The Sun.
London, England, 1811-01-26 00:00:00

L.earrieel Lord would listen Its scrupulously to
,his
conscience, as if it were proposed, to put birulo put
the Great Seal to an ritt which bad not the sanaion
of thelloyal Authority,. 'But all the restritsAions to
be imposed on the Repent were jtitified on the
ground that they were poly to he of a temporary, na-
lure. TO this obServetion he should reply by refer,
ring to the very critical situation of affairS at the pre-
sent moment but, critical as it was, he csoald Con"
.tend, that even in ordinary times, the Executive Au-
thority should not he so crippled, it had 'indeed
been 'remarked, that those w 119, oir forrner occasieps:
Were most forwutrt to assert thai the inflaence of
the Crow:fought to be guarderl a g ainst and dimi
eished, Were now the lootlest in depreciiting all
• rpstritilions' and limita'ions on the t)(AVer of tith
&gent.' Great has been the increase of the
enee nf' the Crowe frem the inereitse of the
:army and navy, from the increase, of the nation t 1
debt, ti)ze. and tie wag ready to agree that ail such
it ereaSe should ever be 5 considered by Parliament
with the eye of jealousy. - put on the K.'esent. Utiett-
iion, that power and itillueoce. which might be ex-
'lied' for the entitle good, A tis placed in' Other Steeds,
and diverted into coherent eli:iteo.,k from which no
increase could be expected in the energies of the
ExeCutive Government, but merely an engine to
strengthen their personalpower placed in the hands
of the MiniStersof the day, From views of, their
own, they attempted to shackle the harids. at the
Executive Power -Tor a yerr„. alshongli within' that
very yearohe honour, the prosperity, and the' pate-
- ty of 'the contutfy.rnight be brought into hazard, be
foUght 'for and decided. Bit should he be asked,
why 'object to placing this power in the hands of her
Majesty ? He should not perhaps Make any objee-
tinn to Its so being placed, if in realitythe Queen
were to possess and' eXerei.re that power ; but was
that the ease ? The' Queee NOS iudeed to have the
Care of his Majesty'liperson, and the power of fill-
ing tip certain Vlieatiele'S in his Majesty's House-
hold, if pleb should oceur from death or...resignation.
Her Majesty WA evirn to have the disposal of all
parts of The: HousAhlld, excepting 'pertain offices
which weee the least eisenrial to the' convenience
and comfort of his Maj,lsry, But the Queen was'
net to baVe the hewer
.of removing • any of them
ssithout the authority of. the King, and lieu they •
were rendered hider ndeut of her Majesty', such
were the offices of 'tire Lord Chamberlain, the Lord
Steward, the Master of the Mtge,' Stc. &c. And
rot only Was her Majesty debat red from appointitw;
to such offices, but . not permitted to:„rennitre them
even incases ormiscerideet nh, nrit a'PhysiciAo or.
even a Page.--By agreeitig to the present elaiise;
their Lordships would thciefore equally depart Iraqi
. the spirit th'e Resolutions they had already adopt-
ed bath 'with respea to' her Majesty and to 'his
(loyal Highness the Prince of Waks, The tend-
ency of all these menvires may be discovered in one:
--,-the place of hard Chamberlain is now vacinit, and
is not to be filled up by her Majesty. What hni e.
etiee. la placed in the litto,l4 cif thia officer, it waii
unnecessary to expl tin ; it is not, however, in abey-
Akie,,but, the Whole of. it 'is to be transferred to the
Vice-Chamberlain, who is to be indepeedent of the
Queen. What then hi:comes of the necessity whieh
was to regtillite and Inuit the duty'of 'Parliament on
the present emergericy cxiended no farther
titan to provide for the defect of the Royal Authori-
ty. Bet your Lordships hi.,bvegoou tart tier y lotleed,
so far as to have wholly sight ot that doctrine of
necessity by whirl' the whole of your proceedings
on'tbe present oecaSion wee'., tO be regulated. 'The
great oliject, meanwhile, has Leen to strengthen the
hands c.rt tliC Mittistets. Was this the intention of
Parliament or. was it not the ditty of Parliament to
watch bull 'attempts? The Qtteen is stippOsed to
have certain authority over the ffouseterldi 'bui
are not the prineipal Officers of 'that estahlisliment
itiernoVable by her Msjegty. There is, therefore, a
great proportion 91 •those• Officers, who, for a year,
are tinder no 'commit and' µbo must be devoted to
the Ministers of the day, to whom they must feel
iudebted. Besides, is it not to be Considered how
such an arrangement May 'affeA the 'Civil List ?
There are ann,rlool'. Or 400,0p01. disposable at the
pleasure of those Officers. By what principle of the
Coristitution are they, to be, 'vested with such a '
power ? power
.to be placed in the hands
of Officers of Ike CrOWn Whoth you cannot dismisa
tinder all these views of the Claiase, he could not
imagine that, it would be approve by their Lord-
"' ships. The Noble" 'furl onel:tided by observing,,
that after w hat had paSSed,and had transpired thrOugh
various means, the Howie should
,have better autho-
tity (and much he 'respeCted that authority),' than
that'of the 'Noble and Learned Lord on the WOol-
frack„ to convince 4hem of the eotepetency•of
his
silajeitY to resume his Royal functions, and to au-
thorlki hint to do that, which he could not presume
to do, unless • it 'wet inaniti,st that the Eiecutive
rovi?r Was' complete.
-The i,ottn eltANCIef.l,Oll itl reply to
the observations a the Nlible would con--
tent himself with repeating what he had said on a
former occasion.' Ile challeie;ed inquiry, info bit
Con loft, arid was ready 'again t,) deelAre, that he
would Sooner perish on the iraifold than withhold
cornesSion and approba'iion of any which he
4,„a d 6„, in the execution of 116' public duty.
the Noble Lord wished ter institute cony Inquiry into
w lira his judgalent and codseienee had Othotilit:d
film t.0.d0, 'he was 'ready to meet that inquiry, He
wait teady-to abide; he conseqbenees dills conduct,
until his country hadpietionneed him crinrival. Ile
itstedthat in this respect he should not be deprived
tit the privilege enjoyed by every other f•Allishman;
till then he should protest .tits :introe,eher:, 11; Brief
104 'served a gracious Sovereign, a sov..!reign to
whom was due not only the gratitude at the coun-
try he 'ruled over, but of- the world • aril if this
country has 'beetrsaved from•thelevelthievy hor-
rors which •at one p.,riod hung over it; its liVal
be solemnly believed, it was chiefly oWinkr, to that
reference anti hove which'the people at large boio
to the 'person and the virtues of such a Monarch.
it was that benign influettee'Only, wivialvreScaied
the nation Iron) the baneful hala,:nee of the poi
v.hich the Societies, 'then ins Outed for its pro
ivigation would haVa'ditfutiedoVer the emFire.r-i-lti.‘v

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