The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-20 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, FRBRUARY 20.

THE House of Commons has resolved, on the
motion of Lord PAL MERSTON, to charge the Conso-
lidated Fund with a grant of 40,0001. a-year for the
establishment of the Prince of Wilms4and 10,0001.
a year for the special use of the PRINCES& Lord
PiLMERSTON explained that the object of his pro-
posal was that the Panics might be in command
of an annual income of 100,0001.—the Duchy
of Cornwall producing 60,0001. a year. IWedo not
think that any one who reflects on the place which
the eldest son of the Quasi' has to fill in our
social system will think 100,0001. too great an in-
come for the Panics. Of course no human
being ever wanted • tenth part of this
income for his personal happiness : of course
to get through it the Panics will have to keep
about him a crowd of useless attendants from
which he will often sigh in vain to be delivered.
But this is the penalty of high birth, and not
peculiar to royalty. There is not a democrat in
the country who would like to hear • year henoe
that the Palncx's state was being overtopped by
the aristocratic persons whose magnificence will be
compared with his.

The Ministerial proposal was hailed by the
House of Commons as fair and moderate. If
that should also be the opinion of the country, it
will be an additional reason for regretting the
manner in which the measure has been brought
before Parliament. We cannot think the PRINCE

has been well used by the Government. It has
acted just as a Government might be expected
to act which bad some bad business in band
to be got over as soon as possible. The
House of Commons meets without any adequate
information about the state of the Parses's pro-
perty, it learns from the Minister the sum he
thinks proper to ask, and then and there it is
called to vote exactly that sum without delibera-
tion or delay. We can understand why a Minister,
compelled to come down to the House as Ministers
in past times have had to come down, to ask for
money to cover the debts of a Royal spendthrift,
should take this course ; but it is difficult to see
why it should be followed on this occasion.
In 1840, when the annuity of the lamented
PRINCE CONSORT was under consideration, one of
the leading members of the House of Commove
observed, " that it was peculiarly the duty of
" Ministers to take care that the House should
" proceed upon such information as would en-
" tirely relieve its members from the imputation
"of having acted in the dark." Accordingly the
vote was discussed with the utmost deliberation.
The circumstances which justified it were elicited,

and, after a full consideration and some necessar,
postponements, a resolution was come to which,
although not that recommended by the Govern-
ment of the day, was most conducive to the horour
and welfare of the PRINCE. On the meant occa-
sion Ministers have recognised no such duty.
The House, as the speeches of all those Members
who proved that they had given any atten-
tion to the subject proved, was quite unpre-
pared to form any judgment of the mutableness
of the sum it was asked to vote. As Sir HENRY
WILLOUGHBY observed, " the whole question tented
" upon the condition of the revenue of the
" Duchy of Cornwall, of which honourable mem-
" ben at present knew nothing." There is
not only the annual revenue of the Duchy, which
Lord Parsixamros estimated in general terms,
but the sum which has accumulated during the
minority of the PaiNce. This property was
managed by the lamented PRINCZ Coneowr with
great fidelity and prudence, and the aocumulations„
it should seem, must yield a large. income. It is
true, indeed, that Mr. Dusgaina thought proper to
express surprise that the good management of the
Duchy of Cornwall should be brought into the
question, and to suggest that it mattered nothing
to Parliament, in deciding bow much it should vote,
what revenues the Prince of WALES derives at pre-
sent from that source. But it is no more necessary
to refute that insinuation than to remark on the
arrant impertinence of denouncing discussion of the
Ministerial resolution as unnecessary. Such argu-
ments and reflections prove only how much the
Conservative opposition has declined from the
manly loyalty of Pau, GRAHAM, and GOULMTEN.
The country may or may not be satisfied with

the voting of this money in the absence of all
inquiry, and as a mere expression of feeling. But
however that may be, it mirtainly will not confound
the character of the Pantos with that of his inju-
dicious friends on both sides of the House. The
PRINCE is as little answerable for the manner in
which this matter has been handled in Parliament,
as he is for the wanton and cruel insult which Lord
Pautraurrox offered at the commencement of his
speech to the free and generous people of America
who received him so cordially in 1860. On the
part of the nation one unmixed feeling will accom-
pany the provision now voted by Parliament--a
feeling of hope and confidence, and a warm desire
that the act it is now performing by its representa-
tives may promote the happiness of the PRINCE
and the worthy Canned of his choice.

111 emu.—The —' - ---- -•-- --
ILILIrAIf AND °ANAemu.—The number of
bi relating to railways in Orest Britain and Ireland de-
posited for this session amounts to 23& Of this number
190 authorise sow works. The proposed new works to be
antboeised by the 190 before-mentioned tills may be 'leased
as follows :—New companies.—England. 82 bills, 1,010
miles ; flootlsod, 3 bills, 13 lades ; Ireland, 8 bills, 94
miles. Total, 93 UM, 1,117 miles. Existing companies.
lir it
Baglend, 76 bills, 700 miles ; Scotland, 16 bills. 159 miles ;
Ireland. 5 bills, 17 miles. Total, 97 bills, 876 miles. The
total length of new limes Is, therefore, 1.993 miles, and timer
are in addition 106 miles of deviation hies.
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