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As soon as the Speaker heti read the Speech,

StrEnaanken•KNATcnatrct. rose for the purpose
ut moving the Arkdhess. ltr bringing under the
consider: lion of the .Howe" M-jesty's most
posing Intrti: an- Address, as. wonla beat accord
with Ote•gra'ittulc wind' the House must feel foe
the et acious language of toe Speech., and with die
warm -and sincere attachment which they enter-
tained to the !tenon of the Sovereign. He was
tree to confess,- that on the piesent occasion, he
felt particularly anxious for the unanimity of the
Hoonse. Since the accession of his present Ma-
jesty, this was the firsropportunity afforded to his
Parliament of approaching the Throne ; and it
was, therefore, highly desirable that the Addre.s
which he shunhl have the honour to propose,
should meet with the unanimous concurrence of
the House. He would studiously avoid the in-
troduction of any topic which might tend to pro-
voke discussion, and he felt it due to himself, and
to-the county which he had the honour to repre-
sent, to state, that in occupying the si nation in
which he then stood; he by oo means pledge-1
himself as to the cour,e which- he shoold-pursne
upon any future question. Before he proceeded
to notice the principal features. of the Speech, he
could not refrain from adverting 'to the exalted
character of the late Sovereign, whose reign had
contributed not less to the interests, than to the
glory of the country. Whatever difference of
reunion might exist as to the policy of the mea-
guses pursued dining his reign, upon the personal
character of the Monarch the genthnents_ of all
parties were united. During a long and eventful
reign, his parental solicitude for the welfare of his
people had justly entitled him to the character of
patriot King, and the father of his people. The
country had every reason to believe that his pre-
sent Almjesty would possess the same claims to their
gratitude end confidence ; (or they had received
the Royal assurance, that the King would follow
the great example of his fattier. He would pro-
ceed to congratulate the House upon that part of
the Speech which assured them of the continu-
ance of that amity which subsisted between this
country and its foreign connexions. During a
long and arduous war, this country had maintain-
er! its high character: The glorious termination
of that war had established the security of our
Constitution, and it must now be a source of in-
finite satisfactioo, that the country continued to
command the respect of her foreign relations, He
next adverted to that part of the Speech in which
his Majesty lamented that in the present internal
state of the country he cook! recomtnend no re-
duction of our military establishment. 01 the
necessity of continuing that establishment he ex-
pressed his entire conviction. Whatever differ-
ence of opinion might exist as to the measures of
Ministers, no man sincerely at Ached to the Con-
stitution would wish to withhold from Govern-
ment that support which their necessities might
require. In adverting to that part of the Speech
in which the House was called upon to make such
a provkion for the Crown as Would uphold its
dignity, and to provide for the expenses incideo•
tat to the Civil Establishment, he looked for word
to the ready concurrence and to the gratitude of
the and be doubted not that the anxiety
evinced by his Majesty to mitigate, and, as far as
he was personally concerned, to remove the dis-
tia sses of the country, would he regarded as a
source of hope and consniatiuu. 'nese assur-
ance. from the Throne would bc received with the

4 greater satisfaction, as a report had been moiuse
triously circulated that one of the nisi. measures
proposed to Parliament would be a large into ease
of the 'Civil List'. Instead of increasing the btu-
delis of the country, a considerable reiltietimeand
saZ'leg'-wouid -actinic ' front-id:icing the Civil List
upon the same tooting as in 1816. lie now came
in'the" -most • Irainful-part ot the duty which he
bad undertaken, and he leinetited the neces-
sity of adverting to the insurrections which bad
takes) place in many parts of the country.—
The spirit of resistance to the Constituted
Authorities which pervaded _these dist' lets, af•
lorded matter of deep and serious retlect,on,
Ile recollected that an eloquent Me,nber of
that House had said, on a tot suer oecasion, that
he did not diced a revolution, but an attempt
at a revolutiou. That attempt had been made,
and melancholy indeed would have been the
results had it utihappily succeeded. The plot
had not originated in the disaepoilord hopes
of the eon-vino ors, +, or h,ill it proceeied
trout a (It'sile to glatify pi ivive malice.--lt
was a re44113r, yeaschievoits, systematic, and in
sidious deNiso to overturn the existieg order w
society, by tooting li' Itoni the 111:11115 Of men
every princ;ele of morality anti relit:ion. The et-
teets of that system were but. ion visible, in the
defietice wunit tied been shewu of all constituted
authority. It was the duly of all men who re-
earded the blessings of ,oriei outer, sill! ‘vito
e
were attached to . the C,,tlStilit':oh, to cppose
themselves to this system ; told it tv,is inurc espe-
cially the ditty of that House to emleavour to
bring back the deluded part of the people to a
respect for the haws. Government might he to
ebled to suppress rebellions, bin these v, as an
interest bevoed the present moment, and no per-
manent advantage would- be obtained, unless the
laws were sullered to re•essunie tiicii Ascend:Alley
in the hearts of the propie. He trusted that the
character itt the people of Li:'nglanti was not
chauged,.and that atheism and monerality emeld
never supersede that respect for the religious in-
stitutions of the comory, for which our torela-
tilers lied been distinguished. That great-distress
had existed, anti still continued to exist in many.
parts of the country, was a fact not to be denied;
and he was satisfied that there was not a merotier
of that House who did not ieel irady to remove
or alleviate it by every means itt his power. kViie-
titer these elistresses were to be brought under the
constdtretion 01- l'arliament in ibb Session he was
unable to say ; hot at whatever time, or iti what-
. ever shape they might he introduced, he trusted
that they scull be discussed without any refer-
ence to party comiderations. Vain, however, and
fruitless would be every attempt to-alieviate the
condijon of the people, uhle,s the country were
••
'restored to a stave of trompiiiiity, and the spirit of
! resistance which had unhappily manifested itself
Ito soma. diesnos, bnereetle(i by on obedience to
the laws, and an affection to the constituted Hil-
lthorities of the country. The Hon. Member
concluded by moving the Address, which, as
, usual, Aar all echo of tire-Speech. ••
I• Mr. Wtt.A.toT rose to .-econtl the Address, and
said, ohm be did not yield to the Isonourehle
&4, teat ink:-.stAist",hslnt `Zirlilikritt‘iklY 5 z Rrts?:
' the Address ; and he trusted that bo expression
. would toll from him which Wight hi dhy degree
ten:l to provoke discussion, or interrupt the on-
. animity of the House. Hr would amuse see in-
troduction of any topics. which "eight tunic pro-
perly come under tire subseirieht ConsHeration of
the House ; but there was one topic on which he
could anticipate the. unanimons,feelings of the
House, he meant the demise of our Isle venerable
!Soveieign„ . Looking-at the posiod of his, Accession
to the Throne in the prime set life, and the pride of
hope, and contrasting it with cue itiod:ritteic
tniilctls ,fos,e
of his life, when confined within the le
his palace, and bereft of that sense, which might
have mitigated his afflictions, he was shut out from
almost ail the consolations which this ibe affords.
Whatever difference of opinion might exist as to the
policy of the measures pursued during his rego,
every feeling of irritation most subside: at the con-
templation of so awful an iestarice of the instabi-
lity of !tionan grandeur. The recollection of the
paternal solicitude with which he nuitortely
watched over the interests of the people, would
secure to his memory the *lasting gratitude of
the country. Hiti'l eign, one of the longest in our
annals-, wits distinguished by an event so promi-
, Ilebt, as almost to moiropolize our aitrution ;
he'alludeti to the French Revolution, an event
which ;night justly be regarded ae one of the most
extriordinary. in the history of nations, whether
ww regarded its origin, its continuance, or its ter-
-1 ruination. it had tertninated in- a 'Diktat y des-
potism, which threatened to overwhelm the
whole civilized world, but which had been, at
• length, triumphantly overthrown by the perse-
, veritig exertions of this country. That great
event had occurred in the actual reign of the late
Monarch, but in the virtual reign of our pre-
sent Sovereign. %Vs had not only the pro-
mise at his Majesty that he would follow the.
great example of his father, but we might look
bock with satisfaction repon its actual performaice
during the period in which he had exercised the
functions of Royalty.ln adverting to that part of the
Speech which related to the finances of the coun-
try, he felt assured that the House would convey
to the Throne its.gratitude for his Majesty's re,
nunciation of his hereditary revenues, and for the
principle of sttict economy which dictated the ar-
rangement of the Civil List. lie lamented the
disturbances which had agitated sonic parts of the
country, and while lee admitted the existence or
much distress, he deplored the advantage %violet)
designing men had taken of that distres., to
awaken disloyalty in the minds of the people. He
trusted, however, that the tine Waif not tar dis-
taut when they would return to a sens% of that
duty front which they had been temporJri4 in-
duced to swerve. In aevettiog to the coottetto of
those mho persevered in exciting public discon-
tent. lie alloded to the observation of Air. Burke
in 1791, who stated, that as keg as by every art,
disatfectioll was proik,igilterl, and public mistor-
topes Were at(' iihited to the constitution of the
House of Commons, the result would be, oinless
the plover vigilance mud determination tvai ma-
nifested- by earliate;:nt, lux is pretended Reform,
bat a real Revolut too. He dul therefore hope,
that Without callieg for any pledge„ either agwitst

ot in favour of any aliOtact question of repte.
sent at ion, that House would stand by i s own
character, and demotistrate that the NO.t;ic
prosperi y was not incompatible with its forma-
tion. He telt, that the soundest views of
littiiti-
cal economy could he- better-realised -by such au
institqion, than by a body merry stieeted tQ re-
gister the edicts of the people, and to act • noon
toe dictation of those to whom they promised Al-
legiance,. It was the grossest delusion to state
• that such a violence to our representative system
would remove the distresses of the country, or
that they. so tar as they were susceptible of exa-
mination, could be corrected by any other mode
but a detailed and deliberate inquiry. Such a
coarse tstis necessarily slow, but it was certain,
and lie had no doubt but he might. with such a
prospect, anticipate the enjoyment of those ble,s-
ings Which were the result of peace. In that hope
Ile trosted that the honest impressinnsof the sonnd
part of the population would soon supersede the
t4!Se nollon3 which were eine:rained by otlit--04, MIA
stay the progress of those aetations with ,vhos,'ex•
isceure a return touub'ic prolt• city was impossible.
1,0 adeerti.)g It, ,lotse topics, be ‘s 'shed not in he
understood as asking for any ple'lt,te aro;
.iews fit amelioration or tettow which ungio
`submitted by Hotworable Memb.rs to that
delation of rh.it [louse. It at,zniost thesweep-
ing aVeration in our r,-fire•en,,trive system so
openly avowed by other persons th,t he ftlt
his duty to enter his pro7est. The Honourable
Seconder cm,cluded with an expression of his so-
licitude for its unanimity in support of the Addres,,
nuts had ht en moved, and which he had the
honour to second.—(l;. or, hear, hear !)
The Address was thin read from the Chair, and
was meet ry an echo of the Speech.
\lr. TIERNEY rose tuecely• to exptess hitt agree-
ment with the sentiments of the Hon. :doeer .and
Seunntler of the Address. Their speeches ten-
fier,..,(l it nnttecessaty for him to detain the 'House
a single motnent. For if there was any thing in
the Speech from the Throne which might' have
raised animadversion, they had put so tai-r an in-
terpro at inn 19)011 it, that tit) nbjeetion could
• no-silAy be taken, aud he congrpoolatrd the House
and cite Country on the unanimity which pre,-
vailed, their all uniting in loyalty to the Crown ;
in sopporting the hue liberties of the People; and
in setting their laces against the machinations of
the Ili"atr- et ed.

S:r BVIMETT said, he should be extremely
unloippy to be thought willing to diiturb the ex-
isting unanitnity, and he would not do so, for the
reasons stated by the Hon. Gen!team) (Mr. Tier-
ney) who precedvd hitn. He felt at the same time
the awkward predicament in_ which the House was
pl.ced, in conbecittence of the modert) practice
troduced by the Executive Government in refe-
rence to Speeches from the Throue at the opening
of Paili3ment. Formerly it was intentle4l that:
those communications should convey to that
House and to the country a fair statement of its
hole situation in its various relations, not to be
frittered away by being mixed with consktera•
lions of respect where nothing but respect could
be telt. ‘Vhile such was the pr.ctice, Members'
%%A:re not constrained to abandon that line. of

to acquiesce in statements which they knew not
to he just. He could not help considering the
latter piactice as a want of courtesy to that House
on the part of the Execntive Government. lie
might say that it was the privilege of that lino4e
to be put in previous possession of the Speech
from the 'Throne. It was the regular custom to
have it read at the Cockpit the (lay before the
.s.se►nblitig of Parliament, where every Menthe:
was at liberty to a•tttnd. '[he effect of such
publicity was, tl►at it became the topic of general
conversation, and Members came prepared, under
such circumstatices, to meet and to discuss its
leading features. In feelings of respect and de-
votion to the Throne and Constitoiion, no man
was prepared !ia shew more titan lie was ; but
Was'unfair to have those eousiderations bletetid
with that statement which the Ministers of the
Crown were bound. when they assembled "'Alia-
meta to lay before then►. When the modern
practice was first introdnced, he then, a much
younger Member, proposed to postpone the dis-
cussion on the Speech until the next day. He
should not, however, adopt that coarse at present
Out of compliment solely to the new teign ; but
excepting %v ba t was matter of mere form, or ap-
plied to congratulations to the Crown, and con-
dolence on the demise of the late King, he begged
to be understood as not pledged to a single para.
grtrph. _ _ .

The motion on the Address was then pot front
the Chair, and carried nernine contradicente.

THE CIVIL LIST.

A conversation took place across the table, be-
tween Mr. TIERNEY and the CHANCELLOR of thE
EcensQuEß, respecting the airangement of the
debate on the Citql List, hut they spoke in so low
a tone of voice that we e,;o141 only gather, that the
Resolutions were to be brought in by. the CHAN-
CELLOR of the ExcithunEit nit Tatsday, am} the
discussion (if any) taken on t::eni on Tharsday.
Mr. BROUGHAM intioired if the Droits of the
Admiralty, the Droits of the Crown, and the 4
per Cents, were intended to • be comprised in the
new arrangements ?

CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered
(we understand) in the negative.
Air BROUGHAMS said, Mt. Perceval had pledged
himself that these Subjects should be considered
un a new reign, as the House were precluded
front entertaining them during the He of his Ma-
jesty, with whom in the first instance a bargain
had been made. He therefOre gave this general
nutice,t hat 'he. would bring the question before
the House, though it would be infinitely more
agreeable to hint it done by the Hight Hon.
Gent!etwin, so as not to disturb the harmony
which all scented so desirous of preserving.—Ad-
jourtird.

The Rev. E Law, Minis:tr of Trinity Church,
Preston, and nephew and Chaplain to the Lott'
liiNhop of Che,tet, bas been appointed Cliaplain
to the LING3II Factory at St. Petersburgh.
Mottdmy last, about 3 o'clock, the followin:r
melancholy accident happened :—Mr.
Shacklock. a s.upiletit of St. John's College,
11:tilling in the river Cain, near Nt-wnliatn, on.
furtunately got out of ht*drpili and. was drowned.

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TRIAL AILTPUIt.

01.0 BA: LEY.

PIESt DAY, MONDAY, .1211:L 17.
Arthur Thistlewood was put-to the Bar, and the
.
.lacy were impauttelled (a list of nitwit has already
been published in this l'aper.)—The indictineue
being read, Mr. litteLANn opened the pleadiogs.
The ATTrorsee-GeNeiree. then rosc-fhe
he said, were it,semided to dischnrge one of the
most tutportnot duties that COOlll deVO;ye 011 thetn•
It was natiecessary for him to ;ell them that soctt
subject dem teded their nio!.t ;serious considera-
tion, and hti!i mote unnecessaty was it for him id
impress tiros them the propriety of causing, to it
with free and I.lllbifriSSvd 114111dS Tlivy would feel
it to be their duty to coehae theit attention solely
and exchoileele to the etideuce that would be HO.-
doced. He %could mot trouble the July wills any
lengthened statement on the plescnt occasion, as
the lee; epplicAle to (he case e'as so plain, alld
the ta,e, weeld be so cleerly established by eel-
,dt.nte, that to deotie them week he iee
of toe.ir !oleo because, if the orert acts charged,
or Bey of them, at least it a sefficient utonher Ot
otoits were proved, there coeid rte doubt its the
moot of any rational mat. that the ptkont•T
guilty of High Tteason. In the indictment Ilte
prisoners weir chargeo with composing and iota-
gining the death of the King, conspiring to levy
war, and levying war against his Government. It
was onneetssaty for hint to state, that even if the
plans of thP parties did not in the first instance
directly aim at the death or deposition of the king,
yet if such must inevitably be the result of - the
success of their project, in the eye of the law they
• were guilty of the clime Set torch its the indictmeot•
important is Wkih Ihe duty which the Jury had to
perform, he might be allowed to say, that one
not less arduous devolved upon him. In the ad-
drrsS the should make to them, his only purpose
was to make them aeqtriinted with the charge,
and lie had no wish; to lead them by argument
come to any cotaelosioo but that which the evi-
deuce to be adduced would fully warrant. His
object was fairly to state the case, steering cleat
exaegreat ion on the one side, and of omission
on the other. If its attempting to perform this
duty he shoold err, by stating that which lie coola
oot plove by witnesses, or by drawing inference*.
which were nut fairly trade out, he wished them
to disiniss sun h s;atemeuts and inferences whollY
from their minds, and give that verdict, awl
that .alone, which the evidence should demand•
The prisoner at the bar, At ther TllistlewoOd,n3d
formed the idea of overturning the Government
of the country, and it appeared that the other
prisoners, some of whom had, perhaps, CO'°
.sooner, others later, into the plan, had coo"
corred in that design. In the first instance, be,
would call the attention of the Jury to the con'
duct of IWQ. of the part v, John logs mod 'I
mss ',Brunt, in connection with the prisoner
at
tlhe bar. - The prisoner, Arthur ThiSolewood,' had
lodged.. in Stanhope-street, Chre•markete Brunt,
H.-ch., lie believed, was a booteloser by trade, I"
sided in Fox•cOurt; Gray's„lotodane, where lie
had two rooms, in One of which his trade will
.carried on, and in the other he and hi o ife 111111
slept. Bruiit's consisted of himself,
wife, and an apprenticeot the name of Joser°
Hall, who would be produced a, a witness to
Court. At the latter cod of January, or the be;
ginning of Vehroary, the prisoner at the bar I'4"
qeseetly met the other parties loeloded in the
ineictmetv, to dehate 6.s the best means of over'.
or:)ing the Geverouscoo Try had frequent'
iv asitemt./ed at the White Hart, in Brooks'
market ; but at about the latter end of Jail"'
31y, they thought it prudent to remnyc the
place of meeting, and continue titer proceed'
tiles if possilo, in the house itt which Biting
resided. Ileunt, in consequence of this vel44
being. expressed, had hired another room
!he house where he lodged, nominally for HO'
who be (he Attorney-General) believed 1"
be a butcher ; but the reel object was to gain
place in which their meetings might he held with
more security'. At the close of January, or o'4
beginning of Veboiary, these meetings bream°
mote frequent and important. They had deter'
mint d, that to assasSilooe several of his MajesLY'4
,Ministers would best for sard their views. °I
this it would
.be found that they had.frequt ntIV te'r
liberated,. and they ettfertaitied hopes that a genie'
'al meeting of the Members of the Government, "c,
a Cabinet dinner, would shortly take place, a°t'
tot tilde them at once to effect their object by puttin4
them to death. Succeeding in this horrible desiel''
it was then their iotention to fire several parts 01
the town at or about the same time, to possess
themselves of the cannon in,the Artillery Ground'
and of that at the barracks of the Light Horse. ab‘j
having, created as much confusion and dismay 11s
Possible, theY elleliehed the vain hope that it wooln
be in their power to establish a Provisional GO'
verntuent, which shookd sit its the City, at the
Mansion•Uouse. These deliberations were cari
tied on with great activity at the latter end
January, and at one tithe the conspirators thought
of making rile grant! attempt OD the eight of bi-:
late Majesty's funeral, when their calculated 51131
their designs would be favoured by the remn°
of a large portion of the military tram the neigh."
boarbood of the metropolis. Nit this scheme II
a handonetl. They found that their plan embrace'
so many points, that they had not men enough tr
carry it into effect at that time. F(s For a pell.;
therefore it was given up, bet brooding over Weal
sehemes, the conspirators became impatient of tir7
delays which were from time to tithe iiverpo9e"c
and this impaiience was at length so great, (I ?1
on the 19th of February it was so difficult to filet
an oppoltunity of cominitting the horrible
they had contemplated, by aSSassin.iting the v4b(tef
of the Nlinisters at onec, that it wes detertivio
that vu the tolnwing Wedursolayan attempt 51.0(
be 111,1de In assassinate thrill in heir own houses
it in the mean time an opterrtunity shonla "
otler of destroying them altogether, tit a
r-e, nts it e.ois- determined that On the
Wednesd,,y some greet blow should be struck,0
and lii 'evolution commenced. J Lis resol""ce
was debated on the followieg day at 11""1
house, and coefirtned. At this meei'irig. "'" f
all rite Meetings, they Wo“l,i tiod ilia, the
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