The National Register. — London, England, 1811-01-27 00:00:00

- __ -the ease was i•ery ship was of opinion, that period, were very unlike ... _ - and that which might be wise and prudent then, may be as un wise and as imprudent now ;so he th ou g ht of ie generality of the Restrictions which the Bill imposed. Many of them were not only derogatory to the State, but detrimental to the free 'agency of the Regent in the exercise of the Royal functions. This discussion ended in some observations from Lord Redes .dale, the I .ord Chancellor, and Lord Sidm outh, and the q uestion was carried fir fixing the•commer.cement of the Restrictions to die tst of Fcb. next, for six months then ensuing. • Upon the reading of the clause respecting the Household. The Marquis of Laatscrovem rose, and objected to the clause, which contained an insult to his Royal Highness. After • a speech of some length, in which the Noble Lord expressed • his disapprobation to the entire measure, he moved an-Amend mentt that after the word ".that," at the conunencement of the clause, ill the followitig words should be omitted. Lord Livsapoot: defended the measure, which he considered as tending, in a high degree"to establish security to the Govern ment and the confidence of the people, not only with respect to the Regent, but to those who had advised and matured the plan offered to the consideration of their Lordships. Earl Gait spoke in favour of the Amendment.—He declared that he did not consider the authority of the Lord Chancellor such as be could depend upon, on the subject of his Majesty's indisposition. To the doubt which he entertained relative to the Afallibility of the Noble Lord upon this subject, he was led in consequence of a decision of his Lordship in another place. The Noble Lord (Grey) contended, that too much of that power which was naturally and politically the Regent's had been in the contemplation of Noble Lords to bestow upon her Ma- jesty. The LORD CHANCELLOR spoke in reply to the arguments ad duced by the Noble Earl (Grey). His sentiments were in com plete opposition to those which he had just heard, and particu larly to those which advanced in favour of the a mendment. He had before stated his opinions upon the mode of proceeding adopted upon the measure, and felt happy that he had now an opportunity of repeating them. He had before given his sup port to the introduction of the Bill; he had declared it one of the most constitutional propriety, for which nothing could be substituted which bore the slightest comparison to it in point of political wisdom and national expediency': and he would shew that no alteration had been made upon his mind, by tle claring, that if he were led to the scaffold, the advice which he had given, and his full co-operation, would not have been with held upon anoccasion which called so loud for the energies of integrity and allegiance. His character might be traduced out of that House, - and calumniated within its walls—Noble Lords might declare that he had acted with impropriety upon occa sions where his conduct was in oppositk,n to theirs and the Morning Prints might take - a liberty equally unjustifiable, and , tyudlly zrnundlesi—but lie would assert (and from that asser yddn he woutd nevet 4 wervt) that whatever might be the opi-, *Non,nt their Lordships owing to these insinuations, and what 'WV dieciptulcOrt of . the blic derived from those prints his --.- .e pu .. _ . . -..., ilfe'reuCe to the principles which he had avowed,. , and to the. ,11.!" • . s ,clool.:ies" which he had inculcated, remained unshaken. Noble ~ ~ , ~ LOds had contended, that too much power was placed ,in the hd l 4 of her Majesty ; how was this examined ? The assiduous .' l attentl'On'whieh should be bestowed upon such a subject as that before ;heir Lordships--the scrurulous care with which it t .4 till Necensidered—the tern/nary incapacity of his Majesty, ~/ .ittid the Mite aud the nature-of that incapacity —were . all the 6 e . ti rcuMit&fieeikhdy weighed - previous.to such a declaration ? Ccrtainly, rib't:' "1 he Noble Lords who had made their objec , thin, proved - their total ignorance of the nature of that ohj.._!c -:t i tion. So far from thinking that too much of the household was lac . d,fi , ptinder re the tare of lier;Majesty, it was his opinion that the 'it :e ntire tif',ht. branch . .sh,,t,ki. have been exclusively prated under bet, kii :•-, and Ih-stating thus far, he wastompletely secured YedrOtift Sicion'tif iiiiiit otaffsetion .to, and confidence in, it44l th P . slV•i.e. r ., `" ','. ' i' . I At tiOriTiyr" . l ) o 3 o/efiliCetipon the Amendment moved . by ,ttir • f oe . ,riui,or . , 4,uf.4dotv44lsnients, 108; "Non-contents, 96 ...- ajority aganapt, yiniSteiti 12. • The Marquis of .ANSDOWNE then motiii attothee amend * frosert;thuresibstahoe of .which k was,. '.' that . the 0) iipiptei - Ation of • ~ :1110 iVistjuitli'v flionsekio4should nut he entered' . iiiteigitil after ii %lite apititintayent ,o 1 Om Regent," tipri which, after ssoirit'dia .l4,/cuhsioii, a di v i r ,i ti n t.ol ; 04ce. .Contents, 107.- . 7 -Non-cotitents, 7 11:8017,.•4 Maio rity-zigniwt,Mipssys,,i9...., :. . , ‘ l.l 1 "V/ter ottki..relalleetowverethett read profunna, and it was given t '''' ) 'lciiirAt+staild that'f , 4*.eratathendinents would be moved upon ~ " 'lite brintrtzig taro. the Report. . The House then ,adjourned to "' rft Mishday. ' - . . ~ Y• ' TII 4 riATIONAL .. atiffeem.2= different at the present moment. His Lord- I n, that the times and the circumstances, at that I unlike the circumstaneesat the present perldd REGISTER. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, JAN. PUBLIC " rNDT Mr. BA Nits rose,pursuant of the Conimittees on P' Offices and Pension& lie be no objection to the thing.i, were to compose the Commi probability, be attended with . tie intended to propose a substitul been in the former Commir - Peek probably,) who had and could not, therefore, mitten had been appointed wrong, that no Placeman ment of *e Committee was agri REGENCY BILL. . .. , Mr. Placavm. then moved the further consideration of the Report on the Regency. Bill—and on the question, -that die Amendments be read a second time, Sir F. BuRAETT ruse and observed, that he felt such strong Objections to the whole of this measure that he shoUld not do his duty to his coustituenta, to the country, and even to the Crown itself, if he did not oppose the further consideration of this Report, which, in Lis opinion, ought to be thrown out alto gether. He objected to the whole of the measure—but to no thing more than to that part of it which went to divide the in fluence of the Crown from: the Executive Government. When the King ',had been so often placed in his present melancholy situation, though once had been sufficient, it was the duty of men calling themselves, whether truly or falsely, the Represen tatives of the people, to take care that the public interest should not be compromised. If the interests of sixteen millions of men should be neglected; if the safety of the whole country should be endangered out of a supposed regard to an individual, what must be the fate of the nation ?—Your tintes, let it be recollected, the King had been affected in the sane manner,,anct twice had the Ministers of the :Crown • carried on the Govertitnent on such occasions—for which they . o - aght.to lie impeached. lie was al most aioazed to think that in these times the Prince of• Wales would venture to accept of the Regency on eueh terms--.and that he should consent to place himself in a'situatfon where he could not answer the expectations of the public, nor avoid the responsibility of actitig with a w e ak Government, t i nder the most difficult circumstances. He repeated, that to have a per , son at the bead of affairs, who had long been incapable of sign ing his name to a document, without some one to guide his hand; a person long incapable of receiving petitions, of holding a levee, or discharging the most ordinary functionieor his office, and, pow Afflicted with this mental malady—was • a Most mis chievous example to the people.of this 'country, while it had a tendency to expose the Government to the contempt of foreign powers. A Government divided against Itself could not stand. .while. different Factioos were exercising their several portions of the influence of the Crown, and thus neutralizing the whole.— Itwas, difficult to conceive how the Regent could, und er such circumstances, carry on bis Government at all. It was known to all that the Great Se 4 lad been. employed in the King's name —when nobody was *fioiant of tile utter incapacity of his Ma jestyyogive his assent to any act—When it was found that a cushion could clothe busines of a King, the Gentlemen them • selves could hardly. expect to gain any thing except delay. : A delay of three months had been already attained, with a view, nooloubt by this measure, to serve the Right Hon. Gentleman's adinieistration; for he must be aware that, as he bad got a Par 'lament to answer his purpose, the Regent might get one lo uudtellis Restrictions, and all thathe bad effected with his pre. • seat majority. The whole measure was futile, and calculated solely for delay; but, however this might suit his purposes„, it was most mischievous to the ccotitry. He protested, therefore, a t oonst the whole. iiie4uxe, e rul,objected to its being laid on the table. , • Mr, I.o.exasor said titat he should *scribe the peaceable des Mennen - 4.0e people not to despair of relief, but to their acquies cence in the meas ures of the House for the advantage of t he pub lie and the care the Royal Pei - sort. • Sir 'l'm old A s Tux•ro N obj ec,ted .. tp the Bill, as being contrary . . ~ -to the ..esolations. . IVirf VON 30 N uy, in place of the Words in thil first blink it, the Restriction i clause, wbicii was filled' up with' the -viOrds. 44 ' tat February, 181'2," proposed that The wore'" - six rfttasstba. fro= • :the date. of the..passino of the Act," be substittited. ' • • -• ''• • This Amendrneot was negatived without a:division: ' - Ott the Clause rebiting to the HoUsehOid, . ,_ . .. Mr. l'o so so o 111 C begged to call the attention of ithe,i-lotese - to . it,..that the:Meaufgg ot . his, ame'utiments**Might be nuderstood.- -4- lAs the clause arpresein stood, the whole of the'Honseholdivas left at the disposal of her Majesty, except - ugly MD 0111C0 Of VA EXPENDITURE. t to notice, to move the reappointment 'ublic Expenditure, and, on Sinecure e was happy to find, cleat there Was to ig itself, or to the names Of those 'who arnittte, whose labours would In aft with so much advantage to the ruhlit. substitute fur a gentleman, Who had nittee, on Public Expenditure, (Mr. id now accepted an OffiCial Situation, regularly attend. Be ides the Cotn- ed on the principle, whet i her right tt should be a Member. The appoint- Aru agreed to.