HC Deb 24 February 1813 vol 24 c737
The Hon. Cochrane Johnstone

rose and said, that he intended to submit a motion to the House on Monday next, relative to the proceedings ordered by his Majesty to be instituted on the subject of her royal highness the Princess of Wales. The hon. member was about to offer some remarks upon the importance of this matter, which, he said, affected even the succession to the throne itself, when the Speaker interrupted him by stating, that in giving a notice, it was not usual to enter into any discussion which could possibly create a debate. The hon. member then concluded by observing, that he had thought it his duty, and had accordingly done so, to transmit a copy of the proposition he intended to move, to ministers, that they might be fully possessed of the line he meant to pursue.