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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Many of the Members of the New Parliament
having assembled itt the Hone of Commons Kt
1,,,11...pg.t tiro, the Yeoman 11,ber of the Black
R.td appe4red at the R•tr of the House, and hav-
i•tg ptoeeedecl to the table, informed the Members
that they were required by the Lords Conitnis-
siotters to attend the House of Peers to Lear the
Commission read.

CHOICE OF A SPEAKER.

After they had returned,
Sir W. SCOTT rose, for the porpose of propos-
in:. a Gentleman to fill the honourable place of
,!•ipe.ilicr of the House, and lie rose with the more
unmixed satisfaction, from the manner in which
he coofidently arvicipated that the name of the
imlividoal whom he should offer to their choice
would be received, The Honourable Members
who occupied seats in that House during the two
last Parliaments, would Ito doubt, after their ex-
perience, have their views confined to one indivi-
dual, though, under other circumstances, private
or public feelings, or a mixture of both, might
hive induced them to turn their eyes towards
others, as entitled to fill the Chair. It could not
be denied [rat in that House, which contained in
it the Representatives of all the component parts
of the (Jilted Kingdom, many might be found
whose talents and whose general merits might en-
title them to aspire to, and enable them success-
folly to fill, that honourable station. But it was
now an advantage that they were not obliged to
choose among carious candidates, or to compare
the shades of untried merit ; but they had to bear
testimony to the demonstration of abilities already
applied to the discharge of the office in ques-
tion, and which had commanded the approbation
of all who had witnessed the execution of its du.
ties.—([tear, hear !)—To those Members he
should appear goil!y of undue assumption, if he
entered on the detail of the merits of that Gen-
tlemen ; and he should do better to refer to his
conduct in the discharge of those ditties, always
laborious, and of7en arduous and painful. He
relied oil their testimotty that Mr- Alatoters Sot-
too possessed all the qualities which they would
wish to see united in the stetson who filled their
Chair ; a warn, loyalty towards our happy Consti-
tution, including a (toilful veneration for the
Throne, nod an affectiooate attachment to the
rights awl privileges of the House ; a state of
stealth ad. Time to the severe labour, be had al-
;nasi said the oppressive fatigues, of the office ; an
exact k n0w1e•1..,,e of the proceedings of the House,
which now formed the matter of voluminous come
pilatioo; an acquaintance not only with the forms
of those proceedings, but the principles on which
they were tvisely established ; a facility of access,
and a frankness of communication to all Alentheis
lit the course ut his official duties; art attention
ever awake iii the more p 'bile exercise of his
functions ; an on•ospected integrity of judgment
in every question referred to his decision.—(Hear,
ocar !)—To these lt4;11 qualities of his station he
added every teatore of an amiable character ; an
unifiected suavity of disposition and manners—a
suavity which, without coot-tine popular applause,
;sataioed is—which softened the re ercise of
power without derogatiog from its digoiry ; the
eKeick, of at+ liospoality rougeoial to the habits
o: toe cooniry, and hecoming the Representative
or the it he yielded to hie feelings, be
emold aogery his detail of the %follicles which
pouted hiot Out as the peculiar object of the
choice of file 11 hot in induleilig his private
I-chiles, tie silouift ott!y retard the general nt4tii-
tistltion ,if the stone sew heents treat !)
lie then unveil, that the night 11.mourable

Cliailes Manners Sutton do take the Chair.—
(Ilear, hear !).
Mt. HoLMR SVNINFR said, that during the time
he loot sat in the House, he had witnessed the
greclt increase of public and private business had
rendered the office of Speaker still more arduous
than it had -formerly been, aUd the disturb-
ed state of the country, and the still -increasing
weight of business, would continue to make it
inure important and lebolious. In rising, there-
fore, to second the motion for calling an Honour-
able Member to the Chair, be felt that he was
assuming a duty, which nothing but the length
of time during which he bad held a seat in the
House, could warrant him in performing. When
he considered bow important the office was to
the regulat it y, dignity, and honour of their pro-
ceedings, he should have hesitated, if he bad had
to recommend an unknown individual to such an
office. He had not the honour of being enabled
to speak, as the private friend of the Gentleman
xelio had been proposed; he had only known that
Gentleman through his public conduct, which was
enough to inspire all who witnessed it with re-
spect and regard. Tile education of that Gen-
_ tleman bad been in the laws of the kingdom, and
in the knowledge of the principles on which the
Constitution was founded ; and when they con-
sidered in how short a time after his promotion
to the high office which he had filled, he acquired
a perfect knowledge of the laws and rules by
which that assembly was goverued,—the readiness
with whiCh he decided every point of difficulty,
would have made it believed that that knowledge
had formed the duty of his life rather than of a
rew mouths. His mode of describing to the House
the law oil the cases submitted, at once maintain.
ed his own dignity, and shewed deference to the'
House. His to hatiity and facility of access, and
those various qualities, in attempting to recapitu-
late which, he should weaken rather than add to
the eloquent address of the Right Honourable
Mover, convinced him (Mr. H.'S ) that in se•
couding the motion, be footnoted the choice of a
Gentleman, at once capable of filling the high
office, and agreeable to the House—(Hear !)
He concluded by seconding the motion.
Mr. MANNERS :SUTTON said, he telt it difficult to
express his feelings, but he hoped his Right Hon.
Ft lend who had proposed him, nor the Honour-
able Gentleman who had so handsomely seconded
his nomination, nor the House in general, who
had so kindly received it, would do him the in-
justice to measure his thankfulness by the feeble
manner in which be could express it—(Hear
He concurred in every thing flit had been said
by his Right Haiwerable Friend, and by the Hon.
, Gentleman as to the impala ance of the situation
of Speaker to the House and to the people at
large. All the qualities which had been described
as those which should belong to the occupier of
such a station, he acknowledged would be highly
necessary to the due discharge of its duties. In
all the opinions which an individeal was Called
upon to give, none was more difficult than when
he was called on to speak of himself. No man
who spoke honestly would be ready to undervalue
himself ; but when befelt the weight of the office
to which he was called, that man should be indeed
a bold one who presumed he was adequate to the
due execution of it. His Right Honourable
Friend, with the partiality of private attachment
which he had manifested on many occasions, but
on none more kindly than on the present, bad re-
, (erred with approbation to his (Mr. con-
duct during the two last Parliaments. If he had
had the good fortune to satisfy the House it was
his highest wish; but as to any services
ercecs‘tvaithi he
was said to have rendered, theyto
were
be attributed, not to his own exertions, but to
that for which he was most thankful and proud—
the co-operation and indulgence of the House,
their disinclination to judge hat ably, their inclina-
tion rather to be satisfied with any exertions ho-
nestly meant in the difficult and laborious per-
formance of his duties. Though lie had no re-
liance on his powers of duly supporting the weight
which wis thrown on him, he would
ambition
to
disguise
that it was the highest object of his
be found worthy of the station—(Hear, hear !)

The most be coold do, therefore, was to promise,
that if the choice of the House fell on him, his
anxious and unceasing exertions should be devoted

to their service—(HeTtr, bear !)
The Right Hon. Member was then led to the
Chair by the Mover and Seconder in the accns=
toured form.

The SPEAKER then said, it was quite impossible
he could express his deep sense of the kindness
of the House, and he would not attempt to add
to what he bad already said as to his sense of the
duties of his station. He should therefore, as lie
bad done heretofore, implore their continud as-
sistance and indulgence to supply the defects of
his ability and thus much lie would promise,
that he would discharge honestly, with the ut-
most zeal and strictest impartiality, the duties en-
trusted to him.—(near, be,,r, bear !)

Lord CASTLEREALIH said he had to offer to the
Chair, in the name of the House, as %veil as for
himself, their congratulations on the Election
which had been made. If it was in the power of
the House to conter any mark of confidence more
distinguished (and there could he none inure so ► hat)

that which raised its object to the rank of the first
Commoner of the kingdom), that mark would
been bestowed on the Speaker. It was no small
happiness to the Right Hon. Gent. to have equally
conciliated the favour of both sides of the Ifuose,
and the House too ►vas fortunate that at such a
moment they had such a guide. rot., without at-
tributing any extraordinary importance to the
times in which we lived, vct in the manifestly in.
creasing pressure of business, it was no small sa-
tisfaction to those who were willing to devote
their time to the public service that tl►eir Idbour
would 1:),-; regulated by one so capable of guiding
thefts. In whatever arduous of difficult circum-
stances occurred, the House would proceed more
satisfactorily under the direction of the knowledge
and wisdom of the Chair.

The SPEAKPIt OM] put the question of adjourn.
meat.

Mr. iißoucn AM S,itl, iti the abstnee of titt,se
more worthy channels of the svivitnews of that
side of the Honse, whose testifivo.y too
would h.ve I!,iven greater v:llur to the praise
which chtv conveyed, he trusted it would not be
preiumptuotts for biln to cougi awhile ia the firs!

We received this morning the Paris Papers
of Wednesday last. The Chamber of Deputies
on Tuesday, were quiet and peaceable. After
some debate upon a petition, the discussion of
the financial accounts was resumed, and was again
adjourned till Wednesday. The following are
Extracts :

" PARIS, APttiL 19,—Yesterday the Duke de
FernAn Nunez, the Spanish Ambassador, had a
private audience of the King to notify to his Ma-
jesty the re-establishment of the Constitution of
1812. His Majesty afterwards received the Am-
bassadors and Foreign Ministers.
" A Petition from the responsible Editor of La
Renommee to the Chamber of Deputies, against
the execution of the law relative to the Censor-
ship, sent to the subscribers to that Paper, with
the Journal, and sold at a bookseller's, has been
stopped at the post-office, seized and handed over
to the Procureur du Roi.

" The Courier Extraordinary from Madrid
states, that tranquillity prevailed in the Capital
and in the Provinces. The King has deemed it
expedient to anticipate the period of the assem-
bling of the Cortes, it being by a new Decree of
his Majesty fixed for the 9th June, instead of the
9th July. The King and Queen appear often in
public, and are received with acclamations of jov.
Colonel Mauve's, a refugee from Texas, ar-
rested for having used expressions directed against
the Duchess de Berri, previous to the 13th Fe-
bruary, is amongst the number of individuals who
have been interrogated by the Commission of the
Chamber of Peers.

" The Procurenr•General seized on Monday all
the copies of La Renommee, and the Editor in
chief of that Journal is to be prosecuted before
•
the tribunals.

" it is understood that M. M. Benjamin Con-
stant, Manuel, d'Argenson, Girardio, Bignon,
Chauvelin, and .other Deputies, who put their
signatures to the celebrated subscription in favour
of detenus, and who are at present the objects of
a criminal process, mean to address the Cham-
ber to-day, to request, that with respect to them
the privilege of inviolability may be suspended,
and that justice may take its course.. The Count
Larquinais is to make a similar request at the
next sitting of the Chamber of Peers.

FIVE PER CENTS.

Tuesday
DEFERRED STOCK
Of the 9.2 d March, 1917, lOO f. 45 c.
2-4(1 Sept. 1819, 9O f. 20 C.
224 March, 1820, 9B f. 45 c.

" MADRID, APRIL W.—The King successively
changes all the Military Authorities of the Pro•

vinces.

" All the Chiefs of the Insurrection have been
promoted to the rank of Major-General.
The troops of the Expeditionary Army Assem-
bled in Andalusia, are to return this eay to their
homes. The provisions, &c. on board the vessels
Al Cadiz, are to be solo, and the Expedition itself
appears to be it not Aandoned, at least post-
poned.

" Much .ii9content prevaili in CAtalonia, tvlierc
the inhabitaws are disposed io be Reptiblieons.
" RAST::DT, APLIL. 14:—TLe marriAge of the

King of %Vurteniberg, with his cousin the Prin#
cess Pauline, will be celebrated to morrow."

We feel it to be due to justice as ‘vell as in
conformity to the order of the Court, not to pub'
lish any part of the pending Trials at the Oil
Bailey, till the whole are completed, but we deed
it not improper to inform our Readers, that
the prohibition shall be removed, such a scene
of horror will be developed as it would be iIIIPW
sible to believe, unless stated upon the most ip
disputable evidence. - We shall not say any thing
which has the least tendency to excite prejudice
in the minds of the People, against those w"
are undergoing the investigations of the regal
Authorities, but we can assure them that
such facts will in due time be disclosed as will
fully convince them of the absolute and indispelv
sable necessity for the enactment of those Legis'
lalive measures, which, in co-operation erith the
energy of the Magistrates, and the firmness of $
Loyal Soldiery, have saved the Country from 93
dreadful scenes of desolation as marked the earlier
stages of the French Revolution, "before the
Monarchy sunk under the horrible tyranny of
ROBESPIRRHIS, the terrific sway of the Directorys,
and the final triumph of a Military Despot.

We have taken among our daily Extracts froth
the LONDON JOURNALS, two paragraphs respect*
ing the QUEEN, one from the Morning Chronicles
and the other from the Morning Post of this 'tlo.
The former states, that, according to Letters /root
Rome, dated the sth inst. her MAJESTY, up to
that time, '' had not made preparations to set
out on her journey. towards England."
Morning Post states, on the authority of lettere
'of the same date, that'it was her intention "to
proceed on her journey without making ail
longer stay at any place than was necessary for
the change of horses."—We confess. that we
should be inclined to place most confidence in the'
Morning Post, if, on this occasion, its information
were not wholly in contradiction to the opinioo
which we have all along expressed of the inipto•
bability of her MAJESTY'S intention to returns
an opinion which, we can 'assure our Readers,
we have not formed on light grounds, but
upon intelligence from sources on which We
place firm dependence, tiarticul -lily as they relate
to circumstances of a' very extraordinary descrir
thin. But as her MAJESTY has appointed an Al'
TORNEY and SOLICITOR GENERAL, who have bees
duly recognized by the competent legal. Courts,
why has there not been from these recognized
Officers, an autborized statement upon a sub.'
ject which so strongly interests the people at
large, and which, in its probable coast-
guences, is likely to produce very important
events ? The people have a right to expect sosue
formal information on the subject, because on so/
farther provision that may be proposed for be#
MAJESTY, her character ought to be fully cleared
from those injurious charges, the refutation of
which will render her an object of universal sytu"
pathy, and entitle her to the zealous support of •
just and generous People.
This day at two o'clock, the Lords embroil,'
sinners having taken their seats in the House
of Lords, the Commons were sent for, and bar"
ing shortly afterwards come to the Bar, MT*
MANNERS SUTTON announced his election oe
Speaker, in the usual form, and the LORD CHAS.
CELLUR declared his MAJESTY'S most Matte,
approbation of the choice of the Commons, The,
latter then retired, and the business of swearing
in proceeded in both Houses till four o'clock.

The Proceedings in the House of Commons*
yesterday, must be in the highest degree gratify.
ing to a wise and a loyal people. The Represeu•
tatives of that people assembled yesterday for tbc
choice of a SPEAKER. The Member who pro'
posed that Speaker, Sir WILLIAM SCOTT, i 9 one
of the most respectable characters that ever adorn.
ed any country; as distinguished for his knowledge
of the Law, as eloquent in the exposition and stir
port of it. The Gentleman whom he proposed eg
fit to pre,ide in the Senate of the freest Nation no
Earth, Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, is universally ac'
knowlcdged to be fully competent to support It'd
Chair with suitable dignity and every requisite Vl'
hfication. The nomination was seconded by 'fir'
H. SU:IINER, a Gentleman of great opulence, 334
esteemed for talents, knowledge,- and the irlie".
pendence of his character. The House unany
mously sanctioned the choice, which was this tigY
confirmed by the Royal Authority. Such is 00
atate of our Representative Body, dignified, learn"
ed, upright, and loyal, and such is that branch of
the Legislature which low, ignorant, and distio4
lute Wretches, c(;rropted by factious Writers,
and inflamed by the harangues of those
from rank, educati,n, end property, ooght,
their own sakes, to know and act better, wo'll4l'
by attempting to Reform, overwhelm with tl)c
horrors of Revolution, anarchy and ruin ! !