The National Register.
London, England, 1812-06-07 00:00:00

HEI3DOM ADA Rl' ;
OR, LPHEMERIS OF IHE WLLK.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

JUNE 7.

posed union, except in the first instance, would have cone
sisted of members too discordant to compose an harmo.
nious whole. Men, who all their lives have acted on diffe-
rent principles, although joined together, cannot be ex.
pected to pursue exactly the same ends, or at least to em-
ploy the same means. A Ministry so composed, would
drag on the cumbrous macl:ine of the State, w ith no mo:e
faci!ity than a team of birds, reptiles, and quadrupeds
yoked together, would be able to draw a heavy waggon.
Had Marquis WELLESLEY trusted less to his own strength,
and listened to the overtures made to him by Lord LIVER-
POOL with less reluctant an car, an Administration might
have been formed, which containing no material
principle of difference in itself, might have carried
on the concerns of the State with unanimity and vi-
gour. his Lord•thip, however, encouraged by the
vote of the House of Commons, on Mr. WorataA's
motion, fancied that by standing aloof from the existing:
Min'sters, without entirely joining the Opposition, le
would be able to turn out the former, by obtaining the
ready support of the latter whenever he should want it,
and availing himself of the weakness of the one and the
blindness of the other, would attain the pre-emil;CliCep
and become sole umpire between the great contending
parties iu the State. His success was but momentary,
and led to more bitter disappointment. The existing Ad-
ministration being virtually dissolved, althcugh still con-
tinuing to transact the common routine of bus;ness until
their :;uccessors should be appointed, Marquis WELLES-
LEY was appointed to farm a new Ministry, at the head ef
which his name was placed. He now thought hiros.Af
securely
.fixed in power ; but his conduct found imitators,
and his own wiles were retorted upon him. The Oppo-
sition, who had given him their support, in order that
their united numbers should overwhelm the wrecks of
Mr.PERCEVAL's Administration, now kept aloof from hie,
that he might not be able to form a Government of his
own. In vaici did his Lordship offer them the most libe-
ral terms : they found that he was to become Prime Miu-
ster, and rejected every proposal iu so obstinate a manner,
and on grounds, by no means of a public nature, that the
Noble Marquis, in the bitterness of his disappointment and
vexation, attributed their conduct, in open debate in the
House of Lords, to dreadful personal animosiCes."
This motive was, however, disclaimed by the parties, and
Lord MOIRA, with his usual kindness and public spirit,
endeavoured to convince them, that they had acted
through a " misconception" of the terms proposed to
them. But as late as yesterday his endeavours had pro-
ved unavailing ; and the ambitions views of the leaders
of the Opposition continued to obstruct the formation of

an Administration.
The following paragraph read by Lord GREY in thz
House of Lords last Friday, as containing the obnoxious
part of the proposal made to him and his friends by t,e
REGENT, through the Marquis NVFLLEst.ry, will clearly
spew what feelings induced them to reject so liber:l an
offer. Do they pretend that it is uoncons,itntioro f.r ti.e
iti:GENT to appoint to particular ffices those vvii.)rn he
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