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forwards so properly i disclaimed, There i.q. also
another consideration which should induce us to ex-
pea that the debates on the present occasion will
be conduit:led more -wisely and_ more suaessfully
than in i7BB.
,Hitherto.our discusSions have not
been marked with 'great intempetance-eWith that
violation of Parliamentary usage which attended the
pro, eedings to which I allude. There ha, not yet
appeared any. symptom of suet). a disposition,.and
we 'nrayelhersforthope." t nnAcquence,...the....
decision of the two Hiuses, of, Per,ltatient may re-
cnmtnenJ itself'. to' elf4—cottettl-f by the ieWeralick,
and dehlataeition by which it has been preuedede---
. We have paused, • Sir, as-long as thenature of the
case would admit. No further delay can with pro-
priety be alloWed. It is our iminediate duly' to look
at our situation,' and to pidyide 'tit,' best remedy for
ttie distresses witieh arise from it. Those dis-
tresses, Sir, I punter out to the notice of the
Hotiie, when I gave notice of ray present _motion.,
I .
then declared that I ‘voni id. stibnite tO the
three preliminary , sin,ilartO those ageed
10 ie and I ad.!ed that I would state the
outtine of the plan ;liar I would recommend
r adoption at the present .perin!. The, question,
which undoubtedly ottit:ts, is the judg-
ment of tile. House upon tte! a t. Teel-louse must,
record oh the Jourit,is opiiiion of, the un-
fo-foliate state of It S I\loje..sty's health', and of
inefficiency , to exeeme the
,regal funetions, The
secOnZi quesiion will be in the iforin or atiot her re.
solution, expressive
.of those obligations Oil Toth
Houses of Pirltainent w inch arise out of the pecu-
liar sttuaion'ot the ‘couiltiy. 'far remaining clues--
tion relates to the form of proceeding by wiateli
those obligations are to he discharL'ed. But, Sir,
before I enter into a consideration et this .third
solution, on a hid, I cunctiVe, _from what I c, I-
letied the otWer night,. that the'princtniti of-tne
e.
debate Will hinge; I tee' it necessary, or rather I
feel it expedte.et, to submit to this Comini'itec- illy
view of the measures width I sh tilliereattei have
toptopose to the House in theshape 'o' a Bid, .As
to the question of fact, the Resolution which I shall
.1
m i
ove s •
, "That it is the opinion of this Committee; that his -
3 RsTy is prevented, by -his present tio;l11
to his Parliament, and tr.?in attending to the ho'si-
liess; and that the personal exercise of tilt. Authority
is thereby suspended." "
this q iesiion, Sit', I 'apprelle.nd -That no doubt
can be entertained.: If I, could suppost tlt it any
du .bt existed ori the' subject, I wonid refer to
testimony of fits s bt.t6r e bath
the Privy Council and our Own couilinitue. Those
witio.i
haveattendedito fitoe reports, tiitht Lave
Sisttlicient,evidence of the melancholy:fact. Inre-,
feriing to detect, idence at the,presehl tune,
go no furtiljer' to s that tie:- fad tfieee
tbz.,pow,l-,ut.
UnquiLstionab:y, tae, Repoli fi0:11 our ovvi)
good gro.onsi ice die pi ex_
itt
peetation tr< le, y's nitneeee reco% ery,
Whit:ll WesticriVcu It veto 1.1. e
Cured ; 'grid f:;c 911 iny
is, film recovery, Petiod. ot
it cannot be exaCtly,zwti,eil,,.e. !, 0)4 with rcosonbe
looked tot' at no very a. lie. I. will nut at
Present. enter into 4.- Y. ..i.iination of the (cm-
.tails-
.tails of the Report oui ilr +his pi
Stlinptiop.--The sectufd Tte,oltition,
compiiatice Witt the ptecedent
the
I tecohinteq,
y o
it is thy' ',utention to stunt to the Conitnit tee, is, as
folloy.s '

„‘‘ -Ith.t it is, the ol)inion of this Committee, that. it is
the right and .duty of the Lords '"nd'lemln.o al, and
Coalitions, of V re.a.l3ritatu, how .isseitrbie(l, ai.o
lull), fic..•ly representing-all the .etstatespt the, pcut,le c 4
tins r,ahn, 0, puivide the itte,ins tife.n;:i.,ti
the nersorri,:xert.ise of.tive utiforay, ariSing-troin his
151 a J E,T ,aid indisposition, in suLniiiaaneraS the erogeney
of holy appear to require.” .
On this second Resolution, Sir, it has certainly
been ,intimated to me,- and to-the. House, that, pos.
sibiy some Alifferenee'of opnrion alight exit with
r res,red to the- words in •which it h‘couched ; , but
•
neither I, nor the House, have heard that there is
disposi!ion to controvert the, principle which it
contains—a principle so 'clearly established by pre-
cedent, so distinctly derived from the. history and
pr'inciples of ti,e Constitution, so supperted by. every
thing to which we can refer ter cutii ittiotr, and so
impeached by nothirg, that I shall [oilier leave to
those who may oppose it to state the nature of their
opposition, and restrve to myself the right of mak,
ing-anyfuture obser, at ioLs on thdir arguments, that
attempt to originate the _discussion myself. I stilt),
conceive, the principle to. be -achnitted until I find it
denied. Having thus, Sir, disposed of the two first
Resolutions, t come now to the Resolution descrip-
the of the. form by which the continuance of the ex-
ecutive authority is to be 'provided. This Resolution
I- will read :
!. That for tifi§ purpose, and for maintaining entire
the Constitutional Autticrity of the'lo;so, it is ,ne&essary
that the said Lords Sin,►,Jatand ,Temporat, tna Conunons,
of Great Britain, and l.ei.indsliOuld determine the rne.u4
whereby the'Reyal Aisent rosy be given in Pardament to.
such &II as May he intsscei by the two Houses of Varlia.
inept, respeaing. the t,;.er,cie. of the powers and 'authorities
of the Crbwn, in the n.nn; and on the behalf of the K tut:
Al.
during the continuance or this Af as r Y'S prasent ,
lion.".
It:must be @vicient to the Committee, . Sir, that
the 'great and leading te.iture of the' mode of pro-
ceeding described in this resolution is, that it be a
proceeding by' Bid." • SOdi is • the, proposition, which
I have humbly to iecomunend theadoption of this
tide other hand, it has loii.en,sub,-'
'pitted td us, by the Honourable GentieuKu up-
posite, who fairly and candidly, inti Mated to the
thesother night, the view which
,the took
of this part of the. subject, • that a prOceeding by
wav of Address ,v‘ould be„pletterable to a proceeding,
by way of Bill, v. hick latter,: those Gentlemen pro-
posed to consider as uncenstitutional. 'Judging
from the statement thus. nmtle by
.the Geotleinen
opposite, I am induced to conceive that the discus,
&ion of •the present • evening niar.be narrowed into,
the consideration 'of these, two questions; :it beings
taken for granted that the..iwo Houses of Parlia-
tiient--.-and this House in particular'--are called en
tp provide some ietnedy for the deficiency in the
executive poWer, and, the point to be decided being
whether it is preferable to do ;his by lid!, . or, ,s re-
COM mended by the kion:Gentleillen opposite by
Address. In order, hovvetier, that the details of tint,
bosness may be better understood, before-I. procted
to estimate the comparative valu of. the two advised
modes of proceeding,. I shall, io,contormity to toy
uotie.e, open generally r&iy intention with respeCt to
the' ulterior 'propositions that I meant to b log (Or-
ward:
.Now, Sir, in, the vivw whielf.l rake of the

sebjeCt, it appears to me ,that the measure which
we ought to adoie should unquestionably be to ap•
pc'rint his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Regent,'
to adriTnistgrthe afairiefthe ebuittry in the mute,
and. e behalf of hi Majesty, /duieng the con-
tinuer 461 lis Maj&ty's disp4Sit loft. I meat] there-
fore to propose, that erally all-rik power of Go-
vernment shell he placee.M the heeds of his Royal
Highness.
,My next proposition will be, Sit, that
duringetheecoutit4tantekzeet -hree-Mejest ye--iisekseosie
lion, her Majetity the Queerfshill bce;;A,ppointell the
gpaelian of his Majesly'sperson„ awl that to her
-Majesty .the entire care •of his Majesty's perSon-
h,all be - entrusted. It e will Also be extremely
tzA introduce in the Bill, due provisions'
!foe the notification of , his -Majetty's • recOverve
-whenever so happy an event may. take. place ; etrd
chalk out the-precise course • by :which his Ma-
jesty, under seat cireumstancesieshall resume the
.11‘teel Autherey• - I mean to propose that the ope=
ration a•these. three provisions, the first
giving
ge-nilal Authority to. his Royal High he Prince
of Wales, the Secorid eepositige the 'eta:lmq ofehis
Majefey's person in. the: hand.' of lee elajesty
Queen, and t he. third describing The riiodein eich
; he‘ROyai Functions shall be- resumed by hiti M
in I tte, eveet 'of his recovery,' Sh,lit have no
limit :is signed ie i in point ot time, except the
Ctrr-
ra I 0 of his NI •jesty's" (Lsorder. As, to tn.: Irani-
cola's of the- t;'eeneral 'Authority, which f
,mean to
piopose.shall be vested in tags Royai Highness the
Princi•., or. Wales, the Bill wed contain eei reit) pro-
_visions limiting and I-esti-L:1.4,g for a tittle to 4)0 li-
mited the, use tit sonic of the pourers and prero-
gatives of the Cro..! le Sir, when we eonsider the
nature of- the evidence that ,has been given by the
Physicians, -boyh to the Privy. Council and to our
()lee Coieenite'e, an.] when we. add-the. know-
leege which 'we may
.olltain from litseory, and,
our ,ex peeience on-. forincr occasions, I tiihik we
may reasolianiy look to,. no S ery distant period
heir
as of his Majesty's probable recovery.--
Ail the P.hysicians :have unitorbily. declined stat-
ing any precise period a.,;• that in ;which they
exped his Majesty's recovery,. they uneormly-
sataine and Confident eipeetatioir ot his
Majesty's-recovery, but decline fixing on any period
as. that which it:may probably take plate. e How--
ever, it must be observed, that they generally refer
evidence to.tlie hisiory.of his eetejesty's for-
. mer cemplarotse as affording the bee Means of eneee
hleieeeltem to judge-of the euurse and progress of
his Maje`sty's present; disorder ; when. ►te take
itiiA
.our cOnsiderationehr addition to the evidence
of IrWM:rjesty's -Poysitiane recently examined, the
opiejoes of that most experienced medical prate i-
tionere the Lite Dr. is-expressed in the year
1788, We may perhaps conclude, that six weeks
or two months is the shot test H,ried at (which it is
reasanable,to. expect, a complete recovery front -his
Majesty's present•melady : that- the or six -moethe
011110,• to '.be' the average period of such air ex-
pettatitr'; and that twelve or- eighteen monitis is
the ektren:!e point of- time to winch- a is likely. his'
Majesty's Malady erviyebe -proteleted... Ott this' vieW,
of the snhjey, theretine, I conceive that there is no
question bei .1 hatehe House ill joke mid their ‘-irt-
-0- consideration the probability, of les. Majesty's rc-
coeeryearqo-..very distant per iotte and that they will
teliiik if, neeese,ry to precede beetle! Bitl aople secuT
city. for his-Majesly's , immediate and complete, re-
'turn to Power in that event. The period
.wlech,
-ou the mOst deliberate that I tem take on the
subject, I would lecommend to the adoption of the
Hotese,..is; about a twelvemonth from the time at
which the Bill may pass both Houses of Parliament.
It is my intention, therefore, to recomeheod that in.
the Biil-vesting generally-the royal power in his Royal
Hiehees the Prince of; Wales, there be MU-pa wed'
restrictions on certain parts of that power for the
period which I hate, mentioned ; eeith the addition
of this consideration,- that.whateVer be the period to
which Parliament way limit the reetriaionsand qua-
lifications that may be thought necessary, due care
-shall be taken that those restrictions and qualifica-
tions shall expire at a. period when Parliament shall
havebeen sitting for:at least six.weeks, inert-der that
if they think it necessary, Parliamentmay reconsider
the subject, or if they do not. think it necessary.
o reconsider the' subject, the restrictions. and
qualifications may expire under the knowledge-and
within, the view of Parliament. This Reuse swill, I
trust, Sir, agree with me, that for the period which I
have mentioned the power of 'granting any rank in
the'peereage should be 'suspended ; also that it will
be reasonable to declare that all grants of offices and
eenSionS (except such as 'are 'necessary for the pub-
lic service) shad be granted only for the term of the
Regency, subjectto his Majesty's pleasure on his
recovery. I shall propose, that her Majesty the Queen
shall have.-the superintendence of the personal esta-
blishment of his Majesty's household. for 12 mouths,
and that after that interval, all the regulations connect-
edwith that subjea shell expire, unless Parliathent, on
a general View of the subject,. may think proper to
re-establish some portion Of them, for the purpose
of neuntainiug the royal dignity. This, Sir, is the
general outline of the: ulterior measure, Which it is
My intention to' propose and having, as hoPe,
stated it with eutlicieut clearness to-render Myself
distinaly intelligible, I beg le'ave to 'teeall the at-
eention, of the Committee to the question itnitedie
ately before us, and to remark, that whatever may
be the difference of feeling .or opinion on the' pro-
iety of admitting'airy restrictions on the'power of
the Regent, or.on the preferenee which should be
given to One duration of that reitriaionOVer another,
the question now before the Committee is not on
the propriety or impropriety of adMitting any 're,
striaiOni—not outhe limit whether longer or ,therter
of that restridion--LbufsiMply on time expediency of
adopting one course of prOceeding in hid establish-
meat o: a Rj:gent in preference to another. In the first
place,Sir,l apprehend troll). the expressions I,v Inch were,
used the ether night, that one ground of the pbjec-
(ion to be made to. my praiosition is, that it is un-
constitutional.. It ,was said
.by a Right H'oo. Gent.
that it was a measure "derogatory next the liOnour
of the Crown, injurious to the principles of the Con-
stittition, and insulting to the IllostrioaS Personage
tehordit chiefly respected." Now I
,contess, Si:-, I
do not apprehend hbw the Geuilemen oppeSite built
he able to maintain these positions. With regerd to.
the assertion that the proceeding by Bill' is uncon.•
stitutional, I do not find any such assertion was made,
in 1783, how, inuchsoever itevas then ;argued that
another, measure, constitutional I,ikes.vise, eeerle be
, , , „ L.
MON eXpedlcilt. But ie't, us Qopc-

n to the proceeding by till is- Unconstitutional
know not how we 'ea:l better deterinitie who
it- and what is not censtitueional
ethae by a ,pfe.
r4neetto our ON'irti proce2dings, and to our cenduei
on fOrmerbccasitins- The viliglitened theorist ‘vte-
deligh:s only in ab‘trataions,; I leave to I ifi enjo} -
went, and shall7COntkit' isi7Selt-with pointing out
what is the course that has been recognised by Pat-
han-n-it in a case precisely similar—a precedent from
-.witdrtre-m'iy a reTtie, not -by -anettogy attirre; -brit by
deaded resemblance in all its parts io
the present inst.-nice. lii short, in thevety case be-
fore. us, :1 her a full review' 't he history of the corm -
try of the 'OonStii,otiortaftdr the Most
and ure'•delitneratiolte.ilarliat mrit adopted the
coarse -which I now recominend. Let us ecosider;
Sir, what our situation is,' and' what 'ard the'dmies
-which we ate ealled upon to- perform. It• is true
that' the functions 'of the royal authority are inter-
rupred, hot the Throne is- not vacant. We are cal-
tdcf upee cot to create a King, but to-preserv'e to
an existing Monarch ins undiminished rightA,
,and
until -he can' resatne those rights;' to provide the
means by winch the royal authority may be duly
ekereised. • We shall see the'- importance of this
ohservation -When wcyettsider the nature of the
precedent to which, rtiay.e aPuded, and thenature
of other preeedents which have' been cited. The
preeedent of the revoluti, n has been -preddced
the'precedent of 1788'.. have alread, observed that
the precedent of 17887 is not analogical to the pre-
sent case, *tint distinctly applicable to it.- There is
aoliateriat ditf,renr.e in' toe lONS at the present time
and at the Ret,olution. Whatever information'we
may derive from the precedent of the 'Revolution,
-n! refers only to analogy,- an 4. is not clistindly appli-
citle. In the situa' ion m 'Which we stand we have
various, duties to d:scharge. It is of the utmost
iiripoi ranee to • piOvide for tt.e security of the
Coatitry determining• 'the means of carrying
on the royal authority, and it must' not be
overlooked, th'it '7S 'fit' the utmost importance
to secure td his Majesty' the -restoration of hi-s
rights • -find' priVilege-4, our leis restoration
At 'theitime we, are providing for the one objett;
we anist ies-ke care -to provida 'tor tile' other. ..Not
only Must We secure'to M.,,j2sty, on reslo-
ration to health, the. reStbrattott Of 'his rights and
pri4llleges; but we must secure the restoratiOn-ot
them 'under all the ,ci:'cuarstaticesi in which they
are at present posse4Aid.'' In the year 1788, his
Majesty was afiliged with Ithe same cAlariiitk hs
that, which has now so unhlppily befallen, him.—
lit the year 1788; Parliarni6oPhad the' Sathe (Fades
to disch irge. as Parliament"hav't in:;so to dischn'ige,
and' they oi-Cln those dude's in' the way in
whiCh 'I propoi.e that they' •sho !Id now be di;-
charged .' The coutst of proceedi, g pursued in 1788
,war instituted in this-House, whence it waSlalten
to
the other 'Renee, and there 'adripted. It was co.:).
cutrently acted upon"by botli'Vou;ies, and it. cannot
thettfOre tre dispined that the •satictitio avid authority
of both Hou'se'sot Parliament.were given io theine.:l-
ures proposed' On that occasion. • -On a retrospec-
tion at the occurrences of tht.; years 1788- a'od,l7BD,
it Will aepear that a neees,ity was matities:ed for the
establishmen4 of :a Reeency. The two Houe;,-s o
ParliaMent cous:.-queo fly asset,' bl d, • aed the “rea
Seal 1:4.7as put„ to it commission for holding-a Pat
went under the dirt:Mon and' by eheaulholity of
,both HonseS.. The crjrnmissitin wa;exeCureci.'
rrieufwas held by it, and prneeeded to Stipp!y the de-
fii.iencrin the exeutiveittithoii!y by a Regency All,
which was carried for Ward nearly to its termination.
During that, period other extraordinary 'proeeediogs
went on : Bills to x considerable number were
brimght in here, and in the abet House. 'Ttiejr
were proceeded in while the Regency Bill 'was
pending; and which it is'most material to remeni-
ber, were completed ittd.coueluded after the resto-
ration of his Majesty. Thus, Sir, it appears, that
the question at issue was del ded not only by the
two Hoiises of Parliament, tbut by the whole Par-
liament assembled. On' his Mijesty's recoi•ery.
he, by his Commissioners, came down to Par-
liament. - Did 'he revoke or annul their pro-
ceedings ? Did he disclaim their interference ?
Did he declath: that the Great Seal had b'een
improperly' used Did averse the two
Houtes of abusing Iheir authority? Did, he deny
the validity of 'the acts whidh they had p:eised ?
No; direelly the contrary. His Majesty, -by his
Commissioners, was • pri:sent in the same SesSion,
He ptif nuend to the Session, held during his ill-
ness, but referred distinaljr to the instrutnitnt under
which their previotts sittings had been I wish,
Sir, to make this part of the subjea as satifAfory to
the Conimittee as it appears to me to be demonstra-
bly conclusive: The two House's of Parliament,
atter the recovery of his Majesty, were assembled by,
commission ; and in the 44th volume of our_Jour-
nals page may be found the terms Of the Com-
mission itself'. They are as follow
"His Majestylnot thinking tit 'to be present in
his Royal Perkin,, has been pleased •to cause a Corn-
mission to issue under the Great Seal, authori3ing
and commanding .the 'CoMmissioners who were
appointed by the former authority:. of Parliament to
open this Parliament, to ciclare that the sante shall
be twitter held."
In the speech which immediately followed were
these expressions '
" In obedienrx: to. his Majesty's comMands, and
by the virtue 'of both Com Missions, we proceed to
lay before you'such further accounts as his Majesty
judges proper to lay before his Parliament: His Ma-
jesty, by the blessing of Providence, has happily re-
covered from his indisposition, and being enabled 'to
attend to publiC affairs, commands us to convey to you
his warm acknowledgments of thy additional proofs'
which you have shown of affeetionate attachment to
his person, and of zealous concern for the honour
of the Crown, and the security of the Kingdom."
' Now, Sir, let the Commirtee'consider the nature
'of the-precedent of 1788, and the manner in which
the Parharrfent acted on that occasion.--If there is
any thing in the arguthent that the measure which I
am about ,to propose is 1p it necessa-
rily follows that the aet of o; ening the Parliament .
1788 was illegal,'and that the lust step which his
Majesty ought to have taken on his recovery
upon That occosion was' to call a Parliainent sub-
stantively: himself. Instead of tali;, however, we
fritd that theforoier proceolings of the 'Parliament,
whicheaccording-to the doctrine of the Hon. Gen-
tleman opt•nsite, unconstitutional;
recogois,d as-wait:tin thteCoroanissioners' speech; in
/alien a distiect teferetice'w!is 'made to thew. It

•
`the former proceedings of that Raliamerat had tit
uouxistitutional, is it vi couctiued that his,
jesty would have .recognised or acted upon the;,
The Gentlemen opposiie may perhaps say, "
becdusehis Majesty continued to be adviied by 1:0
same Ministers who had recommeaded the fsifii l
proceeding's in ParliaMent."—l now, perceite,
the strong point of the Gentlenfen opposite'. I I°,
touched the key op 'which all the chords-of tr
feelings. vibrate. I row find what I could -nut P6',
sibly contemplatebeforeL—in what my argument
deemed unsound.. It, seeir.s that tile Gentlemen°.
posite are disposed to contend, o:at-his Majesty
'tinned to be a,!vised by the ',same
.servirits-aSl',.
proposed the Regency. Bill to Parliameot in 178!
and therefore, his recognition of the, validity of ib
acts of that Paßiainent atioids no ground for they'
sertion that those pro&edingS were constitution:
Let those Gentlemen, hots ever, consider,
_that
thartime there was no want of ability, of actiteto
and of
.disposi!ion. in this House, to urge any OW
that could be urged against any Minister. Ai'd
the House,be informed by their Jour oats, that It
speech from the Throne, so adviscd by the blinist!l
who had,recommentled the former unconstitution'
measures (as-they were termed), was echoed by 11s
address_ from this House, :which was.carried
contradicente. It may be said, and it is a feeli.
which I have no doubt that the Gentlemen oppoili4
will very readily applaud, that there
tuigtit Have beca
an inclination on the part, of the Hon: at !hat po'
riod to forbear from any measure ihat might inte''
rtipt the.hartnony that had beep just re-..eiablisited'
and therefore that they'nlight have o.isSed over anY
thing merely awkward and unpleasant. But sure
those whowished to support the -pail ithic character
of their political friends of period, will not 40;
that an act of so grave a nature, one- to Which the,
applied thastrong term unconstitutional, wo.ld ti °'
ben allowed to pass uncerisured' out or Loorp,,inetit'
rind, if this argument of the Gentlemen oppo6''e
I;cre to-stufice tor that Sessien,;‘,ihai would 114,
say to the total silence that had been Oburved 4)1;
_the subjeCt in alj succeeding. Sessions'? I
‘0,1"0.
that in; the joy of congratulaturg his Majesty on toi
recov-ty;;the t
attention of the House might tor that
day -be abs-,Jlb,ed. But there were following days.
.not Ott the next day, yet at no great distaiice of :lift
sofa rnbcon of cons,quence might have been macte.4
Sonaerecord.of disavowal might have been entero'
on'. the .tournals. Some al(ega!tott of unprovri' •
ety might have been ,endeavoured tch tae e,,tablisll;.
Li by proof... But no : the whole ,session was IWO.
without any such'. occurrence. Ail the Acts' et
Parliament during that SessiOn, by which ptiVso
nerd public property were disposed of to an' for
mense aitiount,'Werelteld legal. Is it' possible t°,
Ruppose, that if every one halt not been convinced
that this was a legal, an etliclent,and a constitai
tutional. Session of Parli;lititerit, that he wou:'
not have taken sOtne step 'by Address, by Ite,oio'
iiOns; Or otherwise,' to-.express his opinion ? Tiiis
was a transadion, too, which, took place op‘A'aitl9
of 20 yeJrs ago; since which period tot:re nave beel''
sudt:,essive Paihainenis and successive ficlantlisto'
twos.- There have been occasions an` wh;cll did
attention of Pad:raiment-and. the Public iris beeti
wily directerlto a repetition'of -the cucutnstanciri,
to which,the. transattions.of 1788 orgiL,,:tcd ; , •
yet, With all these provoea rives to k, jot •
single; instance has oceurr,d 01 tie: Lt
at accusation. I-trust, therefore, Sir, tin:t the
IllitteCt will be a opinion', take a stro.;g, aid
firm ground in fixing toy proceeding on this prece
_dent—a precedent esiablished after a profound ill-
- of our History and our Consitt,lOU. Ta
argue the ore;inal, case would he a wa,te
of tune-
It would obscure rather than enFghten. I rest 111 a
tneeits of my proposed measure 4011 the '
w loch receiv ed the st.trinp and sand:ono:- every bl'aorli
of the Legislative Authority. 'lf lam right, Sir, it)
the view which I have hitherto taken of (he S,-k"
)60, we come cow to Considtr wl.e;her.; the •triod
tecornmended by the Gentlertien oppos%L; (eousti-
tutional as well as mine) is more constitutional
than mine or more expedient. First I cohterid; that
Parliament wilt think in a case of this
Where we are placed in such a situation that wind
We have to do is little less titan to provide a'tt:ru-
porary successor to the Crcwn—l contend, Sir, iliac;
to such a case Parliament will be de-strolls of adopt-.
ink some certain and defined measure. 'There is'.
not arty thing tnoie 'generally to be lan.ented, Nor is,
;here any thing whi'cli the Constitution 'more' sejti-
cushy avoids, than the creation of any unce'! tartl-
y with regard th the' succession to Royal : POWiT•
t, therefore, I find that the course Which Poriii.l
ment has already adopted on a similar occasion is
unexceptionable in' other respeets, I am bot.tel
every vicar of the subiedt to adhere to it; not be-
'cause if all were to be done again, something- rem,
might not he 'adopted ; but because; hiving been
once done, it is advisable to abide by the -pft,c,dettr-
This I contend to be a true view of the subjki, %t'itll",
out a comparative examination of the two proposed.:
courses. And what ,:bject ion is-there to the tor.io_.;e'-
which I propose, which does not equally extst.
the couise- proposed by the Gentlemen opposite
Are there not in fact many objections to the'ircburSe'.
which do not exist to mine ? I have heard it'argued,
on a former occasion, that an asirumption of Legt:-40
live power, by' the two Houses of Parliatn6ni;
within the meaning of the' statute of Charles ff-:
which made it a premunire for any one to assault
such power. But this argument is as hostile "to 3. •
proceeding,by Address as-to a -proCe&ling by a Bill.
(Ao, no• I from the Opposition .&nches)--Lei :I hose
who think this a false statement, consider the s-eb-
jeat a little. I maintain that 'the effect of priiceed,
ing by Addtess would be to legislate. The Gentle
men oppoci'e prbposedio address his Royal' High-
ness the "Pi ince-of Wales: Tolbrcarne King ? No;
to become Regent. :-What; is a' Regent ? Do the
Geitlemen•oppOsite know ? Does the law know
&it were it particularly established what power a
-Regent should have, and what power he Should not ,•,
have, if the Iwo Houses of Parliament were to saY
to any individual, however. near the Throne, 311'1
however de;erving the Terone, ste'e into
Throne, tvoultt not ilhri an act of legisla:oie ? it
what is ?
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and.vinig it to; ai.o:lß,r of
ti.at t, C.oiEee eeot
and 11. s rights aed siricflY
i •
what ‘vou'd t.•. has Otter his appolioroc::
,
I. aOprehendtrJe to:,ether of hi, 2..iajt-,q 6
ParilanY:f.t. HoW V'o.;ilC: LC! lc ibex. IYotik; C.
put Le.by .aut;no ;:idtvidual
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