The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-03 00:00:00

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Mr: Secretary Ryder, Mr, Hervey, ard Mr. Croker;
the, motion was negatived. ; • •
Sue EDWARD KNAT.cniuei,. presented a Petition
frOrn; the Innkeepers of the.C(Sunty. of Kent, pray- ..
ing an advance of subsistence for the qeartering-of
seldiers, which was laidon the. table.
• A Petition vas presented by a Member for one of
the Royal Burghs, praying that a drawback al-
hie ed -.-brimstoneeand other articles used-ire
bleaching of linen the
coesiderable laugh: The Petitioti was ordered to be
laid on the table. , . •
Mr. GiATI.Ag presented Petition from the Pria
sotlers confined for debt in Ireland, which was 10
on the t dole, .
Mr. TIERNEY moved that there-be laid before the
House a_Copy Of
,the'Letter from Mrs. Knight,
speaor General of /Hospitals, to the Secretary at
War, which was ordercid abcordingly. • '
coelptic:r OF LORD CIAATH,AM.
Mr. ,WlTnialsitu'Ans rising, pursuant to the notice
he had given, said ;seven days had scarcely eiapserl
since heshad the honour of submitting to t hat House
proposition, in conseqUence •ofthe uncoristittitiorral - -
conduct of one of his" Majesty's Ministers. - He:11-3.ed-
thelecentender that that House had a right to. c
for any paper they had reason to believe was, in ex
fence on the stibjeiel.. To the immortal honour or
House, the proposition had been acceded to,
epocha in parliamentary history had thus beet) form-
ed to which postjritY would revert with exoltation.
A question had been' put, whether or no that House
bad a right to call -for answers on any particutar
subject under investigation, from one of his Majesty's
Cabinet Ministers. He lied
_contended - that ,they
possessed possessed that power, and insisted on the exercise or
it accordinglye He would ever 'vanillin) that tie'',
aod an
boat he would ever contend tor the d;screet use Jfir• -
It shad been said by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
that it was improper. to insist upon calling for so-
sWers from a Cabinet Minister; as-an easy and ready
way presented itself sof accomplishing the end
view, by carrying an Address to the fool' of t 1 0
Throne but when the moment came in which tha;.
mode of prcceeding was about to be adoptea,
Chancellor Of the Exchequer.had voted against the.
Address, and used the utinobt of his inetrollal
fluence to prevent its being carried ' The-bleasure , •
had., however, 'been voted and carried hit° eire6t."
They knew in consequence, that John Earl of Chat-
ham had, in a Most unconstitetional manner, take"
advaivage of the situation Le stood in, as a Cabinet
to
Minister, to ,present a narrative of his vroceedillP
the 'King like a• minion abused the royal cow'
fideribe, ih,a Mariner derogatory to the dignity of th,
Throne, and insultipg.to the public. Having),as
certained these, fails, it remainedefor the I-1f
to debide what they ought to do,—what
:conduct they could consistently pursue. fled
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evidenCe 'of an orditiary,wiines beere like that give",
by Lord Chatham, no difference of opinion
have existtd on the subjett. lie would have •
saved the trouble of bringing resolutions f
and the House, in justice to itself,' would acre'
have done what- such cafes it was prof:'. r• .•
be done. Of that no doubt • could be entertaio de
when "they contrasted, the evidence
.given by t'
Noble LOrcl'-en the 23d and 9,7tNi'.
ands cceoparei:r
what he bad ;tate.] at those times with the ausv":
givetYby his Majesty to the Address. - \Viten tlie.!l-
- of the individual was taken into coosidell•';:.
tion, his condudt excited gretreer indignation
s.
would otherwise be felt.' The resolutions, hovvev'er;
Which he bad to propose would ge merely to "
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of
constitutional part the qu,stt,on, and not to co--.
dictions contained it) the,evidepee of fiord CbathaLe
wanla
-It appeared that he, as Commander iii Chief of r",.5
late expedition, availing himself of his situatiol'ie'd
a Cabinet Minister, had unconstittitionaliirequ' lid
permission to lay his. Narrative before the Milli;'
that without consulting any of-his colleagues
the subject, or communicating bis degign to
human being,. had on the 15th of Janoary tr4"re
mined the piper in question to his- Majesty/ vihtiie
it was kept secret by his desire. Accorditeg '4° be
King's. account, Lord. Chatham had stated it, to
e•
his wish that it slionld.be kept secret. for-the '` Prof
sent," which " present" lasted on the 14iti,'eat
February; till the 7th of February it apee.area. •
the Narrative had•been suffered to remain.chelisturrva
ed with his Majesty.- The reasons the Noble l'o°
had given for his conduet were centrailielorY• ' eye
the 7th of February, it. should seem he had re(l9'l
•
ed to have his Narrative returned, to make cert,
a.
alterations and corrections in- it.; to inert a P,
graph towards theelose of it, 'contaitiiie•!, 4n open it:
which lie bad not stated. On the FebruarY
was again " tendered" to the King. The esP'.aer.,
slot) " tendered" had struc!
and he: ad inconsequence asked,if the rii)er; toe
altered and amended, had ever
.pased into laid
him (Mr. Wililbribus:
King's hand He was answered----:" ; "it u-
not." Thus appeared Lord- 'Chatham hadctcir
struEted• a parer, in Which 'the chareeter,
of
Ilichard Strachan had been implicated-no fewer t ,J*s,
twelve. times, which had been w,iihdtawri lr()'" lee
Majesty for the purpose-4'W: ing-ati.opinio'l
ed therein,. which tie' had no doubt went to .
pate the gallant Admiral. It hail teen
five days in the bands of his INl,ljesiy, then' • ,
drawn to be corrected, and not aeeitt f,ende're,
to .bis" Majest- lid the teal) of Feb: wry, Ncht.t.the
Was given in in an amended static', and Lilco,
out passing hoe Ole bawl; tit his A s
lq!siC'ilVt
nicated by thei'consent cif
is tens. At_ the present cr:-eetowirds the ce.e.e. "'be, •
fongaeign, oer Sovereign :wadsb ""; Id
better loved pereaps. than any Monai-ch'
ever sat on the throne before llini. Tbe
which so eminently distinguished him were
fro
Own, and if he had ani.taults, for.those .:11
the nature of our Coostitutical,' his' &titgle'tee
Ministers were responsible. What , had 11"`
ever ,been'the conduct of those About
ing the period he,bad been sewed on the threoe
It had been. saithby Wilham Earl of Chat trat,‘,l;
that great man, who. raised Englifird to, llcd
zenith of her glory ; • whose actions h 34
forth *the. gratitude .aud adiniration of a' ),ylible 11;•
.1
lion, and wino had so far ennobled the titleof 0 blcbe
he was .the -first wearer, that however-it might S a
sequel-lily-hive been sullied, it would.still•co,ll"l°,l',/
the veneration olposterity; it had beete.said by
land
illustrious statesman, " That he had not been•
in office before, he found, the ground'was rotteo uoci.
der ;his feet." That great than' too had ass rte,
boldly, aNd with intrunity, though now 'it was '
aidered so heinous 'a libelti t " there was'a ' e
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