Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-31

| dtsOrE anlscO popular Assem- ny III ir uOst uh"Nt'Fu
periOes OF our history. there eau hnd y be found such
an instance Of xn aotdiDary and sudden abandonment
OF the deiib, rative tharac er.-The cour,esies o' society
! were violated on all sides, aud per Qualities, amounting
alimo.t 10 rudsr moies vi expression, passed amongst
the lords during the Glamour. instanses oil opp'obii-
Gus language have been communicated to Us, which
ho~ever. we decline publishing. The confusion, clA-
incur aud dismay, that iii! d The Hue OF Commons,
were equally remarkable, but we are III 70 accustomed
to NEE, the unemhelIi,hsd reelection OF vulgar rsali y:
while n ths Hou-e o.; Peers we are used TO see poor
humauity lricked out 20 daintiy, tina. a deviation On The
part OF their iotdships from the fashionable into The eve.
ry day nature, awakens in us a still g,eaer degree Of
HOUSE OF LoRDs-April %.
PROPAGATION OF PARLIAN
At one o'clock, orders were sent down to the House
Of Lord-, that his Majesty would come In person TO pro-
rogue Parliament. The necessary preparations made
on occasion of the Royal visits to the House, were gone
through as speedily as possible.
Exeter. The following sentence was taken as applica-
BILE to passing events &c Let the people praise thee
yea, let the whole people praise thee"
REFORN IN PARLIAMENT.
( A Noble Lord presented a petition from enc OF the
royal burghs of Scotland, against this Reform.-(A
laugh.)
On the motion of Earl MANSFIELD, it was resolved,
that Lord Shaftesbury DO take the chair, when the
House went into a COMMITTEE on a bill, the name Of
which we could not learn.
The Earl of Mansfield said, il was quite evident for
what purpose they were now assembled.
The Duke of Richmond rose to speak TO order.-He
would move the standing order of the House, that Peer,
should take their places, as he saw a noble Earl seated
near a Junior Baron.
Lord Lyndhur,t sail the noble Duke was in error.
(Here the Glamour from the Baron's bench, near the
bar, was so great, that we could not catch a word }
The Duke OF Richmond rose 10 order. The noble
and learned baron had used offensive language.
The Marquis of Londonderry rose to order, and said
il was a miserable SHIFT to prevent persons from express
ing their opinions OH this coup detdt. (Cheers and
laughter from the ministerial %benches) II the noble
Duke wished to put himself at the head oil IRIS coup
d.tdt. his object was to prevent the expression OF their
opinions.
The Marquis Of Clanricarde-Is this to order (Cla-
mors, mixed with cheers and cries for Lord Wharne-
cliffe, and the orfer OF the day.
Lord WharnclifIe moved the order Of the day, that an
address be presented TO his Majesty not to dissolve the
Parliament under the present state of excitement both
in England and Ireland.
The Lord Chancellor said he had never heard any
objection TO the King dissolving Parliament, when the
other House of Parliament hal taken tho unprecedent-
ed step Of refusing the supplies. CHEERS and tremen-
dous clamor, amid cries of 90 the King" whose arrival
was announced by the loud and joyous shouts of the
people outside the House, aud the firing OF minute guns
in the Park.)
Lord Mansfield had heard from the Noble Lord, that
it was the undoubted right OF the Crown 10 dissolve
Parliament, when the other House of Parliament had
taken What he called, perhaps from his ignorance of our
history, the unprecedented step OF stopping the sup
plies. They stood in the most Nv tul situation he ac-
cused Ministers OF weakness, OF %conspiring against the
safety OF the State, by making the King a party TO his
own destruction. (Hear) He had not expressed his
opinion on the reform bill, because he ~thoughtit would
have never come TO this House, but that il would have
closed the number OF their abortive pIans-the most
abortive ever atteInsted by an incapable ministry.-
Clear, hear.) What did the petitions of their Lord
ships table pray for? Was it a dissolution of Parlia-
ment No-a reform Parliament was what they want
ed. The reduction Of taxat' Oh, of the army, the appro-
Priation OF church property to the use OF the State
they also demanded universal suffrage and the vote by
ballot. He, Lord Mansfield, had, he rejoiced TO think,
advised his Majesty TO this important subject he stat
ed TO the King, that il he gave his assent TO the disso-
luton for the sake of this bill, it was a measure so preg-
nant with danger, that he was certain an attack would
be made ON the credit OF the country first on the pri-
vileges, and then on the existence of this House, and
lastly on the privileges Of the Crown itself; (hear) pri-
vileges which were inseparably connected with the hap
piness of the people. Hear He rejoiced that he had
spoken in a time of great Glamour.
Here the entrance OF Ii Majesty pu, an end TO The
discussion. One or two OF their Lordsbips, however,
allowed a clauorous expression or two 10 reach the
Royal ear.
His Majesty took his seat on the Thron-, wearing
the crown ard scep're, and surrounded by a numerous
body OF the royal household; he looked rem lrk ably
vel, and wore beneath the roya! robes the uniform
OF an admiral.
The Commons were summoned to attend a, the bar.
preceded by Thomas Tyrwhiu and The Speaker. A.
bout 100 members were in attendance in the small
space below the bar. They rushed in SO unanimously
that The Speaker was twice or thrice obliged to call
the m to order.
The Speaker, on reaching the bar, brought up the
Civil List bill aud several others, ~prefacing his doing
so with a b'ist address to The King.
The Royal assent was given in the customary man.
ner u ihese bile.
The sight at this moment was imposing; the three
estates OF the realm, on perhaps the most important o-
caFlOu Ib ~ niFlofy OF u couotTy. IL was half
past three before this parliamentary business was gone
through with.
His Majs'ly then read in a firm lone OF voice the
following:
FEC FROM THE HRONE
E"Afy Lor ds and Gentlemen:
81 have come 10 meet you for the purpose Of proro.
guiog this Parliament with a view 10 its immediate dis
solution.
81 have been iaduced 10 resort to THE measure, for
the purpose OF asceriaining The sense of my peopl' 10
the way in which it can be most constii u iionaliy and
automatically expressed, on the expectancy of making
such changes in the representation as circumstances
may appear TO re quire, and which shall be founded on
the acknowledged principles of the constitution, and
may tend at once to uphold the just rights and pre-
gogatlves OF the Crown, and TO give security to the
liberties OF my people.
"GenHemen Of the House of Commons.
vi thank you Tor the provision which you have made
Tor the maintenance OF the honour and dg uity of The
Crown; and l offer you M special ackoowIedg msnts
Tor the arrangements which you have made for The
state and comfor, Of my Royal Consort.
VI have also TO thank you for the supplies which you
nave furnished Tor the public service, and | have oh.
served with satisfaction that you have endeavored 10
introduce the s.ric,est economy in every branch of that
service, and trust that the attention of The me- Par
lament which l shall forthwith direct to be called,
"yWy Lords and Gentlemen:
- am happy 10 inform you that the friendly inter-
course which sub,i,s between myself and Foreign
Power, affords the best hope OF the continuance Of
peace; to preserve which my most anxious endea yors
shall be constantly directed.
".Wy Lords and Gentlemen.
I'm resolving 10 have recourse TO the sense of nv
people, 10 the present circumstances Of the country, /
nave oeen influenced only by a paierDai anxiety for
the coDieniDIeni and happiness OF my bjsc,s- to pro-
mote which | rely confidently on your continued and
jealous assistance.
"My pleasure i, that this parliament, be prorogued
till Tuesday, the 10th Of May"
The Lord Chancellor then rose and ssid,-"It is his
Mdles'y's pleasure 4 at This Parliament be pro-osusd