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London, England, 1812-01-28 00:00:00

oa their report the House should not only be enabled
tu;:wr liberally, and with honour to the Crown, but
also in such a manner as to satify the countey.—
Althoueh he (Mr. -Tierney) was an advocate for
the strictest practical economy, be was not disposed
to drive it to extremes. He thought, however, icegUa
lotions might be adopted more palatable to the coun-
try, because the country must desirein forrdat ion up-
on the subjea ; that the expeudit tire of -the year ex- •
ceecled the estimates was what called for explana-
tioZt, and explanation satisfactory to the country. It '-
was with that view, among many others, -that he
was induced to_ oppose the going into the Coin-
ntittee for the present. He: not only had these ob-
jettinns on account of the want of -information in
.the Papers on the table, but he also conceived the
Bill, was not such a Bill air should pass. He knew
the odium which might be cast upon him for this
opinion unexplained, and he knew that he was-
liable to bare his opinions misrepresented out of
doors. saying that the Bill ought not to pass,
he meant that it was composed of such materials as
ought to preclude the House from entertaining it.
As to that part of it which related to the disposition
of his Majesty's private property, no instruaions had
been given to the Committee as to proposing any
thing about-the private property; he had doubts
too, as to the propriety of the House legislating on
the subje&. 01. the accumulation of that property
for years he wciuld say nothing, but be would say
that Pailiarnent ought not to' be called upon to re-
cognize any p-ivate property as belonging individu-
ally-to h's M jesty. By a clause-in the Bill, three
CommissiOnets w ere to be appointed to regulate
that property, and these Commissioners were to
have a salary each of Moot. per annum. ,•Nciw, it
would be for the House to consider what the amount
of that property•in- the hands of his Majesty must
be, which could afftird topay three thousand pounds
. a-yeat for the mere auditing of the accounts.—ln
making these observations, he-did not wish to in-'
quire ipso, or say any thing on the subject, which
could. in the smallest degree aft; ct the feelings of
any one branch of the R yal Family. Jut he must
object to the intertence of Parliament, and much
more so to the appointment of the Commissioners,.
because' t hey were to be sworn " not to betray the
secrets of the Prison House." This property was
in etled Crown property, and not meant to bee.
private property. In discussing this part of the
subject he was conscious of the delicacy of his situa-
tion, and that he was speaking of things .not ordi-
narily %eh bin the view of 'Parliament; that he was
consequently liable to misinterpretation, and in some
quarters of wilful inisinterpreiation ; he therefore
wished that those Royal Personages most interested j
were present in the House to hear his sentiments.
He was anxious that every syllable he uttered should
be dealt out with becoming respea to the Monarch
and those nearest concerned, and at the same time
he should not consent to give more than was con-
sistent with the circumstances and honour of the
country. With this impression, he hoped the House
would allow him to go rather more into detail than
he otherwise should have gone; and he should not
have done so, were it not a question of the greatest
iroportance in every point of view. The Bill pro-
fessedao-be " A Bill kir the due arrangement of his
Majesty's Household,- and for the resumption (if for-
tunately that period should arrive) of the Royal
Authority." Now the House would consider the
circumstances under which ills Bill Sb trained came
for discussion. An Am passed for settling the Re-
gency for twelve months under certain restrictions,
which Aft had very ma:ly expired: The restric-
tions contained in that Act were such as the Prince
of Wales felt were not only painful, but injurious
and insulting to the character of his Royal Highness.
Since the. passing of that Aft, up to the present mo-
ment, his ,110) al Highness had conducted himself in
such a manner, as not only to call forth the admira-
tion of the country, but also to remove any suspi-
cion (if any loan had suspicion lurking in his mind
when the Ad pased), that his future condua.would
not be regulated in the same manner. The whole
of his Royal Highness's conduct had been directed
by attention to the comforts of his Royal Father,
and which had on all occasions done credit to him-
self, and would give the-lie direct to any insinuations
to the contrary. There was nothing in his Royal
Highness's past conduct that could lead to a suspi-
biota that if he was clothed with full powets he
would abuse those poweis, What was the return
which hi, Royal Highness met with By this new
Bill he was to be treated as a person not fit to be
trusted—as if he had not atoned for any supposed or
imaginal), errors by the rectitude of his conduct, and
consequently had not wit ed off that dark distrust
which I 'dictated the inea,nre twelve months
wince. The Right Honourable Gentleman seemed
amused wi:h -these opinions, but he (Mr. T.) did
not see much of comicaFty in them, and he ,vould
endeavour to-convince the Right Hun: Gent. so.—
In considering the Act, he must make twoassump-
tions. In the first place, that it would in-substance
place his Royal Highness on the throne permanently,
(in the event that what all desired did not fortu-
nately happen) aid that it would make such at range-
mews that his Majesty might, if happily be could,
-resume the Royal Authority. Secondly, that his
Royal Highness ceases to be Prince of Wales tin
that assumption, and of course whatever was vested
in him as Prince of Wales, was at an end also ; that
is to my, the Executive Goventnent would be en-
tirely in him. The principles which he had as-
sumed would be violated by this RII ; for the last
year the country only recognized one Court,—Par-
liament wete now called upon to establish two
Cow ts. With respect to the establishments of these
Courts, many Gentlemen who had not heard the
speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman in detailing
the plan, would be total.), in the dark. It was
proposed to vote 70,6001. per annum, in addition,
and to make his Royal Highness a present of
too,ouol. annually. Now, when he asked explana-
tion on this subject how would he be answered ?
Why, the Rt. Hon. Gent. had stated, as he under-
stood the plan, it was t his : his Majesty- had a Civil,
List Revenue of g 50,0001. (putting out of the ques-
tion the revenues arising from the Duchies of Corn-
wall and Lancaster) ; out of that -List he prOposed
to give 60,0001.- to the Prince of Wales; he would
therefore have at his disposal an available income of
about goo,oool. Of !bat sum it was proposed to
.ke 170,0001. namely, 100,0001. for his !Majesty's
Househoula, 60,0001. for his privy purse, and
10,0001. for her Majesty's use. This grass sum of
70,0001. deducted from the .goo,oool. would
leave a clear income of 730,0001. I.lls was one