The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-25 00:00:00

[Milish Press.]

His Nfajesty .yesterday opened. the Session of Parl.ament
*.th a Speech hum' the Till-011C. It is reiwiilahle for its
conciliatory spirit and moderation. It professes a desire to
secure the continuance of peace—it announces some reduc-

tions in our military establishments—it recommends a new
arrangement for the Qoeen—and it professes his Majes; y's
firmest reliance won the affectionate and to3Al attachment
of his people to his 'person and Government. —The King's
Speecli.is constitutionally considered the Speech of his Mi-
nisters, but this Speech has 611 the appearance of one dietat
ed by the Opposition and the People. His Majesty. we find,
can pronounce the wua.d " Queen" very articnlately. that dif-
ficult word which strict> in the throats of all his Majesty's
Ministers ; for which Lord Castlereagh was obliged (6 invent

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the pataphra,e " this 11lustrions Lady," and a Learned Lord
Chancellor, still are defective in the organ .of speech,- 'sub-
stituted the courtly phrase, " this woman." We yes-
terday prepar,td nut readers for the recantation of Mi•
niters, but we did .not anticipate it to so great 'an extent.—

To propose an arrangenn'nt for the Queen, whom they have
been long'studyivie; to degrade as a woman below the most
wretched of her sex; to congratulate a people upon their
loyalty and attachment to the Throne, whom they have long
charged with blasphemy and disaffection,' was a transi-
tion too sudden and ►rvolting to. obtain ready credit. This,
however, is not the first time the love of place has worked
wonders in the -same quarter. Ministers have proved on se-
veral occasions that they will swallow their own words, re,
trace their steps, and abjure their own creed, to keep them-
selves in otfiev.—We congratulate the country on the state-
ment'mag last night in the- Rouse of Lords by the Earl of
Liverpool, that the supplies for the present year will he pro-
vided withmit creatisig any new stock. The proposed reduc:•
tion in the general expemiitnre -must be very considerable to
effect this pare. se.

• [(Morn ing Herald.]
The Rime& with which his Nlajesty,in perSon,yesterday tspen-
ed the Session of Parliament,. was conceived and worded in the
most conciliatory tone ; and the Address, as proposed by Ml-
instersi pacsed without opposition in both 11.11ses• To some,
perhaps, the Speech :will appear rather negative and reserv-
ed. It is true, that allegations calculated to provohe debate are
avoided ; but there two points, and thrice of the highest inte-
rest, which zire'adverted to in .a manner calculated to give
general satisfaction,

[The Public Ledger.' •
The Ring's Speech„ which was expected' tohave occasion-
ed animated and lung debates in both Houses of Parliament,
passed oft without welch discussion in either House. The Ad-
dress, in answer to Majesty's Speech, was nioved in the
Lords by the Earl of fiehnore, and seconded by Lord Prod-
hoe. As is usual With the speedies of Movers and Second-
ers of such Addresses, there was nothing of interest in either
of their orations. Earl Grey said, he should 'not oppose the
Addressythougb there were parts of it svith.which he could
not agree; the ptincipal of which was the unsatisfactory way
in which both the Speech and the Address referred to the af-
fairs of the South of Italy. Ile could not agree with the men
tion male in the Speech of the increased prosperity of the
country; for though the trade and manufactures might have
improved a little, the. Agricultural Interest was in a state of
severe distress; and he hinted that
.he would call the atten-
tion of the house to some measure for its relief. Lord -Liver-
pdul said, this branch of the national distress had not been
overlooked by Ministers ; but •ha deprecated any anticipa-
tions of benefit to be produced by any kind of legislatiVe
provisions 'whatever. - These subjects, pmerally speaking,
should be left-to themselves; because for once that legisla-
tive interference did good, it might, in nine other cases do
mischief. Lord Holland put some questions to Lord Liver-
pool, whether we had any accredited Minister at Naples ; and
whether we bad made any remonstrance to Austria-and the
Allies against their interference with the liberties of indepen-
' dent States; especially with-. those of 'Naples. Upon 'these
subjects Lord Liverpool contended; that the Speech was, for
the present, sufficiently explicit ; and that in due time the
proper iliformation,.and documents relative to these matters,.
-would he laid .before Parliament. but the most gratifying in-
telligence which his Lordship afforded in the conree of the,
discussion was, that the reduction to be proposed in the Army
wanld reinter any increase of. the National Debt unnecessary
during eb year.. The Address was agreed.to without a did-
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[Morning
,Post.]
The Session of Parliament was.yesterday opened by his Ma-
jesty with a Speech front the Throne, an odicialicopy of which
is given in our Report of tbe proceedings of the House of
It is altogether an interesting docutnent but, in con-
sirteration of the present state of the country, its concludinX
passage is that witiel)
.ticcidedly bears the greatest degree of
importance In the discharge, (tithe important duties int..
'posed upon yon, (says his Majesty,) you will, I ant creifident,
be sensible of the irolispensiblc necessity of promoting and
maintaining' to the utmost of your power, a due obedience
to the Laws, and of instilling into all classes of hiv sub-
, jects a rest ect for lawful authority, and fur those established
Itistitutions, underwhich the country has been enabled to
ovcretime so many difficulties, dnd to which, under Providence,
May be ascribed our happiness, and renown as a Nation."—
The proceedings of the Session, upon this subject, cannot
fail to have a great influence on the future security of the
Government, and upon all those 'great .interests which a
highly civilized people are accustomed most to value. It is a
sac! ammialy in the presmit state Of the 'COIIIII y, that the
multitode have been dragged from their useful occupations,
and constituted censors Of puhliciuorals. and judges ii► the
last resort of public men and measures. It is always a period
of calamity in the history of free States, when' the many give
a tone and form to 'national concerns. This influence, in
'Stead of being salutary, is almost certain to destroy all 04 is
excellent in the frame of civil society. At the same time it
leads, on the part of those who exercise it, to fantastic hopes,
'rnischievon4 designs, bitter disappointment, 'and to ,the irre-
trievable injury of their industrious, moral, and religions
habits. When the labouring classes become politiciaos., they
ari bad and turbulent subjects, lazy and viscitius individuals
—they are always the:dupeS of factious and ambitious per-.
sons,—th'ey blindly follow mischievous guides, and are dis-,
posed to 'believe every report, and -concur in every design, irt
'jnt`ious• to the honour-and security of the State.' If they
could be brought back to better sentiments, and rescued
from the hands of unprincipled demagogues, it would he the
noblest and most beneficial act ever performed by the Legisla-

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tore. Traitors are notoriously .enrieavinting• to take adYan,
tags' of err y unfavourable circumstance. In their presunip•
Lion they seem to forget. that knaves are often the victims of
their own designs ; and we still hope, notwithstandmg Some
unfavourable appearances, to see our country,liecome again-1
the favoured seat of contented -and productive labour, ufl
steady and•enlightened loyalty, of unaffected piety, and of a
'manly attchment to 'true rational liberty. Let Parliainent
(attending 'to the recommendation of the ieovereigu) only do
its duty, and our predictions will not fail to he verifit.d. 'fire
alluSion made in the Speech to Ibe state of Irehind, is very
-happily ad r cried to by the Earl of- Behnore.io the.Loi ds',. and
Mr. Browne in the Commons. It was reatly';4ratifying to
observe (said the latter tientieman), that not ereo the most
furious demagogue in that part of the United Kingdom had,
attempted
,to raise his voice to-tolerate -or 'pritroniie in
female manners the same license 'Which Society endured ia
Men ; nor was his reference to the exampl'e of Frince
less. happy in strewing that national debauchery and na-
tional ruin always went hand in intro!. The • recent
distresses of Ireland have unquestionably been of • the
severest description; but well might Lord Belmoie express
his admiration at the patience and fortitude-with which they
had been borne. Feelings such as had been manife...tett in
that country, were doubtless the best, means Of enabling the
people to surmount their diffieultie.:; and his Lot dship did
not hesitate to declare that at no period of her history bad
Ireland been more zealously loyal - and atfectionate to her
King than at present. Mr. Bard:es, junior, iu proposing, the
Address, alias: made sonic cxcellent observations ; :111t1 his
Speech altogether trill be read with high'satisfaction.-