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. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 11.
M three o'clock, the Loan errant:x.l4.os, the Archbishop of
CAVIZISUkY, the Duke of %Putman's, the Earl of Ilan-
jinwar, and the Earl of WaRTMOWSLAND appeared as his Mi.
jaaty's Commissioners. The Usher of the Black Rod was then
sent to command the attendance of the House of Commons. In
$ few minutes the SPZAICER, accompanied by about sixty Mem-
bers, appeared at the Bar, when the Royal Assent was givei•
to the Duke of Clarence's Provision Bill, the Appropriation
Bill, the Lotteries Bill, and she Irish Court of Exchequer Re-
gulation Bill.
PROROGATION.
The following Speech, from the Throne, was then
read by the LORD CHANCELLOR:
14 My Lords and Gentlemen,
44 We have it in command from his Majesty to in-
farm you, that the state of public business having
enabled him to dispense with your attendance in Par-
liament, he'has determined to put an end to this Ses-
sion. His Majesty, however, cannot close it with•
out expressing hi, satisfaction at the zeal and assiduity
with which you have prosecuted the laborious and hn-
portant inquiries in which you have been engaged.
" He has observe,s• with particular pleasare, the
facility with which the restoration (.f a Metallic
Curren.:y has been effected by the authority given to
the Bank of England, to commence its Payments in
Cash at an earlier period than had been determined
by the last Parliament.
a Ilk Majesty has commanded us to acquaint you,
that he continues to receive from Foreign Powers,
the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition
towards this country.
Gentkmen ?like House of Commons,
4, We are.commanded by his Majesty to return
you his thanks, for the provision which you hate
made for the public service.
a Although the public expenditure has already
undergone considerable reduction within the present
year, his Majeity trusts he shall be enabled. by the
continuance of peace, and of internal tranquillity, to
make such further reductions as may satisfy the just
expectations expressed by Parliament.
His Majesty has commanded us to assure you
of the gratification which he has derived from the
provision which you have made for his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Clarence.

" My Lords and Gentlemen,
" It is with the greatest satisfaction that his Ma-
jesty has observed the quiet and good order which
continue to prevail in those parts of the country which
were not long since in a state of agitation.
" His Majesty deeply laments the distress to which
the Agricultural Interests, in many parts of the king-
dom, are still subject.
" It will be his Majesty's most anxious desire, by
a strict attention to public economy, to do all that
depends upon him-, for the relief of the Country
from its present difficulties; but you cannot fail to
be sensible, that the success of all efforts for this pur-
pose will mainlydevend upon the continuance of domes-
tic tranquillity ; and his Majesty confidently relies on
your utmost exertions in your several counties, in en-
forcing obedience to the laws, and in promoting har-
mony and concord amongst all descriptions of his
Majesty's subjects."
The Commons then retired, and their Lordships
separated.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The interest excited by the motion of which Mr. Huse gave
notice yesterday, respecting the presence of her MAJESTY at the
Coronation, was manifested to-day by the number of persons
who attended in all the passages leading to the lobby and gal-
lery. It was expected that the House would meet at one, and
even before that hour several persons had come down with the
view of getting admission. The House, however, did not meet
till &few minutes before three o'clock. The gallery was opened
at three (immediately after prayers), and the STEALER, having
counted forty Members, took the Chair. There were then about
eighty Members in the House, of whom the greater number
appeared on the Ministerial side.
As soon as the Srusza had taken the Chair,
Mr. HUME rose to address the House, but gave way on
being informed that a person from the Navy Prize-office waited
without to present some Papers.
This person (Mr. [Lis:cove, of the Navy Prize.office) then
appeared at the bar, and presented a Return of the Fees paid on
Navy Prize Accounts They were ordered to be laid on the table.
As soon as Ili: was disposed of,
Mr. HUME again presented himself to the atten-
tion of the House, in order to submit the motion of
which he had given notice yesterday. He began by
saying, that when he came to the House yesterday
he was not aware of the intentions of his Majesty's
Ministers with respect to her Majesty; and therefore,
considering the question of vast importance to the
country, he had given notice respecting it. The
Hon. Member then observed, that if there was one
subject of more importance than another, it was that
to which he was about to refer—one which was so in-
timately connected with the tranquillity of the coun-
try, and particularly of the Metropolis. He thought
that it should be a paramount duty with Ministers
not to leave the country in the state of irritation and
agitation in which it was left at the prorogation last
Session. We were now within eight days of the Coro-
nation, and as yet it was not known in what situa-
tion her Majesty was to be placed with regard to the
approaching ceremony. Surely Ministers would not
take upon themselves the hazard of leaving the
country in this state of uncertainty; and still did he
hope that they would not renew the agitation of the
public mind by the exclusion of her Majesty; for he
thought that nothing could at the present moment
so effectually quiet the public mind as the participa-
tion by the Queen in the august ceremony which was
about to take place. It was not without deep regret,
though certainly without surprise, that he had heard
of the decision of the Privy Council respecting her
Majeay's claim to be crowned. The claim, he
thought, had been clearly established by her Ma-
jesty%'s Counsel ; but it appeared that the Privy Coun-
cil were of a different opinion, and therso decided.
Tile lion. Member then read the following extract
from the Report of the Privy Council :—" Their
Lordships do agree, humbly to report to your Ma-
jesty their opinions, that as it appears to them that
the Queens-consort of this realm are not entitled of
right to be crowned at any time, her Majesty the
Queen is not entitled as of right to be crowned at
the time specified in her Majesty's Memorials."—He
did not mean to impugn this decision, but his own
opinion was, that her Majesty's claim had been fully
substantiated, and that she had as good a right to be
c:owned as the King. It was from this conviction
that lie was induced to move an Address, that his
Isll.3ty ruqi..t be graciously pleased to extend to her