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and tincandid to withhold trout hint that provision which
°nein to be granted en principles alistraetwil Irvin any per-
wll4l considerations. in this situation, it had become a 'nat-
ter of consideration with the consort of the Royal Dake,
whether she could accept tin, Orinit made by Parliament.
Her leelines would have iuclitied tier Li retiise it ; lint he
t taught she had acted properly in consulting her Royal consort, and
is complying with his advice. lle had -thought it his duty to say
thus much on the subject of the Bill midi:: consideration. Their
Lendships, contidem. wuuldgive him credit fur not wishing
t i give offence tc the feelingsui any one. He did mit object to the.
station but the third reading, but had considered lan.self bound
to explaiti to their Lordships the view he entertained a this measure.
Lord llot.raten did nut object tu this grant on account of its
amount, but on account of the manner of which it was given. lie
wt,.!ithi w remind iris Noble Friend, that, according to the old con-
s: tuitional system, much anterior to tint to which he had alluded,
rwisian was always matde for the members of the Royal Family out
o: the revenuee of the Crown, and these revenues were subject to the
cantrul of Parliament. When he considered the sums of money •
wi wit had at darn:at periods. during the present reittn been voted by--
Psrlisment to the Crown, he could not help considering them fully
a lequate to the purpose fur which they were destined ; and he was
of Pion that the splendour of the Crown would-'.se much better con-1
salted. if the provisions necessary on die marriage of members of the
(Loyal Family were advanced mud these or us, than by applying to
Parliament for additional grants with the chance of having to es-
p rience a refusal Ile could not admit that Paha:nem were bound
to grant a provision on the marriage of a number of the Royal
a.s a matter of course. It would he a strange proposition to
say, that, because the Crown had given its censent, Parliament were
toui.d to grant any demand of the Crown which tollowed upon that
e.ie colt ; and it was very unfair to infer from a refusal, that a - bad
of .nian must necessarily be entertained el the individual for whom
tic application had been made. He bad risen, however, not to up-
put the sum proposed to be given, but the iamoeing of any addi-
henal burden on the public. It was not the amount, but the fund
from which it was taken, that he considered objectionable. It was
tt.ost unjust to charge the consoli-lated fund with dila provision. It'
• their Lordships considered what had already been granted to the
• Crown during the present nign, they would find that it enjoyed at
.least double, what, at the commencement of the reign, it had a right
o expect.
The Earl of 1 avvarons admitted that the granting or not grant-
ing of ikiit wision, on the marriage of a member of the Royal Family,
wa.; a n...tter within the juri.tliction of Parliament. The Noble Earl
•who spoke first had not denied that proposition; but he had fully
•tettitended, that when what was granted to one was withheld from
a-other, a reflection was conveyed. The marriage Act, it was true,
isietaintd nothing relative to provisions for the branches of the
Royal • Family ; hut, in other reign,. grants fn ,that
hail been made by Parliament. If these provisions were now
thrown on the-conoolidated fund, it war herause the revenue of the
Crown, since the accession of his pressed Majesty, had been placed
•ou a 'afferent footing. The arrangement which had been made at
the eommeocentent of the present reign, • instead of leaviag to the
Crown an improvable revenue, fixed the civil list at a determined
earn; thus establishing, not a minimum, but a maitimunvvf revenue.
Rot how could It be expected that the sum then voted °mild he suffi-
cient, since it was given at a time when his Majesty had no family ?
The numerous offspring which his" Majesty has had, as well as other
einnunstances, required an alteration. He was ready to enter into a
d..tailod view of the subject, whenever the Noble Damn .might think
proper to bring it forward t and he was convinced that, fair in-
vestigation, it would be foura 'that the arrangement miule at the
commencement of the present reign had Placed his Majesty
in a less favourable situation with respect s? -revenue than any so-
vereign since the revoluttan. The Ball was read.a third time and
passed, as was the Duchess of Cumberland's .:'..nnuity Bill, and the
:Lodi gill.—Adjourned.
"WRIDAY.
• COTTON MAM,FACTORTES.
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The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition from certain
pinncrs m A3•tachesttr. and other towns in the County of l.ancaster,
praying te hd heard by Coumel, and to be permitted to adduce evi-
dence against the cotton mannfaeturers' Regulation Rill.
Sykes Hydrometer Bill, and the West India Trade Bill, were
• c uniued.--.Adjourned to Wednesday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
MONDAY, MAY 4.

'Sir. S. Bonaxe brought in a Bill for regnlating the Laws
respecting the Settlement of the Poor, uhich was read a first
and second time, commit/aid, the Report re:ri ved, and order_
ed the be printed, and further considered on Wednesday.
Mr. RANKS rose to move a grant for the purchase of Dr.
• Burney's library. 'flue Committee had every reason to be-
• Rear that the price they had to propose far it was a fair one,
and not more than the pi oprietor of it would have:gat on sale
for it. He stated this to chow that the Corumitiee..,,ute not
horn extravagant on the part of the public. tie then moved
for a stun of , to purchase the late Ds: surney's Li-
brary.
Mr. CCRWEN said he believed this was asked, more for the
gratification of individual members, than for the advantage of
the public. The finances of this eutiatty were not in a fit
state to hear even this small sum being taken :roar the public
ursc
Mr. F. Dot.er.As disapproved of this ill-timed economy.—
.This was not actually e grant from the 'public, for 3.5001. of it
• would he made lip by tile sale of duplicates of some of the
works in "Dr. Burney's Library . and the remaining lo.ouol.•
was to 1.0 4 t:ittlitlCti out of the anima! grant to the British,
Museum

.....
After w :Ilion debate the Grant was agreed to.
011 the 6lution of Mr. AantratmEr, the following stoma
• were voted : I ,:wio,o,tei. tbr Arany ExtraorOinaries fur Great
Britain • 60,0001. fur those of Ireland.

Mr. 11( UV r, on the grant fur the Forts on the coast of
Afrie•i, said, that it had nut been found adviseable to follow,•
strictly, the recommendation of tile Committee, to cedece the
tbrts ;iota the Slave 'trade •was abolished. He proposed
50001. more than on lot mei. ocrasinas, :a order to repair the
and erect schools. The Cos elliOr of Cape Coast Castle,'
bad ni.olc many valuable dc.rov ci les in Africa. He then•
moved .t.'s,noul. fur The expenses of Cape Coast Castle in
Aftica.
Aft• ;.ew shs..reations loin Mr. W. Stitiro, Mr. Cm don,
Ait. :slay the, Dlr.Arbutluted, and Mt W . Sony !be, the (; rant
W.lO, aercull ;as were to the Hoard of Agriculture
3.11,70U1. for bitod, nre,d, forage, and the Commissariat I-) Ili-
troops. at home and abroad ; and 99,0001. fur the Barrack
011 the vote of 23.0001. for she. Caledonian' •"."..:atial; Mr. W.

'AVYSNE.wished ih;tskele et see Grant to he given at once.
and to:t fioni )ear to 7re(c.r, in order that this work at great
public malt) might be completed as soon as possible.
Mr: kaitLIM.S complained that all macy voted forseerks in
licotland were objected to.
Me. W. Sstrrti had et first-been of opinion. that this west:
could not be of touch now appear-Al it estalit
After some Nutter conversation, the resoltit.. l:e1
d, awn in older to propose a larger cum. that iitighl ing. the
•
. cite domon ('anal to a ( onclosion as tuna a., 111/M,llbte•
be next Vole wee 100000 t• for completing tee wotka of