The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-23 00:00:00

25 OLD BOND-STREET (late Oall and
9 Mut Bank).—J. W. BENSON, Watch and Clock
Maker to &Rif. the Prince of Wales, having reconstructed
the above magniflmmt
of
vitee an inapeolfos of
ARTISTIC WORKS, consisting of CLInOCKS and BRONZES Ewa
Ilhe ateliers of Italy. Franck and England. Watches of every
conefrncttok Diamond and Pine Gold Jewellery, Silver and

GOLD CHAINS.—JOHN BROGDEN
to call the sttention of She pabile to the FORM ol'elr
VOICE which he delivers with Gold Guard Mahn purchased at
hie manulactory : 1. d.
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AS 3a. tijd per mope, 3i3n. petal

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kite gold Are actually defined. end gainnteed to the parch:um :
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only, which is charged sororNeg to the latrleary or simplicity of
the psalm —JOHN BRORDIN. Oeidanith..—Naaniaotory,
10.
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IN THE HAYMAEKIT.—And A KISS IR THE DARK.

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BRITANNIA.
Taw ammo, BITTER COLD; OR, THE HOLLY BOUGH.
.Mrs. Howard Pall.—Mr. Eby and other, survivors from the
wreck of the Loudon.--Johony Day. —The °read P h
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LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23.

Succa Parliament has held the power of the

purse it has responded in no niggard or ungracious
spirit to such Royal messages as those which were
considered in committee last evening. There

have been times, no doubt, in English history, since
the groat and final contest for constitutional
supremacy, when the fidelity of the House of

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0/1110116 has, from untoward circumstances,
seemed to lack the fervour of a sentiment ; bat
even thenit has not failed in duty. Time was
when England was leas rich and less free of
hand and heart than now, and it is not

so very long since the question of a provision
for a Royal Prince was rigorously debated on
both sides of the House, and an amendment
in the sense of a reduction moved in committee

and approved out of doors. Nearly thirty years
of a calm and fortunate reign have revived the
sentiment of loyalty, and changed a distant and
dutiful regard into the tenderness and trustfulnews
of an intimate affection. We are living in days
when Sovereign and people are aa the head of a
loving household and the family around the table.
A Parliament in our time, we believe, counts

it among the happiest of its privileges and prero-
gatives to be called upon to bear witness in
some substantial manner to its perfect and inn-

parable communion with the comfort and dignity
of the Royal house. With a delicacy and discretion
to which the leader of the Opposition did justice
In handsome term; the CELANCILLLOB. of the Ex-
CHEQUER, in prop3sing the resolutions last evening,
reminded the House how, by the Civil List

Act, thel,Quzes at her accession surrendered
her life interest in the Crown estates, in
consider►tion of a sufficient provision being
made by Parliament for the maintenance of
the Royal household and establishment. He
explained how this provision did not and could
not extend to the settlements of the children on

marriage and coming of age. Touching for a
moment with grace and feeling upon the happy
promise of the Royal children, and more particu-
larly upon the early sorrows through which the
filial devotion of the Princess HELENA had shone
like a light upon the great darkness of her mother's
heart, he struck a truly English chord when, in
respect to the provision for Prince ALIRED, be
dwelt upon " the strength of domestic affection and
" the sense of domestic duty " which bare endeared
the name of her MAJESTY not to her own people
only, but to the whole English-speaking race
throughout the world, in whose common language
there is no sweeter word then home. At no time,
however, could even a less loyal or less liberal House
of Commons have demurred to the resolutions pro-
posed by Mr. GLaneroxx. Taking the pre-
cedent of the marriage of Princess ALICE, a
dowry of 30,0001., and an annuity for
life of 6,0001. is asked for the Princess HELENA
on her marriage with Prince CHRISTIAN of
SCHLEBWIG-HOLSTEIN. For Prince ALFRED an
annuity of 15,0001. is proposed to commence from
the date of his coming of age. There is, however,
as Mr. Giansrinkre observed, this difference in the
two grants, that while the settlement on a Princess
at her marriage is considered final, the provision for I
a Prince on his coming of ago is limited by con-
tingencies which may hereafter occur, such as, in
the Ca6o of Prince ALFRED, his accession to the
Principality of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. It is
proposed that the annuity shall be settled on
the PRINCE in such way as her MAJESTY may
think proper, any future contingency which should
arise to affect the conditions of the settlement
being reserved for the discretion of Parlia-
ment at the time being. Mr. BOUVERIR
and Sir GEORGE BOWYER object to this
arrangement, that it leaves a delicate ques-
tion to the future consideration of the House
of Commons, and they would rather that the pre-
sent Howie should take upon itself at once the
" invidious and ungracious task " of providing
for the censor or the continuance of the
annuity to the PRINCE. in anticipation of
contingencies which cannot at present be
defined. We cannot profess to feel the force of
these scrupulous apprehensions, or to appreciate
the peculiar invidiousness or ungraciousness of
dealing with contingencies when they occur instead
of in advance. Why should it be more unpleasant
to the Royal Family to have the question of the
maser of the Perigee's annuity considered by Par-
liament at some future date than it need be now ?
Why should the duty of Parliament to decide upon
the question of wiser or continuance of the annuity
be more invidious or ungracious on the arrival of
certain contingencies than it need be now, when
it is impossible, as Mr. GLADSTONE says, to define
absolutely all the contingencies on which such a
moor ought to take place, if it take place al all
Surely it is more in accordance with parliamentary
usages and with the dignity of the Royal Family,
and, if we may be pardoned the expression, more
businesslike, to provide for the present, and to re-
serve the future for the future discretion of Par-
liament.