Star.
London, England, 1816-02-02 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.:

At two o'clock the SPEAKER took the Cli i;r. At
about hallpastetwo the Deputy Usher of the Black
Rud appeared at the B ir, and summoned the House
to repair to the Flame of Peers to hear the Printe
Regent's Speech read by Commission from the
Throne. At a quarter past four the House resumed,
when
The SPILAKiIt informed the House, that he had or-
dered new Writs to he issued for the Election of
Members for the Counties of Armagh, Wicklow,
and Oxford; instead of Wm. Brownlow, Esq. Wm.
Hume. Esq. and Lotd Spencer.
Mr. BROUONAM was sworn in and took his seat.
The Clandestine Outlaw Ptevention Bill was, al
usual, read pro forma, a first time.
New Writs were ordered to be made out fpr the
election of Members for Portarlington, in the room
of Arthur Shakespear. Eaq. ; Corte Castle, in lieu
of Peter William Baker, Esq. ; 4113 for Winchelsea,
instead of 'Calverley Bewick, Esq.
Mr. HORNER. gave notice, that he would shortly
make a asotion for the roguLsticns of Nigh Graft! Ju-
ries' presentments.

TIM mkt: rr waLLINGTom.
Tie SPEAK.F.R intorrn:d the House tint during
the Recess he ihrd received the following letter ifrom
the Duke of Wellington :

" PARIS, JULY 9, 1815.
44 SIR—I have bad the honour of receiving “•.ur letter of the
113d•of lune, commun!cating the Thanks of the Hunse to the
Officers and men under my command in the engagement with
the French Army on the ifith of last mouth, as well as to my.
self, for my services as Field-Marshal on we occasion.
" I beg you will assure the House that I eutertai.: a ja*'
of the honour conferred upon me, and fa winch I have to make
my grateful acknowledgments.
" I have communicated to Prince Blucher the letter which
you did ins the honour to inclose fur his Highness.
14,1 have to beg you w:11 accept my bcst thanks fir the v •ry
flattering manner in which you have conveyed th•f seittintrote. ~1
the House ; and have the honour to remain, &c &c.
(Signed) " WELLINIVroIIi."
THE PRINCE REGE'NT'S SPEECH.
The SPEAKER stated, that the House havipg
been summoned, had attended the Horse of Peers to
bear the Prince Regent's' Speech read by the Loud
Chancellor a that tar the information of Members he
bad obtained a cony [for which see the Rep,rt of
the House of Peers],which he should
lead aloud.

The Speech having been read,
Sir THOMAS ACLAND rose and said, that be
was encouraged in the performance of the task which
he had imposed upon himself, by the conviction that
he had only undertaken to express feelings such as
he conceived to be those of a great people, in the
present circumstances. For the last twenty five years
no Speech from the Throne had opened like the pre.
seat, with an assurance of the general Peace, not only
of Europe, but of the whole civilized world. He,
therefore, doubly regretted that the Prince Regent
should have been prevented by indisposition from
meeting Parliament with such a Speech, and from
giving himself to the spirit of the people, and receiv-
ing those congratulations which the attainment of
such blessings called for. It was also a subject of
deep lamentation, that he, who would have rejoiced
to see the day of real peace, and the conclusion of a
king course of hardships and exertions, should still be
unable to partake in the general exultation. No one,
he was confident, would oppose an expression of re-
gret on this melancholy affliction. It was impossible,
however, not to express joy at the sound of peace—a
sound almost foreign to our ears I and when the do-
cuments of the negeciations which led to the happy
arrangement should be laid before the House, and it
was seen that it greatly added to out glory and pro-
sperity. he hoped that the Address which he intended
to propose would not be found toe warm in congra-
tulation. The great object
.of the Allied Sow.reigns
far the last two years, had been peace, and peace
alone. It was for this that they had first appeared
before the gates of Paris, and demanded the renun-
ciation of that military spirit which for 20 years had
desolated the world. It was for this they h id m .rch-
ed as conquerors iota that city, ands the only severity
which they had displayed, was in the removal of a
man, whose sway had proved as fatal to his owa