The history and proceedings of the Lords and Commons of Great-Britain, in Parliament, with regard to the regency. Containing a full account of all their speeches on the proposed regency bill, from November 20, 1788, to March 10, 1789 ... to which are added, the three reports of the physicians; Mr. Pitt's letter to the Prince of Wales, with His Royal Highness's answer; The regency bill ... and the speeches of the Lords and Commons of Ireland, on appointing the Prince of Wales regent ... with a copy of their address, and the prince's answer.

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Date:: 1789

Credit: The history and proceedings of the Lords and Commons of Great-Britain, in Parliament, with regard to the regency. Containing a full account of all their speeches on the proposed regency bill, from November 20, 1788, to March 10, 1789 ... to which are added, the three reports of the physicians; Mr. Pitt's letter to the Prince of Wales, with His Royal Highness's answer; The regency bill ... and the speeches of the Lords and Commons of Ireland, on appointing the Prince of Wales regent ... with a copy of their address, and the prince's answer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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office for Ireland ; it being impoffibie, according to the Laws and Conftitution of this Kingdom, that any perfon fhould be Regent of Ireland, who is not, at the fame time, Regent of Great Britain. , Glandore. DISSENTIENT, ift Becaufe, with an anxious defire that the Regency of this kingdom, during his Majefty’s indifpofition, (hould be conferred on his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales in a manner moll expreffive of refpetft and affection to his Royal Highnefs, and convinced that his Royal Highnefs will think that mode of appointment moft expreffive of duty and affec- tion, which is cot ftitutional, and muft conduce to preferve the connexion between Great Britain and Ireland infeparable, we confider an Addrefs of the two Houfes of Parliament, pur- porting, of its own authority, to confer Royal power, at a time when they are fully competent to pals a Bill for the pur- pofe of effe&ually providing for the exercife of the fame, to be a moft dangerous violation of the fundamental principles of the Couftitution. 2dly, Becaufe the connexion between Great Britain and Ireland (on w'hich the fafety of the Conftitution in church and ftate depends) is preferved and maintained by the unity of the executive power alone; and yet the Addrefs propofed by the Refoldtion now palled, is to appoint his Royal Highnefs Re- gent of Irel nd without our being certain that his Royal High- nefs is, or will be, Regent of Great Britain; and without making any provifion, that his Royal Highnefs (hall not con- tinue to be Regent of Ireland longer than he fhall be Regent of Great Britain : thus expofing to chance and accident the preservation of the only bond of that connexion between the countries, upon which all that is dear to us depends, and mak- ing a precedent that may be of the moft fatal confequence to pofterity. T YRONE. ♦ / Wm. Ossory. Wm.Leighlin andFerns8 Bellamont. I

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