The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-31 00:00:00

tors. His Lordship maintained that the grant
10,0001. was necessary for the discharge of the
additional -expences unavoidably incurred by the
Royal Duke as Custos. It ,was but a poor mum.
Iteration when the private grants mitt. pensions
which were necessarily_ entailed upon him as
Custos were considered. The amiable qualizieS
of his Royal Highness their Lordships were as
well acquainted with as he was ; and they all ac-
knowledged his private and public worth% And
wich regard to the sum of ,10,0001. a year being
-paid out of the Pt ivy Purse, hi, Lordship would
by no means consent to such a proposition, ;the
Privy Purse being, strictly speaking, the private
property of Isis Majesty. It reqtrired effort
his part to prove the truth of his assertion ;
ttori,.if his health did not prevent him, he would
have no objections to, go into a detail of proof
and a series of argumenfto establish the-truth of
this important allegation.
..The &id of I)ARNL6Y claimed the privilege of
sharing with the late Noble Speaker the just enco,
mitosis bestowed, ou the Duke of Yolk, whether
viewed as'a private or public character. tut he
could riot help condetnning Ministers fur involving
hi; Royal Highness in such a disagreeable di-
lemma. It would have beets much more to their
honour had they advised the Royal Duke to with-
draw Iris claim to the 10,0001. a-year, than to
have forced-him into this unpopular situation.—
Every past of his Royal Ili;,zhness's public -con-
duet deserved and obtaineyl the . highest praise,
while his private worth was universally acknow-
ledged. His Royal Highness was eminently dis-
tinguished for the,best qualities cif the heart ; hjs
kind hospitalities and Royal munificence were well
known ; and his Lordship therefore lamented that
Ministers had in this instance acted so diametri-
cally opposite to what was the grand characteristic
pf the Royal Duke. Were the Royal Custos to
come down, to Parliament, and formally to decline
the grant now so much censored, the act would
redound to his eternal fame. If his Royal, High-
ness were circumscribed by narrow circumstances,

so as to render the additio►►al office with which he

Avas invested an additional burthen upon his purse
and upon'. his mind, his Lordship assured the
House that he would be the last man in the world
to 'oppose the grant ; but when he knew that his
Royal Highness's income was magnificent—cer-
tainly arot more than he deerved—he thought it
his public duty as a Member of that ,House 'Co
resist this proposition. He wished that Ministers
bad placed his Royal Highness in such a situation
PS to have come with irresistible claims on the
public but from't he pressure of the times, from
the necessities of the country, from the impo-
verished state of the people; he was., called upon
imperatively to condemn the measure.
The Marquess of LANSDOli'tift referred to an
early part of a former Session of Parliament.when
the Windsor Estaglishment was supposed to have
been, finally settled—even prospectively—what-
ever event should happen. When the Royil Mae.
riage was finally arranged in Parliament, the ex-
tent of the Royal 'Windsor Esahlishment was at
the same time disengsed ; and it was thought. that,
'the subject in no :attire case would again he
brooght forward. No man was more friendly to
every
,arrangement, which could add to the con-
torts of the.venerahle Individual whose absence
they ail deplored. It had formerly been the po-
liey, as well as the duty of Parliament, that not
only every comfort shoald he administered to his
Majesty, but that even the digpity and splendor
of the Throne should in nu manner be diminished.
These attentions' were thought absolutely requi-
site, so long as there remained anrhope of his
Majesty's recovery. Thirie who had advised and
formed these arrangements were actuated by the
most laudable motives. They 'wished,. should
4 have pleased Ditine Providence to have restored
our beloved SoVereign to his health and faculties,
that on the very first dawn of his returning rea-
son, he should find all his favourite servants, and
all his usual attendants, without any diminution
in splendor or magnificence. This was the plan
recommended, and agreed to by Parliament, un-
der the administration of Mr. Perceval. It had,
however, since been discovered, that-those hopes
of recovery were not likely to he realized, and
therefore a mo're economical 'dal) had been intro-
duced, by which the Windsor Estahliihment had
_been considerably reduced, and thus a great sav-
ing followed to the Public. When the suggestion
was first made, Isis Lordship thought the mea-
sure a fair one, and the Bill had consequently his
approbation. With regard to the present Bid, h'e
was lost called upon to‘oppose the principle of it.
That he had no objection to ; but Vlthough he
might consent to a generali principle, he .was by
no means bound to particular claoses. The grant
of ten thomandpoonds he therefore cooden4n-
ed, W.Z. 101110111 k, ,liliviSC, and IMlleCeSSiiry in the
a:Ariz-ate. It found expedient, and such a sour
proposed for the.services which the Public had
derived from his Royal 14loicss's assiduous and
faithful discharge• of his duties to the State,
his Lordship did not think that, the case being
closely eotde,out, he would oppose it. No man
knew berer the public and private worth of the
Royal Duke than he did. In, all bit various offi-
cial employments hehad conducted' himself with
the strictest integrity and honour; and, as a
public-man, flo better character ever came before
Parliament. But ir.the exercise of his new and
important office, he could not consent to the
grant of 10,000 i-a-year, when the country was
-'impo‘verished, and the population starving. With
regard tb the Privy Purse„ from which this sum
ought t'o be taken, it taken at all, he considered
it no more the private property of the King than
any part of the Civil L'st. it originally part
Of the latter; and, in the course of a few years
• after' the commeireement of this reign, received
the present denomination of the Privy Parse of
the King, and consequently by some bad been
eria•neously thought to be a separate fond from
the Civil List. But whatever might be the a'p-
`profariate designation originally of the Privy Purse,
the moneyhelonging to it had always been,appli-

cable to th'e services of the monarchy, and never,
it's commencement, had been corsidered as.the

private property of his Mjesty; For many years
it hat! been received through the medium of the

Civil List, and as included n tliat aggregate stun
h;,il dq-signatiun than part of that esia-
biishUieot. The Noble Marquess
_believed that
e nith-low termed the Privy Purse had first re-