Star.
London, England, 1830-05-25 00:00:00

HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

Sir R. PEEL appeared at the bar with a message from his Ma.
jesty, which was read, and was to the following effect :

66 GEORGE R.

" His Majesty thinks it necessary to Inform the House of Corn.
moos that his Majesty is labouring under severe indisposition,
which renders it inconvenient and painful to his Majesty to sign,
with his own hand, those public instruments which require the sign
manual. His Majesty relies upon the dutiful attachment of Par.
liament to consider, without delay, the means by which his Majesty
may be enabled to provide fur the temporary discharge of those im.
portant functions of the Crown, without detriment to the public se:.
vice. G. R." •

Sir B. PEEL said, he proposed immediately to move an Ad.
dress on this Message, expressing the deep regret of the house at
the indisposition of his Majesty, lamenting the continued illness,
and praying that his Majesty might be speedily restored to health.
Also stating, that the house would forthwith comply with the re.
quest of the Message. It would be unnecessary to move that the
house should resolve into a Committee on the Message, because the
bill contemplated by the Message would originate in the other
house. He concluded with moving an Address on the Message ac.
cortUngly, assuring his Majesty that the house would take the
subject of the Message into the earliest consideration that the
house regretted his Majesty laboured under severe indisposition, &c.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, the question was of great importance,
and the more especially so, as the bill contemplated was wholly un.
precadented. It would be of the utmost consequence to proceed
with all possible caution, and to guard against the measure being
drawn into precedent, except where the necessity should be plain
and distinct. It would be incumbent on them to guard most ecru.
pulonsly against adopting that course which might hereafter open
the door to an abuse of the most serious character.
The Address was then agreed to nem. con.
GREECE-PRINCE LEOPOLD.

Sir R. PEEL then presented, by command of his Majesty, a se.
ries of papers relative to the affairs of Greece. As the series was
not easnplete, and as ample opportunities would arise for discussing
them, be trusted he should be excused for not entering into details re.
their contents, and that the house would abstain from dia.
cuss* till they bed all the papers, and were acquainted with their
contests. The papas which he now presented formed three
aeries--Protocols and documents, down to the 14th instant, relative
to the conferences at St. Petersburg, ste.secondly, at Constantinople ;
and thirdly, at Alexandria. The papers which he should have to
present, regarded more particularly conferences and negotiations
with Prince Leopold, relative to the sovereignty of Orme. Prince
Leopold, he had to state, bad relinquished all Ma of assuming the
trust proposed to be reposed in his Royal Highness. The papers
on this part of the subject he understood be should be enabled to
present in two or three days ; till then, he repeated, he trusted the
house would agree with him in the propriety of abstaining from all
comment.

Mr. BROUGHAM said, he should abstain from any remark,
after what had been observed, and as there would be abundant op.
portunities.
Mr. HUME asked whether it would appear, from these papers,
what were the pecuniary obligations imposed on this country P
Lord J. RUSSELL said, it would be satisfactory to know the
cause of the unfortunate termination of the negotiations with Prince
Leopold P Was it occasioned by differences amongst the allied sove-
reigns, or was the question of territory or money the cause of it ?
Sir R. PEEL trusted that remarks would be abstained from till
all the papers were before the House. The two questions that had
been put to him he, however, would answer. As to the first
question, the papas which be had to present contained the details
contemplated by the hon. member for Montrose. As to the second
question, it would be recollected that when, on a former day, he
was alluding to this subject, be intimated that Prince Leopold had
intimated his acquiescence in the acceptance of the Sovereignty of
Greece, but that there were some matters still pending. lie meant
that they were of a pecuniary nature only ; but since then, the dif.
ferenees were not limited to pecuniary means, but were mixed up
with other considerations which had not previously arisen.
Mr. AGAR ELLIS said it would be satisfactory to know, and I
rit might now be stated, whether the Prince's relinquishment
resulted from the refusal of any loan ?
Sir R. PEEL replied that the papas would be ready, be doubted
not, in twenty-four hours ; and he was therefore anxious, in justice
I to the subject, and to all the parties concerned, to abstain from dis-
cussion till all the papers were before them. He might remark that
despatches recently remised were amongst the grounds of the refusal.
Mr. BROUGHAM replied, that he by no means looked upon the
result as unfortunate. He was ready to pay all just compliment to
the qualities of the illustrious individual who had been so intimately
concerned in these negotiations, and whose relinquishment of the
proposed sovereignty was now the subject of remark; but the result,
he thought, was an excellent thing for this country. He considered
it an excellent thing to have escaped from the entanglement of such
a connexion.

Sir R. PEEI, again expressed the hope that remarks on the sub.
jest might be delayed, till all the papers were before the house.
Papas ordered to be printed.