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met with equal liberality. •' To 

 avoid anj' delay tliat might arise 

 (said Lord G.) 1 brought forward a 

 difficulty that forcibly struck ray 

 mind ; and in consequence, the 

 noble earl broke oft' the intercourse, 

 declaring that he could proceed no 

 further. That he acted conscien- 

 tiously, 1 have no doubt ; but the 

 impression upon my mind from 

 all the circumstances, was that 

 which I before stated to your lord- 

 ships." 



The Earl of Moira, in his reply, 

 and Lord Grenville, in a subse- 

 quent speech, both agreed that 

 this diff"erence was upon an im- 

 portant and constitutional point ; 

 but the mystery was not developed 

 in the debate of that day. 



It was in the House of Com- 

 mons that the subject received 

 its final elucidation. On June 

 7th, Mr. Stuart Wortley brought 

 forward a motion respecting the 

 failure of the negociations for a 

 new administration. In the pre- 

 liminary 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 

 corae 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 ques- 

 tions of jjolicy would be laid at 

 their feet to be managed at their 

 wi^l. Lord Moira, however, would 

 not agree to what was insisted 

 upon as a preliminary condition — 

 the regulation of the houseliold : on 

 which account those noble lords 

 were content to throw away all 

 the great and darling objects of 



their political wishes. Their ex- 

 cuse was, a jealousy of the in- 

 fluence which they supposed to 

 exist somewhere, and over which 

 they had no control. Mr. W. 

 made several strictures upon this 

 conduct, which he thought un- 

 justifiable ; 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 satis- 

 fied, because he thought a stronger 

 administration might be formed, 

 and he wished the state might have 

 the advantajre of the talents of 

 all parties. He then moved 

 for an address to the Prince Re- 

 gent, 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 been realized, and 

 their earnest entreaties that his 

 Royal Highness would form with- 

 out 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 remarka- 

 ble matters of fact respecting the 

 late negociations which came to 

 light during its progress. 



The matter of the household ap- 

 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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