ABSTRACT
The noble Lord assumed his office on the 22nd of November, and on that day he stated to your Lordships on what principles he intended to conduct the Government of the country. Among other intentions he stated that of proposing a plan of Parliamentary Reform. The dissolution then made, and the Speech delivered by his Majesty, were both upon a principle entirely different from that of the precedents according to which the measure was adopted. In 1784, the King, George 3rd, differed from his Ministers upon a great question. The Members for counties will, there-fare, be nearly as much under the control of the constituency residing in towns, as the Members for the towns themselves will. But, my Lords consider, in the formation of this new system, is, only what is the system which will best maintain the balance between the county interest and the town interest, but what will best form for the country a Government.
