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PARLIAMENTAR y PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY S.
The Duke of Se. Assam, and Viscount Assoc, (the latter on
teseteedianto the Peoraireviry the demise of his father, the late
Lard).wers sworn, and took their seats.
Conned were heard respeetingoeseral Scotch Appeals, Judg-
moot on *bleb were postponed. .
• .• In the Jsirrit of error case, Coutts and Antrobus, v. Crosbie,
Counsel Were also heard.
ESTABLISHMENT OP HER LATE MAJESTY.
'*Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the Order of
the Diti.for their Lordships taking into considera-
tion bit final Highness the Prince Regent's Mes-
sage of yesterday, which being read, the Noble Earl
rose to move an Address to his Royal Highness on
the occasion. A brief mention of the nature of the
question now before their Lordships, would, he con-
ceived, be amply sufficient, under the circumstances,
to influence their determinations. The sum of 1.38,000
per annum, mentioned in the Royal Communication
now before the House, was the amount of a portion
of the Civil List, which, by the lamented demise of
hes late Majesty, fell to the disposal of the Crown.
This sum was unquestionably applicable, at the dis-
cretion of his Royal Highness, to other departments
of the Royal Household, such as the Lord Cham-
berlain'.s, the Lord Steward's, or that of the Master
of the Horse, but as it fell out, it could not be ap-
plied to the particular purpose, for which the Prince
It egent, under these circumstances, graciously pro-
posed it, as the amount of pensions was, by the ge-
neral law upon the subject, restricted to £90,000 per
annum. In former eases similar to the present, the
practice was precisely that now proposed for adop-
tion, and indeperelent of the regular adviCe offered
to his Royal Highness oa the occasion, lie was in-
fluenced by his own judgment and the natural feelings
of hi. own heart to place the sum in question at the
disposal of Parliament, at the same time putting it
to the feeling or justice of the Parliament, to accede
that course of procedure which had been adopted
upon all former occasions of the kind, viz. the se.,
curing the accustomed provision to those individuals
who had long and faithfully served her late Majesty
in different departments of her is ,usehold. The con-
tinuation, nut of their full allowances or emoluments,
but of their respective salarlcs, was what was pro.
posed. The extent of these would not in the aggre-
gate exceed I.:25,000 per annum, which would leave
a clear sum of 1:33,000 per annum immediately sub-
ject to the disposal of Parliament. The saving which
accrued was more than hall- the stun which had been
allotted for her Majesty. He felt he merely had but
to mention ',he circumstance to induce the just and
liberal minds of their Lordships to concur in enabling
Lis Royal Hijhness to carry his gracious intention
into eifea.—(ifear, hear.)—lie should no longer de-
tain their Lordships, than to mole: an humble Ad-
dress to the Prince Regent, on the occasion of his
most gracious Meisal-re acknowledging the liberality
of his de;crmination in placing the stun in question
at the disposal of Parliament, and assuring his loyal'
Hiehness that the House would cordially concur in
attending to those claims which his Royal Highness
recommended to the attention of Parliament oa
bs-
half of those individuals who were long the faithful
servants of her late Majesty.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, he certainly
did not mean to offer any objection to what the No-
ble Earl had specific illy proposed. At the same time
he must be allowed to say, the subject to which the
Message referred appeared to him to involve a ques-
tion of eonsiderable importance. lie meant chiefly.
as it seemed to assume a power in the Crown, or.
tionally, to place the sum in question at the disposal
of Parliament ; as lie conceived such an assumption
to be inconsisvint with the last Act on the subject of
regulating the Civil List. By that Act the different
slims appropriated were exclusively for particular
services or departments of the Civil List. The Es-
tablishment of her bite Majesty was one of those ser-
vices, and the principle of approptiating the funds
allotted for this to the service of other branches of
the Civil List, may be carried to a length. which he
thought never could be in the intention of the Legie.
Lithe: to have sanctioned. Such were his ideas as
to this part of the question. At the same time he
could not think of hesitating to pay the same marks
of respect to the memory of her late Majesty, which
was customary on former occasions of the kind. Ile
also expected the Noble Earl would have taken the
opportunity to say something of the intentions with
respect to other parts of the Royal Establishment, to
which the attention of the deliberative wisdom of Par-
liament had already in some measure been directed.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, that the sub-
ject now before their Lordship', was conyletely dis-
• tinct from those parts of a mute extensive arrange•
went to be considered in another place, and alluded
to by the Noble Nlartais. What was at present be•
fore the other !louse, was a course of enquiry on
topics which, on a future day, would regularly conic
under the consideration of heir Lordships. ‘Vitii
respect to the particular objection of the Noble Mar-
(leis, as to the course pttrstied, as militating against
tlie Act lot regulating the Civil List, passed about
three years since, he could by no means agree•with
him, that the present procedure was in the heist
a leftist the spirit of that Act. The 58,0001. in ques-
tion was originally set aside from the Civil List, for
supporting the establishment of her late Majesty,
with an eventual discretionary power in the Crown
to apply it afterwards to other branches of the Civil
• List. The expenses of other departments of the
Civil List were certainly applicable, eventually, to
the general service of the public. When pensions
were granted on the Consolidated Fund, the amounts
on their ceasing, by the demise of the parties, were
applicable to the public service. With respect to
• those on the Civil List, in some cases it was different ;
and in the particular case now before the House, the
Appeal was from the Illustrious Personage himself,
• who bad spontaneously placed the whole sum at the
disposal of Parliament—Wear, hear).
'The Address was then voted nem. dig. and ordered
so be presented by the Lords, with white staves, to
the Prince Regent.—Adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
. . NEW WRITS.
The following were moved for is the usual manner:
For Guildford, is the BOOM of Mr. Serjeant Baer, who since
bin election had accepted she dies of one of his Majesty's
Jtioyres of the Coon of King's Bosch.
• • • "or Ashlsisrom, to the room of Mr. Serjeant Corssr.
For New Windsor, in tie room of Colonel Dosposovon,
deceased.
For Inserness, in the room of Cassis+ Gwt,, Esq. who

since his election had accepted the dice of Chief Secretary for
Irela
FoNew Yarmouth, in the roont of the Hon. TIZOMMI Wet.
Anson, who since his election has succeeded by the death of his
father to the Peerage.
For Westminster, in the room of Sir S. Roauttv, deceased.
The latter was moved by Mr. &MOHAN, without a single
observation. It had for some time been rumoured and believed
that the Honourable Member would have embraced that oppor-
tunity of bestowing an Eulogium on the memorable and.worthy
deceased. The gallery was crowded.
The SPEAK ER intimated that he had received a letter from
Leslie Foster, Esq. stating, that he had been returned to Par-
liament for two places, viz. Armagh aad Liiburne, and that he
had made his election for the former. A New Writ was con-
serently moved for Lisburne.
Ile SPEAKER announced a similar intimation from Major
Russell, who bad been returned for two places, viz. Sahash and
Bletchingley, and that he had made his election for the former.
A New Writ was therefore moved for Bletchingley.