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TUESDAY, FMIRUARY 26, ' 1811.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENi.

HOUSE OF PEERS.
MONDAY, FED. 25.

• NIISCELLANEOITS.
The further consideration of the Scots Appeal
Cause, Sir R. B. Johnstone, and (Viers, vs the
Earl of Hopetouti, was postponed. , •
Connie! and Evidence were further hard respect!
ing Lor‘i ClonctirrY's Divorce Bill. A •Tiestion,
respciiii4 the admissibility, as evidence, of the
-letters written by her Ladyship. wherein sFe ac-
knowk :gra the fact of the adultery, aros , on.
which
LORD CHANCELLOR, after a taW observations
upon th polo , Wended a proposition, the debate
on : e thought, it would be preferable to
'adjourn entil the attendance should be fuller, and
~,tire of those Noble Lords pr,•4eet, who probably
would wis,t,to offer their sentiments upon the sub..
jed. His Lordship .then moved, that the 'debate
be adj netted till Thursday, V, hie;, was ordered ac-
corilingly., The further consaleratiou the Bill
also s?atids over.
Colonel. DItINS.WATBR, from the Commissioners
• of Military Inquiry, presented the 13th Report of
the Commissioners, which related to the office of the
Mdster-General of the Ordhance. Ordeted to lie
ou the table. •
One Private Bill was brought up from the Coni.
loons by Mt* Macdonald, and read a first time. .
DEBTOR ANi) CREDITOR.
Lord -REDXSDALR rose to name. a day for the
second reading of the Bill. for the Det-.
tnrs' Liws, and; app..inted Tuesday the sth of
March. Ma Lordship .also named the -same- day
for the •;ecoad reading of thv- Permanent Insolvent
' Debtors Bill,
" • REVFNUE LAWS. •
Lord GEENVILLL unwed the second reading of
.:t he Bill tor :revising •the Revenue.laws, which was
•read.a second ihrte, and ordered, to be referred 'to a
Select Chmiri;tiee ; and that all the Lords who
were of..the Cominittee fast Session,-do attend
i :1141. Committee.:

EAST INDIA COMPANY.
Th- Earl of BLICK:INIGH:SMSHIKI I%loVed fOr the
C I viaof the Coirmaitce fact, h3d.teea
d hit SesNiott,,t9 take itilo constderactoh the State
iWthe Arfairh of the gast luititi Company..
The Noble .Lures who.are to form the Committee
were then tic-glued, %nut ilia Committee ordered to
4iit' on:Eric:6y ;--
Aiiiottrood,tili Tbursdiy. •

••• 710. USE ...QP -COMMONS. • '
,MONDAX, FEB. 25.
GRl4l4,lol:.ented. teenth Report of
the' Committee, of ititter) Inquiry, which was or--
deryzl to lie on .the tab!,
Several Papers
.from the Treasury,. ratting to
Bullion, were presentee, and ordered to' lie on the.;
.
Mr. MARHYATT presented a :Petition from the
thiciKrwritert4 at Lloyd's, against the Marine Ind
surance Bill. .
•
Mr. It. Whets presented the Estimates of the
Oldtoary, EXpenCell of the Navy, and gave notice
that he would 'move on Wednesday stinitight
that they should be referred to the Committee ot
Stipply.
Mr., LOUND6 moved tbe second, reading of the
Vtt.stern Jonclion Canal Bill.
Sir- W. Scorr objetted to the measure as injuri-
ous to the Lang' holders on the .Banks of the Thames,
ff nd interfering with some ot the' property of the"
Univcriity of Oxford;_ he also laid much stress
upon the bad effetis it .was calculated to produce
Upon. the Thames Navigation.
Mr. Simeon entered his protest against the Bill,
Which tie attributed toan agteement between' the
Grand Jultaion Cava! Company and the Wiltshire
and Berkshire .Canal CuinpanY, for their 0% n pri.
vote übjeas. ,
Mr. SULLIVAN supported the motion; lie con-
tended, that it would produce no injury, to the
sunup or navigation of 11,e Thames.
Mr. BitoWN denied that it would interfere with
dm rights of the tiniversuy,of. Oxford ; the only
right said to be affected by it was, 'a mill belonging.
to the liocileian Library, (or which, if it Was thought
tieco.sary,.Specifto provision might be made in the
Coinnlittee.
Alter some fut titer discussion, in which 'Mr. Van-
sit:art, Mr. Loveuen, Mr. Frentantle; Mr. Frank-
laud, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Burton, and Mr. Lounds,
'took part, the House; divided, when 'them ap-
peared--

Tor the motion .
Against it

Majority against tile second reading 16

• Mr. Gnats moved for Copies of the Correstiond:
ence between the Secretaries of State and the
Lord•Lieuienants of Counties respeaing -the Mi-
litia.--Ordered. •

was the loyalty antraffetitioe of the peopieof this
country, more strikingly displayed than towards his
present Majesty. It would also be recorded, that
the love towards the Soveregn was not the conse-
quence of any success by which his reign was dise ,
tinguished, but seemed even to grow 'out of the ca-
lamities by which he was pursued, and to follow
him ,in ‘ehe decline of his constitution with etrahated
ardour. If then he were right in this tessemptioe,,
if it were undeniable ~that the people of England' J
were thus-attached to their Sovereign, they, were
surely entitled to see that no foul tricks were played
either towards .the King or towards themselves, by
'these whose duty ii was to consult end forward their
elottnitinterests. It he could sheW, according to an i.
ex;aesSion made use of by another Member, .on. an- .
other occasion, that the King had not fair elay,arrd'
as the King had not fair play, al course that the
people had it' not, he was sure that therkeoule be
roused to demand .the information for which he;,
should-meye that night, and to pursue the sujeB
to such an 'extent as ,its magnitude rendered ecees-
sary. 'lt .vas well known, that in teas the King
was severely' indispoSed ; and though it was not
at first believed by the public, se reluctant were
they to be persuaded of what they, were. so un-
willing slauld, happen,- yet it was afterwards esta-
blished that the. ling'S mind was deranged, and'
the two Houses of Parliament were under the
necessity of providing for .tl.e 'suspension of the
Executive Power, t hes unhappily interrupted. While
things were inehis.situation, and the measure was
yet in its progress, such was the delicacy of Par-
liament and of the Public, that up en a , declarative-
from the then Lord Chancellor that his 4lajetity's
recOvery..might be expeaed in a little time what-
ever differenees prevailed as to the means of pro-
ceeding tot the deficiency, all parties concurred in'.
acting upon this intirnatioti—in every eye glistened
the sentiment of every heart, and joy and glad-
ness prevailed universally. Again in 1801 his Ma-
jesty's illness returned, and then!) it was then stat-
ed that it was not such as to prevent him front. at-
tending .businesa, it was not , known that disorder
was mehtel also ; and. that, to use-en expression of
one of Oro Physicians, his judgment was in eclipse.
On the eeth or February, )801, a 'bulletin was ia.
stied announcing the indisposition of his Majesty,
and ,at 'this: period 'a sery remarkable political en-
corestance took place e Mr. Pitt having thought
prove fot some reason or others to surrender the
situation he had SO long held, a Noble Vise:matt
(Lord ]Sidinoutle) succeeded him, and after a con-
' siderable interval took his sett as First Lord of the
"Tteasiere awl Chancellor of the Eechequer ; on the
11th-of March the bulletins ceased, by which the
public was given to understand that the King was
*perfeelly recovered ; and it was now well knewri
.thathia Majesty haditutlered a very serious relapse,
• notwithstanding which the business 'went on `with:.
out any interruption, and several Aets were done,
though the Knig was not in his sound mitid, On
the 14th of 'February, 1804, his Majesty was again
ill. On theseeth it was announced to the Public by
the Physicians, and, as anetlier.:insfence of the de.
licacy or the country towards the Hoye) Person, no ~
'notice was take(' of „it in, Parliament but by one in.
dividual. Anlion.Frieud of hit; (Mr. Whitbread) 1
deprecated .any' inquiry at that' period ; and -Mr.
Pitt gaVis his promise that Ministers would tate I
care to make it known to the Public it his 111.1j..5.ty
should become ineapable, of eeercishei 1 Royal*
Fuettions. His .mutton would be fur. a Committee
to se.trch the lends' Journals touching the Mitter',
of his,Majesty's illness in the .yeay 1804. It ap.
peareti by the evidence of the Physiciiina; that the
indisposition in OW tested from tee leifi of te.
brute), to the eed of April;
.on-whicti'dey his Me-
jesty appeereil ine Council, and was, gee sepposcd, •
inconsequence pronounced 10 be.well. The"btille.
this,, it was to be oUseryed, were discoluinuiel -on
the 22d of March, though it was•not thrill the eiect
Of April that Dr.' Heberdeo- declared his Majesty
was recovered. As there weep& pvisore who bite
heen servanoto the Kin in 1801, in such a site
tion new as to give cause for airy ahwra;' he' dhl.eut
thick it . necessary to inquire so fir back. But:
when,
.he found 'a ,persoe named as one Of the
Cowell of Advice' to the Queen, who had been
Lord Chapeellor in 180 t, and was Lord Chan.
tealer at proem ;
.when he saw the Right Ho-
' namable Gentleman Opposite, ' arid the Noble Lord',
'raider the .Gafleiy (Lord . Castierteleil), who were
Cabinet Mitesters, be thought it right eo
put them in a Situation to defend • themselves.
Whether ',any blame could attach to the Noble
Lord, or the Wein Honourable Genileniao, lie
was not prepared .to. say, but that blame must
rest with Lords Eldon and Sidmouth, for the parts
they t&ok, he asserted arid weak' prove. Lord Eldon
• became Chancellor in 1801,. upon' which occasion,
• as be had already stated, a great political change
took place. In 1804, another great political change
occurred also, for two greatMene sech as seldom
adorn any age oeceouiry, having joined agoinst.the
Administration of Mr. Addingtote and left him in
a minority of fifty (it. not being then the lash* for
Ministers to continue after being left in minorities),
That a union was to have taken place between Mr,
be•wete, out te•oflice. It was generally understood
Pitt and MreFox, and be knew Mr. Pitt was will.
•ing, btu: Lord lilltion,was the only person who had
communication with hia Majesty, though whether
- lie advised the contrary or not, was a matter not ea-
, silyaseertaitied, for M. all probability them were no
, withesset to the conversation upon that sunjeel.
Undoubtedly the. Noble Lord did not take so de.
clded a part • aa the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite
' Mr. PerceVal), who was then Attorney General,
and who declared that such a union could not take
- place; that, they could. net look in each others faces,

[PRICE FTEPENCE HALFPENNY.

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at the same Counell Board ; notwi thstanding.Whie.h,
however, he hal thought proper to continue in Ad-
ministration with M.r. Pitt,
.though elr. Pitt was
guilty in his heart and inr.tin ition of the moon he
hail so much deprecated. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man, he thought, must have been aware ,if Nets
which he was now abov.t to state tong before they
came to his knowledge, though if he said he ivies
not, he (Mt. Whitbread) would be satisfied ‘ittili his
icontradidion, :—Lord Eldon Was questioned'fn the
House of Lords on the state of the -Kiog's health,
and Lord Sitlinouth in the H 'use of Commns.
Lord Sidtnouttt being exceedingly preseel 0.1 iee
subjeet, said he thought the best 'way would be to
give no ease et:hetet. questi,in ; beteg further press..
-ed, he declared th uo necessary act tieed to Ate-
glefied in cousequeuce or the illness ; and teing vitt
farther pressed by, 'elle Pitt, he declared' hat iher:t
was tlo,lleCk:!yS,ll7!SLlSlX.etliiQil of the Royal Prcrog4-
tives, and ill this wits.t.4..be undeist,,ed vi *
:the evidence of the Peys eiens. l'he lee d Chau-
cellor said in 1 ha'. 1:10tlie .he hid
tamed his Majesty's ainetion on" the 4 it of
to a.,grant of ceresin crown hulls, and on the 9 h
he came down end awed that, the .King had .per-
fiirMed ettei ads of trathorire. Being telced on the
9th whether he had seen the King himself, and Its.-
certained his sittration enswcred thatehe woesti
take the responsibility upon What he (NC-.
W) now asked was, that the House of Carmen's
would put him in e way to put thatee sponsibility to
issue. He would preve that the King was cre that
very day ei unsound miud, and %1/4 a jib lenient he-
bouring under an eciipse. OeMitreli the elk:, lend
Sidetouth came to the House with A meseage wen
his Majesty ; and on dentine be would .prove 41:at
his Nlaj -sty was- in unsound mind. He would ti k
the F. i-nds of Los cl sldon and .of Lord Sidmotele
to place theM in a situation to answer those charges,
it . was material to their characters, and to tie. in-
terest of the public that ii should be so. It wag of
importance to the pubitc, because. Ldrd Eldon Wes
now one of the Council. of the Queen, met becemee
the public had been imposed upon already, and a; iglit
be imposed upeu again. .'He would explain whit' fie
meow, by saying, that the king was not in sbutid
mind. No one, he believed, would dare to assert,
that a King of kengland was in. a !tete to exercise hii
Royal Functions it ,he were not in stare to en,.tiage
his own private atEitrs. No one would assert thin
he was in a state to exercise 'neat:tied Euneituite if
he were ender persotial restraint; of he were slie,k ti
to the..public in the morning, and Mom bitten, hpetre
and placed under restraint agam. If under such ter.
carnet:elms the Kingly office could be executed, is
would. require • some stronger fotincletien t eon bare
assertion to :satisfy him noon the subjeet. tie t.t!,l
asked Dotter Reyool.l4, whether hi. INl:tjtsty was in
a situation at the pet loci. alluded to, to transael pub,
lie. business ? and was iatsoaerect that he was ; bat
still he would tn.iiciirtitt, that if he was not in a state
in which e private individual would beexerept Wen
a commission of lunacy, he was not in a state tit go
throuph the duties. of Y his high office. Lord Elden •
was the guardian of, such unhappy. persons- As were
deranged in their intellects ; hu had said bet r‘,
now that he Would not •even teke.,theop.ineei
physicians upon their illness or sanity, fie Ii wee
that :though they. might condua themselves sit
great appearance of reason upon most ocesions,
there were points which touched, tvottld diser
their real titttation, andeoverthrow the Whole I,,brit
of morbid cunning by which they evaded det,-ci ion
before. It had been said that certificates were daily
given of the King's competency, but wou4 that s t-
tility the Public ;. would it satisfy the Public to t.
told that et any hour of. any day hit Majesty was
,capableeef doing business? The most general Case,
lie sieved, by,which questions of lunacy were
cided; by the Milne of the Attorney' Gente tt
14einst Barker and others. It appeared that she le d
signed an instrument enabling her husband to reccHe
some div.idends,,,att4,l4oni,Thurto laid it down t
ilderangement was atlegerf tCshould be proved; I f
lucid intervals iv ere ellegede the ben heti of the prom-
*Slioutcl rest neon the, party al!cging such it rid irLT
ter vale, and the evideuce ought to go to the ALS:C and
habit of theperitio, not to the allegations -of aye
quaintiinees. Upon the` authority of this
he would say, that the mind should be so rented ss
to "contain no point, which, being touched, would re-
call it' malady. it Lad been said, with respel ter
his Majesty, that when bu,iness was brought bel t-t:
hint, his mind "wae always in a state to undetteßt it;
possibly it might be the case, but lie would eke iti
cross-eeatnine the witnesses. He would as!: the
Physician who said he was, coMpetent to tr;tosnqt
any business at any time, did he know ill it these
were persons in the house With ilk :Nhje4,ty het
had an influence over bhn ? He `wt uid Loitti
Eldon whether he did not exercise acoutreel '"ev. r
him himself; whether he did not keep the kcys of
his Majesty's private escrutoire 3 and it they au
swered, as they must answer, yes ; he would leave
it to the understanding of every one to decide epoit
the justice of the opinion.' It was clear from the
evidence of Dr. Heberden that his "Mejesty, was uo-
der ice`rsonal restraint ; would it not then be 4tte.
del to ascertain whether Lord Eldon did exerckk
that species of personaltontroul Uhieh he (Nir,
charged him with ? cotitroul which,: if tits note,
oration was correct, was attended with cheitros
stances of aggravation ? because, the Ph) tticiims
having given their opinion as, to the slate of his Ma..
_testy 'b incapacity, toe create/el which the Noble
Lord exeieised was extremely improper. It wee
material in another point of view, that this inge;r7,
oLs hnotrthudeh her Majesty's
ab
se rglouritea i tett aoape.o
nre
personaid Lordtaosthe
h charge
Eldonon t:present is
him, the House would see that if proved, theyW NOA