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ALIEN ACT.

Mr, LXMBTON, seeing; Ihr, Noble Lord opposite in his
place, wished to know whether that Noble Lord would think
it his duty to continue the Abets Act beyond the present
year ?
Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that be intended on an
early day tnsubmit to the House a motion for the continu-
ance of the Act alluded to.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE DUKE OF CLARENCE.

Lord CASTiiittEAGH rose and said, that in Mov-
ing 'the Order of the Day for the House again re-
solving itself-into a Costriiiiitee on. the Message of
the Prince Regnt, he felt that it would he desir-
able for him to state the object to Mile}, he wish-
ed to call the attention of the House. Ilefive the
Report of the Committee of last night vas broti.ght
tip, be wished to state to the House, that at ter
what had Raised yesterday—after the vote on the
proposition which he had felt it hies duty to sob-
tbit to the Committee, a proposition founded on
a p4tient and minute investigation by those who
were best qualified to form a correct judgMent on
such a spbject, he naturally felt, that lie should
have neglected to:perform his.duty if 'he had not
waited on his Royal Highness the Duke of Cla-
rence, to apprise his Royal Highness of the view
which the House took of the subject. It would
not be doing justice to the House if he did not
'state that his Royal Highness was not, in coming
to the resolution which be had -formed, actuated
by any feeling of disrespect towards the House.—
But after- a- full consideration of the subject, his
Royal Highnest had instructed him to submit to
the HouSe the view which his Royal Highness
`vas disposed
,to take of the opinion of die House;
for he must consider the opinion of the Committee
'to be the
_opinion o/ the -House.' His Royal
highness felt, that as the acceptance of any pro-
vis'oti by the House mnst he necessarily accompa-
v au inc!ease Of tstabfis!Phentou his part,
of c‘roWishirrent could not he
ion wftir!! the House

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110 Sn-tents wilich it must be the very end 'and ob-
ject of such provisions to 'obviate. Under all
these circumstances (continueds the Noble Lord),
and With these feelings and no other, his Royal
Highness has authorized me to declare, that with
much deference to the judgment of, the' House, as
testified by the vote of last night, his Royal High-
ness feels himself obliged to decline
self .of the pr4ision -iittetided tor hint by Nis'
House.—(This attimation was received withv loud
cries of Hear, hear, hear ! froth all parts of the
House.)---He (Lord C. thought it would be con-
venient for the House to have this communica-
tion delivered at the present stage of the business,
as it would assist the House in disposing of the
Report ; for he must add, that is was not intend-
ed to take any additional step in it, as the -object
for which it was proposed was now to be consi-
dered'as abandoned.—(Hear, bear, hear !)—He
should now, therefore,-propose to proceed- to the
Order of the Day for the Committee on the Mes-
sage.
Here there was a loud call front the Opposition
to proceed to the Report.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, he meant now to pro-
pose the Committee.
The Order of the Day for the Committee out the
Pi ince Regent's Message having been read, on the
motion (It Lord CASTLEREAGH, the House resolved
itself into the Committie.
;PROVISION FOIL THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.

When the Chairman had read the Message,
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that the part of the
Message to which he wished to call the atten-
tion of the Committee was that which related to
the Marriage of his Royal Highness the Doke of
Cambridge. After the attention which the House
had given to his detailed observations on the sub-
ject of a provision fur this illosttions Member of
the Royal-Family, he oid not think it necessary
now to occupy the time of the House by a repeti-
tion of them. He would merely move the Reso-
lution for the Giant, reserving to himself. the
right of giving any explanation or statement
which might be necessary. He then moved,
" That it is the opinion of this Committee that his Majes-
ty be enabled to grant an additional yearly sum out of the
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, not exceeding the sum of ON., to make a suit-
able,prusision for his Iloyalßighness the Dupe of Cambridge
on his marriage."

Mr. BROUGHAM said, he could not help won-
dering at the way in which the grant of this sum
was proposeth' It was done as if it were a mere
matter of course. Because the House had last
night voted that the provision for the Bake of
Clarence should be 60001. it seemed to be con-
.sidered a matter of course now to vote a provi-
sion to a similar ammotint to any Prince or every
Prince who might chose to enter into the married
stAte. If no other Member of. the House would
do so, be felt it his duty, ,as a representative of the
people. of England—as one of the guardians of
the public purse, to Oppose the present motion.
His objectionao it was this—that the proposals
for these provisions were WA made to the House
separately, and one by one, as, the occasion
on which they were called for arose, each
of them to be justified on its own merits ;
but they were brought forward in 4 lump,-and it
was expectedlhat the House should in this way
give to
.any Prince, or to all the. Princes who
chose to contract marriages, a large and splendid
increase to the provision already made for them.
No man lamented more titan himself the great
afflictions—the irreparable loss which the nation
had sustained, in the interruptiou of the direct
line of succession to the Throne. It was a ca-
lamity of such a nature,
.that the' lapse of time,
instead of wearing away the impression whiCh it
had made, only made it sink more deeply. into the
mind. He was quite sure, that if any thing'could
make the grief of the country for. this calamity
more poignant, it would be the proceedings
which had been lately adopted in the general and
wholesale provision which was proposed, with
the view' of supplying the irremediable loss which
the nation had sustained. It was always unplea-
sant in a Parliamentary discussion to be obliged
to refer to the personal character of any individual.
But when that individual happened -to be placed
an exalted situation, is .was so infinitely more
unpleasant, that the necessity would, if possible,
be shunned by every Member of the house. He
should therefore pass over ail that part of tuesttbject
as swiftly as he might—and with this remark, that.
the applications which had been made to the
House, especially on behalf of the Duke of Cla-
rence and' the Duke of Cumberland, would more
deeply fix in the mind of every man the veneration
and attachment which
.every one felt for that il-
lustrious Personage now no more. It was no
doubt highly expedient that facilities should be
afforded, by. proper provisions, for continuing the
succession in the House at present on the Throne,
the direct line of that succession having been un-
happily interrupted.
.And if it could he made out
that a marriage could not take place without a
provision for that purpose being made by, the
House, then he would agree to vote such a pre-
vision ; but lie would make it the lowest possible
sum which would be sufficient to give facility to
the marriage. He was sure the. House and the
country would go along with him in this. All
would agree that it was expedient to have a suc-
cessor to the Throne from some one of the
branches ofsthe Royal Family. If, therefore, the
Noble Lord would assure the House, that no other
• branch of that Family, except the youngest, was
likely to contract a marriage, and that the mar-
riage could not take place without a provision by
the House, then he would agree to vote a provi-
sion 'fur that branch of the Family. But why did
the Noble Lord on this occasion pass at once to
the youngest branch ? There was an illustrious
Duke (the Duke of Kent) whose name was men-
tioned in the debate of last night, who stood its
circumstances peculiarly favourable with a view
to a provision of this kind. Not only was that
Royal Duke distinguished' by the virtues of his
private character, but by Ilia measures which. he
had adopted to relieve himself
.from his incum-
brances. Those measures bad been lost night men-
tioned, otherwise he would not have thus went ioned
them. Certainly, they. never could be mentioned
without the highest credit. to his Royal'llighttess,
and they %Jell deserved the consideration of the
The Duke of Clarence had this night

infoimed the House, With a respectful defereuce
to the vote of the House, 'which could not be too
much praised, that be would not avail himself of
, •
the provision, intended by the House; and that. he
would decline. the measure s;/Itieli *ás the occa-
sion of calling•for the provision. Indeed it had
been slated last slight by a Right ,Hon. GeniLe-
man (111,r. Canning), tisk io the marriage Aids
his -Royal:Higliness had iilteneed.th 'contrlict, he
had made a great sacrifice of private reeling to
public duty. Trutt repugnance, it now seemed,
his Royal Highness had not to get offer. Such
being the determination ot the Duke of Clarence,
the question then 'came to be, whether the next
.Branch- of the Royal Family entertained any
thoughts of contracting a marriage. From part'
of whet fell from the Noble Lord last night , it
might be inferred that the illustrious Duke next to
the Duke of Clarence did entertain some such
thoughts. if so, why did the Noble Lord
now pass at once to the youngest branch of
the Family ? The- --meaning of the proposi-
tion now before the Committee he took to
be, that , it . was to be considered that any one
of the younger branches of the Royal Family who
might•be disposed to marry shindd., be considered
entitled to a provision of 60001 Next to the
Duke of Kent came the Duke of Comberland, of
whom Lie would desire to say nothing. Next to
itim.again w.as t•he Duke of Sussex, who
the: Duke of Cambridge, who, if possible,
'was, by his character end conduct, mare en-
titled to-the conqideratioo :of the House than the
Duke of Kent, fia he bed ti en up nearly the
whole of hisdncome to discharge his incutmbrau-
ces. In.talkieg of this Illuttrious Duke, it was
fair that the House should recollect that be had
not any of the advantages in point of income
which were enjoyed by, all the other Members of
the Royal Family. . Royal Highness was not
a militery Wan, amid had no regiment ;—whereas
the Duke ot Kent had the Government of Gibraltar,
besides a regauenr; the Dike of Cambridge, too,
had a regiment, betides his' being Comarander iii
Hat:sot/cr. The Duke of Sossex, too, had receiv-
ed his allowance, first of 12,0001. a year, and
afterwards of .18,0001-. a year, later in lite than
the Duke of Cambridge, and had never the advan-
tage which the latter had, of living previously in
a Palace atsd at a public table. All these eircem-
stamces must be considered, in order to guide the
judgment of the House through the mazes in which
the question teas involved. Much pra?se, indeed,
was due_ to the Duke of Sussex, on account of
what he bad done ; and viewieg private economy
not only as a merit, but as a virtue,—as the pa-
rent of many virtues,.and the preventative of Many
vices,—that praise would certainly not be with-
held. The circumstances of the Duke of Cam-
bridge made it much easier for him to avoid con-
tracting debts ; -.for he had his provision at an
earlier age than his brothers, and had-other sources
of income to.a large amount. 'flue income which
he derived from Hanover was 60001. a year,over
and above a country residence, a-shooting seat,
the. free.use.'of his Majesty's plate, sand the use
also of •his Majesty's stables.- He did not now
mention table expenses, for be understood the
Noble Lord to have stated last night, that in esti-
matitighis income from Hanover at 60001., he in-
chided the emoluments derived Irons a free table.
Thus had this Royal Prince enjoyed an esta-
blishment 'truly princely, at the public ex pence.
In constrpience of this he bad an income of
18,0001, a year,-in fact, going on to accumulate.
Indeed, if he was not mis-informed, he had been
able to accumulate a large sons, which lie had now
invested its the.public Fund:; in this country.. Let
it not, therefore, be thought harsh a hen he ex-
pressed his decided Opinion that: the House ought
not to be called.upon to vote 60001. to enable the
Duke of Cambridge to marry. There wet e oily
two grounds on which he conic! allow that the
House ought to grant any provision for that
purpose, namely, when the • marriage itself
was desirable, and whets without a provision
by the Hoese it could not take place. If the
case of tiny Member of • the Royal Family
was brought bef-Ure the House, who was able
to marry without its assistance, it was their duty
to refuse any provision. Ile therefore thought that
all those who voted last night against the proposed
provision of 10,0001. for theDake of Clarence
must vote against the present Motion. For how
could those,wl; . voted against the 10,0001- last
night—who had said that w-hemher the Duke of
Clarence could or could Out 'marry with .a provi-
sion of 60001'. they did not know,-they only knew
that More titan 60001. the House could not af-
ford—how could they consistently t'o'e a provi-
sion of 60001. to the Duke of Cambridge, who
could marry without oily provision at all To
vote a provision under such circumstances, would
be neither more nor lesi than abisolutely to squan-
der the pUblic money, or,would be paying a.n ex-
pensive and idle cotnidiment to that illustrious
Per Son.• If, indeed, the Noble Lord was prepar-
-ed to prove, that without the proposed grant his
Royal Highness could not marry:, then the House
must vote the -provision. Butt short of this proof,
he was satisfied that no man who valued his. con-
sistency could refuse the proposal which he. was
disposed to make—namely, that the Committee
should meet this motion by a direct negative.—
Supposing the provision to be necessary, be could
not overlook that there were other funds from
which it ought be supplied. He could not
overlook 'the Windsor -Establishment, and the
Establishments for the-Elder Brioches of time
Royal Family. It must 'be suggested, that
• when a provision of this kind was necessary,
those Members of the Reyal Family who
had larger incomes,
,or who by greater eco-
.nomy bad been enabled to accumulate large sums,
should contribute, at least as far es they wete
able, to furnish such a provislou. When he sug-
Bested this to the House, he was sure it would be
acknowledged that in the quartets to which he
• alluded, there should be a fellow feeling for the
distresses of the people, in which they had only
partaken by. sympathy, 'the Members of the. Royal
Family having been wisely exemp!ed from all
share in the public burdens. It would- be ac-
knowledged that now when the storm mess hap-.
piiy blown over, during which the Royal Family
had beet., exposed to the same risk as the people,
they ought to shOw their gratitude by applying to
such purposes that whiCh the abundance of their
supplies well enabled them to spare, for the be-

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Refit r relief' oofbtheri: lie did 11.:-A einsitici• III!
mere vote of la4t night as of so much importanCe
as the broad princit,le which hall influenced the,
Muse. The question no* is, whether they shoal°.
vote an iinneceisary expenditure of. 60001.—wbe"
titter the people,Shotild be told-that out of a coin:
-pliMent to 'e Member of keAtoyal•Family,-7e,
cornplimv tulle, am! 'utine6pary,—tbe people,
to have thisail&ional litirthen ot 60001. ito"
posed upon them'? --14. ye, it it were only .6d.:in!
stead of 60001. being unnecessary; he should utake
the same stand against it.—Let it not be told that
this grant was opposed because they acted the pert,
of clamourers for retreuchment (fur that eXpressia
had been used to the people on a former oeca7
sion), because this vote Was opposed l'iY iliiiie,wil
had paid millions without a murmur. He %Oak'
make no comparison as to the characters of arty
of .the Members of the. Royal Family—the oolY
• ha
comparison was as Ito their means. To this I
thought every one must 'agree.' Therefore :
60001. was voted to the Duke of Cambridge; 1"9
means being so great, how could the House re-
tose 60001. to the Doke of Cumberland ? NE'
the reasons were stronger in favour 'of ,tm-
Duke of Cumberlautl. ' Of the
.private .ci'4;
racier of the Duke of Cumberland he kqe;
nothing, and of his public character be logja
nothing of whiCh he, as a. public man, e6l'.,,p'
approve. •He knew him to have been a Orli
it) 'a political intrigue, which, as a politila•
individual, he could not but disapprove. Let ile '
Mttnber think that by voting for this measur yet
voted for the consolidation of the Throne. o•
no man vote against his own opinion, and sigiii"i,
what he knows to be the wishes of his Col
welds, from a notion that he migheotherwiselal..
jere the Royall'amily. There was a- deep-rooteg()i
fixed, immoveable, resolution 'iu the pc' le ,i,
England that they will have economy. F."' r'l(
reason.it was, that if there was any ime Parr „e
the cominct of the present Adatioistration nit'
1 offensive than another to the country, it was that
of an iniplovident and ilseless granting of Ibe
~,f
public money to the Princes of the Royal Fa"'",.l
I Let the Members of the Royel.Femily_ love "'',:a
`their high station required, but not more. l',' „3
! been said by the greatest of our poets-1)01'3i,
too heinight be called the greatest of our eil-0,
oians—that he pieferred a Republic to a 3 ,
tio'
! nareby,- if for no other ,reason than tbi',, ~t
i'' the trappings,of a Monarchy are enough " 00
up a Republic." Here be thought this grear" it dls
was mistaken- For his own part, he pref"" 5'
Monarchy, with all its trappings and exponc;`',,;
but on this condition. only, that these traPP'.7,,.
were cut down to the lowest possible 1..-otul' rl
I ,-,,, i '
, vii a question like the present, that matt %v.-I „/
i te.
best do his duty, first. to the people=l-o'u ...., -
iwere concerned in every part of the question/0o
and next to the Family on the Throne,
I titl
so guide himself as to conciliate tittleota . •
i who could there draw the line, and not' give '
t
I farthing more. lld -t
' . lr ea
1 Lord CAtTLEREAGN said, lie felt ionise - , ,
te
~npon by the observations of the Hon. owl bealfteo
1 Gentleman who had just sat down to 54Y a la
words, and he would compress what lie bm
, bs.
Isay in the shortest possible compass. Not";fl.,a.
standing the provocations thrown out by the 'ma
and Learned Geotlemao by the tone of evel Pieie, 1
of his,Speech, he would endeavolix. to 1,1,t.' 1..
retnalkS ill that temperate mahner which torts (`'re
eirable in every discussion, but especially ‘OCI.,
Ithe subject was strch as that now before the tl-
- ce
........
i mil tee. Before he applied himself to th": at itiq
of the lion. and Learned Gentlentati.3 sPee(ll' 00
could not avoid calling the attention a the I-0'o;
' to that part of it flout which (if he had trot et(ilie
clotted that part of his subject by saying tb'i be.
would not make ally invidious, comoarisou' 01,-.
tween_the Members of the Royal Family), tilebicle
vious intention was to make his speech the "..000
of invidious reflections and invidious cornieaV.,,,,
bet ween the members of the Royal fan,..l',,t;fo'
I (Hear, hear, beer !)—The tionco'irale and i'sotr! f
I eel Gentleman set out with saying, that tbeoll/ t
1 • bath 0 iii/
I ject was one of great.delicacy ; hut he i co, tei
1, gone through his first sentence, before be ')' ,ro'
I insinuated-that one.of his objections to the,ie 01).
posal was, that it obliged him to p 10101" l f.-1"
the characters of two members of the 110700'
Ind y: When the HotiourAle and Lett tied
Ileman professed to be a friend to the 11(4-1 C.)
wily, as a Mttuber of Nardi sment, lie (1-4°110.01
was bound to believe him ; but he must 'aY',, al'
it there, was any course calculated Bb` s'll )1
. others to inspire into the minds of the re(sis, 'it
feeling of disgust towart,fs the Roy ii nini,rat'e
was that which the Hon. and Learned Gent"'..,
,ic
bath pursued.—(Hear, hear !)—He would 11:i of
to the House, to decide what could be 1110" b ft;
the insinuoions of the Honourable Getilfrn.jlos'
he would put it to them to say what 1" oci' •
trious Pet sonages in question must feel 1003
an occasion. The lion. and Learned Gen't "Pell
regretted that the House hrid not been esl'ee'ech a"
to -dispose of the case of a provision Pt. wevits
. the Royal Dukes on the individual revetlt
of each case. What was there to :11 loth
.;
the House from deciding each case 00 Ir-et an'
victual merits ? Was not each case dist'll 'Oll
ot" r -
separate—the subject' of a separate ni 5
got , t
and separately discussed ? In short, itt`i.y3l,aol
the fact, as had been lepreseirted by the ")9calle" '
Learned Gentleman, that the H005e,%"5 mar
I.lpon to decide the cases in the lump. 14%reter°
ug or general vote bad been pioposed ; alce‘lie
t
all the objections on that ground were at °" wale
missed. He could Dot conceive any thilig ocil,
humiliating to the Illustrious Per sorts eolicegoysl
or more derogatory to the dignity flue to tbe 0 flel
Validly, and more painful to the 14 wise, this le ail'.
the exttaordinary principles of the 1-10110°""" iv'
Learned Gentleman should- be aefed "rih in tbdC,
cording to that principle, Mien a marrle-ra 901
Royal liamily happened to be desirable; !.'`)
atioe
c:renu tt istaees, with a view to per Pet" 00
the succession in the reigning family;)' 004')
course to be pursued would be to scar`
pick out that Piince who would be ' soil
to marry on the lowest terms ; and Ow idle
,eve,
principle any member of the fam.;sly, II ;oil,
clew or remote, provided he was lineally o•ro
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;evilly in the line of descent, : it tr'ill'ing t" oftl'I!
with a less' provision than :mother Inewbef
~ ea
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family nearer in point Of succession,
the eho
of the rate, the lownees Of ebe provision •1.‘,,0; to
would agree to accept, and not the propinqut 4
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grub hrone, or any OtothereircuMatance, waSstO he
witnd of preference.—(Hear, hear, hear !)—.
oatever the Hoe. and Learned Gentleman might
think, or
whatever he
might say, with whatever
'le"'
north he was persuaded that neither the House
a
ever eFountry could agree to so monstflosea
-t)ielpata rgopositi9n.—(Eear,hear, hear?)--Although
reed with the Hon. and Learned Gentlematt
throetildesire was so strong in the 'House. an.d
luout the country as that of enforcing• a ti-
the ell°4l, in his conscience he must acquit
e aPfeople of England of harbouring any princs-
eeouorny so contemptible as that which the
thetottnd Learned Gentleman had attributed to
libel is' and in attributing which he hats passed,. a
K° "11 ou the House and on the country. '1 .he
reEtt-* attd Learned Gentleman atfected to see no
bridv-n thi), the proposal for the Duke of Cern-
W4ne•Should precede that for the Duke 01 Kent.
a‘ra-ren;/it the Honourable and Learned Getitleniazi
'foto that there was not at present any proposal
the u'e tnarriage of the Duke of Kent ? Autl
that
becagOo• and Learned Gentleman insinuated, t
blet'l3 the proposal for the marriage of the
%vas e of Dent did not come first, therefore thett.
IleeBrlnte indisposition on the part of the Prince
k•len; t to the marriaee of the Duke of Kent.
:!'bete could be more unfounded than this.
trbe was nosuch indisposition ; and the tniarrtile,.;,.e
.
lettpoke of Kent was not at present. P, t
Iligtol'lten the peculiar situation of los looyi:e
ite I cos
I the Duke of Cambridge should
eet'-lig't to view, the Hot:se would feel that his
4.l,lbe"ts stood on the same grounds as those
tlllh military employment abroad. If that
Pe'rii":rl"s Person were considered sufficiently ex-
ealt,..?etl to command au army, and shmild be
tvot•;', to that situation by some foreign power,
• tt that contribute to lower him in the opinion
11.04 People of ;his country ? if so, how muecrlti
.!
1;:1111:4 eh pinciple ted to n exi..
t'le pa a rt of trhe communnity todeade which . ns
Inghness beloneed ? Iu making this aft'
iner n, his. Royal Ifiohness was not seeking to
„o n 'ese his public income. Had he consulted
his
Dre -e and (=ntice t he would have declined his
po;"11 alliance. Poo he had undertaken it at the
of his illustrious thutheround pu lte
.)
e•outels alone.
•
1.11% Pot
•ette could not remain silent after the
A 411iS or N , what he had said.
in oe t :write op( it
Theutuied observation mieht often he spokes)
I"4tcuut w"Y ; but nothing save the Noble Lord's
athlti'er entail excuse the expressions he had used,
titi,‘ll he had-le-presented him (Mr. B ) as having
in the whole coarse of his speech, to
i‘elt,`"lre the Royal Family. N"
m la" (-td that '
coo!
,
see, ;led .ordinary temper, having iear
it;,could hat,e thought that its any
d
o:le than its hotottiou, was such as that impute
Pot no man could have been more guarded
it e.ti'd'." had been in the 14t1. dieipprobatioo.,,ft,tir.
le4tsi I°t even blame, which he had eepres.--.
-tee euwarrantable attack of the Lhoolut,
the hittde
to lead the Committee away tlivierits or the ci„esiieet to these of tbh iii-
6hsi ait Cencert,„d. He hid been at
tit oi at.!he charge, and could notrecollecti,al:e
11;eee to Piet of hit; observations it could
teet giit h the assistance of rtelee-
jt tio;04";- of some of his— friends, he thought
listo'lare been growided on the allusion trlhich
ieaello-eatie to the I,ne!ntahle event wliteu last
'tete; "roved so many hopes acid affected so man)?
4ns• ife had been tar, Lee ever, front dra7l-
eess V c°toparis bete een the Illustrious Pri
I,
lortee; ‘e loss had been so delilTet and her
directec k relatives What he had said was chiefly
°the;aZainst the application made for an ad-
-20,0001. a year, and not against, any
te„, Pot of the conduct of the Royal re •son.
eoattrned. This could be propel from the argt:).
Car, I,`"tieh lie had used respecting the Duke
it
°f for lie had positively sa that I
°I ;" the flouse not to enter into the- characterb
444'6441415. IQ fact, nothing conld have
lee-
'lth•e;edttli7 Noble Lord ire() so complete a tni.seo:
'110—,1,1-"")II, save the iirbated stare of his
kte
4.;11 consequence of the events of last night,
the Preceding Monday•
e vete,
4;ee '-,AsTLEREAGH agreed with the and
f ocoreed Gentleman respecting the necessity o
Iva
tit I:dittit'Per and good humour, end biped lie
,I",always carry, on his observations in the s-su-
loi-"Telt ree„Mtlie„ded. It was possible that
i
111440 eliseouceived the speech of the Learned
'4l•llber yet he had not Imam to say that an
-t in-
"ntparison had been made between the
"'atilted Princess and her surviving relatives, but
ollad e!, "Ile part of the speech a strong attack
eek en made on the character of two illustrious
'1".0
trilotrcillouCneze thought that the Noble Lord.d
4av been dreamily', as he had never said suet, 0-
mg.
Doecees appealed to the country to de,e-
ofide wil° had acted in a manner most conducive
I,Tir-onerease the respect of the public towards the
4.OrtC.,e,e the House its last vote, or the Noble
litt4 at whose suggestion the Royal Dukes wcre
Ale, imitating
their demands ou a burthened pLo-
e Those n • • •• - • holden up to the
lal 'ages e
Strati IY as a sort of Dutch auction. It was
I},ge Way to secure the succession to the Throne
Selv"lietling the affectiete of the people. Where:
e• %v as a chosen in Preference to the rest s'
tee`a,use it was hoped it would he inure careful
It abstain from ere;o•ing ennecessarrbtathens•"—
taetvas this conviction which had produced the af-
t!) ill'ent felt for the House of. Brunswick. lie
iherefore trustld that the Coninhy's would resist
tot
Hake
Proceedings of Ministers, who had contrived
' k
the succession of the House of bru i its- -
a ,the
to the people.
Cuawees contended, that the present vote
Pat arisen arisen from a total want of feeling on the
diet of Ministers to the burthens and distresses of
az People. if the individual for whom a
provi-
rh44 was demanded had enjoyed no other income
o5:11 What bud been granted out of the Consoli-
to`ed Fund, he. (Mr. C. might not have objected
1.. the Present vote. But he thought that the
fo",!.;e soul which his Royal Highness received
t:to Hanover should betaken into consideration.
e''‘'.l(l that illustrious person be removed from
o.(l,,isttatton which he held in that kingdem, and
Made,
an application like the preseet be then
4ge, Ltd Ito doubt that it would be success-

fol. As the case novs- stood, he should vote against
!lie motion.

Mr. WILBERFOR.CB conceived that certain ex-
pences were unavoidable when a Man married,
and that 6,0001. a-year coald not be considered an
extravagant provision. With respect to the in-
come derived
,by the Royal Duke from Hanover,
it was one of which the House knew nothing, for
it had nothing to do with Hanover, and would
be more likely to lose than to gain by the con-
nexion,' it any were formed. He reprobated the
system which prevented the marriage of British
Princes according to the feelings of their hearts,
and had never understood why a Prince of England,
having passed his 25th year, was not permitted to
avail himself of the clause in the Marriage Act, by
which he might contract any proper alliance, of
his own choice, at the end of twelve mouths. He
would not pry into private life ; but there were
circumstances which could not fail to be known,
and to cause their influence to he felt. The af-
fection which lived in every part for our lamented
Princess, and - her admirable Husband, was
in-
creased by their excellent conduct in private
.Ihat was an union, not of policy, but of hearts,
and contracted in the true 'spirit of a British mar-
riage. Similar praise was due to the Duke and
Duchess of ciloucester, than whom no one stood
so ligh in the opinion of the country, for the eX-
cellence of their conduct in private life. He did
not mean to make any iovidious comparisons. He
acknowledged, on the contrary, the merits of some
of the Royal Dukes, who were foremost in pro-
moting every charitable and beneficial institution.
The estabii,hment now proposed appeared to him
consonant with moderation and sobriety, and such
as the House could sanction with a just regard
for the state of :he country. Six thousand pounds
per annum was a saw which might be considered
due to his Royal Highness, and which, he had no
doubt, would be thong .t fair and liberal by all
parties. He concluded by wishing that his Hon.
and Learned Friend would withdraw his opposi-
tion.

Mr. BRAND would not consent to let so large a
sum be voted out of the public money. He agreed
that the en:';lnments derived by his Royal High-
ness from his situ ttinn ill Hanover ought not to
be taken into consideration ; but the House ought
to ascertain whether its grant would be spew. in
England or in lll,lover. lie shonlit vote against
the motion 3, but should support any other, wish-
ing to place the 60001. as a jointure on the widow
01 the Roy t)iike, it she should survive him..
Mr. TIERNEY expressed the high respect which
he entertained for the Duke of Cambridge, but
having long 'professed himself a friend to eco-
nomy, he must not now sutler himself to be guided
by his feelings. The votes of this night should not
be measured by the distresses of some Members
of the Royal FaMily, but by those of the country.
He could not agree.that the Royal Duke's situa-
tion in Ilanover should nut be taken into consi-
deration. It supplied him with every thing which
he wanted, and with a suns of money over. For
there was no fixed sum there apportioned as our
Civil List, but it c,ime in the shape of pocket
money, and, all that would be given him here
would only go to accumulate and increase his
private fortune. Would the Noble Lord say that
it the present vote were rejected his Royal High-
ness's marriage would not take place ? He was
convinced that it war. not the Duke of Cambridge,
but the Noble Lord, who preyed for an Esta-
blishment. It was true float his Royal Highness
might not remain in Hanover; then it would be
lime to propose a grant when.he shoulti return.
But as he was the youngest member of the Royal
Family, it was probable that he would. remain in
his Government many years, and 18,0001. which
tormA his present allowance, would be equal to
at least 30,0001. in that country. Could it be
stated where the Royal Duke and his Consort in-
tended to reside? It the Noble Lord would
state, that without the sum now proposed it would
be impossible for his Royal Highness to contract
his mart iage, he (Mr. T.) should vote for it, but
not other wi,e.

Mr. SiTARP expressed his intention to vote
against the measure. -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCLI MUER contended
that the emoluments derive:l by the Royal Duke
front his situation abroad should not be taken into
consideration.. They did not arise from a sine-
cure, but from important public functions. Would
the Hon. Gentleman require that a message should
be sent by the Crown to announce that his Royal
Highness had resigned his appointment ?
Mr. MEI-mien should vote against the grant,
because it was only brought forward to endea-
vour to make another go down,, though it had al-
ready been rejected by the vote of the Howe.
Mr. PLUNKETT had wished to End some rea-
sonable ground to justify the vote proposed, but
had not been able. lie old not mean to say, that
on the marriage of a Royal Duke some augmenta-
tion of ilicome might not be necessary; Ina it
should be limited both by his necessities and by
the ability ot thecountr.y to grant it. He wished
to know exactly in what situation his Royal Higb-
ness was placed, and finding that whilst a provi-
sion was tormitig for him in this country he en-
joyed an excellent one in another, and this addi-
tion was merely to accumulate and increase his
pfivate fortune, not to assist his wants, he could
not consent to support it with his vote. -
Mr. PROT I-4 E Roe also announced his intention
to Cote against the motion.
After a few words front Sir William Burroughs
and Lord Castlereagh, rendered inaudible by the
loud cries of '' Question ! Question !•' the House
divided—

For the Motion
Against it
Majority iii favour of Ministers —92

On being re-admitted, Lot d CASTLEREAGH %VHS
fount moving that a sum not exceeding 60001.
be granted to the niucess of Hesse, out of the
Cot.s„lid:►ied Fund of Great Britain and Ireland,
in case she should survive his Royal Highness the
Duke of Canihridge.,—Agreed to.