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P.littliitigi" PROCEEDINGS.

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HOUSE' OF. LORDS, bECEMBER 17.
nit LORD CHANCELLOR rook his seai on
the 'Woolsack abort the usual hour, and several Peers
attended. No proceedings took place, nor was any
onnutnication made fro& the sekinittee appointed
so examine the Physicians attending his Majesty; and
;heir Lordships adjourned till Wednesday.
The Lords Committees made considerable pro-
gress in their examination of the Royal Physicians
erday, and sat till rather late in the evening. The
loet, it is expected, will be in readiness, and pre-
sented to the House on Wednesday. •

HOUSE OP COMMONS.
Mr. PUNDAS, u Chairman of the Committee
sppointed by the House on Thursday last, to exa-
mine his Majesty's Physicians respecting the state of
his majesty's health, brought up the Report of the
std Committee..
On the Clerk's proceeding to read the Report, it
was.moved by Mr. Dumas, and Seconded by Mr.
TIERNEY, that the same should not be read.—
Agreed to. It was then first moied, " That the Re-
port should lie ob the table, and afterwards that it
should be printed,"—Zoth whirk were successively
agreed to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
-vied, that be bad proposed at their last meeting that
the Report of. the Committee appointed to examine
his Majesty's Pity:id:l4ns, ishould be given in to the
House this day, and that a Call of the House should
tike place on Wednesday, whc:n the Report was to
be taken into their consideration. On considering,.
however, the length of time that must necessarily be
taken up in printing•the Report, he had since thought
that the House would hardly have sufficient time to

examine it before Wednesday, and as there would be
a certainty of every thing being ready in time to al-
low of sufficient consideration previous to Thursday,
he wotrld therefore move, " That the House shbuld be
called over on Thursday, and that it should form
itself into a Committee on the State of the Nation."—
He would then propose to the House the three preli-
minary Resolutions proposed in 1788 :

Ist, That do account of his Majesty's Indisposition he was
unable to discharge the duties of the Kingly Office.
?.(1, That it was the duty of the House to see that the Kingly
eincehe properly tillal.—And
341, That it was necessary to provide for the proper discharge
c the same by way of a Bill, to parkthrough both Houses
c:Parliatnent.

He considered it indispensibly necessary for both
Houses to be made acquainted with the opinion's .6f
each other, before he could submit to either the mode
of proceeding which he might deem necessary. He
viotlld then submit to the douse what he conceived
to be a proper outline of that proceeding; and he en-
treated the House that they would not in the mean
time consider it as disrespectful.that4in dfct not give
no ice of what he should then bring fotward':.:'
On the Speaker puttinrebv question, that the
li House be called over on Thursday next,

Mr. PONSONEY said, that he was obliged to the
thancellor of the Exchequer for the communication
of the Resolutions which he meant to move onThurs.
il?y. He felt it, however, to be his duty to inform
the House at present what were his sentiments on
these Resolutions. As to the first proposition moved
y the Right Honoarable Gentleman, he believed
ere could be no difference of opinion. With respect
to the second, there might- be some diffefence, but for
his own part, he was not disposed to offer any argu-
ments againit it. With regard to the third,hoWever,
he felt it his duty to state, that it should meet from
kim with the most strenuous opposition. As the
RightHonourableGentlernan, however, did not think
proper to explain the particulars of his Bill at present,.'l
which
would he at present state the grounds on'
'which he meant to oppose it. He could not help
thinking that the proceeding which the Right Ho•
it curable Gentleman meant tti adopt could not be
'Maintained without degrading the dignity of th*
tingly Office.
Mr. SHERIDAN wished that the Chancellor II
the Exchequer should., in the interval Which would
'elapse before Thursday, take into his consideration
what he had this night stated to the House. The
tight Honourable Gentleman leaves out all the cir-
tumstances in which the present period differs from
1786, There was another method for the considera-
tion of the House, much more constitutional and safe
Oan the one which the Minister has proposed. The
tight Honourable Gentleman cannot surely have
!mown all the debates which took place in 1/88. In
the patty heat of those days, many things were said,
and much was done, with which he cannot well be
ocquainted. He cannot surely have considered the
later which the Prince of Wales thought proper to
write on that occasion, a letter which does the high-
tst liwour to the princely heart, and 'which 'contains
Inge:news, all of which in his opinion were wan.
avarabi:!. In the first two objects of the Resolutions
14repcsed by the Right Honourable Gentleman, he.
:11 no doubt all would agree ; but in endeavouring
I° supply that deficiency, with every security for his
1. lajesty's safety, there were two modes of proceed-
Flag ; and he believed; that the mode which he should
Pter.ose was both plainer And better than that propos.
*4l by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There war
li ;recede:it, which since the Union with Ireland it
teas equally proper for this House to look up to, the
)rece:.ent of the Irish Parliament in 1788, which
'voted an address to the Prince, that he would be
pleased to take upon him the Regency, and express,
jai; the confident cf both Houses of Parliament; that'
the Prince would consent to such resolutions and li.
saitations as to these Houses should seem Meet Ha
"0-1 d propose to the House the precedent of the Re.
tr..olution, *hen the Cron was offered to Ring Wit.l
Baru on his declaration, that he would accompany the
eaereign power with such litnitations as might be
judged necessary for the security of the subject. This
mode was adopted by the best patriots of the day, and
Ivas not such a mode of proceeding fully sufficient
for the rights and liberties of the subject t! The Right
Honourable Gentleman will in adopting it attain his
object with the cordial and unanimous ctesent of all
parties, without degradation of the kingly power, and
without throwing any reflections on a Prince descry-
'di). dear to the nations
Mr. STEWART made an observation, which was
IparceV male in the gallery ; but Ws undetitood
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