Tuesday, February 5, 1811.

Mr. Lushington informed the House, that the Lords had agreed to hold the Conference requested by the Commons, in the Painted Chamber, immediately.—On the motion of Mr. R. Dundas it was ordered, that the Lords should be informed that the Commons had consented to their Resolution, and filled up the Blank with the words "and Commons."—The managers of the last Conference, with the addition of the Lord Advocate of Scotland and Sir J. Nicholls, were ordered to manage the Conference then to be held. On the return of the persons appointed to hold the Conference, Mr. R. Dundas informed the House, that the Conference had been held, and the assent of the Commons to the Resolution communicated, in obedience to the order of the House.

The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod summoned the House to the House of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent to the Regency, Bill. The Speaker on his return reported, that the House, at the desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of his Majesty's Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring, and notifying, the Royal Assent to the Bill therein mentioned; and that the Lords thereby authorized had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bill.

The following is a copy of the Regency Bill as it passed the two Houses:

An Act to provide for the Administration of the Royal Authority, and for the Care of His Majesty's Royal Person, during the Continuance of his Majesty's Illness; and for the Resumption of the Exercise of the Royal Authority by His Majesty.

WHEREAS by reason of the severe Indisposition with which it hath pleased God to afflict the King's most excellent Majesty, the personal exercise of the Royal Authority by his Majesty is for the present so far interrupted, that it becomes necessary to make provision for assisting his Majesty in the administration and exercise of the Royal Authority, and also for the Care of his Royal Person during the continuance of his Majesty's Indisposition, and for the Resumption of the exercise of the Royal Authority by his Majesty; Be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That his Royal Highness George Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales shall have full Power and Authority, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, and under the Stile and Title of Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland," to exercise and administer the Royal Power and Authority to the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland belonging, and to use, execute, and perform all authorities, prerogatives, acts of government and administration of the same, which lawfully belong to the King of the said United Kingdom to use, execute, and perform; subject to such Limitations, Exceptions, Regulations, and Restrictions, as are herein-after specified and contained; and all and every act and acts which shall be done by the said Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, by virtue and in pursuance of this Act, and according to the powers and authorities hereby vested in him, shall have the same force and effect to all intents and purposes as the like acts would have if done by his Majesty himself, and shall to all intents and purposes be full and sufficient warrant to all persons acting under the authority thereof; and all persons shall yield obedience thereto, and carry the same into effect, in the same manner and for the same purposes as the same persons ought to yield obedience to and carry into effect the like acts done by his Majesty himself; any law, course of office, or other matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding.

II. And be it further enacted, That as to all authorities given and appointments made in the name and in the behalf of his Majesty, and all other acts, matters, and things usually done under the authority of the Royal Sign Manual, the Signature of the Regent in the form following, that is to say, "George P. R." or in cases where the Royal Signature has usually been affixed in initials only, then in the form "G. P. R.," shall be as valid and effectual, and have the same force and effect as his Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, and shall be deemed and taken to be to all intents and purposes his Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, and be obeyed as such.

III. And be it further enacted, That when his Majesty shall by the blessing of God be restored to such a state of health as to be capable of resuming the personal exercise of his Royal Authority, and shall have declared his Royal Will and Pleasure thereupon, as herein-after provided, all and every the powers and authorities, given by this Act, for the exercise and administration of his Royal Power and Authority, or for the using, executing, and performing the Authorities, Preroga- tives, Acts of Government, and Administration of the same, which belong to the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to use, execute, and perform, or for the care of his Majesty's Royal Person, shall cease and determine; and no act, matter, or thing, which, under this Act, and previous to such declaration might be done in the administration of his Majesty's Royal Power and Authority, or in the using, exercising, or performing any such Authorities, Prerogatives, Acts of Government, or Administration as aforesaid, or in the care of his Majesty's Royal Person, by virtue and in pursuance of this Act, shall, if done after such declaration of his Majesty's Royal Will and Pleasure, be thenceforth valid or effectual.

IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That all persons holding any Offices or Places, or Pensions, during his Majesty's Pleasure, at the time of such declaration, under any appointment or authority of the Regent, or her Majesty, under the provisions of this Act, shall continue to hold the same, and to use, exercise, and enjoy all the powers, authorities, privileges, and emoluments thereof, notwithstanding such declaration of the resumption of the Royal Authority by his Majesty, unless and until his Majesty shall declare his Royal Will and Pleasure to the contrary; and all Orders, Acts of Government, or Administration of his Majesty's Royal Authority, made, issued, or done by the said Regent, before such declaration, shall be and remain in full force and effect, until the same shall be countermanded by his Majesty.

V. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That no Acts of Regal Power; Prerogative, Government, or Administration of Government, of what kind or nature soever, which might lawfully be done or executed by the King's most excellent Majesty, personally exercising his Royal Authority, shall, during the continuance of the Regency by this Act established, be valid and effectual, unless done and executed in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, by the Authority of the said Regent, according to the provisions of this Act, and subject to the Limitations, Exceptions, Regulations, and Restrictions herein-after contained.

VI. And be it further enacted, That the said Regent, before he shall act or enter upon his said Office, of Regent, shall take the following Oaths:

'I do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to his Majesty King George.

'So help me GOD.

I do solemnly promise and swear, That I will truly and faithfully execute the Office of Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, according to an Act of Parliament passed in the 51st year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, An Act [here insert the title of this Act;] and that I will administer, according to law, the power and authority vested in me by virtue of the said Act; and that I will in all things, to the utmost of my power and ability, consult and maintain the safety, honour, and dignity of his Majesty and the welfare of his people.

'So help me GOD.

'I do faithfully promise and swear, That I shall inviolably maintain and preserve the Settlement of the true Protestant Religion, with the Government, Worship, Discipline, Rights, and Privileges of the Church of Scotland, as established by the Laws made there in prosecution of the Claim of Right, and particularly by an Act, intituled, "An Act for securing the Protestant Religion, and Presbyterian Church Government," and by the Acts passed in the Parliament of both Kingdoms, for Union of the Two Kingdoms.

'So help me GOD.'

Which Oaths shall be taken before his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council; who are hereby required and empowered to administer the same, and to enter the same in the Books of the said Privy Council.

VII. And be it further enacted, That the said Regent shall, at the time of his taking such Oaths as aforesaid, and before the members of the Privy Council administering the same, make, subscribe, and audibly repeat the Declaration mentioned in an Act made in the 30th year of King Charles the Second, intituled, 'An Act for the more effectual preserving the King's Person and Government, by disabling Papists from sitting in either House of Parliament;' and shall produce a Certificate of his having received the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in any of the royal chapels, signed by the person administering the same; which Certificate shall be sufficient evidence of the said Regent's having received the Sacrament; and such Declaration and Certificate shall respectively be registered in the Books of the Privy Council.

VIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That until after the 1st day of February 1812, if Parliament shall be then assembled, and shall have been sitting for six weeks immediately previous to the said 1st day of February 1812, or if Parliament shall be then assembled, but shall not have been so sitting for six weeks, then until the expiration of six weeks after Parliament shall have been so assembled and been sitting; or if Parliament shall not then be assembled, then until the expiration of six weeks after Parliament shall have been assembled and sitting, next after the said 1st day of February 1812, the Regent shall not have or exercise any power or authority to grant, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, any Rank, Title, or Dignity of the Peerage, by Letters Patent, Writ of Summons, or any other manner whatever, or to summon any person to the House of Lords, by any Title to which such person shall be the Heir Apparent, or to determine the Abeyance of any Rank, Title or Dignity of Peerage, which now is or hereafter shall be in Abeyance, in favour of any of the Coheirs thereof, by Writ of Summons or otherwise.

IX. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That the said Regent shall not, until after the said 1st day of February 1812, or the expiration of such six weeks as aforesaid, have power or authority to grant, in the name or on the behalf of his Majesty, any Office or Employment whatever, in Reversion, or to grant for any longer term than during his Majesty's Pleasure, any Office, Employment, Salary, or Pension whatever, except such offices and Employments in Possession for The term of the natural life, or during the good behaviour of the grantee or grantees thereof respectively, as by law must be so granted: Provided always, that nothing herein contained, shall in any manner affect or extend to prevent or restrain the granting of any Pensions under the provisions of an Act passed in the 39th year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, 'An Act for the Augmentation of the Salaries of the Judges of the Courts in Westminster Hall, and also of the Lords of Session, Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, and Barons of Exchequer in Scotland; and for enabling his Majesty to grant Annuities to persons in certain Offices in the said Courts of Westminster Hall, on their resignation of their respective Offices;' and of another Act passed in the 48th year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, 'An Act for enabling his Majesty to grant Annuities to the Judges of the Courts of Session, Justiciary, and Exchequer in Scotland, upon the resignation of their offices;' and of another Act, passed in Ireland, in the 40th year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, 'An Act to enable his Majesty to grant Annuities to the Lord High Chancellor, and to the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, Master of the Rolls, Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer, Judge or Commissary of the Court of Prerogative, the Judge of the Court of Admiralty, the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of the County of Dublin, and Assistant Barristers of the several other Counties, on the resignation of their respective Offices;' and to amend an Act passed in the 36th year of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act for encreasing the Salaries of the Chief and other Judges of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, and of the Chief Baron and other Barons of the Court of Exchequer in this Kingdom;' or to prevent or restrain the granting of any pensions out of the revenues of the British territories in the East Indies, under the provisions of any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force, to such persons as may have held the office of Chief Justice or other Judge in the Supreme Courts of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal and at Madras, and the Office of Recorder of Bombay.

X. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall in any manner affect or extend to prevent or restrain the granting of any Pensions under the provisions of an Act passed in the 41st year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, 'An Act for the better regulation of his Majesty's Prize Courts in the West Indies and America, and for giving a more speedy and effectual execution to the Decrees of the Lords Commissioners of Appeals,' and of another Act passed in the 43d year of his present Majesty, intituled, 'An Act for the encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectual manning his Majesty's Navy; for regulating the payment of Prize Money, and for making provision for the Salaries of the Judges of the Vice Admiralty Courts in the Island of Malta, and in the Bermudas, and Bahama Islands;' and also of an- other Act passed in the 45th year of his present Majesty, intituled, 'An Act for the encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually manning of his Majesty's Navy.'

XI. And be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to empower the said Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to give the Royal Assent to any Bill or Bills in Parliament for repealing, changing or in any respect varying the Order and Course of Succession to the Crown of this Realm, as the same stands now established by an Act passed in the 12th year of the reign of King William the Third, intituled, 'An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject;' or to any Act for repealing or altering the Act made in the 13th year of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, 'An Act for the Uniformity of Public Prayers and Administration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies, and for establishing the Form of making, ordaining, and consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons in the Church of England:' or the Act of the 5th year of the reign of Queen Anne, made in Scotland, intituled, 'An Act for securing the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Government.'

XII. Provided also, and be it enacted, That if his said Royal Highness George Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales shall not continue to be resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or shall at any time marry a Papist, then and in either of such cases, all the powers and authorities vested in his said Royal Highness by this Act, shall cease and determine.

XIII. And whereas it is expedient that the Care of his Majesty's Royal Person should be committed to the Queen's most excellent Majesty, together with the sole direction of such portion of his Majesty's Household as shall be deemed requisite and suitable for the due attendance on his Majesty's Sacred Person, and the maintenance of his Royal Dignity; Be it therefore enacted, That the Care of his Majesty's Royal Person, and the disposing, ordering and managing of all matters and things relating thereto, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in the Queen's most excellent Majesty, during the continuance of his Majesty's Indisposition; and that the sole direction of his Majesty's Household, except the Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household, the Captain of the Yeomen of his Majesty's Guard, and the Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, shall be and is hereby vested in her Majesty; and her said Majesty shall have the full and sole power and authority, by any Instrument or instruments in writing signed and sealed by her Majesty, to nominate and appoint, in case of any vacancies arising by resignation or death, all the Officers and Persons belonging to his Majesty's Household, in the respective departments thereof, whose appointment, nomination, or removal have heretofore been made by his Majesty; except the Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household, and the Gentlemen and Grooms of his Majesty's Bedchamber, his Majesty's Equerries, the Captain of the Yeomen of his Majesty's Guard, and the Captain of the honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners; and the nomination and appointment by her Majesty, in manner and form aforesaid, shall be valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as if the same had been made or done by his Majesty in the accustomed manner; and the several persons so appointed shall be entitled to the like precedence, privileges, salaries, wages, profits, and all other emoluments, as the several persons now holding and enjoying the same offices are respectively entitled to: Provided always, That the power and authority given by this Act to her Majesty to nominate and appoint such persons of his Majesty's Household as are not herein before excepted, shall continue in force until the said 1st day of February, or the expiration of such six weeks as aforesaid, and no longer: Provided also, That her said Majesty shall not have any power or authority to remove any officer in any department of his Majesty's Household, by this Act made subject to the nomination or appointment of her Majesty, who shall have been nominated and appointed by his Majesty: Provided also, That until the expiration of such period as aforesaid, no appointment shall be made to the Office of Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household, now vacant, but that all the duties of the said Office shall be performed by the Vice Chamberlain; and that during such period as aforesaid, no person holding the Office of Gentleman or Groom of his Majesty's Bedchamber, or being one of his Majesty's Equerries, shall be subject to be removed; and no vacancy which shall arise by death or resignation of any of the Grooms or Gentlemen of his Majesty's Bedchamber, or of his Majesty's Equerries, shall be supplied or filled up, or any appointment or nomination made to supply any such vacancy.

XIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Officer in his Majesty's Household who is by this Act put under the direction of her Majesty, to make any appointment to any Office to which such Officer may have the power of appointment for any longer period than during his Majesty's Pleasure.

XV. And whereas the execution of the weighty and arduous trusts by this Act committed to the Queen's most excellent Majesty, may require the assistance of a Council, with whom her Majesty may consult and advise; Be it therefore enacted, That in order to assist and advise her said most excellent Majesty, in the several matters aforesaid, there shall be, during the continuance of his Majesty's Illness, a Council, consisting of Charles lord archbishop of Canterbury, Edward lord archbishop of York, James duke of Montrose, George earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, Heneage earl of Aylesford, John lord Eldon, Edward lord Ellenborough, and the right hon. sir William Grant; which Council shall from time to time meet as her Majesty shall be pleased to direct, and shall also have power to meet in manner by this Act directed; and if it should happen that any of them the said Charles lord archbishop of Canterbury, Edward lord archbishop of York, James duke of Montrose, George earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, Heneage earl of Aylesford, John lord Eldon, Edward lord Ellenborough, or the right hon. sir William Grant, should depart this life, or by instrument in writing communicated to her Majesty, signify their intention to decline to act, then and in such case it shall be lawful for the Queen's most excellent Majesty, from time to time, by an Instrument in writing signed and sealed by her Majesty, revocable at her will and pleasure, to nominate and appoint some one person, being or having been a member of his Majesty's most hon. Privy Council, to be a member of the said Council, to advise and assist her Majesty as aforesaid, in the room and place of each and every of the said Councillors, so departing this life, or declining to act as aforesaid; which nomination and appointment shall be forthwith certified by an Instrument in writing, signed and sealed by her Majesty, to the Lords of his Majesty's most hon. Privy Council, and shall be entered in the Books of the said Privy Council.

XVI. And be it further enacted, That each and every member of her Majesty's Council shall, within the space of five days after his appointment by virtue of this Act, or by virtue of her Majesty's nomination and appointment in manner aforesaid, take an Oath before the Lord High Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal, or Commissioners for keeping the Great Seal of Great Britain, or the Lord President of his Majesty Privy Council, or the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, for the time being respectively, or either of them, who are hereby severally and respectively required and empowered to administer the same, when required so to do by any person so appointed a member of her Majesty's Council as aforesaid; and the person administering such Oath, shall give to the member of her Majesty's Council taking the same, a Certificate of the same having been so taken, signed with his, hand; which Certificate shall be forthwith transmitted to his Majesty's Privy Council, and entered in the Books of the said Privy Council; and such Oath shall be in the form following; (that is to say),

'I A. B. do solemnly promise and swear, That I will truly and faithfully counsel and advise the Queen's most excellent Majesty, according to the best of my judgment, in all matters and things relating to the trusts committed to her Majesty, touching the care of his Majesty's Royal Person, and the resumption of the personal exercise of the Royal Authority by his Majesty.'

XVII. And be it further enacted, That her Majesty's Council, or any three or more of them, shall have power and authority at all times, when they shall judge it necessary, to meet, and call before them, and to examine upon oath, the Physicians and all other persons attendant on his Majesty, during the continuance of his Illness, touching the state of his Majesty's Health; and all matters relating thereto; (which Oath any member of the said Council is hereby authorized and empowered to administer;) and to ascertain the state of his Majesty's Health, by all such other ways and means as shall appear to them to be necessary for that purpose.

XVIII. And be it further enacted, That three or more of the members of the Council appointed to assist her Majesty in the execution of the trusts committed to her Majesty by this Act, shall, in case such trusts shall then be in force, meet on some day in the first week in April, 1811, and some day in the first week of every third month thereafter; and shall, whilst the said trusts shall continue in force, at every such meeting, declare the state of his Majesty's Health at the time of each of such Meetings respectively, and shall forthwith transmit a Copy of such Declaration to the President of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, or in his absence to one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, who shall thereupon cause the same to be inserted in the Books of the Privy Council.

XIX. And whereas it is necessary that effectual provision should be made that his Majesty may resume the personal exercise of his Royal Authority, as soon as his Majesty is restored to such a state of health as to be capable of resuming the same; Be it therefore enacted, That when it shall appear to her Majesty the Queen, and to any four or more of the Council appointed by this Act to assist her Majesty in the execution of the trust committed to her Majesty by this Act, assembled at any meeting held in pursuance of her Majesty's Royal Will and Pleasure signified for that purpose, or assembled under the direction of this Act, or in pursuance of his Majesty's Royal Will and Pleasure signified to her Majesty and her Council for that purpose, which Council of her Majesty is hereby required to assemble in the presence of her Majesty, upon his Majesty's Royal Will and Pleasure being signified for that purpose, that his Majesty is restored to such a state of Health as to be capable of resuming the personal Exercise of the Royal Authority it shall and may be lawful for her said Majesty, by the advice of any four or more of her said Council, to notify the same by an Instrument under her Majesty's hand, and signed also by the said four or more of her Majesty's said Council, and addressed to the Lord President of his Majesty's most hon. Privy Council for the time being, or in his absence to one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and the said Lord President or Secretary of State shall and is hereby required, on the receipt thereof, to communicate the same to the said Regent, and to summon forthwith a Privy Council, and the members of his Majesty's most hon. Privy Council are here- by required to assemble in consequence of such Summons; and the said. Lord President, or in his absence the said Secretary of State, is required, in the presence of any six or more Privy Counsellors so assembled, to cause the said Instrument to be entered on the Books of the said Privy Council.

XX. And be it further enacted, That if at any time after the said Instrument under the hand of her Majesty, and of four or more of her said Council, shall have beep received and entered as aforesaid, his Majesty shall think proper, by an Instrument under his Sign Manual, to require the Lord President of his Majesty's most hon. Privy Council for the time being, or in his absence, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to summon a Council in his Majesty's presence, consisting of any number of persons not less than nine, whom his Majesty shall name, and who shall be or shall have been members of his Majesty's most hon. Council, not being members of her Majesty's Council, the said Lord President or Secretary of State shall and he is hereby required to summon such persons accordingly; and as well the said Lord President or Secretary of State, as the other persons so summoned, shall and they are hereby required to attend at the time and place appointed by his Majesty; and such persons so assembled shall be and be deemed a Privy Council for the purpose herein-after mentioned.

XXI. And be it further enacted, That if his Majesty by the advice of six or more of such Privy Council so assembled, shall signify his Royal Pleasure to resume the personal exercise of his Royal Authority, and to issue a Proclamation declaring the same, such Proclamation shall be issued accordingly, countersigned by the said six or more of the said Privy Council, and all the Powers and Authorities given by this Act shall from thenceforth cease and determine, and the personal exercise of the Royal Authority by his Majesty, shall be and be deemed to be resumed by his Majesty, and shall be exercised by his Majesty, to all intents and purposes, as if this Act had never been made.

XXII. And be it further enacted, That if his royal highness George Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales shall depart this life during the continuance of the Regency by this Act established, or cease to be Regent under any of the provisions thereof, the Lords of his Majesty's most hon. Privy Council shall forthwith cause a Proclamation to be issued, in his Majesty's name, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, declaring the same: And if her Majesty the Queen shall depart this life during the time that the care of his Majesty's Royal Person shall be committed to her Majesty according to the provisions of this Act, the Regent shall forthwith order and direct a Proclamation, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to be issued and published, declaring the same: And in case the Parliament in being at the time of the issuing of any Proclamation declaring the death of the Regent or of her Majesty, or at the time of the issuing of any Proclamation for the Resumption of the personal exercise of the Royal Authority by his Majesty, shall then be separated, by any adjournment or prorogation, such Parliament shall forthwith meet and sit.

XXIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in case any such Proclamation as aforesaid shall issue in any or either of such cases as aforesaid, at any time subsequent to the dissolution or expiration of a Parliament, and before the day appointed by any Writs of Summons then issued for assembling a new Parliament, then and in such case the last preceding Parliament shall immediately convene and sit at Westminster, and be a Parliament to continue during the space of six months and no longer, to all intents and purposes, as if the same Parliament had not been dissolved or expired, but subject to be sooner prorogued or dissolved: Provided also, that if any such Proclamation as aforesaid shall issue in any or either of such cases as aforesaid upon or at any time after the day appointed by any Writs of Summons then issued for calling and assembling a new Parliament, and before such new Parliament shall have met and sat as a Parliament, such new Parliament shall immediately after such Proclamation convene and sit at Westminster, and he and be deemed to be a Parliament in being to all intents and purposes under the provisions of this Act.

XXIV. And be it also enacted, That in case of the death of her Majesty the Queen, the Care of his Majesty's Royal Person, and all and every the Powers and Authorities in and by this Act vested in her Majesty touching the care of his Majesty's Royal Person, and the disposing, ordering, and managing all matters and things relating thereto, shall be and the same are hereby vested in her Majesty's Council, until due provision shall have been made in relation thereto by Parliament: Provided nevertheless, that in such case, nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to empower the Regent, or the said Council, to nominate, appoint, or remove any of the Officers or Persons of his Majesty's Household, by this Act made subject to the nomination, appointment or removal of her Majesty, until due provision shall have been made by Parliament in that behalf.

XXV. And be it further enacted, That if any person, being a member of the House of Commons, shall accept of any Office of Profit from the Crown, by the nomination and appointment of the Regent in the name and on behalf of his Majesty, or of her Majesty the Queen during the continuance of the Regency hereby established, the Election of such member shall be and is hereby declared to be void, and a new Writ shall issue for a new Election, in such and the like manner as if such person had been appointed to such Office by his Majesty.

XXVI. And be it further enacted, That the several Letters Patent, Letters of Privy Seal, and all other lawful authorities, of what nature or kind soever, which have been granted or issued by his Majesty, by virtue whereof any payments of any sum or sums of Money are directed to be paid out of the monies applicable to the use of his Majesty's Civil Government, for the use of the Queen's most excellent Majesty, or for the use of any of the branches of his Majesty's Royal Family, shall continue to be, and the same are hereby enacted to continue and be of full force and effect respectively, during the continuance of the Regency by this Act established; and that Warrants shall be issued by the Lord High Treasurer, or Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, for the payment of the several sums therein respectively contained; which Warrants the said Lord High Treasurer, or Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, are hereby respectively required to issue at the usual and accustomed times, and in the usual and accustomed manner.

XXVII. And be it further enacted, That the Lord High Treasurer or Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury for the time being shall direct, and they are hereby required annually to direct the sum of 60,000l. to be issued out of the monies of the Civil List Revenues to the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse for the time being, in like manner, and at such times and in such proportions as has heretofore been usual and accustomed in respect to the issue of the sum of 60,000l. as aforesaid; and that the said Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse shall, and he is hereby authorised and directed, during the continuance of his Majesty's indisposition, out of the monies so issued to him, to make such payments, and issue and apply such sums (not exceeding the sum of 15,461l. in the whole in the year), to such persons, in such proportions, and at such times, for such purposes, and on such accounts and in such manner as he hath heretofore usually paid, issued and applied the same by the authority and direction of his Majesty; and the said Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse shall, and he is hereby authorised and directed to issue and pay to such persons as her Majesty may think proper to appoint for this purpose, out of such 60,000l. as aforesaid, such sums of money, (not exceeding 4,215l. in each quarter of the year in the whole, the first payment whereof shall be made for the current quarter as soon as may be after the passing of this Act) as her Majesty shall, by any order or orders in writing made for that purpose, direct, to be by such persons so to be appointed as aforesaid, paid and applied in such sums and proportions, and to such persons and for such purposes, and upon such accounts, and in such manner, as the same have been heretofore accustomed to be paid and applied, under the immediate direction and authority of his Majesty; and such persons, so appointed as aforesaid, shall, before any such money shall be issued to him after the passing of this Act, take an oath before some one of her Majesty's Council (which Oath each of her Majesty's said Council is hereby authorised to administer) that he will faithfully apply and will justly account to her Majesty for the faithful application of such sums of Money so issued to him as aforesaid; and such persons so appointed as aforesaid, shall from time to time, within one month after the receipt of every such sum as aforesaid, render to her Majesty a just and true account of the application thereof: Provided also, that the remainder of the aforesaid sum of 60,000l. shall be invested by the said Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse in some of the public funds, or Government Securities, in the name of the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse for the time being, in trust for his Majesty; and that the next surplus of the Revenues of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster shall be from time to time paid under the Order of the Chancellor and Council of the said Duchy, into the hands of the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse, whose receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the same, and shall by him be invested in some of the public Funds or Government Securities, in manner aforesaid; and that the Governor and Company of the Bank of England shall place the said several sums on an Account to be raised in the Books of the said Governor and Company intituled, "The Account of the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse;" and that upon the death or resignation of the present and every other Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse hereafter to be appointed, all and every the said stock or stocks and sum or sums of money arising from the dividends which shall accrue thereon, shall immediately vest in the successor of the present or any future Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse respectively, and the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse for the time being is hereby required to lay out and invest the dividends so accruing as aforesaid from time to time, in the purchase of other Stocks and Securities on the like account, and that the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse for the time being, shall from time to time execute Declarations of Trust of all such Funds and Securities, declaring that the same are held in trust for his Majesty, by instruments to be executed under his hand and seal, to be deposited with her Majesty.

XXVIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the said Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse, and such person so to be appointed as last aforesaid by her Majesty, shall on or before the first day of January 1812, and on or before the first day of January in every succeeding year during the continuance of this Act, respectively take an Oath before the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, or one of them, in the form following;

'I A. B. do swear, That according to the best of my knowledge, belief, or information, no part of the money which has been issued to me for the service of his Majesty's Privy Purse, by virtue of an Act intituled, An Act [here insert the Title of this Act], between the first day of January and the first day of January has been applied directly or indirectly for the benefit, use, or behoof of any Member of the House of Commons, or, so far as I am concerned, applicable, directly or indirectly, to the purpose of supporting or procuring an interest in any Place returning Members to Parliament. So help me GOD.'

XXIX. And whereas an Act passed in the 39th and 40th years of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, 'An Act concerning the disposition of certain real and personal Property of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, and also the real and personal Property of her Majesty, and of the Queen Consort for the time being:' and whereas it is necessary that provision should be made for the care of the real and personal Estate and Property of his Majesty, during his indisposition, and for the preservation thereof for the use and future disposal of his Majesty; be it therefore enacted, That all persons having the care or management of his Majesty's real or personal Estate or Property, or any part thereof, now vested in any trustees for the use of his Majesty, shall be and are hereby made and declared to be subject to the controul, order, direction, appointment, and removal of the several and respective trustees of the real and personal Estate and Property of which they are respectively in the care and management; and shall from time to time, and whenever required so to do account to the respective trustees of the several and respective parts of the real and personal Estate and Property of which they so have the care and management, for all the rents, issues, profits, dividends, interest and sums of money arising or accruing the reform respectively; and shall apply, pay over, lay out, invest, or otherwise dispose of the same, for the use of his Majesty, in such manner as shall be from time to time ordered and directed by such trustees respectively and as to such trustees shall appear most adviseable and beneficial for the care and improvements of such real and personal Estate and Property, and the preservation thereof, for his Majesty's use and future disposal: and all the real and personal Estate and Property of his Majesty, in relation to which no disposition shall have been made by his Majesty before his illness and which shall not now be vested in any trustee or trustees for his Majesty's use, shall immediately from and after the passing of this act vest in the Queen's most excellent Majesty, his Royal Highness, the Regent, and the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse for the time being, as trustees thereof, for the use of his Majesty, and for the protection and care thereof during his Majesty's Illness, and preservation thereof for his Majesty's use and future disposal; and her said Majesty, and his said Royal Highness the Regent, and the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse, may appoint a Secretary and such other persons as may appear to them to be necessary for the management of and keeping the Accounts of the said trust, with such salaries to be paid out of the proceeds of the trust property, as may appear to the said trustees to be proper; and all persons in the care and management of any real or personal Estate or Property, so vested in such trustees as last aforesaid, under this Act, shall in like manner as aforesaid be subject to the order, controul, direction, appointment, or removal of such trustees as last aforesaid, and shall account to such trustees in like manner as is herein before directed, in relation to such real and personal Estate and Property as was vested in trustees before the passing of this Act; and shall in like manner as aforesaid apply, pay over, lay out, invest, or otherwise dispose of the rents, issues, profits, dividends, interests, and sums of money arising or accruing therefrom respectively, according to the order and direction of such trustees as aforesaid: Provided always, that all dividends arising from any Public Funds or Securities shall be from time to time invested and laid out in the purchase of other like Funds or Public Securities, unless any other order or direction shall be given by the trustees thereof respectively: and all trustees in whom any real or personal Estate or Property was vested, before the passing of this Act, or in whom the same is vested by the provisions of this act, shall hold all such Estates and Property for the use and benefit of his Majesty, and preserve the produce thereof, and of all rents, issues, profits, dividends, interest and sums of money, arising and accruing therefrom, for his Majesty's use and benefit, and for the future disposal of his Majesty, in case no disposition shall have been made thereof by his Majesty before his illness; and all such real and personal Estate and Property, and rents, issues, profits, produce, dividends, interest, and sums of money aforesaid, arising and accruing therefrom, whereof no disposition shall have been made by his Majesty before his illness, shall, if no disposition thereof shall hereafter be made by his Majesty, go and be disposed of according to law: Provided always, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to invalidate or in any manner to affect any disposition which shall have been made, or which shall hereafter be made, by his Majesty, by deed, will, or otherwise, of any such property or proceeds thereof as aforesaid, either before or after his Majesty's illness, which would have been or would be a good and valid disposition of such Property, if this act had not passed.

XXX. And whereas his Majesty hath been accustomed from time to time, by the advice and on the recommendation of the Commissioners of the Treasury, to make grants out of the Droits of the Crown and of the Admiralty to persons concerned or interested in the capture of any vessels and cargoes, or other property, condemned to or becoming vested in his Majesty, as Droits of the crown or of the Admiralty, or to persons praying for relief as of his Majesty's Bounty in any cases of damage or injury sustained by them on account of or in any manner connected with any capture or prize, or occasioned by any engagement with ships of the enemy; be it therefore enacted, That the said Regent shall have full power and authority, by the advice and on the recommendation of the Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being, or any three or more of them, out of the Droits of the Crown or the Droits of the Admiralty, or any part or parts thereof, from time to time to make any such Grants to persons concerned or interested in the capture of any vessels or cargoes, or other property, which have been or may hereafter be condemned to or become vested in his Majesty as Droits of his Crown or of the Admiralty, or to any person or persons praying for relief in any cases of damage or injury sustained by or on account of any matter or thing arising out of or in any manner connected with capture on prize, or occasioned by any engagement with ships or vessels of the enemy, in such manner as his Majesty hath heretofore by the advice of the said Commissioners been accustomed to make any Grants of the same.