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

lated by radicals nclt- only to Newark, but to every corner of
the empire ? Would the high-minded and amiable Duke of
Richmond allow his sisters, or have allowed his late grand-
mother, to have been quartered on the public? • Would thi.
equally amiable, but more wealthy, Duke of Leinster have
tolerated that his sisters should draw such miserable sums as
two of them appear to have from the hard-earned industry of
Little_
his starving fellow-countrymen ? NVere it not for that al:winn-
able indifference to dirty the hands by the touch of the public
gold,---were it not for that revolting selfishness which is respected
under the mask of cleverness and sharpness,-could it have been
permitted by a Duke of Leinster that his sister, Lady Emily Sut-
ton, should be stigmatized with a pension of 1771. Its. &1., how-
ever her husband may have squandered a large fortune, and is
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ther-in-law, Count Chabet, and also his own relative, Madame
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1771. 1 ls. Bd. ? his uncle, Lord Robert, besides a retired pension
as diplomatist, of 1,700!., has, on the English list, a further one
since 1801, of 8241. ; an Lady G. Fitzgerald de Roos, in Au-
gust, 1824, 200!. Cs. 7d. The sisters of the Duke of Richmond,
Lady Mary Lennox, who married from attachment her cousin, a
son of the late Lord Chas. Fitzroy, an officer in the army, whom
she gallantly accompanied to the seclusion of the Cape of Good
Hope ; yet as her father had not provided for a rational marriage,
a small pension of 2001. 6s. 7d. became a requisite to secure
to her the comforts of life; another, Lady Sophia Georgiana
Lennox, unmarried, has, to enable her to bear. the expences
of fashionable dress through the season, a more moderate
pension since 1819, of 1501. ss. Bd. Thus are both Tory
and Whig Dukes, grandees of the country, blended in al-
lowing their nearest relatives to be charged on the public
purse, for such is that which is termed the Royal bounty.
Let any one examine carefully the lists, and particularly those
of Ireland and Scotland, and it is very soon discovered that the
Royal selection is very insignificant, but that the Lord-Lieute-
nants of Ireland and the Pro-Consul of Scotland figure promi-
nently in the provision of their relations, followers, and minions.
Were the people not considered as fair plunder by the order?-
would the Marquis of Salisbury, with his very large property,
have allowed his sister, the Marchioness of Westmeath, to have
accepted a pension of 3801. 6s. 4d. ? Would Earl Mulgrave, who
has a good estate, and only one son, having himself held for the
greater part of his life high and profitable employments, whose
brothers have done the same, have obtained a pension for his
Countess of 800/. !Is. 21. ? Would the Duke of Wellington, with
the enormous sums he has received from the liberality of the
country, his large pension of 4,000/_ a-year, his valuble military
appointments, allow his old mother, the Countess of Morning_
ton, to depend on the public fur 60N. Bs. 91. annually, and his
sister, Lady Anne Culling Smith, also for 6001. Bs. 9d.? Would
he not have sought, with his noble brothers, to have made
amongst them a provision for their mother, if not for their sister?
But no-that would have betrayed a respect for public opinion
-a deference to good feeling, and have exposed them to the
laugh of their clubs; for even these great and distinguished
persons cannot bear the taunt of ridicule, though improperly
applied. Would the Earl of Clare allow his mother to be a
public pauper for 7801. 2s. per annum ? But she is the widow
of a Chancellor of Ireland, a great politician, who, by his own
confession in the House of Lords, published that he had de-
signedly forced his countrymen into a civil war, because he
considered that was the only mode of crushing the discontent,
produced by misrule---by his own arbitrary conduct ? But it is
said he lived well, he entertained largely, to serve his own abo-
minable party and political views, by which he deluged his native
land with its best blood, and sanctioned the most horrible :mil
unheard-of cruelties; and so, because lie was prodigal mid pro-
fligate, the country is to be charged with the maintenance of his
widow, who, if I am not greatly mistaken, brought him a iriar-
riage-portion of 14,000/.,-he himself having inherited landed
property to the amount of 7,000/. per annum ; and like all Chan_
cellors, gave large sinecure places to his sons, What can be said
of General Sir George Murray allowing his wife, Lady Loni,a
Paget, under the name of Erskine, to draw pensions which she
only obtained as having married from attachment Sir James
Erskine, when a younger brother, who was obliged to sue for a
divorce from the most unpardonable misconduct on her part ? Is
it pardonable in the Hon. Captain Cadogair to allow his wife, as
Miss Honoria Blake, still to Band charged with a pension of
43/. 18s. 4d. ? She undoubtedly follows the example oilier sister,
the Dowager Countess of Errol, and pays over this allowance to
her ill-provided-for relatives ; hut if such a pittance le of too-
ment to them, far better would it come from Captain Cadogan's
private purse than fries that of the public, the Captain being in
charge of the family estate.
Could ray Lord s'iscount Allan not pay his subscriptions at
White's, Brookes's, and Crockford's, his journey to and fro to
Paris, and his cabriolet, without the pension of 2661. 18s. 4d. ?
But for the spirit of plunder that is afloat, would Mr. Bowles, as
a retired private secretary to that distinguished statesman
Henry Goulburn, when Secretary for Ireland, be pleased to re_
ceive for himself, and his wife, one of the Montague's of Port-
man-square, 19i/. ss. Bd. Thin gentleman, who married the
sister of Mrs. Goulburn, found it both pleasant and convenient
to shut up, or let his own house in Berkshire, and to go over to
Ireland to spend his time in the Pinenix.park with his brother_
in-law, and being dubbed private secretary, is fixed on poor
Ireland as an annual charge, on bidding her his adieu, the
sleight-of-hand politics of the ay unaccountably advancing his
kind protector and relation to be a Cabinet Minister, But for
the sad degradation of the order, could the Marchioness of
Headfort be insulted with a pension of SS/. Is. ; or the non.
Caroline Croiton be left to a public maintenance by her relatives
of 141/. 15s. Bd. ; or should we find a Dame Mary Dacre Ckrk
with 97/. ? A dame me rns the wife or widow of a 'Baronet. Has
this lady any claims on the late place-enjoying Sir George Clerk,
Bart., of Pennycuick ?
I find that Lady Janet Buchanan is a daughter of the late
Lord Caithness, and was fortunate enough to find an opulent
husband in Mr. Buchannan, who lives in or near to Glasgow ;
yet this lady, in October, 1827, has presented to her a pension
of
_1361.

Dame Louisa Harvey appears for 300/. I's. :kl., since June,
15:.)6. This lady is not the widow, as is supposed, of the late
Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey, Bart., representative of the county
of Essex, whose estate was large, and whose daughters have
considerable fortunes : his widow is known as Lady Louisa Har-
vey, and has no intention of receiving the pension of an Admi
ral's widow, to which she is entitled. But then, who is this
Dame Louisa Harvey I'
Miss Emily Rumbold, who is sister to Sir William, who was
taken out to India by the Marquis of Hastings, has married a
wealthy Prussian Jew, of the name of Delmar ; yet she still
continues on the English pension list for 115/. Ns. 6d., but this
lady may follow the fashion, and pay it over to her sister Mi..
Caroline Eliza, who has nut been reported to the as having been
so fortunate.

The public attention is now happily directed to the abuses of
the civil list pensions, and a suftielent exposure has been made
of them, to lead the present retrenching Government to correct
them ; but I find a puling feeling is abroad, which condemns
them, but would tolerate them, since they exist: so it is to be
feared they will not be discontinued, and only avoided for the
future. It is weakly observed, how very severe it would be upon
the poor individuals now to withdraw from them what they have
• so long enjoyed, and how cruel to interfere with their present
arrangements. Such feelings do not tend to save a falling coun-
try from ruin, to avert those sweeping changes that involve the
innocent with the criminal. I trust the Government will be
wiser than to listen to the whinings of the Clubs, and be bolder
than to be influenced by the condemning coteries of Dowager
men, as well as Dowager women. There must be great change*
to prevent still greater ones; no abuse should be allowed to
linger on, it should be excised as soon Fs discovered. I feel, and
do not say to much, when I assert, that the public expect a puri-
fication of the civil list pensions, and would stoutly support the
Ministers who would boldly completely cut off the sources of
such corruption. The people will cheerfully raise their voice
that the Monarch shall enjoy ample means to be generous—to be
munificent ; but they desire that no Minister shall be able to put
hi, hands into their pockets pretending they are carrying into
effect the Royal pleasure. The separate list for each kingdom
must cease ; there must be only one for the empire.
Let the King have a fixed sum for a royal bounty, solely to be
exercised by his own judgment. It may sometimes be done with-
out discrimination, but it will be unattended with jobbing. When
I place it at ....)0,000/. a year, it may be low ; let it be made larger;
but it should at present be only in unison with the distressed si-
tuation
of the empire. let the principle of public rewards and
compensations be laid down by Parliament • let it be fixed, and
a return annually be submitted to the two 'Houses, and a vote
taken for the amount. Master Thomas Knox Holmes will then
never have an increase to his pension of 54104 a year, if what was
so umnerited should be confirmed, however useful his father's
services may become to some other Premier who may be as pro-
fusely and as personally inclined to reward his satellites as was
the Duke of Wellington. Young private secretaries, however
attached and meritorious, will not find a provision of 2501, a year
for having made no sacrifice of profession.
I trust my coadjutors will continue to bring forth the many
personages whom I have omitted to name, so that no one shall
escape. I shall now return to the examination of civil and midi.
terry officers. After the recess, the public will be put in posses-
sion of all places, salaries, pay, fees, and emoluments under IMO/.
a year.

'My labour s will not cease, I fear, until the close f the sessin ; but, if I can assist the present Government in their virtuouso in-
tentions to retrench and do public, good, the midnight oil will not
be regretted by
RADICAL.