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membei"'s intimation. He appre- 

 hended that it might be the most 

 satisfactory course that he should 

 withdraw the motion he liad al- 

 ready made, and give notice of his 

 intention to move an address to 

 the crown on this subject on 

 Thursday next. 



The motion was accordingly 

 withdrawn. 



On June 5th, Lord Castlereagh 

 rose in the House, and after a 

 handsome compliment to the late 

 Speaker, he moved, " That the 

 thanks of this House be expressed 

 to the Right Hon. Charles .\bbot, 

 now Barnn Colchester, for his 

 eminent and distinguished services 

 during; the long and eventful pe- 

 riod in which he discharged the 

 duties of Speaker with a zeal 

 and ability alike honoiu'able to 

 himself, and advantageous to the 

 service of this House : that he 

 be assured that the pi'oofs he has 

 uniformly gisen of attachment to 

 his King and Country ; the exem- 

 plary firmness with which he has 

 maintained the dignity and privi- 

 leges of this House ; the ability, 

 integrity, and imremitting atten- 

 tion to parliamentary business, 

 which liave maiked the whole of 

 his conduct; justly entitle him to 

 the approbation, respect, and gra- 

 titude of this House." 



This motion was agreed to, 

 and the Speaker Avas directed to 

 commimicate the resolution to 

 Lord Colchester. 



Lord Casfkretigli then moved, 

 " That an humble acidiess be 

 presented to his royal highness 

 the Prince Regent, to beseech his 

 Royal Highness that he will be 

 graciously pleased, acting in the 

 name and on the behalf of his 

 Majesty, to confer some signal 



mark of the royal favour upon 

 Charles Lord Colchester, late 

 Speaker of this House, for his 

 great and eminent services per- 

 formed to his country daring the 

 long and important period in 

 which he has, with such distin- 

 guished al)ilify and integrity, pre- 

 sided in the chair of this House; 

 and to assure his Royal Highness, 

 that whatever expense his Royal 

 Highness shall think proper to be 

 incurred upon that account, this 

 House will make good the same." 



Mr. Ponsonhy said, that the 

 House was already in one diffi- 

 culty, and he was afraid that the 

 wording of the address was cal- 

 culated to produce another. The 

 objection oil a former day was 

 that the crown should be the first 

 proposer of the grant ; and they 

 were now told that the crown 

 ought to determine the amount. 



After some discussion upon this 

 matter, the motion was agreed to 

 nevi. coti. 



The Speaker, on the next day, 

 reported Lord Colchester's answer 

 to the resolution of the House of 

 Commons. 



Lord Castlereagh then laid be- 

 fore tlie Plouse the answer of tlie 

 Prince Regent to their address, 

 which was to the following pur- 

 pose : 



" The Prince Regent has the 

 justcst sense of the long services 

 and gieat merit of Charles Lord 

 Colchester, late Speaker of the 

 House of Commons ; and in the 

 name and on the behalf of his 

 Majesty has already taken the 

 same into his consideration. Tlie 

 Prince Regent is desirous, in 

 com{)liance with the wishes of his 

 i\Iajesty's faithful Conuuons. to 

 confer upon the said Lord Col- 



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