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of this eetintry were deeply involved. no had no
doubt of their ready acquiescence with the wishes
of His Nlnjr..ty, for providing for one so nearly con-
nected with him; and therefore he should move
" That an Address be returned to His Majesty,
thanking His Majesty for his gracious 1:0L1111111-.
11 on,catsylElpatinsiog with hint ia the iiii.tbr-
,unes f his unfortunate relative, and assuring
His Majesty of their ready compliance in making
every suitable provision for her, agreeably to Des
Msty's wishes."
The Address being read—
Lord AuctumvD rose to express his hearty con-
currence. In doing so, he tgoaght he was only
acting that part which becain n every loyal subject.
The Earl of LAUiOBRDALE did not mean to op-
pose the motion of the Noble Secretary—hut at the
Name time, as a Member of that House, he could
not suffer such a measure to pass without a few
observations :—lle disappr.ived of the meaner in
which the Noble Lord had expressed the consider-
ations which should induce thew to grant the pro-
posed provision for that Illustrious Persinsage--
for it appeared to him totally unnecessary to men-
tion the misfortunes of Prussia, and tie death of
the Duke of Brunswick, as reasons to induce that

House to comply 'with His Majesty's Message. To
the best of his recollection, when these misfor-
tunes beret the King of Prussia, that kingdom
was in a state of hostility towards this country, and
was carrying on war with another power, which
had not terminated its uegociation fur peace with
Great Britain. He thought it was holding out a
dangerous allurement in these times for other
claims upon the generosity of this country.. It was
not4becituse misfortunes might happen in any
reign country, from whence some Illustrious Per-
sonage might he compelled to fly, and, seek an
asylum upon our shores, that be should think
it became that House to make any provision
suitable to their rank. In these days, when
Europe was in that situation which might lead
to the still greater misfortunes of Illustrious. Per-
sons, it would not be a sufficient reason for l'arliii-
meat to make provision for such persons, me ely
because the) had experienced misfortunes similar
to those which took place in Prussia. He wished
Noble Lords clearly to understand that it was
on the ground of the near connection between the
Iliustnons Personage mentioned in His Majesty's
Message, and our Royal Family, that be cordially
supported the present Address. Yet there was
another observation which he should offer to their
consideratiou. He did not know that it was finally
determined, but the Noble Secretary had al-
' ready intimated that it was in contemplation to
grant .e io,tion per annum, as an adequate provi-
sion upon this occasion. Now it did appear to him
that although such a sum might be a suitable pro- ,
vision, yet if we compared that sum to what had
been granted to other parts of the Royal Family, '
he could not think it altogether consistent. He
also deemed it necessary to observe, that the
Duchess of Brunswick possessed, if his information
was corset, considerable property secured to her in
this country. When she was married to the lute
Duke, Parliament, at the time of granting a large
sum of money as her marriage portion, Vied taken
care to vest it in our funds, and secured it to her
interest by the-appointment of trustees; and lie be-
lieved, that below that Illustrious Personage went
to the Continent, a pension had been also granted
to her upon the Irish establishment. This ad-
dition • to the present grant of ten thousand
pounds a-year, would make her income amount
to between 13 and 14,0001. per annum. It
would also heroine that House to recollect what
provision they had made fur other puns of the
Royal Family still more nearly connected with Ills
Majesty. The Illustrious Person, in this case, had
in fact never been the daughter of a King of Eng-
land ; she had only been the daughter of Ka Prince
of Wales, mid here was the inconsistency ; for the
amount of all which Parliament had thought pro-
per to grant to His Majesty's daughters, the the
Princesses, was 30,0001. per enaston, which, when
divided, would make for each of the Princesses not
one half of what was now considered a suitable
provision for Ilia Majesty's sister. The Noble
Lord again pressed it upon the attention of the
!louse, that he gave his cordial assent to the No-
ble Secretary's motion, upon the ground of the near
relationship between His Majesty and the Illustrious
Person alluded to, and lie did not intend to say,
that the ram mentioned was mere than suitable
to her rank and misfornmes, but that it did net
stein to be consistent with that provision which had
been made for other parts of the Royal Family.
The Address was then ngreed to unanimously.