The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-12-20 00:00:00

tee. To pr :eel as the Nobic Lord had intimated,
by a legislative measure, was, ho contended, cbn.
trary to the Constitution, inasmuch as they ought
.lest to supply a third estate, the exercise of the
authority of whith was now unhappily suspended.
To supply this defect in the personal exercise of tbb
Royal Authority, at a crisis like the present, not
n•natnent ought to be lost. He trusted that (beit
_Lordships would consider the subject with the most
easiest; attention, and that the course which the
Constitetieo pointed out would not in this instance
b • departed from, to the great and essential injury
of the Monarchy. His Lordship concluded, by
moving, that the Lords be summoned for to-morrow.
Lord GRENVILLE rose, and observed, that
be thought his Noble Friend (Lord Spencer) was
by no means premature in the observations which he
bad submitted to the House. He differed indeed
with him on some points, and as it was -probable
• that he might bo absent to-morrow, lie was agxiuus
to take the present cpportonity of stating what
were the leading sentiments of his own mind on this
inciq important and interesting occasion. The
House had now to proceed to the discharge of a
most solemn duty—One which be must still contend
they ought to have discharged at a much earlier pe.
sled, if, as be much .feared, the representations
which had gone abroad, should be confirmed by the
IRepert of the Committee, then, after establishing
on the Journals of the House the fact of that ca.
larnity with which the kingdom is visited, there
would be, as the Noble Earl opposite (Liver.
pool) had justly said, two questions perfectly
distinct in their nature submitted to their con.
aideration, The first was, as to the right and
duty of the two Houses, representing the Estates
of the Realm, to proceed to supply the defect in
the exercise of the Royal Authority ; and the se.
ennd related to that course of proceeding witch it
might be deemed expedient to adopt, founded upon
the previous decision of the urst. And before he
went farther, he begged leave to correct an error
Into which his Noble Friend, he was sure inadvert.
wady, hid fallen, in calling the Sovereign Power of
this country the Third Estate of the Heahn. He had
beard this expres,ion with the More colleen), for it
was in error which was too prevalent, and %chid',
ill his opinion, had a tendency to misrepresent ;Lid
degrade the Slunarchy. The Nobility, the Clergy,
and the Commons, represented in Parliaments were
Viz Three Estates of the Realm,• and the subjects of
the Sovereign Head, the King. 'ric Noble Earl
(tiverp col) hail (Whited to give any statement, or
to describe a general outline of those subsequent
measures which it was the intention of Ministers to
propose in the present critical exigency of public
affairs. His noble Friend conceived the day fixed
on by that Subic Earl too distant, awl creative of-
tionceetetary delay. But although he thought, and
must ever think, that the time which had been
already suffered to elapse was connected with most
Culpable omissionwith a dereliction of their
duties, and almost a breach of the allegiance
which they owed their Sovereign, be was nut pre-
pared to say, that the intervention of 4 few days be-
tween receiving the Report, and taking it into coml.
deration, was not necessary to give both dignity and
efficacy to their deliberations. He was sure that
the Report ought to be attentively read, and ma.
Purely considered, before Noble Lords made up
their minds to the adoption of any measure founded
upon that Report, and arising out of the evidence
detailed in it. With respect to the course which,
lifter recording the fact of the suspension of the Ex..
ventive Authors!" on their Juhroals, it would be in.
aolibeticon that House to pursue, it was with paiu '
th it he found himself unable to concur with his
Noble Friend. But notwithstanding those feel-
ings, of which lie was always sensible on differing
with him, every principle of duty, and every sug.
ge,tion of reason, united to impose on him that
disagreeable necessity, and impelled him to de.
dlare his dissent from the doctrine which his No-
ble Friend had promulgated. More than twenty
yens l4d now passed •since that period when
Is‘t aria stated his sentiments on this momentous
• question—many of them be had passed amid the
lire cares of public life, and others he htid spent
in, he tin tal, not indolent retirement. lie lead
a flee often and deeply considered the opinions
which 100 had then avowed, he had retailed
them as affecting every possible situation of
peblic affairs, and brought to their review all
the aid which the light Of reading and research
could afford him. Thu result of this reiterated and
unwearied application of his attention served net
merely to confirm, but to strengthen to the utmost
degree what had then been the persuasiun of his en.l
derataudiug. lie belisived lie poss,:ssed stifiielent
matilintes to be superior to the fake evil; of obsti.
aately adhering to opinions which he was conscious'
had been refuted or diliprUltel Nib * infIUOICC
eprillll4ll from recollections of this ,nature—nu
bias shuns from spatting (and he should be un.
worthy of the name of man were ho insensible
of such an 'atrettiue) to the, memory of his de.
p.a.( ed. Mal,
svisho conducted the prepnlent of
1752, would operate to deter blue from openly
roa.tcting an erroneous sentiment, and from con.
feisiag the change which hail Liken piece in.the
honest Piny:ellen of his tnin4 hail sock a 'chance
actually happeood. Every aratinsent, however,
which he hat) heard, atilt heeded to convince him
• that it was by Lrgislative provision only, that soy
steps could be taketa fur supplying the .ilefect of the.
Jtoyal4.atlicsitys what: ever such defect was regu.
lofty authentieosod to exist. It we, an essential
ptinciple of the Constitution, flog the politiesl ca.
parity of the Crown was always 'Mire, and he
could not perceive, by what eunstitntional radially
two Houses of Parliament could do any
.act what-
ever without the coocorrenee and exercise of that
capacity. This be felt himself bowel to declare as
Ycer of Perliamenei faithflally disOharging the dhtf •
sishielt he owed to his Suvereigo and his Coontry.—
a duty whirls he sioierrely regretted must cost hiin•
the pant of disagreeing with his Noble Friend. (In'
"eiwthet Point, however, he fully concurred with Idiot;
)11 disapproving awl Condemning any int% tic's on the
part of Minisitill of ago ending the proceeding in that
House, until those of- Ilse other Ilous9 had. been-,
brought toany particular stage, or until some-contateskE
'meet ion had been received from it. He would nut, bst;l,
deed, on the grounds which be had before state& lasol
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