1 act, to proceed to a condemnation and cenfure of his excellency, without being allowed to inquire and look into the conftitution of his office, or into his oath:-and befides we cannot confider it as a want of refpect to his royal highness the Prince of Wales, the not tranfmitting the faid addrefs to him, as it would expofe his royal highnels to difficulty and embarraffinent, by laying him under the difagreeable necenity of deciding upon great, legal, and conftitutional principles, 3 which his royal highnels's future interefts, and the rights of that imperial crown which he is born to inherit, may be very deeply concerned:-and, moreover, we conceive this houie ought ever to be mindful of the station in which the conftitution bath placed it, and ought to refit every thing which partakes of intemperance and excels. LIFFORD, C. COURTOWN MORNINGTON ENNISKILLEN LONGFORD ALTAMONT GLANDORE - R. DUBLIN TYRONE CARHAMPTON LANESBOROUGH CONYNGHAM BELLAMONT GEO. LEWIS KILMORE WILLIAM LEIGHLIN and Anfwer of the Prince of Wales to the Address prefented by the Delegate of the two Houfes of Parliament of Ireland. My lords and gentlemen, HE addrefs from the lords THE T (piritual and temporal, and commons of Ireland, which you have prefented to me, demands my warmeft and earliest thanks. If any thing could add to the esteem and affection I have for the people of Ireland, it would be the loyal and affectionate attachment to the perfon and government of the king, my father, manifefted in the addrels of the two houses. What they have done, and their manner of doing it, is a new preof of their undiminished duty to his majefty, of their uniform attachment to the house of Brunswick, and their conftant attention to maintain inviolate the concord and connexion between the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, fo indifpenfably neceflary to the profperity, the happiness, and the liberties of both. If in conveying my grateful fenti ments on their conduct, in relation to the king, my father, and to the infeparable intereft of the two kingdoms, I find it impoflible to exprefs adequately my feelings on what relates to my felf, I truft you will not be the lels difpofed to believe, that I have an understanding to comprehend the value of what they have done, a heart that muft remember, and principles that will not not fuffer me to abuse their confidence. But the fortunate change, which has taken place in the circumftance which gave occafion to the addrefs agreed to by the lords and commons of Ireland, induces me to delay, for a few days, giving a final anfwer, trufting, that the joyful event of his majelly's refuming the perfonal exercile of his royal authority, may then render it only neceflary for me to repeat those fentiments of gratitude and affection to the loyal and generous people of Ireland, which I feel indelibly imprinted on my heart. Second Anfwer of the Prince of Wales to the Deputation from both Houses of the Parliament of Ireland, March 12. My lords and gentlemen, THE I confider your generous kindness to his majelty's royal family, and the provifion you made for preferving the authority of the crown in its conftitutional energy, as the most unequivocal proof which could be given of your affectionate loyalty to the king, at the time when, by an afflicting difpenfation of Providence, his government had fuffered an intermiffion, and his houfe was deprived of his natural protector. I fhall not pay fo ill a compliment to the lords and commons of Ireland, as to fuppofe that they were mistaken in their reliance on the moderation of my views and the purity of my intentions. A manly confidence, directing the manner of proceeding toward those who entertain fentiments becoming the high fituation to which they are born, furnishes the most powerful motives to the performance of their duty; at the fame time that the liberality of fentiment which, in conveying a truft confers an honour, can have no tendency to relax that provident vigilance and that public jealoufy which ought to watch over the exercife of power. My lords and gentlemen, Though full of joy for the event which enables me to take leave of you in this manner, perfonally, I cannot but regret your departure: I have had the opportunity of acquiring a knowledge of your private characters, and it has added to the high efteem which I had before entertained for you on account of your public merits; both have made you the worthy reprefentatives of the great bodies to which you belong. I am confident that I need not add my earneft recommendation to the parliment and the people of Ireland to continue to cultivate the harmony of the two kingdoms, which in their mutual perfect freedom will find the clofeft as well as happieft bond of their connexion. Addrefs Addrefs of the House of Commons of Ireland to the Prince of Wales, roted March 20, on Occafion of the final Anficer of his Royal Highnefs. May it pleafe your royal highnefs. WE TE, his majesty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects, the commons of Ireland in parliament affembled, beg leave to offer to your royal highne's our warmeft thanks for your answer to our addrefs. With hearts overflowing with the livelieft joy, we congratulate your royal highnefs upon the happy event of the king's recovery, and the confequent re-affumption of the exercife of his aufpicious government; an event highly pleafing to the fubjects of the whole empire, but peculiarly grateful to a nation fo highly indebted to their most excellent fovereign during the whole courfe of his reign; and we rejoice in the reflection that the father of his people is bleffed with a fon, who is likely, in the fallnefs of time, to continue to his majesty's loyal and affectionate fubjects of Ireland the bleffing of his government. Thoroughly conscious that nothing can add more to that efteem, which your royal highnefs has been pleafed to exprefs for the two houfes of parliament, than their loyal and affectionate attachment to the perfon and government of the king, we will fteadily prefevere in thole principles of duty, loyalty, and affection, which have fo happily recommended them to the favourable opinion of your royal highnefs. We feel the highest fatisfaction, in finding that what we have done, and our manner of doing it, have received your approbation, and that your royal highness is pleafed to confider our conduct as a proof of our undiminished duty to his majefty, our uniform attachment to the houfe of Brunfwick, and our conftant care and attention to maintain inviolate the concord and connexion between the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, which we confider as indifpenfably neceffary to the profperity, happiness, and liberties of both; and we beg leave to affure your royal highnefs, that from thole principles we shall never depart. We are happy to find that your royal highnefs confiders our juft attention to his majefty's royal family, and the provifion made by us for preferving the authority of the crown in its conftitutional energy, as the most unequivocal prouts which could be given of our affertionate loyalty to the beft of forereigns, at the melancholy period when, by an afflicting difpenfation of Providence, his government had fuffered an intermiffion, and his illuftrious houfe was deprived of its great and natural protector. We have the justest reliance on the moderation of the views and purity of the intentions of your royal highness, and we have the fulleft conviction in our minds, that any truft which could have the most diftant tendency to relax that provi dent vigilance and public jealoufy which ought to watch over the exercife of power, would not have been acceptable to the exaited fentiments of your royal highness, whofe understanding and principles are rendered more valuable by the generous and affectionate heart which animates their dictates. We can with the greatest truth moft moft folemnly affure your royal Diffentient, ECAUSE, although defirous highnefs, that it is the ardent with Bto express our humble thanks f the parliament and people of Ireand to continue to cultivate the jarmony and infeparable interefts of the two kingdoms; firmly convinced that in their mutual perfect freedom they will find the clofeft as well as the happiest bond of their connexion; and we offer our warmaft acknowledgements to your royal highnefs for your recommendation to us to perfevere in fuch a conduct, and confider your royal highnefs's recommendation, fo worthy the high ftation in which you are placed, as an additional proof of your attention to the welfare of both countries. We affure your royal highness, that if any thing could add to the exultation of our minds at the happy event of the recovery of our most beloved fovereign, it would be the pleafare which we feel in reflecting, that the heir to his majesty's crowns inherits the virtues of his royal father-virtues which every part of your royal highneffes conduct, during the late melancholy and trying occafion, has placed in the moft illuftrious point of view; and the repeated marks of gracioufnefs and condefcenfion, with which your royal highnefs has been pleafed to honour the two houfes of parliament muft ever remain impreffed in the moft indelible characters of affection and gratitude on the hearts of the people of Ireland. [An addrefs to the fame effect was voted by the lords.] to his royal highnels the Prince of Wales, for his gracious anfwer to the addrefs of both houfes of parliament, and that to a degree which might induce us to pafs over the departure which there feems to be in the mode and form of this addrefs from the ufual courfe and proceeding of parliament, yet we cannot agree to this addrels, which doth not confift, as we conceive, with those constitutional principles which are maintained in our protefts of February laft, and to which we adhere. LIFFORD, C. R. DUBLIN RANELAGH CHETWYND LANESBOROUGH Diffentient, 1ft, Because the uniform and regular practice in this houfe has been, as appears from its earliest records, to pafs a fhort vote of thanks for anfwers from the king to addreffes of this houfe, to be laid before his majefty by the lord lieutenant. 2dly, Because that, on the 12th of December, 1715, a committee, which had been appointed to draw up an addrefs of thanks to his majefty King George the Firft, for his gracious anfwer to a congratulatory addrefs upon his acceffion, were difcharged from that duty, and a fhort vote of thanks for his majefty's gracious gracious answer was paffed, to be tranfmitted by the lord lieutenant; fince which time this method of proceeding has uniformly prevailed, except in the i flances of anfwers which complied with requefts from this houfe, or where royal affurance had been given of fome great national benefits bestowed, or intended to be conferred, upon this country; in which cafes, addreffes of thanks have been presented, of which only eight inftances appear upon the journals of this houfe. 3dly. Becaule the first inftance of an addrefs of this defcription, the 18th of Auguft, 1709, was in confequence of her majesty Queen Anne having complied in her anfwer with a requeft of this houfe conveyed by an addrefs; and on the 12th of December, 1723, another inftance occurs of a fimilar address of thanks, upon the royal afiorance of the intended revocation of Wood's pa ten!. 4thly, Becaufe that, on the 14th of December, 1765, an addrefs, or vote of thanks, does not appear upthe in her majefty's molt gracious anfwer to a congratulatory address upon her marriage. 5thly, Becaufe, although his royal highnefs's anfwer to the addrefs of this houfe is moft polite and gracious, yet it cannot be proved that any folid national bencfit could be derived from it; and though it must be the with and defire of every loyal fubject to pay every mark of refpect to his royal highnets, and to every branch of the royal family, I cannot agree to a mode of proceeding which indicates a greater compliment, and a greater degree of attention, than have ufually been paid to his majesty and to his royal predeceffors. 6thly, Because the fuppofed exi gency of the state, which originated the proceedings upon a regency, is no more, and confequently the meafure fhould no longer be preserved in public contemplation by addretles from parliament, which may have a mifchievous tendency in future. And because, laftly, that the late wife, political, and judicious proceedings of the parliament of Great Britain afford a memorable example well worthy of regard and attention, where proceedings upon the regency were fufpended, upon the report of his majefty's convalefcence, and difcharged and done away upon the happy and fatisfactory confirmation of his majefty's perfect recovery and complete re-stablishment. MOUNTMORRES. Specch of the Lord Lieutenant to both Houfes of Parliament, March 14. My lords and gentlemen, 7ITH the most heartfelt faI lieft opportunity to inform you, in obedience to the king's commands, that it has pleased Divine Provi dence to remove from him the fevere indifpofition with which he has been afflicted; and that, by the bleffing of Almighty God, he is now again enabled to attend to the urgent concerns of his kingdoms, and perfonally to exercile the royal authority. Gentlemen of the houfe of commons, I have fubmitted to his majesty's confideration the fupplies which you have already granted for the immediate exigencies of the public fervice, and the performance of the national |