The National Register. — London, England, 1812-06-14 00:00:00

~~ . .• . 0 - 0 356 *tendered their 'resignation to the REGENT ; but, unlike their predecessors, they did nor, on retiring from office, destroy every voucher which could be necessary to their successors. They did not sacrifice the public service to the gratification of personal animosity. They continued to wield the affairs of the Realm with attention and regularity, until the persons destined to replace them Ilould be appointed. Meanwhile powers were grant ed to Lord WELLESLEY to establish the basis of an Administration ; and the Noble Marquis, wht; had lately declared Lord Liv Kamm, and his friends totally incom petent to the management of State affairs, with a mutabi lity of opinion which did honour to his candour, or through a wish to let his former colleagues feel the superior influ ence which he now possessed, derided them with an offer to join him in forming an eficient Administration. His overtures to the Opposition were no doubt more sincere. But here he was met by a depth of counteracting policy which baffled his own, and compelled him, after vain ef forts, to establish a Ministry, of which he was to be the bead, to draw the curtain over his own brilliant prospects for) ever : for, deprived of the support of an Adminis tration, which he had abandrncd and reviled, he now found himself deserted by the Opposition, to which he had insured the decisive triumph they had gained ; and without numbers to invest him with Parliamentary i ifluence, was reduced to the necessity of resigning his en vied task, and retiring to vent in the peaceful vales of the country, the bitterness of his political disappointment. — Foiled at his own weapon by the skill and tenacity of Lords GREY and GRENVILLE, he had no sooner quitted the field, when a nobleman of indisputed candour and libe rality, considered by all parties as a sincere frierrd to the PRINCE and to the country, and therefore well calculated to mediate for both, was invested with similar powers.— The hopes of the Opposition Peers were now turned into fearless confidence. The Nobleman who conducted the regociations had hitherto been deemed one of their own body : proposals had been made to every other class of politicians, and had been rejected ; every attempted coali tion bad failed, and they thought therefore that they re mained alone the last resource of the nation. They felt all their strength; and resolved to exert it ; not to serve their country, but to gratify their pride and cupidity.— . They still secretly resented the neglect of the PRINCE at the expiration of the restrictions, against which, on interested grounds alone, they had so stoutly contended. They wished, now they thought it in their power, to humble him in his turn. Well acquainted with the change which his political sentiments had undergone under the Administration of Mr. PERCEVAL, they com menced by requiring a total surrender of his opinions on every important subject, or what was equal to it, the _ adoption of measures of a tendency directly opposite to those which he had hitherto sanctioned with his authority. Desirous of giving effect to the vote of the Commons, his ROYAL HIGHNESS admitted the unfettered introduction of their policy, and invited them to office on their own terms. Concessions, however f only served to increase their demands and their avidity. All political difficulties being temoved, they created others of a different nature, that dey might publicly Show the iron rule with which they iptendeof to tyrannize over their Prince. Able to pursue unshackled all the measures which they had so long re presented, as of vital importance to the prosperity, nay, to the existence of the 'British empire, they refused to carry diem into execution, unless they should be allowed, as a preliminary coudition for treating, to re•cast theitEGENfs THE NATIONAL REGISTEIL JUNE 14. Household. In other words, unless they should have a sufficient number of places at their disposal, to reward the patriotism, id est glut the rapacity of their friends. At the time this demand was made, it was known that four of the chief Officers of the Household had tendered their resignation, and therefore it was plain, that no opposition would be offered to the appointment of their successors. —But neither this fact, nor the disposition of tl.e PRINCE to concede every thing, rather than to leave the country in its state of anxiety, could satisfy the insatiab!e Peers. They insisted, as a first and necessary step, on having the power of dissolving, what would cease to exit as soon as they should enter into Office,and to a mere point of etiquette, useless to them if conceded, but degrading to the PRINCE, they wantonly sacrificed the practibility ofrea. using those measures, on which, according to their inces. sant declarations, the salvation of the country depended. So much for their patriotism, their loyalty, and public spirit. NEW NIINISTRY. The Gazette of last night contains the appoint• ments of-- _ _ _ Lord Liverpool, First Lord of the Treasury. Earl of Harruwby, Lord President of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Earl Bath i rst and Viscount Sidmouth, Principal Secretaries of State for Colaiiial and Home Department. Right Hon. Nicholas Vausittart, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of kis Majesty's Exchequer. Snowdon Barne, Esq. and the Hon. Berkeley Paget, to be Commis. sioners for executing the Office of Treasurers of Ins Majesty's The following Members have not been Gazetted, be. cause it is understood they retain the situations they pre• viously occupied : Lord Castlereagh, for the Foreign Affairs ; Earl of Bueltincham4iire, President of the Board of Control; Lord Eldon, Lord Chicctilo:; Lord Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Earl of Wm tstorelani, Privy Seal; Lord Mulgrave, Ordnance; Lord Camden aviil liave a std' in the Cabinet; Mr. Bragge Bathurst is spoken of for the Cha:;cellor ship of the Duchy of Lancaster. Mr. Welk sky Pole rt•tires, and is 1 5 he succeeded by Mr. Arbuthnot. Mr. Peele is to be the new Secretati of the Treasury. The follo string Statement was published yesterday by the Opposition Papers :- Ist. That though nearly three weeks were spent it what were celled the late negotiations, no intimation whatever was given eitht r by I.rd MOIRA, Mr. SHERMAN, or any person who they could cone k ive to ly.iy! the slightest authority on the subject, either to Lord GR EY or Lord OR ENVILLe, of the intention of the Officers of the Housell , A ro resin, 2. That having been assured by Lord Mot RA, that he had fell powei, it was not necessary for them to propose ally previous szipulati:m to be assented to by the PRINCE or. this subkitt. What tliee Noble Lords h• sired was, that the usual changes in the Household should be incluLd in the new arrangements to be asreed on, in order to shew the neet.A-arY connexion of these Offices with the political Administrition in it. f's , t formation. This they understood Lord Moi RA to have expressed termination to resist, and on this determination—so stated on the p,trt his Lordship—all further discussion became useless. It is said that on Thursday a meeting was held at Pia House, at which were present, Lords L t vEuroor, R(LS/ and CASTLEREAGH, and Mr. VANSIrfART , on th e p:qt (,f Ministers, and Mr. SrmoN IVALKEtt, wish .five other G , 'a• tlemen, on the part of the Ikputation giving evideric Parliament against the Orders in Council ; and that oa this occasion along conversation took place, dui ing Lord CASTLEREAGH, who was the principal speaker, fended the justice and policy of these Orders, and t:1,! conclusion, observed, that if the Administration now i'rla• ed were supported by the Legislature and the couiirry, the Americans would be under the necessity of passively submitting to these British regulations. After this in' er'_ view, we think little hope can reasonably be indul,6cd the revocatiou of those measures.