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London, England, 1820-02-19 00:00:00

the present Patliament, end it wont' be infinite-
ly more gdvantayeow to enter upon the itive.‘ti-
gittion In a Legisia,, re by which they were cer-
t :in to be tlelibera ely cnoclutted. Under the he

culiar circumstances of the ptc,ent case, it wa' -
impossible these discussions could be gone into
consistewly with the public advantage ; and that.
was the questioo upon which they had to consider
in order to.dcterrnine 'their minds. No measures
should he proposed that there did not appear a
ceritin'v of duly considered, in what was
teootio of the present Parliameut.
Earl GROSVENoK obset ved, he should trooblc
their Lordships hut wi;lt a vci y tcty %voids upon
the pres'ent occasion. Ile could not cunsisteutly
approve of the proposed Course. It would appear
there was :tit eudeavour to coerce the decision of
Parliament ; and in no constitutiou point of
view did it strike him that the worosition was

ilistifilhle. He xvits opilo,3ed to the measure of
Postponing, to an inch:finite peri-d., the cow,idera-
tion of sichicers of theOcest nation il import-
ance, and e. it boat mickincz ihe least endeavour to
reduce the public expendit ore. The finances of
the country tvere in the lan►entable state, that no
delay tritatevet shocibl tale idilee in attempting to
theliotate their, As to the idea of suffering- a

large adoi!ion to the tnilitary torce to remain, it
ttts .elat he intts• tcgard wit;) the 1,441,e5t dissa-
tisfaction. Il'hy was a larL:e toter maintained in
(lii cr‘t)tttty; fat wh:it purposc CcF,l(l it now

bt-..sai,: I bat it was fot the 'papist! ►of putting,
down oisw.tl...ction r IFhev had lat‘ly heard, eiftal
t(' 11""Sr"." jug. that disaticction had hecit pot
down m161)11.3:4)1) fpf sod) a ire addition
to the at In 1.V41111(1, Were thete no other reusi,o,

ifld,ICV hint t vppOSC a line of procedure which he

could not fi gr,!e sanction by his vote.
The Eatl of IJLID!,,IIDILY, regarded the proposed
course vs most 11111ot-evil, uteri in its nature; no
solid ar;olutcor, lie would appeal to the House,
was advanced for its adotition. On all former oc-
casions, the Civil L st was one of the first subjects
submitted to the consider atioti of l'arliatrient on
demises of the Crown, rood certainly berme any
thought of a dissoliiiiott was entertained. Inc
subject of the hereditaty revenues of the Crown,
especially that part hid), as connected with ;he
Consolidated Fond, was considered as appro;,riated

towards the reduelion of the public debt, was one,

lie th,mglit, not only of great importance, hot to
call for speedy and serious consideration. lo this
view ,he Noble Earl seemed to regard the livanch
of Revenue, as it was affected by a demise of the
Crown ; and in some degree, as to its liability to
be accounted fur tf. his Al-jesty's heirs. The (pteß-
liOn of the deFcencieS of the Consohlated Food
was of saperlative imi•ortance, and bore mate-
rially on the present qoestion.
Th, Etrl o 1 CARNARVON expressed his opinion,
that there was something as yet unanswered by
Alinisters., which they did not at present wish to
bring forward, that induced their adoption of the
proposed course. They certainly did not slew
aft v clear or distinct reason for their departure
from all former pieerdcrit. Nlany most important
points in the public business might easily be dis-
posed of it) mo long interval. For iostance, 111
another place a Bill lay over for transferting the
Elective Franchise from one Botoligh convicted
Of corroption to some other place, and this was
declared by a deliberate vote of that !loose,
and this salutary -measure would thus be passed
over. 0-u the whole, he thought more public
locoovenience would result from a present dis-
solution of Parliament than could possibly en-
.
sne from its postponement for some time longer.
' Earl BATHURST argued ably in support of what
was advanced by Noble Lords in favour of the
proposed course of proceedivg. The cases which
were adduced at the expiration of fotmer reigns as
precedents, lie contended, were not fairly is point
to the present ; the circumstances were, in many
points, greatly. dissimilar. The present agi'atiou
which prevailed in the public mind from the near
prospect of a new Election, was such as rendered
it advisable not to postpone that important mea-
sure longer than was unavoidable; indeed, the
present state and nature of the public business
was-such as clearly to point out the necessity of
a speedy general Election.
Lord KING was of opinion, that the measure of
au immediate dissolution would not bring together
a new Parliament at an earlier period than that
to which tlie present Pat liament may with pro-
priety be continued. Besides, in the case of a
new Parliament, the great subjects alluded to
could not be brought forward hut at a period or
season of the year in which a full and adequate
attendance of Nlembers could not lie hoped tor.
In every former case of a demise the Civil List
was proceeded upon withoot delay ; and the
question of the Hereditary-Crown Revenues was
one which be thought peculiarly called for the
speedy attention of Parliament, especially as a
portion of them was held-to expire on a demise
of the Crown. As tar as the Civil List was con-
cerned, lie deetned it distespectful to the Crown
rhos to postpone i;s atrangernent.
The LORD.CIIANCELLOR argued that the Noble
Lords who opposed the proposition' before the
House, had taken a very erroneous view at the
grounds upon which the advisers of the Crown
proceeded. By the ancient law and constitution
of the country, Parliament was ipso facto dissolv-
ed by the demise of the Crown. The regulation
which extended i.s duration, subject to the dis-
cretion of the reigning Prince, to the length of
six months, was merely intended to promote
• the public convenience or the public interest
Therefore, when it dearly appeared that Par-
liament •could not be usefully continued to
the extent allowed, it certaiuly was never the
intention that it should necessarily exist for that
• time. In every case the Constitutional Preroga-
tive of the Crown was carefully reserved, and the
application of its exercise could never depend up-
on the sense of Parliament. Its purpose could
never coustitutionally be thwarted by Parliament,
and it was not for the latter to take upon itself lo
say, that :he Crown should not dissolve Parlia-
!Dent, or throw insuperable obstacles in the way
of its exercises. 'Jowl these convictions he felt
it hi, duty to support the motion lot the Address.
The Marquess of La Ns6OWNV, and the Earl of
LIVRePooL spoke shortly in explanation ; in which
the Noble Minister observed, that 'Parliament, by
the adoption of temporary measures, might pre-
clude the possibility of injury resulting to the