The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-02-05 00:00:00

Emptriat Parliament.

HOUSE OF LORDS7--TnuusnAv, Jan. 31.
Their Lordships assembled this day, shortly after two o'clock,
for the purpose of signifying his Majesty's royal, approval, by
commission, to the choice of the House of Commons of a Speaker.
The commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of
Richmond, the Marquis of Lansdown, and Lord Auckland.
The Usher of the BlaCk Rod haVing summoned the Com-
mons, the right hon. M. Sutton, supported by Lord Morpeth
and Sir Francis Burdett, and accompanied by about 2(X) mem-
bers, approached the bar.
Mr. C. MANNERS SUTTON then addressed the Lords Commis:
sioners, he said that his Majesty's faithful Commons had, :ac-
cording to his Majesty's command, proceeded in pursuance of
their ancient and indisputable right to the election of a Speaker;
and he had now to inform their Lordships that their choice had
fallen on him. From long experience he was well aware of the
great difficulties attendant •on the discharge of that high and
arduous office, and he could not but deeply feel his own incapa-
city; should it, however, please his Majesty to disapprove of.the
choice made by his faithful Commons, he was quite sure that
they-would have no difficulty in selecting some other individual
much more capable of sustaining that high office.
The Lou') CHANCELLOR.—Mr. Manners Sutton, we have it
in command to inform von that his Majesty is so fully satisfied
of your great zeal for the public service, and from your many
eminent qualities, that he most fully approves of and confirms
the choice of his faithful Commons.
The SPEAKER then in his own name and that of the Com-
mons claimed the usual privileges of freedom of debate—free-
dom from arrest for themselves and servants, facility of up—
proach to the royal presence—and, finally, that if any error
should appear to be attributable to his Majesty's faithfui Corn=
mons, it might be attributed to him individuahy and not to the
House generally.
The Loan CHANCELLOR having in the usual Manner, and in
his Majesty's name, granted the request, the Commons retired.
Both Houses sat for some time, but nothing ivas done but ad-
ministering the oaths.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THURSDAY, Jan. 31.
This House was opened at ten minutes to two o'clock. At
two, the Speaker took the seat usually occupied by .Mr. Ley,
the C.;',liief Clerk, there being at that time about two hundred
members present. .The ministerial benches were fully occu-
pied, but there were on the opposite seats but a few members,
amongst whom was the lion. member for Oldham. At a quar-
ter past two the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod came to re-
quire the attendance of the House, in the House of Peers with
they Speaker.—The Speaker, accompanied by most of the
members present, Lord Morpeth and Sir Francis Burdett
closely attending him, left the House, and in about ten minutes
he returned mid took the Chair. -The members having taken
their seats,
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The SPEAKER said—l have to acquaint this House that this
House has been to the House of Peers, whore I have com-
municated to the Lords Commissioners appointedu by his
Majesty, that this House, in the exercise of its ancient and
undoubted privilege, had proceeded to choose a Speaker, and
that the choice had fallen upon me, which choice their Lord-
ships his Majesty's Commissioners were pleased to approve.
I then proceeded to lay claim, by humble petition, to ad those
ancient rights and privileges which this House has claimed in
all former Parliaments, particularly freedom of debate; and
freedom from arrest for the per6ons of its members and of
their servants; and free access to his Majesty at all reasonable
times; and that the most favourable construction should always
be put upon their language; and the Lords Commissioners, in
the name of his Majesty, stated that all those privileges should
be granted by his Majesty. in as full a manner as they had been
enjoyed by former Parliaments. And now I have again to
return thanks for the honour conferred on sue,_ by my appoint-
ment to fill this chair. I assure the House, that from the long
experience which I have had, I am aware that the. honest dis-
charge of the duties of this most honourable office is the best
means of securing the confidence of the House, and that it
will be my inclination, as it is my duty, to maintain those
privileges to the utmost, and to impress upon the members
themselves, for our own sake, and for the sake of the public,
the necessity of a strict adherence to the rules and orders of
the House • and as a much larger number of nnw members
than usual' haVe been returned to this Parliament, I wish to
assure them that—which I hope it is unnecessary to state to
the old members—l shall give, on all occasions, every assist-
ance and advice in my power, and I hope that no member will
feel any difficulty in applying to me for such aid as I can render.
(Cheers.)
Mr. Ley, the chief clerk, then administered the oaths to the
Speaker, who proceeded to swear the other Members, beginning
with the English counties, in alphabetical order.
On calling the members for the county of Durham, there
seemed to be a pause for some minutes, in the expectation that
Mr. PEASE would present himself, but that gentleman, although
irr the House at the time, did not come to the table. After
which the House adjourned to 12 o'clock to-morrow.

Baron Stockmar, the friend and confidential secretary of the
King of the Belgians, who has just departed for Brussels, is un-
derstood to be the bearer of a private communication from our
Cabinet to King Leopold.

INGENIOUS TAVERN ROBBERY IN PARIS.—A few days ago
a wcll-dressed man, with an eye-glass hung from his neck, a
switch in his hand, and a young and pretty woman on his arm,
entered the: restaurant of I\l. Deffieux, on the Bouvelard du
Temple, and after having, in half French, • half English, an-
nounced that he came in consequence of the high repute of the
fare of the house, which he had heard of in London, ordered a
dinner of every delicacy to be served iu a private room, They
were accordingly shown into one, and the waiter having fur-
nished the table with three silver spoons and forks, went down
to the kitchen for the soup. On his return the guests desired to
have spoons and forks; the waiter asserted that he had already
laid them; upon which the gentleman became highly incensed,
and insisted upon seeing M. Deffieux himself. Complaint was
made of the insolence of the waiter, and a search of the two
guests, upon the peremptory demand of the Englishman, was
made, but nothing was found. The most abject apologies were
then tendered by the accusing garcon, and offended dignity was
appeased; the dinner was served and eaten; the bill amounting
to 2t3f., was paid, with.the addition of 2f., to the waiter, as a to-
ken of complete amnesty. This tete-a-tete party had scarcely
withdrawn when two good-looking persons entered, and took
their seats in the places which had just been vacated. Dinner
was ordered, served, eaten, and paid for. The room being-again
vacant, the waiter entered to clear the table, and happening to
move it he heard something, fall on the floor. On looking he
found on the ground one of the missing silver forks, and on the
under side of the table a large patch of pitch, bearing the im-
yressions of the six articles of plate which had caused him so
much uneasiness. They had been thus concealed by the first
party, and were•there found and carried off by the second, who
were their confederates in this ingenious mode of robbery. Two
days afterwards a similar manoeuvre was performed with equal
success at another restaurant in the Bois de nomainville.—
Galigtranf Messenger.