The Sun.
London, England, 1803-03-05 00:00:00

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Mr.'. said, he thought it w. 15
his •duty to repe:it, to the Gentlemen -pr;ficw,.
what he had said few evenings agn, wlitu he
gave. notice of the Motion he OW about
to submit .to the llnuse ; that tha ruNeuire he
.had taken, ...to addiSplendor and Dignity to an 'lie
lustrintis Wanch of the Royal .F.nni}yi arls<2
rirely few» his Own, teeiings, and tit it he had. neves
had any ewumnoiciition with any Gcntlentann the
Delie.ne the subjedmay be,'he stolid
bring foew4rd h .:'.lotinn in, such a way, that he
hoped no Gentleman would, objet to it. The pur-
port of His Majesty!s Message did not harcly,ask
far a Sin A. tine fir the oyport arutdigni ty .Of, the
Heir. Ai,i,arrot to the Throne, hut Fits •Mj,:sty
leir the sum :0 the ‘visdom of,ratilairient, %%110 laid
ever, bceil alive to the necessary Wants of the Prince
of Wale's, and every part of the Royal F.imil); 'nnd
who would, he ..vas at this mumenr, grin! the
Prince a su:iiiient Income to enable him to assume
;his forni,:r Dighity and. Splendor. He, knew_ that
every Member in the Hiiose would wish, as well as
himself, to Lee his Rny:ll.llighness support time saute
dignity hoot-ace did e and every MeMber mast knOw,
from a recent diseusSibn on the Prince's Afrairb,
that the suns voted by the House, was next tO no..
thing for the support of that illustrious CharaCter,
who had ever been the pride of the Nation, anti who
possessed every virtue ro• adorn his elevated
anon. The question befute the House he consider-
ed of great i.nportaueC. It Went to ask the House
of Coutinons, and the Nation at large, whether
they would hutrer (in a Country hlessed with ,ve3lfit,
virtue; and . every Ininour that can render •Blitoni
to themselves, and envied .by the world),
rite illustrious Prinee'of this Kingdom to live in a
state of obscurity. lie could answer, that there
was not a Memb: r. in the House who bad such a
wish; mid he:would also answerithat every Member
Would:feel a !amiable .arnhtion in seeing. the Prince
Ckcile enabled, to diffuse those comforts. to
,dis-
,tresr‘e,l merit, wllich his philanthropic and polishefi.
mind feels ambitious of giving support- to. I,l*
Motion that he should shortly offer to the wisdatririf
the Kruse, vvas-,-.'4 That 'a Select Commit Ice should
inquire into the '‘ciretutisranea that, i.inpedt.l His
Royal ,Highnesfrotnicktaninglis rronteti
which was so necessary to his. elevatedStation,"--
The constro&ion he put, upon His niie'sy.s
sage, might he very
.die.,'eictit to the sense in which
other Gentlemen had ondeystood it ; but
,liceois
sure the Message e)tiiressed 'a confidence in tile
Hoteie rrfurming .what as dome to the Dignity..of
his Royal Son, He thu;!ght the Message wet, t
great way farther than. rfie:ely. asking for the kzum
voted by the lintse. - It haiVbeen stated by an
Hon. Member, that Royal Highness wished
..to appropriate a portion of his Lied= for the bene.
fit of his Creditors ; but if this is to be carried into
effeet, with the sum already allowed by the House,
the Prince cannot assume that Dignity, which has
been the .. )j.c.,er' of His Majesty's Message, and he
_would-ask the House, what the Public opinion
would 4e.on such a measure; in giving 60.0001. a
year, by the free voice of the Nation, 'to add lustre
to the Prince's station, and then the People find this
sum appropriated to the discharge of old debts,
which would contrary to the intention of the
Grant, or His Majesty's Message,: he hid no doubt
but the .Public, who are at resent so desirous of
seeing. His Royal Highness exist in Splendor and
Magnificence, wonld think that an improper 'use
had been made of the money voted by the House,
as it had been obtained for one purpose, and ,:can.
vetted to another,. It is now high time tho'HoOse