Star.
London, England, 1814-07-02 00:00:00

ROYAL ASSENT.

The Usher of the Black Rod having summoned
the House to the House of Peers. on his return, the
SPEAKER informed the House that the Royal Assent
had been given, by Commission, to a number of pub-
lic and private Bills; for which see our Report of the
proceedings in the House of
.Lords.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTOX.
At about a quarter before five o'clock, the SPEAKER
being dressed in his official robes, and the House
being crowded with Members, some of them in naval
and military uniforms, and a great nur*er in the
Court dresses in which they had attended the Speaker
to C.trlton-House,
Lord CASTLEREAGH rose to state, that in
consequence of the intimation of the House, his
Grace the Duke of WELLINGTox was in attend-
ance. —( Hear, bear).
The SPEAKER—t, Is it the pleasure of the House
that his Grace be called in

A loud and universal " Aye !"
The huzzas in the lobby announced his Grace's
approach. On hii entrance, dressed in his Field-
Marshal's uniform, profusely decorated with Military
Orders, and bowing repeatedly and respectfully to
the House, all the Members, uncovered, rose, and
enthusiastically cheered him.
The SPEAKER—" My Lord, the House has or.
dered a e'lair to be placed for you to repose on."
The Duke seated himself in the chair, which was
placed a few feet within the Bar, and put his hat on.
'The Members of the House then seating themselves,
his Grace instantly rose, took off his hat, and address-
.ecl the Speaker to the following effect :
" Mr. SPEAKER—I was anxious to be.permitted to,
attend this House;' in order to return my. thanks in.
person for the honour done me in deputing a Com-
, mittee of the Haim. to congratulate me. ont my re
turn to this ceuntry ; *after the House had animated
my exertions by their applause on every occasion that
appeared to them to merit their approbation ; and
after they had recently been so liberal in the Bill by
which they followed tip the gracious favour of his
Royal Highness the PI ince Regent in coact ring upon
me the no:ilea gift a subject has ever received : I
hope I shall not be thought presumptuous if I take
this 'opportunity of expressing my admiration of the
great efforts made by this Hou:e, and by the coun-
try, at a moment. of unexampled pressure and dial-,
cuity, in older to support, on t great scale, those
Hperations by which the contest in which we were en-
gaged has been brought to so fortunate a conclusion..
By the wise policy of Parliament, Government were
enabled to give the necessary support to the opera-
tions carried on under my direction. The confidence
reposed in me by his Majesty's Ministers and by the
Cumrnander-in Chief, the gracious favours conferred
on me tij his Royal Highness the Prince Higent, and
the reliance I had on the support of my game friends
the General Officers, and the bt Avery of the Officers,
and troops of the army, encouraged me to carry on,
the operations in which I was engaged in such a man-
ner as to drat- from this House those repeated marks
of their approbation for which I now return them my
sincere thanks. Sir, it is invossible fur me to express
• the gratitude which .I feel. I can only assure the
House, that I shall' always be ready to serve my
King and country in any capacity in which my ser-
vices may be considered as useful or necessary."
Loud cheers followed this Speech, at the cooclu-
sion of which the SPEAKER eose, took off his hat,
and addressed theiDuke of Wellington as follows ;
-46 bly LlAM—Si:4re last I had the honour of adei
dressing ou from this place, a series of event-fill!
years has elapsed ; but none without somekaark and,
note of your rising glory.
" The military -triumphs which your valour has
achieved upon the Banks of the Douro, and the
Tagus, of the Ebro, and the Garonne, have called
for the spontaneous shouts of admiring nations. Those
triumphs it is needless On this day to recobnt. Their
names have been written by your conquering sword
in the annals of Europe, and we shall- band them
down with exultation to our children's children.
" It is not, however, the grandeur of military suc-
cess which has alone fixed our admiration, or com-
manded our applauses—it has been that generous and
lofty spirit which inspired your troops with unbound-
ed confidence, and taught them to know that the day
of battle was always' a day of victory; that moral
courage and enduring fortitude, which in perilous
times
ewhen glee m and doubt had beset ordinary
minds, stood nevertheless unshaken ; and that ascen-
dency cif character, which uniting the energies of jea.
lous anti rival nations, enabled you to wield at will
the fate and fortunes of mighty empires.
" For the repeated thanks and grants bestowed
upon you by this House, in gratitude for your many
and eminent services, you have thought fit this day to
off, r us your acknowledgment's; but this nation -Well
knows this if is still largely your debtor. It owes to
you the proud satisfaction, that amidst the constella-
tion of Illustrious Wa;riori, who have recently visited

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,ottr eaten'', we could present' to them a leader of
our own, to whom all, by common acclamation, con-
ceded the preeminence; and when the will of HEM.
vgn, and the common destinies of our nature shall
have swept away the present generation, you Will
have left your great 'name an imperishable momi-
meat, exciting others to like deeds of glory, and
serving at once to adorn, defend, and
existence of this country amongst the ruling Wimp
of the earth. •
41 It now remains only that ire7congratitite
Grace upon the high and important mission on which
you are about to proceed, and we doubt not, that thi*
same splendid talents, so conspicuous in war, will
maintain with equal authority, firmness, and temper,
our national honour and interests in peace."
During the SPEAKER'S Address, the cheers were
loud and frequent and at the close of it there wits
a general and 1011 g-continued cry of Hear, hear.
The Duke of Wat.usurrear -then taolc-Itis
bowing repeatedly as he retired, and all theldembers,
as at his entrance, uncovered, rose, and warmly
cheered him. .
Lord CASTLEREACIU-Sir, in commemoration of so
proud and so grateful a day—a day. en which we
have had the happirs.ss to witness within these walls
the presence of a Hero, never excelled at any period
of the-world, in the service of this or of any other
'country—in commemoration of the eloquent manner
in which that Hero was addressed from the Chair, on
lan occasion which must ever be dear to Englishmen,
and winch will ever shed lustre on the annals of this
House, I move, Sir, That your Address to field. 1
Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, be printed.
—(Hear, hear, htar.)
The SPEAKER put the question, that the Address
of the Duke of Wellington, and his own Answer
'thereto, be entered on the Journals, which was una-
nimously agreed to.
Thus ended the most dignified, and at the same
time the mot affecting proceeding,• that we ever wit-
nissdd in Parliament.