The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-27 00:00:00

1113 .MAJAITY
60ING IN STATE TO THE MOM OF LORDS TO
OPEN THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

euniequenre of the will known I.lve of tag,e and
ekt,ace displayed by his Majesty upon ail ocr_:sions
uric.; the Regency, and tha embellishments the
Ifoise of Lords has undergone, and tlw erection of
• {u re rb throne, the anxiety ts obtai.i a . adtnirsion
I ranks of society was beyond any f.,rnier i.re;e•
all hnndreds of persons iti th.• upper riri of
lii~mit c mpelled to put up with dis.itToitithient.
brink also the first speech a 11;4 present M.,jesiv
c:iacacter of the Monarch of this ope-
”, asanother stimalus to be preient on:in so ityere4-
; t: all We .sioo. The opening speech of his late Ma-
is ~;,, those memorabk words were contained,
• r, nas I b-ed amongst you, I giory in the name of
stiil retained all the Isree patriot:am
aaion,-st the people, and rendered an event like the
rres..at a tent auspicious and important monietit. 11w
whole eyes of the country, tiirr:ted tuaards speat
▪ cin very easily arronut fur t'.e ;;rest eu•
r w!ikh pervaded the wliu:e a etropoli,.
As early as tea o'clock in thl mor,ing, St. James',
s'r,-e!, Pall-!rap!, and Parliament.stre tt, displayed or,.
..I:;.lete string of carriages, t!led svi!t prim.:-
rile. attired in the most superb dresse as early
▪ eicren o'clock, one boar before the ituora were
o tort, the ratmge to the Hons.. of Liras wit; coos-
plet-ly filled.
Hi: Majesty left Carton Pala..e it about minuses
fore o'clo k, preceded by th.. Master of tit, Horse
ao•i t:.e Otfirers who atteml upon such ;
add the guns autism:red his arrital at the fluu..e of
Lard.: at a .;carter before t.
His Majesty looked ehetrful, and was diessed in
military uniform ; he wore el.° a black *ask 'I he
populace frequently cheered him, and the lad es fr..ni
the windows waved their hath;kerrhiels.

'lke Lord Chaimnor canoe to private room, at
West:faultier-Hall, at ten o'clock yesterday tour:dna.
to preside in the Court (If Chancery. Before he had
time to role he received an offici4l letter. on tt hich
hr sent OW of his offii ers into the Ccort to the
Bar that he should not be eb!e to come into Curt, as
kir would be eni.raged with other hnsiness the reittai oiler
of the day. His Lordship afterwanls had an ioter-
view with the Spesiter of the House of Continuos, in
his Lordedp's ro to in the Howe of Lori..
It it reported that Iles :n. !Lundell and Wilke,
kw contracted to snake the alterations uu the Inve-
nd Ll.wo for Sixty 'I 'loosen.' Pounds :----Except
chewing theflec-de-lic for the bouquet of the rote,
tafrfkand tio,soarocA, we trust no fur her changes will

be na4e. 'Mare iJ a suer:Nine:es in atre, in things of

dialled, that should be si.ruptiloualy-respectell.
The King honoured the Lord 3layor of Dublin by
an invitation to dinner. It is said that his Majesty.
whist his Lordship tea.: present, was cooties. esidink:.
'oomph to compliment him and the country from which
he came, by driaitig" Prosperity to Old Ireland," in
a hamper of rltiskem roe..
We understand that. whAs the Deputation af
Xac-
absatswaite ea the rl of Liverpool with fbeir petition.
olishwas • *am days since, the Noble lard
told *mu wills candour, that if tin y expecte.l the re-
peal of the Con Bill they must not look (or the support
of Uovernment to the measure. Thi-re were at that tittle
of land-owners and farmers in many part:. of
the kingdom preparing Petitions to Parliament, to
pray fur farther protee.tion ; and in this contort be
tween the two parties, Ministers were r. solved to
adhere to the measure which hat passed into a law
—to give to the ',dying arrangement the furth.l.
experience of time. On. point which the Merchant
urged with great farce of argument was, that all
prohibitions should be Liken off, as most fatal to
aramercial intercourse with other nations, and whi. h
was is itself a most sick's. principle. Instead of
totally excluding articles of foreign mentally lure from
tatty at our Custom-houses, let du:ies be laid on them
far the protectiod of the home mannfartn.e, if thought
anemia ; bat let them at Last be admissible. 'I his
vrettli, In its effect, open the eves of foreign States to
the advantages of the same policy, and might lead to
that interchange if commodities by which they might
all he boacitted. o this proposition the Noble Earl
paid Haul! attention.
Among the ettfgrants proceeding to reek another
eadatry el the shores of ffouthern Africa. four vessels.
contaiatag above 600 souls, have rated from Liver-
pool. Woad to the Cape of flood Hope ; three of then
varier the command and direction of a naval officer,
and one rider private superintendence. The public
aril was instructed to provide every accommodation
%hid rook! mivis'er to the health or comfort of the
families *to Weft to embark.

Day LANE TnEATAE.—After the representation
of Mac Lear at this Theatre, last night, The Miller
of Arm rilehl was p rformed. In the commencement of
the second t the. Klaf is entertained at the Miller's
LW, who proposes his Majeity's health as a toast.
The audicrre received it with great applause, but
a person from one of the galleries having cried out
"Drink the Queen too," his suggestion gave rite to
&contest so vehement (and in which the company in
t;,e boxes jo.t,i.ri), that nothing from that moment
quota he heard fium the st ige until Mr. Ht.sszu., the
t►tAge Manager, came forward to address them. He
t•preeented briefly, that they. rfurmers had introduced
nuthiPg h was not in the original piece, and as
itto ,e;Prt had been loug established, he hoped they
w hear it to the end. His appeal, however, was in-
s'reetwil m.ses, cries of " Ott; o"," and " Qu. en.
%teem' were continued to the end ; so that the re-
ittAinder of tbc performance went off in dumb show.
Hans •TTPACT6D BY Vcxc•.—On Tuesday after-
soon, a great 31ilitary Command.r had nearly expe-
rienced a serious sec dent, owing to the following cir-
cmistance:—The above d.stingnished Sri ql.llarr,
oa quitting the glass-warehouse, the corner c.f Whit-
tub-street, near the Haymarket, was suddenly attract-
ed by the powerful charms of a lady e e Fame : nay,
solost was he to other surroundin,r object, that a
coach, driving at a fuliuus rate, had nearly run over
hem, and which must have happened, if a gentleman had
n"t Pad-natnredly caught hold of his arm, aw &Len-
in! the hero of Waterloo from his trance. 'f he latter
. immedia►ely trrned round, and shaking the hand of
the gentleman, thanked him kindly for his fr:ondly
interference.