Star.
London, England, 1822-08-07 00:00:00

PARLIA MENI A R Y PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, AUGUST 6.
About two o'clock his MAJESTY arrived in the
usual state at the House of Peers, and having taken
his seat on the Throne, the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod was ordered to desire the attendance of
the Commons.

The SPEAKER of the House of Commons, accom-
panied by a considerable number of Members, soon
appeared at the Bar, and delivered the following
speech :
" May it please your Majesty,
" We, your Majesty's faithful Commons of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in
Parliament assembled, attend your Majesty with the
last Bill of Supply of a Session most unusual in its
duration, and in which subjects of the highest im-
portance to the country, and I may adcl, too, of the
greatest difficulty and delicacy, have engrossed our
anxious and unwearied attention.

" Your Majesty was graciously pleased, at the'
commencement of the Session, to suggest for our;
early consideration, the distress under which the
agricultural districts in this country were labouring,
and the disorders and outrages which were prevailing
through large districts in Ireland.
Sire—ln considering the distress of the agricul-
tural districts, a subject over which Parliament alone
could have but a very partial and imperfect controul,
it was obvious that the only efficient relief within our
reach was such a reduction of taxation as could be
effected consistent with an adequate provision for the
services of the State, and with a due regard to the
maintenance of public credit.
" After a detailed and scrutinizing examination
of the Estimates for the current year, a remission of
taxation, large in its amount, and we hope as consi-
derable in its relief, has been effected by a new ap-
portionment of the burden arising from the payment
of the military and naval pensions and civil super-
annuations, and by a reduction of the five per cent.
annuities, one of the greatest financial measures that
the history of this country can afford, and carried
into execution with less of difficulty, delay, or em-
barrassment, than could have keen anticipated by
the most sanguine expectations. And further, we
have made such new regulations with respect to the
introduction of foreign corn into the home market,
as we hope may relieve the British grower from those
inconveniences and losses, to which, under the firmer
law, he might have been subject.
" In considering, Site, the state of Ireland, we lost
no time in passing such measures as seemed best cal-
culated to restore peace and tranquillity to the dis-
tut bed districts: Theme measures, severe as they were,
from the emergency that called for them, were enacted

The Bill which I have now humbly to present
to your Majesty is entitled ' An Act for applying
certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of
the Year 1822, and for further appropriating the
Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament,' to
which, with all humility, we pray your Majesty's
Royal assent."

The SPEAKER then presented the Appropriation
Act, and the Royal assent was given to it arid other
Bills, viz. to the General Turnpike Bill, the Insolvent
Debtors' Bill, the Irish Tithes Bill, the Irish In-
solvent Debtors' Bill, and the Caledonian Asylum Bill.
His MAJESTY then read the Speech prepated.for
closing the Session, which was in the following terms:
" My Lords and Gentlemen,
" I cannot release you from your attendance in
Parliament, without assu:ing you how sensible I am
of the attention you have paid to the many import-
ant objects which" have been brought before you in
the course of this long and laborious Session.
" I continue to receive from Foreign Powers the
strongest assurances of their friendly disposition to-
wards this country ; and I have the satisfaction of be-
lieving that the differences sshich had unfortunately
arisen between the Court of St. Petersburgh and the
'Ott.man Porte, are in such a train of adjustment as
to afford a fair prospect that the peace of Europe
will not k disturbed.

" Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

ig I thank you for the supplies which you have
granted me for the service of the present year, and
for the wisdom you have manifested in availing
yourselves of the first opportunity to reduce the inte-
rest of a part of the National Debt, without the least
infringement of Parliamentary faith.
" It is most gratifying to me that you should have
been enabled, in consequence of this, and of other
measures, to relieve my people from some of their
burdens.

.1 M:j Lords and Gentlemen,
" The distress which has for some months past per-
vaded a considerable portion of Ireland, arising prin-
cipally from the failure of that crop on which the
great body of the population depend for their sub-
sistence, has deeply affected me. •
" The measures which you have adopted for the
relief of the sufferers, meet with my warmest appro-
bation, and, seconded as they have been by the spon-
taneous and generous efforts of my People, they have
most materially contributed to alleviate the pressure
of this severe calamity.
" I have the satisiliction of knowing that these ex-
ertions have been justly appreciated in Ireland, and I
entertain a sincere belief, that the benevolence and
sympathy so conspicuously manifested upon the lace-
sent occasion, will essentially promote the object
which I have ever•had at heart, that of cemeiaing
the connection between every part of the Empire, and
of uniting in brotherly love and affection all classes
and descriptions of my subjects."
Then the LORD CHANCELLOR, by his Ma-
jesty's command, said :
" My Lords and Gentlemen,
to It is his Majesty's Royal will and pleasure, that
this Parliament be pr.orogued to Tuesday, the Bth
day of October next, to be then here holden; and this
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday, the
Bth day of October 'next."
The Common.; then withdrew from the bar, and his
Majesty left the Houe.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

About forty Members had assembled at a quarter
past two o'clock, at which tinie Sir TuoNt.4s Tyit-
wHirr, the Usher of the Black Rod, summoned the
SPEAKER to attend his Majesty in,the liou:eot.Lords.
The SPEAKER immediately- proceeded to the Howe
of Lords,. attended by all the Members present,
amongst whom was the Marquis of LONDONDEIIIIY,
who wore his blue riband. After being absent nearly
half an hour, the SPEAKER and Members returned._
The SPEAK ER ialrnmed the House that he had pro.
cured a copy of his :11.ijesty's Speech, which he then
lead (for which see the Lords' Report), atter ivhich
the Members &parted. .

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WED 3P AY, AUGUST 7. in!.

THE FUND&
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Very little business has been done in the Market up to this
him, except that the Chancery hate sold £35,000, at 841;
which has damped the Market a little. It is reported that the
enAIiCKLLOIL of the ExenIQUIS has sent 3E150,000 in Exchequer
Bills to Ireland, for the relief of that country.—Consols, up to
this hour, 50j ; Reduced, 81i.
Possum Masts=.—There is a great deal of bustle this morn-
ing in the Chilian Market, which Stock is anxiously sought after,
and is now on the rise, owing to there being great Bears for the
18sh of August. In all other Foreign Securities the Market is
heavy.

STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.
The Funds remain swady during the last hour. Consols SOL
Reduced 81 j, with a dead market.

Irctßiusx FUNDS.—No alteration in any Foreign Securities up
to this hwur. New Spanish Bonds, 62/ ; Old, 63/ /; New
rrussiau, 86/ ; Old, 89; Russian, 83/ e ; Chilian, 813 ; Dauisb,
IST/; Colombian, 861; Scrip, 86/..

PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.

3 per Cent. Reduced 811/8 81 •
3 per Cent. Consols 801/2 1/2
31/2 per Cents. 921/2 4. per Cents. 991/2 3/8
4 per Cent. New 991/2 5/3%
Bank Long Annuities 21 1-16
Imperial S per Cents. 801/4
Old Annuities 80%
E' chequer Bills of £l,OOO, ss. 7s. 6s.
Ditto Small ss. Bs. 7s.
Consols tor Account 801/2 1/4.

Yesterday a Session of Parliament, which, for du-
ration and the importance of the subjects brought
before it, has seldom been equalled, was terminated
by two Speeches; the first by the SPEAKER of the
House of Commons, the last by his MAJESTY. We
believe we are indebted to the late SPEAKER for the
introduction of the novel practice of the House of
Commons passing an eulogy on its own labours at
the end of a Session, through the mouth of its
SPEAKER, and of bespeaking the approbation of the
SOVEREIGN—a custom of very questionable pro-
priety, certainly.
We have not, however, any objection to either of
the Speeches yesterday ; that of his MAJESTY was
very short, and very common place. His MAJESTY,
after thanking the House for their labours, gave them
the same assurance that Lours XVIII. gave his loving
Peers and faithful Deputies two months ago—that
the peace of Europe was not likely to be distirrbed at
present I Then, after thanking the House of Com-
mons for the Supplies, .and for reducing the Interest
of the National Debt, without violating the public
faith, his MAJESTY alludes to Irish Distress, which
is correctly enough am ibuted to the failure of the last
crop. Had his MAJESTY noticed English Agricultural
Distress, of which we have heard so much, he must
have assigned it to a very different cause, if we are
to believe Xliniste:s and the Country Gentlemen,
namely—to the abundance of the last crop !—the
ruinous abundance," as the Earl of Ltranroor.
calls it.

His MAJESTY very properly notices the sponta-
neous and gene: °us efforts of his people in relieving
Irish distress; though it is not strictly correct to say
that these efforts seconded the measures of Parlia-
ment, since it is notorious that we never heard a
word of Irish famine, much less of relieving it, in
the House of Commons, until public benevolence had
stepped forward to afford succour to our famished
brethren of the sister Isle.
Of the SPEAKER'S address we shall only notice one
paragraph ; it is where he alludes to the Agricultural
Distress, and states, " it was obvious that the only
efficient relief within the controul of Parliament, was'
such a reduction of taxation as could be effected, con-
sistent with an adequate provision for the service of
the State."

Now this declaration is of considerable importance,
foe it shews that whatever share Ministers had in the
iI4I!:G'S Speech, they have had none in the SPEAKER'S
Address. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY must have
felt extremely surprised and diszoncerted at such an
avowal from the SPEAKER, if he recollected his own
declaration early in the Session, that " if the whole
mass of taxes could be swept away at once, it would
have no material ilfluenee in relieving the distresses
q'the Nation !" Here, however, we have the SPEAKER
avowing, in the name of the House of Commons, that
for which the'Opposition contended, and the Ministers
a; stoutly denied during the whole Session, namely—
that a reduction of taxation is the only efficient relief.
We have not at present room to enter into a re.
wospective view of the labours of the last Session,
which, with the exception of a few objectionable
measures, such as the Irish Insurrection Act, the
Alien Bill, and one or two others, are entitled to the
anrobatioa of the Public.

As in a small part of our impression yesterday we
auly gave a bi iel, but a correct outline of the KING'S
Speech, we this day reprint it in the proceedings of
Parliament, to which we refer.

This forenoon we received a Spanish Mail, bring-
ing Madrid Papers to the 26th ult. four days later
than our previous arrivals. They possess considerable
interest. The following are extracts: