The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-20 00:00:00

formed, capable of rescuing the empire from the
pending dangers, These documents' were_in circu-
lation from one end of the kin schwa to the other;: it
could therefore hardly be asserted, they were not a
fit topic for Parliamentary discussion, or th:n any
Noble Lord should stand up and say, r hal that
House was the only place in the whole kingdom,
wherein such a paper could not be discussed. On
the of Fsbruary, the Prince Regent expressed
his wish that an-administration should be formed .•a
a broad 'reel liberal basis. Such language he should
take es an incontestible evidence of the wish of his
Royal Highness in that respea. On this principle,
what he should have the honour to sunmit to mem
Lordships proceeded. He should now come to
consider those parts' of the .Noble Lord's speech
which referred to that important point, and which,
in his mind, had been greatly misrepresented ; he
spoke from his view of the general nature of the
subject. His Lordship then referred to the corre-
sponding parts of the letter, to the effeel, "5t is on
these grounds we must express without reserve the
in possibility of our uniting," &c. This language,
he thought, could not fairly be construed into a de-
termination that the Noble subscribers would have
no persons in the Cabinet, save those of their own
selection and nomination—that they would sit in the
Cabinet with the person now a confidential adviser
of the Prince Regent ! Without pretending to-know
exactly the minds of those Noble Lords, he was in-
clined
to suppose their meaning to be, that they
would not conimue to an with the present Govern-
ment, those 'continuing as a Government; that is,
ti •ev *mid not agree to form in themselves an aux-
iliary Cabinet t(i those whose principles they did not
approve. Referring- to a subsequent passage, he
expressed his opinion that it could not fairly be said
from it that these Noble Lords would consent to
yield up our Most valuable marl ime tights, to ten-
der America hostile to that power with whom we
were contending. Such, indeed, may possibly be
the,intentions of these Noble eersons, but until he
should be..-lilt asserted by theMselves, he could
i ne-
ver believe it possible—act they could never n a
measure so incompatinie with the. line of condud
they formerly 'held'. With reeard to the question
of Seam, it was in like manner asserted pf them that
they meant to withdraw our armies tram the Pene
insula. This he never could' believe, nor that they
would ever think of such a thing without learning
the opinion of that great man, whose name he had
already mentioned (Lord Wellington) who had
evieeti himself as much a statesman as a warrior—
whoseephysical valour was not exceeded by his mo-
ral courage. He would now proceed to consider
the subject, as inducing a firm persuasion of the .
necessity of a total change in the present governing
system of the country ; and in the first place, more
especially' with respect to the affitirs of Ireland. This
part of the subject more emphatically. evinced the
necessity of a change in the confidential advisers of
the Prince Regent. In his firm conviction, the su-
perior, the necessary policy Would be, .that Parlia-
ment should pass a resolUtion, sanctioning the prin-
ciple of speedily taking into consideration the Ca-
tholic claims; and that afterwards every thing con-
netted with arrangement or detail, could or should
be conducted by the ExeCutive Government,e so as
that against the commencement of the next Session
of Parliament, something in the shape of a specific
manner on the subject may be presented for its con-
sideration. Such a mode of proceeding would not
pledge Par! anent to anything beyond that, to which
he hoped there would be no difficulty of pledging
them, namely, to a consideration of the subteCt,
and to leave the Whole of the arrangement and de-
tails in the hands of the Executive Government.—
This he thought would be the proper mode, and he
conceived it to be what the Noble Lords contem-
plated ; and not, as asserted of them, that they
would, instanter, recommend a total abolition of all
the laws applying to this part of the subject. This
be could not conceive to be their meaning; and he
must believe then to be inclined to the counte-
nance of such regulations as may be sufficient
for the Country and Parliament, as to the ob-
jeds proper to be secured, and that their inten-
tion was to incorporate in such Bills as they may
propose, such provisions as would be efficient to the
security of such objects. On these various grounds,
lie was induced to hope that the expressed wishes
of his Royal Highness may still be gratified, and
the general wishes of the country gratified by the
atitablishmant of such an Administration as would
be fitting and competent to -conduCt the affairs of
the Country, so as to ward off the pending cala-
mities, and to ensure its safety and prosperity. He
was aware, diet in the estimation of some Noble
Lords he may be regarded as an ignoramus in poli-
tics, for entertaining such
.sentiments. He would
request, however, that Noble Lords opposite would
not interpose their eloquence for the purpose of pre-
venting a question upon that 'which he should have
the honour to submit. And he had to conjure
those Noble Lords and the House, that they would
permit the Address to pass, and to take its chance
With the Illustrious Person whom it invoked,
In-
deed, he was at a loss to conjecture- upon what
grosue's it could consastehtly be opposed. They
Avould hardly contend that his Royal Highness did
not express the wishes stated in his letter of the 13th
of February, which was for the formation of an Ad- •
ministration of Government on a broad and liberal
basis ; or that they entertained such an opinion -of
themselves at present, which his Royal Highness
avowedly did not think of them on the 13th of Feb.
Now that they had lost the co-operation of the com-
manding name, charader, and talents of the Noble
Marquis, ti,ey could not deny their Administration
now stood upon a narrow basis. Before he sat
down, he would observe, that because his motion
went to affect the existing Ministry it may be re-
gaedeci as an Opposition motion. Against this infer-
ence he would, in the name of truth,and of the coun-
most solemnly protest. He begged to repeat,
it originated entirely with himself ; Noble Lords
opposite had no right to impute to him a particle of
ill will or hostility to them. He still retained his
sentiments with respea to them ; what he now
advanced as regarding their administration, seas a
sentiment held by the Prince Regent himself,when he
expressed a wish to enlarge the basis of Iris Admi-
nistration. Arid at that time thsy possessed, what
.04 had since lost, the assistance of that able and
accomplished Minister, to whom he had more than
once alluded. Ile was a&uated merely by a sense
of pcblicduty, and a wish to contribute, as far -as
, -him lay, to avert these pending -dangers, the
eearmiiig leynaptoms pf which were every day LLIor4