Star.
London, England, 1811-01-07 00:00:00

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sow.to inthihie such complisency ? For how corn,
pletely in every part did the proceedings of this night
verify his predictions of a. former night, if the plan
then recommended by him was not adopted ?—(iftar,
hear,)—)gut he could not in his countenance exhibit
such complacency, for he was incapable of feeling it
in his heart. —Vitae, hear.)-,- He felt for the situation
in which the cbuntry was placed, in consequence of
the novel and unconstitutional mode of poceeding
whi:h the two Houses had adopted. The dilemma
to which the House was now reduced-41)e emergency
in consequence of which they were now called on to
provide the means of authorising the Issues of Public
Money for the Naval and-Military service's of the
coontry.....the necessity which was now pleaded as an
excuse for the two Houses of Parliament assuming to
themselves the exercise of the Royal Functions—he
had warned the House, must sooner or later occur,
and must assuredly overtake them before they had
supplied the deficiency in the Executive Power, if
they did not adopt the coarse he had pointed out.
That course his Noble and Learned Friend had now
conjured them to revert to. He (Lord Holland)
most fervently concurred in that recommendation.
By gdhering to the plan they had first adopted, they
could only tun farther into error ; and necessity would
be pleaded upon the back of necessity, till at length
the assumption of the power of the King would be-
come with them it thing of course—a matter of every
day's practice,
" The fattest goes, and goes astray,
" Still farther rum from the right way."
The wording of the Readdtiost:te conceived to be
extremely objectionablea• The term" command" was
one which had never...bete used, even by the Long
Parliament, till the very moment when they were
about .to deprive the King entirely of his Sovereign
Authority. - By addressing the Prince of Wales to
take on himself the management of the Military and'
Naval Affairs of the country, and also to order the
issues of the public money for the service of the State,
even till their Bill should pass, if the Houses of Par.
Lament were resolved to proceed in that manner, all
such diflictilties as the present would be guarded
against, and he conjured the House to adopt this
triode of poceeding.

Earl ROSSLYN begged to call the attention of
their Lordships only to-one circumstance which bad
not yet been remarked on, namely, that they were
called on by the present Resolution to go infinitely
beyond the object avowed '.by the Noble Secretary ;
for, instead of the 'Resolution being confined to the
sums in the Appropriation Act alone, it comprehend-
ed the three millions granted by the vote of credit
also. Were_their Lordships, then, without even apy
alledged necessity; to put this sum at the disposal of
Ministers, thereby superseding to that extent the au-
thority of the Sovereign, in the event of rpeovery, oyes.
a sum confided by Parliameip to his Rafid disoretke2

The Earl of LIVERPOOL explained, that the
posal of any part of this Ina was, by _she Reaolation,
confined to the services of thErnavy, army, and ord-
nance, to deficiencies arising in Which services it was
customary at this season of the year to apply any parr
of the Vote of Credit which remained undisposed of.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE concurred in this
as being the customary mode of. proceeeling. He
tboaght, however, that the ;wo Houses of Parliament
could not be called oft.to:go beyond the actual neces-
sity of the case, and frown the documents on the table,
it appeared that the immediate necessity, being all
which their Lordships could now be called en to pro-
vide for, amounted only to an issue to the order of
81,000,000 or 4500,000, for each of the two services.
He should move an amendment restricting it to this
sum.

The Earl of LAUDERDALE could not .conceive
that the authority for making the issues for the naval
and military services should be limited to th• period
when the deficiency in the royal authority should be
supplied alone, but should contemplate the recovery
of his Majesty also. He should thefefore move an
amendment to that effect.

Lot 4 HOLLAND said, he should also nn the Re.
port move as an amendment, that the word 4, Com-
mand" in the Resolution be changed into the word
4, Order: it being his wish that this Amendment
should appear on the Journals.
The Resolution was then put and agreed to.
On bringing up the Report. the .Amendments of
the Marquis of . Lansdowne, and of Lords laulland
and Lauderdale, were severallt put and negatiCed
without a division. The Report was agreed to with-
out any Amendment, and a Message was ordCred to
be sent to the,Commons, requesting a conference on'
Cte subject of the said Resolution.
Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition froth the'
Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation of the Boronghj
of Nottingham, praying that the Prince-of Wales,
might be Appointed Regent without any lituitatiOn Qt
rtstricticn.—Ordered to lie on the table. ' t,
Ailic,urced till Monday (dais day).