of Mr. Hanbury, that she was far advanced in her preg nancy The other orders of the day were then disposed of. HOUSE OF LORDS. SATURDAY, APRIL 25. The royal assent was given by commission to the loan interest bill, the Irish loan bill, the treasurer of the navy's regulation bill, the customs fees bill, the innkeepers' subsistence bill, the Sicilian prize money bill, the tanners' bill, several other public, and a great number of private bills. The commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Lords Walsingham and Hawkesbury. .The bills on the table were forwarded in their respective stages, and the House adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. SATURDAY, APRIL 25. The House met at half-past three, and were summoned. by the black rod to the House of Peers to hear the royal assent given to several public and private bills. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, APRIL 27. About a quarter before three o'clock the Lord Chancellor, Earl Camden, and Lord Hawkesbury, took their scats as his majesty's commissioners. Mr. Quarme, the deputy usher of the black rod, was sent to the House of Commons to require their attendance. After some time had elapsed the Speaker, accompanied by a great number of meinbers of the House of Commons, came to the bar.. The royal assent was notified by the lords commissioners to two private bills. The The Lord Chancellor, in his majesty's name, delivered the following speech: "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, "We have it in command from his Majesty to inform you, that his majesty has thought fit to avail himself of the first moment which would admit of an interruption of the sitting of Parliament, without material inconvenience to the public business, to close the present session; and that his majesty has therefore been pleased to cause a commission to be issued under the great seal for proroguing the Parliament "We are further commanded to state to you, that his majesty is anxious to recur to the sense of his people, while the events which have recently taken place are yet fresh in their recollection, "His majesty feels, that in resorting to this measure, under the present circumstances, he at once demonstrates, in the most unequivocal manner, his own conscientious persuasion of the rectitude of those motives upon which he has acted, and affords to his people the best opportunity of testifying their determination to support him in every exercise of the prerogative of his crown, which is con formable to the sacred obligations under which they are held, and conducive to the welfare of his kingdom, and to the security of the constitution. "His majesty directs us to express his entire conviction, that after so long a reign, marked by a series of indulgences to his Roman catholic subjects, they, in common with every other class of his people, must feel assured of his attachment to the principles of a just and enlightened toleration, and of his anxious desire to protect equally and promote impartially the happiness of all descriptions of his subjects. "GENELEMEN "GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, "His majesty has commanded us to thank you, in his majesty's name, for the supplics which you have furnished for the public service. He has seen, with great satisfaction, that you have been able to find the means of defraying, in the present year, those large but necessary expences for which you have provided, without imposing upon his people the immediate burden of additional taxes. "His majesty has observed with no less satisfaction, the inquiries which you have instituted into subjects connected with public economy; and he trusts that the early attention of a new Parliament, which he will forthwith direct to be called, will be applied to the prosecution of these important objects. "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, His majesty has directed us most earnestly to recom mend to you that you should cultivate, by all means in your power, a spirit of union, harmony, and good will amongst all classes and descriptions of his people. "His majesty trusts that the divisions naturally and unavoidably excited by the late unfortunate and uncalled. for agitation of a question so interesting to the feelings and opinions of his people, will speedily pass away; and that the prevailing sense and determination of all his subjects to exert their united efforts in the cause of their country, will enable his majesty to conduct to an honourable and secure termination the great contest in which he is en gaged.".. After which the Lord Chancellor said, "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, "By virtue of his majesty's commission under the great seal, to us and other lords directed, and now read, we do, in in his majesty's name, and in obedience to his commands, prorogue this Parliament to Wednesday, the 13th of May next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Wednesday, the 13th day of May next." The Lords commissioners withdrew from the House, and the Commons retired from the bar. IIOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, APRIL 27. The Speaker came to the House five minutes past three o'clock, and the deputy usher, who had been waiting for bim, then retired to the outside of the door. Prayers being read as usual, the Speaker immediately proceeded to count the House, but before he had counted four the deputy usher knocked at the door and entered. The Speaker immediately took the chair, the black rod, according to parliamentary usage, dispensing with the necessity of the usual numbers requisite to form a House. The deputy usher then in the usual form summoned the House to the House of Peers, to hear the commission for prorogation read. The Speaker, attended by most of the members present, proceeded to the House of Peers. He returned in about twenty minutes, read the speech at the table, according to the usual custom, and retired. This closed the first and only session of the third Parliament of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. VOL. II. 1806-7. 5 A. PUBLIC PUBLIC ACTS. The following BILLS received the Royal Assent in the course of the First Session of the Third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. JANUARY 6, 1807. AN act to revive and make perpetual and to amend an act, made in the forty-second year of his present majesty, for the further regtlation of the trials of controverted elections or returns of members to serve in Parliament, and for expediting the proceedings relating thereto. JANUARY 16. An act for raising the sum of ten millions five hundred thousand pounds, by loans or exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain for the year one thousand eight hundred and seven. JANUARY 22. An act for continuing and granting to his majesty certain duties upon malt in Great Britain, for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and seven. An act for continuing and granting to his majesty a duty on per sions, offices, and personal estates, in England; and certain duties on sugar, malt, tobacco, and snuif, in Great Britain, for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and seven. FEBRUARY 19. An act to indemnify such persons in the united kingdom as have nitted to qualify themselves for offices and employments; and for extending the times limited for those purposes respectively, until the twenty-fifth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seven, and to permit such persons in Great Britain as have omitted to make and file affidavits of the execution of indentures of clerks to attorni es and |