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I` PM and after the attention the House had devoted to all that had been advanced on that question, he was sure the House would feei•it to be unnecessary for him to enter into the grounds and reasons of the 'notion he was about to propose. He would, there fore, s. qnce proceed to move— " That it is the opinion of thiprommittee, that a sum net exceeding SAO*. per annum be piloted on( of the Coasoli dated Fowl to his loyal Webers., the Duke of Cambridge, as a switakie Provialbn on the oteisiis of the iuteaded war. triage of his loyal Higlossa" The ircatioo having been -put on the Rook /ion— Mr. BROUGHAM ohmered, that the discussion of lag night had been altogether codlitted mom topic, different (nem that notevoder the coneidi'r.ltinu of the Committee—the propriety of vOtiog all addi- . tional sum of 40;006/. • year to his Royal -High nem the - Duke of Clarence. or of re4ucieg thet sum. But because the House bad,. in it. granted • sum of-6,000i. a year to tlk last Hord Duke, it seemed to be' lookeld 'upon es a matter of course, that the lame iildition hf in come should be on the rest bf his Wye! BrothersLthat so soon as that proposid - wede named to the 41tiose„ so soon the same .allowance ought to be granted. But though he were to strand utters in his opposition, he telt booed. es - a faithful guurdian of the rights of that people of 'whom Ire hail the 'honour to be one representative, to stand up in his plece, and protest ogsinst the introduction of so monstrous a principle. His' flrst objection to the metiam df the'Ploble Lord was, that the propositions for the intended arrangements had all been brought down in a mass, they Mid been ell lumped tagether, is order to preclude the poe vibility of considering each individually on its own merits, and to procure a recognition' of the princi ple that it was expedient to create* Inte additional income LIM every one of the Royal Dukes who might choose to marry.—(Hear, heur.)lt 'was a 4common feeling to regret the late lamented breach in the direct succession to the Crown ; none Is tnentcd it more than lie did. The longer' all telio understood the virtues of the late.Ptincess Charlotte lived, the deeper would the sorrow excited by the recollection of them sick into their heirs. ; and cer tainly if any thing could have rendered that sorrow more severe, nothing tended to it more than those gicreral sad wholesale. applications to Parlisineot from other branches of the Royal Family. He could not forbear observing this, though eetremely reluctant to make any observations un any brandies of that Family, ou the upholding of whose dignity and diameter the public happiness so much dee landed. He must add, that the large applications to Parliament for the Royal Dukes would ebgnive more deeply the sorrow universally felt for the re -cent irreparable public lose. Another ground of oh ject ion to the motion was, the absence of a necessity fur it in the present burdened slate of the Country— ** necessity both to maintain the succession in the present family, and also df an oddities; to the re venue of the Royal Duke, previously to a tnar lege, for the purport of keeping up, the nieces stye. If it were proved that a marriage was mem eery to keep up the succession, and mor that no member of the Royal Family could marry without an increase of income—then he would ate for such increase, but on the lowest possible mule. In making a grant on such grounds dentoostosted. the House would carry with it the matitueuts of the people, because the people were convinced it was expedient; that it was connected with their hap pine,s and liberty to preserve thersoccession unin terrupted in the •finsily non the Throne. But admitting this, and the necessity of a marriage, it was natural to ask, why hove recourse to the youngest son ?—why pass over the next T— (Hear, hear.)—A Royal Duke (tee believe the Duke of Kent) nearer in succession that, the Duke IS Cambridge, had been mentioned in the highest terms in the debates of last night—he stood in a very favourable point of view, both from the unimpeach able public character he had ever sustained, and also from the measures, so creditable to hint, lately adopted to relieve himself from the difficulties, and income from the burdens impaired on them, without any misconduct or error on hie ',art. The Duke of Clarence lied informed the House with till deference, a deference meet becoming him, that ho,could !lot previsil ou binteelf to accept the grout voted to hint by the Howie,. use think df eutering ado the matrimounil state on the proffered terms. It was true, it had beets stated in the House, that thg proposition for a marriage had been accepted by that Royal Duke with great violence to his own f'relongs, solely to meet the views of national policy, mod the wishes of the country—(Hear, hear.) — However, iirconseluence of the vole of that /loose, after the communication on the part of his /loyal Iligliness made 'that night, it was po longer matter of expectation 'that dug illustrious individual wuuld contract a marriage. The House then would na tio:illy look to the next. Why pose to the Duke at Cambridge, the last of the Royal brothers, but, by obtaining a grout to him, to sanction the prin. ciple, that, on the eoeut of * marriage, all the bro thers were entitled to a grout frets -Parliament ? Such a priociptle being established, the Duke of Cumberland ought of course to be incloded among the rest. He had not hitherto mentioued the Duke of Sussex, whose conductotill more than that of the Duke of Kent, was deserving of praise, on account of his excellent example its public life, and still more for his titivate arraugements his giving up almost Isis all to satisfy Ns credit ors. He had been without massy advantages possessed by Ins:younger brother ; My allowance commenced at the same time, though 54 year older—he , hsal come to hie allowance wills Illinois( a necessary burden of debt. lie believed • contony, if not a virtue, yet the parent of massy tonnes, and he perfectly agreed with the Member for Suirey in the praises be held bestowed on on illustrious individual for this quality. The Duke of Cambridge, however, had come to the possession of Ills allowance at sit early age —moreover, he de !used all income of li,ooo/. a-year hem his employ. meat in Ilenover—he load a slioutitie.hotote, and the use of hie Majesty's strewth and atehles..-- Every one must allow, that for years the Duke of Caminidge had hail an opportunity of living with tiopoity and splendour; all his peusonal expenses 1..1,,g provided for, without touching the grant is-I tit Ed I Parliaineet. His Memos. of 18.0004 a )•ar hall, ilwrefore, been occutioulating; he had --• d I,•- party __ twiny, r liament was bound to grant the nierass; but if hoth-these things were nut proved, a desire of con sistency with the vote of last night should unite the House 'withhold How could Gentlemen who refused-10,000/. etlear - to the Duke of Cla rence. as au unnecessarily large slim, grant 6,000/. 011ie to the Duke of Cambridge, after it has been proved that that Royal Duke has no occasion for the growl ? He would say, that to vote away such large rums was only a squan dering of the • public' money--(Hear, hear, hear)--a boon useless, or wen than useless, to nourish and - *Option the vain passion for profusion, that seethed unfortunately to be felt by ' certain exalted individual,. If tie Noble Lord could demonstrate that the marine was called for • by the circumstances of the country, and that the -Duke of Cambridge did not already possess a suffi- 'clan incortie for that purpose, it was well ; but if he failed in doing this, every Gentleman who beard the debate of last night, and has any regard for consistency of conduct, would be compelled to withhold his assent from the motion. He was com pelled to call the attention of the House to another circumstance that bore on the question before them —he' meant the private funds of the beads of the ll lostrious family. The King must possess ample private property ; for, some time since. when it was propmeri to appoint Commissioners for the manage 'Miura it,' very liberal salaries were mentioned fur them. It was-generally believed that the Queen Woo had extensive private possessions. He trusteJ it would not be thought disrespectful to those dins triosapersonages to suggest, that it woutd become them, • on 'the emlsarrassmenti of persons most nearly connected wish them. some of them una voidably, to contribute a part of those ample means which the liberality of the country, or their own economy, bad • enabled them to amass. He must be pardoned for saying, that it woutd be oily sheering a due regard to the distresses of a loyal, faithful,' devoted people, which would come with-peculiar-grace at the present moment, when we had just escaped a storm that menaced those illustrious 'personsges no less than the rest of the nation. The sum •was not material ; it was not Whether 'the :youngest of the Royal Dukes should have 6,000/. a-year bestowed on him ; but whether that sum should be unnecessarily taken from the people. The Crown had no worse servant than he, wins, forgetting his duty to the country, gives 'such information to the Prince on the throne as contributes to keep up the de lusion with regard to the state of the subject. under which it •is the misfortune of the Monarch too frequently to labour.—( Hear./—h was well known tharfrotn one end of the country to another, the cry was rigid economy. and that among the va rious causes of complaint the people dwelt upon. nonewas more loudly exclaimed against, none more generally odious dam a thoughtless system of profu sion in the younger branches of the Royal Family. The Duke of Cumberland had equal claims with the Duke of Cambridge; if they recognised the justice of the claims of the latter. they could not suffer, the former to remain in ts state of degrading poverty. No man should he deterred from doing his duty to his constituents by an apprehension that his conduct would be ungracious to, or unbecom ing of what was due to the Crown. It was the deep-rooted, fixed, ham:reelable, common determi nation of the people, however they might differ on other subjects, that they would hare economy, and if any thing was particularly odious, it was the throwing away of large sums of money in compli ment to the branches of the Royal Family.—( Hear, hear.)—lt had been said by a writer much praised but little read, that the " trappings of a inonaichy would furnish forth a moderate republic." He thought lie was mistaken: he preferred a monarchy, with all its trappings awl all its expenses; but then it was on condition that theft trappings and ex penses were cat down to the very lowest scale. The conduct of Ministers lint deceived their Prince, and next, itt its consequesices, compelled the people to look to other forma of Government. Thut and that Member only would do his duty, who would not suffer a particle of expense to be im posed more than was iseceswiry. He bud said so much, not yielding to any Member in the House in a feeling of respect and rational attachment to the family on the Throne.—( Hear, "hear.) Lord CASTLEREAGU said, that notwithstanding the various topics introduced into the Hon. and Lamed Gentleman's speech who had just sat down, he would endeavour to crnifiise himself to those parts of it that were snore properly connected with the question. If ever temper was required in any debate, it was on the present. Alter hearing the speech of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, he thought it Ina duty to call the attention of the House to that part of it from which, if he had not afterwards distinctly declared he had not in. trotted any thing invidious to the Royal Family. he would have himself concluded that the speech, from beginning to end, had an affect and ob ject directly mummy, and that its principal purer pose was, that of general reflections on, or in vidious comparison of, the illustrious Princes with one utrother.—( Hear, hear.)— Notwit Wand ing all his professitais, lie had thrown out most unfair insinuations against two of the Princes— if lie had desired to alienate the uffertimis of the people from the House of Hanover, he could nut have pursued h better course than the one he had followerl.—( Hear, Ilear.)— He had attacked individuals who had no oppor tunity of defending themselves. He must call it an invidious comparison to select one or two of the (loyal Brothers as subjects of a profuse panegyric, mid to call the attention of the House to one of these not bring tout on an establishment St his own at so early an uge as another brother.— ( Hese, hear, hear.) 'There never was a more invidious comparison or rellect• .—(heur s hear, hear.) I le would pave with pleasure hoM that topic of the speech. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had complained, that they were not called upon to de cide the individual merits of each case; but he up there was nothing in the fame of pro precluded that—nothing to justify the part __ grout_ the Noble Lord's opinion ; but it was suggested by a friend near him, that it was that passage near the beginning, in which he had spoken of the pub. he sorrow at the loss of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte being deepened by these appli. cations. Lord CASTILEILEAGU would shew he had not lost his - that good temper. in saying. he was perftctly rrjo►ced to hear so plain a disavowal of the imputed intention from the Hot). and Learned Gentleman; but he was not single in the 'construction he had given it.—(Hear, hear.)—lt was not on the passage relative to the Princess Charlotte he bud formed unit construction, hut another, in which the Flom and Learned Gentleman hod at large made an at. tack on the character of two Royal Dukes. Mr. BROUGHAM said, the Noble Lora most have been dreaming—he had never been guilty or what was' mputed to him. Mr. F. DOUGLAS was ni.tonishetl to hear a de. fence of the chmeteraf the Royal Dukes From the Noble Lord, from whose pernicious conduct dur ing the last four days mere indignity had been of fered to the Crown than it had ever suffered before. The course of the applications was like a botch Auction. The only reason a free people had to prefer one family to another was. that they might enjoy the greater liberty and prosperity, and be subject to less burdens. Mr. CuawEa said, that the value of the vote given last night was not that a sum of 4,0001. yrat was saved thereby to the country. which lei the vast sums now annually raised from it he deemed of small weight—but because a diminution of a grant to one of the members of the Royal Family held out a hope that the system of extravagance, com menced iu total ignorance of the state of the country, would at length he checked. The House was bound not to give one shilling more than was absolutely necessary. If the illustrious individual in question had no income but what was derived from this country, be thought no one would oppose the grant ; but as he drew large sums from Hanover, and as lie did not think the grant Werth sary to enable him to enter into a married state, lie did not lee! himself bound to support the mo tion. Ile trusted the establishment at IVindsor would be exaumied into, with a view to make every practicable retrenchment, and that the lung held out professions of economy would be at length fol lowed up. Mr. WILBERrORCE kuid, that the country would be more likely to lose than gain by an interference with the revenues of Hanover. Ile would be sorry to see too close a comiection with that country established. He condemned the consequences of the Royal Marriage Act, and thought that the . ‘\A ,Ix\k . . assertion, that that they were called upen to vote for all • o , tl,e Cloud RtiV.l Might intelinstry with in a lunip....f liter. hear.k.-TIP* ',Moen wf , "he io rilf nn c0m1.,. ia'stie Over , ;Iv, mad giving , course adopted had been, that the, screws of the slot the privy Ceonctl• However exalted iwli. Crow's had thought it their dyily bet to call on the easiest. tingle be, if they overstepped tlw bounds of House, in blindness, to gestation/sum to the Mik e propriety mid prudence, attention would besttriseted of Clarence, without disclosing what might be the to them, Mel remarks made no them. He ll girt probable views of his brother.. With respect to differently of the people of England than to sup etiother part of the speech, in which the Hon. pose that they welsh! grudge so %Mill a sum as Member wished for an account of the revenue el ti,•OOW. a year to a Prince of the Wail, when their the Royal Dukesi-e-with respect to 'this, that every feelings subsided, and they came to think calmly member ofthe Royal Family should, en a change in on the 'natter. 'He ilionglit so much due to the his condition, come down to Parlieesent with a sting. .Dulte of Corn lot idge oat his marriage, :melon* meat a his affaies,.and plead there di Astrid pare. equally to avoid prodigality and parsimouy. peris, than such a disclosure he couldnecconceive Mr. BRAND said, the House ought to ascertain any thing more derogatory or humiliating to those the . Whele iucomelif the Royal Dukes, before vot. illustrious iudividuals. To keep up the succession, ing uwsy any or the public motley. It was not the Hon. and Learned Member would wish its to skew,' even that the income derived from tine coim throw our eyes over all the branches of the Royal try was inadequate to the purposer of'the grant. 'Family, in Order to see 'Mkt of them cot"d form . 1k would oppose the Kraut of 6,00 d/. a year, until It • matrimonial alliance on the cheapest tent's.— the absolutellecessity of it was made out. (Hear, hear.)—He agreed 'with the Ron. and Mr. Ttetikey said, that fiat the Duke of Cam• Learned Gentleman, that the people were resolved I bridge lie had himself, at all times, exist , ' to exercise a strict control dyer their.repreeentatires I rienced the greatest attention and ovility—htit in the management of the public money ; but yet this was not a question of private feeling—his he acquitted them of harbouring such mercenary obj ection to the 'notion was, that he tliought and contemptible view s , as to he unwilling'to yield the proposed gou it woe N ecessary. The Noble with cheerfulness wh a t was rendered necessary for Lord r wished - to establish t he pr inciple, that mute the purpose of maintaining the succession lit that o f the Royal Dukes could marr y without receiving family, under which they had experienced so much 6 ,000 / . a ' year; but their votes were not to be happiness, and of supporting the splendour that measured by their necessities, hitt their own.— ought to be kept up, by all the broliches of that (Hear, hear, hear:/—He thought the income from illustrious family. The intended afliake •erf the Hanover ung lit to be inquired into , particuintly Duke of Cambridge was one of long standing, and when lie co uld state, from - undoubted authositY, of unhisesed choice :hr was surprised how it could that ile'lleit dotninioisilo limited sum was laid flown be supposed that, in bringing forward the pro. fur the expenses of the Governor, but an allowance position respecting that Duke first, any slight was generally of what insig ht be required for his ex. intended to the Duke of Kent. It ought to have Item was gives s-N. Whatever been recollected, that one of his opening statements to t h e Governor was given to accumulate.— last night was, that it became the House to make F.ighteen millions heie. 'would enable a man to live arrangements on the contingency of the marriage at the rate of thirty iu Hanover. of that illustrious Duke.—(Hear.)—He certainty Mr. Swum shortly opposed the thblion. had formed such views of the speech, and through. The CHANCELLOR of the i.XCHEQUER was Out it had been calculated to produce such views, ble to state to the "House the information with the exception of the profession at the end, "" desired by a motion of last night, and Mitred completely at variance with the former part. Ile though lie were enabled, lie would think it mine. had also stated last night, that in forming ar. cessary. He did not know what revenue the rangements of the nature of the one under discus- Duke of Cambridge had from Hanover; his only sion, no principle was more dangerous than to look income, of which lie could speak with certainly, to sources of casual revenue. It must he most was the parliamentary grant to him of ei ,, etsi dear to the feelings of the Noble Lord to secure a thousand pounds a-year, and his tegiment. lis. u. settlement to the object of his choice. His situ. deed it was almost mineceerary to notice the ation in Hanover had not been chosen by himself, situation which the Illustrious Liiike filled ill but from the strong persuasions of his illustrious Hanover, alter the exposition made by his Noble brother, as a temporary employment. He did not Friend.the emoluments derived from it were the see any ground for acting in a particular manner to . the Duke of Cambridge; he had proceeded on reward of a great public duty perforthed for the S the principle that nothing was to be left undoneovereign of another country. Under ell the cir. to keep up the succession, and was not to be di s- he conceived his Majesty's Ministers re could not have risme forward on a more proper coursged from it by any thing that pasted iu the • reason, or On our iii which the country was more oc- House, or any difference of opinion ; and believed the people of alighted would go with him in the deeply interested.—(Heat./ view he had taken of the question. Mr. METHUEN said, he did, in his 'conscience, Mr. BROUGHAM said, the House would acknow- believe, that the present CAW was brought forward, ledge the necessity of his saying a few words iu out of its turn, merely to mate another, to ielf,cli reply to the attack made upon him. He supposed Pailiament had objected, which that house had that what passed last night had ruffled the marked with its disapprobation, go down more Noble Lord's temper.—(Hear. hear.)--lt was de- I sinoothly.—(Hear, hear.)—The Noble Lord had livered, however, in a calm, deliberate tone, and charged a Learned Gentleman Dlr. Brougham) he must suppose the Noble Lord believed it. The with entering into comparisons, which he &pre. alleged reason of the charge was, that in the whole cated. But the Noble Lord should have recd. of his speeds he had attempted to run down and hected that he had himself introduced the practice vilify the reigning family. No man of temper un- of comparison into that House, last night, nowt shaken and Judgment undisturbed could put such unfairly, by an allusiou to the Duke and Duchess a construction on what he had said. Ishe truth of Gloucester—(l/ear, hear, hear)—neinev never was, the iuteistion of the Noble Lord, or at least brought before that House or the country without the tendency of his remarks, was to send away exciting the highest respect—entitled as those illus. the House possessed with the opinion, that to trawls individuals were to the esteem and admire make soy observations whatever on the circum. tion of all ranks of society for their virtuous ano.l stances or situation of the Royal Dukes, was 'feces. t exemplary cooduct.—(Hear, hear.)—No trait eerily degrading to them.—(flier, hear.)—He was was more prairehiorthy its their character, than de at -first completely amazed, and could not conceive honesty with which they paid their bills, Wares, of what - of his speech had formed the aid for ! till - its debt • where—(A lunichj—e 11611. followed Jnning . every ciple that might be advantageously where. Mr. PLUNKETT was anxious to trespass on the 1-louse for a few minutes, in order to state his semi timents 011 the subject tinder discussion. He felt it right to bear testimony to the justice of the obser vation of his Learned Friend (Nir. Brougham), when he said that the Noble Lord had lumped else— t !irate grants together.—(lleur, hear.)—lt Was quite un necessary to enter into general protestations of their love for the Protestant suceetwion—of their desire to support the splendour of the Royal Family— since these were points that twver could be indif ferent either to the House or to the pubile.—(lkar —He had Wetted to the statement of the Noble Lord, midi au eartvest wash to hear some grounds on which to approve of this proposition, but he had heard noise—and lie could not, iu the conscientious discharge of his duty, vote fur it. The application of the Noble Lord rested on the abstract principle, independent of time or circumstautes—that, o►► the marriage of any individual connected with the Crown, his income should, of nece,sity, he in- Crrased. Where irrecederits were to be found fur such a system, he knew not—and he was sure that nothing in reason or in justice could be discovered, to sanction it. When the original grants were made to the Royal Dukes, he knew of no refer ence to celibacy—he understood that the provil=ion was made for them, without any view to a single life—hot leaving them free to marry or not to many, as they pleased. If they married, and an additional grant was demanded, he had no way of judging of the propriety of acceding to it, but by looking to the sitnation of those illustrious personages, and, at the AUllit time, taking into consideration the ability of the country. There was undoubtedly an abi lity to pay 6,oool.—but there was also an ability to pay eO,OOO/.—and the principle might be pushed to any extent. This was the only way in which he could place the Noble Lord's view of the question before the House—for it did not appear to be bounded by any definitive limit. But surely they could not throw out of their consideration the tiro vision any of those illustrious individuals might possess, independent of parliamentary grants, when they were called on to vote them larger incomes. If the due maintenance of the splendour of this illus trious individual was the reason advanced to the House for increasing his income, was it not just, before he conceded the boon, that he should con sider his ciicumstances ?—(lieur, hear, hear.) — Seeing that he had already had a certain provision in this country, and an ample one abroad, which merely went to the accumulation of Isis income, and was not tiecersary for the proper support of his dig. nits, he did not think, in the ricotta state of the • 'a a. NI 111 : country, that they would ilischarge their duty to their constituents if they agreed to the proposit oldie Noble Lord.—(Hear.) Mr. l'itoirirEauE observud, that the burdened state of the country. which was not noticed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. nor sufficiently at tended to by the Douse, would induce him to vote against this proposittoo. Sir W. Ilurtanumis said, if the Noble Lord would give it satisfactory answer to the question he meant to propose, he should vote fur the motion— if not, he would oppose it. Would the Noble Lord declare, that the grout now moved fur nos absolutely necessary to promote the marriage of the Duke of Cambridge? Lord CASTLEREAGH sill, he could not :inswer for ihe necri=sities of tll4 Duke of Cunibridge— hut, he thought, if the Hon. baronet voted with hint. he would he on the safe tide.—(A lawgl4.l The Committee then divided, when there ap. peered— For the Motion Against it Majority fur the grant Ett On our re-ailteoZtion In the Gallery we found Lord CASTI.F.IfEAGII That a suiti nut exceeding B,ooof. per annum be settled on the l'riuceos of Hew, wheel DllelliSi of cembrolge, if she survives his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge— the same lo be issued and paid out of the Conoulidaord Fund of Great Rritain and Irclattd."—A peed to PROPOSED GRANT TO TILE DUKE OP CUMBER LAND. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, lie rose to do justice to au illustrious individual, and he trusted the House, in its wisdom and liberality, would Concur in the motion !lewd% about to bring forward. ‘Vhat ever prejudice Might be entertained sigainst the illustrious individual to whom lie alluded, lie could conscientiously say, that lie never knew a reasonable or fair 'Mau who denied to him the praise whlch wits due to his honourable character. That illus trious individual hail formed a matrimonial alli ance, which lie had ceitshillv entered into with the complete consent and sanction of the Crown. Ile had never heard, since that marriage had taken place, that the conduct of the illustrious individuals whi) were united by it, met with atia,lit save the ao prs;Sation oral! who werellie witnesses of their hap ',loess. It was a most painful duty to call the attention of Parliament Is; this subject—but lie should feel that he shraok from his duty to that part of the Royal Family, if lie had refused to bring it fore:aril. Ile was sorry to observe. that those who on a former occasion opposed a similar proposition, wets not willisig at preselit to withdraw that opposition. He lamented that the House seemed to be impressed with a feeling, recollecting its former act, that it could not at present take favourable cogniz nice or this rroposition, without proceeding iii a mauler derogatory to the roust:6l - of Parliameitt. Ile would not, therefore. press it, unless The temper of the House lie dis covered snore encouraging symptoms than lie had previously observed.—(Hear, ite:r.)—lle wool t fairly state Ins own consciencions opinion on the case, which was, that the proposition teas a c il worthy the favourable cousideratoni of the House. He regretted, most sincerely, that Parliameil should 'stake sin exception to the general rule, in the case of this Royal Duke. He .should. however, propose a grant of '6,000/. to the Duke of Cuinhei land, which lie conceived to he due to him in jus tice. He would not, however, press it, unless tile House led him to believe that a snore favourable feeling existed towards that than had heretofore been manifested. His Lord ship then moved— " That his Majesty he enahlvd to grant in additional yearly sum of intone) out of the Consolidate d Fund of Great nertsin snit Ireland, not exceeding 6,0041/. to commence from the sth of A pill ho.d, 14,W111116 providing for the oda. blislitueut of the Duke and Duchess uf Cumberland." Mr. BROUGHAM sins!, f the smuttier in which the Noble Lord brought foraard this motion. it was pretty evident that he did not himself expect to carry it. lie had voted against a semilar ►esolution some time slime. and, tirreefirre, he would not how enter ins the subject. Ile would content him elf with merely oteserving, that his feeliogs were how die same. with respect to this grant, that they were at the former Period. But, notwithstanding his determination to oppose this resolution, be literati the Noble Lord (whet certainly had brought (..r -ward the propmeition in a mainser highly kin ... retitle to his feelings) would not be deterred hunt the quest of dower for the Duchess of Cum berland, to the iminetleate notice of the llotete. - (llear.)—He never saw that illustrious person, lost lie miderdood her conduct, since she I 000 i 00000 ut tics country, had lwen most unexceptionable used most exemplary.—(//ear, hear.) —lt would t heel, slur , lv. be most oppressive. dithered, unmanly, and Ileums, to deprive !ter of the 'need which was due to her virtues.—( Hear, hear.) Lord FOLKSTONE said, speaking from hi, own knowledge, for he formerly had the. honour of lw ing acquainted with the l)techess ref Cumberland, and bud received, in COllllllOll with every English man at the Court of Berlin, the greatest civilities from her. he could bear testimony to the excellence of her disposit• and the purity of her clearacett. If a motion were made for grunting a d.,wrr to leer. he would heartily ell ppOrt I/. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, he held in leis letee , a motion for the purpose tle4Cll4ll been ell:ndr. l to—and, when the Ilesultatiou then before tie, House was disposed of, he should propose it. IL was extremely happy to Paid set mode justice (lola to tlw character of this Mr. WROTTESLEY snid. xs liir pie,•tion of the Doke of Cumber laud's clam 113.1 been mooted. and as the next iwolons . olon annld •rrlyte in the dower to he grunted to los 41111. ft-sous consor to observe. he coobl tint rootteire uu grounds, if her Itoyal Fligntir.. .V:11 elitidt this dower, that Ihr niarini4e whtrh the It I)nke had contracted. should l itho him In it ern,og that uid, 'or the doe otettpott of Wish hich woq alwett to lee etiolate) Ur o hietateliesi or she Itoyol Familv.—(Hear, hear. It appeoresl to tom to hr t lu.unent burl r 4 11 c%11:1:111 depart Ir their deirritilimtiistl. ifut Irr ik tettell, that ilitrerriet (ietitiristril hw,l givrit itt tisr their opposition to ii••• oti2irMl The Hon. Rimini (Sir T. A el•tio' tt ho the grant, tit clartti that ht , otpk•-it.oa ‘‘as sosa,,,sg, 41 l,is oft.nrs wills an economy that reflected t ride t h e i m b, gnat pr.u•e t.ti Inntorll . ; and Iru►u thaw wenn,. I pr e h rw i e d stlis.cts ►t was Itiv duty to state, however issithuoi I credit% Wait . . it might appeas, that that Royal Duki had ativ. a largo SUM of money isiveststl iu the funds. It could not bi supposed ittvidiona to refuse a great of fi,ooo/. ■ year under such ciresostaacilo— such a• refund naturally lowed from the principle • he had laid down. that if there existed a necessity for a marriage to keep up the succerion, and that if the party was otherwise unable to merry, Par- 1, hr. what • tl 111 r' . 1 PIM.' I °titer r.,/-- I 1.01 t t•t4.l- - A low. 1 "" : 1 t•Uoi.t .1