The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-22 00:00:00

TFIE SPEECH.

The SPEAKER, On hiS return from the House
of Lords, whither the Right Hon. Gentleman and
the House of Commons had been summoned' by a
Message through the medium of the Black Rod,
intimated from the Chair, that he and such Mem-
bers as were at the time present, had repaired to
the House of Peers, where they witnessed the
Opening of the New Parliament by Commission,
and heard the Roydl Speech, of which, to pre-
vent mistakes, he had procured a copy. Mr.
Speaker then read it distinctly 'to the House (for
which see our account of the proceedings in the
House of Lords.)
Mr. BaowNtow rose to move the Address of
Thanks. He commenced by saying, that he
should indeed present himself to their notice on
this occasion with peculiar diffidence and embar-
rassment, did he not most sanguinely hope,. that
however inadequate his efforts might prove to en-
gage the attention of the House, the same una-
nimous sentiments may be found to pervade his
Majesty's Commonts.—(Hear,hear, hear !)—those
of pride and satisfaction in their country's calm
and peaceful joy, and of their becoming duty and
attachment to that presiding wisdom and Royal
Authority, horn whence bad proceeded the gra-
cious Speech they had ,now heard delivered to
them by the Lords Commissioners—so expressive
of his Royal .Highness's paternal regard for the
welfare and happiness of his people. With regard
to the melancholy events with which the Speech
had commenced, there can be but one opitiion-:
for who that is -an admirer of the virtues and ex-
cellenciez, of human nature, but must sympathize
in the continued indisposition of Cur revered Mo-

!larch i--(Bear, hear, Lear !)—Wnile, at the
Same 'time, Mr. Bro.aodow trusted the Ho eoe
would not be merely guided by form, but irresisti-
bly worked on by feelings of affectionate regret, to
condole with his Royal Highness on the severe
loss he has sustained in the death of her late Ma-
jesty. Surely, if weight an • attach to the de-
scending influence of Royalty on the morals and
happiness' of society, in the Queen, whose loss we
deplore, has disappeared an invaluable example
of strict and urrerring decorum ! In love and
mutual limmor, joined to her Royal Consort
for a long course of years, his joy and so-
lace, and the faithful Guardian of his Per-
son ; promoting the interests of strict morality
and religion, and, in the true spirit of a Chris-
tian, possessed of an active but secret prin-
ciple of benevolence, that always led her to the
alleviation of sort ow, denying to misery nothing
but her name.—(Hear, hear, hear !)--It is, how-
ever, gratifying for them to consider, and may it
engage to his Royal Highness, in a still increased
tlegeee, the hearts and affections of all his sub-
jects, that the close of a life so honourably passed,
wa, soothed by his most anxious and unremitting;
attention—(lfear, hear, hear !)—and this strict
observance of filial duty must, in another sense,
be most satisfactory to Patliament, as it affords
the best pledge that every measure suitable to the
dignity and cousequieflce of the object, and con-
sistent with economy, will be adopted, for the
care and maintenance of the Person of his Royal
flialmeas's Father.—(Hear, hear, hear !)—Turn-
Mg from these distressing. events, abundant sou: eeS
of congratulation Mity be found, both in our Foe
reign Connexions, as lately confirmed abroad, nod
the lot ernal Prosperity of our Own Country. And,
first, with regard to the Congress whose delibe-
rations have led to the evacuation of the French
territory. If that august Assembly had taken
place for the purposes of individual interest or
ambition, or for any other end than the prornoa
tion of the General '.Peace, he would have pre-
dicted to such a confirleracy----disunioo and dis-
comfiture. But what has been the object of this
happy concord of Nations, at which hia Majes-
ty's Ministers bore so distinguished a part, may be
seen by the papers ordered to be laid before the
House. The most striking result of this mighty
assemblage has been, a serious investigation of the.
policy of the measure—to take the earliest oppor7
omits, of restoring to a great and powerful people
that weight in the scale of nations, of which they
had, for t heir own and the general safety of Europe,
been for some t hoe deprived ; and which necessity,
as the consequence of revolutionary excess, had
subverted the obnoxious principles, by so happily
replacing on the Throne one of the natural race
of their Kings. •Thus Prance, by the most Ito-
nourable and scrupulona adherence to her engage-
ments ,and by the success that has hitherto attended
the efforts of his Most Christian Majesty towards
the consolidation of his Government, has render,
ed precautionary measures no longer necessary
on the part of the Allied Powers. France 'there-
fore now rests once more on its own means• -for
support. To our own shores have been given
back our distinguished heroes— (Hear, hear,
hear !)—equally moderate and dignified in the
trying hour of fortune, as irresistible in danger.
—(Hear !)—lt was not for him (said Mr. B.) to
attempt to enter into the various Political Ar-
ranc,enten t - of these Conferences ; but so stiongly
dial they display all the characteristics of peace,
and so fully
did they evince the spirit of the Al-
lied Powers to establish and preset ye such rela-
tions among themselves, Pry might tend to the
harmony of the civilized world, and so far ad-
vance the march of national Liberty, as cannot
but greatly gratify his Royal Highness, that the
result of his measures in this quarter of the globe
will meet with the approbation of his faithful
Commons. Mr. Brownlow then called their at-
tention to the success of his Royal Highness's
arms in India. To all who took into their coo-
aiderathin' the wealth and importance of our un-
disturbed possessions in the East—to all who con-
sider the great intricacy and comprehensive na-
ture of its affairs—it must be a source of pecu-
liar congratulation to be assured, that our Opera-
tions in that quarter of the globe have been as
decisive as they were well matured and quickly
executed. The total suppression of the Piudar-
ries, and of the restless intrigues of their perfi-
(lions supporters, the Mahratta powers, are the
happy results of one short campaign: But such
events we may always anticipate,with justice war-
ing On our side. To the character of the British
troopsemployell, and to the gOod conduct and wise
Administration of the able Governor-General, the
most unequivocal testimony has been borne, at the
dose, and- on the -arena; of the campaign ; al-
though at the date of We document -to which he
alluded there might have existed some protracted
contest, subsequent intelligence announces the
total cessation of those hostilities that had been
forced on us by constant predatory attacks.On our
.adjacent dominions. And under this auspicious
administration of affairs, Bajce Row, of a restless
and 'an intriguing spirit, disturbing the general
tranquillity, has paid the penalty of his unpro-
voked aggressions, and is the prisoner of war of
hip Royal —Highness's Governor in India. From
East to West, a kind Providence seems to favour
the efforts of his Majesty's Ministers for the good
and prosperity of these realms. .The result of his
Royal highness's -negotiating with the United
States is equally favourable with the success of his
army.. By previous Treaty, the Commercial Con-
vention between this Country and the United
States would expire in the course of a few months;
but there. was considerable pleasure in ascertain-
ing, that the same arrangements which had already
proved so beneficial to the wealth and industry of
this Country have been renewed ; and that those
regulattons are viewed with the greatest satis-
faction, and promise permanent duration : for we
have acted on this liberal policy, that, in contri-
buting to the onion and prosperity of America, we
but increase our own commerce, and open new re-
sources of-wealth to the trading and manufactirr-
hug interests of this li.ingdorn.—(Hear,
_hear !)----
But there was no occasion, to wander so far aod
so long from home in search of the flattering
picture of national prosperity for he believed
every'rnait who- now honoured him with his at-
tention would 'allow,- that never was the measure
of joy more- full, or peace better coufirmed,
Haan that now experieuced through every part

01 the United kitigdonis. there never't"feft
period at which all branches of the (lilac ti 1//:,
nutactures of the Country were more
Bally employer!, or received a fuller or mere °,ed
fortable remuneration for their labour. Areviort
and enterprising spirit exists in all our sea•Pid
towns, and national credit never stood higiec
than under the care of those to whom
charge is entrusted. He was far from Presselce
the dangerous principle, that a couotry's 'to
sources must iocrease indefinitely in proportiono.
the demands made on its exertions ; for
greatest aflieence may be drained, and the firmest
the parewi
patience exoausted : but it is surely
source of coogrentlation, that after an uncearri
the Prese.o",
pled Contest of 123 years' duration, and the 01(ciite
trying crisis of a state of peace, in which for
greater part of the people were forced to see- tie
new employment, the most gratifying and 'lf of
severable proof of the elasticity and resooree- 6f.
the country should be given by the increaseis
the revenue in all its most important branches
(Hear, hear, hear !)—This great and
prosperity Was, however, natorally to be aneem6
pated, as the consequence of that system '9l,
'i
oy and retrenchinent so quickly eSt3l'.hre.er,
and steadily pursued, niter our expensive
of glory, on the reduction of the /limy
aud the other war establishments of the CCIII-cril
ill every respect AS extensively as was e°os'9tpa•
with domestic security, or the military "c
lion of our colonies.—(Hear, bear, hest D'
Brownlow then stated, that lie had now attenltild.
ed to give an outline of the political heariogs'3„....o
state of the country. The picture stood 11“:9
Abroad, we have au unexampled concosd o'
thins, bourn! together by the most holy tics °„er"
; by their duties towards God and lb%'filid.
ple whoa) they govern :--at home, ne'ee'
ence, and prosperity : and, above all other coo
sings, minds and disposit ions calculated to 01,
joy ~
them.—(llear, hear, hear !)--T.soch tene;
happy country, which, by the elective trust' 'antes
restored to the nation, and exereised,on us,b °o„,cr
under our charge. May a e jealously
the laws of the land—may hOtnesily `!!mina!,
partially partially support every part of the
and apply ourselves in harmony and nolo))
plify and perpetuate. the. blessings sve
(Hear, hear, hear !)—Haeing row tre3ll3sie:gr,
long time on tine patience of the Ilouse--("'fo;
hear, hear !)—he proceeded humbly to ()ilk:, ot;
die consideration of the House' the A' of
of
an ectle
Thanks, which, as usual, was merely
the Speech.
Mr. PEEL.—In seconding the Address, e; be.
has been proposed with so much bY
Hon. Member who has just sat down, I ca to
but feel how absolutely necessary it is f0r:11,,,e;
pot in my claim to the, indulgence of the 101.-be x:,,
and express a hope that its liberality willd
of
tended to one'who stands so mnch in neee,d,
Many of the 'observations it was my ititenci°4f
make, having very naturally been anticipate" -,.
the Hon. Mover of the. Address- I fear 1 rants'
additional risk of wearying rite' patience Jr'
[louse by descanting on subjects tvbieh have a:
ready been noticed so much at large. tint, h°':
ever, somewhat sustained by a belief that Pe'
Address I propose to second is not'of a
calculated to call forth opposition or fir`
sttpP E,
ab,uti
et tavpililme)bxapteioriircoef
etil,neerycordial
I.lern) r
state 0f
ce
House ; tor, as there can exist but one orin'ct:
as to tine propriety
of
('lre;lng 'WIT condolence
I-
. the Pt ince Regent on those lamentable eii.t4lll.le°
stances noticed in the Speech front the 111ir
so there can exist but one wish as to the tintinri
. nifty with whiell that offering should he conveYie•
INiolatjiiess!lyloty)eaciohniteigshelvte:rsy.
of additional aunt still deeper reeret ; es rhe,c(),,
tinuance of that affliction must have ditni"'l:f‘
in the miuds of tine most sanguine the h"Pes
!tad en'ertaioed as to the probability of hiS At;
jesty's recovery. Another came of the deel:elli
natiot4al grief presents itself in the lamented
of
thiC? out thel part of
Queen
;a"1
witnessing,everyascls o
as
.WC dc',
to
posit
sympathise with the Ptioce Regent on the
e it,
fortune which he and cue country have sus-illife
in the loss of that Royal Personage, ."I:d7;atritle:
was exercised in the discharge of every 1„
every private ditty, the Representatives or, the'
every
will of course be anxious to seize the tire_
first opportunity of expressing their sense o'. ietre,
general misfortuneeand their desire to rarticilin•e•
in the general sorrow. It would be idle ko" [eel,
sionptious in me to dwell upon the mall e:4 pre
'cocks which adorned the character of ber sir
Majesty—inasmuch as these excellencies ore
!Y_en.
universally acknowledged ; and I am perfect
sible of my own incompetency to do them Wove.
were Ito make the attempt. It having hec,i
bG
necessary that some new arrangements shoal!' of
speedily adopted, with respect to the ett't°`
his Majesty's sacred person,- such aneangelll, icy
have beer,
,recommended to our considerattott'oie
the Speech from the 'I prone. Future opport I,e •
ties will he afforded for a discussion of rb,e.,l; to
We are now merely asked to pledge ourse" jog
the consideration of the subject. It is a Plesne;
reflection that tine many topics
with ouree!of
CabiOn to Mingle our cougrattdatious
pressions of condolence. Whatever differeoc bf
opi,nion may have existed,. as to the mean„9thi.
which events have been accomplished, or as (- tea
fl,eict. a
events which have lately ()emit red to
circumstances of other countries, yet a .ritot
in candour admit that the prosperoo3
and . future ntospets of tine country forT,oer
would afford us
most ample grounds for exultation ; for '",-ord-
compare'oorselves to other Stwes,
compare a
chy
log to- the fairer criterion,
tuatiou at she present day witit the sitriali° the
the country at other periods of our historY'oec
result of that eliMpierison must be it) every rest ra
flighty satisfactory. If we look, for
instance ~l,e
the commencement of the last Parliamentf4ofr,
country had to contend with the creator. didones
ties. saw ourselves engaged in an arlobld,
arid eventful struggle, waiting with onsren%yeei'
xiety every atrival from tine theatre of the
and though every arrival brought with: -itc'oore
tidiugs of success, yet were those tiding' acteloci!
or, aci,
PPitied by others which could not fail E(' sed
much private misery througbout .the nettin''oddC
"Inch anxiety Ks to the futpre contiogenCi
war, ajing the coursv, Ow l'arliatiooto

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i,,,,ilii-v 1: A . .ratitletrin iiitefi 'pi:hitt-6ns, res
N'e'ryfri(d"atl‘tlllett);„,--1-etot.:odies of the season. At a
t Parliament ,• a- spirit of
Cci'l,t:;l't,Kre.tanPirtil°isdaffoefCtlirlilan.iiitititlagitilf(e)st ell itself in the
attribute rather,
t° Ili Y.' witi'eh Pant limes, than to:ally genetra
tii,,,,e.Pressure of the
14'51110u on the part of the people to untler-
Constitution under
oihie, the leisings of (tic
oo w
ii,
boast
or
peace
titlrco they live. We have
\Ve see our re-
vett°:itl and tranquillity at home,
ebranches of cam-
Ittetu increasing, and 'll s.
tile war reviving
•1
1 3 trp, ed (luting
billet WIIIV.I Jat. .5.1i,i..
intercourse which
4 lioarisi . miter the tree int' •
•pti.,_ , _ II t), „ I
shat
-mill/log to reflect,
which
hitt7 dlfords. 1.10,v v.'
contest,
through
\tti, passing the severe
t 4 lave so Triumphantly passed, nothing
.lave ginned,
tt...1
1), `,l to tarnish a single lame! we have Let ' 1,1 bring discredit on our fairc
that
ithistriaus
il.l!re not refuse to do justiceto .
slin owes Si)
gre'v1(111,11. to whom this coll.rittw3rio,
for ,_:_
stiait a debt of gratitude, to hint
eil:iitntoallfotiniries
iat4serrterits,
m,y •put i on ii
nods
of his, great
hiitit'a riot more on the gr" than on his
th rY character as a conqueror, q Hove
' dt, .
of contine- •
lid a.tion in the day
pail]
to his coml.
itv'illui a compliment ‘V*4:!9 Pr"
i',..ji,
paid to
1;1,4 • 'w splendid a
compliment was
1 'in being selected
to °e'lt Conintander, on ill -- .
rt "'led armies on
the 'e,Cottitnattil. of the e° Ibill.• of the troops
of ei 'niacin ; to the .comM"r“
much larger
krtlidtions who: have hr?"gi't so much
boil t,;
ati,te-111110 tilt field than , ever
Cl.ed by the twist
qilf,lii''e. t10:1)s too ‘e°°'9l,an e t .611 concur
Ili , '1 slid i.,...,,,,..,•1,ced Uinerals ; Ye
toil. .. 'i,:-"-
mai', not thatto Ge-
, be.tiii t!itine,the chief Com: I►i .
for
then nog.,
e I iniself
Ilito Nio Lail distinguish n ' bust for' the.
14tnit,'„!°F the armies' he led to victor.;1 i,
How fully
11nii(le of lite Victories he gained
by (lie
sl• 'l.itist• ' ' visdom of that choiceltet.
tilitv . 'tied the % .
.1
t which he exec' i
lilt 1.,,,411(1 moderation wit
I to Min l---
Iliiiiaellit and delicate task assigne!
fur these pre-
tl4•PlY
for
Et"."Pe'
the
necessity
What can
he ,I"ty measures no.longer exists.
to
_ot.
lileitt'uer field of congratutatio 1
to
enablefititel
tiroll"!*rital state of France such a.
forces from
Ili& Li
Powers to withdr4w their
t.„v,.._ than
Iti k"uniiers,? What can be mote gtaitlitt.,::::
most
littoti" that nation, after ,fulfilling,
with
engagements, re-
it'iltable PnuctnalitY, nil i" engBe of nations,
titAti(' to its proper station in the scale
those
of the
(1111.1.,,it1l to (wile its councils
.tto
t1(.6.1-41°Peati Potters assemble('
togetherg
each other
iviq,',",l'te of friendship, not '‘'''g'lri n•li -, „o liberal ,
4ati ttik, jealousy
of
rivals, but acti
Loge-
theitrilllglitened principles, and consulting
~
jet 1"r th . r I' tion of the Gene
..
rat Peace.
Oar ,
I this t. conso tt a
~ , hate particular ,
tils, f num ion of tl•ance, wt.
thelast'3o years
IlaS ti ("rioy, as the experience of .
is
.0.
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la
tieew os. how Much this countrynkrl
alleirties,l7:.:
°Olt 'biog. which can affect the outer
We see with .I
Wei:, 'l that neighbouring:State: .
v after. being
Qtt,,,ire the
tifhirs of that country,
„any re•
v,lotibel by the tro-abled waves of
s'ocairn ; and
Il'i„l'i'it'', gradually subsiding into. a i
us hope
Iliii I." So • • tray 81 ill exist) let..
tl i it .
r,ine agitation
..
,_c..i,ict of honest,
INCIIISCS more from tbeic ihn
free Govern_
Illtllt ;1 Vdt Yin g opinions,. "Ill'er• la 1 as any in,
ilitlt tlian that it is to he constort et.
1 e that a
(' r.)115„4 51 fit r 4 :re 51 0'.IIIS• - Lei
.1"
'pis 0t.5.0 '
414141 i Itircl; has so
sensibly-felt the est
to Ille ' I'voltiwt s • Sriii become sensibly alive and
tt:')l'°6l(.lll.4l)', '-el o'nt 0! b..• :deliVed from a lit..:
mi.
oil t ii"int'iPsal Nionareity. And seei".g 4,
tilos.Pß„i.
Illit 41.-'n). the art of other tuitions
t, •:itoltt.. (rot p
t G,verunient ofrolltatrr,ours,
...
iliu, fit,l,i'.liii
iitriniet,),e, •
On
r;,iefnioilei;, and' wtlittle
I),:!tt;Lt'e tth)e"'lblew'fifs I'l that C""ssiti:"nti(s'po'folly
iierilin'r ail yaN„ao4"of which 'have -ee-- '
14.. we
be '"%traled: --i'-'h.e 'toot, no willing sho)l'.l,l
and I'llist(.4 l'Rzard 'the Ids,' "f the s(l;l,,,„ing
I'''t 4"'i'l. bless'irr '`i vve eiii°YY:bY•..i,cable
tell: 44),n,..tit 1 tile 0f5„,.,1 t.tiriti titipr.a.c
ov .
tlt ti'ts ot'• ~ tu , 1 ti,to and'ri-incied .I_llll°* e,, ,
eili , , wnt, Speell a • ft,i. the p'r 0 01
tilit3'4,l: 'or (I,,irly, a, we have paid
been'
..„,tiet;
tit "lost sat isfacrolly rrn'of 'hal
i:
he
:).Ner, toil), bye
are, ho,difficitities too A,re" t ~,,„„
not
ia tif ''Y Ilie „, )„,ce-, or this roAnt rY• '
yielded
1411u:1 ° (lave totmilable difficulties,!, RI: a (Inii,L 814Pel loci: ' nt British. Sidi] and
avail valour: is
the sanie s);'stetti has beet) maint i t.e.(;
Boa
'l'" ",:',stiee is il;tile to ow nional characitt.
e'xer-
' cites'
-"e eretitt doe to oor moileration in t le
seen
4 1,1:4 the ri4hts
of
con4,,esr. 'There-we ]rave
girt.,
bilioll'lurnferialteti, not for the gralifica' inn,
nil
pos.
ttlsi, ' 11'4 for the expansion ~,f 'terriu.ll.Y H.
tyjoll
illitl )11S1
but f mulAnietit -of aggie ,
ft In
aff or Mir.l
cie
cum,* from
oft , „ urti protection to 1 , P
.., .
0 attebees
i' it „-l"rage and o pression." 1 li(! e° -s( , , .
rl•iv '"` War Ih., • been,P that seenrity and comfort
t e he, le
t;tftl• -11 established, where terror and misery
nliletk;txi'teci• 1n looking r rela-
to our' preset). 1
er. tliil ''lll Antcrica, let os hope-that the con nt
es
1-1111.);11.'ingenietits wilh that country 'are such
'till '.l.°7e hi 1 ly satisfaetOry•to both] countries,
t
tit
lll'l4 est %1; 1 , 1 on the soundest basis—that
1 ('tip,,, 1 4 l'-'" 1 having torten
Sit
ea advantage. Ant Hilt., r
atfah-,
illiil -‘.17 "f the• prosperous state 0. our . .
1411
le
n • blessings we erooy, it
Chid lit g the numetons
' Derma-
.eti our duty endeavour to give a . n
!If', tto tti to
e
tcresee r,r)is.e various blessings ; and, as in tit es
lof afford-
-0 li.. t arnatnem has an opportunity
.e
c_r_
1;14 ,41°e untli% hied attention to domestic i.
il-,4 .1-4,ees let • be our concern 'to An P
1 rove
itl!! eircu'n it i tromoting the iiithistry
thi Ittortas. Istauees,
)'Y •I of the people; and as
4 ' ility 1.114 the c("pfults
the constytenees
ta Aat, t Ireariy• experienced
feel the. atlvan-
i,Rl 'l° May they now sensiblyl
very
Mia peace•• Bur • bit- 'I fear that have
kt liltett - • ' • ' . 1•1 which has bein
1111 y abused' the hber.. I y _
ltt
t l6 ' I 1 . II therefore Col-MI(1(1e with
1,,,044: 'He. s la .
..
ii'''t: ti
_lt the Add' ess ; in whicli it •appears to
ttlirel4t.every linti Member in the 1-Icittse may
:Ilit ih-leet whaiever..he his politiCal views, t?itll-
- 1 i l of his ]character for consist-
'll.ll). t:" Witilocuittitelend ,ing itintelf at all as to the
ti• 4,11`,(.,,(4--f-ist,,,e-l-i-,i,,;-surs. - --
,';'l ; "I4CD6NALD wus disposed to allow the Ad-
,..\-iti:a;4 Ifass tin Posed as a mauler of courtesy, but '
li 'lran (1)
cel9 any difference of Opioion •
itllt qt
trii,,i3ri, parrej
t " ' !I fowl:discussions. Among
),(1 briet4s4:l on which the Hots. Mover had found-
A 4• o' ei,ll foi unanimity, there was one on Which .
1'4,'''.41 ;le seOtiutent could he entertained, fur all
1.,...(i.•, tit in deep condolence for the loss which
Ill'• u3.l' 111,1
.• • and ti country had exte-
so 1
i ..4.0
_. 1,1111
''t .1, .1.,1--;11011" other sohieetS. 4 Id
hovvever, lie' soon
vati,::rrt himself. boitod to withhold sonic nbser-
ltoord!, ; 1111(1
visa
fact, tile extravagant and ex-
-414).1' View which had. been' taken of our .

present st!oation mightjus,tify remarkt o 1•. ft. more
extensive nature than those Which he intensidd to
make. ' 'He should be happy if he cotwW- juiin in all
the grounds of congratulation which losii been ad-
. (bleed. He sincerely rejoiced that a military reduc-
tion haul take!) place, greater than that Which had
been anticipated before our army had returned
front Fiance. But any Minister who would have
maintained for a minute such a force besides Our re-
gular establishment would have deserved impeach-
ment. On' this point he conceded to fi is Ma-•
jesty's Ministers what portion of merit was their
doe. Ile would have been glad, at the same
time, had the Speech mentioned other reductions
-as actual 'or contemplated; particularly in the
collection of the public revenue, which now cost
tour millions Annually, half. the income of the
country at. the accession of the House of Bruns-
wick. to the branch of Stamp's there haul been a
tremendous increase, and no otse could be igno-
rant of the•amount of the distributors and distii-
butorships of Stomps in every town., He was
aware that reformations of the kind he had
in view were- best in' the hands of Ministers ;
but if they had not spirit, to carry them into
effect, they became the concern. of the House.
And how could they be, entrusted to men who had
dOne nothing to shtisty the national desire for re-
trenchment, until thealternativelwas; pot to them,
' " do this. or go ?'' It waathetioulythat they had
wclonehnt it.
t Itey c Thoseld
(11-1:odto G4e,tisttille.tiths een
nett.
not.
rib,
le, satis-
fiedee:pefTp i
et";l:etpl‘tvali'aittil:tiotth:ievoirltsalk: t7l).s.tailit.Alai attirrialne in:et:: ritiltsteytnni:tlelltinenli:ilivf‘oitittirri:-
h
ed under an overpowering weight of. taxation,
what prospect did. the Chancellor of the Exche-
c:l)-01:eirriermilyi;:dli it
o'Booli)iurtt tlot eivotksfi twea(ral:;sti !I; eit'ityi (-I*')'' tag t thetl-bil eeal
that
.•
heaviestse ci
security
xi lei s4l?
resources of the
,trade was sub-
ject to. revulsions.; two bed already experienced
the evils of such a revulsion; and the present re-
venue, notwithstanding its augmentation, still 1
fell-short of that of 1803. If the Chancellor of
the Exchequer took the produce of the present 1
year as a specimen of the future progress of the
revenue. be:might find himself deceived. If his
expectations were realized, it must . be re-
collected, that .'such an ' increase of demand i
Inuit absorb a fresh portion •of our po-
pulation in manufacturing - pursuits,—an evil
which, in a moral point of view, was one of
no small magnitude. When he looked at the
condition of the people, at the legitimation of
paupers amongst us, and at the misery. subsisting
in this country. be could not feel much disposition
to join in those mutual felicitations to which he
haul been invited. When he saw that out of a
Sinking Fund of fifteen millions, only three were
applicable to the public service, he couldnot find
that there was much matter for exultation. How
would the country be prepared for any future
war ? ' He • did not mean a , war of aggression,
but one of strict,necessity; ..whether we were at-
tacked and invaded by, the rancour of those we
had couquered, • the ingratitude of those we
had stived;• or the just indignation of the many
nations which our false policy had disgusted.—
' 13ut the House were ,desired to repose faith in the
duration of Treaties, and the intimate union which
existed among theEaropean Powers. in those lie
could place but little confidence, and the last ex-.
pression• WOS too amatory, to meet his English
ideas:. Ile Was convinced that the best sectuity
for the permaneitt peace of England consisted its
a steady, honest,'and conciliatory administration
of her resources, tool a• system of strict justice
towards the people of other countries, whether
powerful or weak. He then lamented the indif-
ference which, seemed . to prevail respecting the
continuance of the Slave Trade, though so formally
denonoced by those high Pt ofessors of Christia-
nity, the Allied Powers. France was a Member
of that Treaty, but under the • rule of his Most
Christian Majesty, after all the sacrifices which
we had made for his restoration, we had not
been side to obtain the sanction of the Court of
Louis XVIII. to a -measure, to which other collo-
tyies, tray,- the King of Spain, Ferdinand himself,
bad been brought,- he. would not say bought, to
accede. • Would not Russia, who had succeeded
to. that influence in Europe which once was. Eng-
land's, have prevailed over Louis XVIII. though
we could not ? . France could not think it possi-
ble s hat an act of perfect reciprocity should exist,
or that the evasion of a municipal law should not
be ermuieed at. As:kng as France opposed the to-
tal abolition of that infernal, trade, it would cons
thote• to thrive as it now did:; He thought it
not a little extraordinary_ that the Speech should
have been silent on so important a subject.Neitber
did it contain any notification that she Act had
been put in force, which directed an inquiry into
the Abuses of Charities. He spoke of that which
the nation desired, not of that which the Ministers
had conceded. -He should say nothing of that Act
and of its mutilations, as his Hon. and Learned
Friend on ,the . Bench below (Mr. Brougham)
would probably take up the subject himself. But
he shoald contettd that it:woold have been better
had Minist-ers,succeeded in putting down all in-
quiry together, :thaw for them to have issued.the
present lame and impotent Commission. Had it
been even issued as proposed, it would still have
wanted one ground of public confidence, as its
Members would not have been nominated by the
House. but by the Secretary of State. The pre-
Seat indeed was ornamented by two names which
must give. general satisfaction.—(We understood
those
,to be Sir William Grant and Mr. Matosers
Sutton.]—He had no doubt that all the other ,
Members were hintourable men, but it happened •
:that in principles and opiOions they were directly
bostile to the inquiry.—Tbe name of tile migi,
nal Mover did not even appear. Cs-ranting that
his I-ion. and Learned Friend, in the present pur-
suit of his measure, had been as over-zealous and
enthissiastic as his adversaries bad proved, against .
him, yet, by the omission of his' name, his
Majesty's Ministers bad left it. to be said, as it
was now said far and %side, that they fear the
,man who had talents, and was in earnest.-- -
—He had little satisfaction in urging grounds of
opposition. to the Address, bitt be &mid not agree.
wait its tender aSsurances. Was the ' boasted
confidence' in his Majesty's Ministers justified by
the extraordinary results of 'the late Election ?—•
How came it thee-that thereivas ,su decided .an 1

from the Administration iiocsit i3V1.(1
in some entire classes ? Beciruse the people bild
recollection
most
experience. Because they had
seen the important concerns of the Empire
left to 'chalice or abandoned, anti measures of the.
greatest ntoment neither. effectually supported nor
manfully opposed. Was the Bank P•trr Systim
to be continued ? Were not Ministers theMselVes
so opposed in principle's and opinions on that sub-
ject, that they could come to nothing
Had they yet done any thing to amend the Poor
Laws, that ruinous system iwhielr was fast 'Sap-
ping the morals of the people?' No ; it not
iu their line to concur in any plan proposed,
and it it was, they could not afford, to risk
any thing to give it effect. When that great
Lawyer, whose loss the COuntry would never
cease,, to feel, and whose life had been so full of
activity and utility, when Sir S. Romilly-, whose
name would never he uttered without reverence
in every quarter of the globe, brought tor Ward his
limited measure, some of the Meddlers of Go-
vernment absented them Selves, or gave it holloW
support, to be counteracted by another division
the next day. What had been their conduct re-
specting the Catholic Question ?"--one of interest
to-the whole Eml,ire, though of indifference to its
administrators, who seemed to have pledged them-
selves neither to discuss the matter in Council,
nor to give the ?since their advice, and the
Legislature, their aid. ' 1-low had they acted
with respect to Petitions ? When some respecting
the life and death of individuals were placed into
their hands, had they not most strangely asserted
that it was tiselss and nugatory to submit them
to his Royal Highness ? Had they not thus Cur-
tailed him of the noblest, the . best, and the most ,
divine prerogative of the Ctown, the exercise' of
the Royal mercy ? When had they upheld the
true dignity of the Crown ? Not when they had
tried to obtain grants which Parliament had in-
dignantly thrown' into their teeth, and thus placed
the Royal Family in conflict with the People.
They had complained of the insufficiency of the
laws recognized by the Constitution for maintain-
ing public tranquillity, and had obtained uncon-
stitutional powers, whilst those laws had proved
sufficient, not only to suppress, but to punish.
How could the respect of the nation follow those,
on all occasions, had showed that they
tertained no respect for each other ? But let them
proceed : let them' turn libellers themselves: let
them establish a police and a legion of spies, and
let them see what would be the consequences of
such conduct. He then concluded by expressing
his intention of not troubling the House with
any amendment.

Mr. SINCLAIR—The subjects recommended to our atten-
tion from the Throane, have already been discussed by the
lion. Gentlemen 'who opened the debate, so amply, as to re-
quire, And so ably, as to admit of no additional comment or
illustration ; I-shall, therefore, content myself with briefly
stating to the House my reasons for snnport ing the Address ;
to which I should have silently concurred, if my Hon. Rela-
tion had not. clogged his assent with so profuse a variety of
extraneous animadversions. I entirely approve of the Address,
because I think it highly creditable to the candour and mode-
ration of his Majesty's Ministers. It does not call upon us to
pledge ourselves to the unlimited support, or unconditismal ap-
probation of any system, and it leaves the great questions, con-
I. nected with our foreign and domestic policy, still open for future
deliberation. !It: we consider its. general scope and tenoue, we
shall find that it contains such sentiments, and is couched in
such language, as no friend to his Country can reasonably ob-
ject to: We shall perceive that every topic has kern studiously
avoided, which could ell.. it any material difference of opinion,
or excite any angry discussion, It has evidently been the
wish. and the object, of those who framed it, to enable all
parties, on the first day of our first Session, to approach the
Throne with an unanimous assurance of loyal and affectionate
attachment. My Honourable Relathin, however, has • not
thought proper to Billow this, laudable example of forbear-
ance, There is scarcely a single measure, either in retrospect
or in contemplation, upon which lie has not attacked with
severity the past conduct, or the presumed intentions, of his
Majesty's advisers. I ant only surprised that be has not em-
bodied his sentiments into the form of. an asueudment ; more
especially if weaall to mind the triumphant anticipations. of
a powerful accession to the numerical strength of his friends,
which, ever since- the. results of the late Elections were
known, or even long before they began; have been lotidly re-
echoed in every part of the country. 1 expected that the Ho-
nourable Gentlemen opposite would have brought on, with-
out a moment's delay,, a trial of strength- between the two
great parties, which may be supposed to preponderate in the
House, and would feel anxious, in sonic degree, to ascertain,
as soon as possible, the relative proportion of their respective
adherents. They have, however, postpomed, until some future
day, the intended grand display of their forces. JO the mean
time, my Hon.,ltelatien has descanted upon a multiplicity'of
tolics, so important in their nature, and, at the same time,
so unconnected with each other, that, to attempt a circum-
stantial reply to hisspeech;viould involve the House in a
labyrinth of questions. which severally deserve and requite a
solemn and separate investigation. Far be it, however, front
me to expose my own presumption, by entering the lists of
debate with one whom I so much respect. I am deeply con-
scious of my own deficiencies`; and .pay a wilstng homage to
the advantages which tv y Honourable Relation possesses, from
the splendour of his talents, the variety (dills knOwledge, and
the extent cif his political experience. I am also. far from
help decidedly hostile to all the opinions which lie has en-
forced with so much eloquence; I am as little' tied down.
to oppose, as to support theim; and should think very mesuly
of my own fairness and judgment, if I did not always listen
to his -arguments with deference, as well as with attention.
I am well aware that ho individual is more obooxious to
parties,, than one who: will not absolutely bind himself to
either; and though a promise of unbiassed impartiality is
often given and required at Elections, it is .seldom steadily
adhered to—;but I trust tits/ there are some, of whom I do
not hesitafe to prnfess myself one; who think that they 16-
thee forfeit their independence nor lessen their respectability,
nor deviate front the path of constitutional consistency, by
keeping alooffrom a complete subjugat ion to parts, influence,.
and by presuming to judge for themselves. Deonted as esta
of us has been, to discharge the must :importaiit duties which
can devolve upon a British subject, we must remember that
the eyes of all our Constituents are rivetted with serminizing
anxiety upoir the proeeedhigs of their new Representatives.
On this point, all must agree; but if we' proceed to define tire
wishes, which the people are supposed to entertain, our state-
ments will he different indeed ! Whilst, on the one hand,
we shall be told, that the nation at large expects us to rally,
round the Mittisters, and whilst on the other we have been as-
sured by my Hon. Relation, that the popular voice demands
loudly their removal, there ,are others who will think that
they are sebt, neither tir withluild entirely theirconfidence froia
Government., nor implicitly 'to sanction their proceedings;
sometimes to,oppose their measures, but never to impeach
their Motives--to combine political 'cando'ui• With constitu-
tional vigilance—tether predisposed to approve than pre. •
determined to cetidemn ; tesulved to favtiur,Thet not to flatter;
to tontrool, but out to embarrass. And .here I cannot but •
advert, with feelings of deep regret, not immitigled perhaps
with instignation, rto thetune which has-lately bee n assumed,
with respect to our, fotave conduct, by the writers whose po-
litical sentiments are generally in unisan wit Is Shose.Of the •
[Awl. Gentlemen opposite., liy them it is expressly and inde-
fatigably asserted; not only that to present Cabinet
from oflice must be the sale awl con,tant, ohjeet uf all who
wish well to their country, but that every proposition which
ematiates from ttsem, whether gtiod or bad in itself, crust he
pertinaciously found fault with,and indiscriminately opposed.
Nu terms are deemed. -strong- enough to characterise the
ignorance awl imbecility of the existing Administration ;
their supporters are accused of hring'swayed by every motive
that is despicable or corrupt ; and the well: meaning, but
not very clear-sighted politicians (as they are called), who
occasionally presume, in amaze:cite of their own free jmig-

. „ . ;• . -.. • •
!tient*, to vote with the Ministers of the Crown, are.repre—
t.
sented
.;as•either useless, or dangerous, er
alleged etecißation is assailed with keen .reproof, or their weak•,,-•
nessbecproes-the theme of contemptuous cummi,reat Vat. The..
hide/iris:lent Members ()Idle new Paella:tient ale s-tiviitiou,ly.,.:.
exhorted, and even confidently expected, to fairy ,
every difference of opinion, and unaninionsly to intist under the
standard of inveterate and unqualified oppositioti: Naw, Sirs-
in whatother light can such language be considtred,thait as PM- •
ing. upon a British House of Commons to exhanAt all their Inge-
filthy, and exercise all their perseverance, to harassing must,
wantonly the advisers of their Sovereign ? Does it nut invite
us to make-no allowantx for any difficulties of their situation, ,
find instead of judging their Very. errors with candour. and
liberality to overlook their past services, to disparage their
best measures, and even perhaps to witness•their successes •
with regret ? Does it. not enjt.in us to adopt as a corollary to
the sound constitutional Maximsthat theKi nit valid° no wrong,
the, I trust., far more questionable. proposition, that his Mt-
ni.sterti can do nothing right noes •it n.ut terra to cherish,
among the lower orders., the ino“ malignant feelings of aver- •
Sion and contempt towards those io authority over them ?
feelings which, in sonic quarters, are almost as predominant
as they are misehieenas; and which have chiefly hector excited
and nurtured by the coarse and factioui libels wit which the
Press IS unremittingly disgraced, and -especially. oh) that day
which the laws bell) of God and man have peculiarly set apart •
for religious meditation, and, in some degree,. Tor curbing
those very evil
.pa'Ssions which such writers are labour.-
nig to inflame ?• Snch are, in my opinion, the daft- -,
,gerons consequences which these pernicions publica-
/tons a`re intended and calculated to produce. With
respect to the inrioptilarity of Ministers, which my Hon. Re-
lation represetrs to be so general, and undoubtedly states so •
with jiiStice, in as far as regards many quarters, is it not,
chiefly to be ascribed to the clamour which has been raised
against the Suspension ,of the Habeas Corpus ?—a measure •
which, though sanctioned by see many of their own friends,
was mule usesuf,i-ditring Most of the late contests, by the
Hon. Gentlemen opposite, as an engine for exerting, against
their Ministerial Competitors, all the fury of popular resent-
ment.- 1 anr unwilling at present to trespass upon the time
of the House,: and shall conclude by repeating, that, though
desirous to support Ministers as far as I ,coOseientiausly cats,'
I shall oppose any measure which seems to militate against
the spirit of the Constitution, or to be at variance with the
interests of the country. •
11r. CLIVE, holding the situation.whiCh he did, could not Y,
suffer the assertton to pass uncontradicted, that his Royal •
Highness had been deprived by the act of atty. of his Majes- '
ty's Ministers of the exercise of the high prerogative of
Royal mercy. The fact was, that a Petition of the nature al-'
hided to had been la;d•befOre the Noble Lord at the head of
the Home Department, and by him forwarded to his Royal
Highness at Brighton. An answer had come; kaving it •to
the Noble Horne Secretary of State to do as lie thought pro,-
per in the case. The Petition itself had twice beets consider—
ed by the 'Cabinet and •the Privy Connell, and his Royal.
Highness had abided by their advice.
• Mr. MACDONALD could not, as a Member of that House,
have suffered even the 'first day of the Session to pass without
exposing what he conceived to have been a high breach of the
Royal prerogative. The Hon. Under Secretary of State IMt .
Clive) had given an explanation. in which; after having heard
the following official answer made to the Petition, he would
probably concede; he bad been mistaken. The Pas.
tion was one signed by nine respectable Bankers oft
'Liverpool, ire favour of an individual who had been found
guilty of uttering a forged note. it had been presented by t
the 1-tight Hon. George Canning, HS MeMber for that city, to
whom the answer given to it had been addressed by Lard
mouth, not as a confidential communication, but as a public.
document. The Hon. Member then read•as follows:

" I have this nniment received, by a special messenger,
your letter of this afternoon, containing the petition of nine
bankers of Liverpool, to his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gent, praying for a respite for the three unfortunate men who
are to be executed to•morruw morning at the Old Bailey. A -
similar petition has aheady been transmitted to his Royal
Highness, who has ordered me to act in this case in the man-'
-ner most consonant to my awn feelings and judgment ; there-
fore, even if time permitted, it would be unnecessary to
transmit the present petit ioir-to his Royal Highness."
After having heardstieh a letter could it still he contended
that. a Minister had not refused to apply to the Prince Re-
gent, in a case in which the high pretogativeof mercy was
concerned!

• . .
Mr. CANNING hoped, after what bad just been stated with
respect to conduct of the Noble Secretary of State on a
pat ticnlar occasion, that.he might be allowed to explain est&
that transaction. Rising for this purpose, alone, if: the de-
bate should go on, he trusted he should not be precluded
from taking a part in it at a later hour, if he should think
this necessary. He begged to say the Hun. Gentleman was
mistaken (for he would not suppose that it was any thing but
a mistake), as to the degree of discretion which had been ex-
ercised by the Noble Secretary of State on the occasion to-
which he had alluderk ,The letter, .he believed, was a fair
transcript of one which he had received front Lord Sidmouth.
If he had known the subject was likely to come tinder discus-
sion, he could have brought the letter in his pocket, but he
believed the copy which had been read to be perfectly correct.!
He would- now • proceed to state what were the real facts.-s-.
-The case of the unfortunate man in question had beers
brought tinder the citsisideration of the Privy Council by the
Recorder's Report. It was carefully considered in full (knit).
cil many days before the execution took place; On this irc-
msion the greatest attention was paid to every thing thats
could be urged in favour of the. unhappy man, and on the
fullest deliberation, the voice of every Councillor present
Was honestly; but painfully given against him, and • the-
sentence of the law was ordered to be executed. He was,
- selected to suffer from among many, to whom &uricy was that
day extended. Between that day and the period at which
the execution took place, many petitions were -pre.sented
in. behalf of the
.culprit. Some of these he believed,
but one he knew, had been sent to Bright-on, 'forwarrted
thither, if he mistook not, by the Petitioners. Though•merey
was rightly called the brightest jewel of the Crew!), yet the
House- bad not to learn that this enviable prerogative" was,
exercised by 'the Sovereign• on the responsibility of his
Advisers.' •He repeated it,-that it was on the follestdelibe--•
ration 'that the decision in this mau's case had been taken and,
recorded. The discretion vested in the Secretar: of State
Went' not to the extent of enabling hint to pardon. Of
him self he could not show mercy. ,What had been said by
Lord Sidmouth went to this effect, that had any new cir-
cumsta-nces transpired in his favour, it might then have
been lot hint, not to determine whether be should he par
dotted or not, but whether he should not be allowed,
a respite. The voice of Lord Sidmouth raised against
the oilender, had been but one amongst many; and the crime
imputed to his Lordthip, now was, that on the eve of the
execution of the sentence, be had been aisle to discover no-
thing to•change • the character of the case, and had, t hare-
fore declined granting a respite 'to excite hopes which -he
knew must bo frustra,leol,- when the subject came to undergo
anew inquiry. •Now, in the course so pursued by the Noble
Secretary of State, he could not see that he
,had exercised
any power'which the Constitution did nut give him, nnr that-
he hash •so' used the power which the Constitution did
give hint as. to appear guilty of any disrepect towards the
Crown, or of any hardness of heart, or obduracy of feeling,
towards the unhappy marl who had been executed." To him-
Self,-as the Member for Liverpool, a Petition in davour of the
offender had herb forwarded from that town. lie had been of
the Council which decided for the execution of the sentence.
He had given his voice against the 'Lan. It was a most pain.-
ful task to poforin, (4od knows; but, however painful,
a man most discharge his duty according to his conscience.
As a Member of' Parliament, be had considered • it his•
duty to transmit tl.e Petition when received front •Li-
verpool, to the Secretary of State, as 'if its. had helm
wholly ignorant of the merits of the case.. Unfor-
tunately it had happened that that -morning, ocCupied•
by businesss (not of Isis own, but of, the public),
he had nut turned to the letters of the day so soon as he
usually did, and in consequence of this, he had unknowingly
detained the petition some hours. Ile thought it fair to states
this,-that it Might he known that through him it was for it
time kept from the Secretary of ,State. He was in the habit
of requesting his Constituent;,- in cases where their ap-,
plicatious must, if ,at all, be attended to immediately, to.
seed a copy of 'what they might have to transmit to • him,
and the original to the Department ,to which they 'de-
sired to have it forwarded. Unluckily, on. this occasion, '
doubtless franc a wish to save delay, no copy was, forwarded
but that sent to bins, and this arriving on a day When
letters usually come late, on a Monday—and on a nsnrning
when, from circumstances which had !styli already explained;
he had not been induced to turn to the letters of the day wilts
Isis usual eagernesS, had caused altogether a delay ot,some
hours, foe which he was anxious that no one should be held
responsible but himself. He hoped he might he excused for
defending the Noble Secretary of State front a charge whirls
would go to the heart- of any man, and which, whatever
opinion -might be abroad to the contrary, he Seas stIP.C.W4IId
most deeply affect the Noble 'Lord against whom it had,beets
urged.
Sir H. PARNELL complained that the Speech took n'o•ne-
tice of the nowau Cathulies of It eland. He übsurred, it must
."•