The Sun.
London, England, 1819-02-24 00:00:00

CAPITAL CONVIC' rioNs.

ilr. H. Cues presented a Return of the Num-
ber of Persons capitally Convicted from the year
IN9 to the year 1818 ; al,o certain Returns re-
specting Houses of Correction, etc.--Ordered to
be printed.
WINDSOR EST ABLISII NI ENT.

On the (notion of !he CHANCELI.OR of the E
CEI EGtuER, the I-loose resolved itself into a Com-
mittee 00 the 'Windsor Eitablishment.

Lord CASTLeREAGH said that the House bad,
last night, agreed to the first Resolution which
he had to propose. He now came to the second—
tbe vote fur the remuneration of her Majesty's
servants. The gross sum for this purpo stated
in the Report of the Committee was 18,2451. Af-
ter what had passed on the subject last night, and
anticipating no opposition to the motion, he
would not now trouble the House with any fur-
ther- explanation. He concluded by moving " that
the snm of 4,5611 81. 1 id. be issued quarterly
out of the Exchequer to remunerate the Maids of
Honour, Ladies of the Bedchamber, and other
attendants of her late Majesty Queen Charlotte."

This Res°lntim) was agreed to.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that the next Resolu-
tion Was that which related to the Grant for the
office of Custos. Having already said to much
on this subjeet, it wEts not necessary for him to
enter upon it now to any event. He only %visited
to press it upon the House that it was not to be
coosidered as in any way personally to the Duke
of York. The House was to decide upon it as
what would be a proper sum for the person, who-
ever he might be, to whim the office of Custos
m-ght be entrusted. The around on which he
proposed the sum of 10,0001. as the proper
amount, was, its being that which was fixed by
Parliament on a former occasion, when the mat-
ter bad been fully investigated. It was impos-
sible to enter on this occasion minutely into
all the details of the expenses which would be
incurred in that office.. This, however, was
to be considered, that whoever held this of-
fice was to he considered in a great • de'gree
with respect to those officers attached to the Royal
Establishment, as standing towards them in the
situation in which iris Majesty would stand if he
were in health. He did trot think that tire vote
of last night in any degree pledged the House as
to the extent of the sum to be allowed. But he
was sure they %could feel, that in judging what
would he a proper sum, they could trot take a
better guide than the precedent- afforded by the
wisdom of the former Parliament. The sum had

been fixed by that Parliament with a /4/teat regard
to economy. He therefore hoped, that there
would be a general opinion on all sides of the
House, that the deciSion oft he Parliament in 1841
and 1812, was the best rule roe the present Per-
hauteur to adopt in pari niateria, and under simi-
lar circumstances. But the nature of the office,
and not the par'icular person who might hold
it, was what should fix the scale ; and he hoped
that the House would consider that the Duke of
York should have the same extent of provision
which had been formerly allowed. He concluded
by moving, " That the sum of 10,0001. be granted
to ids Royal Highness the Duke of • York, out of
the Civil List revenue, to enable his Royal High-
ness to meet the expences attending the duty con-
fided to him by the House."
Mr. 'IIERNEY.—Ou what ground the Noble
Lord could suppose that he (Mr. T.) would assent
to this motion. he could not understand. What he
said was, that he wished to avoid all discussion of
the subject. He was willing to make a proper al-

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lowance to the Duke of York for the purpose of
meeting the expences of the office, but he had
expressly guarded himself against being understood
to approve of a (;►ant to the extent of 10,0001.

Thetvords which he had last night used were ex•
pressly—" to such extent as the llouse might

-Think fit to allow, But how the Noble Lord
could apply to him as one who would take the
sum fixed by the last Parliament as the proper
sum, when he himself had been the very fore-
most in that Pailitiment to vote against such a
sum, was what lie could not understand. But
this showed how cantious the House should be in
establishing precedents. The argument used at the
time in support of so large a SUM was, that the un-
fortunate situation of her late Majes►y at that
time made it indelicate to propose any ocher sum.

It was with great regret that be opposed
the motion now made. But the Noble Lord
drove it on, and painful or not painful, be must
pursue that course which he had chalked out for
himself. He should not DOW divide the House
upon it, as, owing to a strange misapprehension,
it was very geuerally thought that he did not

(heel to tale the tettSe of the athist opoti this
part of the question. But he now gave notice
that he iiqended to do so on TloorsdaV.

Lord RANcLikre said a very few ‘vords against
the motion.

Mr. Alderman WAITHMOT ahri spoke against
it. He rested his opposition on the distressed
s•ate of the country. 'Fhb 11 sage Wh;ch the
Noble Lord had brought from the Duke of York
was calculated only to influence the House, and
to detirrade the character of that Royal Dike.

Mr. CurtwEg said that he thought it his duty to
give a decided opposition to this motion.
The Resolution was then agreed to.
The remaining liesolu►tions were next proposed
and agreed to.
Sir ALEX. Hone wished to,know when, ►+ithout
being too h►te, he could bring before the House
the subject of the reduction of the two Equerries
recommended by the Committee. The slving by
that measure was, in his opinion,, antamount to
nothing. If his Majesty were to recover, he trap
convinced that no eircumsta..'.oe whatever would
give him creater pain than to learn that any of his
attendants had been removed.

A c,or vers,tion, in which Mr. Tierney, Mr.
,C.
%V. Wynn, Mr. Brogden, Sir Robert Wikon,
and Sir Alexander Hope, bore a parr, took place,
withrespect to the proper time for bringing on
the dison:sion. Sir Alexander Hope having ex-
pressed his will) to bring it on, before the subject
lint! pissed ;roil) the 'louse, and might be said to
be cold, it was- suggested by Mr. Ti,iney, that
when the Bi:1 for regulating the Household was
before the !louse, when the 11004 was occupied
with the subject. and before it was cold, it Would
he competent to him to move that the number ot
Egnerries should he six, instead of four.
Sir A. nor% then gave notice that he should
adopt the course pointed Out to hint by the Right
Hort. Gentleman (Mr. Tierney).
The house resumed, and the Report was or-
dered to be received on Thursday next.—Ad-
journed.