The National Register.
London, England, 1813-05-16 00:00:00

Tun NATIONAL REGISTI7.II.

Opposition had been made on variety; grounds. Some-who
. gretd that the rights of the City bad been violated, ssendd ne?„
toe ever, concur in an addresZ to the Prince Regent : ethers, who
had ao objection to such address, tint ght, that part ltt. it Mfidl I(-
laud to an estsblishment was not advisable. He had new, thete-
fore, divided the nue:tints ibto separate resolutions, so that they
who rejected one plight perhaps accede to the other.—The tint se-
.olation was, 66 That Lord Viscount S dutouth, by his npreee-
" dented condoct, in departing trom immenneial us.n by retiming
" to i: sett iu the London Gazette, the 410 ind and local Address) cot
" this Court, to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, with
" her most gracious answer thereto, so that tau regard and seiscra-
" Lion for the virtnes of lies. Royal Iligluiess might be preserved in
" olhctal security, and remain capable of !Aims at any time resorted
" to as the recorded opinions of the City of London, has .evneceli
" a marked contempt for the feelings and opinions of this City, and
" the country at large ; and that by so suspicious au exercise ofhis
" disesetion, has seemed to insist's:lie a belief, that the trium4 of
" the Piineess of Wales ever a conspiracy so foul and detestuble,
" could have been displeasing to the Prince Regent ; and has thereby
" offs's ed a gross indignity to the Princess of Wales, and cast a
" most invidious and odious imputation on the honour and character
" of his Master."—The Address to the Prince would now be
eparate uroposition: and hire, agsin, he begged most solemnly
to discie:in that lie meant any disrespect or insult to hisßoyaikfil.*
nt•-. I'M the other question, he hoped that Gentlemen would teel
that it was an occasion when they ought to vindicate the eimkts
of their fellow-citizens. It the Court should ever show a disposition
notavourable to these rights, he should think it a disgrace to hold
a seat among them. He did not see how any objection could arise.
to his proposition. *Solve persons were fond of arguing against their
own rights, and were always ready to give them up when contested.
Some, perhaps, would rise up and slew that the right did not exist
at the time of the conquest, and was thersdore void. The value of
a rislit did not always depend on its duration : utiiity was its um
measure; and it' useful,• it ought not to be departed front. He con-
sidered the late conduct of Lord Sidle/nal] as a part of a systematic
attack on the right of - The Court were always care
rc ady to receive cougratulatery addresses, but when complaints and
remonstrances were carried up, a very different teelieg -was mani-
fested. The right of petitioning was one of the most important in
the Constitution, and one .which, perhaps more than any other, ren-
dered us the envy of foreign nations: it ought to be sent down un-
shackled to posterity. It it vetild be shewu, that addresses to the
Princess had never been keerted in the Gazette, except at the time
of her inns riaee, lie had a right to infer that the address was then
pleasing, but was now displeasing to the Regent : and on this
ground he thought himself entifled to their verdict. It would heve
been different it there bad been any thing offensive in the Address,
but on the coeirery, it containei nothing which, both on publit:
and private gromi.U:, oa:zlit not to have been grateful to the Wince,
both as the I'm lacess was the future Queen of England, and was the
mollies of eleehild. He then read the Address, and aslseals if it
were not perfectly inotkesive and loyal : wlretberit showed aNs
hostile lee ing towards the Mince : unless it was to be pm:leanly.,
that he could he offended at the foul contamination wiped atcay
from Ids wile, or at the confident hopes expressed towards his
daughter. Lord Sidmoutles conduct, therefore, had been liighls7
improper; and clearly chewed, that his opinion was, that the Ati•
dress would lie displeasing to the Regent : an opinion %illicit eon.
veyed the highest insult on the Princess, the Corporation of Lon-
don, and*the Prince. Mr. Faa%mast Fceondcd the motion.

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Mr. Dtxo:ti rose to *cove the previous question. The seund
sense and discretion of the Court %wild be forfeited, if the debate
should be sail :red to go into any length. If there uas ever any dimi-
ger of losing a right, it was when it was demanded not on gam!
groun.ls. Those persons Uho weie so careful of their own rights,
should he cautious how they invaded those ofothers. Ile than mad
the letter of Mr. Secretary Ryder, in NW, where he slated that
he inserted the City Address becaus. it had been twnil, not because it
was a right. When this was formally connonnicated, it was
in a pretty full Court: why did not the geutlesnen tire then, %%hen
that letter was rezni 3 the wife of the Regent, he in-isted, was as
mere a subject as the wite of any inch% idnal in the hinztioin. 114
hoped fdr sense w mild prevail it Would tit he seen, tLat the con-
duct of Lord Sititnouth did not deserve the opprobrious epithets
applied to it. If tl:e City should choose to go up to the negro! on
this subject, lie was perfeet ly satisfied, that they would be told, that
they bad no such right as they elaiieed. lie tbetefore moved th,
previous question. Mr. JACK.
•The Court then divided : —F
moners, 53 —For the p:eviot
anonas, apiust

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cs se:otatied the motion.
For the motion,-- I :Sidemen, 57 Com-
ins questioh, ili Alticrinc::, 76 Cto-
t the otic,iuul motion,