GENERA!. HISTORY. 



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day June 5th, a report being 

 hrouglit up from the committee of 

 ways ami means, Sir J. Newport 

 said, that tlie house was reduced 

 to the dilemma either of with- 

 lioldin^^thesuitplies, or of granting 

 them without a responsible minis- 

 ter. This brought on a conversa- 

 tion relative to the state of the ne- 

 gociations for a ministry, in which 

 General Gascoyne read an address 

 to the Prince Regent which he 

 intended to move on Monday, ex- 

 pressing their regret for the ob- 

 stacles which had occurred in 

 forming sm administration, and 

 their wish tliat an arrange- 

 ment might immediately take 

 place. A debate then ensued, 

 whether the house should con- 

 tinue to sit from day to daj', or 

 adjourn to Monday, and the ad- 

 journment was at length agreed 

 upon. 



On June 8th, the Earl of Liver- 

 pool rose in the House of Lords, 

 and stated to their lordships, that 

 the Prince Regent hud on that day 

 been pleased to appoint him first 

 commissioner of the treasury, and 

 had given authority for completing 

 the other arrangements for the ad- 

 ministration as soon as possible. 

 After some declaralions on the piirt 

 of his lordsliip and of Lord Moiiaon 

 their conduct during the late uego- 

 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 expression which 

 he liad used on a former day. His 

 object, lie said, throughout the ne- 

 gociation had been, that three 

 great principles s>hou!d form the 

 basis of the proposed arrange- 

 ment: 1. that the laws atfecting 



the catholics should be taken into 

 consideration with a view to a con- 

 ciliatory adjustment: 2. that the 

 war on the peninsula should be 

 carried on with adequate vigour : 

 3. that the administration should 

 not be conhned 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 advised/i/, and 

 with reference to the Earl of Liver- 

 pool and his colleagues, for it was 

 from their conduct that the only 

 obstacles arose to his proposed 

 airangement, 



This avowal called up the Earl 

 of Harrow by 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 standingon that ground. 

 He had laid before the Lords Grey 

 and Grenville the pfoposition above 

 mentioned, and had received from 

 them an answer which satisfied 

 him. From the noble Lord oppo- 

 site, to the same proposition he had 

 received tlie tollov/ing 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." Ano- 

 ther noble Lord referred to the 

 same answer, saying that " it was 

 not necessary to enter further into 

 the discussion of a matter of per- 

 sonal feeling." If these noble 



lords 



