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periods of time wheh each received his peovision,
would fully account for the debts of his Royal
Highness. If after that he considered how long
the Prince had lived in obscurity., neatly or:quite
eight years, he must admit that t wa( *thee cot*
t with the honour or interest 6f the' coluitryt-
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Who had followed him, bad stated very ftirly the
Crof the ,proposed measu, It was well
to the House, that his RojasHigbiess had
lived a long time in obscurity, neither befteing his
tank, nor the honour of the country. He-thought
that the. Prince's dignity ought to be supported. and
that what had,been proposed vas not too much;
be would rather say too He thought it
would be highly hotioural- to the country, that the
Prince shoal be entirety 'ibertted from all his em-
barrassmenu, and receive his income clear of every
incturibrance.
Mr. HARRISON, in a very animated speech,
said, it was his opinion, that the diminution of Ins
Royal Highness's income for eight years fully en-
titled him to the good.eill of the House. After
that, he • was certain that they would not suffer him
to remain in retirement for four years longer. The
House ought to concur in some measures for en-
abling his Royal Highness to reassume that splen-
dor of which he ti...lo_en so long deprived; and he
would sat, that the House, in doing it, did no
more thar. snit 1 justice. It was no more than what
.the Country erred his Royal Highness; and it was
the wish of the 1-Inn. Member toave it understood,
that his lioyal Highness could not stand forward as
bringing a burthen upon the public, when it was
commuted.with the money due to the Prince from
the revenue of the Duchy of Cornwall during his
Ini.-Arity, and which was applied to the use of the
Civil List, and other public and general pureoses.
It was not common candour to represent his Royal
Highness ns bringing burdens upon the public,
t' e pu'b'ic had, for years, been benefitted by
his income. That income had been withheld, until
the Prince had been obliged to seek after it by a
legal prosecution, which threatened to create ill-
blood between the Royal h.ather and his eldest son ;
rather than it should, he would vote ten times the
sum. He must saw it was cruel, harsh, and unjust
that a sum should be withheld from the Prince
which would make him comfortable, and enable
him to rise to that splendor which was best suited
to his rank and dignity. The Hen. Member said
he could not bear to see the Prince lost in retire-
ment, whilst, in every corm.: of the nation, all
ranks were striving who should be foremost in gaiety
and splendor. He thought the motion ought to be
followed up by an as to put the Prince in full pos-
session of the income which.lie enjoyed-in 1795.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that when the
question was agitated in the last Parliament, he
felt highly disposed to relieve His Royal Highness
from that inconvenience, which, in his opinion, he
had too long laboured under. He could perfeetly
well see through, and develope the feelings of the
Prince on the occasion of the present question be-
ing brought before the House, which were truly ho-
tearable. lie wished to be extricated from his incum-
brances, through his own means ; out of his own pri-
vate property, and without casting any new burthen
upon the public. His Royal Highness also wished
to avoid a painful discussion between him and his
Royal Frlier, which any further prosecution of his
cl liens could not fail to being forward. Those claims
to-re ftr the receipts of the revenue of the Duchy
of C.,rnwall, which ought to have been paid to the
Prince upon his coming of age, but which, during
his minority, had been applied for the public service.
It was not to the least difficult, he said, to see into
the motive which induced his Majesty to chuse the
present moment to discuss this subject. It was int-
possll)le that the lot !ion of right could be his Ma-
7's objeft ;. that was a transaction which, as had
truly stated, lay between the Prince of Wales
; and the public. The true niotiee of his Majesty, for
beinOtg et the eIK-stinn at the present period, was.
that he thought, at the moment when the war was
over, it would not be unreasonable to call upon the
Howe to takethe Prince'ssituation into consideration.
since 1795, his Royal Highness had, out of his private
icome, paid 600,0001. of his debts ; and having,
during. so many years, supported so considerable
a diminution of his income, his Majesty thought
that the time was come, in which Parliainent might
relieve the Prince from so great a pressure. He
had not the smallest doubt, but that the public
would view tho subject in exaftly the same light as
his Majesty had done. It seemed to the Honour-
able Member that, to keep his Royal Higlincss
any longer under such a load, would mark an un-
kindness of feeling in the country towards the
Prince, which, he was fully persuaded, did not ex-
ist. If his Royal Highness had involved himself in
debt. ft was during those scenes of youth, in
which thoughtlessness was inherent to—nay, al-
most inseparable from mankind; and he had done
sufficient penance, by being, during eight years of
the best part of his Manhood, deprived of that splen-
dour which was his due. It was time'now, that
the House should restore him to that condition in
which it wished to behold him. It would bring no
burthen upon the public. The whole of the revenue
of the Duchy of Cornwall during the Prince's mino-
rity was earned into the Civil List ; and therefore
striuly formed an account between the Prince and
the public. And, as his Right Hon. Friend (the
Chancellor of the Exchequer) had clearly stated,
that if the present allowance was made, he would
drqp the prosecution of his claim; the allowance
was no burthen on the public, but only a. payinent
of the debt wbieh it justly owed to the Prince. He
thought the only • question was, whether they
wished to restore his Royal Highness to his proper
rank and splendour, or leave him under those re-
strairtr which, be VMS • well assured, most have
been no less irksome to the public to viitness, than to
the Prince to-feel. The House, in the present case,
would be doing their duty by their constituents, if
they exercised their discretion according to their.
feelings. ]For his part! he should most-cordially give
his support to the mouen, not only from his wish to
sre ttis.Royal:}Pghness restored to his dignity, but
because he thought it would he for the if aity of the
crlmtry, ataj b duty as well m so
to do.
Mr. .StiEßlDAN,said, that be • was ly.
ready 40 atiptir that the proposition betel-tete
House apecared to have hem received with &et

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