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former Act of Parliament on the Elul of St, Vils-H
cent, and recommending their Lordships Us eonsidar
of the propriety of enabling His &Linty lii mokiieo
provision for the further extension of the said a- ,
nuity, with respect to the heirs of that N
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Earl, &c.
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The Messaoe being read in the usual esaanert_
Lord Gftets:VlLLE rise and observedvikot,on .
an occasion such as the present, it wooid net ,be -
necessary to take up much of their Lordships' ti .e.
What was proposed to be done, hi eonsequssidof :.
His Majesty's Message, was merely what
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tended, in' the first indance, by th ;SW 'of` 1.
Parliament,. ley which a remaasration fit-
ed to the Noble Earl in question. fir rent ;
and eminent services; it Was to eza 1111*
tinusece of the annuity harped hides pre-
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scribed by that Ad. The such bad been the
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its
original intention would appear, not only by the
first Royal Message to ?athematic no the
but even by the preamble of the Ad. Nntwith- •
standing this. it happend, that the enalliog clams ..
was at variance with that priociole, sad skiable tea.
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sequently had viseir ; to set these at iest. was Dee
of the otijois of the proposed proceeding. How- -.
ever, No,d.: Lod. would ban a farm* regal=
portubity of clearing up any doubts
itorertairt, 0^ of discarsioo the pond. es the men-
aura would regularly come before them in the
of a Vat. lodsed, after an a/Animation as to
substantive fa 3, no (look could be enzettaiated. At
present, he should beg leave to move an Address
to lips Majesty, on the occasion of his most geacioas
Message, eisp'essive of their cheerful cencerrese•
in einihfing IL, Majesty to carry jeer Ala tbat.
whi is was elreriv, 12 it Of fad, edema" hi-
tended. The Noble Lard ceeeluded by
shunt aleviaiva
Address es the Kieft.' acsatailadji i *hal
was voted. aim. tie.
cAautar worn&
The liar) '491121r0L, ea seeing
p t, Middit
Lewd at the had of the Treasury is hls row.
and, in a very low toes of voice, addressed a fry,
aitosorivat inn% to tis Lordship; the purport °fame ap-
*wed to at, a with frostlike Noble Earl to be in-
diatom resist:ling a point which, be coacadvad, bed
made a deep iin,wtssion on the public abide mod
WhiCIS was certainly a topic of great emisticatidest
importance. He alluded to what was goaerality
stated, that the present Lord Chief Justice of the
Kinies B .och. constituted one of His Majesty's
Cahoot Ministers. He begged an answer from the
Noble Lord, as to the fad
Lord GRENVILLE said, he was certainly TIT
desirous to give the Noble Earl every proper
(*.Simi, as to a point of aisat public,
pot.smy fiegrevof might Aid%
to his answer, diJ not preens.' from the hie
For:cis, On his part, to gin the desired • .
,
as to a pais.t which. in tars opinion, went to
to the po'ilic coonrils a greyer degree of credit of
reputation. Any hesitation he may feel, would pre.
need from a v;ew of what was adverted ro as a con.
stimiional subjed, and a degree of difficulty as to
what seas the precise leg•il meaning and import of
the term, Cabinet ('ouncil, or Ministers. With re-
spent to any thing involved in the formation of the .
present Administration, no one perhaps had se inn& to answer for as himself; and with rived to
dirJa answer to the Noble hart's question, be Is
to oisserve, that the eminent person at present at
head of His Majesty's Corm of King s Bench, did.
on his appointment, as was the uniform praain .
with dl who hold that important office, be:owie a
Member of Uis 11.1 (jetty's Privy Council, mad take --
the oaths prescritie) to be takes by all Members of it. In that capacity, it was his duty to
rive His Majesty advice resp4tiog the concerns of"
ill
t.is government, and, among other points, reaped-
ing the persons holding the highest ofEces so go-
vern:nem. Since the Administration, of which be
had the honour to be a Member, was formed. the
Noble Lee,' in question had been summoned to
attend Commi-tees of the Privy Council, for the
transaamo of important public business ; but with
respeO to what the Noble Earl said of a Cabinet :Moister, he did not know that the Constitution of
the Country recognised a servant of the Co* h 7
si:h a designation. In a strialy legal and carats-
t oiosal sense, the-efore, such a question meld tit
be dhoti?), answered ; biiicause. as such, he could
not know what was called a Cahinft Afieistee. Bid it was clearly understood, that a Prise Cosortiloe
was responsible for the advice he should glee his
Savoreign ; thot he was iiable to tanks, as well of
omiss..ia, es of commission. and it wag 111ClUrhent
on hire to give his advice when called upon. With
loved to persons iii the high situation of the Noble
Lord alluued to, being called open so to give their
advice, there were certainly precedents ; and, it in
the Listener of Lord Ellenborough, the didtatei of
the Constitution were controverted, there were,
among others. examples for it, in the case, he be.
tiered. of•Lorid kierdwdke; certainly is that of
Lord Mansfield.
The Earl if BR IS VOL, in reply, observed, that
It: conceived the point in question to be of such
constitutional and public importance, and of
considerations, touching the admisistration of ju-
tice, and the liberty of the sulsjed, that he should
feel it incumbent on him, to submit a propositLa
to their Lordships Ms the subjea. With this view
he moved, that the„ a.oreis be summoned for Mon-
day next ; which was Ordered accordingly.
I %UT ACfIMENT WITNESSES' INDEMNITY BILL.
Lord ELDON adverted to the or:lice he had
.t.'.veti, on a former evening, of his intention to move
for a Committee to search for precedents, in refer-
ence to the above measure. He took the opportio i.,
to repeat some of the prominent objediono which r
Lai, on former occasions, urged ar;,.! the n. -.-
sure. lie contende that it went i.ii -rtsthoo ria
Bill of last Session);
it was, in r :JO. an i Z
past N. law; it also n ent. in itaarept4aia, id v:eo,
to controvert' these priociples of law, ti:at .pee-r sr. •
should not be convi,Sed, except by !„got smears.' A
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