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Duchess at Comfit..land, notwithstanding Ile raisjoilgiag
warmth of Rimy imliseteel Crewels.
Lord Staaka? mid, when this maim was origiaally
brought emir, the reetideration of Parlittoral, he was eat
petawet--bet if be had been in the Hoerr he wont/ here
voted of sleet the mestere. Nothing he Lail slate heard,
from any perms, is or one a the Maar, had made the
lewd alteratiaa imm the opinion he hail thee farmed. He
never could eitienewt to make any provision rut the mar-
riage of this illustrious iediviimmal. An Hon. Peallernas
said, that some Hon. Members had opposed the grim .re the
liVeild of amorality, He thowlel have epposerl it nn Host
ground, if he had been poeseet, gait be held peniekely the
same oristion Nor.
F. DOUGIAII said, be -
tr Casnimeimly, but
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gime
bevlsed.
Mr. Guaiiiy thought the merits of the gees.
tam were to be examined ime ets affecting the rank,
rourlitiste, end dignified motion of each of the
Royal Personages, as forming • considerable Pars
of the reigning &sally of this country. In this
view of the toastiess he could net bet consider
the gnat necessary,. ender the circainstances, and
felt it his duty alp to cuter is the strongest terms
his protest against the unfair and tintandid
pion', which had with impunity beat Intherto in.
dulged in, with reference to the character of the
illustriows individual, the subject of the proposed
grant.
Mr. ilhimseastrir stated, that he rose. not at an
authorised advocate on this occasion, although he
had been favoured with a perusal of tke correspond.
vice which had taken place previous se the mat►
riage of the Royal Duke to the Princess of Solos.
The perusal had convinced him that the Duke and
his Duchess had been, on that occasion, very hardly
treated by the vote come to is that Hotlse, typed
the consideratitt• of their case.

[Here he was about to stale the particular...faun
recollectiou, of that correspoodence, when . Lord
CasTLERRAGR and the Cliellit;SLLoß of the El.
CRIQUIL rose to Order, and toweled the intpris-
priety of his detailing a private correspondence,
when he had himself confessed lie was not autho:
shoed by the porta* The Ron. Member attempted
to renew his communication, hest cries of " Order I"
and the observation on the part of Mr. anoseett
(the Chairman), that although he might not strictly
be out of order, still the sense of the House was
strougly against the conduct he had adopted. The
Hon. Member desisted. expressing his determination
to support the, onset.]
Colonel BURTON considered the grants in the pre-
vious cases had rendered it itscumbeist en the House
to make a tingle' provision for the Illustrious Per.
aonages is tkse present instance.
Med ELLIOTT—No man was mere sensible than
himself that it was pact of the Constitution of the
country lo provide fur every breech of the Royal Family,
suitably to his or her renk.—rneor.)-11 might be a Nutter
fur the doe cossideratim of the House, what the word sail.
able implied. Ihemaller Stales, certainly a suitable allow.
tom would he mod, less the. its ibis country, which might
.preedteriakesseosipt the first nations of the world. Yet,
it abets hp reculleeted *isometry wastages scorcely begin.
Meg to emerge from a state of unparalleled distress, owiag,
no doubt, to the long continuance of a war, which bad been
so nobly fought, and so triumphantly concluded, in defame
of every thing deer to • high-Waded nation. It was there.
fora a time of trial mall, bad the poor i• particelne; mad
there was so way so likely to leech the people to bear their
distresses without mottling, as to let them see that even the
higher rash., not excepting the probable heirs of the
Crown, participated willingly sod unrepiningly in those
privations, rematireg from the general distress. Although
sontethiag might be arterifieed to a fettling of sym-
pathy with these illustrious parties, still the House ought
wirer cease to be actuated by the main-spring of their duty—
a proper and careful .ppropristiou of the public mosey.—
(He r.)—He could not consider the Duke of Clarence so
very mar the Aromas had bees tepreseeted, and he was of
opistim all the yummier brandies of the Royal Family were
mom liberally provided for. Under this impression, be bad
voted ageism the grout to the Duke of Cambridge, who Might
be considered she model of a correct and virtuous Prince
because be tholight any farther provision unnecessary. The
userits ask present question bed once before been decided
, ..by the vote of the Home. If be bad them been present iu
the Home he should certainly have voted against it, as he
should do now • no be aetainly thought that advice WY far
from wise whir bad prompted the istroductioe of his claim
amongst those of (Awes to the attention of the House, with
a view to make the House retract its former deliberate 1-em-
balm. He hoped the Primes of this country, notwithetand-
fag they might have heard of the power and attest.
thong(' wealth and spleeduur, would have the good sense to
see, that, at least ie this country, they would swore attract
notice, respect, and esteem, from the solid stable digaity
Mleating from practical virtue—(Herr, kis.)
Mr. CAUSING adulated that it would, as had been paid,
be a specimen of bail taste, and bad eclectic's of time, to
have, under ashy ordinary eircsintstauces, proposed a scale
of additional allowances out of the public money to the
Royal Family, resulting from treaties of marriage; but if
the stability of the succession to the Crown shaken as it
had been by the isievitable calamity of the death of the only
and beloved child of his Royal Highness the Prime Repot,
were au object of deep interest to the community, then he
was certain the House and the amenity would nut consider
the proposition of his Majesty's Ministers as a ground of
itteelpation on their conduct.—(Hcar, Rear.)—Satisfied
was he, that should no such proposition come from Minis.
tees aeries the pelmet Sessiue of Parliament, those who
Were mem lewdest in their oppositioo would be the first to
inculpate the inattention of his Majesty's Governineut to
this must important sobjeet—Weoe.!--When, as in the
present ease, more than one of Its Royal Drakes were shout
to marry, would it have been lorudeut to have attempted a
selections? Ow what ground ought such a selection to
take plate ? Not on the grotto* of character—that bad
been disclaimed; not on that of seulueity—tion also
had bees disclaimed. Option implied a preference, but
selection • stigma. He would net weigh • what effect the
former decision un the case of this illustriosta individisat •
should now have on she House, but he would say, than
Noble Friend hail, im proposing the motion that eve*.
MT, *hewn all pomade deference to Ile !Orville couchi.
PIM, of the HONE on this subject, brodmittieg that he
would sot press the questa,* to a division, should not the •
Horse` by the temper of its discussion, encourage ban to do
it, without affording any opportunity to the Home to take
umbrage tit this attempt to oppose els rooted and recorded.
sentiments, as they had been termed,. upon this question.
The reception eff the TIMM% for the most pert had, he was
happy to my, been such as bromic the House, and as it
merited. - -

Si► J. Nnwrentv read Hie minutes of the'prot•eedings on
the proposed grant its INS, and wished in know what had
since oeewr►ed to change the situation Ot thingsin favour of
the prnj►et•of this night. Had the 'nommen ur dlsireairbeen
lemenrel, ow had the prnpk eeaael to call on the Howse daily
to husband the dilapidated resources of the cuuutry ' He
sholold therefore vote against the Rewilotion.
Mr. BATIWIRIT answered at some anniiiirralde length the
arguments which had fallen frum 11* Right Hon. Baronet,
and maintained, that the very admis••ions of the speakers
this evening in opposition to the pact had defeated the tau

P. Dovat.is said, be had apposed thr grunt so the
Disk, a( Cambridge, bat be would vote for the presents
begun* it eater Wore the Hattie under very 11i/fermi eii-
barbellbearth—(ilkar).—Me opposed the former, nn the
simiund that tie Dubs of Cetetbritlgo bad no neeemityfro
he would sopport abe Wier, bemuse it .as wattling to op.
hold thr Ifentirst valabliabiment of an illustrious individaal-r
and be could out conceive any thing more degrading than bo
sellbr tire otirbeli Poe^ as hid been ittainuated. lu re y'
on dim &nosily Oa %Mgr Coort.--(Mmr,beer.).-Ilie Woe.
Gentlemen etriseloded by proummeiag as eitimatad ado:
Mem on the elmema and obaresSer tie No Vuebesiof C.