The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-03 00:00:00

POOR PEERS.

El: the dates are given in the general list we have omitted them
bere as well as the shillings and pence, leaving the noble and
ignoble Pensioners to take care of what they like better—the
pounds.]
Auckland, G. .1., Baron; E. WO/. This Noble Lord holds
besides a lucrative office in Greenwieh Hospital, of which no
mention is made, and has been lately appointed to the office of
President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint I
t rust his Lordship, as long as he hold such offices, will not deign
to accept his paltry pension.
Gifibrd, R. F., Lord ; E 800/. ; I. 2041. • children of tho late
Lord, S., 1 psi. Here is seen the evil of calling legal officers to
the House of Peers beyond the period of their own lives.
Hereford, H. F., Viscount ; E 1751. E. 4671. This Noble-
man was lately the Captain •of the Band of Pensioners, with a
salary of 2,50 a, and enjoyed his pension all the while.
Huntingdon, Earl of; E. 4001. With a whole tribe of brothers
and sisters.

Minto, Earl of •; E. 9381. This pension seems a great abuse.
Montford, H., Lord ; E. 4671. E. 1551. Why this Lord should
bare obtained a second pension is not shown.
Aylmer, Lord, and Aylmer, H. F. W. ; I. 356/. My Lord
Aylmer is a Lieutenant-General, hap a regiment, and is now
Governor of Canada.

• Blaquiere, J., Baron de ; I. 893/. This Nobleman's father went
over an adventurer to Ireland, a very handsome man, and by his
intrigues at the Castle, obtained many good things, and got him-
self created a Peer, and the public arc charged with his des-
cendants,

Cavan, Earl of; L 2661. This Nobleman is a General Officer,
has a regiment, and is Governor of a fort.

Mounijoy, Cord, Representative of; 1. 177/. ; ditto, 1831. Why
the representatives of this nobleman should have had any pen-
sion is most extraordinary. He had large estates, which de-
scended to his only son, and he left his three daughters large
fortunes. _

Strangford, Lord; 1.881. This Nobleman has a large pension
as an Ambassador ; and it will be seen how thepublic are charged
with his family.
it may and will undoubtedly be exclaimed by many persons,
" Good Heavens, our poor Peers only cost us 13,4094 Is. 4d. an-
nually. 0 dear, what an insignificant sum ! the vulgar creatures
that would grudge to these unfortunate decayed persons so paltry
an allowance! Their understanding is not to be envied. I have
classed all the above names in the list as poor Peers, though
many are possessed of affluence ; but there is a tenacity of hold-
ing the smallest sums, which is quite disgraceful, I shall now
go to the cost of the noble ladies, and younger branches of noble
families ; amongst whom will be found a sad application of the
public money ; and it is no excuse to say, " the Pension Lists do
not exceed the sum named by Act of Parliament ;" but then,
should not Parliament do away with the whole, and then the
King and his Ministers would be left untrammelled with the so.
licitations of noble paupers?
Arbuthnot, H. heads the list, 9381.
Next comes Mrs. Augusta Brudenell, whose very name smacks
of nobility. She stands thus—
Bentinck, Lady J. H. ; E. 2334 This lady is the sister of the
Earl of Manvers.
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Bentinck, A. W. J.'; F. 100/. Who may this lady be ?
Cockburn, Dame A. A. ; E. 5381. This lady, if I mistake not,
is the mother of Sir James, Sir George, the Dean of York, and
the Colombian or Mexican Ambassador. She was of a noble
family. and fell in love with her husband, a very handsome man,
but who was either a merchant or held an office in the India_
house. To reconcile her marriage with this person to her
family, he was made a Baronet. It will be seen hereafter how
this family is provided for by the public.
Cathcart, I: , Baroness, E. 389/. This lady, I believe, bar
also some pension, as having belonged to the household of Queers
Charlotte, but of which no mention is made.

Congre.Ye, Dame 1., E. 34k/. This must be the widow of the
gentleman of shale notoriety, and who was at one time so march
about the Herron of George IV.
Erskine, L., E. OM We believe this person to be the same as
Erskine, Lady L, S. 276. If this Lady now receives this pen..
sion it is most extraordinary : she was a daughter of the old Loll.
Uxbridge, and ran away to marry Colonel Erskine—a love matsts
which greatly offended her fa. her, and the old King gave lfetr
this pension. She afterwards became the wife of Sir Geo. Mur-
ray. This gentleman has just retired from the office of Colonial
Secretary. If he sanctions her drawing this pension as the di,
vorced wife of Sir James Erskine, well may it be exclaimed
" Proh pudor
Fox, E. 8.. Widow, E. 938/. mts lady is the widow of
Charles Jame. Fox, and the pension is a stain on his nephew„
Lord Holland, ant the other great Whig Foxites. The Fox,
Club should have found the funds for a pension for his widow.
Leigh, Mrs. and Husband, E. 7001. This Lady is the sissy
of the poet Lord Byron. Her husband was ill the 10th Hussars,
and held some office under George IV., and has apartments
at St. James's Palace.
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gs of "bilih:Ye:houltatos alerairgehtisis mother
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elLlitaidg-ton.s.„
who is in possession of high church pse&nitent. That-
these brothers, all participating largely of the public money,.
should allow their mother to be peniniewe of so paltry a sum, is.
my-th7Me Lom°ronrtdihnsegrlSll°oanfi:ytbojile7:roueolagrh and Costley, and the Hot,, Gerard wet_
r should be accounted for.
Mulgrave, S , Countess of, E., Eioo/. Why this Lady shssesd
Itei°L
tlii.,pviee tau re f
pension t h eg
high
rnt feelings et nhe
o
on the revenue of the people, might be fairly inqiaireci—Proh
pudor.*
Newcastle, Duchess Dowager ot, E, .Thos.
hsied eprfeasise.thweimt
hol,thiserowofnt.havvt Nhoabtireingig
Ponsonby, S. This lady seems to know haw to provide
totale findfor-
herself. W her first—E. 371., E. 471., 11 vow., I. 881• ~
I. 431., 4
• Strangford, Countess, daughters of, E. Se.W., I. Ai6/., 1.,, her
daughters, 52/.
Strangford, Viscount, daughters of, T. t 2.25,
Smith, Lady A. C, Is. 6001. This lady is the daughter of the
Dowager Lady Mornington, and the sitter of the tour Peers of
the house of Wellesley.
Stepry, Dame C., E. 2001.
Torrens, Dame S., E. 6241. This lady I take to be the widow
of the late General Sir H. Torrens, Adjutant-General. This
officer was Most fortunate in his advancement, and held high
situations; but lived so extravagantly as to leave his family oat
the public.
NVyriyard, Lady 111., E. 4674 This lady is the aunt of
Lawarr, and wife of ckeneral Wynyard, and was De
the Court of Queen Charlotte, lays about
• lincot, Younger children at Lord
nu I, BWI T 1 •us
Nobleman holds very large, sines/use '..aces, besides
Possessing
large estates,
Westmeath, Marchioness I. This lac(}-"leased to sepa-
rate from her husband—is sister to the Marquis ot Salisbury, who
has large estates. The Marquisof Anglesey retti •ssi t
b 0 sign this
pension, and returned it to the Duke of Wellington, who is th
great friend of OR Marquis cif Salisbury; when George. IV. FOIu
an autoerapli order to the Marquis of Anglesey tn gram this
ilensVig: to the lady, an the Irish establishment,
aer, Lady Madelina. S. 184/. This lady is sister of the
Duke fiordan, and wife, by second Marriage, to the
popular
Member for Reading, who should imitate the conduct of another
public man, who does not SIINW his wife, nearly of the same
rank, to draw her pensicml It the widow of a navel offices. His
name I must not pniSlithi, because I know I shOtild wound him
to cause even his high feelings to be noticed,
Strath.-010n Vari-anne, Lady. S. 2304 if this lady be the wife
of the ptesent Earl, is it because he mai be always in difficulties
that the public should maintain hts,c ?, If the widow of the late
Lord, It is more reprehensitsles as she was married just in his
dying moments, to rgh hi.s heirs of rank and fortune.
This list closes, the pensions previous to the accession of the
present King, 'Ad the public will perceive how even the smallest
st?p: are grasped at. Will not the Earl of Wilton, if this list
raegtshis eye, and he has nerve to run it through, learn how the
Nobility no longer possess the attachment of the people ? We
find the late King left totes brother claims for
. Lady Hill, a wamtnt for whom on the English Civil List was
made out on th f Stti of April, 1830, 4671. This lady, I presume,
is the ~ Sir George Hill, who has always held large sine-
citrra in Ireland, but whe, ftom his imprudence, has always been
greatlY embariassed. Ile was lately named Governor of the Lee.
ward Islands, a very lucrative post. I trust Lord Grey, with his
stern integrity, will advise King William to cancel this pro-
posed pension.
Mrs. Tierney, E., 400/. Vas flubler would it have been had
his parliamentary patrols' the Duke of Devonshire, with his
princely fortune eliargedhimself to supply the comforts of this
lady's declining days, or his noble political fliends -should have
met him 4 awl assistance might have been obtained from the rich
laa, On; her relative. It is disgraceful that the country should
have thrown on their industry the charge of the widows of public
men, however meritoritsus, but who leave their families dis-
tressed, because they have lived too expensive in their life.
Rae, Dame M.. E. 6601. This is an appointment made since the
Duke of Wellington dismissed himself from office. This lady is the
wife eS the late Lord Advocate for Scotland, an official legal si-
tuation, resembling our Attomey-General as public prosecutor. The only preteXt fur such a pension is, that this gentleman has
lost his practice, that he gave up the office of Sheriff Depute,
worth some six hundred a-year, and that, as a seat in Parliament
is held essential for the office, he has been put to considerable
expence in procuring it. A pity may be felt for the lady, but is
the public deserving of no compassion 'S it is well known that
Sir William Rae, as an advocate, had little or no practice in his
profession , that he was named Lord Advocate for his political
willinenesi, that no talent was to be found on his side of servility.
Let Dame Rae die before him, and is he then to have a pension y
t him have the Sheriff-Deputeship that falls vacant, and let
Dame Rae be provided for as other dallied are whose husbands do
not sell themselves to Ministers.
Elibank, Lady, S. 138/. Here I find an old eriend, who has
already been exhibited with two grants. What are the peculiar
merits of this lady to deseive such favour ?
Cockburn, Mary, :Ale of the family no doubt, turns up for a/.
I also find a Miss Catherine Sandford, a Lady Charlotte Mur-
ray Macgrp,r, a Miss Harriet H. Gordon, a Mrs,, Brown, a
Barbara Reid, and an Agtics Lindsey,—but really, Sir, I sm
nauseated, and I fear yeah and the public are also sickened at such
details, and Igo to sus pillow to sleep oft my disgust. You w ill
find the total solo that these noble, honourable, and other ladies
consume, amounts to nearly 30,01:14. of the public money. _

RADICAL.