Star.
London, England, 1811-01-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,

PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 8.
Arrived his Majesty's ship CLAIWNDO, from the
Eastward.—Sailed the DIANA, oil a cruise.

DEAL, JANUARY a.

Arrived his Majesty's ship ROYALIST, from a cruize.
Sailed his Majesty's ship TARTAR, for Plymouth.-•.
Wind N. E. and moderate.
DOVER, JANUARY T.
A transport, marked O. H. appeared off here this
afternoon, without any anchors and cables ; and it
being not prudent to endeavour to get to her, she stood
off to sea under an easy sail, and we suppose is gore
to Portsmouth. One of the Deptford lighters is come
in, having lost her anchors and cables, and pitched her
bowsprit away. A cutter is in the Road, supposed to
have lost anchors and cables, and waking moderate
weather to come in, if she can keep to windward.—
Several pieces of wreck have gone past, and it is
feared that much mischief is done in the Downs, as
the wind blows right through.

Saturday morning a large Dutch vessel, perform-
ing quarantine off Margate, drove from her anchors,
and after making several attempts to gain the har-
bour, came on shore in Westgate Bay, when it not
being possible to afford them any assistance, all the
crew perished. In the course of Friday night ano-,
!her vessel was also wrecked on the Margate Sand.
The bodies of the unfortunate men above mentioned
have since been picked up on the shore. An India-
man was also driven onshore on Saturday morning,
off Gravesend. Two brigs, part of the Beet which
sailed from die Downs the 2Sth ult. were captured off
Duniose, on Sunday, by a French schooner privateer.

SHEERNESS, JANUARY 8.
Sailed his Majesty's ship HELDER, for Chatham ;
and the FO::TUNEE, SIT, and PYRAM us, have come
into harbour. The GRASSHOPPER will sail to the
Downs with convoy iu a day or two.
The Dotsetshire East Indiaman, that was on shore
on the Blyth Sand, has been got off.
The wind still continues to blow hard on the coast.
ll,..covery transport, on shore at Dover, has lost
her TILISCi and is otherwise a compleat wreck.

Tile payment of the Dividends at the Bank has
c:.:6tvd a great hustle in the Lottery Offices, to pro-
vi.ie Tickets and Shares, that the Public may not be
tlisarpoiated in the choice of the Forty-four Capitals,
cr erdicr of the Four Twenty Thousands—all of
will be drawn by a new mode on the 15th.
We are peculiarly happy in being able to give a-
spccimen of the Songs in Mr. ASTLEYrS new Military
Pantomime performed last night for the second time,
and received throughout with much and deserved ap.
probation.—The Scenery in Spain and Portugal is
beautiful and highly gratifying, as well as acceptable
to the public. It was given out for a third retr—•
cation this evening, with the loudest peals o,
1),1 don. SONG/
'ln arms, to arms, brige ?ortuguese, the French are very near,
On the 1.:?.,0s banks, their foragers, both horse and foot appear;
• (to a SpaniA pearaist wk. enter')
Ard you, most noble Spaniard, with your population,
t,tti.kli.;oin the British ranks, and defend your nation.
CHORUS.
When in the field and'heat of battle,
• Warlike drums andcrumptts rattle,
And fatal bullets ily ;
We so undatinting,
Mtn h ragt• our bosom panting,
To conquer or die.
SONO.
Our encampment is bristled with cannon
'l'o check Massena's rvis *suer's, •
Lord Wellington will give him a drubbing
If be approaches our right, left, or rear.
cuoaus.
'Vii!h bayonets, in close ciivisiens, charge the Gallic ranks,
.1-1:41 drsve the invading fee, nay boys, from *Pep banks.

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CITY g&SIAISL
A Court of Commons caincil was held yestetday;
in pursuance of a requisiticituiigned by several men
bees, to take into consideratioh the deficiency occa,
stoned by his Majesty's illness; and the best means of
supplying it.
Alderman WooD then rose tti propose the Resolu-
tions. He felt his inability ; but as some friends had
hinted to'him that as he originated the Requisition,'
he ought to state its purport ; he 'tow rose for that
purpose, relying 'on' the talents and good *use of the
Cqurt itself. When he considered the calarnity which
had befallen the King, and the situation in which the
Country stood, he could contemplate, fivits the conti-
nuance of the present system, nothing `short of the
ruin of the nation. From what he had heard of the
Prince of Wales, he expected a change of this sys-
tem; and he was convinced that the majority of the
nation was with that Royal Person. He' was con-
vinced that by him, and him alone, thuld both our
external and internal ruin be prevented—by him alone
could Ireland be ameliorated and thousands made
happy—by him alone could the views of our inveterate
enemy be prevented. There were many then in that
Court old enough to recollect on the late King's death
`the commencement of ,that system which had proved
itself so detrimental. They must remember when Mr.
Pitt and the Duke of Cumberland were put out, how
all the venal newspapers were called into play; how
the Whigs of that day were calumniated as Repub- '
licans ; and, in short, the same slarlders' were corn.-
meaced, and the same misfortunes originated, as at
the present day. Those evil-minded men who so
acted, would, he was certain, employ the same evil
means, and even burl the friends of freedom if it was
in their power. These were the persohs who set up a
cry against the Prince—persons the estates of three or
four of whom would equal that of his Royal Highness.
These men had assumed the appellation of the King's
friends, and pretended to treat all the friends of liberty
with contempt. As an instance of this he had only
to state the treatment which thelate Lord Mayor had
experienced from Mr. Ryder, the Secretary of State ;
who, at an annual diuner party, to which it was cus-
tomary to invite his Lordship and the Sheriffs, ne-
glected his Lordship altogether, and only invited one
of the Sheriffs, who he supposed was more concilia-
tory to his views. The worthy Alderman concluded
by moving a long string of Resolutions, proposing an
address to the Lords and Commons, calling upon the
Prince to take upon himself the Government, till the
Regency Bill had passed into an Act, and that this
should be done without the imposition of any restric-
tions.
Mr. MARRYATT said, that the summons and the
requisition were as different as day and night.
Mr. Qum, in rising to second the motion, did not
feel it necessary to have recourse to any old records
for his guide. He was not to be deterred from giv-
ing fully his view of the subject by the smiles or the 1
sneers which, at this perilous juncture, he had observ- ,
ad upon the countenances of some Gentlemen oppo-
site, even while the resolutions Were reading: When
'they had the pleasure of meeting together, great pub-
Be calamities were impending, great hostilities on the ,1
part of the enemy were preparing and pursuing, great
taxation was imposing on the country, and men were
at the helm of Government notorious for their inca-
pacity
and their imbecility. Such was their situation
then. But now, they were at the very climax of I I
misfortunes ; they had all their former calamities in- I
creasing; and to crown all, by the awful visitation 1
of 'ISA VIINg their beloved Sovereign was rendered 1
incapable of executing his office, or meeting his Par- '
Lament. When he considered these circumstances,
eb awful in themselves, and so terrible in their con-
sequences, the words of the Roman Poet forced them-
selves into his mind, and he was tempted to exclaim—
" Quicquid delirant Reps, plectuntur AchivL"
With respect to the immediate question before them,
'it was most simple in its nature. Our Constitution
gave to its three constituted parts, Kings, Lords, and
Commons, distinct and separate privileges, necessary
to their individual maintenance and to their relative,
check and counterpoise to each other. The King was
now incapable of either exerting his legislative or exe-
cutive functions, and of course the dehciency.must be
filled up—filled up by a person to whom should be
entrusted those powers and privileges which our Con-
stitution thought necessary for the maintenance of the
Kingly office. Many Gentlemen would not be con-
tent with this fair and constitutional statement, but
`demanded precedents. He spoke in the hearing of
o some lawyers, and denied that in our common law there
was any such term as Regent. Looking back to re-
mote periods for lights and precedents on the present
O subject was absurd ; they could find none applicable.
1 In the reign of Henry TI I. the Earl of Pembroke was
nominated Lord Protector ; in the reign of Edward
111. a similar Protectorate was formed ; in the reign
of Richeid 11. the Duke of Lancaster was placed
at the hail of a Council of Regency ; but all this
was done in the infancy of those Princes ; so it was
in the time of Henry VI. when he was only two years
) old, and also in the case of Edward V. at the age of
13. The statutes and precedents of those days
only went to the appointment of Protectors and
, Councils • of course they could not apply. Now
look to the latter time of Geo. 11. where it was deter-
mined in the contingency of a certain descent, that
the Government should devolve on the Princess Dow.
ager. He might be asked to what use did he apply
. those precedents ? Why simply this, to shew that,
' drawn as they were from distant ages, and framed
on account of the infancy of Sovereigns, they could
have no analogy, to the case of the present Prince,
arrived at the Lull maturity of years and wisdom.—
The precedent of 1788 was referred to. All Mr.
Pitt did was considered as precedent by the Ministe-
rial supporters, who seemed to consider a part equal
to the whole, first requiring a successor adequate to
the regal functions, but denying him the powers by
' which those functions could be executed. The
question stood free and unfettered—the King was
incapable, and he must have his deficiency supplied
by either a representative, a substitute, or a trustee.
—He did not mean to say whether the two
Houses should do it, or whether they should proceed
by address or bill ; but this be would say, that they
ought to have chalked out some course by which
the/Executive might be supplied at once, and not have
' adopted la proceeding which exposed themselves to
ridicule and their country to danger. Looting
at the case, he should say at once, since the Lards sad
--."10411 chose to supply Ole deficiency, they shanitt

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1 tio,it quickly,andthat Alie prttedetivit Mt& tin Well
they had proceeded, malted the fttndamental basis of
a precedent--it was incomplete. There was, indeed,'
in our history, one precedent only le hich was epplica-
ble, and which was rejected—the precedent of the Re-
volution. There was only this difference bet Ween the
I periods —that then the throne was abdicated; but now,,
I though there was not a physical vaciititei, yet the Go-
vernment was suspended. At the Revolution, how
( did they supply the exigeney ? Why, without etly
question at all as to the pnWerl of the Regent, they
invited the Prince of Orange to thipresent a ssutnetion
of the Throne, subject to their futute liznitationt; and
thus at once, by giving him the power over the finan-
cial, civil, and military departments, supplii:d, at least
pro tempore, the deficiency
,of the Monarchy. Then
no unforeseen obstacles could start up—no clerk could
then swear away his compliance—no auditor of the
Exchequer refuse the public money. Why did they
not now adopt a plan which experience had proved
to be so very wise ? Why not address the Prince,
matured as he was by the probation of near 50 years;
recommended as he was by a British heart beating in
his bosom, and imbued as they all knew him to be
with the true and noble principles of revolutionary
wisdom.—(Hear, kar.)—ln his opinion. they ought,
to have in the first place called his Royal Highness to
the Throhe, and then they might without anyhazard
have afterwards argued the question of restrictions.—
He saw his worthy Friend on the opposite side pre-
paring for opposition—he saw plainly that he was
wrapping himself up.
Mr. DIXON.—" I declare, my Lord Mayir, this is
very improper ; so far from weapping myself up, I
, declare I do not know whether T shad speak or not-e.
I my mind is not at all made up."
1 Mr. QUIN apologised if he had mistaken the worthy
Gentleman ; lie really should be happy if he had ;
he should much rather he would sit quiet and hold his
tongue. When he spoke as he had done of the Prince
of Wales, he hoped no man would consider him`such
a parasite as to do it on any personal grounds. On '
the contrary, he had merely spoken so from the pledge
which the Prince had given in 1788, in his spirited
and constitutional letter. Here Mr. Quin read a pas-
sage from the letter. He also read several passages
from the speech of the Prince of Orange, at the timc
of the Revolution, tending to shew the high respect
in which at that day the Common Council of Lon-
don were held ; he did this to repel the calumnie's
with which they had been lately assailed. In that day
the Prince wanted £200,000; he applied to the City,
and in three days after the application he received the
money. The Gentlemen opposite might smile incre-
dulously ? he was not surprised that, contemplating
the present day, they were astonished to find their an-
cestors had dignity. He concluded by voting for the
Address ; an Address which would place the Regent
at the head al the civil, military, and finance depart-
ments ; which might also tend to displace men who
received the most lavish payment, and shook like as-
pen leaves in the hour of danger.
Alderman C. SSIITH wished to leave the matter to
the discretion of Parliament. He could not see with
what face the Court could address the House of Com-
,mons, after insulting them so grossly last year.
Mr. Alderman BIRCH said, he understood it to be
a pirt of the argument of Gentlemen who supported
the Address, that the Prince of Waleeeught distinctly
to be put in possession of all the Power which belonged
to the King. To this he could not assent. The Ho-
nourable Gentleman (Quin) had expressed his opi-
nion, that in the present calamity, the precedent of
the Revolution ought to be followed. That case, how-
ever, was as different from the present as light from
darkness. There the Monarch had abdicated the
Throne, and there was a King to provide for filling
it. Thank GOD that was not now the case'; and he
I hoped such restrictions would here be imposed, as
would render it unnecessary that the power of exec- •
cising the prerogative should long be held by any
ether than the King himself. If the Prince were here
to be appointed Regent, without restrictions, what
would the Houses of Lords and Commons be doing,
but virtually dethroning the King ? Two persons
could not sit on the Throne at once, and it was a
part of the Constitution of this country, that the
kingly office was entire till it became completely
forfeited. Would any man say that the delegate
,ought to be armed with the same powers as the
principal ? Having once armed the Regent with
the full powers of the King, where was the power of
the two Houses of Parliament to restore to the King,
on his recovery, the throne which they had taken'
from him ? When they had once taken it entirely
away and given it to another, would the two Houses
of Parliament have the power of restoring the throne
to his Majesty ? On these grounds he must resist the
present Resolutions. It had been stated that no injury
could accrue from makingthe Prince Regent without
restrictions. He trusted he had shewn that if they
made him Regent without restrictions this was making
a king, and that two persons could not be armed with
the same powers. The interests of the Prince of
Wales in the throne were greater than any he could
have as a Regent. Theltwo Houses of Parliament,
therefore, were so far guardians for him, and were
called to watch over the Throne, that they, might
transmit it to him the same as his father h‘ad received
it. They were to protect it for him as his right. He
hoped they were not in such a question to talk of the
qualities of the Prince of Wales. ,This was a case of
imperious necessity. The virtues of an angel could
'not alter the political merits of the case. What had
the Common Council been engaged in this very day ?
They had sworn to bear true allegiince to King
George the Third, as their lawful Sovereign, and him
to defend. Was this defending his Majesty's Throne,
to go to Parliament and tell them to give the power
entirely away from him ? In such a case, on his Ma-
jesty's recovery, might he not well exclaim--
--" Could they not stay so long
" Till their friend sickness had deteradn'd me."
Gentlemen were not to expect so to change the opi-
,ltions of the two Houses of Parliament, as to suppose
'that they should snore the Throne from under his
Majesty. If they were to do so, well might they
say—
" I knew not where is that Promethean heat
1 44 That eau thy light relaniise."
GOD knows how long his Majesty might be afflicted
1 with his present malady, but from the cause which
produced it, they had every reason to hope it would
be of short duration. Gentlemen had lately voted a
V Statue et his Majesty to be placed in that Hall. He
trusted they would slot new go to ihrliament, sine


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lalj nn Matte Roo ring! it KO, add lo re-
move' the first without any litivs of h-s return.
He c.neluded by movine in Amend-re:et exp-es-
sive of the coofiJence or the Ceert, in the two' liouses
of Parliament rills the necessary meantres for
securing the return Of M 'jest; to the exereite of
his Regal Powers the moment of hill let C4ery.
Mr. SLADE r• Se to express:his wish Ora the Apo-
intions might be read ever, as hewas not in Court
when they were before reef 'over. (We- Resolutitais
were accordingly ag tin read.)-e-He eten ..dverted to
an argument which had been made Me airy -a ,wor.
thy Alderman opposite, to diseuade them from ne,
ceding to the Resolutions, namely, thit the subject
was at present under the consideration of Parlilimetif
-that it was the duty of Parliament to provide for
the present deficiency of the Royal Authority,
to
Authoriintyte,raferend
C,i
that it would be improper in this
with them in the execution of that duty. lid
would ask those who supported such a doctrinist
had the two Houses of Parliament, instead or
shewing a desire to limit and abridge the Royal
Prerogative, thought fit to take measures far ite,l
extension, would they not in such a case have felt
it to he their they to interfere, and to corwey their
sentiments to Parliament ? Is it not a duty equally
imperious on them, knowing, as they ought to do,
that the power of the executive exists for the benefit
of the people, to see that that power suffer no abridge-
ment ? They knew very well what confluence they I
were to repose in the men who at present helcrothe
reins of Government. Unfortunately too much can.
fidence had been already placed in these men. The
present state of the country, and the present state of
Europe, bore but too strong a testimony to the abuse
of that confidence. But while these Gentlemen were
willing to place confidence where it ought not to be
placed, he would ask Arlie confidence they were willing
to place in the Prince ?'Hear.) He would tell them
that he was willing for one to place confidence in the
Prince from his education, from his known principles,
and his declarations to the country. But were the
Prince toabuse that confidence, still the securityofPare
liament, the security of the people of this country, were 4
sufficient checks against any such abuse; and he trusted
that the Parliament and the people would never, on
such an occasion, lose sight of their duty. He con-
tended that the'L'hrone was at present vacant, and that
full and complete power should be enjoyed by theper-
son who supplies that vacancy. He felt the highest
respect for the Sovereign, but he felt no less a respect
for the Constitution, and he was wilting to risk hie
life and fortune in defence of that Constitution. He
was of opinion, that the shortest way of going to
work was preferable on the present occasion ; and he
therefore gave his opinion in favour of the Resolutions.
Mr. MAWMAN stated that the doctrines he had heard
this day from the Gentlemen who opposed the Rev,-
lotions were, in his opinion, hostile to the Constitution
of this country. They were at present bound to con-
sider the Throne as vacant. There are, as is well
known, three branches of the Constitution--King,
Lords, and Commons. It must also be known to every
Gentleman of this Court, that the boundaries of each
of these branches were pointed out and ascertained
at the Revolution. To encroach upon any one of
these brinches was to endanger the safety of the
whole. The true course of proceeding was, theref ire,
that the Crown should have been offered to the Prince,
and then, if restrictions were wished, they should have'
been obtained in a regular manner, with the consent
lof the Prince. In every case of a Regency, the folk
of the Executive has been committed to thee
power
'Regent, or to the Regent with a Council. A worthy
Alderman says that we ought to take care that the
Sovereign, on his recovery, be not prevented from re-
ascending the Throne. He asked that worthy All
derman to say what Constitution they enjoyed, if any
King, or any Regent, of this country; should be able
to act in such a manner ? .(Near.) How could any
man of this Court, er any man of the country, say that
the two branches of the Legislature would so tar disc
gracethemselves, that the people of this country would
so far disgrace themselves, as tamely to sit by and
allow such designs to be carried into execution
Whatever differences might exist arnpng the Mem.
bers of this Court, as to the merits of this or that set
of Ministers, surely they would never think so uncon-
stitutionally as to disgrace the Prince of Wales, by
supposing him capable of such a design as the One
which had been ascribed to him.
Mr. Alderman BIRCH, in explanation, seated', that
he had attributed no such dest to the Prince ; and
that he had merely stated, that if the two Houses of
Parliament should give the Executive Power, with.
out restrictions, to the Prince, it would be absolutely
out of their power to preserve for his Majesty his I*
sumption of the Sovereign Power on his recovery. ,
Mr. Mawatax stated, that he conceived himself et.'
titled to draw the inferences he had done from this,

speech of the worthy Alderman.
Mr. Dixog said, that there was no person in
country who believed the Prince of Wales incapaL
of properly filling the Regency ; but he contende
that it was iniprrper for the Court to interfere on that
subject at present. Were not the two Houses sitting
from day to day, and doing every thing in their power
to meet the demands of the present exigency ? If the
two Houses had neglected their duty, and blame
acted as they had done, then it might be proper for
this Court to interfere. A friend near him had made
use of a very strong expression—an expression which
no man was justified in using—that there was a va-'
cancy of the Throne. There was no vacancy—there
was 'merely' a temporary suspension. It had been
said that there could be no danger of the King's re-
assuming the Throne, so long a:, the two Houses of
Parliament and the people did their duty. Care ought
to be taken that he reascend the Throne on his reco.,
very, without any of your Resolutions. He adverted
to the speech of a rriend near him (Mr. Quin), wno
had begun by stating, that he had read nothing to I
Prepare himself for the present occasion, and the very ,
next moment he made such a profuse display of mt.
dition as to slew that he had been reading a great
deal. All this would have been very well if the sub.
ject properly belonged to this Court ; but he contest.
ded that it was rather superfluous, seeing the cow i
tion properly belonged to the two Houses of Parka.'
liament. He was astonished that the worthy Alder.
man who brought forward the Resolutions, did not 1,
rather trust to his own resources than adopt the sug-
gestions of any other man. Ile alluded in proof of
this to the bungling manner in which he had read
certain expressions.—(cells to order)..—He hoped the
Prince of Wales and leis tritd ftiestsis would be careful

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converts.—(di
.ionk as he had. owe*. in

. _.-they sow his pcower
waverit.g, they svould'he the first to turn their backs
*en him. He held tJiat tli:tt• man was not, to be trusted
wisibect-to distittguisk between -the friends of the
King, aniklie frit/tids of the Prince of Wales-4oTthe.
friends of the King Were the friends of the Prince of
Wales, and the Prince of Wales's friends were the
King's friends. A Gentleman had said, that the
*ay plpted out in the Resolutions was the shortest
way. They were neither to consider the longest way
nor the shortest way, but the way which was best.
'he worthy Alderman (Wood) had said something
which he could have wished not, to have been said.
a different treatment

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of Ireland, by the Prince, from the treatment which
it has''hitherto experienced, alluding to the Catholic
.'questirn.' Did the worthy Alderman recollect that
the Itcvolution of 168; the subject of so much eulogy
this d4y, was for the express purpose of supporting
the Protestant Religion, and it was this Revolution,
Pr the express purpose, which gave the Prince his
side to the Throne ? He was indeed; glad that the
Revoluti. n had taken place, fart he conten&d, that
it.Conld never be held out as a precedent for .them at
the present day. ..
. Mr. FAVELI, expressed his astonishment at the doe-
` trine which they had just heard. Shall it be said, that
whvn such -important interests.are at. stake, that the
.Corporation of London has no concern with the man-.
nee in which the desciency of the Executive shall be
supplied ?—( Rear) - that the Cornoration of the brit;
City el-the Empire is to, sit silent on such an oceasinssi
Agreed will: a worthy Alderman, that personal chi:.
ancler was foreign• to the present discussion, yet that
Gehtleman by hinitelfset a contrary example. 'What
waa-the meaning of the worm Alderman's applica•
tins the lines from Henry IVA), of our immortal.
Shakespeare ? bid not he mean that the Prince was
too eager to ggt possession of tae Th: one ? Could any
Joan go our of this Court without drawing such a
conclusion from the worthy Alderman's speech ? He
contended, that as there wet e great duties for the
nice to perform, so, in like manner, he should be
rbvested with great powers. A pentlem in his told
wis, that we are treading a pith which we nerc unused
t lisktread. - Thesnen who have enjoyedpnv,er have
Y f arced us to oppose their measures. They never lis-
tened to our opission. But though we have been ccm-
retied to take a popular part, had we found it neces-
sary wesshoul4l have been equally ready to support
the regal as the popular pat tof the Constitution. We
have been branded as Jacobins ;- but he would ask,
who were now the Jacobins ? and who were now at--
tempting to subvert the Constitution ?
Mr. SPENCER said, that he would compare the Con-
stitution to a ship at sea—and a well rigged-out yes.
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set certainly she was, as ever sailed. He would corn•
'Are the King to the Captain of the ship ; and sup-
posing the Captain unwell and confined to his cabin,
and another person appointed to act in his room,
would you give him power to punish the crew, but no
power to deal put to them a glass of gm ? (Laugh)
'Mr. WHICIBLs agreed to the Resolutions, if an

illAinetidment were agreed to, which he rcad ; le ut the
thing of the Court only allowed us to catch part
a metaphor of this- Amendment, about suffering
t-
. regal stream to flow on uninterrupted in its course.
: A Member having moved the previous question, it
liteo agreed that it was irregular to move the previous
Arotsetion at that time. • .
Mr. WArrtas tN apologized for offering any thing
so the consideracim of the Court, after the elite man-
ner in which the Resolutions had bee'h supported)
while nothing like argument had been stated oil the
other side of the question. The question, he,sti'd, was
indeed reduced to a very narrow compass, to the true
principles of the Constitut.ion: It had been stated to
this Court that the Constitution consists of King,
Lords and Commons, and that each of these branches
is entrusted with peculiar duties, subject to certain
,lr * ail

sleeks and controulo ; and it is only while _of
these branches are upheld in their proper strength and
'rigour, that our Constitution can afford us the en-
yment of all our rights and liberties. He said
'fit it was a common trick in those in power to say, •
*tat those who were calling out for a better represen.
lotion of the people, were endeavouring to subvert
,the Constitution, and to destroy the power of the ;
XxeCtitive. -He declared himself equally ready to '
Support the power- cif .the Crown, as to defend the
'rights of the people. We have ,repeatedly declared 1;
.eitir want of trust in the present incapable and criroi-;
nil Ministry ; we have frequently gone up to con-
.plain of public grievances, and these men then said
that we were endeavouring to subvert the Govern.
' -anent and were
of the country. Have we not I
-.now a light to retort the same charge upon them ?
Lord Sidmcuth lately stated, that such was the pre--1
'ant influence of the Crown, that an expenditure of
&ye months was now equal to a whole year's expert-
alone twenty years ago. Have not these. Ministers
:hoettclisposing of the resources of the couory.with.
iput any controul for these three months? He con-
;ioOded that he was consistent in supportifl the regal
• rewiir at present, and formerly :endeavouring to op-
poss,ite overgrown influence. They had gone up re-;
caltioeclulyi. wwi2si adsduruecsstei
vs
e, stating
theof
~
utslti .latndsutcrlui
e.ielncetes sei vtes
Ihe,Crowl3, as,well as the true rights of the people.'
.Alderman (Birch) who had been well answered,
*sok made use of language which he bad afterwards
'modetsostired to explain. The Alderman had de-
ed the, throwing any thing of personal chi"-
wow/ into the present discussions at the very time
Ailnit he, was endeavouring to excite a sympathy foe 1
Apt Sovereign, 4 holding up the conduct of the
,
,in a suspicious light. That Gentleman had
doom forward this day with the exploded doctrines
tit
Are we to be told that the .Govern-
'Amer.. - ' - be carried for

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_..try _ rsgei
opposite (Mr. Dixon) who has usn.il indulged:his
taste for Jubilee, and taking up a tevr points and dis-
torting them, without even rising anything like argu-
ment, has told us, that we have no business to inter-
fere ; that the subject. is taken up by Parliament, and
unit we ought to be perfectly satisfied with what they
are doing. When the Parliament are doing one thing
to-day, and another to-morrow--when the Executive
of the country has been suspended for three months,
are we to remain indifferent spectators ? But that
Gentleman is perfectly resigpedi to the Wisdom of
1 Parliament ; of course, whatever may be done is
equally agreeable to him —whethar a restricted Re-
' geney be appointed, or a Regency without restric.
turns. He was surprised at the fieute made on the
other side this day by a worthy Alderman (Smith),
who, when on their side, was usually in the back
ground. The other side had put hint in the front
Tank; he was put by them into the chair, and listened
to as an oracle—(hair.) Of another member of this
Court (we understood him to alude to Mr. Mawniaa)
he had entertained hors from the part which he had
lately taken, that en the present occasion they were
to despair of his. aid ; but he was &ad to see that
" Richard is himself again!" . •
He would not subscribe to the doctrine of the worthy
Alderman, or any other of the meirwhoiately turned
their backs on Liberty. He thought they might
safely apply to those persons the couplet of Dryden,
" The Renegadoes who have turned by halves,
" Are bound by conscience to bedouble knaves.'[
These Gentletnen are at all times averse to petition-
ing, they were against inquiry into the Waleheren EX-
peditioe, and they believe that the Government goes
on very well with Mr. Perceval. He stated, that no
individual who is a friend to the British Constitution,
would wish the Crown to be controuled in any of its
privileges; for all these privileges are vested in the'
Crown for the benefit of the People. 'The Preroga-
tives of the Crown could .never be exercised, but tot
the benefit of the people, if the people had a full and
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fair representation. The cloctrines which we have
heard, go to the very destruction of Nronarchy. The
purport of their doctrine is, that Monarchy can go
on very well without many of its Przrogatives—that
Monarchy is a very expensive thing, and ought to be
reduced. Such is the doctrine of Lord Sidmouth's
speech. He tells us of the immense revenue of the
' or

Crown, and the numbers of onr army and navy, and.
of the immense patronage of the Church, andkskiireli
these are not sufficient to carry on the Governmght
with the restrictions ? And yet the peeple tell us that
they cannot consent to abolish reversions—that they
cannot consent to'abolish sinecures—that all these are
indispengibly necessary for the exercise of the Govern.
ment. They will consent, however, to plate power
in other !lauds than those of the person who fills the
throne ; they will consent to divide and obstftict the
Royal Prerogative. These men who have gut places,
pensions, and reversions, who hive usurped the Royal'
Prerogative, who wish to entrench themseies behind
the Throne, by means of their power in the, House of
Lords; of which House we.kno`sr one hufidred Mem.
bets *ere made by Mr. Pitt, and are endeavouring,
by preventing the Prince from exercising his just pre-
rogative in augmenting the numbers of that House

.1g: ..ag Jns
on proper occasions, to compel him to resort to them
for the purpose of carrying on the Government. He
spoke of the manner in which the Cotporation of
London had been lately treated. He had seen a ceri
t:tin facetious Gentleman whom he had not the plea.
sure of knowing, after feasting on their turtle, after
accepting of invitations to their dinners, now think
fit to endeivour to turn the Corporation into ridicule.)
He tlainks fit to turn the. Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and Corporation into ridicule. He thinks fit to turn
the expressions of the public opinion into ridicule.—
It well became the guide and director of the Wal-
thVren expedition to endeavour to laugh st public
opinion. The time may come, however, when theie
men' may be glad to run to Guildhall for the assis-
: tance of the persons whom they have now thought
proper to turn into ridicule.—(Her.)lf it had not
been for the assistance rendered by them in the late
contest in Spain, perhaps these men would have found
no small degree of embarrassment. iSelbre be sat
down, he would notice an observation of a 'Gntletnan,
Ithat no per:,on wished to fly any thing againsethe ells-
; meter of the Prince.' He maintained, that there bad
Ibeen a system to degrade and vilify the- Prince in the
eyes of the nation. The Gentlemen who spoke of the
Prince too in the House of Commons, were all ready
to bear testimony to the virtues of the Prince, and he
dared to say, that when he ascended the Throne, they
Would then have small difficulty in discovering these
virtues. He had often observed in that Covt'r. that
justice was not done to .the character of the Prince,,,l
and-that he had been studiously held up in an unfit.]
vottrableligtft to the country-.
Mr. Dirw observed, 'that lie Wished;te know to
whom the Gentleman who spokelast alluded, when
he.said, that some persons were disposcil to asperse
the character of the Prince of Wales. lie had never
heard of any who had dared in that COurt to 'pea
direspectfuliy of the Prince of Wales.

Of this Adoutrf is to _ c:_...eci on s.. thaw , ___
ths witheutranY existing
Regal &charity i•Wa I , Mr. WAITIIMAN had not alluded particularly toi
meat to
personaVcliaracter, it is impossible
of ssible to keep atjy in that Court; but that the character of the Prince-
of our view the Prince
character of the Wales. of Wales had been most improperly. and unjustly as.
- 6ut
11, A should appear that he was an improper person— sailed by sonic, who gave themselves out AL particu.
. A he was one who, as has been said, would tear the . larly loyal, there could be no doubt.
'-' gown from the brows of his father—if it be true, AS ' Mr. JACILS tinged leave to suggest to the Gentle-
f. Pitt told the nation, that he had as good a tight men on the other side, that the constitutional maxims
-1
'mselt as the Prince to the Regency; they ought sot which they had held forth on that day, were not guile
appoint the Prince to that office,. or at least
'
ought sn incontrcvertibre as they seemed to imagine. They
appoint a Council to act along with him. The
must have observed, that in both Houses of Parlia-,
Woman has stated, as the motive for the restric- ment there were men on each side, who differed on
'cosh that the Crown may be secured on the head of some points of this question, whose onnstituticsohl
.4.1141e4t1 on his recovnty, sad be trUsatitted to gla listowledga had justly lilati tho tbstae,of panegyric.
.
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rightful seecesser. C.n.4..qplL is- thereon It ins ptetetlypossibil Alt -NW or tie reefs%
dual who can believe that- the.Pvince his any allities, and of'tht highest constitutional knowledge,
tion to prevent his Faulyes resumption 9f the i i.ihnuld differ - *hi" id

itUati.l
incept- a ,
throne _ on Una itUegti9l4k w.lert &OM
-
on his recovery is-there any man who,will'sny that r (Mr. Quin) had &aired to be Montt() tble. Ia
the twe Houses of Parliament and the country, at I proof of this, be had only to refer to the-period of
larg,e would nut watch over Majesty's interests? 17g8.9, 'when two.great men—the two greatest men
and-secure to him his throws wirhoutlemberissment ? perhaps who had ever been concerned 14 the pOlitiCS
Can it he said, that, eine are people in this country I of
.preat Britain—Mr. rag and Mr, Pitt, had differ-
who would .assist the Prince in tearing the Crown ed essentially on this subject ; and yet both of them,
from the brow of his ,father ?—The Alderman has I perhaps, desirous to anfine themselves strictly within
said, that jf the two Houses of Parliamerft were to I the limits of the Constitution. In the House of
put the Crown on the head of the Prince, it would be Lords also, on that occasion, the late Lord Camden,
a:terwards out of their power to transfer it again the Marquis pf Lansdowne, the Deke of Richmond.
to the King. This was a strange language. He be. and other men, most remarkable for their colistiru.
lieved the Worthy Alderman now began to be in tional talents and knowledge,_had suppOrted that side
earnest to think that Parliament was not the fair Re- Of the question which wai now opPot,ed by his friend
presentative- of the Counr ,—(firesr.) • A Intleman: 'Mr. Quin). He maintained that the- !tedent ot the
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pret
cievolution was not at all similar to the present, and
desired the Council to take notice of the remarks of
Lord Grenville, of the observation's on the impossi7
bility of avoiding to have recourse .to law fictions,in
supplying the defect of the royal authority ; apd that
such an office as thit of Regent was unknown in the
Constitution. He expressed 1-4i's conviction, that the
royal authority was lar_from 'being -too ample, and
that the spirit of Jemocracy hid prevailCd c n the
'Continent from the very circumstance of iti having
becothe too powerful for the executive authority
For this reason Bonaparte had succeeded in attaining
his- present height, and in tiunii!g the ancient sove-
reignties of the Continent into .his foot-ball. With
regard to the Prince of Wales, his Royal Highness
had proved that he lid possesse.l the social affections
in an eminent degree. • lir 1; S 8 li.s affection for his
father had been 'conspicuous—it had also been teem-,
;Ricci on the present oecasion, as Well as his love for
his sister the Princess Amelia. AU this proved that the
Prince had a good heart ; and' of no Prince, perhaps,
had the people of. England ever formed higher exrecta-
tions. He admitted. that the full powers of the Crown
Lad been always exercised by a Council united with
the Illgent. But as to Administrations, he .denied
that he had been an advocate for any of them in par.
denier. It had always been his desire to avoid and
particular -connection with party. But he must
say, that k was has dly possible for any Miniiters tO
avoid doing what the present Ministers had done. Ft
' had been
.objected to them, that they acted without
authority. But what eenld they do ? They had
wed as the Ministers in 17hS had done, and they
could not have done otherwise. They could not have
resigned in the present circumstances of the country.
An Honourable Gentleman had compared the Go-
vernment to a ship, with the Captain confined to his
cabin. But could the officers in such circumstances
abandon the ship ? Could Mr. Perceval, the pilot,
and the other• officers, in such a situation, have be-
taken-themselves to the long-boat, and abandOnedthe
ship ? Surely not: An Honourable Gentlenutn had

tp
talked of disresoectful terms in which the autha.
rides of the City of London had been spoken pf in
the House of Co►nntons, especially by Air. Canning.
But when that Court had presented petitions and ad•
dresses vilifying the Huuse oI Commons, how could
it be expected that Members of Parliament Should
treat them with respect? It was a - -ince ruo

forbeara.
much, perhaps, to be required of any body of men.
—lt had been decided now in the two Houses of Par-
liament, that the restrictions es to the Household
should be limited ; and he admiKed that, iu hls opi-
nion, to impose the whole of the restrictions uriginalfy
intended, would not have been adviseable. lle" was
not perfectly satisfied, therefore, either with the Re.
solution or`the 'Amendment ; but as he was driven to
yo* foi One' of them, ro would rather vote for the
Amendment, with a view to move theptevions ques-
tion upon it, if it should be carried.
Mr. Alderman WOOD, in explanation, remarked,
that he had not said as he had been / cresented. to have
-said by one of the Gentlemen who had spoke,.that the
Catholic question.mould be set at rest by the Prince
of Wales. He had only said, that the discontents of
the people of Ireland would probably be removed. by

the -Prince, and that a great accession Of strength
would probably by that means be gained by the ear pore.
Mr. Dixon maintained, that the worthy Aldermen
had expressly mentioned the emancipation of the Ca.
Mr..HIVOATZ stated, that,-considering the prero-
gatives of the Crown to be established as a ti list for
the benefit of the people, he thought these prerogatives
ought to be entire, whoever lud#l then; ; unks, trey
were useless, or liable in the hands of a Regent, to be
abused. As to the first case, he believed there never
Was a time when the power of the Crown ought to be
mere capable of activity. And as to the question of
abuse, he maintained thax the personal. chafacter„of
th .Prince—his constitutional knowledge aact conduct.
his piety to his father, independent of other
-considerations, was a complete security against that.
Let the mople assist the Prince in the arinous tuk
which be ,bad to perform, and he had nglithrubt bur
the Princely:mild do his duty towards the people. He
had taken. an oath to be faithful to the House of Ha-
nover, and that oath he would strict!), keep, whatever
might be the per niciousiconduct of a Jacobinical Mi-
nistry, such as the present. The Princes, be wits
happy to observe, had. unanimously determined to
lupport the '4lltrone, on the principles which bad given
it to the Hoarse of Hanover, in spite of the et arts
Which had been anade so overturn and he would
ill have discharged the du;iea W.hich lie bad that day
wont to perform, it he Lad acted otherwise than
he had done, in signing the Requisition which had-
been read to the Court. -
The RicORDZA read the Resolution and Amend-
mentat length, on the suggestion of Alderman Birch..
The Amendment was negatived by a very great
.majority.—The question
,on the original Resolution
_being then put,
Mr. Dircoir wished sincerely to preserve unanimity
on'so important a question. He thoug,ht tl4
- adequate to the;

....4c• preserve , interest;
Aka Crown and the rzists.sti the people, and did not
akie the least occasion for the iaterference of the Ca' al-
_ He therefore moved the previous question.
This was likewise negatived, and the original r.e.
'solution moves by Mr. Alderman Wood, carried by
large and decided a majority on the chew of hands,
. no division w.is called for.
A Committee, consisting of all the Aldermen pre-
sent, and a Common Councilman from each Ward,
were appointed to prepare the Petition and Address
'wo Houses, conformable to the Resolutions.
on was accordingly prepared and agreed to,
eis o'clock the Court adjotunedt . -

ft to the tw
The Petition
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MILITARY PROMOTION'S. Iqr
Cottimissi'ans in thi Royal Lancashire fifilithy s;gtie4
by the Lord Lieutenant,
24.1 Battalion,
hat to bt-aodr, der. to be lt mai:a. Dated Aug. t 5, 1110. d,
Ralph Wat.on, Gent. to be ditto. Dated Aug. viS, Ittln.
Robert Johnson Parker, Ger.t. to be ditto. bated Aug. ~:7,1110‘
• Ctiarles Oreeithead, Gent. to he ditto. Dated Scar. 27, 1%..2.
lamesWiuterbottom, Gent. to be ditto. Dated.oct. 14, 1111111
f!d Battalion. • •
John Ntaxtillet, Gent. to he Faisign. Dated Jane tg, Ihtg,
lenses Fla.borove, Gent. to he Llit:o. Dated Sept 20, 1 o 114
Win. Travers dem. to he tlei:ty Datt4l Nov. I, 161,1;
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Wigan Regiment of thcat
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BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
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at Len, at Cuil ihtll... •
Feb. 8. James Robinson end Christopher Robiraon, hf
pool, mereluuns, at el. ern at the eluhe Tavern, Lee..l
March 2. Robert Tippipg and George rleruing, Ltte e' 11•_tshen
Clough, near Gisborn, Venial:re, calico-printers, at teu, at .. a
Peace lun, Alastehester.
BANKRUPTS.
Jolift Lucktait, of PlYmouth, Devon, -terpenter krtt lrtuer, to
surrender Linuarr *94, and Feb. 19, at ten, at ti•lf I.entrner.
dal Inn, Plynteuth." Attortne4 Mr. John A.holthi,:r, MI. e,
'New•sqnare, Lineciln'elnn, London; er Uvorgo Cdryis.
don. Plymouth.
Rielutvd Billingson, of Cobri ige, Staffordshire, pottet,l aloe Rea
'barman, January 2.5, 24, and Feb 19, at twelve, at the kat.
hiak Jon, Newteaatle-under-Lyn:?. Aneroid, Mr. Batbt, .
Fetter-lane, London ; or Messrs. Mamas and Rub.rt k'eritons
Newcaetie-uuder-I.yme.
Nathaniel Grigg, of tlyillouth-Dock, Devon. tea-tiealer and dap&
man, January 82, Ys, and Feb. 19 at 'levee, at the F•mittale4
Tavern, Plymouth Dock. Attonicy, Mr. John Liworthy, of
lynitantb Dock.
Henry Hall EvN of Bath, -Somerset, gastry•renk, dbalet
e.hahman.Januery Iti, 17, and Feb. tu, at' ChNrII, at the 2u11..
' • Moon lan, Old Badge Attornies,'Mr.
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Bath.
Edward Celler, of Ingerslty, near Mactless,l,l, Cheshire, tots
ron-spinuer, dealer and chttpitian, January 19).19, atte Feb. 19,
at avo, at the Palace lun, Manchester. Atillnites, Mr. hailaeb
Ndgel, Queen-street, Matcheater; or Mr.-adze, Inner Tangs*
London. •
William Iteawortliy, late cf North-row, St. Jaotes's Mutely
Miilillewa, wine and brandy-nvereaant, January is, and
Februaryl9, at ten, atL uth.uall. Attorney, Mr. Lee, Clallsie
street, Hansom.
David Murray, of Pope's-Head-alley, London, inserance-broblets
dealer and cbapmau, fatioary 12, ie, tad 19, at ten, at
Gu:klkall. Attorney, Mr. Lane, I...wrence Putintney-liilly •
Cannon-street.
John Perryman the younger, late of Ot:try St. Mary, Detre!,
builder and titriber-tuLrchant, January 17, at throe, /anal r/
18, and February /9, at tea, at the Dolphiu hot, Honiton.-ms
Attortid,
,Mr. LUX metere; Red-Lion•spiare, Holborn, Ldne
don; or Mr. Gould, sloniton, Devon.
Thomas Leaver, of Piymoutli. Devon, merchant, dealer asid.
eltaprnan, January 19, 99. and Feb. 19, at tweive at Guildhall"
London. Attorney, Mr.. Rivers, Garliek•hill, London.
Nathaniel Conyer the younger, of :Lear-street, Gravehlarler
Southwark, Surrey, iron-fou neer, dealer and &apnea, J alma f
12, 19, ant& feb..l9, at eleven, at Guiltlail. Attorney, MM.
Cerbett, No. 2, iield-cautt, Gray's-Inn, London.
Et yard Burford, 41.. of the Bast India ship Chariton, bat tiler
of Patriot-teem,- Bethuat-Gretn, Middlesex, n.orebant, dealer
and chap:nab, January 16, 23, atitiltOruart 19, at Mats, OS
Attoruey, I.ang, Ainerica-squarc.
Thomas Laughtan, ot Ford, :4/lido:it-Lox, and al Barnet. Cottie
awn, Hera, merchant, brictialter, dealer and chapmen, J.
9,at fit:sedan. 21, at u;even, and Feb. 19, at ten, at Guildhall.
Attnrnitts, Messr2.l'enter, Tomlinson and *Chumson, Copthull•
WW2, Thregotonort-ere et.
Shaektied Williams. Late of Osweetry, lop, deals:. end chapatti,
January 1.5, and ketruvy 19, at sun, az hie Cross Key*,
Osweitry. Attorney, M 7. Thomas 1.. oswe,..Cy.
Thomas Bentley and Ebentiek Alex. W Litt, of Fenthureli-strette
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at *eleven, and Feb, 19, attan, at.eutitiLaM. Attotniei, hiLaars.
-Kflitshire, taltun. spit, West, (11d-lirnal-.:tear, Louden.
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. erJer and claemart, Jan. tit, 19, tad Feb. 19, 4 elvstry ac
Attornies, Messrs. Pitchers autlSasup.ots, et.iesi•
tislitSs-loste,

t ice :'..arts, of Sw add MiUL Burshfit td, Berke, raper-maker,
Jan. 12, at ten. 19, it twelve, avd teb. 19, a: ono, at, Guakiltell.
Atturniea, Mr. • aurd,rs,•itauling; or Mr, Hulniei, 25, Great
James-street, lledlurl.ruw, Lopuot..
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Fe S. U., at ten, at Guitaikall. 'Attorney, Air. Stuith, No. 44,
'l`uketthaasil yard, Loadvn.
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at the 'Termite lon,. Sh‘field.—James Makettam, of Upper
Thames-street, London, ehetuemonger, January 49, at one, at
Guildhall.— l'homai, Magnus, William, and John E'ea, of
Tilreadneed:e•streer, London, ?nd Join Ft*, of Kinusion-upon.
Hull, February I, at eleven, at tho Dog and Duck Tavern, Scale.,
bine nerdy, of Bow Comtuou,
Idaidlesex, soap-tuaker, January 28, :t twelve, at Guildhall.

The highestsommendations, universally bestowed by She Da.
marcas *fume of Nubility and Oval ry, ou the unremitting ex.
.ertiors of the ceiebrated PoLito, at his Royal Menagerie, Laeirr
'change, who, by his unwearied attention, hat prnareed at et
enornmus caper:cc, an entire new 4shibition, containing a greeter
variety of living curiosities than ever was'before known at any
one place in the, Wot hi. His Forest of Liens, Royal Tigers,
Leopards, liycria, Japers, anti other ferocious animak is troiy
grand. 'the amazing sagacity and ise of the Elephant and RM.
'tweet's erc‘..ed &scrip:ion. 'gibe beauty anti symmetry of the
Zeta/rani Kangaroo, tuge.hcr with the Infinite and splendid at-
oratblage of Birds, amongst which is the great African Ocrich,
eleern fret higit, most certainly afford the alatirers of Nrurr's
choicest prialuetions the richest opportunity ever cifered,or ouula
poseblylie expected.

IIIIIrlli."irm""""'wm""41"'"'
*so thisetrusral their sew converts. —(di
Re niii.tht trust to them so husk as he had . power in
bands ; but so snon as they sitw his power