The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-12-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL

novss OF LORI

STATE aw ___., •A TIM.
Aiwa half-past four licleck; Earl sCorrals~ iort4ilPiikhkut
a she Council, entered the House. The atteiblarne of the'
rc„„ wag pretty fun, and his Lordship irusuerlialelp MU opera
t!,, table the Report of the Cousrlitree op toesousioe
,ye ttoy!il rlvisiciont,tossehlogthe state of =MO besdth.
jo.ch, beau= first rued short bj the Utak. was erased to he
isolool for the used their Lorchitsple_
Lord HOLLAND rose.- Ile was ilidueed„ ho
la, by a strong seuse, of publioduayi when hi,
considered the momentost and critical situation in
which the
i la shi
ectl swi try w 4was- ,tweed, to address. that.
I,
with -res.
tame° to the
,gencral sobler Tiligirikailo
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unlit have more regulaily .to discpss.: ros tere-ve"
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of these critical and momentous ciecewittfolltbeitlo
.could have to put some questions, witTeib eirack
Lim to be of the greatest 'importilitias tothrise Urhili,
at this ;Arlen' Of unhappy calamity, ware, the. (till,
cid directors of his Majesty's Gueernsipiii, Thuisi,
questions necessarily arose out of flypasts& of pr 0.,.,
4:aling which those Minister's lied deilairea their in:
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tetanal' to adopt, and-they-related tq point' %vitt&
would evince to all their Lordships then ecipelii
there eras for their ounaing to the most speedy,
_nett
Et immediate, decilluti if it ,wets possible spun dial
great questielo Pendisgfliefureroth Houses, It was
nut, husevet,' his in tentiott to press thus questions' in
soy hoalifit POttleef vieviwa.butinertdy to state *hat
vointS *CAM id' his rebid, call ftwanintmediate tied;
ion, and on WhfCh,they would anaider whether or
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oat, with safety o the pubtie service, a decision OR.
lath Wort i.oultii be any longer postponed. Ho
woad led beg leave to *my a very few words as Se
de mode if proceeding which the Noble Secretary,
of Slate had declared ti was the intending of Wale.
tens to propane In that House oa Thursday nelti....
They were to ittinhit to the consideration of the
}fosse three itesidutious, which were agreed tby i
both Boone la 17118: Ott the first of those, un-
fantasists:ly, there was sot the stnallest hope of any
diftreace of opinion taking plass. The second
related VS the right, which was supposed by some to
devolve, lit *oath drcemstanceo, upon the Houses
of Patlidivent. Upon this proposition, it was his
intettliort to move the previous question. But, with.
respect tothe third Resolution, which went practi- .
tally to recommend the mode of proceeding by Bill,.
and Mai therefore the more especially worthy of the
must serious attention of their Lordships, a Noble
Friend of We hadoisasAsotice of his determination
to vrohnitla an Amendment, subs shout anent{:
tattoo!, as Address to hte. aoyat ,ifighneis the
Prince. ca Wales, to balsa ilitiits 4iiint:tite Civil an&
Military AdininistratiOW of the 'Otietcument. 'r hit
Amendment woidd'therefirtiliil rethogenntion of .
preference 'bet ween- the lido' tflrigeocCeitiqg;
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by hill or by Adder*: 'Chide id* , :Dili wisiso,
embrace a variety. of iievtioOS:' make 'Or less ref;:o,..
ring to thettendimental principlei 'oribe Cenitit
Lien. Not4ittittatuling 1114 great dilfereneeS of opt
Dion entertained as to the preferable anode, or .pni.,:
ending by Address, or by whit area 'ealledloty
Bill, and the different .oPinicitii'iniertiltied by a
ilile Friettd; then ilisisal;„: Yin:, , ilo citestieetiosente
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and nullturititri hi tositect vu' -401 V prettiest!
and cortliel,'he felt it ticenthylit,On-hito to.liecia'res.
that iu every ,sett fie Whii-at#o to eihe of 'the 'sob.
ject, it appealed to him; With referetts, the ge:
swine prineiplei of the Cuti,titutiops:to'bel,ittortyi
ispussible to pcoeeed in dui other wititl#,h : the
mode of Ad rte. Yeti, -besides .th ' st, . .'
then, it was very rittoi that thittll loli Or.
lei*
rule, for the guidance' 'di. thactleesrurt isfoistfbe
bold by many Noble L.drds,* tititi'brAiiiiiiitilbsied.,
and' occurate • undelstandings, , netiiii „ Ithat'Atir
votes dust be decided by the p -stile y.iiiil
reireij
public .
series. They were all 'ail
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,tittk,Ft Was
necessary to supply the deficieney wittch itivtlipike)
existed alto the peribititeXerdav Of the 'Rufal *lO-..-
thority; in vitstrinc thll4 it nontliii.be loweridetii
M eers their' isarstellip. AVatinaidee `the -Safi difference'
a eireuutstasees between the preseht period awd
net of 17111. At that perielieoeit &Bite of conduct
may be pursued tiettiiit flopiki, g the haiiliara.
or the safety or lili IllitatZtila, such a perilous
mills as the prnilliti • '; . Precedent to 'his
fatly acted eppe, it NO Wad liiii# *id lit the eoun._
try at the feet of the 1111141.. It MU Shit ioesidera.r
toot so strongly trttiAap apes ibis mind, that is.'
theta him to pus, the reviles he fat about to the
,40bte lomdv.eppwillte. They ill deterred,and es..
seatially, .10 Characters% state ant safetyof the couu.
try. In putting these questions, he was actuattxf
by no party spirit:, but solely by a sense of public'
tlety. let the ant place, with regard to the case efi
Sweden, it itanyeserat.opinion, that were hoed.,
Wks committed evilest this country by that, or by
any Power, that such -hostilities could not be ;
by counter hostilities without a previolis decia
fondle')
of war, or a solemn preclantation setting
motives fur hostile proceedings on the part of this.i
eouttry, fle should wish to kno* what line of!
conduct wotsid be pursued in such a case, ender the
tlispen,tou Of the exercise of the R,oyal Authority.
I.! say tie !Old that Mtnisters acted upon their re-
sponsibility 'us the necessity of the case, but in the
present circumstances of the country, he thought
that species of responsibility. a great evil to the
State. He well remembered the fatal consequences'
of stretching the doctrine of tieeinsisy too far, as in
the case of the important question of thiP-nrtlir,
%here the Ling was advised "-that 4:..w.ai,, ..
sole judge of the necessity et a 'titic--77/ ..
'lest question respected the recent intwve
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from South America, espiciallY frosts BiteOli.
Ayres, which obviously required Soteer.itapiir-
taut • steps to be takes, either with reference 'to,
to tlie common cause xf liberty, ortitie, gepete,lrtsig-t.
rests of huthaoity. bother p nisi point itaa y p
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