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

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potnted emit aimiliptarr iidaestv to the comforts
or splendour of the Kings but only of the Queen,
elan is no pert of the Executive. These Officers
of the Househeld, it' must also be kept in mind,
must all have appointments and emoluments suit-
able to the rank and stations which they respectively
fill. The sp.endour attendant on them must cost
the nation a very large ssm of money.; and he
thought, that at a time when the pressure upon the
people was so very heavy, any establishment or bur-
then which could he dispensed with, (eight sedulously
to be avoi.ted. What, he asked, could he the object
of this n:easure? The Right Honourable Gentleman
says, it is respect for his Majesty, in the first place ;
and in the next security for his return to power,
should he soon recover. Surely, respect and secu-
rity might be both secured by a less expensive pro-
cess. 'I. he committing the ciectody of his Majesty's
person
to the care of the Queer' shews the so-much-
• wished-for respect ; and it can scarcely be supposed
that those Officers of the Household can add much,
if any thing to the security, while her Majesty is to
}have all the power of governing the Household.—
Besides, those Officer' now to be appointed with the
censent and approbation of the House might hereaf.
ter be changed ; and then the security, if any, would
pass into ocher hands. , The Right Honourable Gen-
tleman had alluded to the delicacy of the case ; but,
fur his part, he did not see why the House shotild
suppose that the Queen would, in any case respecting
his Majesty, act. with more delicacy than the Prince
of Wales would. He had, h9wever, an objection to
those Officers still greater than those he bad mention-
' ed. There could be.no doubt in the mind of any one
of their being men of great political influence ; and
surely, if in times like the present, of danger and diffi-
culty, if necessary, that influence and the splendour
attached to their situation ought to be given to the
Regent. in preference to any other person whatever.
He would have all these dangers and difficulties to
encounter—he must stem the force of every torrent,
however violent, which might set in against the safety
and interests of the Empire; and, therefore, all the
powers, both of attack and defence, which may be
necessary to render him equal to the task and 'duty
assigned, ought by every means to be strengthened,
and not enfeebled. The House had of late years had
occasion to listen to many arguments on the influence
of the Crown ; and he begged them to recollect, that
in all those, the present servants of the Crown, the
Right Honourable Gentleman opposite to him had
uniformly maintained, that the influence of the Crown
was not more than was absolutely necessary for carry-
ing on, with effect, the high and important concerns
entrusted to it. With what confidence then could these
Gentlemen propose to appoint the Prince of Wales to
the of ceof Regent, and, as they say, a trustee for all the
powers ofthe King, and at the same time refuse to him or
L strip him of that influence, and those prerogatives,
without which the King himself could not preserve
those powers f The Prince ought unquestionably to
possess all those prerogatives and all that fair influ-
ence which belonged to the King, whose place he is
to fill, and whose duties he is to perform. They were
' given by the Cnnstitutinn for the mutual benefit of
the King and the people; and the expence attendant
, on them was always cheerfully submitted to, because
it was deemed the price we pay for our political
liberty ; and all and every of them should be be-
. stowed on the Prince, at the time when lie is placed
in so Ruinous and important a station as that of Re-
gent. Regenclei in every country have been the
tunes when into ignes and factions have most flourished;
and such being thecase, the House ought not to think
of weakening any of those prerogatives or powers
belonging to the Crown which have always been ac-
• knowledged necessary for its security and preserva-
tion. For all these reasons, he should conclude by
moving an amendment to the first resolution, by
lcleaving out all the words which contained the re-
striction.

Mr. CANNING, after the able and perspicuous
manner in which his. Right Honourable Friend had
laid down the question, had been anxious to state as
early as possible, and before the minds were agitated
by the clamour of protracted debate, the grounds on
which he differed from him. He had, however, given
way to his Honourable Friend (Mr.. Lambe) to whom
he might now give that appellation in its parliamen-
tary sense, as he perfectly coincided in opinion with
him. He thought the House was now arrived at that
point where authority ceases and discretion begins.—
When he said the point at which authority ceases, he
meant, that authority failed the House technically,
as a parliamentary authority, able to give sanction to
the deeds of the two Houses. It had been said in a
former night's debate, that in a case of that kind the
revived authority of the King had told back on what
load been done during the suspension of his agency,
nd had, by a retractive power, given validity to
lawyer had. been dime during that suspension.—
'h tt doctrine he would deny; nor would it be said
it, in denying it, he had any Parliamentary audio.
ty ;against him. In fact, all the time that the Re-
ncy Bill was lingering in the-House, amendments
n amendments were proposed, and one about the
tractions to be put on'the Regent's powers, was even
when the Bill was actually in the Speaker's
and. It had not been passed by the Upper House,
nd could not of course be considered in any point of
new as forming a Parligenentary precedent. The dif-
erence in the times called also for mature eonsidera.
on, but what he had to offer on the subject he would
eserve for another part of his speech, and proceed
to state the situation in which the House appeared
to him to/ stand. They were assembled to supply
the deficiency of the Executive power, and svhe.
eaer the Prince was invested with snflicient autho-
rity to fulfil that purpose, with or without restric-
ti-ns, there was no doubt, no possibility that he
uould be considered 'in any other light than as a
trustee to his Majesty. The protracted debates, on
this subject,. had produced diet advantage, that it
was impossible to mistake the intentions of the
Douse, and the conditions on which such a power
was granted. But in defining the authority they
sv,:re thus about to entrust to the Regent, he would
not adopt his Honourable Friend's opinion; he
011:t1 not admit the distinction between the power
necessary
.to. carry on -the war, and that which was
inilispensible for the internal government of the
eustry. These two ways in which the Royal
Authority acted, were not to be separated; and even
carrying in the war, it was not by solitary and.
unconnected acts that the Executive Government
puucopally acted, but by its influence and isupies-