And now, sir, in conclusion, will you | Curteis, Herbert B be so kind as to tell me who you are, what you are, and where you live? You tell me, indeed, that your name is RICHARD ELSE, and that you date your letter at BATH; but, in a case like this, we ought to have all the qualifications. The thing ought to be faced, without any shrinking; and, therefore, I trust, that you will pub lish all particulars relative to yourself, to all your supporters and subscribers. I am, sir, Your most obedient servant, WM. COBBETT. THE SPEAKERSHIP. Curteis, Edward B List of the Division on the choice of Speaker. Ferguson, Sir R C MAJORITY. For Mr. Abercromby. Acheson, Viscount Adam, Charles Aglionby, Henry A Andover, Lord Barclay, David. Bridgman, Hewitt Brodie, William B Fergusson, Rt Hon RC Fox, Charles Richard Howard, Hon E G G Hume, Joseph Molesworth, Sir W, Bt O'Connell, Maurice O'Connor, Feargus O'Conor, Don 539 Oswald, R.A Ronayne, Dominick Russell, Lord C J F Speirs, Captain Spiers, Alexander Stanley, Edward J Stanley, Hon HT Baillie, Hugh Duncan Denison, John E Bainbridge, Edw T Dick, Quintin Dottin, Abel Rous Balfour, Stewart, Sir M S, Bart Baring, Francis Dowdeswell, William Duffield, Thomas Dugdale, D S Duncombe, Hon W Duncombe, Hon A Dundas, Robert A Durham, Sir PCH East, James Buller Eastnor, Viscount Eaton, Richard J Egerton, Sir P de M, Egerton, Wm Tatton Bart Egerton, Lord Francis Entwistle, John Estcourt, Thomas G B Euston, Earl of Fancourt, C St John Fector, John Minet Feilden, William Ferguson, George Ferguson, Sir R, Bart Finch, George Bruce, Lord E A, C B Fleetwood, Peter H Bruce, CL C Brudenell, Lord Charlton, E L Chichester, Arthur Churchill, Lord C S Coote, Sir C C, Bart Corry, Hon H TL Crewe, Sir J, Bart Darlington, Earl of Fleming, John Foley, Edw Thomas Hamilton, Lord C Hanmer, Henry Harcourt, George G Henniker, Lord Kerrison, Sir Edward Mahon, Lord Mandeville, Viscount Owen, Hugh Rushbrook, Robert Ryle, John Sandon, Lord Saunderson, Richard Twiss, Horace Williams, Thomas P Tyrrell, Sir J B, Bart Williams, Robt, jun Vaughan, Sir RW, Bt Wilmot, Sir E E, Bart Vere, Sir C B, Bart Wilson, Henry Wodehouse, Hon E Wood, Thomas Worcester, Marq. of Wortley, Hon J'S Wyndham, Wadham Wynn, Rt Hon W W Wynn, Sir W W, Bart Yorke, Elliott Thomas Young, Sir W L, Bart Young, George F Young, John Smyth, Sir G H, Bart Somerset, Lord G CH TELLERS. Somerset, Lord R EHCharles Wood Sir G Clerk, Bart Manners, Lord Robert Spry, Sir Samuel T Stanley, Lord Marsland, Thomas Martin, John Stanley, Edward Mathew, Captain Stewart, John Maxwell, Henry Stormont, Lord Stuart, Lord D C Sturt, Henry Charles Surrey, Earl of Talmash, Hon A G Tapps, G W Tennant, JE Thomas, Colonel Thompson, Win Townsend, LdJ, NBB Trench, Sir Frederick Trevor, Hon GR Trevor, Hon Arthur Turner, William Turner, Thomas THE PARLIAMENT, WHICH met, and chose a SPEAKER, on the 19., had a Speech from the Throne on the 24.; and the House of Commons have been debating on the address every night since, this night (Thursday, 26.) inclusive. I have not time now to do any thing more than merely insert the 1Speech, the address, and the amendment. THE KING'S SPEECH. mentary to the treaty of April, 1834, and are intended to facilitate the com My Lords and Gentlemen, I avail myself of the earliest oppor-plete attainment of the objects contem tunity of meeting you in Parliament, after having recurred to the sense of my people. You will, I am confident, fully participate in the regret which I feel at the destruction, by accidental fire, of that part of the ancient palace of Westminster, which has been long appropriated to the use of the two Houses of Parliament. I plated by that treaty. I have to repeat the expression of my regret that the relations between Holland and Belgium still remain unsettled. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I have directed the estimates for the ensuing year to be prepared, and to be laid before you without delay. Upon the occurrence of this calamity They have been formed with the strictgave immediate directions that the best est attention to economy, and I have the provision of which the circumstances of satisfaction of acquainting you that the the case would admit should be made for total amount of the demands for the pubyour present meeting, and it will be my lic service will be less on the present than wish to adopt such plans for your per- it has been on any former occasion within manent accommodation as shall be our recent experience. deemed, in your joint consideration, to be the most, fitting and convenient. I will give directions that there be laid before you the report made to me by the Privy Council, in reference to the origin of the fire, and the evidence upon which that report was founded. The satisfactory state of the trade and commerce of the country, and of the public revenue, fully justifies the expectation that, notwithstanding the reductions in taxation, which were made in the last session, and which, when they shall have taken full effect, will tend to diminish the sur The assurances which I receive from plus of the public revenue, there will re my allies, and generally from all foreign main a sufficient balance to meet the adPrinces and States, of their earnest de- ditional charge which will arise from sire to cultivate the relations of amity, providing the compensation granted by and to maintain with me the most friend- Parliament, on account of the abolition understanding, justify, on my part, of slavery throughout the British dothe confident expectation of the con- minions. tinuance of the blessings of peace. I deeply lament that the agricultural The single exception to the general interest continues in a state of great detranquillity of Europe, is the civil contest which still prevails in some of the northern provinces of Spain. pression. I recommend to your consideration whether it may not be in your power, I will give directions that there be laid after providing for the exigencies of the before you articles which I have concluded public service, and consistently with the with my allies, the King of the French, stedfast maintenance of the public credit, the Queen Regent of Spain, and the to devise a method for mitigating the Queen of Portugal, which are supple- pressure of those local charges which bear heavily on the owners and occupiers of cal discipline, and to relieve those who land, and for distributing the burden of dissent from the doctrines or discipline them more equally over other descriptions of property. My Lords and Gentlemen, The information received from the Governors of my Colonies, together with the acts passed in execution of the law for the abolition of slavery, will be communicated to you. It is with much satisfaction that I have observed the general concurrence of the colonial legislatures in giving effect to this important measure: and notwithstanding the difficulties with which the subject is necessarily attended, I have seen no reason to abate my earnest hopes of a favourable issue. be Under all circumstances, you may assured of my anxious desire, and unceasing efforts, fully to realize the be nevolent intentions of Parliament. There are many important subjects, some of which have already undergone partial discussion in Parliament; the ad justment of which, at as early a period as is consistent with the mature consideration of them, would be of great advantage to the public interest. Among the first, in point of urgency, is the state of the tithe question in Ireland, and the means of effecting an equitable and final adjustment of it. of the church from the necessity of celebrating the ceremony of marriage according to its rites. I have not yet received the report from the commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of municipal corporations, but I have reason to believe that it will be made, and that I shall be enabled to communicate it to you at an early period. I have appointed a commission for considering the state of the several dioceses in England and Wales, with reference to the amount of their revenues, and to the more equal distribution of the episcopal duties, the state of the several cathedral and collegiate churches, with a view to the suggestion of such measures as may render them most conducive to the ef ficiency of the established church, and for devising the best mode of providing for the cure of souls, with reference to the residence of the clergy on their respective benefices. The especial object which I have in view in the appointment of this commission is to extend more widely the means of religious worship according to the doctrines of the established church, and to confirm its hold upon the veneration and affections of my people. I feel it also incumbent upon me to Measures will be proposed for your call your earnest attention to the conconsideration, which will have for their dition of the church of Scotland, and to respective objects to promote the com- the means by which it may be enabled to mutation of tithe in England and Wales, increase the opportunities of religious to improve our civil jurisprudence, and worship in that part of the United Kingthe administration of justice in ecclesi-dom. astical causes, to make provision for the It has been my duty, on this occasion, more effectual maintenance of ecclesiasti-to direct your consideration to various |