The National Register. — London, England, 1812-02-23 00:00:00

111 , THE N ATI ON A REOIFTtg, 24 .• . • OFFICIAL COARESPONDE.NCE. • TO WS iko - YAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OP YORK. MY DEAR Err &Korn ZR—As ,the restrictions ontbe exercise of the R o yal Authority will shortly expire, when I must ma my arrange ments for the future administrati on the powers with ke which I am in tested, I think It rinlat to communicate_ those sentiments which I was withheld from expreasiog at an earlier period of the Session, by : nri • warmest desire, that the expected motion on the affairs of Ireland naliSt undergo the 41eliberate discussion of Parliament, unmixed with any other consideration. . • I thitik it hardly necessary to call your recollection to the recent cir cumstances under wb' •is I assuined the authority delegated to me by. Parliament. At a moment of unexampled difficulty and danger, I Was called upon to make a selection of persons to whom i should intrust the functions of the Executive Government. My sense of duty to our ROYAL Valls tt solely decided that choice; and every private feeling gave way to considerations which admitted of no doubt or hesitation. I trust I acted in that respect as the genuine representative of the August Per son whose functions I was appointed to discharge; and I have the satis faction of knowing, that such was the opinion of persons, for whose judgment and honourable feelings I entertain the highest respect in various instances, as you well know. When the law of the last Session left taw at full liberty, I waved any personal gratification, in order that kis MAI ES7 v might resume, on his restoration to health, every power and prerogative belonging to his Crown. I certainly am the last person in thelingdom to whom it can be p ermitted to despair of our ROYAL Fasrunit's recovery. A new era is now arrived, and I cannot but re flect wit h satisfaction on the events which have distinguished the short period of my restricted Re g' nry. Instead of suffering in the loss of her posse , 4ions, by the gigantic force which has been employed against them, Great 13ritain has added most important acquisitions to her Empire. The national faith has been preserved inviolable towards our Allies; and if character is strength, as a?plied to a nation, the increased and increas ing reputation of his Majesty's aruss will show to the nations of the LOOtiOi:Ht. how much they may achieve when .animated by a glorious spirit of resistance to a foreign yoke. in the critical situation of the war in the, Peninsula, I shall be most anxious to avoid any measure which can lead my Allies to suppose that I mean to depart from the present systeio. Perseverance alone can achieve the great object in question ; and I cannot withhold my approbation from those who hove honourably distinguished themselves in support of it. I have no predilection to in dulge--no resentment to gratify—no objects to attain, but such as are common to the whole Empire. If such is the leading principle of my conduct, and I can appeal to the past as evidence of what the future will be, I flatter myself I shall meet with the support of Parliament, and of a candid and enlightened nation. Having made the communication of nay sentiments in this new and extraordinary crisis of our affairs, I can not conclude without expressing the gratification I should feel, if some of those persons with whom the early habits of my public life were formed, would strengthen my hands, and constitette a part of my Go vernment. With such support, and aided by a vigorous and united ,administration, formed on the most liberal basis,. I shall look with ad ditional .' faience tcs a v.rosperons issue of the most arduous contest in which Great Britain was cvt:r et:gaged. Yon arc authorized to commit ticate thce t..tititirt'itt ,, to Lord Grey, who, I have no doubt, will make them known to Lord Growille. I am always, my dearest Frederick, your ever affectionate Brother, (Signed) GEORGE, P. R. Carlton House, Feb. 13, 1813. P. S. I shall send a Copy of this Letter immediately tb Mr. PERE EVAR. ANSWER OF LORDS GREY AND GRF.NVILLE.. February 15, 1812. beg leave most humbly to express toyour ROYAL HIGHN Es our dutiful acknowledgments for the gracious and condescending man ner in which you have had the goodness to communicate to us the Let ter of his Royal' Highness the PRINCE Reoesr, on the subject of the arrangements to be now made for the future administration of the pilla ge affairs ; anti we take the liberty of availing ours, Ives of your graciottt . permission, to address to your ROYAL Iliwi ass in this form what has' .occurred to us in consequence of that commuoication. The l'aiNcx REGENT, after expressing to your ROY AL HiGH N ss in that letter his sentiments on various public matters, has, in the concluding paragraph, condescended to intimate his wish that some of those persons with whom the early habits of his public life were formed, would strengthen his - ROYAL HIGHNEss's hands, and constitute a that with such support, aided by a vigorous and united Administration, formed on the most libe ral basis, he would look with addition a l confidence to a prosperous issue oldie most arduous contest in which Great Britain has ever been en gaged. On the other parts of his ROYAL HIGHN ss's letter we do not presume to offer any observations; but in the concluding paragraph, in so far as we may venture to suppose ourselves included in the gracious wish which it expresses, we owe it, in obedience and duty, to his Roans'. Hints NP. SS, to explain ourselves with frankness and sincerity. We beg leave most earnestly to assure his ROYAL Hiertu ss, that no sacrifices, xcept those of honour and duty, could appear to us too great t.) be made, for the purpose of healing the divisions of our couutry, and ,f in. . 43 ._,J ifiall=llolllolllft . uniting both its Government and its people. All personal exclusion we entirely disclaim we rest on public measures ; and it II on this ground alone that. we must express without reserve the impossibility of our unit. ing with the present Government. Our differences of opinion are ten many and ton important to admit of such an union. His Roy.% L 1-lion • I.lEss will, we are Confident, dd us the justice to retiternbei*, that we have twice already acted On this impression; in 1809, On the proposition then made to us under his MAjEssry's authority; and last year, when his Rom HIGHNESS was pleased to require our advice respecting the TOrmation of a new Government. The reasons which we then humbly ' submitted to him are strengthened by the increasing dangers of the times ; ' ittir . U3 there, down to this rlotuen4 appeared even any approximation towards such an agreement of opinion on the public interests, as can alone tarn a basis for the hunouruble union of parties previously op. posed.to gach other. Into the detail of those differences we are unwilli , g to enter; they embrace almost all the leading feature of the present policy of the Empire; but his RUYAL Hiatt Ness. has, himself, been pleased. to advert tv the late deliberations of Parliament on the affairs of Ireland. This is a subject, above all others, important in itself, and connected with the mostressing dangers. Far from con currin g in th e se ntiments *bids his Majesty's Ministers have,on that occasion, sore \ cently expressed, we entertain opinions directly opposite : we are firmly persuaded of the necessity, of A total change in the present system of that country, and of the immediate repeal of those civil disabilities under ' t which so :urge a port ii in of his Majesty s subjects still labour on ac:ount I! of their religious opinions. To recommend to ..Parliainent this repeal, is li I t G h ki e b i l i E r i st s, a c d o v t i i e l e d which weev i e t n w f( o )r u t id he b sh e one duty m offe ak r e to ou h r i s s e ß iv o ei v e t . u t t T une ° , sponsible for any tardier delay in the prospect of a measure, with Gut .1 which we could entertain no hope of rendering ourselves useful to his i ROYAL HIQIIN iSS, or to the country. We have only further t.a !leg ?our Is; R . o r It• the eL expressionHtofiN ESS o t f O o l u a r y h te n t l O b r i e e l d i u s Royal and the ig s l in n ce sincere e the e and IC t i l o N t r c - c fur assurance our earnest wishes for wiltcy.,r may be A:2 romot t e the ease, honour, and advantage of his ROYAL HIGHNESS'S Govertuneut, and the success of his endeavours for the public welfare. We have the honour to be, &a. I (Signed) GREY, GRENVILLE. To his R_optl Iligbueu the Duke of York. NEW ADMINISTRATION, 4c. The leading Members of Opposition having declined a coalition wish the present Ministry, the following, it is said, is the form it wlllassums when the present vacancies shall be filled up Lord. Eldon, Lord Chancellor. Mr. Perceval, First Lord of the Treasury, &c. Lord Liverpool, Secretary of State for Foreign Maim Lord . Castlereagh, Ditto War anct Colonies. Lord Chichester,•Ditto Home - Department. Mr. W. Pole, First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Sidmouth, Lord President of the Connell.. Earl of Buckii•igllainshire, Master-General of tIIC amhiance. Mr. 13. Bathurst, Speaker of the House of COITIIM)11Sr.• And the Aoesent Speaker to be called up t 6 the House of Peers, and Made Speaker of the House of Lords. . A Council was :mid at Carlton - House en Tueida y : on the Prince .assuming the unrestricted Regency, when Mr. Perceval paid his re spects to his Royal Highness, as his declared Prime Minister. Wednesday, the Marqiiis WelleFley had an audience of the Prince Regent, and'resigned his seals. of Office as Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Lord Bathurst holds the Seals of tl.e Foreign Department pro tehrporr. —The same day, Earl Aylesford had an audience of the Prince Regent, at Carlton House, and resigned his situation as Lord Stewart of the Household--Earl Winthelsea hat; resigned his place of Groom of the Stole.—The Dube of Richmond having expressed a 'desire to return home, is expected to be succeeded in the Government of Ireland by 'Earl Yowls. The following Lords and Grooms of the king's Bedchamber are appointed to his Majesty, under the late Act passed fbr regulating the .Household, Etc.—Lords, Somerville, Rivers, Arden, and St. Helli's;— Grooms, the Hon. Fulke Greville, ot'. Admiral Legge, Admiral Sn' Harry Burrarcf Neale, Gen. Henry Campbell. • on till The sum of 100,0001. as voted by Parliament has been paid to the Prince Regent, to defray the expenses of assuming the Royal Functions, from the Exchequer, without any deduction for Property 'lax. A, soon as the Cabinet is completely arranged, the debates in Parlia ment are likely to become extremely animated and interesting. OPP" sition will begin to show their numbers, and try 'the strength of both parties. Ministers, however, calculate on an accession of friends, Mr the partial change in contemplation, and still expect to be supported by the Wellesley interest, notwithstanding the'reelgnation. of the Nlarquis: Wednesday a Court of Directors was h eld at the East India House. when Lieutenant-General the Hon. Joh n Abercromb y Commander in Chief and Second Council at Madras, in coesequcm.; of the resignation of General Samuel Auclimuty. was appointed in. Q The roon an impartia other. Th praise run the disposa sale. In b( Governors dered that and immoi cannot be provided give to ev( tit, and of ested lam tying, tha vantly the by becom Upon ti to dust th &rations describes progreq dent zeal died sa colourini j)ined liz the lash But he of work' went,-1 sever dm vitals of Does h( give the his ecru; grrous t always buke, w riving Havi. undem prejutli, our wo a dagge nor try w•e but dorm] self-col klulnesi It is prenth their r object! that tl they e focus No. scene! intere paint( with art, li send' and pictu viliai DM -.