The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-22 00:00:00

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_ turd GRENVILLE observed; .it was with sineere
and conscious conviction that he' now appealcd_to
their Lordships own feelings, whether there did n,.t
appear in the King's present Govt-rnmetit, a. fis.ed
.intention to annihilate the consequence et that
House. (Some of their Lordships cried No, no !)--:
'lbis conclusion he made Irani a thorough obso4- va-
lion of their conduct upon every tolPottat.t busi-
ness they brought forward, it- was studiously and
purposely delayed until a period when an . adequate
degree of deliberate and paricular attention could-
not be given by their Lordships. His Noble Fi iend
at the head of. the Indian Department told them,
and at the same- time when the manufaatirers. of
life country were imploring the House for some re-
lief and mitigation ot their. distresses ; :Own toeir
table,wasloaded wt; ti petitions) imploring them to
take the sullje;_l into coo,ideration ;. that it waslM
-15;.ing-ft;
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measure Should be brought forward in that ,P 10,),.
A declaration to that effect he never- before heard.
It was their duty to hiing the matter eqe.dly before
that House to the formal and legitima' e considera•
lion of their Lordships ; they . were not to sit with
their bands folded until it should please Ministers
tO bring the matter round to them. It vv_as doubbful
whether they could enter into the question at 411
this S,,ssion. But it. it were brought forward at
such a period of the year, what opportunity could
they have for a full and deliberate discussiun ? He
must condemn the way in which Government had
treated that House with respv6t to this great na-
tional question ; their delays were wil ul. It ap-
peared that with their Parliament in Leadenhall•
street, they had been debating the subject for five
years. The public interest, and the convenience of
that House, were equally unheeded by them.
The Earl of LtviEtti.oot. said he would never per-
mit it to be asserted, there was a deliberate intention,
on the part of Government, to degrade that House,
without pointedly' alleging, on the patt ot that Go-
vernment, that on every occasion,
,they had to sub-
mit measures .of importance to the considera-
tion of ttn:ir Lordshps, they had duly - consulted
the charader, the dignity, arid , the : deliberative
fundions of •that House. His Noble Friend
had stated the very reverse. of what the Noble
Baron had asserted, namely, that , ample time
would be given for full deliberation on this must
important subject. He must also state, that what
was said as to the season of the year, was an obser-
vation of an irregular nature. No season of they
year was improper for deliberation. If any critni-
nal negled, or deliberate intention to dehy existed,
on the part of Ministers, it may, according to the
circumstances of the case, be a regular ground of
accusation. But when this was not the c)se,„ nb
objedion to any particular seasob, as a season not
fitting for deliberation, could be well founded. The
sUbjed in question, though one proper to be taken
up as early as possible, )et as it respeCterl the term
of the Company's Charter, was one which affoided
an interval of two years ftotn the present period.
That the question must otiOnate in lane House be-
fore it could be taken up in the.other was in the ne-
cessary course of thing;. Their Lordships would
recoiled, that this very subject,, when last it was
under general consideration, wiginated in the other
House, and at. a much later period of a Session
than the present. And he begged leave to say,
that the magnitude and impoitance of this subject
was as much regarded and felt by his Majesty's ser-
vants as by any other description of persons in the,
country; but it was one which obViously required
to be fully weighed and investigated by Government
as well as Parliament , and it was their intention to
afford the fullest time for Parliamentary delrbetat km,
and for the consideration of the interests of all those
parties vi)ho were involved in the subject.
The Marquis WELLESLEY observed, that one,
time may be as proper,for legislative deliberation as
another ; yet, on the other hand, he [post say, it
was with considerable regret he heard a tint of what
fell froth his Noble Friend, who well knew the de-
gree of respeel, esteem, - and love which he bore
him. • Namely, that upon this area and inakottant