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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 27, 1788
Page
2
Mon day December session sees Burke and peers clash over Regency bills and use of the Great Seal. Speakers argue about royal assent, the heir apparent, and the limits of necessity in appointing a Commission to govern during the sovereign's illness.
The discussion centers on if a regent or commission can wield royal prerogatives, with Mr. Fox opposing a government self formed by two Houses. He argues such a body would undermine the constitution, limit Parliament, and risk dangerous executive authority, citing precedents and Revolution-era actions to warn against a third sovereign power.
Mr Pitt spoke on the mudlaca powers of the Regency and argued that appointing a Regent without prior limits would leave the House at the Regent’s discretion. The vote divided, the motion left part stood, and resolutions for communicating to the Lords and a conference were agreed. The Committee on the State of the Nation was deferred until Monday.
In London and Kew on December 23 24 the king's health improves after quiet nights. The Prince of Wales appoints Richard Grindal as Surgeon Extraordinary. A Philanthropic Society for outcast children is launched led by the Marquis of Carmarthen Viscount Cremorne and James Sims M D with a committee to aid distressed families. The Severn frozen and Shrewsbury fair reports rising cheese prices cattle sheep fat pork and high horse prices as winter bites deep.
Last week six sheep were poisoned by laurel leaves at Wootton near Northampton and several others were saved by oil. Andrews confessed to robbing Mr Nethercoate at Braybrook with notes found near an oak tree. Bankruptcy notices list many tradespeople and a long rail of marriages and appointments appear in Eton and Bath society.
Friday's and Saturday's posts describe a House of Lords session on Tuesday December 29 as Francis Malyneux attends the bar and a Commons message is received. A conference with the Lords is held in the Painted Chamber to weigh resolutions on the king's unhappy state, with Camden proposing a full committee on Friday to study the nation's fate and related reports. Lord Loucashroucu opposes new precedent and criticizes the precedents report as inaccurate, while Duke of Rieumonb and Lord Hawkefoury defend their roles on the committee before the Lords adjourn for Friday.
The Marquis of Worcester carried up the Resolutions to the Lords with nearly all present. On returning he told the Speaker that their Lordships had agreed to the conference and set it for the Painted Chamber. A Committee was then appointed.
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