Star.
London, England, 1801-01-23 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

At a quarter pan two o'clock the Gentleman
•Ufher of the Black Rod informed the Houfe, that
the Lords, authorized by virtue of his Majedy's
Commiffion, required the attendance of that Houfe
in the Houfe of Lords to hear the Commillion
read.
Upon which, the Members prefect went up to
the Houfe of Lords, and returned in a few mi-
nutes, and after a panfe of about half a minute,
Mr. PELHAM rote, and fpoke nearly as follows :
It is the undoubted pnvilege of this Houfe to
elea its Speaker ; upon which occafion it has been
cullornary to date the qualifications which are ne-
cefrary for the perfon on whom the choice falls. It
is effential fur the intcrells of the public, as well as
conducive to the convenience of the Houfe, that
fuch qualifications fhould be polkaed by the perfon
who fills its Chair—thefe are, an uniform attach-
ment to the principles of the Conflitution of this
Country ;—abilities to explain the rules and orders
of our proceedings ;—diligettee and afliduity in at•
tending to the bufinefs of the Houfe;—experience
in the pradice and knowledge of th Records of
Parliament ; together with a firmnefs of mind
and fleadincfs of condu.t, to fupport the rights
and privileges of this Houle in all cafes and un-
der all circumllances ;—a temper to recommend
and preferte moderation of debate ;—a (pint to
fupport the dignity of the houfe, and an evennefs
of difpoiition that i6all flew impartiality at all
times, and upon all occafion:. All thef. Lave
been generally craifidered as requifites for the
Perfon who is called into the chair of this Houfe,
at all times, and finely in the prefent times,
they are as requifite as ever; when an event
his taken place, wi•ich ind:.ed has given birth to
Our prefent dikuff.on, and which will, in its con-
tequences, as I firmly believe, tend to ellablilh
and confirm the Conflitution of this country. as
-well as to add weight to our Political power and
national importance—it will, I hope and believe,
facreafe our happinefs-and renew our friend/tips
will, however, alfo increafe the duties and la-
bours of this Houfe, and particularly that of the
Perron irho fhall fit in the Chair.—l do nor %vial
io raife any difficuhy ir, the mindofaif perfon in
this 4foafe as to the am& of one of its Member:
fez the perforrintree•oftbilt sloty•-•4lterates in ury
i• • • •

mind, no difficulties at all, when compared to the
talents of the Perron who I propofe to you' to
choofe for that Ration. I therefore take the liberty
of propofing, that the Right Hon. Henry Ad-
dington, who has, fo much to his own honour and
to the advantage of the public, filled the Chair of
the Britifh Houle. of Commons, be now called to
fill the Chair of the Houfe of Commons of the
Imperial Parliament—l will not dwell on the fu-
periority of his talents, or of the excellent quali-
ties which fo eminently diftiuguifh him as the moll
fit for the office, they are too well known to require
any recital from me, and they might fulfer fame
injury by my attempting to deferibe them—l Mall
only fay, it is fortunate for this Honfe, and for
this country, that a perfon of Ruch dißinguifhed
abilities is one of our number, and who, had he
chofen any other count of life, might have pro-
cured to himfelf equal advantages, poffibly with
lets labour and fatigue, but in none could he, or
any other perfon,lave been of more real fervice
to this country than that Right Hon. Gentle-
man has been, by dedicating his diffinguidted
talents to the bufinefs of this Houfe. I confider
there points as of great importance, and I am con-
fident I (hall have not only the concurrence of all
thole who have ferved in the Britifh Parliament,
but the concurrence alto of every other Member
of this Houfe now, in the motion with which I
Ihall conclude. I than trefpafs no 'onger on the
patience of thole whom I have the honour of ad-
dreffips, but propofe—,6 That the Right Honour-
able Maser ADDINGTON do take the chair of this
Houfe."

Mr. Toe es.—a I rife with great fatisfaftion to
fecond the Motion. lam perfuaded it is unnecef.
fary for me to add many words to what has been
already faid. I am perfedly convinced it would be
a wane of time for me to endeavour to perfuadc
the Houfe of that which it feels already, namely,
the fitnefs of my Right Hon. Friend for the Office
now ropofed for him, and of which we have had
ample experience; nor will I ilAy every thing I
feel ta be true on the qualifications of my Right
Hon. rilend, becaufe I am affured, that however
juli, it would not be agreeable to himfelf to hear
the detail of them. For my own part, I will fay,
that much as I feel for the honour of a perfon with
whom I am in habits of intimate fricndthip, and
which I reflect upon with pride ; and although I
know that which is now propofed, is one of the
higheß honours that can be conferred on a Sub-
jed of this Country, yet do I feel that the duties
of the Office 4re equal to all the confederations that
can move any man of integrity to enter on the dif•
charge of them. But I feel silo that lam acing
fur the Public, when I fupport the Motion which
is now before us. The times in which we live are
critical. The whole fyftetn of policy in Europe is
finking by the terror of fome and the treachery of
others; and all, fomented by the reftlefs ambition
of our common Enemy, direding their attacks
againft the Honour and Independence of this Na-
tion. In this condition of affairs, it is abfolutely
neceffary that all the talents and abilities in the
Nation thould come forward and arrange them-
felves for its defence, its honour and its happinefs ;
thefe talents and abilities fhould thew themfelves in
the Senate and in the Field, where every exertion
thould be made that can ferve us, and where every
energy of which the human mind and body are
capable, thould be brought into aftion. In this
Rate of things, I would atk, in what fituation can
experience and wildom be ,nore requifite than in
the Chair of this Houfe ? Neceffary they were at
all times for that Office, but more neceffary at the
prefent conjunaure, than at any other period ; for
now, not only the Britifh, but the United Britifh
and Irifh Parliament are affembled, in confequence
of which alone, many very important arrange-
ments will be oceeffary to be made, as well as the
general bufinefs of die Nation having become more
laborious and fatiguing. The talents of my Right
Hon.Friendpointhim out as thefitte ft perfon for this
fituation; for it is abfolutely neceffary there thould
be placed in that Chair a perfon of intimate and
profound knowledge of the Rules, Orders and
Proceedings of the Houfe—of a Ready temper,
and urbanity of difpofition—of a reflitude and
honour of private charalfter. When I pronounce
the name of the Right Hon. Henry Addington,
all there qualities occur to the minds of thofe who
hear me ; we know he is in polreffion of them
all, and that points him out better than any lan-
guage of mine can do, as a fit perfon to fill the
Chair of this Houfe, and therefore, without another
word, I will fecond this Motion."

Mr. H. ADDINGTON rote, and fpoke nearly as
follows: " The Houfe muff, I am Pure, be aware
that fuch a motion, -fo fupported, and, if I may
be permitted to fay fo, fo received, muff have
made the ftrongeft impreffion on the mind of the
perfou to whom it was particularly applied. I
truft, that all that has pall on this day, as well as
much of what has pail on former occafions, has
excited in my mind thole emotions and feelings
which duly correfpond with thefe favours, but the
which, I can allure the Houk, I am unable to ex-
prefs. For the convenience of our proceedings,
and for purpofes intimately conneaed with the
funllions and privileges of this Houfe, in obedi-
ence to his Majefty's command, and in conformity
to the cllabliflied courfe and ufage of Parliament,
this Houfe is now about to impofe, on one of its
Members, a great and important talk, and to re-
pole a truft the molt confiderabk that can be con-
ferred by the Reprefentativas of the People on an
individual member of their own Body, onconned-
ed with the other branch of the Legifiature. On
the nature of the office it is unneceilary for me to
dwell ; thefe points are well known, and cannot
be better difpofed of, than by being entrufted to
the wifdom of thofe, who for the firft time, hap-
pily I think for the Britifit Empire, conftitute a
part of the colleftive voice of its Legillature. The
qualifications required in the perfon who is to fill
the office now propofed to be filled, I can truly
lay, arc fo great, that the enumeration of them
confiitutes a strong objLaion to the Motion. With
refp.ca to the experieftee which the Right Hon.
Gentleman who made the Motion, and the Hon.
Gentleman who fcconded it, have fuppofed me to
poliefs, 'loin only fay, it has not In much increafed
my facility of ttiigtarging the &ties of the Chair,

as it hu the folk I always entertained of their
importance. I feel very firongly with the Hon.
Gentleman who conveyed to us, Ihortly, his ideas
on the prefent fituation of this country, and the
neceffity there is of every man employing all the
energy he pofeffes, of mind andbody, in its fupport.
I am ready to do fo ; I feel it a duty incumbent
on me to facrifice cafe, and in fome degree, health
Well; for this confideration but when I compare
the duties of the office now propofed to be
with the fufficiency of the perfon now propofed to
difcharge them, I find myfelf driven to the con-
templation of a fubjea that is mortifying to my-
felf—but after confidering the manner in which the
Houfe has been pleated to receive the Motion, I am
become unable to exprcfs my feelings—l mull
pats that fubjea by—l Ihouldbeextremely concern-
ed to think that any doubt was entertained, which
indeed I do net, whether I had not !hewn myfelf,
on all occalions, as much attached as any man in
this Houfe, or in this Country, to the principles
of the Free Conftitution under which we -live.—
Indeed I refpoft highly thofe rules and orders of
long ufage, which have d our proceedings,
for they are the wife ref of expe-
rience' and which, I trufl, therefore, will be re-
newed in this Houfe. I feel alto, in common with
the Houk, a veneration for its Liberties, and the
principles from whence they emanate ; for
tthcz
are molt Wendel. I truft it is manifelt to h
who have confidered that fubjed, that I have
always endeavoured, with an unbiafted and an
unprejudiced mind, to fill the Ration in which the
Houle has thought fit to place me, and that I have
purfued the patio, the plain path which the duties
of the office have prefcribeci, the which it would
not only have been unbecoming, but reprebenfible
in me, if I had omitted. It would be fo in any
Member of the Houfe, but much more fo in a per-
fon who would fill the Chair, either with credit to
himfelf, or advantage to this Houfe. If any file-
ceffes, or whatever fuccefres, have attended my
labours, I know the Houfe too well, and, I hope,
myfelf too well, not to be aware of the caufe of fuch
fuccefs. It is tobe attributed tothegoodtemper and
candour of the Houfe itfelf, and to the abilities and
unremitting diligence of the Gentlemen at the
Table; and to nonc more than the Gentlemen
now before me (meaning the Gentlemen who are
the Clerks of the Houfe). It has been owing
greatly, however, to the Houfe itfelf, which has
always fhewn a great zeal for the prefervation of
its own orders.—l can truly fay, that during a pe-
riod of twelve years, under all the fluctuation of
circumilances which have intervened fence I had
brit the honour of being called to that Chair, I
have experienced, in private, from the Members
of this Houfe, nothing but attention and kindncfs,
and by the Houfe itfelf, nothing but indulgence ;
the which I hope I have not needled or !hall ever
forget. lam alto fully aware that the Office lab-
jeas me to the grcateft refponfibility and who-
ever on the prefent or any future oct-afion flan '
be chofen to fill that Office, I hope he will either'
experience the fame fupport that I have had, or
Rand lets in need of it.—l will trefpafs no longer
on the indulgence of the Houfe ; if it As its opi-
nion that I Mould be chofen to fill the Office,
any command of their's, I !hall feel it my duty to
obey, and I have only to defire leave to exprefs
an earnefl wifh, which is, that the confequences of
fuch a choice may not be, in anydegree, injurious
either to myfelf or the public."
Mr. WILBERFORCE laid, he fhould think he
a/led with great impropriety, if by any winced--
fary obfervations of his, he prevented the Houlii
from immediately deciding the queition before
them, and he certainly fhould not now have
rifen if he had not felt that in enumerating the
qualifications which the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman poireffed for the office of SUBIC sit, both
the Mover and Seconder of this Motion had
omitted one very important and effential point.
He felt himfelf bound, on the part of his Conflitu-
ents, to difeharge what he conceived to be a debt
of gratitude to the Right Hon. Gentleman for his
Cervices, and upon no.._other ground. would he
have intruded upon the attention of the Houfe.—
The Gentleman who Made andlecended the No-
tion, had difplayed great eloquence is coixonint-
ing upon the qualifications neceitary for to itnpor.
taut an office, but in doing fo they teemed to be
recurring to pall experience, and deferibing tilat
which the Houft had for fome years witneffed.—
But there was one point which they had omitted.
Where there was much labour there was always
much that was not manifeft, though not lets ufe-
ful than that which fell more under general obfer.
vation. With relpea to the public condud of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, in the arduous fituation
of Speaker, every Gentleman mull have obferved
it, and there could not be two opinions upon the
fubjea. But he wiffied Gentlemen to look to the
private Ads of Parliament, in WS& the Rights
of individuals and of Corporate Bodies were fo
deeply interefted. He walled they would confi-
der the immenfe fatigue and labour that Right
Hon. Gentleman mull have fuftained in twelve
years of unremitted attention to that leis public,
but, perhaps, not lets important part of his duty.
This was a fubjed which Gentlemen mutt take
into their confederation, before they could truly
eftimate the fervices of Mr. Addington. He be-
lieved that no man who was not pethely acquaint-
ed with the Cubic& upon which he was fpeaking,
could form an idea of the labour attending upon
private bills in their pafage through the Houfe.
With refpoft to other points, he was, perhaps, lets
competent to fpeak, becaufe he could not diferi-
minate between his private feelings, and his rib-
lic duty; but, he thought, they could not confult
the intcreft of their conftituents, or the dignity of
the Houfe better, than by placing the Right Hon.
Gentleman in the Chair.

The cry of " Chair, Chair," refounded from
all fides of the Houfe, and Mr. ADDI,IOTON was
led to the Chdir by Mr. Ps LH API add Mr. You,.
The &saes" then Paid-" I have to iatreat the
Honfe to accept my molt grateful acknowledge-
ments for the great honour they hare conferred
upon me, and, if I may be allowed to fay fo, for
the manner in which it has been done, I can really
afiure them, that it bas made a deep aad lathes
irnint Mon upon my mind."

Lord HAWCI9IIIIIItY begged to eangtutulate
Speaker upon his re-eleftion to an office, which for
many years, he had fo ably filled. If ever there
was a period when it was neceffary for that Honk,
that their organ, infiruftor, and guide, thould
'known for his knowledge of the Taws, for his di.
ligence, for his moderation, for kis chaiaaer, and
temper, it was at this moment. The linufe, h,.
was perfuaded, in the choice they had mad:, !tad
not been guided by any partiality, but by t1..4 by
which they could hardly be deceived, viz. ezpei4.
ence. The unanimity of the Houfe upon this
cafion, refleaed the highell crecra both upon them.
fclves, and upon the perfon choral. He hoped
they would always feel that the dignity of the
Houfe, and that of the Chair, were infeparahly
connefted; andb upon all future occalions, what.
ever difference of opinion there might arife, he
hoped that they might be aatutted by the fame
motives and feelings which had satiated them in
choofing their prefent Speaker. He then mnved
to adjourn, and the Houfe adjourned at 114
three o'clock trill to-morrow.

LONDON,

rARY 23.

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None of the two Hamburgh Mails now due had
arrived when this Paper went to prefs.
A few Paris Papers, we underftand, have
reached town, which Rate that twelve hundred
individuals, betides the hundred Jacobins cnd,z,l
for tranfportation, have been arrefted on fufpicioa
of being difaffedcd to tke Confular Government.

Yeflerday morning their MAJESTIES and the
Princeffes AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, MARY,
and.Asissia accompanied by his Royal High.nefs the Mike of KRIIT, Earl CnIiSTERPIELD, Co..
lonel Carrwaiont and Mifs GOLDSWORTHY, paid
a vifit to the Princefs CHARLOTTE of WAIA:S at
ShrewfbuZeoufe, where they partook of an:ele.-
sant ref nt. The RoyaL FAMILY left Town
this morning for Windfor.
The Panics of WALES was taken ill after the
Drawing-Room on Monday, (ince which his Royal
Highnefs has been confined to his houfe. Then:
was fo much apprchenfion of an inflammatory tevet
on Tuefday night, that the Prince was bled twice.
Yeflerday, previoully to the Meeting trf the
Houfe, the LORD STEWARD of his Mayssrv%
Houfehold attended, and fwore in the Members of
the Imperial Parliament that attended.
The crowd of Members wa.l yellerday very con-
fiderable in the Houfe of Coalitions, not lets than
three hundred being prcfcnt. The city Members,
who are Aldermen, woe as ufual (worn in firli,
and in their fcarlet gowns took their feats on the
Treafury Bench neat the Speaker, a lituation of
precedence to which they have a right from im-
memorial ufage. Not more than twenty Irifl4
Members were prefent : among tbefe were Lot
CASTIARRAGH, and Mr. BIERS/Vag.
The EleElion of a Speaker took place yeflerdav
in the Houfe of Commons, when the Right Ho.
Pourable HENRY ADDINCTOR was re-eleCted. The
choice, as might, from the well-known abilities of
Mr. ADDINGTON, hive been expeEted, was unani-
mous. It may be doubtful%) whom fuch a choice
is the more honourable, to the Candidate or to the
Eleetors.
The Archbifhop of All.“ 011 is arrived in town.
to attend his Parliamentary duty as Primate or-all
Ireland.

13mica Possowav is Cure of his ele&ioi
for the County of Wicklow ; but, by a blunder.
the writ is made returnable to the Irifl Perliamcnt I
It will therefore be a Void eleaion.
The Magill:rates of Edinburgh have refolved to
appoint the Rey. Principal Bar RD, Miniiier of th-f
High Church there, in the room of the Rev. Dr.
&11a, deceafed.
Geoaaa nuctiaa Harauam, Efq.• Judge Ad-
miral of Scotland, is appointed one of the Barons
of Excheqper In Scotland,, in room of the late
Mr. Baron. qoaoon.
Yellerday the Light:Horfe Volunteers had a
general Muller in their own field; and received,
in review order, their Standards, as altered ac-
cording to the regulation fence the Union with
Ireland. "

Lieutenant-General GRINVIIILD, and his Major
of Brigade, Captain Roaerrs (late of the Life
Guards), arrived at Birmingham laft week. The
General affumed the command of the place and all
the infland countries. • Capt. M. Wrii YARD, of the
Guards, is apppinted one of the General's Aid-
TheVice-Regal Lodge in the Phoenix Park, Dub-
lin, has of late been e.nttrely deferted, the Marquis
CORNWALLIS having made the Cattle of Dublin
his conftant residence.
Sir Greeor STAY /I row, who accompanied Lord
MACARTNRY in his Embilry to China, died a few
days ago. He had long been fuffering under a
paralytic affeCtion, which materially injured one
fide, and fo much impaired his organs of fpeech,
that he was of late hardly intelligible ; he had a
pennon of "pool. per annum from the Eat-India
Company.
Governor PICTON, in confequence of an alarm-
ing fearcity of provifions prevailing in Trinidad.
ha. allowed, for fut months, the importation of all
articles of fuftenance dire& from the American
States, giving in exchange any defcription of the
produce of that 'colony, indigo, cotton, lif,•1111m1
rite, and dying woods excepted. •