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House, as well as for himself, to offer congratulation'
on the choice that had just been.made. From the I i
manner in which the proposition of his Right Hon.
Friend had been received, it was obvious that the
House was anxious to bestow onAhe individual now
appointed to preside over its disCussions the highest
j mark of its approbation and confidence ; and there
cbuld be no such mark in this free country more dis-
tinguished than that of being rendered The first Com-
moner of the Empire. It was undoubtedly a matter
of proud satisfaction,. that at the period when the
Speaker was placed in the Chair, all opinions were
united in his favour—( Chi ers frog, all ides). :le
was sure that the House would feel what had been
already observed, that, without touching upon the
peculiar importance of the times in which we live,
and certainly that man must take a very superficial
view of the condition cf affairs who should consider
them but ordinary times, the office of Speaker in-
cluded many important duties connected with the
jarring interests of this mighty empire, while Parlia-
ment was devoting its attention to promote its wel-
fare and prosperity. It was no small satisfaction to
have now placed in the Chair an individual by ge-
neral consent so capable of fulfilling the arduous task
imposed upon him—so competent to guide the House
in its deliberations—to preside over those discussions
in which the best interests of the State were engaged,
with manly fortitude, and to enforce with firmness
and wisdom those rules and forms so essential to the
privileges of Parliament, and to the maintenance of
the real liberties of the subject. Of the qualifications
of the Speaker the last Parliament had enjoyed the
benefits, and his Lordship was most happy that they
were to be continued to the preseat—(Hear, hear).
He would now move an adjournment.
Mr. BROUGHAM, in the absence of those more
competent, and more worthy generally to express the
feelings of those who sat on his side of the House,
trusted that it would not be thought presumptuous
if he added his testimony to that of the Honourable
Gentlemen who had preceded him. Ile took the
liberty, therefore, to congratulate first the Speaker,
but most of all the House itself, and, not less than
the House, the whole Commons of England, upon
the free choice which bad now fallen, for the third
time, upon the same individual. He was sure that
he expressed only the general sentiment in the wish
that the Speaker now elected might continue, with
the enjoyment of health and long life, to fill a station
equally necessary for the support of the privileges of
the House, and for the preservation of the Liberties
of the People at large ; and the duties of which, he
grieved to say, by the common consent of all, were
not likely to be lightened. It was a matter of most
sincere congratulation to the House and to the coun-
try that it had again the inestimable benefit of hav-
ing the Chair filled by one who had shewn himself,
in all the more important, as well as in the less ma-
terial parts of the functions of his situation, eminently
gifted for their discharge ; who had upon every oc-
casion proved that he was indeed the depository of
the truest dignity of the House, by wearing the ho-
nours conferred upon him both with firmness and
meekness. It formed one of his highest and most
essential titles to the office, that on all necessary oc-
casionlhe had evinced the courage as well as the
capacity to protect the sacred privileges of the House
from infraction, under whatever pretext, whether as-
saulted by lawless violence, or put to hazard by the
more subtile attempts of gradual encroachment.
The question of adjournment till to-morrow was
then put from the Chair, and carried.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1820.
THE FUNDS. •
PRICK or STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 2
Bank Stock 2221 h
3 per Cent. Reduced 69
per Cent. Consols 69% Ys
4 per Cent. 87% Vs
5 per Cent. Navy 105% 7/8 3
Bank Long Annuities 17 15-16 18
India Bonds 255. 265. pr.
. Exchequer Bills (2d.) 4s. ss. pre.
Consols for Acct. 69% 70.

The first Parliament of the present KING was
yesterday opened by Commission. The LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, in the name of the Commissioners, ac-
quainted the Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
that as soon as the Members of both Houses shall
have been sworn, the causes will be explained which
induced his MAJESTY to summon this Parliament ;
and that, in the meantime, it was his MAJESTY'S
pleasure that they should proceed to the election of
a SPEAKER. The Commons immediately retired to
obey this injunction, when the unanimous choice fell
on the SPEAKER of the late Parliament, the Right
Hon. CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON. The' peculiar
fitness of this Gentleman for the dignified and ar-
duous situation, the duties of which he is again
called upon to discharge, was acknowledged is the
most encomiastic terms by the leading Members on
both sides of the House.
At two o'clock this day the new SPEAKER, attended
by a great number of the Members of the Commons,
presented himself at the bar of the House of Lords,
to receive his MAJESTY'S approbation, which was 1
very graciously conferred by the LORD CHANCELLOR.
The SPEAKER, addressing the Lords Commissioners,
then demanded, in the name of the Commons of the
United kingdom, the undoubted rights and privi-
leges of freedom of debate—freedom from arrest—
and free access to the Royal presence.
A considerable number of Members of both
Houses have been sworn in yesterday and to-'ay.

Our accounts from the North are still very dis-
t-rosin. The Clothing trade in Yorkshire never was
at a lower ebb ; and by a letter from Heckmoniiw•ike
we learn that the Blanket and Carpet line, which are
ithe principal branches c:t►ried on there, are in an

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equally depressed state. Sit more of the infatuated
individuals, who lately excited so much alarm at
Huddersfield and in that neighbourhood, have been
apprehended and sent to York Castle. It is impos-
sible to praise too highly the zeal and diligence which
have been shew•n by the Magistracy of Huddersfield,
seconded by all the more respectable bthabitants of
that place, in watching over the public peace, and
tracing the agitators to their lot king places. Let us
hope that the active measures which have been pur-
sued for the preservation of public peace and order
will have their due effect, in overawing those by
whom the public security has been put in such im-
minent danger.

Lord Srnmourrt lras communicated to Lord HA RE-
WOOD 'lib MAJESTY's high approbation of the Min p-
tinrde and vigour of the Magistrates cf Yorkshire,
who have taken so prominent a part in rreserving
the public peace, and in endeavouring to bring to
justice those persons by whom it has been endan-
gered. The letter also states, that his MAJESTY has
derived the greatest satisfaction from the high proofs
which have been afforded by the several corps of
Yeomanry, whose services have been required on the
late occasion, of their loyal and zealous alacrity in
supporting and aid.hlg the exertions of the Magis-
tracy to enforce obedience to the laws, and to frus-
trate tle designs of the disaffected.

We observe, with great satisfaction, that fifty of
the hat. manufacturers of Manchester, Stodport,
Denton, Ashton-under-Line, Oldham, and the places
adjacent, feeling for the distresses of the labouring
classes in their employment, owing to the very great
depression of wages, and wishing to contribute all in
their power to the relief of the sufferers, have pub-
lished a Notice, intimating, that they have unani-
mously resolved to raise the wages of their workmen,
agreeably to a scale agreed on, being an advance of
nearly one-third. • This is the true way to beat down
Radicalism. Let the Masters, in all the other
branches of our manufactures in the North, do the
same thing, and an instant termination will be put to
all the discontents that now agitate the Working-
classes, in the hlanufacturing Districts. No other
method can give the country the prospect of sound
and permanent internal tranquillity.

The Paris Papers of Wednesday arrrived this
forenoon.

The Chamber of Deputies had, on Tuesday, a
day's peaceable discussion on the endless subject of
the Finances.

An extraordinary Courier from Madrid, has
brought intelligence that FERDINAND has advanced,
by one month, the period for assembling of the
Cones, which was fixed for the 9th of July—they
are now convoked for the 9th of June.

Some new nominations have taken place in the
Spanish Ministry, calculated, we are assured, to
make it more homogeneous and efficient. M. A.
ARGUELLES, one of the most distinguished orators
of the Cortes of Cadiz, has been appointed Minis-
ter of Grace and Justice, in the rocm of M. JOSEPZI
GARCIA DE LA Ton RE, who has held the portfolio
of that department since the 9th of March. M.
JEAN JAVAT has been made Minister of the Marine,
instead of M. LEWIS DE SALAZAR ; and M. GARCIA
HERREROS has been charged with the Ministry cf
the Interior, in the room of M. JACOB PARDA, who
held the portfolio of that office for a few days, ad
interim.

A Royal Decree has been issued, confirming one
passed by the Cones on the 19th July, 1813, which
abolishes for ever all privileges and exclusive reve-
nues, public and private; which belonged to the
Crown, under the tide of " Royal Patrimony."
Another Decree ordains, that all the arrears of the
said revenues, due on the 9th of last March, shall be
exclusively bestowed on the children and parents of
the perions who perished at Cadiz, on the 10th ult.

Colonel RIECO has addressed a very interesting
document, in the shape of a Manifesto, to the Kim%
It is an exposition cf the motives on which this dis-
tinguished Chief, and the troops which he commands,
acted on the memorable first of January ; and of the
principles by which they shaped their past, and are
determined to direct their future conduct. It is
couched in terms highly respectful to the Sovereign,
and, at the same time, full of devotion to the consti-
tutional system of Government. Its spirit is frank.
ness, decision, moderation. We trust the Constitu-
tionalists will continue, as they have hitherto done,
to preserve this tone of temperate resolution, until
they shall have re-established immoveably the antient
liberties of Spain, and invested the Throne with the
majesty of the laws, to make the KING the object of
rational obedience., and People powerful, enli,ght-
ened, and happy.

Trench Fiveper Cents. Tuesday, '4f. 15c.

- It 'appears from the following extnict of a letter,
that the French soldiery ale not likely to be found
ready to hew down their'unarmed fellow-citizens:

24,18 W.
ExTRACT OF A LETTER FROM REN-sas, siescti

Yesterday General Cottard, when presenting the colours to
the 2d Legion of Ille and Vilain: in the public square, termi-
nated his speech, by cryir.g, ' Long live the King, and the Boar.
bons for ever !' without saling a word about the (Marten Fey-
innately, however, this Orrission was very soon repaired,
several of our yourg people assembled in numerous grour,
threw pp their hats, aid cried, ' Vive la Charte r Thew el:-
Tawas appeared to annoy the General, an 4 he walked towa:ds
one of the groups, in order to make them keep silence. A yet
warm conversatiun took place, at the end of which the General
ordered the Colonel of the Gena d'Armeris to turn the peer!c