58] ANNUAL REGISTE^R, 1817. 



Williams Wynn to the same post, 

 in which he was seconded by Sir 

 M. W. Ridley. 



The two candidates having paid 

 their proper respects to the 

 House, each party proceeded to 

 election, when Mr. Manntrs Sut- 

 ton was chosen by .312 to 150. 

 On the following day the .ippro- 

 bation of the Prince Regent was 

 signified to him by his Majesty's 

 commissioners in the House of 

 Lords. 



On the same day. Lord Castle- 

 reagh presented the following 

 message from the Prince Regent. 



"The Prince Regent, acting in 

 the name and in the behalf of his 

 Majesty, thinks it right to inform 

 the House of Commons, that hav- 

 ing taken into his consideration 

 the eminent and distinguished ser- 

 vices of the Right Honouiable 

 Charles Abbot, during the long 

 and. eventful period in which he 

 had filled the situation of Speaker 

 of that House, has conferred upon 

 him the dignity of a baron of the 

 united kingdom by the title of 

 Baron Colchester, of Colchester, 

 in the county of Essex ; and the 

 Prince Regent recommends to the 

 House of Commons to enable liim 

 to make such provision for Chailes 

 Lord Colchester, and for the heir 

 male of his body who may next 

 succeed to tlie title, as shall, under 

 all the circumstances, be judged 

 just and reasonable." 



George, P. R. 



The Chancellor of the Exchequer 

 moved, that the message of the 

 Prince Regent respecting a pro- 

 vision for Lord Colchester be 

 taken into consideration on Thurs- 

 day next. 



Mr. Wynn expressed his asto- 

 nishment at the mode of proceeding 



adopted by the advisers of the crown 

 on this occasion. No one could 

 concur more willingly in a vote 

 of thanks to Lord Colchester than 

 himself J but why did the crown 

 interfere to prevent the House 

 from going further, and from ori- 

 ginating any other reward which 

 was due to his acknowledged me- 

 rits ? His services had been per- 

 foi-med in that House ; and from 

 it, therefore, ought their recom- 

 pence to proceed. It was not a 

 matter of indifference that persons 

 sitting in that chair should be 

 accustomed to look to the crown 

 for tlie reward of their exertions 

 in it. Had the message been 

 preceded by an address, every ob- 

 jection would have been pre- 

 cluded ; but the services in ques- 

 tion were of that nature which, 

 for peculiar reasons, ought in the 

 first instance to be fully recog- 

 nized and appreciated by the 

 House. 



Lord Castlereagh said, that the 

 right hon. person having been 

 raised to the dignity of the peer- 

 age, the puiport of the message 

 ought to be understood as inviting 

 tlie House to make a provision in 

 consequence of the title, and not 

 of his services as Speaker. 



Mr. Ponsonby was surprised at 

 the noble lord's explanation, who 

 might find from the very words of 

 the message, that it was foimded 

 upon those services. 



After several other observa- 

 tions, Mr. Wynn repeated his an- 

 xious wish that the motion should 

 be withdrawn, and another sub- 

 stituted that would meet the 

 wishes of every member in that 

 House. 



The Chancellor of the Exchequer 

 admitted the candour of the hon. 



member's 



