Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-03
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HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIpAy.
PROPAGATION OF PARLIAMENT.
(ANoTHER VERSION

VI IL.
(ANorHER VERSION
n's M'jesly W ent IN state to porogue The two Houses
0 P~a'iiamsn, this day. Alb ouEh a general expe eta
utn prevailed that Parliament would be psorogued. few
p icons were aware that hi, Majesty would p,oro. ne II
IN person. Among The lower classes none could b..
acquainted with i, ill the prepsra' ion for The cvremo-
ny o'gan-towdrds one o'clock. The formation OF
lines oil Policemen In Parliament street, soon after tina,
time, conveyed to The pullie an iniimation Of what was
10 napPen' aud very soon the houses on the line OF hi,
hie1es'ys route, aud the str'e ., were crowded. with
spectators. The king was Enthusiastically Received
by the people, who seemed sensible thar, he had come
abroad on a good cau'e. and eheesed him all the way
down 10 the House, and all The way on his return. No
doubt, II m.re time had been allowed, a murh greater
crowd would have been collected. His Maies;y va.
accompanied III his state cartiaze, drawn by cream
eolo'ed horses, by 1--WE believe) Lord Hill, and proceed
ed by two other stately equipsges. % his arrival a,
Did Palace yard, the crowd TO see his NJ .;e ,tv beeam.
very dense, and the cheers were very enthu-ia.,ic.
Iheir LordshiPs began TO assemble at two o'cloci.
principally dressed in their robes. Among the earI,-,,
in attendance were the Duke OF Cumberland. the Ar,b
6,sh'P OF Canterbury, Lo,d Durham, Lord Claorcarde,
Earl Grey, and Lord WbarnclTe, whose mo,inn to,
an adore 8 to his Majesty not TO dissolve P,riemen,
stood for this day. TIE greater part OF their Lo,dstips.
however, were unro5ed, on accor mt of the sud i.rn,s.
oil the announcement of The Kings intention 10 come
down TO the House. The number of Peers in au,n.
dance was very great. A considerable number NJ,
peeresses were seated on ths opposition Benches.
Prayers were read al halt pat two by he Ri .bop OF E,-
ster. Tho following sentence was taken as applicabls
10 passing evsnt:-"Lst the people praise thee; yea.
let The whole people praise thee"
The Duke II Go don presented a d etitjou f,om In.
Royal Borough Of Forces against Reform (Grea, laugh
,er
The Lord Chancellor entered the House at twenty
minutes bsfore three O'clock, and Immediately took his
seat.
The Lord Chancellor left the woolsack. and with.
drew into the room behind, in which Ne wa, to reseiv.
his Majesty.
The Il r! OF Salisbury, on The motion Of the ElcI of
Mansfield, was immediate y called to ihe Chair.
On taking the Chair,
Lord WharLcine rose aud said. he b.lievad ,h.,a
was no duty
The Duke Of Richmond Immediately rose 10 ordsr
ana sa'9; ma ne should move that The $ aDdIoe o der
OF The House he read, 'ha, Nybie Lord. should BIZ
seated in .heir proper places (cries OF hear. hear! and
order, o,der!D for he observed Noble Duke .u,ip,
next to one Of tle junior Birons. (Who the Dute-was
h. could mol make ou'; BIT we bslievs the Duke If
Wellington. The Noble Blron alluded 10 was Lord
Lyndhurst)
This Marquis. OF Londonderry rose to order.
The Marques oil Cianricarde also rose t. ord.t al tn
came time.
The Lord Chief Baron also rose, but the noi.s was so
stea' maj l, wac impossible to ascertain what the No.
be Lord ssid. We believe he objected TO the CON.
due, OF the Duke oil Richmond
The Duke Of Richmond said that il euch lapruas.
was made use OF in that House, he should also move
mai the Siardlng-Ofder G read that DO ofieD Us We Ian.
guage should be used by Noble Lords in ,ha, House
lhear, hear hesI; and great confusion. amidst which
the Marques OF Londoadeyty's voic. vas un,.rm =
calling out that he rose to G. der
The Marques OF Londonderry would be slsd IN know
from the Noble Duke oppO.ite, VITA, offensive Ian.
suage had been made use OF by The N 1ble Chief Ba.
ron
The Marques o.! Clanricards call ID out that IN.
noble Duke under him had not said the Noble Gale
Baron had used of nsive language.
The Marques Of Londonderry observed. that ~ m,
Noble Duke thought he was I, be the only ZERO in
thiscotp detat, he would fad himself y,ry much rnis.
taken. Ii the Noble Dixie wished 10 pyev.n, ,hni,
Lyrdsh'ps from speaking, he would hud himg.lf mis,ak.
en- Cloud cries OF 80 der OF he ID u" Lord WhUnslId.
standing on the flOOr.)
Something like silence having al length been OBJ
Lord Wharnslifs said, he was 10 HE situation a,
feer oil the mouse, and he should take The li.erty O
demanding 10 be heard. He bad given noiise Ola me.
lion which he would not ,hon preface with any obser
vstons' but which he would, according 10 the notice
take lesYe TO read. The terms Of The motion vera Il
,hiS efec''- Fhat an humble address be presented Il
his MaJes y, representing that his loyal subjects. IA,
Lords Spiri 'ual and Temporal, had heard with nxi,t,
the report That a dissolution Of Parliament was abon
to take place, and %isp!oFiug his Majesty not to prorc, ~,
or dissolve Parliament at The present juncture, as upde,
the present excitement which prev iIIod in IreIaud a,C
throughout Great Bsiain, il wonld be hk,Iy 10 Lad !,
grea' danger to ihs Crown, and proven, that calm anl
deliberate discu sion which The importance Of sush ar
even: demanded.
The Lord ChancsIl r at his moment entered IN,
House, and Immediately addressing it, said, wi h grear
emphasis-"l never yet heard that the Gown ouVb
not To dissolve Parliament whenever il ihouybt r., nsr.
!icula'ly at a moment when the House Of Commons
had thought III TO take the extreme and unsrecsd N, -d
s ep OF reiusDg supplies Coud CT OF her. heatI and
also at the saure lime c les of 'phe Kin, =" and aItoys'
Their imme,ss c%oufIsicn. The Lord Chancellor imme.
dat Iy left the House TO receive The KlDg btfrs his en-.
tefing TO take bis seat on the thrcne
The Marques Of Londonderry called lcudly again.
and his calls were accompanied by hose Of 0 hers. TO-,
the E3Tl OF Sbatesbufy 10 take the chair.
The Earl Oi S1aitesbury TO k the chair amidst erie
OF order, ordeI! chair, chair! o der OF the Dsy. Oder
ofibe DAJl shame, sh9me, shame! the King!" / is i'm.
possible TO desc lbe The confusion, The noise, and impet.
uosiiy that revealed from os eni Of lie II nae L, die
Other. No election meeting could present a greater
scene OF confusion short Of one ia which actual bias s
were passing The Pteressss present sesmsd ala med.
Some ot The Peers were, as b. appeared O. Us in he
confusion, almost settling, and shook heir hsuds at
each other as " in & eat anger. A last
Lord MsOsheld obtained a heatir z, and said n n, a.,
never, in the whole course OF his lie, had witnessed
such a scene, and he trusted he never should see The
like again. He had heard with astoLir hms ut. from the
Noble and Learned Lord, thai II was incumbent on the
Kids to dissolve Parliament when the House oil Conn
mons had taken the extreme and unprecpdenjed step OF
refUsiug supplies He ds,ired TO ue no inienp-ja ate
expression, but as far as God had given him PEI hspl.
sD imperfect share Ct understanding, he fst that he
King aud the country were now about 10 b. placed In
a mos, awful P%tedicamen, such a. they never isd heen
in before. He would not accu e his Majssiy's NJ mis-
seTs with any thing Ike 4 waut Of chaTny, but lie dd
accuse them 81 weakness, and Of cotsp = ug toge,b,r
sgsiust the safs,y OF The State, and Of makiDg the So.
vereisn the instrument OF bii own destfueu0n Toud
bear, htarl and great con u ion Upon The guesIon q
Reform lac h d not stated his opinion, bee iuso he Bin
had no, been before that House, and because 10 could
not trust himself to speek upon II. lie thought too VI al
the probability was, thai the Bill never YOU'D come
thefe-tbat it % u.s., as Ia iaet ~ had don close The last
Of those ~ glorious sbefrations-:hOse uutfisd ihsOries-
those unteDabls speculaiiOns ~ which The Monsters
bed INDUCED, who bad been merely distngui.hed tor
incapscijy such as was never observed before fchser.
from ons psri Of the Housed The dissolution VI Par.
lament was one o. the mea'ufes suggested ~ a faction
10 a disturbed country. IL was The result OF he COun.
ellis Of lhJse Who bad advised he Kibg 10 adopt a plan