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London, England, 1810-12-21 00:00:00

[PRICE SIXPENCE HALFPENNY•

CALL OF THE HOUSE.

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the LX=
CHEitnR, the Order of the Day tor tailing over tins
House was read.

The CHANCELLOR at the. EXCHEQUER movA,
" that the House be now called over."

Mr. Masslr thought that the present attendance
was very satistaelory,'and that the t.ali intgbt be die;..
pensed with. .
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER allowed,
that asfar as the present individual day was con-
cerned, there was-no cause of complaint for non-it-
tendance ; but he thought it was itoi,ortaint to ep-
force the call, in ordtir to spew that it was the ins
tendon of the,House to, insure, during the 'whole
of the itnportatit discuc.i>on which was about
to take place, the steady sZittentiob of the Meru.
, _

The motion was-then agreed to, and strangerp

having been exclu led, the na:nes of all the Meir“.
berS wire called over, a proceeding which occupied
above two huurs".
On our re-admission into the Gallery, we fbund

The CHANCELLOR ot the EXCIIEQUER Mov;.

it g, " That the House be called over o►:,Monday
se'nnight ;'" which motion was agreed to ; As wa's
also a- subsequent motion; "T►►nt thole Mewl-Aar:
who did not then attend should be taken info

STATE OF THE NATION.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex.;
CHEQU.EII,. the House (in pursuance -of the Order
of the Day) resolved itself into a Committee of the
whole H.ruse, to consider. tie State of the Nation;
Mr. LU.,HINGTON' took tire Chair.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rose,
and spoke to the following tiled
" Mr. LUSMINGTON, HI consequence of the no.;
tice which I recently gave, I now rise to call the
attention of the Committee to the consideratiori of
that dis .SUOU.: State of the Nation into which tlist.
unfortunate indisposition of his Majesty an
position so severely telt and so universally lamented
by the country—has places it. I feel, Sir, that in
doing this, it must be wholly unnecessary' for me-
to make any peculiar efforts. to excite the interest
of the ComMittee on such an important subjeet.
When we consider the nature of toe calewit), to ,
the existence of which our present mdeting is .0 be
attributed, it is. impossible not to contemplate it
with the utmost pain and sympathy. Egad such
1 malady fallen on the humblest- individual in the
land, one with whom kt e were -wholly uncen-.
nected by relation, dependence, or interesti_ it
would unquestionably be our entle.ivour, first to
provide the means of restoring that mdividual to
health, and secondly to secure to trim afectionate
guardians until war. restoration should ue effected.
Had such a malady taeen on these to w hum we'
were attached oy dearet -.es, the feelings -in every
man's breast urri,t, I am suree-render unnecessary
any description of the course which we strould
hasten to pursue. But, • Sir, iu the iestanee of our
Sovereign—a Sovereign, who has now reigned so
long long over this country—a Sovereign who his been
'on the Throne for above half a century'—hietoed
by. his 'peeple--watetitul of their ititerests—wholly
and markedly attentive to preserve the true principles
of. the, Consittution—a botereign, whose virtues ,
hate been tire constant and just theme of our praise
and adutiratiort-4 say, Sir; that .when such a So-
vereign .becomes so afflicted, I am sully. confident -
there is trot -a heart in the country which does no
beat- with the .warmest sympathy fur his distress.
These, Sir, are ate feelings which arise in my -
mind- on a view of the subject strictly. personal ;
but there are others, deeply connected with the .
public interekte which are called forth by a MUIC
general view of the, subject. ' It is to these 'con•
siderations- to which I now wish to call the atten-
tion of the Committee. Among the foremost of -
these is the fact, that by the present state, of his
Majesty's health the functions of- the Executive Go-
vernment - are in a great measure suspended, and
the public service impeded and embarrassed. Sir;
I lament that it should fall to,the lot of such an, in- _
dividurd as inesett, from the situation in which I
have the. honour -to be placed, to address the Corm.'
mittee on this subject. I should- feel wholly in-•
adequate to the und"ertaking, ii I did not think that
',could point out, from . the example of those who
havestruggled against calamities. of a similar na-
ture to that tinder which we now labour, the mode
which we ought to pursue as the, best calculated
to extricate us fro.u- the ititticelties of our situ-
ation. We are at -the present moMent, Sir, si-
tuated precisely as the country found itself situ
ated at the latter end of 1788. The proctedingt
adopted by the two Houses of Parliament on that
Occasion—all occasion, I repeat, in which we were
ciicumstanced precisely as we are at this pessent
moment, will, iii- my :apprehension, be found -to
be the true line of conduct which tire two Houses
of Parliament ought now to adopt; and by,, tha-
n of which we shad avail ourselves of lbwlight,
laidgolit)i,i6of the .judgment, and of the experience of
our predecessors. I have said, Sir,..that the two cases
are the same. Certainly there ,is a difference
from the loss of those abilities and talents which; •
looking with an eagle eye through our legal -his-
tory, and through our Constitution, recommended'
that course which was ultimately adopted in 1788.
Still, however, 'there are circumstances which rte-
der the situation of -the country easier of extr.cier
tion than in the year 1288. Firs, that to welch
have already- alluded--a most itneortant circum-
stance—rianiely, the pteceureit which has been.
established, and also, Sir, that on the present (wcca.
sion no Vesiinn has yet been introduced by which
the rigin'atoil duly of the 'two liouseiu;
thus 'Called upon to supply the extsttug deficiency;
hiss ever been glanced at. We know., Sir,
Much the discussions of 1788 were einbarrased, an.l
- how many difficulties then presented themseivts by
t the asset ticn et .an inherent.right elk% here; a right