The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-02 00:00:00

ADJOURNMENT.

On the motion of the CRANCRLLOR of the Ex-
cnrcitYra, the Commlttee of Supply was post-
poned from to-morrow until Wednesday the 23d
instant.

On the CHANCELLOR of the ExcitEstuka's mak-
ing a •sinplar inotion .with respect to the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means,
Mr. TIERNEY expressed his surprise that the
Right- Honourable Gentleman had abstained from
assigning any,reasons•for these propositions.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied,
that the reaso:i which induced him to wish for the
postponement of the Committees was,-that in con-
sequence of the existing state of public affairs, he
had a comnionication to make to • the House from
his Royal Highness thc hice‘ Regent, which
communication he mild then namely, that
it !s his Royai Highness's pleasure, acting in
the dame a.id on the behalf of his Majesty, that
the House should adjourn until Monday the 21st
ins . 1,1 consomince 'to this intimation, he would
mo -,•, chat at its rising the House should adjourn
to:...antlay the 21st inst.

Mr. Wfrmattean observed, that although every
One had antieipa'ed the communication which had
just been announced by. the '•Right Hon. • Gentle-
man, yet.it was certainly surprising that the Right
lion. Gentleman had not preferred making the
communication the, preliminary step to the post-
ponement of "he Committees, mstead;of making
the postponement of the ceintnittea the..prelimi-
nary step to the communication. fhe were not aware
thatsuch wasahe usual style of a communication of
that nature—namely, that 'it was his Majesty's
pleasure" the House should 'adjourn, he con-
fessed that he should think it rather an ungracious
modeof expression. It was certainly, however, jus-
tified by the precedents on the Journals. He did not
rise by any means to oppose the Adjournment, to
which, on the contrary, he should, consent with
the same readiness as be did to the last proposi-
tion of that nature. Nor would he express either
disappointment, or hope, or *fear, with respect
to the events that had taken place since their last
meeting, or that might be taking place at that
moment. It was • bis wish cautiously to obatain
from any observations on the subject, reserving.
himself until the period when that information
should be afforded, to which he, the House,
and tlre Country looked with confident expecta-
tion. But, although he had no.. besitatiou in,
voting fur an Adjournment, and. for an acqui-
escence in the pleasure of his Royal Highness
the Prince Regent, yet he owned that he en-
tertained some apprehension lest the present pro-
ceedings..should be drawn into a pernicious pre-
cedent. He was not without his fears, that when
the circumstances of the:times should-11ot •be well •
recollected, posterity might accuse those who
consented to the present proposition of an aban.
• donment•of their duty to their constituents. -He
was aware that in 4799 an Adjournment of a
mach long duration even than that, the termi-
nation .of which had that day assembled the
House, had been proposed, and ,Without (Mb- ,
culty acceded to ; but that was at a period of the
Session at which the public busines did not,press
so heavily as it had pressed during" the late
'cess, and would necessarily, press duVing that
.whieh was about, to • take place. Therefore, al-
though he did not. 'egret having voted for the last,
adjourument—although be did not repent having
placed the confidence which, he on that occasion'
placed in his Majesty's,Government—,akhough be
was not disposed to cavil at the adjournment Ow.
proposed, yet he did wish to guard the pro-
ceeding from being converted into a dangerous
precedent. He wished to have some record 'on
the Journals of the Hoase, of the grounds on
which Parliament had !)een induced to take such
a :step: In• the words-which he had committed to
paper for this purpose,. he hoped he had F.O en-
tirely abstained from. expressing
,an opinion, or
any thin like an opinion, or an anticipation with
respect to public affairs, that he really entertained '
confident expectation that theßight Honourable
Gentleman opposite would not object to the;r
adoption.. lie would, therefore, move as an
amendment to the Right Honourable Gentleman's
motion, to.ltave out all the words after the word