The National Register.
London, England, 1811-01-13 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 1

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.MONDAV, JAN. 'l, • s
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A Deputation was ordered to communicate to the Commons
their Lordships's acquiescence in the Resolutions respecting
the Issue of Money.

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TUESDAY, JAN. H.
A Message was brought up from the Commons signifying
that the Rouse had agreed to the.. Amendments made by. their'
Lordships to the second Resolution sent to the Commons on the
3d hist. .

'l'he Commons then desired a conference with their Lordships
in the Painted Chamber, and a Committee was appointed to;
manage the same.
Upon the return of the Cpfnmittee, the Lord President pre-N.
seined two resolutions fr6m tile Commons, which were read by-,
the Clerk. The first was a resolution, requesting his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales to take upon him, under certain:,
limitations, the exercise of the executive power, &c. and thE4'
second a resolution, that the Queen would graciously take upon
her the care of his Majesty's person, &c.
Upon each of these resolutions, Lord LIVER root moved, that
the blanks contained in them be filled up with the words " the
Lords Si iritual and Temporal," which being agreed to, thee?
Resolutions so altered were ordered to be sent back to the '
Commons. 4

Lord LIVERPOOL then Moved, that the President of Ow
Council and the Lord Privy Seal be appointed to wait on his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with the first Address, and •
that Earl Harcourt and LOrd Douglas, of Lochlevin (Lord Mor-
ton), be appointed to wait'upon the Queen with the second Ad-
dress.—Agreed to.
Lord ELDO N, adverting to the notice respecting Votes by
Proxy, which Motion had been appointed for next Friday, said,
he should detain their Lordships no further than barely to state
. the nature of his motion, the object of which was, principally,
to establish the right of that House upon all occasions, except
where a standing order did not prevent it, to vote by proxy' -and
that it was inconsistent with the rules and orders of the House,
after question had been regularly put by the Lord Chancellor,
and in the progress of any Bill, to come to a resolution similar
• to that which was adopted on Friday to exclude proxies.
Adjourned to Thursday morning, ten o'clock.

THURSDAY, JAN. 10.

Their Lordships met at ten this morning, and shortly Ail'
Lord Lou'vaine, from the Commons, communicated to' the'-
House the names of the Members appointed to wait on her Ma- .
jesty, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with the
Resolutions respecting the Regency.
On the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the Lords nomi-
nated for that purpose were ordered to attend the Prince and
the Queen, along with the Members appointed by the House of
Ccmmons.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL gave notice, that as it was probable
they should receive the answers of the Prince of Wales and the
Queen to-morrow, he should then move a Resolution similar to
that of the :11st of January, 1789, for putting the. Great Seal to a
Commission for opening the Parliament
The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed his motion respecting .
rrcWes, siuc die.—Adjourned.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 11.
The Duke of NORPont presented a Petition from the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, arid Livery of London, in Common Council
assembled.
The Lord President of the Council (Earl Caatt rA presented
the answer of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the
address of both Houses of Parliament, presented to him ye.:ter-
day, which his Lordship then read.--(Vide 410 *port Qf the .
Commons.)
Earl HA teouvr then presented the answer a ket Najegy to
the Address of both the Houses, presented yestehiarovhich his
Lordship read.
'l'he Earl of LI VF.R POOL-then moved the Order of the Day for -.
taking into consideration the means of

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OPENING PARLIAMENT UNDER THE GREAT
SEAL.

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The measure he should have the honcibr to propose,-was
directly, framed on the Resolution passed by that douses on a
similar occasion, on the 31st of January, 1789, and, as at that
time, it had been thought tit far certain Noble Lords, who dis-
approved of the measure, to have their names withdrawn from
the Resolution, so upon the present occasion, the name,* of s.nznie

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Illustrious Dukes might likewise be omitted. The Resolution
which he proposed for adoption was that of the 31st of January,
]789, not as it was proposed, but as it was passed. He moved,
44 'Oat, Letters. Patent be issued, under the Great Seal, for
opening Parliament in the name of the King, by the advice
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons
in Parliament assembled ; the Letters Patent running in the
usual form.
Upon the question being put from the Woolsack,
Earl GRET rose: He lamented, that unavoidable absence in
the country prevented his being present at the extraordinary and
momentous discussions, which led to the measure which the
Noble Secretary of State had then submitted to the House.—
Fully aware, as he was, of the calamitous and alarming situation
of public affairs, and of prodigious evils inevitably resulting
from their continuance in that state, he was unwilling to pro-
long itloy any further delay. BLit while he abstained, for the,.
reason he Iradgiven; from opposing the resolution, in its present
stage, he- felt it incumbent on him to declare •his solemn disap-
probation of the proceeding, as well us of all the measures with
which it was connected. He protested against them, as having
no sanction either by analogy, the practice of our ancestors, or
the forms of law, with the nature and spirit of the Constitution :
smdera pretended regard fur the Constilutlbn, the Constitodion luul
been violated. Asserting the rights of the Monarchy, the rights
of the Crown had been invaded, and one enormity had followed
another in a series that it was dreadful to contenr While
he thus (lea: red his utter condemnation of. the Acts of Minis-
tens, and of the proceedings which the House had been led to
adopt, he thought it right to declare, that in all those, arguments,
throe wise, legal and constitutional arguments, whWi had beau
so ably and elo; tently urged by Noble Friend; of his during his
absence, he aroently and completely concurred. He repeated,
in glowing terms, his reprobation of those men, who, still pre-
aliening to call themselvLs the King's Advisers, had shewn them-
selves alike regardless of the rights of the Crown, the interests
of the people, and the integrity of the Constitution. Haying
said thus much, he should detain the House no longer, than
barely to enter his protest against the measures pursued by Mi-
nisters, and lately adopted by that House.
The question being put from the Woolsack, a division took
place—For the Motion. 53; Against it, 33 ; Majority for Minis.
te.rs 20. After which the House adjourned to Monday.