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the Lords Commissioners , there was a large assemblage of peers present to witness the ceremony . The peers , as they entered the House , took the oaths . Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey was introduced in his robes in the usual form . His lordship having taken the oaths , the ceremony of marching round the House and bowing to the throne was performed . The Usher of the Black Rod having been commanded to summon the attendance of the Commonsin a few minutes returnedattended bthe
, , y Right Hon . J . Abercromby and an immense number of the members . The right hon . gentleman , who was supported on his ri ght and left b y his proposer and seconder , announced to the House the selection the Commons had made in the appointment of a Speaker . The Lord Chancellor , as one of the Lords Commissioners , said , they had it in command from his Majesty to assure Mr . Abercromb y that his Majesty hacl felt reliance on his fidelity , and that he dulappreciated his zeal for the
y public service ; and that his Majesty did most readily concur in the selection of his " faithful Commons . The ri ght hon . gentleman said , that he most humbly submitted himself to his Majesty ' s will ancl pleasure . The usual privileges were then claimed by the Speaker for the Commons and their servants , which being assented to b y the Lords Commissioners , the Speaker and the Commons , having bowed , withdrew , after which the House adjourned ;
Feb . 24 t / i . —At half-past one o ' clock the Lorcl Chancellor took the woolsack , and at two o ' clock the discharge of artillery and the clangour of trumpets announced his Majesty ' s arrival at the House . His Majesty shortly after entered the House , attended by the great officers of state . Being seated on the throne , the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod ( Sir A . Clifford ) was directed to command the immediate attendance of the Commons in the House of Lords . A very numerous body of the Commons , headed by their Speaker , immediately after filled the space below the bar , when his Majesty read the following speech : —
" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN , "I avail myself of the earliest opportunity 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 . " Upon the occurrence of this calamity , I gave immediate directions
that the best provision of which the circumstances of the case would admit should be made for your present meeting ; and it will be my wish to adopt such plans for your permanent accommodation of the two Houses of Parliament as shall be deemed , on 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 ori gin of the fire , and the evidence ivhich that
upon report was founded . " The assurances which I receive from my allies , and generally from all foreign princes and states , of their earnest desire to cultivate the relations of amity , and to maintain with me the most friendly understanding , justify on my part the confident expectation of the continuance of the blessings of peace . " The single exception to the general tranquillity of Europe is the civil contest which still prevails in some of the northern provinces of Spain .
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Parliamentary Analysis.
the Lords Commissioners , there was a large assemblage of peers present to witness the ceremony . The peers , as they entered the House , took the oaths . Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey was introduced in his robes in the usual form . His lordship having taken the oaths , the ceremony of marching round the House and bowing to the throne was performed . The Usher of the Black Rod having been commanded to summon the attendance of the Commonsin a few minutes returnedattended bthe
, , y Right Hon . J . Abercromby and an immense number of the members . The right hon . gentleman , who was supported on his ri ght and left b y his proposer and seconder , announced to the House the selection the Commons had made in the appointment of a Speaker . The Lord Chancellor , as one of the Lords Commissioners , said , they had it in command from his Majesty to assure Mr . Abercromb y that his Majesty hacl felt reliance on his fidelity , and that he dulappreciated his zeal for the
y public service ; and that his Majesty did most readily concur in the selection of his " faithful Commons . The ri ght hon . gentleman said , that he most humbly submitted himself to his Majesty ' s will ancl pleasure . The usual privileges were then claimed by the Speaker for the Commons and their servants , which being assented to b y the Lords Commissioners , the Speaker and the Commons , having bowed , withdrew , after which the House adjourned ;
Feb . 24 t / i . —At half-past one o ' clock the Lorcl Chancellor took the woolsack , and at two o ' clock the discharge of artillery and the clangour of trumpets announced his Majesty ' s arrival at the House . His Majesty shortly after entered the House , attended by the great officers of state . Being seated on the throne , the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod ( Sir A . Clifford ) was directed to command the immediate attendance of the Commons in the House of Lords . A very numerous body of the Commons , headed by their Speaker , immediately after filled the space below the bar , when his Majesty read the following speech : —
" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN , "I avail myself of the earliest opportunity 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 . " Upon the occurrence of this calamity , I gave immediate directions
that the best provision of which the circumstances of the case would admit should be made for your present meeting ; and it will be my wish to adopt such plans for your permanent accommodation of the two Houses of Parliament as shall be deemed , on 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 ori gin of the fire , and the evidence ivhich that
upon report was founded . " The assurances which I receive from my allies , and generally from all foreign princes and states , of their earnest desire to cultivate the relations of amity , and to maintain with me the most friendly understanding , justify on my part the confident expectation of the continuance of the blessings of peace . " The single exception to the general tranquillity of Europe is the civil contest which still prevails in some of the northern provinces of Spain .