut. Oise point he could not pass over.
lie pnssrsseil the eunfidenceof that House. This,
it was pethaps a peculiarity honourable to the
Mouse and the country, was to be obtained but
in one' way. No talents, no attainments alone
could gain its confidence, but the House bowed
essith ready deference to high integrity and lofty-
minded independence. 'That which in ibis
coun-
try we consider private character, failed not to
command distinction, and shed addHonal lustre
on the highest public talents ; and if in any situ-
ation this were mote valuable than in another, he
thought it was in that to which he purposed they
should elect his Right Hon. Friend. Its ieflu-
euce could not but be felt where debates were
carried on with all the warmth of patty feeling,
aed o here lie might find himself obliged to re-
strain the nae of a privilege must dear to an in-
dividual. When the House was equally divided,
it ought never to be forgotten, ihet ou their
Speaker devolved the mighty trust of giving
effect to their Resolutions—of giving that which
would otherwise be waste Niter, the whole
weight of law. The value of character its
the Speaker was on such occasions im-
mense. On the confidence reposed in him
by the house, it depended whether pub-
lie opinion (when Resolutions were thus car-
ried) %roils: give reluctant submission, to their
force, or ready acquiescence in their justice
If he were light in his view of the importance of
inslividne. deo arter, withoat raising the veil which
separates private life from public observation, lie
appeal to evely Member who knew the
flight Geeoleinain, if one of them had ever
hail jotereoarse with a man of purer principles,
higher character, or snore spotless integrity. In
times like these, when the acts of public men
. were not passed lightly over, when no rely cha-
ritable judgmeut was commonly pronounced on
their motives, his-unblemished character had no-
lily stood the test, And not only escaped censure,
but !mired ill parties in his praise. Ile then
moved, " That the Right lion. Chitties Manners
Sutton be elected Speaker of this House."
Lot d Cults, who spoke in a very audible tone
of voice, highly approved of Ilse character and
description of the persou requisite to occupy the
dignified situation of Speaker, as ably dram, by.
the Right Honoerahle Gentleman alto had pre-
ceded him, It was certehdy necessary that he
should not only bt a pe-son ut areal moderation.
temperance, and fosbearence, but that he should
also have a peofonsid knowledge of the laws and
constitution of the country. The Gentleman
now recommended to the high and important
office possessed all these qualities in art eminent
degree. Lie had not only practical knowledge of
the toduona duties of such a distinguished situa-
tion, but its a!l his conduct had so strictly con-
formed himself to the rules of Parliament as to
command the respect and approbation of the
house. On every occasion he had diaPleyed that
happy illustration Of our Laws and Institutions,
as to call forth the gratitude and applause of both
sides of the House. His
,Parliamentary learning,
his itolehoieable. diligence, Isis patient research
nets the precedents and authorities of former
tittles, deserved the highest encomiums. In
the discharge of his very important duties,
as the Chief of that august AsseMbly, Lis whole

manner and deportment had al ways been
consonant to the feelings of the most delicate and
most scrupulous in Parliament. He evinced at
the same time much 'acuteness 'of judgment seith
impartiality of derision ; and while he was firm
and manly in his retolution,Of adherence to the
rights and dignity of 'tlie filmic, he embellished
his elucidations of Parliamentary proceedings by
the standard of impartiality and trnth. In select-
ing such a Gentleman as their Speaker, it became
them to recollect, that although he had succeeded
one of the most able men who had ever filled that
chair, yet that he had easily surmounted eve, y ditii•
cult y, and inerked, at well as obtained, the ottani-
mous and cordial approval of all descriptions. With
past experience, therefore, as his guide, Justified
by the rare and 'accurate knowledge of our Par-
liamentary proceedings now alluded to, lie could
not refuse literielt the-pleasure and satisfaction of
secondieg, the mOtion for the selection of the
Right Hon. Charley Manners Sutton fit the dis-
tinguished situation of Speaker of that Hini.ze.
BARNFTT thought he should not discharge
Iris dot' as 14.. Member of Parliament were he to
stiffer the present motion to pass unnoticed. It
was-well know!' that the High! Hon. Gentleman
,tort' proposed had been obliged, by the partiality
the House, to undertake a set y maltious task—the
succession to a Speaker of the very first eminence.
But it was universally ackllMlLde.Cd that he had
so clogety followed the steps of the distinguished
Pelson alluded"to (now Lord Colchester), as to
rival bin' in a proper and conscientious discharge
of the daties of the high and important office.
Ile, oideed, followed his steps so ehs,•ly a, in
many ins:nitres to leave little or no ei,,,se
T'-
giet the change. _ This ft-Arnie of character, he
thought, was the best patiegyriC which -he could
bestow on both those dis!loguislted men. In the
Chair, thry had been actuated by the noblest and
most manly principles, for the maintenance of the
honour, dignity, and independence of that House.
Stich men were pre-cminetoly worthy of the great
awl sacred ;lust reposed in ti ,em. iii st.pnotting
the present motion, he ,rered trot!, a conscientious
duty to the House and to the Conotry. He eitere-
tore most cordially wished the Right lion. Mein •
her, now about to he elevated io the Chair, moult
health and happiness in the tong enjoyment of
that great and disingutsied situation.
Air. 'LUANNE:PS SUTTON, With Mud) becoming
hitt manly modesty, cooft•ssed his inadequa( y to
the discharge of the duties of the important office
now about to be filled by the appointment of the
louse. In nppreciating the exercise of his bumble
talents, the Right Hon. Gentleman who had made
the motion had far over-rated his powers. If he
bail been in any degree successful in ti.e.discharge
of his duty in the chair, it was chiefly to he at-
tributed to the liberal construction of his motives
by the House. Its all his conduct, he had
an x ions ly adhered to the rules and prece-
dents of Parliament. In this view, no Speaker
could ever act with greater zeal or anxious
solicitude. Like all men, he was liable to errors;
and he felt 1111101 gratitude for the extraordinary
lenity with which his humble efforts had been
judged. His 'Unlit Il ru. Friend who had made
the motion in his favour had certainly to', Mild,
magnified such abilities as he happenetito possess.
Lie well knew his own imperfections, and there-
fore was not worthy of receiving the honour
about to be conferred. It, however, it was the
wish of the House that he should occupy the
Chair, he would claim, in the discharge of his
duty, as he had done and experienced last Pallid-
ment, the liberal indulgence and frequeut assist-
ance of the House.—(Hear,. hear 1)
" Chair 1 Chair ! Chair !" was resounded from
all parts of the House.
Mr. MANNERS SUTTON then, in conformity to
the call and selection of the House, took the
Chair as Speaker. He afterwards very briefly
returned thanks for the high honour conferted.
The duties imposed on him were of the very first
importance. No exertion should be wanting on
his part, so far as regat;ded diligence, perse-
verance, and an unremitting assiduity to the du-
ties of his °tilt e ; but he again assurtd thern that
it would be impossible to render that satisfactioo
which he could wish withow trespassing on the.
kind imlidgeoce of the House.—(Flear, hear !)
Mr. CANNING, in rising to move an adjourn-
' went, availed himself of the opportunity to offer
his congratulations, not only to the Speaker, but
to the House, on this important occasion. The
functions •of his high state had been so accu-
rately described, that One word more need not he
said upon the subject. On those, therefore, he
should not say a word. What they had heard
from the Chair itself, was sufficient to prove how
highly its estimate was of those duties ; and
though his Right Hon. Friend who filled it spoke
distrustingly of his own qualifications to discharge
them, he still pledged the firmness of ids deter-
mination to justify the choice. The House had,
however, a higher security even than that—it had
the experience of the term during -which his
Right Hon. Friend had presided over the discus-
sions of the last Parliament—an experience which
fully proved that the expectations now formed
were not likely to be disappointed. An allusion
had been made to that contest, during the -last
Parliament, which terminated in the appointment
of his Hight lion. Friend to the Chair ; a con-
test with a man (Nlr. Wynn), he would say, to
be put in competition with whom, any man must
consider as a credit, and not as a disparagement.
(Hear, hear, hear f)—lndeett, lie felt at a loss to
say, whether the contest of that day, or the 111)A.
nittsity of the present,reflected greater honotir oil
the object of their choice. In that contest there
was not tl-e slightest mixture of those aspetitirs
which political rivalry is too apt toengender. Every
Member gave his vote us his peculiar predilections
led him, without evincing the slightest disposition
to disparage or undervalue the pretensions of the
respective oppottents.—(Hear, hear, bear!)—The
unanimity on the present occasion was as wise
as it was generous—generous, because it ()Meted
that homage which past services merited—wise,
inasmuch as no titan could feel humbled in RC-
kitowledg,ing that superiority which the qualifi-
Cations of his Hight Hon. Friend, their present
choice, had acquired, because they bad been
tried.—(Huar, hear !)—Tbat he might long con-
tinue to fill that station to which lie had beets
thus honourably raised, was, he was sure, the
;via!: of every Member who had ernacm red in that

cote by which be ha/1 been raised to It. And
Was • sure that they would agree in the confident
hope, that so long as he continued in that situa-
tion, he would so discharge its duties, so main-
tain its authority in- force and efficiencyabove
all, that he would preside over their debates with
that impartiality which would show that be con-
sidered himself the servant of the whole House.
That he might long go on in that course which
had placed him so high in the estimation of the
House was as much; their wish as it was his firm
beief. Awl he was confident that while he
filled that high station in which lie was now
placed by the suffrages of the Honse, and while
he pursued that coarse of conduct, he would
realize their warmest eXpCClatiollB.—Adieurned
till to-moriow.

LONDON JOURNALS.

FROM TIIE MORNING PIPERS 'OF THIS DAY.

[Morning Herold 11,

IMPROVEMENT IN TI 1E HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Since the dissolution of the late, Parliament,
some Aherat ions have been made in the approach
, to the Gallery of time ll,orse of Commons, which
will hive the effect of preventing those romirl.
Nous scenes that continually interrupted the
proceedings of the House, on great debate
nights. Whenever it becanie necessary to rkeir
the Gallery on account of a itryisiou, the Ales-
•eugers were occupied opwards of half :to hour,
with all their force and might, in removing the
strangtrs ; whose reluctance -to ivithdraw pro-
ceeded from an apprehension that they should
not be able to regain !heir seats, on the Gallery's
being again opened. Instead of one there are now
two separate staircases leading from the Messen -
gers' Lobby to the (gallery. Ou• a division',
„raking place, the strangers will he tna.le to piss
nut of the Gallery by one of these, and re-enter
by the second ; so that those who shall ti,st
arrive at the top of the second stair-case will
get the best places, on the Gallery's being open-
ed. As every stranger then most be anxious
to get upon Ibis staircase as speedily as possible,
they will rush out at once, and the Grilery will
alWays he cleared in time space of a few minutes.
The other improvetnent is a small door it; the
toiddle of the Gallery, through which Reporters
only have a't easy ingress and egress, without being
obliged to force their way through the crowds that
always block op both the entrance doors when-
ever there is a great debate.

It
giVeS its pledSttre to be enabled to announce,
that his Royal Highness the Duke of Keut in-
tends shor;fy to return to this country. This re-
solution on the part of his Royal HiAbness arises,
nor only front R. doe sense of propriety in the pre-
sent posture of affairs, but also limn that strong
ptedileetion for this country. which his !loyal
!ligltness has invariably evinced. In this resptct,
as +tell as in every other, there is the most per-
fect sympathy wild congeniality between him and
Roy el Consort, who seizes every °ppm tuni..y
to manifest her regard and attachment to the iD-
Iterests and happiness of England,—(lbid)

[Morning Post']
‘Ve are happy to be dssured that the conduct
of the Deitch Authorities in, the Indian Arciii-
pcai • viiiiust which Sir Thomas Rallies bas so
o,
spiritedly protested, has been duly noticed in
Europe, and that, flow the explanations which
have taken place, tio obstacle presents itself to
an it roicable adjust went of the differences which
have so unexpectedly ari3eu ill that (patter.

[British Press]
We have received the Malta Government Ga-
zette Extraordiaarq of the I'3t!► of December last.
It is filed with the ceremonial of the investiture
of Doctor Giuseppe Bartolomeo Xerri„Archdea-
con of the Cathedral Church of Malta, with the
inNignizt as Prelate of the Oriltr of St. Michael
and St. George. The ceremony took place on
the !Gilt of December in the S-1511 of the Palace,
in presence of upwards of GOO persons, consist.
tog of the ancient Maltese Nobility, Fo.t•eign
e"nsids, and principdl British and Maltese in-
habitants.

UNIVERSITY IN•fELLIGENCE.

CAMIRIDGE, JAN. 14.—The Hu!scan Prize for
the list year has been acljnelg;ed to Wm. Peach,
F,l. B. A. of St. John's College, for his Essay
on " Die probable influence tit Revelation upon
the writings of the Heathen philosophers, and
the morals of the Heathen world."

Edward Willey, Esq, of Trinity Ulan, was on
Wednesday last a:bullied Bachelor in Civil Law.
There will be Congregations on the following
days of the Lent Term :
Sattnill7 . Jaa. 23, (Bachelors' Corntvenceinent.)
Wednesday.. Feb. 8, at eleren.
Wednesday.. Feb 17, at elev. n.
,S-t.doestlay. • Mar. 10, at eleven.
Friday AIAr.2G, at ten. (M.A. Incrptols.)
Friday \pr. 2, at test (End of Terw.)
The Rev. Robert M. Miller, M. A. Domestic
Chaplain to Lord Bet esford, 1103 been instituted
to the Vicarage! of Dedham, Essex ; Patron, the
King,
The Rev. .1. Bullock, Rector of Radwinter,
EsseN, has been instituted to the Rectory of
Fanliibourn,, on the presentation of J. J. Bullock,
Esq.
_

"!'he Rev. Edward Valpy, B. D. was last %reek
collated to the Rectory of Thwayte, in Norfolk,
on tie presentation of the Lord Bishop of Nor-
wich,:by virtue of his Bkhoprick.i
The Rev. James Ward, 1). D. was last week in-
stituted to the rectory of Burlingham St. Peter,
Norfolk, on the presentation of Henry Negus
Burrongiies,

The Rev. J. Hook. }ate Curate of Orton,
Notts, has been licence(' by the Bishop of Lincoln
to the curacies of Toynton St. Peter's. and Toyn-
ton Ali Saints, in Lincolnshire.

IVednesday night a eAsk of spirirs„ smuggled,
was seized by George Golf,. the officer, at Stan-
gate—it tvas above proof—the nerson in whose
possession it was found was flared 40s. before a
County Magistrate, and the liquor was st'at to
the lipid of Excise.