The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-04 00:00:00

Ipr-fitting her exalted rank at a time like tbe pre-
sent, when she was called upon to deiced herself
against charges of the most 'veinal's nature. The
public would feel that it was ungenerous, he would
not say to limit her allowance, but to deny her
that which site ought to have as Queen. it was
Dot for him to say what step the House ought to
take, but be could scarcely believe it possible that
they would exclude one Member of the House of
Brunswick from all participation in the provision
made for the rest of the Royal Family, still lets
Mould be suppose that they would keep her Ma-
jesty a pensioner on the Govetnment because this
might happen to suit the views of Ministers. He
did not wish to do any thitig to connect the bn
siaess now in progress with that subject which he
had thus brooght under the consideration not• the
unese. He was not then prepared to su'imit a,
motion to the noose, but in the Cdromittee he
lai.glit probably move that the Chaitutan should
leave the Chair, report progress, and ask leave to
sit on a future •day to give Ministers titne to cur-
the omission ,of whiell they had been guilty,
and afford II em an opportunity of reconsidering
what he 0)01101 the abaurdity of their conduct,
and to enable the noose deliberately to resolve
bow far they would sanction it.
Lord CAart.s.stgaoo worweted, he said, at the
sentiments of surprise expressed by the Noble.
Lord at haviilg no provision now proposed for
the Queen. There world he much greater teason
for surprise it any a Ifel) Application was made to
Parliament upon the tirrsent occso.ion: The other
, ground of complaint taken by the Noble Lord was,
that her Majesty receive-td money without•the sanc-
tion of Parliament. NVith respect to personal
in-
convenience, every step was taken to obviate any
of a pecuniary nature. As to the expences that
might be occasioned by the inquiry, he did not
feel at liberty to mention what had been deter-
" mined on relative to that subject. It did not,
however, escape the attention either of his Met.
• jest) or the Government ; and it was intimated,
that her Majesty would have the means of tow-
ing any expences that may be thrown on her
There was no disposition in any quarter to ex-
pose her to pecuniary inconvenience, and least of
all in the highest quarter. As to the manner in
which her Majesty was now suppliA, the consti-
tutional feats of the Noble Lord may be quieted,
• when he learned that the resolution of last yes.
' sion, with respect to her Majesty's provision,was
still in force, and would continue so to the sth of
July. It would be time enough for his constitutional
jealousy to awake, if after that day any money was
advanced without the authority of Parliament The
last time the Noble Lord put a question on this
subject, he (Lord C.) certainly did contemplate
making a proposition relative to her Majesty,when
provision was to be made for the other branches
of ihe Royal Family. He then, however, thought,
that on consubation with her legal advisers, her
Majesty would be induced to act in such a way as
would render the inquiry unnecessary, and spate
So vaintul a task. The papers laid upon the
table would show, that a pecuniary provision was
one of the points in discussion, and from them
also it would appear, that her Majesty desired pe-
cuniary consideration should form no part of the
negociation. Jr was the business of the Clown,
acting by the advice of Ministers, to send down
any proposition of this nature to the House. The
Noble Lord travelled out of his functions, as •a
Member of Parliament, by spewing a disposition
to initiate any thing of the kind. It was rather
unusual with the Representatives of the People
to clamour for the introduction of pecuniary
grants. It was not convenient to agitate the ques-
tion of a fixed provision, till they knew in what
light her Majesty was to be tegarded. The Right
Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Tierney) would
recollect, that upon a former occasion he said he
%yogic) not be disposer: to vote one shilling till the
result of the inquiry was known, till it was ascer-
tained whether there was itny ground for charge or
too. Curler all the circumstances of this painful
case, he hoped the House would perceive that the
best way was to relieve her Majesty (ruin all pe-
cuniary difficulties for the present, and wait till
it was known in what situation she was to be re-
. garded, and what permanent provision could be
recommended.
Lord A. HAMILTON complained of unfairness on
the part of the Noble Lord, and reminded the
House that he hail offered to sit down at the coin-
mencement of his speech if Ministers would state
it to be their intention to propose a provision for
her at any period of the present Session'. The
Noble Lord said it was time enough for his con-
stitutional jealousy to break forth after the sth of
July should have arrived. The Noble Lord seem-
edto consider that it would have made a great
difference if he had brought forward this subject
on the day after to-morrow, instead of on that
day. The Noble Lord was right in supposing
that her Majesty was no party to bringing this
subject before the House, but it appealed to
a strange perBreition of intellect that could assume
that her Majesty, because she had excluded the
consideration of money matters in the late confe-
rences, war content to become the pensioner of
Ministers, instead of owing a suitable provision
to the liberality of Parliament. He considered
the Course pursued towards her Majesty to he
,improper, end wished the Noble Lord to leant
from those opposed to bins, that every person ill
this triustry pending trial was to be consideied
innocent.
Mr. TIERNEY admitted, that it was true he had
teiti he would not vote for a grant to the Queen
till her real situation was ascertained. The No-
ble Lord had said, that he spoke on the mere
rot/route then afloat. This was not exactly the
case, fur he had spoken with reference to the
omission of her name in the Liturgy. He was
Surprized at the course now pursued by the Noble
• Lord with respect to the Queen. He did expect
drat when any arrangement was proposed for
the rest of the Royal Family, that some no-
tice would be taken of her Majesty, though
- be did not say that this was the time for
making a permanent provision. The Queen
was placed in an extraordinary situation. It
was true, as the Noble Lord bad said, that no
provision could he made for her, but in conse-
quence of a communication from the Crown. No
message, however, had yet strived. Was it yet to