Speech of the Right Honourable Viscount Howick, in the House of Commons, on Thursday, March 26th, 1807 : stating the circumstances which led to the change of administration.
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
- Date:
- 1807
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Credit: Speech of the Right Honourable Viscount Howick, in the House of Commons, on Thursday, March 26th, 1807 : stating the circumstances which led to the change of administration. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![25- (character and situation, as Ministers of the Crown and ;as Servants of the Public. These, Sir, are therefore the points which I wish the House Ito understand 5 this statement, which, though at some I length* is after all ]>er.haps too cursorily given, is that which I have wished to lay before the House and the Public. I ishall be ready now, or at any future time, to go more fully i into it whenever it shall he required of me. Sir, I shall conclude by declaring that 1 feel no disposition to complain. I am sure, as I have already stated, that there can be but one feeling and one opinion of the gra- cious kindness of His Majesty, with respect to every class and description of his subjects ; and so far from being a party to join in any thing that might, lessen that at- tachment due to a virtuous Sovereign from an affectionate and grateful people, no man can he more anxious than I am to promote and secure it to the utmost of my power. I should indeed be most ungrateful if I co^ild he actuated by a different feeling; for I have had, during the short period of my services, repeated marks of His Majesty’s royal appro- bation j and I have the comfort and satisfaction, in retiring from office, to be able to state, upon the authority of His Majesty’s own gracious assurance, that, till this difference occurred, His Majesty has been satisfied, that, however tleficient I may have been in ability, I have constantly en- deavoured, diligently and faithfully, to discharge my duty to him and to the public. Sir, I stated in the outset that I would abstain from every thing like argument upon the subject. Upon the subject of the assurance required of us, I have, therefore, without discussing it as to its principle or its tendency, stated little more, than that I felt it to be a requisition, to which I could not subscribe consistently with my honour or my duty. I should indeed think it not only unconstitutional but highly D](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22434896_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
