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with crape carried by weak hands, and emaciated 
bodies, in behalf of thirty thousand poorcreatures 
out of employ !!! 
Feb. 5.—Parliament opened; and his Majesty’s 
speech read by commission, by the Lord Chan- 
cellor as follows :— 
“My Lords and Gentlemen: His Majesty com- 
mands us to inform you, that he continues to re- 
ceive from his Allies, and generally from all 
Princes and States, the assurance of their un- 
abated desire to cultivate the most friendly re- 
lations with his Majesty—Under the mediation 
of his Majesty, the preliminaries of a treaty of 
peace between his Imperial Majesty the Emperor 
of Brazil and the Republic of the United Pro- 
vinces of Rio de la Plata, have been signed and 
ratified.—His Majesty has concluded a convention 
with the King of Spain for the final settlement of 
the claims of British and Spanish subjects pre- 
ferred under the Treaty, signed at Madrid, on the 
the 12th of March, 1823.—His Majesty has direct- 
ed a copy of this Convention to be laid before you ; 
and his Majesty relies upon your assistance to 
enable him to execute some of its provisions,— 
His Majesty laments that his diplomatic relations 
with Portugal are still necessarily suspended,.— 
Deeply interested in the prosperity of the Portu- 
guese Monarchy, his Majesty has entered into 
negotiations with the head of the House of Bra- 
ganza, in the hope of terminating a state of affairs 
which is incompatible with the permanent tran- 
quility and welfare of Portugal.—His Majesty 
commands us to assure you, that he has laboured 
unremittingly to fulfil the stipulations of the 
Treaty of the 6th of July, 1827; and to effect, in 
concert with his Allies, the pacification of Greece. 
—The Morea has been liberated from the pre- 
sence of the Egyptian and Turkish forces.—This 
important object has been accomplished by the 
successful exertion of the naval forces of his 
- Majesty and of his Allies, which led to a conven- 
tion with the Pacha of Egypt; and finally, by 
the skilful disposition and exemplary conduct of 
the French army, acting by the commands of his 
Most Christian Majesty, on the behalf of the Al- 
liance.—The troops of bis Most Christian Majesty 
haying completed the task assigned to them by 
the Allies, have commenced their return to France.- 
—It is with great satisfaction that his Majesty 
‘informs you, that during the whole of these oper- 
ations, the most cordial union has subsisted be- 
tween the forces of the three powers by sea and 
land.—His Majesty deplores. the continuance of 
hostilities between the Emperor of Russia and 
“the Ottoman Porte,—His Imperial Majesty, in the 
prosecution of those hostilities, has considered it 
necessary to resume the exercise of his belligerent 
rights in the Mediterranean, and has established 
a blockade of the Dardenelles.—From the opera- 
tion of this blockade, those commercial enterprizes 
of his Majesty’s subjects have been exempted 
which were undertaken upon the faith of his Ma- 
jesty’s declaration to his Parliament respecting 
the neutrality of the Mediterranean Sea.—Al- 
though it has become indispensable for his Ma- 
jesty and the King of France to suspend the-co- 
operation of their forces with those of his Im- 
perial Majesty, in consequence of this resumption 
of the exercise of his belligerent rights, the best 
understanding prevails between the three powers 
in their endeavours to accomplish the remaining 
objects of the treaty of London. 
Chronology, Marriages, and Deaths. 
[Marcu, 
“Gentlemen of the House of Commons: Weare 
commanded by his Majesty to acquaint you that 
the estimates for the current year will forthwith 
be laid before you. His Majesty relies on your 
readiness to grant the necessary supplies, with a 
just regard to the exigencies of the public service, 
and to the economy which his Majesty is anxious 
to enforce in every department of the state. His 
Majesty has the satisfaction to announce to you 
the continued improvement of the revenue. The 
progressive increase in that branch of it which is 
derived from articles of internal consumption, is 
peculiarly gratifying to his Majesty, as affording 
a decisive indication of the stability of the na- 
tional resources, and of the increased comfort 
and prosperity of his peopie. 
« My Lords and Gentlemen : The state of Ireland 
has been the object of his Majesty’s continued 
solicitude.—His Majesty laments that in that part 
of the United Kingdom an association should still 
exist, which is dangerous to the public peace, 
and inconsistent with the spirit of the constitu- 
tion ; which keeps alive discord and ill-will 
amongst his Majesty’s subjects, and which must, 
if permitted to continne, effectually obstruct every 
effort permanently to improve the condition of 
Ireland.—His Majesty confidently relies on the 
wisdom and on the support of his Parliament ; 
and his Majesty feels assured that you will com- 
mit to him such powers as may enable his Ma- 
jesty to maintain his just authority.—His Majesty 
recommends that when this essential object shall 
have been accomplished, you should take into 
your deliberate consideration the whole condition 
of Ireland ; and that you should review the laws 
which impose civil disabilities on his Majesty’s 
Roman Catholic subjects. — You will consider 
whether the removal of those disabilities can be 
effected consistently with the full and permanent 
security of our establisiments in church and 
state, with the maintenance of the reformed re- 
ligion established by law, and of the rights and 
privileges of the Bishops, and of the Clergy of 
this realm, and of the churches committed to their 
charge.—These are institutions which must ever 
be held sacred in this Protestant kingdom, and 
which it is the duty and the determination of his 
Majesty to preserve inviolate.—His Majesty most 
earnestly recommends to you to enter upon the 
consideration of a subject of such paramount 
importance, deeply interesting to the best feelings 
of his people, and involving the tranquillity and 
concord of the United Kingdom, with the temper 
and the moderation which will best ensure the 
successful issue of your deliberations.” 
10.—Protestant Petition from the county of Lei- 
cester presented to Parliament signed by 17,035 
persons ; it measured 52 yards in length, and 
consisted of 154 skins of parchment. 
11.—The Recorder made his report to his Ma- 
jesty at Windsor, of the 16 prisoners capitally 
convicted at the last Old Bailey Sessions, when 
all were respited except two who were ordered 
for execution on the 17th instant. 
— His Majesty appointed Lord Willoughby de 
Eresby to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of 
Carnarvon. 
15.—News arrived of a revolution happening in 
Mexico ; a general pillage and a great massacre 
in the streets of that town, and all commerce at a 
total stand. 
