rose, for the purpose of calling the attention of the House to the recent return of the duke of Wellington, and to suggest the course which he thought it would be proper for them to pursue on this occasion. It had been thought necessary by that House, at the close of the former war, to send to his grace a deputation of its members, on his return, to express to him their gratitude for those glorious exertions which had so largely contributed to the happy termination of that arduous contest. He wished the House now to take the opportunity of again marking their deep sense of the inestimable services he had rendered his country, and, he might add, of the blessings which he (the duke of Wellington) had conferred upon mankind in general. If it should happen, from the arrival of his grace so close upon the termination of the session, that the deputation could not fulfil the object which the House had in view, they would at least have the satisfaction of recording in their journals the deep sense which they had of those important services to which he had alluded, and which could never be effaced from the page of history. He moved, " That the thanks of this House be given to field marshal the duke of Wellington, on his return from the continent, for his eminent and unremitting services to his majesty and to the public, especially in the ever-memorable battle of Waterloo; and that a committee of this House do wait upon his grace to communicate the same, and to offer to his grace the congratulations of this House on his arrival in this kingdom."

The motion was agreed to nem. con., and a committee was forthwith appointed.

About two o'clock the usher of the black rod summoned the House to the House of Peers. On the return of the Speaker to the House, he read a copy of the Prince Regent's speech to the members round the table, after which he made his bow, and the members withdrew.