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able digression from the state of 

 her majesty's liealth, to the possi- 

 ble consequences by which it 

 might be attended ; and he con- 

 cluded his speech by saying, that 

 the chief points on which he had 

 thought it necessary to dwell, 

 were the propriety of naming 

 some of the royal family as mem- 

 bers of the council, and the ex- 

 pediency of providing against the 

 great inconvenience of our being 

 left without an executive govern- 

 ment by the contingency of the 

 Regent's demise. 



Mr. Canning observed, that 



the bill before the House went 

 merely to alter parts of the 

 Regency act, and by no means to 

 revise the whole. He thought 

 that the bill was calculated to 

 meet the exact circumstance under 

 consideration. Sir Samuel Ko- 

 milly and Mr. Wynn both spoke 

 shortly on the subject ; and the 

 bill was then read a second 

 time. 



No farther account is given of 

 the passage of the bill in the 

 House of Commons ; but notice 

 is taken of the circumstance in 

 the list of public acts. 



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