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London, England, 1812-05-13 00:00:00

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piiimumirrwer PRi
HOUSE OF LORDS, ',
• TIM LAWS sII. PERCRY
The, House Suet at a quarter
Ligd.tuatusououon took the
the LOAD CHANCELLOR, who had
prayers, the House, on the motion
adjourned daring pleasure, and
tilt five o'clock. The Loan CHANCELLOR
into the House, evidently deeply affected, and a silent
pause of some minutes ensued.
The Duke of YORK then rose, and stated, that he
had in his hand the answer of the Prince Regent to
the Address of the House, respecting the assassina-
tion of Mr. Perceval, which, with their Lordships per.
mission, he would deliver at the Table.
The Answer was given in and read by the Clerk.i
It contained only a few words, which were merely
an echo to the Address—" That his Royal Highness
the Prince Regent participated in the sentiments of
'horror felt by their Lordships at the atrocious mur-
der of Mr. Perceval, and would Jake the requisite
measures to bring the perpetrator to justice."
The Addreis and the Answer were ordered to be
forthwith printed.
YficerLSlON FOR MR. PERCEVAIN FAMILY. '
The Eatl of Ltvgapool. stated, that he had a
message from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
which he desired might be read..
The LORD CHANCELLOR took_the message,
which, from his reading, we could only collect re-
lated to Mr. Perceval His Lordship's feelings ap-
peared finite to overpower him. The Adareir was
then, in the ordinary form, handed t' the Clerk, who
read it aloud.— leivas as follows:

GEORGE P. R. •
The Prams Raciarrr, deeply impressed with she severe loss
hisltoyil Highness and the country have sustained in conse-
quence of the murder of the Right Honourable Srencea Pea-
ceVAL, and being desirous of marking his sense of the public and
private virtues of Mr. PIRCEVAL, and of affording relief and as-
slstanze to his numerous and afflicted family, recommends to the
House of Lords to enable his Royal Highness, in the name and
on the behalf of his Majesty, to make sure provision fur the
wieow and family of the Right Hon. SPENCER l'eacavm. as to
the justice and liberality of Parliament may seem proper. G. P. R.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said,- that .1.11 should
not do justice to his own feelings,Whe were to adhere
strictly to tfie ordinary form, and pistpoire the con-
sideration of tin message even tor one day. He
should, theiefoie, immediately move an answer of
concurrence. It would be unworthy of the present
melancholy occassion to mix what he had to say with
any p.slitical questions whatever. •: He was sure the
feelings of- every one of their Lordships would go
along with him, and *that -no political differences
would be permitted. to interfere with this tribute.of
respect for the memory of Mr. Percevab--that good
and excellent man; who used his best endeavours to ,
promote the truest interests cf his country. His-heart
was too full to allow him to dwell upon the many
• private virtues. of his departed friend—but this osuch
he would say, that there Were few men—indewd he
knew no roan with more virtues—no man with Ewer
faults. If ever there was-one less likely than another
to be'the object of personal dislike and resentment,
Mr. Perceval was that man. If ever there was a man
witbout a particle of guile, it was Mr. Perceval. He -
would dwell no farther at present, upon this melan-
!eholy subject, butsonclude with moving an Address
to the Prince Regent, in answer to his Message-5
" assuring his Royal Highness that the House partk
epated in the deep inipression which his Royal High-
ness felt of the severe loss n liiclihts Highness and the
country had sustaned by therisurderbf Mr. Perceval,",
and so on, echoing the message as usual.
Earl GREY trusted, that the House would give.
him credit for participating most sincerely in the
feelings excited by this deplorable and leurible event:
not even the most intimate fliend of Mr. Percelial
could regard it with more detestatitl ; but in con-
curring in the expression of that feeling wrsieh- must
pervade every Eritish heart, lie shoulu add, that he
bighly approved of the measure of making provision,
for the numerous family of a public serVatit4 who, by
such an event as this, was deprived of the opportu-
nity of making provision for them himself. Might
he, however, be permitted to say, that the purpose
would have been better answered—that the House
• would have-better consolted is own- dignity, and j
acted with a juker feeling of-ptopicty, it it had
'ad-
hered. to 'the ma:Bl'l'Blth, and adopted this proposition
with-More deliberation. Ile cculd not at present
bring himself tin criticize the mods"( f the biessage
and Address ; but having declared his participation
in the sentiments of horror which such an event was
calculated to excite, he owed it to his own honour—
to his consistency, to say, that he must not be tuider.j
stood to concur in any expressions of approbation .of
services which he had all along condemned. This he
said to prevent any future misrepresentation ; and,
therefore, if there were in the Address any words df
the desci iption which be had mentiiiiied, he must be
considered as concurring in it only in the sense and
with the qualification which he had stated. One
word more. The Noble Earl had adverted, not only
to the public services, but to- the private worth of
Mr. Perceval. In early life he had the happiness of
being in habits.of 4reater intimacy with Mr. Perceval
than at a later period ; and he declared it to be his
conviction, that with regard to the private virtues of
Mr. Perceval, the Noble Earl had not said oneigid
too much.—(Hear, hear.)
It was then agreed, on the motion of Lordll4 sg-
root, that the whole House should go up with the
Address, which had been unanimously Carried ; and
the Lords with the white staves were directed to wait
the tPrinte 4tegent,; to -ittt atm it would please
Iris- Royal Highness to receive the same.
Lord LIVERPOOL, thou proposed that the
House should adjourn for some days after to-morrow,
with an understanoing that even to-morrow nothing
should come on that was likely to occasion a differ-
ence of opinion.
Earl GREY' minuted that the House mightliit
imety ilay for the purpose of forwarding such-bmsid
ness as was not likely to cause 'a debate... The era-
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EAST UM* TRADE. •
The Mrs of LANSDOWNE presented a Pe•
tition frOtii' the Corporation of London against the
admission of the putports to a share of East India int.,
portation, chiefly on the, ground. that the petitioners
had invested a great caPital in warehouses, &c. for
the purposes of trade, which would be lost to them,
unless the trade was:-so far continued on its present
footing. TheYoble Marquis gave no opinion on the
subject ; but stated, that the Petition deserved the
most serious consideration.—Laid on the table.
! The Parish Register Bill, and several private Bills,
I were brought from the Commons, and read a first
I tithe.—Adjourned.

• HOUSE OF COMMONS.
PRINCE REGENT'S MESSAGE RELATING TO MR. PERCEVAL.
Lord CASTLEREAGH brought up a message
from the Prince Regent.—( See the Report tithe Lordi.)
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, he was sure that
be was anticipated by the feelings of the House, and
ofthe empire, in the sentiments of sorrow and regret,
which be now rose to express on sesubject so painful
and of ,cting to the country at large. •The subject
might, indeed, have been brought forward by one
who, from his •eloquence, was tar more able to do it
justice ; but as the feelings of that Honourable Gen-1
tleman were too powerful for such an effort, he
trusted that he should not be thought presumptuous.l
in venturing himself to address the Mouse. He felt,
indeed, with certainty, that no eloquCnce was neces-
sary to rouse the indignation And. sorrow of 'the
House on this lamentable occasion. Whatever
ference existed as to political feeling, there was but
one feeling as to the atrocity of the act of assassina-
tion,—an act so abhorrent from the principles
our nature, end.so new to the annals of this
1.1 the House required any inducement to guide
then ht their decision on this question, they might
contemplate the private virtues of Mr. Perceval
soli c at the same time it was to be recollected„j
that the loss now incus red was the loss of a public
servant, engaged in the zealous and conscicutious
.discharge of his duty ; and that it arose from his
firm and 'sincere conviction that the claims presented
to him d'd not deserve the notice of Parlianient,l
which had now subjected him to the resentment and
revenge of a disappointed individual. The Noble.
Lord dies observed, that he was happy to state, that
from all tKe information which Government had
Aitherto been -able to collects the fact committed was.
• ait insulated fact—that whatever reproach at
to it,attached only to the individual who committed'
it ; and so far the national character remained with.
out a stain. The Noble Lord then proceeded to ob. i
serve, that there WAS LO assembly in which the storm
of ratty more immediately subsided, than in that
assembly which he had now the honour to address.
No man would feel, however oppdsite his political
opinions might he, that it would be any abandonment
of his principles, ii, on the present occasion he should
turn aside entirely from any consideration of points
of contest, and look only to the afflicted state of the
family of the deceased. (Crier of hear, hear, /ear.)--
Mr. Perceval had left a lucrative profession, in which
he must have attained to the highest honouts and opu-
' knee, by the exertion of those eminent talents which
had raised him so much in the public estimation. He
( Lord Castlereagh) could say from personal know-1
ledge, that it was horn a sense of public duty alone,
and -with the utmost reluctance, that he was perstradnd
to apply himself to public life ; and there could be
nod arbt, that if he had remained in the exercise of
his profession, that his family might have lateen/
sr•wired with opulence, and blessed with such a fa-
ther. ( Here leas I .Irdship seemed much affected.)—
He was convinced that he was only speaking the pub-
lic tecliilv, when he asserted, that there never was a
man who conc•liated to . himscif a ;treater portion of
personal esteem. (Load trier of hear; hear, from all
parte of the Rouse.) Indeed, he would venture to
say, that there did net exist a man who was an enemy
to him as an individual. (sear, hear.) He had no
doubt of the concurrence of Parliament in the recog-,
ration of this principle, that unless there had been
some base misconduct on-the part of the public ser-
yam, it became the duty of the House to extend its
protection to such servants The Parliament could
never interfere more wisely than for the purpose of
protecting those trusts, the faithful discharge of which
might possibly subject a maato public or private ma-
lignity. The recognition of such a principle would
be advantageous to the public serviee, and was a duty
not to be neglected under the most economical ar-
rangements. (Hear, hear.) He sincerely felt that
he was only weakening the impression already enter-1
tained by the House, by 'expatiating on this subject.
.4t prereat he merely wished the House to recognize
the principle of the Regent's Manage. The parti-
cular nature. of the grant proposed would be taken
OW consideration on a future day. He would timely
state thus much, that it. would be the object of the
grant to protect the family individually from po.
ycrty..—(liear,hear,)—instead of a single grant to one
I,Thdividual, which, on his death, might be lost to the
family. It would also provide such an annuity for
the afflicted widow as might prodnce convenience at
least, where consolation was impossible. He then
moved,
•• N 'Fh.s an humble Address be presented to His Royal High-
ness the' Orifice' Regent, to return His Royal Highness their
grateful thanks for His Royal Highness's most gracious Magog.:
"To ssureHis Royal Mini's tb4t-they deeply palicipste
is the severe loss His Royal Highness and the country lave SO,`
tamed in consequence of the Murder of the light Hawantsside
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