The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-10 00:00:00

• the 'rest Acts, which by the Mast eanetit Lxwyei
have -been. described as the bidWarkS of the Corwi.
tution in Chore]) and Suite.? Conld the SoVereil:;ti
cOnsot,to rep,.ai those Acts e it;iout a viiAtion of
his COrOnation Oath ? Even !with that they would
not be satisfied. They would have-all or nothing.
Stich were the-pretensions that their Deputies lately
• set forth—among w
homwere some. who took ad-
vantage of the Amnesty Act, and came back: 19nin
to promote intrigues and stir np.discontents. These
were the men who endeavoured at a separation Of,
the two countries, and who would join; Ronap-itte
to-morrow, if he could enable., them to establish a
Republic under the protection of France. The Power
which that Bill would have given, them they would,
turn againt England in' favour of her most inveterate
foe. indeed the framers of it could be ne friends to
their country; and it seemed to be the intention of
a Peer 61 the realm, who had been.in that House,.
to subvert hi' such means the Protestant Religion.
Lord 110-IVICK rose to Qrder. It was tOtp.ssi-
ble to he.o- such a- charge brought against a, Noble
Peer, and not calbupon the Learned Gentleman to
name the. Noble Person, and 'make, good the charge.
1. Mr. Pt Oritca and Mr. HON NE4 alsh 'spoke, to or- .
der, and begged the SPEAKER to interpose' his au,
thority.
TiIe,SP.E.IKEI! apprehended that it belonged to
every -Member to deliver his sentiments in what
terms he thought proper. " .
GRENVILLE said it was impossible pa-
tiently to hear so seripui a charge brought .against
Noble Peer of the other House. It would tend
'O* ita to disturb the good understanding that.
ought to subsist .bet Ween the two
Parliament. On these 'greunds,. he 'thought, the'
Learneit DoCtor was not in order, and ought to name
the Noble. Person to whom he alluded. Indeed. he
could, not be left to his option 'to withhold the ex=,
planation called.for. •
These reasons were also urged by Mr. SHERIDAg.
--t4j SPEA,4;said,4 th.t codeavoured to dis
fune.qions to the best of his abilities, and
he ii.:;alceved that be might say, frotn, the b-,t -in-'
foriratieti of the Orders and Pray iec of the ~el-•
that the words delivered did not amount to 'a
6.90, el ordpr.
. •
Dr 1L there might he too -
,mneh.warmth in his mode of et pressing himselti
but there.were noble Lords in that House, as 'well as
in the. other, to whom- he, might have referre!..
should not,;nowever, now, trespass tiny longer on the
patience of the House.-
Mr. ROMILLY very, forcibly deprecated the'
mischief of exciting religious animosities, I.VhiCh the. •
conduit and expressions' of spme of the Gentierncri: _
opi,;)si;e to him seemed but too well c,ifridatesi. to'
produce. Bat he was anxious to bring telt. the:
Ho:
,to the-question before, them, which they.
-see oe d,i in-.=some measure, to have lost si„;fit
--=l-fad the, late Ministers subscribed the pie !o-es
ptoposecl to them,. would they not have been guilty
Oa high:crimeAnd tnisdemeanour ;. and would nut
• that House: betray its trust, if it did not hope ...it
.Mintsters, who would bind therrisehes to t0r2,;0
giving athiice to the' Sovereign, and that, perii
respecting, points the most essential to the s y
of the EA:Tire ? Never was 'any doCtrine mere
dangerous.to the'. Sovereign, and, if it was tool:led
in truth,Ahen all he had, ever.. read or heard
of the Constitution 'was fallacious and absurd. It
was one of the- most sacred priociples of the
Constitution, that the King can do' no Wrong,
and, consequently, for every at; dime by the Sove-
reign,. some person: must be responsible.--0n this
principle TCSlect the rights of the , people, and the
security of the Crown. , Even when the SoveieL"
exercises the prerogative of Chnsinc;-- his 'Confident:lA
servants, some, person or: persons were res'popSille
for that exercise. ;To chos,his., own Ministers,
no doubt, othe prerogative .of the Crown. By
that prerogative the; king Can call any man lie
Pleases. to ~nis Councils.. Even a. man in whorh
that-House has no confidence.—He may call to his
service a man who has been convicted by that House
b
of a. ,-,ross violation of .
brought trjalao acqu4el; but: so acqUitted, Oat
not, one. Ot, his powerful frieudS in
.that
ever yet vehtored to .move the resciticiiug rho
solutionWhieh stood against hilt] who co.Wij,9t
;come into the-other House or P,erliament NcialOnt
yeadipg Men eyound'hith the sentence
passed upon him, and whopust:still 'nave reSocitid-
Mg in his ears the words, upoil
•
moor." .7 .•4
Il7r. JEFFREY, of Poole, rose. to'order.—Tf
'Learned Doetorhaii been disorderly, in his," althAes
to-a Noble Peer, surely the Learned Gentleman wIIO
wns now' specking was, far, more reprehensible for
the allusions which he was miiking so direalYio.the
.cas, of another Noble Peer, whom he might as well
.name. After sorneeobservations from the SPEAKCR,
214;fr.ROMILLY proceeded to shew„ that he
only stating a case- to prove the Crown had the right
of the choice of its Ministers, even when theyWi-e e
men such as he was describing ; , but then the 'Min:-
sters were responsible for
,that, exercise of the pr, •
r%!.tiVe, otherwise:the Constittition was n 6
the King would,he'absolute, and the House of Coin-
. mons lose. its dearest privileges. For the person of
. his Majestylie had the most sincere attachmeot,,the
• most profound respea. Nothing !i4d ever been done
byhim injurious; to.the Constitution from the first it6t
of-his reign down to the moment he VV,as-
he could therefore ‘unpute, nothing to his Majesty,i
but to those who advised him, he., would impute every
thing,. 'The do4trines broached this inight,she wouici
again: assert; were incompatible with the known
principles-of the Constitution, and Would prove nu
less dangerous to the security of the Eanpite:.7These
doctrines; and the cry of " Popery, if dangerotls
to the Church," &T. might be attended with
most seriOus mischief; and he should be sorry that
any thing in the conduit of his Learned‘Frieni.f
Percevcl) could b fbund to give countenance to :7,:uelx
an idea, which must kindle up the. worst nassierf,
and endanger the safety of the State. ,

• Mr.' B, BATHURST. lamented the ur
into the debate of the's::eted.nime of the 60irer(-ilyn,
.but the turn given to the'discassion made that viokt-
tiOn of the orders of the House ;MR oidable.-7,-.4,via:,,
alb-tined,' that there could be no act of the Cro
without advisers. This rule, hObeheved, lia.4 so •;.e
exceptions.. When the Crown;'for exarup.Q,
missed one set of Ministers, and called anol,hcr 7
office, during the interval between he disuni.,.:iirinc;?....e
One • and th,4 establishment Of tli'other
Crown ~k.ithout:any 3dviers. • 'Another rah;