Star.
London, England, 1819-01-21 00:00:00

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

The business of the new Parliament -waif this day
ppened, by the delivery by Commission of the Speech
from the Throne.--The Speech, after lamenting the
continued indisposition of the KING, proceeded to
deplore the additional loss which the Royal Family
and the Nation had sustained in the demise of her late,
Majesty Queen CHARLOTTE, and called the attention
of Parliament, to thi necessity, now that the situa-
tion which her MaJesrx had so long filled with such
exemplary fidelity in the case of the Ktso's person,
was become vacant, of revising the Acts which had
been passed in that respect. The marriage of the
Duke of CLAREsce, and re-marriage in this country
of the Duke of Kerr, since Parliament were last
assembled, were then adverted to in terms of satis-
' faction in which his Royal Highness the PRINCE
Re-
GENT felt assured Parliament would fully participate.
Alluding next to the political circumstances of a more
general nature under which his Royal Highness had
now the happiness of meeting Parliament, he con-
gratulated them on the rapidly increasing prosperity
,-which the internal state of the country exhibited; on
the improvement which has taken place in our trade
and manufactures; on the consequent increase of the
revenue in all its more important branches; on the
great reductions which have been, and are in the
course.ef tieing effected, in the n4onal expenditere;
on the cunt; nu a;:ce of relations of peace and amity with
all the other Powers of Eerore, and on the happy
prospect which exists, of these relations remaining long
undisturbed. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle for the
evacuation cf l'rance, and the subordinate Treaties
connected v.ith it respecting the payment of the Con-
tributions, were 1:?re particularly adverted to, and
copies of them premised to be laid before both HouseS
tier their.information.

His Royal Ilii;hness next adverted to the success-
ful termination of the hostilities which had broken
out in India, which had had no other result than to
strengthen and consolidate the dominion of Britain
is the East.

The Sre.ch, in conclusion, expressed a perfect re-
liance on the wisdom of Parliament, in all its pro-
ceedin‘‘,,;, and on its readiness to co-operate with his,
Royal Ilig:lnes in every measure which may be cow:
ducive to of his MAJEsry's Throne, or the
good of his people.

In the Peers, the Address will, we understand, be
moved by the Earl of.W.sa r.-tcx, and seconded by
Lord SALTOI:V. In the House, of Commons, Mr.
BitowNtow will move, and Mr. in t.r,tAst Pm., the
brother (:f thz l.te Right Honourable Secretary for
Ireland, will second it. Lcr,l SALTGUN is one or the
sixteen Peers of Scotland, and is an Ofliter in the
Airriy. Mr. finowNr.ow is "lembrn. for Annaghshire.

Some jrtdicions alterations have been made in the
gallery, of the !louse of Commons since the last re-
cso., by which those scenes of confusion and Ono..
will he prevent:d wh.;:l: formerly occurred at every
dlatision on an interesting question..
Lord CASTL2RT.ACU, we are sorry to state, eve-
rimed yesterday a severe relapse of the gout, which
'confined his Lordship to his room. His Lordship had
invited between thirty and forty Noblemen and Gen.,
I tlemen to dine wish him yesterday, and not being ablei
to meet them, Lord STRWART did the honours of the
table in his Lordship's absence. Among the company
invited there were present—the Earl of LIMERICK,
Earl of ABERDEEN, Lord BINS,ING, Sir WM. SCOTT,
Sir WiLLIANI GRAN r, Mr. ARBLT/INOT, &C.

THE QUEEN'S PICTURES.—There are a great num-
ber of valuable Cabinet Pictures and Miniatures in
Buckiu•hani which were the private pro-
perty of the QUEEN, though they arc not mentioned
in her MAJESTY'S Will, and the hall and staircase
display some of the finest works of the elegant artist
CANALETTI, painted when he was England. Titese
will probably now be added to the rit!NER RE;;ENIT'S
Collection. The celebrated Cartoons of Rarttart
were formerly placed in Buckingham House, but
have since been removed to Hampton Court, where
they now remain.
Eartr. POULETT, LT.—By the lamented and un-,
expected demise of this excellent Nobleman, (though
his countenance and figure indicated the most excel-
lent health), the Lord Lieutenantey of Sorrersetshire,
as also a Breen Ribbon of the Order cf the Thistle,
and a Lordship of the King's Bedchamber, become
vacant. The late Earl, in 1782, married, first, MARY,
the only daughter of Admiral Sir GEORG: POCOCKE,
K.B. by whom he had several children: The eldest
son, Lord HINTON (now Earl I'otLETT) was born in
1783, and was a Member of the last Parliament.
Ills Lordship married, secondly, .iot long since, Lady.
&arm BURGESS, relict of Sir J. S. &mien, Bart.

FinE.—A destructive fire broke oot on Tuesday
night, at the house of the Rev. EDWARD Y!ASLEY,
at Stoke Burnham, Herts, which totally destroyed,
the house, together with a valuable library, and fur-.
niture, not a vestige of which was saved. The fire
broke out in the laundry, in the centre of the bottom
of the house, where the servants had been washing
after bed-time, and the inmates had enough to do to
save their lives. Mr. YLASLEY and part of bis fa-
niily were in London. It is said-that the library only
was insured.
A young man of respectable connexions, confiden-
tial Clerk to a Merchant in Manchester, eloped on
Monday mu' ning with cash, notch. bills, &c. to the
amount, as stated, of £lO,OOO. He was soon missed,
and his Master, learning that he had 11,0ne by the
coach to Liverpool, proceeded. thither with all pot-
sible dispatch. Ilaving learnt that the delinquent
was at the Crown Inn, he procured' the a,sistance of'
a Constable, and proceeding to his bod,room, took
him into custody as he was dressing bins:self. lie was
taken before a Magistrate, who commuted liim to Pie
Town Prison; from whence he was rranqerred.. to
NlAnchester by the mail-coach. It kepis 'the delin-
quent intended to etnbark fur America.