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,:aht Hon. Gentleman were to do an aa which he
p ove was eeceseiry, and if he were afterwards
„ .one oetore Parliament and state that necessity,
ee (Mr. W.) hoped, notwithstanding their political
oatiloy, he should have justice and magnanimity
anough to accede to a-Bill of Indemnity for such an
ea. But the cases alluded to by the Right Hon.
Ceantlernee were net cases of necessity, and the
Right Hon. Gentleman had that night shewn so
ouch arroeance an.t presumption, he (Mr. W,)
pledged himself that he would scrutinise any ads
hat ihe 11;ght Hon. Gentleman might venture upon
in conseeueece, with a more than ordinary rigour.
In the whole course of his Parliamentary life he had
•rever witnessed such boldness The Right Hon.
.aenileinaii could " call spirits from the vasty deep,
ant would they come when he called them i" He
.right order the subordinate officers of the Exche-
:leer to oby his instruaions, but could he punish
;nem if they did not obey him ? Had those officers
:ken no oaths ? "Were their consciences in the
.hght Hon. Gentleman's keeping ? The object of
',no Right Hon. Gentleman in introducing a Bill into
he House was clearly to create delay; and he (Mr.
',V.) gave him and tie H ,use notice, that it in the
eiierval between the present period and Monday
ee'nnight, his Majesty should recover so completely
as to resume the royal furidions, if nO one else in-
intuted such a proceeding, he would himself move,
to take into consideration the best means of supply,-
ing any future deficiency in the royal authority which
etight unfortunately occur. Adverting to the mode
in which one of the Physicians had been appointed,
ire regretted that he did rot possess the pathetic elo-
queoce of the Learned Gentleman opposite, who
had that night shewn the versatility of his talents.
—He would then paint the possible picture of a
Man—that man a -King—in a state of double blind-
ness, bodily and mentale—surrounded by his afiliated
famlly, who with himself implored that a certain in-
dividual should not be impowered to controul him.
Could the House conceive a case of greater misery ?
If such a'case a&ually existed, the removal of such
an individual might afford a better chance for the
i;..covery•of the Royal Patient. He had been coin-
eelled to put this statement hypothetically, becau,e
he had been over-ruled in his wish to inquire into
tee nature of the " hurries" described by the phy-
sicians, rand of the means by which they were ex-
eeej ; although the answer to that question would
have better enabled him to form a judgment, as to
t.!e probable recovery of his Majesty. After the
,leclaration of the Right Hort. Gentleman, the two
llouses of Parliament must so .n take some measures
io prevent the controul of Mitesters over the public
leohey—to prevent a Lord Chancellor, or a Chan-
eellor of the Exchequer, from. conceiving himself en-
led to decide on war or peace, or on any other ques-
r'on to which the royal authority alone was compe-
tent. The Right Hon. Gentleman and the lawyers
,heart him, must not be thus allowed to devise modes
el cheating the Public 'and the Constitution.—Hav-
ing sworn allegiance to his Weety, entertainiog no
.:al-monarchial sentiment, he eaould die rather than
submit to the usurpation pros erred by the Gentle-
men opposite.
Mr. ADAM declared, that the bold assertions of
the. Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
veere subversive of the first principles of the Consti-
tution, and insisted on the necessity, on the first
moment of the'restoration of bill authority, under
which Parliament would feel itself, to provide a sue-
cedaneum for any future deficiency. Nothing could
be more censurable than the readiness of the Right
Hon. Gent. to incur a prospective responsibility,—
The true genius of the Constitution would sanction
indemnity for an accidental vtolation of the law, justi-
fied by necessity ; but it would never sanction indem-
nity fora predicted, uninterrupted course of violation
which no necessity could justify. If the Rt. Hon. Gent's
arguments were good, how happened it that the
Lord Chancellor had not at once put the Great Seal
to a Commission for opening or proroguing the pre-
sent Session % But_ ps the tiers es and the sense
of public duty of the Lord Chancellor were very dif-
ferent from those of the Right Hon. Gentleman;
This at least he knew that the Lord Chancellor
would not at present even put the Seal to a Commis-
sion of the Peace.
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER 'explained.
He had been accused of presumption and arrogance.
Whatever, might be the, defeats of his charader, he
bad entertained a hope that presumption and arro-
gance were not in the number of those defects.
With respect to the boldness with which it was
said he bad advanced his opinions, it was very pos-
sible that for the purpose of enforcing his arguments,
he might occasionally elevate his voice beyond the
tone v,hich was indispensably necessary to Convey
his sentiments to different parts of the House, but
he begged leave to remind the Hon. Gentleman by
whom the accusation was preferred, that it loudness
of voice implied arrogance arid presumption, the
•Hon. Gentleman himself might nOt unfrequently,,
S trough he belieted unjustly, be exposed to such an
imputation.
Mr. 'WHITBREAD, in explanation, disclaimed any
ialca of imputing IO the Right Hon. Gentleman
any other arrogance or presumption than of a poli-
tical nature. Ile admitted the justness of the retort,
findadded, that there was a point in the Right Hon.
-t4areleman's charadet, in which he should be happy
wail I `be ilvai him, and that was his quick transi-
(ion from the warmth engendered-by political con-
wit, to the good humour of private intercourse.
.The Gallery was then cleated, and on a division,
there appeared,

Fur the previous question
Against it

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IVl:Jjority

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Strangers were not re-admitted into ,the Gallery,
but we understand that the second and third Reso-
tutions of the Report were subsequently agreed to.
Adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock this morn-
-I,,pg to this day. ,

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