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THE

ANNUAL REGISTER,

For the Year 1819.

GENERAL HISTORY.

CHAPTER I.

THE HE first session of the sixth parliament of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland having assembled on the 14th of January 1819, the Prince Regent appointed Sir Richard Richards, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, to sit in the place of the Lord Chancellor during the time of his temporary absence. This was accordingly effected with due solemnity; and certain lords Commissioners were put in nomination, of whom the Lord President of the council, the earl of Harrowby, took the lead. A number of members of the House of Commons being then introduced, they and the Lords were informed by the Lord President, that, it not being convenient for the Prince Regent to VOL. LXI.

attend in person, he had been pleased to cause a commission to be issued under the great seal authorizing the Lords and Commons to open this parliament. After this form had been complied with, the Commons withdrew, and the Houses were adjourned during pleasure.

The choice of a Speaker to the House of Commons was the next object for consideration; and on the same day, the right hon. Robert Peel rose, after a complimentary speech, to propose the right hon. Charles Manners Sutton, to fill for a second time the same distinguished post. He was seconded by lord Clive; the House now loudly calling upon Mr. Manners Sutton to occupy the chair, he was conducted, [B]

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