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their lordships to call for this disclosure. The Earl of Limerick declared a contrary opinion.

Lord Grenville, in agreeing as to the impropriety of a present disclosure, hoped he might be permitted to state that in the little share which bis noble friend (Lord Grey) and himself had in the transaction, they had nothing to disguise or conceal, or that they should not be anxious to have laid before the public whenever the proper time should arrive. He would not have risen on the present occasion, bad it not been for the allusion of the noble marquis to dreadful personal animosities as an obstacle to the arrangement. He could assure their lordships, for his noble friend and himself, that they were actuated by no personal feeling whatever, but solely by considerations of public principle and public interests.

The Earl of Liverpool, in like manner, disclaimed for himself and those who acted with him the personal animosities alluded to.

The Earl of Moira said that it had been his office in the course of this negotiation to be the humble instrument of conciliation, and deeply lamented that differences and estrangements had rendered - his endeavours ineffectual. He then alluded to "points of form," which had stood in the way of conciliation; but said, he was sa tisfied that it was all misapprehension, and trusted that before the House met again, some arrangement would be made satisfactory to the country.

Earl Grey could not but think that the noble Earl who spoke last had overstepped the line observed by other lords on this occasion.

He felt anxious to remove any misapprehensions to which his expres sion of "points of form" might give rise, assuring their lordships that his noble friend and he were not actuated by any considerations of "points of form," but by that of principles, which if not fundamental to the constitution, were at least essential to the existence of a government with a view to the welfare of the country. He like wise disclaimed for himself any of that feeling of personal animosity to which the Marquis W. had alluded.

The House then adjourned.

In the House of Commons, on June 3d, Mr. Canning made a similar communication of the Marquis Wellesley's having resigned the authority conferred upon him by the Prince Regent. Mr. Martin of Galway rose to put a question on the subject to Mr. Ponsonby, but being called to order, and finding that the sense of the House was against him, he desisted.

When the House of Lords met again on June 5th, the Earl of Moira rose to discharge a duty which he doubted not that the noble Marquis (Wellesley) would have performed if he had been present in his place. This was to correct a most mischievous application that had been made of his expression relative to "personal animosity," as if it had referred to the feelings of the Prince Regent. He had distinctly to state that nothing of that quality of animosity existed; and that, as on the one band, the illustrious personage did never suggest one individual as a fit member, or make the reservation of a single seat to be filled

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upon subsequent consideration, so, on the other, there never was a stipulation for the exclusion of any person; but the fullest powers were given to the noble Marquis to lay before the Regent the most beneficial plan that could be suggested for the formation of a government competent to the present crisis.

Lord Grenville said, that he wished his noble friend who had just spoken had confined his statement to a point of which he trusted no one entertained a doubt; for as to the rest, the impression made upon his mind by an official and authorised paper was completely at variance with that which he had expressed. It was there distinctly notified that the Prince Regent had signified his pleasure that one office, particularly designated, should be held by a particular individual pointed out; and that in the whole, four individuals expressly named should occupy seats in the cabinet.

This statement was confirmed by Lord Grey, who in his speech read the following paragraph from the written document abovementioned.

"That his royal highness the Prince Regent has signified his pleasure that Lord Wellesley

should conduct the formation of a government in all its branches, and should be first commissioner of the treasury, and that Lord Moira, Lord Erskine, and Mr. Canning, should be members of the cabinet. That it was probable that a cabinet formed upon an enlarged basis must be composed of 12 or 13 members; that the Prince Regent wished Lords Grey and Grenville on the part of their

friends to recommend to his Royal Highness's approbation the names of four persons if the cabinet should consist of twelve, and of five persons if it should consist of thirteen members, to be appointed by his Royal Highness to fill such situations as might hereafter be arranged. That his Royal Highness - left the selection of the names to Lords Grey and Grenville without any instruction or personal exclusion; that in completing the arrangements the Prince Regent has granted to Lord Wellesley the entire liberty to propose the names of any persons to hold places in his Royal Highness's councils, or any other persons."

This, said Lord Grey, was the proposition made to them, which they understood, and understand, as naming particular persons, and as limiting and providing by previous arrangement that particular places should be assigned to particular persons. Under such circumstances, he and his noble friend concurred in a decided refusal of the proposition, sanctioned by Lord Holland. It was true that subsequent explanations had been afforded by the noble Earl (Moira), but without professing to have any instructions or authority from the Prince Regent.

Lord Moira said that the passage just read struck him in a directly opposite point of view from that taken by the noble Lords; and he still contended that the failure rose from misapprehension. A conversation ensued, of which it is not material to relate the heads, and which was terminated by the Lord Chancellor's motion for an adjournment.

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day June 5th, a report being brought up from the committee of ways and means, Sir J. Newport said, that the House was reduced to the dilemma either of withholding the supplies, or of granting them without a responsible minister. This brought on a conversation relative to the state of the negociations for a ministry, in which General Gascoyne read an address to the Prince Regent which he intended to move on Monday, expressing their regret for the obstacles which had occurred in forming an administration, and their wish that an arrange ment might immediately take place. A debate then ensued, whether the House should continue to sit from day to day, or adjourn to Monday, and the adjournment was at length agreed

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On June 8th, the Earl of Liverpool rose in the House of Lords, and stated to their lordships, that the Prince Regent had on that day been pleased to appoint him first commissioner of the treasury, and had given authority for completing the other arrangements for the administration as soon as possible. After some declarations on the part of his lordship and of Lord Moira on their conduct during the late nego. ciations, Lord Liverpool moved that the House do adjourn.

The Marquis of Wellesley then rose to enter into an explanation of the principles on which he had acted, and of an expresssion which he had used on a former day. His object, he said, throughout the negociation had been, that three great principles should form the basis of the proposed arrangement: 1. that the laws affecting the ca

tholics sbould be taken into consideration with a view to a conciliatory adjustment: 2. that the war on the peninsula should be carried on with adequate vigour : 3. that the administration should not be confined to one party, but should be formed from all parties of individuals agreeing in the two first principles, and coming to an arrangement on other matters. With regard to his expression of "dreadful personal animosities," he had no hesitation in avowing that he had used it advisedly, and with reference to the Earl of Liverpool and his colleagues, for it was from their conduct that the only obstacles arose to his proposed arrangement.

This avowal called up the Earl of Harrowby, who demanded of the Marquis proofs of the charge thus insinuated.

Lord Wellesley, in reply, stated the reasons why he had used that expression, and had considered the obstacle as standing on that ground. He had laid before the Lords Grey and Grenville the proposition above mentioned, and had received from them an answer which satisfied him. From the noble Lord opposite, to the same proposition he had received the following answer; "that he had consulted his col. leagues, and that they did not think it necessary to consider the principles stated in the proposition, as they were all resolved, after what had recently passed, not to be members of any administration formed by Lord Wellesley." Another noble Lord referred to the same answer, saying that "it was not necessary to enter further into the discussion of a matter of personal feeling." If these noble lords

disclaim personal animosity, he would not contradict them in an unparliamentary way; but he thought he had sufficiently proved that he did not deserve the rebuke he had experienced.

Lord Harrow by then, in justification of the feelings of himself and his friends, referred to a statement which appeared in the newspapers, after they had offered to form an administration with the marquis, in which he accused his late colleagues in the cabinet of incapacity to originate any m asures for the welfare of the country, and asserted that for the whole of the two years in which he had been in office, perpetual differences of opinion had existed between him and the other members of the cabinet.

Lord Wellesley expressly denied having been a party to that publication, which had given him the most sensible uneasiness. He then went on to other explanations, which, as merely personal. it would be useless to particularize. They concluded with a solemn declaration that he knew nothing of the publication alluded to till he saw it in a newspaper.

Earl Grey then took part in the discussion, in order to explain to the House the grounds upon which himself and his noble friend had declined being included in the proposed new administration. After mentioning their conviction that, in the cabinet, the principles and to which they were pledged would have been decidedly over-ruled, he said, that in his intercourse with the noble marquis and his noble friend (Lord Moira) he had discovered nothing but an earnest desire to conciliate, and that he was persuaded they were not themselves aware of the secret

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This insinuation called up Lord Moira; who was much offended with being told that he was a dupe in the negociation. He asserted that there was not the slightest reservation on the most insignificant point; that the powers givea to him were complete and ampie, and whenever limited, they were so only by his own sense of what was due to the public: and be called upon the noble earl for a more sati-factory explanation of his meaning.

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Earl Grey, in reply, said that be had constantly remarked an unwillingness to come to the point, not on the part of the noble earl or marquis, but on the part of the individual who was to give effect to the negociation conducted by them. What was the history of these transactions? The noble marquis in the first instance made the proposal to them which he bad stated to the House. Was their answer to be termed rejection? For a whole week they had no communication with him, and the next intimation they received from him was that his commission was suspended. That interval was employed, not to introduce them into the councils of the Prince, but to attempt to connect the noble marquis with some noble lords on the other side of the House to their exclusion. The next step was a renewal of the proposition with full powers, though the noble marquis had previously in vain solicited authority to explain what he imagined to have been misconceived. Lord Moira then, with the frankness which characterizes him, com. menced his negotiation, and was met

with equal liberality. "To avoid any delay that might arise (said Lord G.) I brought forward a difficulty that forcibly struck my mind; and in consequence, the noble earl broke off the intercourse, declaring that he could proceed no further. That he acted conscientiously, I have no doubt; but the impression upon my mind from all the circumstances, was that which I before stated to your lordships."

The Earl of Moira in his reply, and Lord Grenville in a subsequent speech, both agreed that this difference was upon an important and constitutional point; but the mystery was not developed in the debate of that day.

It was in the House of Commons that the subject received its final elucidation. On June 7th, Mr. Stuar: Wortley brought forward a motion respecting the failure of the negociations for a new administration. In the preliminary view which he gave of the transaction in the three weeks since the presentation of the ad dress which he had moved, he said, that after the negociation between Lord Wellesley and Lords Grey and Grenville had come to an end, Lord Moira had received an unconditional power from the Prince Regent to renew it, and had expressed to those lords that all the leading questions of policy would be laid at their feet to be managed at their will. Lord Moira, however, would not agree to what was insisted upon as a preliminary conditionthe regulation of the household: on which account those noble lords were content to throw away all the great and darling objects of

their political wishes. Their excuse was, a jealousy of the influence which they supposed to exist somewhere, and over which they had no controul. Mr. W. made several strictures upon this conduct, which he thought unjustifiable; and then adverted to what followed. Lord Moira re

signed his powers; and by that noble lord's advice, the Prince Regent called in once more the assistance of his old servants. With this Mr. W. was not satisfied, because he thought a stronger administration might be formed, and he wished the state might bave the advantage of the talents of all parties. He then moved for an address to the Prince Regent, the tenor of which was to express the regret of the House that the expectations held out in his Royal Highness's gracious. answer to their former address had not yet b en realized, and their earnest entreaties that his Royal Highness would form without delay such an administration as may be entitled to the support of parliament and the confidence of the nation.

We shall not undertake to enter into the details of the succeeding. copious debate, the result of which was of no practical importance; but shall only notice the remarkable matters of fact respecting the late negociations which came to light during its progress.

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The matter of the household pointments was introduced by most of the speakers, some censuring, and others defending, the conduct of Lords Grey and Grenville with respect to them. The statement of Lord Yarmouth, as a principal person concerned, was the first

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