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of the act on which they had ventured. If, on the
other hoed, they were in possession of them, wind
necessity was there for one hour's delay in laying
them before the House t-,—(Hear,. hear.)
The SOLICITOR-Gamma,. said, that his Hon.
and Learned Friend (Sir J. Mackintosh) had iosi-
united that the authenticated documents sought,
were not in the hands of hit Majesty's Ministers,
and that therefore they were ignorant of the true
grounds on which they should have acted ; but he
ought to have known that no alteration of this kind
could take place without an Order in Council, there-
fore his Majesty's Ministers had en opportunity
of acquiring the necessary information by consult-
ing those orders.
Mr. SCARLETT thought it strange that his Learn-
ed Friend (the Solicitor-General) should have dif-
fered so materially in his statement from the Noble
Lord (Castlereagh). The Noble Lord would have
it thought that the determination of his Majesty's
Government had been grounded on an examtnation
of all the document'', but his Hon. and Learned
Friend said, that they were only founded on some
Orders in Council. He left it to themselves to re-
calcite their inconsistency. He did not find that
the Noble Lord urged any objection to the produc-
tion of the papers in itself; arid if he would with-
draw his amendment, he really believed that there
would be no difficulty in finding them in one hour.
Mr. Serjrant ONSLOW stated that he should vote
far the motion of his Hun. and Learned Friend
(Mr. Wetherell) : protesting, however, against being
thereby supposed to commit himself nit any of the
farther steps of the great question to which the
motion was subordinate.

Mr. Vartstrraito hoped that every Membe► in
the House would consider the question not as one
of party. but of constitutiosial law, ■nd of right.
This was a most inconvenient and improper time
and mode of anticipating the discussion.—(Hear )
—There were some instances in which these Intro-
ductory motions had preceded the consideration of
the Royal Speech ; but every one must know with
how little iipprobstion they were rrceived.—(Hea►.)
—Now the Hon. Member -had ■n opportunity
of avoiding all opposition by merely withdrawing
his motion for the present —(4 laugh)—and he
hoped he would adopt that course.
The gallery was then cleared for a division, when
there appeared—
For the motion
Agsiost it

Majority
When strangers were re-admitted, Lord CAll.
TLEREAGH Was on his legs, but sat down before
the subject of his observations could be ascertained.
Mr. WETHERELL gave notice of a motion for to-
morrow, the object of which was, to have produced
copies of all the printed Liturgies which had been
authorised since the time of James I. The -Hon.
Member was proceeding to state some grounds for
renewing his motion, when
The SPEAKER called the Hon. Member to order,
and reminded bias that he was anticipating the rea-
sous with which he might find it necessary to sup-
port the motion to-morrow.
Mr. WerusaaLL then gave notice of the motion
for to-morrow.
A DDRESS.
The SPEAKER having read the Speech from the
Thrrine in the usual forms,
Mr. BANK'S rose to move the Address. It was
not his intention to trouble the House at any consi-
derable length, in proposing an Address to his Ma-
jesty, in acknowledgment of the gracious Speech
which, at last, the Speaker had an opportunity of
reading. It was such • Speech as was calculated
in every respect to excite the affections of his people.
As one of these many loyal subjects with which his
Majesty was surrounded, lie had to propose that
they should approach the Throne with aseurences
of the must steady attachment. They should shew
that they were not a nation so intoxicated with the
transplendent glories which they hard obtained, as to
remain unmoved with gratitude towards the pro-
moter of these glories.—(C/leers.).—The Hon.
Mover denounced, in the most glowing and ener-
getic terms, the spirit of mischief and evil that had
gone abroad. endeavouring to subvert all the con-
stitutea authorities of the State. and to sap the
fou dation of the splendid edifice of the British
Constitution. No means had been left untried
to effect that object. In the gaudy pageants
and glittering 'hews which had passed slur-
ing the last year, who could not •recognise
the resemblance to those which appeared in
the year preceding? They had heard the same
sounds, the same bands of music--they had wit-
nessed the same pomp and array, they had the mis-
fortune to perceive the same attempts nude to mis-
lead the unwary. The objects of both were the
same ; they merely differed in the manner of ac-
complishing it. If we turned our eyes from our
owu domestic solicitude to every other part of the
world, what a cheering prospect do we behold !
There is not a spot on which we can cast our eyes
in which we do not find some trace of Briti.li glory.
Her commerce is extended to the remotest clime,
and British industry plies in every port.—(Cheers.)
—But how different is the state of affairs at home !
That clamour that has so long been heard in this
country, the cry of Reform, is resounded on all
sides; that cause which has been lately denomi-
nated. by its warmest advocates, es au expedient,
and he was one of those who thuught that when
that cry of ill omen is hearol in this country, the
suppression of loyalty is an act of cowardice ; and
he would be happy to find that some of these illus-
trious senators, who acknowledge their youthful
ardour induced them to overstep the just bounds,
would on second thought become more circuit'.
*peer, and not connect with that cause their high
names at d characters. By so doing, they violated
that bond of cordial confidence which had so long
b-en their union in effort, arid produced evil beyond
repair. They liad the supreme satisfact. of
learning that their gracious Sovereign still conti-
nued to receive assurance* of friendship from
_Con-
' linental Powers. Nor would it be less gratifying to
hear that a reduction is about to he made in tneir
military estitblishments. The next point of the
Speech to which their attention had been called,
was to the provision for the Queen. Oil that sub-
, ject he was sure the House would act agreeably to
' his Majesty's request. lie would not presume to
suggest any course that could provoke any prema-
ture discussion. rt was with those feelings of loy-
ally and attachment to the Throne, and love for the
Coustitiltion, that jte had the honour of proposing