The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-30 00:00:00

who.exeriise the Executive Functiiinsu4fet.
tered by the decision. of .yftur Lordships and the'
Wirer estate of the reefeyon4, at
,it now appears,
ledepeudeel of the will or 'pellet% of your Suer.
reign. [ filar I hear Stucli being my feelings upon
that part of the anhjeett it. was with reluctance that

I give my acquiescence to Alte motion foe adjourn.
aunt on a former oceasiim--to do so this night;
my conscience tells me would be a base dereliction
of my duly. 'But, my Lords, they deceive you
when they Xll pis that you are 614 night to decide
upon this 1490 under the same ctrrotostanees

'der width yea en the last occasion acceded to the
last tldjournment. This was tfie main part of the
.argutnesi et the Noble Loyd who has now iiroposed
a simliar isetmite, ditit L denyliti 'propriety
• I conterld"iiiir otatetiilly 7 o,Ciittnt,
'inisioaioh as we are saw in possession of that nf
h&b. sse wore then uninformed, namely, the ineapa.

city of Lite Sovereign to meet or communicate •__ with

his Parliament. his true chat an individual in this

H.ouse, most deservedly high in station and talents,
did, as a witness filly the report of others, convey
something of the kind ; but not in such a .way as,
upon any principle of law or the Constitution,
could be considered, by your Lordships a conclusive
evidence upon which to found any ulterior pro.
reeding. I argued then as 1 argue now, and there
was at that time no objection made, that before this
House could proceed to do any one act, assembled
as it was under such staicting circumstances, it
must have essabltstsed the personal incapacity of the.,
King. lice* stand we at this moment ? The No.'
ble Lord opposite says, we arc n.ow arrived at the
fact wpon which we are at liberty to exercise our dis.
cretion. I deny it. We aro in possession of no fact
by means which your Lordship can constitutionally
recognize. But thee we are in possession of infor.
'nation, imparted. to us by the examation of his Ala.
jesty's Physiciaus by the Privy Council. The Privy
Counciichow contested/ Conecned, spy Lords, with.,
out the 'consent, the ktrowkage, tile summons of
the 'King. [fkar, hear If such doctrine .at
this is to he tolerated in this house, I must Berl
that your Lordships would afford your sanction
•to principles most, hostile to those upon which
the Monarchy stand, and which, though not re.
publican, lead at once to the establishment of the
pi ost odiods Aristocracy. In the Stales of the
Healm alone is fixed the power ; and even they can.
out stir a step= much less, abdicate their functions,
until they shall have establed,oe their own X.ousnals,
that incapacity. ;cern that point is ascertaioad
yon
.1111111 no discretion to cauteise. Withal.;
lekthilkii. neither right nor power toact at all.—'
"tan ate letteted* by the authority, • every 'lairs
and the Influence of every COnstjtuttetuti principle:
.11eitgrientingthat your Lordships were at liberty
to, exercise'.yeur discretiOn in 'the absence of
that neeesserld, consiilor the situation in which
Lyste.stand. -Noble Lord milli) upon you to ex.
crime your discretion withuitt exatbiniitg I.". those.'
circitidstance*, withonea knowledge of which k is
int p intsible f your.LordS hips- to deed any discretion.
it all But they tell ns that theroexists two tniterial
reasons fur coneurrlngwith their present proposition,
first, ileatrtherchis taken plaCe since'the Outman:cc..
'tient df the King's inn*, 'a Mateti'al amendinent in
histisorder; and secondly, that it has nut been of
is long duration as it was when The States of -the'
R,ealitt before priseeeded to ttipply
,the deficiency, in
the• exercise of the KtieglY- functions: 'of eitette
recta's's* -depeededs utson's by the risible Lords,
deny 'that this Houie possesses iagal, or ronsti..
Antioletil knOtelecfgo,.' -11ihyV that the'.t'civy coon.
'ell, which viatteired ite'esaXesn'eh a coMunanication
to the; Outiotry, ited'eti patlestiona, concerning
the capacity or incattecity eir &wedge, or his-
*robable atneodinetits have exceActi all their due
potitn.sx end usurpl an authority which did nut
belong to them. They have dune so in the teeth of
the precedent of 1789. When 1 first heard such
questions pot, I was struck with wonder es to the
inotires which could have induced them to pursue
such a course, I confess, my -Lords, I did then
little eiPect that it was inteuded; as I flow see it
-was, siereptitiously.to beg d ground, for this. pro-
ceeding. But at all molts, I sin convinced,
that • these are points which,' foe this House. to
know, it must itself exsinine.• ft is a course upheld
by every analogy of reashhinL andofiaw, :not to
• pass judgment upon faces without yoneselles having
examined into the nature of the ovidence upon which
they rest. Lot admitting that the reporkciliofor.
!nation were. duly Itetuke the firtuie„ let every man,
my Lords;
,itho refers, ltishand upon his heart,
and state the judgmenfto which, upon suoh grounds,
he. can form.. God knows there is tiotimongst the.
affectionatetitNeets or my .Sovereige an individuals
who snore unfeignedly sympathizes In Sufferings;
•
or Would more -sincerely teal eiie in kis restoration r
but' must say, that of the Report that 103 been rett4,
thrc is nothing. positive. 'or conclusive in' the tern es;
either as they !Fere asked-Or sees were& The Introdue.
tiros of the word, V amendment" is merely relative.
Ito. are not toU Of Any itinueedencitt within'atti slie-
cified or prOdatile time. Their is icit, my L9rOff
Within th 4 kingdom, •to be found, PA. ordinary
Magistrate w,.1i0• would set upon liiffirination
such solaituer cotettounicated, w theta first' ascer-
taining the fact upon •feill aid propel' grounds of.
evidence. But even though, it were true and po-
sitive, 'lt teas, not, been ascertained by ;out Lewd-
Ship!, bett yy 4'Privy Canuc.l ' whose "very
priuci-
phis of action were in contradiction -to,. tke spirit
-and priariplei the constitution. Woo if it
'should also be. the pace, that insch.Coencil sloth
-
misty coefined , thernsaves to a poly exieeina-
toed Not, so .eras. 'the course pursued by those
asipispti • the proceedings iti
~the year:‘l7B9.
At ".that period a reference wit made to the. Privy

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