The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-20 00:00:00

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.

On the motion of Lord CAYCLISREAGII, the Re-
port of the Royal Household Bill was taken
into further consideration, and the Amendments
agreed to.—On the motion that the Bill be en-
grossed.
Lord FoeF.esToNE said, he objected to the
clause, granting 10,0001. to the Duke of York, As
the clause now stood, it stated that the sum was
granted on the same grounds as the like sum had
been granted to her Majesty. Now he clearly
recollected that the 10,0001. had been granted to
her late Majesty to defray the increased expences
to which her Majesty would be put in hold-
ing drawing-rooms, and not for the care of his
Majesty's person. It was obvious that no such
reason existed' for giving th'e same sum to the
Duke of York. Then the question arose, whe-
ther it should be given to his Royal Highness the
Duke of York or not. It was well known that
his Royal'Highness would be exposed to little or
no additional expence by the care of his Majes-
ty's person. In tact, the only expence to which
Ice would %be subjected, was hiring foar post-
horses once a week--a thing so trifling that he
thought his Royal Highness would hardly coo-
descend to accept any remuneration for it. But
he objected altogether to the care of his A;AHty•s
person being entrusted to any person not resi-
dent on the spot. The treat reason for giving
the office of Custos to her late Majesty was, ber
residence at Windsor. lie was therefore of opi-
nion, chat as there were tiro Royal Princesses now
resident at Windsor, either of them would be tench
more properly entrusted with the care of his Ma-
jesty's Rerson than the Duke of York. He was
resolved to take the sense of the House on this
clause, and moved as an amen;lnient that it be
omitted.

Mr. LYTTELTON expressed surprise that no at_
teivitio was paid to the objections just made to
;his clause by his Nobie
.Friend. It was dis-
graceful that the !louse should be called upon to
vote such sums on false pretences. It was a con-
stitutional maxim that the Monarch should not
appear before his subjects unless graciously. He
would put it to the House and the Country to say
how far Ministers had attended to this maxim.
They had brought every Member of the Royal Fa-
mily before the House in theirm:asty, v
li
odioustiioatnitdu
gracious manner. He migh
flat-
tery, that the Duke of Yolk was more dear to the
country than any other member of the Royal Fa-
mily. Among the various sophistical reasons by
which it loot been attempted to support the grant
of 10,0001. one was, that the dignity of the of-
fice required it. He thought quite he contrary ;
and that taking such a sum was inconsistent with
the dignity of the office, and threw a suspicion on
it. The true reason for :he grant was, that the
Doke of York was in embarrassed circumstances.
That was notorious. And it certainly would
have been much better for Ministers to have come
down to the House and stated truly and fairly the
state of his Royal Highness's affairs, and neces-
sity of making some grant to relieve him. In that
case the House might have added a condition to
the grant, which would have secured its proper
aFolication. Sooner or later the House must be
'called upon for a grant to relieve his Royal High-
ness. When that was done, he would put it to
the House,whether his Royal Highness would not,
after receiving this 10,0001. come to thens for a
further grant with a very bad grace. He hoped
his Royal Highness would see the impropriety
of contouuding his interest with his honour. It
was also to be considered that there were large
accumulations of the. Privy horse, in which the
Duke of York was more interested than any other
person. He expressed his disapprobation of the
strain of pathos in which it bad been attempted to
discuss this subject, though it was well known
that his Majesty was .no more. interested in it
than if lie had been dead 20 years ago. • •
Mr. PROTIIEROB was• aware of the delicacy of
this subject, but could not refrain from saying a
few words upon it. Ministers seemed to have
impressed his.Royal.Hightiess's mind.: with very
wrong notions as.to- the constitutional nature of
this question. and the affluence pf the coirutry.,—
All•the opinions which lie had on a former oc-
casion expressed o.n this, subject remained unal-
tered.—The House then divided—

For the Motion - 155
For Lord Folkstones Amendment • 97

Majority —59

On the Reportere.te-admission to the OaHuy,
they found Mr. W. WYNN- objecting 't,i•‘a verbal
inaccuracy in the preamble, which Conveyed that
an additional expenee-was incurred in piovicting
for the care of the King's person.

After a few wards from Lord CA3TLEREAGg,
the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on
Monday next.

BOROLTGII OF TAVISTOCK.

Or► the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, n new
Writ was ordered for the borough of Tavistock,
in the room of-Lord Win. Russell, who had ac-
cepted the Chiltern Efundreds••