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London, England, 1831-04-23 00:00:00

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WILLIAM R.

Whereas We have thought fit, by and with the Advice
of Our Privy Council, to dissolve this present Parliament,
which stands prorogued to Tuesday the Tenth Day of Ilk,
next : We do, for that End, publish this Our Royal Pro-
clamation ; and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament
accordingly; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the
Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners
for Shires and Burghs, of the House of Commons, are dis-
charged from their Meeting and Attendance on the said
Tuesday the Tenth Day of May next. And We being
desirous and resolved, as soon as may be, to meet Our
People, and to have their Advice in Parliament, do hereby
make known to all Our loving Subjects Our Royal Will
and Pleasure to call a new Parliament : And do hereby fur-
ther declare, that, with the Advice of Our Privy Council.
We have given Order that Our Chancellor of that Part of
Our United Kingdom called Great Britain and Our Chan-
cellor of Ireland do respectively, upon Notice thereof,
forthwith issue out Writs, in due Form and according to
Law, for calling a new Parliament. And We do hereby
also, by this Our Royal Proclamation under Our Great Seal
of Our United Kingdom, require Writs forthwith to be
issued accordingly by Our said Chancellors respectively, for
causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons,
who are to serve in the said Parliament, to be duly returned
to, and give their Attendance in Our said Parliament;
which Writs are to be returnable cn Tuesday the Fourteenth
Day of June next.

Given at Our Court at St. Jamul's, this Twenty.third Day of
April, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and in the
First Year of Our Reign.
GOD SAVE THE KING.

BY THE KING.
A PROCLAMATION.
IN ORDER TO THE ELECTING AND SUMMONING THE

SIXTEEN PEERS OF SCOTLAND.

WILLIAM, R.

Whereas We have in Our Council thought fit to declare
Our Pleasure for summoning and bolding a Parliament of
Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on
Tuesday the Fourteenth Day of June next ensuing the
Date hereof : In order therefore to the electing and summon-
ing the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, who are to sit in the
House of Peers in the said Parliament, We do, by the
Advice of Our Privy Council, issue forth this Our Royal
Proclamation, strictly charging and commanding all the
Peers of Scotland to assemble and meet at nolyrood
House in Edinburgh,to nominate and choose the Sixteen Peers
to sit and vote in the House of Peers in the said ensuing
Parliament, by open Election and Plurality of Voices of the
Peers that shall be then present, and of the Proxies of such
as shall be absent, such Proxies being Peers, and producing
a Mandato in Writing duly signed before Witnesses, and
both the Constituent and Proxy being qualified according to
Law : And the Lord Clerk Register, or such Two of the
Principal Clerks of the Session as shall be appointed by him
to officiate in his Name, are hereby respectively required to
attend such Meeting, and to administer the Oaths required
by Law to be taken there by the said Peers, and to take
their Votes ; and, immediately after such Election made and
duly examined, to certify the Names of the Sixteen Peers so
elected, and sign and attest the same in the Presence of the
said Peers the Electors, and return such Certificate into
Our High Court of Chancery of Great Britain: And We
do, by this Our Proclamation, strictly command and require
the Provost of Edinburgh, and all other the Magistrates of
the said City, to take especial Care to preserve the Peace
thereof during the Time of the said Election, and to prevent
all manner of Riots, Tumults, Disorders, and Violence what-
soever. And We strictly charge and command that this
Our Royal Proclamation be duly published at the Market
Cross at Edinburgh, and in all the County Towns of Scot-
land, Twenty-five Days at least before the Time hereby
apppointed for the Meeting of the said Peers to proceed to
such Election.

Witness Outsell at Wainintier, this Twenty.third Day of d}ril
One thousand sight hundred and thirty-one and in the First
Tear of Our Reign.
GOD SAVE THE KING.

While we were engaged yesterday in preparing our
Paper for press, uncertain of the exact course Ministers
might pursue—whether meet the House till some minor
Bills were passed, cr dissolve next week —we, and the
whole town, were aroused from a sort of political stupor, by
the magnificent fact, which we were the first to announce

veaerday.
We were aware that Lord WI! A RNCLIFFE, and a party
of borough Lords, or their immediate connections, had, in
afiected despair of their cause, visited his MAJESTY, to en-
deavcur to disturb his determination ; and the sinister re-
porte, which had leen actively kept alive during the last ten
4:1)74 were ominous of the result. We knew also that Mi-
dieters had obtained a subsequent audience—when in our
anxiety of suspense—we heard reports—one, two, three, &c.
They were the Park Guns, and our best hopes were then
realized.

It now appears that his MAJESTY'S firmness bad never
been shaken; and that after seine deliberation with minis-
,
ters, his course of action was at once determined ; and,
waiving all forms, be at once directed preparation to be
tontle for an immediate visit to parliament, to prorogue in
person, and announce a dissolution.
At one o'clock, therefore, the KING gave orders to pre-
pare the state carriages, and all their paraphernalia, for,
the usual procession. " Order the state carriage," was
l;is answer to Ministers—" I will dissolve in person."
" It is not ready," was the reply of the officers of the
Lcuseltold; "it cannot well be got ready in time."
" NEVER MIND," said his MAJESTY, " I WILL GO IN
ANY OTHER CONVEYANCE, IN ORDER TO DISSOLVE
IT. WHAT MUST BE DONE, SHOULD BE DONE
QUICKLY."

The greatest bustle now ensued in every department.—
The general business of some days was to be done in an hour
and a half ; but all participated in the joyful object ; and
before half-past two, the four state-carriages were drawn up
in the Stable-yard. Others had ordered out the Police, and
orders were dispatched to Knightsbridge, for the usual
retinue of Guards ; but such was the hurry, that the men
galloped singly, or in small detachments, down Constitution-
bill, and formed lines as they came up.
Messengers, in the mean time, were despatched in every
direction, to call together the two houses; and, before three
o'clock, the Park guns announced the royal procession!
The people were taken by surprize. But some thousands
speedily assembled, and greeted his MAJESTY with enthu-
siasm, mingled with grateful and loyal expressions, with
cries of " down with the boroughmongers," " kick 'em
out," &c. His MAJESTY looked well, and seemed in ex-
cellent spirits. But nothing could equal the dismay of the
FACTION, in both Houses. They became at once seditious
and riotous. Their sentence was pronounced,—their per-
nicious ascendancy was for ever at an end—and they were
either desperate, or paralyzed, like men in the hands of the
executioner.

By two o'clock their Lordships began to assemble. But
few of them had the robes at band, with which it is usual
to receive the KING. The CHANCELLOR took his seat
on the woolsack, but was soon called out to receive his
MAJESTY. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, as chairman of
committees, was voted president. The Duke of Btu' now n
then moved, that their Lordships should take their seats, as
usual, according to precedency. This was deemed offen-
sive, and led to angry remarks, and great confusion, several
speaking together. Great warmth arose between the Duke,
Lord LON DON DERRY, the Lord Chief BARON, &C.
At length a sufficient degree of silence and order was re-
stored, to enable Lord WHARNCLIFFE to be heard making
motion for an address, imploring his MAJESTY neither
to prorogue nor dissolve the parliament, owing to the excite-
ment through Ireland and Great Britain; but he had
scarcely began a comment, calling the dissolution atro-
cious and unprecedented, when the CHANCELLOR re-en-
tered, and with great emphasis, asked what there was
unconstitutional in a KING of ENGLAND dissolving a Par-
hatnent, which, without a precedent, drawn even from the
worst times, had obstructed the necessary supplies.—(Al-
hiding to the protracted debate of last night, and the
forced adjournment, when the Ordnance Estimates were
the Order of the Day.)
Cries of the KING ! the KING ! caused the Cite NCEL-
LOR again to quit the Woolsack to attend his MAJESTY into
the House; when Lord LONDONDERRY and others voci-
ferated for Lord SHAFTESBURY again to preside, and he
took his seat amidst deafening cries of " Order ! Shame !
Order of the Day ! the KING !" &c. &c. accompanied by
rapidity of motion among their Lordships, threatening gen-
&c. &c. and a din of loud voices, resembling an elec-
tion mob.

length, Lord MANSFIELD obtained a partial hearing,
to denounce the Dissolution, the Reform, and the Ministers;
and to declare that the Crown and that House were en-
4:,ngered, the National Debt, the Tythes, &c. After pro-
ceeding in this strain for some time, lie was interrupted by
eneral cries of, " the KING !"••••" GOD save the KING !"
ac.—tlie great doors were thrown open, and his MAJESTY
iu his Royal Robes, with the Crown on his head,
tutored with a firm step, and most resolute air.
Having taken his seat, he bowed to the right and left,
anJ requesting their Lordships to be seated, he read the
speech (repented to-day in another part of our Paper), with
3 clear voice, and very decided emphasis.
While robing he had enquired the cause of the uproar in
!lie House, and had wrought himself into a state of very
decided feeling ; his carriage, in consequence, was more
than usually dignified.
On leaving the House, the assembled multitudes greeted
him with rapturous enthusiasm, and with shouts and general
"lapping of hands all the way to the Palace. It was a proud'
vene, and a proud day for this kingdom.
What a warm-hearted reply to all the impudent assertions
t 1 Boroughmongers and their creatures, that our Pa-
filet KIM.: had relaxed in his sympathy for his people, or
''heir cause! What a broadside the ROTA L ADMIRAL has
:red into these calumniators! How gloriously he has
:mil. them and their hopes for ever.
May the people by their conduct every where justify him
and themselves ! May they have virtue and energy suth-

cieut to retina men to Parliament worthy of co-operating
for the public welfare with SUCH ♦ KING ! May
the latest posterity be grateful to his family for rescuing this
generation from its social enemies; and may his family ever
respect the principles which entitled WILLIAM ilia
GREAT to the National Gratitude !

Our victory under such a leader is now certain ; but we
have still the battle to fight ! Every honest man must be
at his post, and every man do the duty which is in his power.
A General, however great, is feeble without troops—a King
without loyal subjects—but Britons, led on by KING
WILLIAM, will not fail to STRIKE HOME!
We shall now have TIIE Bill—the WHOLE Bill—and
NOTHING BUT THE BlLL—and perdition to the churl who
is not content !

In the COMMONS. the membere,assembled numerously at
an early hour, and the uproar nearly resembled that in the
Lords, except that as the Speaker was not called out like the
Chancellor, he kept some sort of ascendancy.
A petition from Hythe, enabled Sir R. VYYIAN to break
out against Ministers and Reform, nearly in the style of
Lord MANSFIELD, and embracing prophecies of the same
evils, in no measured language. At length he was called
to order by Sir F. BURDETT; but the SPEAKER de-
termined that he was within the rules of Debate. Mr.
TENNYSON ventured to differ from the Speaker, who re-
torted on Mr. 'TENN YSON, and the latter again on the
Speaker, which led to,great confusion—all the Members to-
gether calling "chair," or " order." Lord Join; RussEx.r.
interposed, but could not be heard.
Sir R. VYVYAN then resumed, declaring that tithes
would be confiscated—the House of Lords destroyed—
and the Crown itself shaken from the head of the So-
vereign ! But on concluding his sentence, the first salute
I given, echoed through the House, and the cheers, laugh-
ter, and cries of order, rendered him wholly inandible.
Sir R. PEEL, Lord ALTHORP, and Sir F. BURDETT,
now rose together, and the cries of the two parties for each,
the violent gestures, the hurry, noise, and confussion, ex-
ceeded what had ever been witnessed in that house.

The SPEAKER roared " Shame," and at length was heard
Ito say, that Sir R. PEEL first caught his eye. Sir ROBERT
then attempted to make himself heard, but the cries and
shouts reduced his endeavours to mere dumb show. The
SPEAKER oncemore reiterated " shame," and Sir ROBERT
PEEL declaimed with impassioned vehemence of language
and action, against the incapacity of Ministers, their
Reform Bill—the despotism of Demagogues and Jour-
nalists—and the Dissolution—till Sir THOMAS TYR-
WHITT advanced into the House, to summon it
to the bar of the House of Lords, to hear his Majesty's
speech for its prorogation and dissolution. He accordingly
attended with about 150 members ; and on his return he
read the speech, and the house separated.