The National Register.
London, England, 1817-04-21 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, APRIL 14.

This day the House met lair:al:int to adjournment, %hen
there was a full attentla»ce of Menthe's.
THE SPEAKER'S ILLNESS.
At four o'clock Mr. Dv-on, the principal Clerk, stated,
that he yentettlav received a letter from Mr. Speaker, %%kirk,
Will the leave off' the ILttete, he would 'Tail --(Hear! hear)
Mr. 1),,0ta that read the letter, which was in oubsta:tce
as follows :

AVM-

:idbroolc. April 11.

" 9tal ha/c to desire you will acquaint the House that it is
with the greatest coneem I fed myself unable to attend in their
serviee to-morrow. It is with the deepest regret that I am obliged
to postpone my Attendance, and delay public business; bat althmigh
it would be hazardous for me to return immediately to my public
ditties, I have every reason to expect my health will be so far re-esta.
blishod by the end of the week, that I shall be able to attend the
merit* of the House. I hare to request you will submit this letter
with my dutiful respects to the House, for its consideration.

I arta, Sire

" CHAILES AU OTT."

Mr. Dyson having finished reading.

Mr. VAiSITTART observed, he had now to offer himself to
the House on an occasion the most painful to him, namely, to
call the attention of Gentlemen to the indisposition of their
Right Hon. and highly respected Speaker. Ile felt con-
vinced, however, that the unanimous vote of the Howe to-
day would prove the high estimation in which that excellent '
individual was held by then, and the public. The indisposi-
tiou, in consequence of which Mr. Speaker now requested
the indulgeucc of the House, war brought on by his close
application to the discharge of his duties. —(llese I heart)
—lie felt it fur some days previous to the adjournment, vet,
notwithstanding that indisposition, he had continued to labour
for the convenience and advantage of the House, as was
proved by his communication of an arrangement respecting!
the printing and distribution of the Votes, immediately pre-
vious to the recess.--( Ilear heal /earl)—lndisposition had
never been allowed by him to interfere with his public dit•
ties, fund he was actually overpowered by it. The Right
Hon. Gentleman now in his letter expressed a persuasion
that he should be able to resume his situation in that House
the latter end of the week. He (Mr. V.) was fearful the
Right Hon. Gentleman's anxiety to return to business might
bave caused him to over-rate his own powers, and that by
putting himself too forward, he might risk a relapse. lie
was of opinion, and he trusted the House would agree with
km, that it would be wiser to extend the indulgence some
few days beyond the time mentioned by the Right lion. Gen-
tleman, than by calling on him to enter on the fatigues of
public business too soon, cause a relapse, and further delay
of the important public discussions, during which his pre-
sence was so essentially necessary. He should have been
inclined to propwe au adjournment to the 21st instant, but
when be oecoilected an important Court occasion would call
for an adjotorninent en Wedoesday week, he submitted whe-
ther it would not be preferable now to adjourn over that day.
Being himself persuaded that would be the best course to
be adopted, be should now propose that the House do farther
adjosiris to Thursday sennigiat.—(lfeer hair!)
Mr. Paramour, out of respect to the Right Hon. Gentles
limn, whose regretted indisposition gave rise to this proceed-
ing, would most cheerfully consent to the motion. He could
not, however, avoid expressing his regret, that the Speaker
should have been most unnecessarily kept on one occasion
several hours in the chair, the fatigue attending which had
En far increased his illness as to render it of a dangerous na-
tore; he had himself more than once urged the Right Hon.
Gentleman on that occasion to quit the Chair, but he deter-
mined to resist pain and fatigue in the discharge of his pub
lie duty, and continued in his place ; and the House now felt
the inconvenience of having imposed on the Right Hon.
Gentleman too severe a task. With respect to the important
Court occasion alluded to by the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, be (Mr. P.l could not say whether he should have con-
sidered it as a sufficient excuse for delaying public business;
he wished it now to be understood, however, that it was res-
pect for the Speaker, and a desire to afford full time for the
re-establishateut of that Right lion. Gentleman's health,
which induced him to agree to the motion for so long an ad-
journment at this important period of the Sessiou.