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he admitted this principle, bethought the
.would go along with him in feeling, that there ,
another potut on which the people of this great coun-
try were equally anxious, namely, to see the succes-
sion to the Monarchy provided for, as far as pos"
to see that succession continued in the )4-

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pigency of i
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interests of the People governed by . FirnilY,
would have awakened the attention of Parliament to 4
It ,' and Honourable Members would not have nig
fared the Session to elapse without pressing the qu
don strongly on. Ministers. The House would
in how very critical a situation the succession was
laaced, in consequence of the deplorable event to
which he had alluded. They had at present, indeed,
many illustrious individuals, bred within this ,
try, knowing its laws and constitution, and IA
feelings were interwoven with those of the people'
England, who might regularly succeed to the
But the scene closed here. Of the twelve children
of his Majesty, seven sons and five daughters, th
was not one individual that had a child to give to
the country the hope of a direct interest in the L'VOwn.
When they looked also tothe ages of these illustri
persons, they must feel, that though the hope of- ii
direct succession had not passed sway, yet it would
most imprudent either in the Legislature or the Pfp-
ple to delay making such a provision as would inn.
able them to marry as soon as possible. Of die
Royal Dukes, the youngest was forty-four years .ot,
age, and of the Princesses none was under forty : lit'
therefore called on the House to act in that liral,
spirit by wolfish they would, in some degree; exeitel
the Royal Family to enter the married state—(k
laugh) It was not a question of personal happiness,
or of what those illnstridus persons might rlect for'
their own interest or peculiar satisfaction—it was oil
imperative duty they owed to this emit and'wthei,
Country. It was on public grounds—and on public
grounds alone—that they were to look out for a suit-
able alliance. He was convinced, after the circum-
stances he had stated, that a single marriage would
by no means satisfy- the feelings of the country. The
House would see that there was but one course open
for the adoption of Government and the Crown. His
Royal Highness the-Prince Regent raw the subject
in its true light, and was anxious that such of hisl
Royal Brothers as looked forward to an alliance'
should be enabled by Parliament to do so in a man
tier worthy of their exalted rank. That he had itc,
ted in the spirit of brotherly affection must be evident
to the House, sine he had made no preference, but
:hewed an anxious wish only that the succession to
the throne should not be interrupted. This object it
was proper to effect, on the one hand, with a due at-
tention to the principles of economy, and, on the
other, with a consistent regard to their comikirt and
dignity. This being the ground on which the ques-
tion proceeded, it remained for him to submit to the
House those considerations which induced Ministers
to recommend what they had done to the Crown.
In doing so, he would feel it to he his duty to him-
self, his colleagues, and the House, to state, without.
the slightest disguise, what was originally in the coo-
templatmn of the Prince Regent's Ministers on this
subject, and that modified proposition, which, in de-
ference to what appeared to be the opinion of the
House, they had ultimately adopted. The practica-
bility of carrying those Royal marriages into effect,
without dishonouring the liberality of the country or
involving. the illustrious parties in incumbrances
which might compel them to apply to Parliament,
they had carefully and earnestly considered. The
Howie would see, .that, -above all other things, the
greatest efforts should be made to prevent that aced:
mulation of debt, after marriage, to'which he had
alluded ; and he was sure there was no sacrifice that
the Royal Dukes would not submit to, in order to
!prevent such an occurrence. With respect to the
sum necessary to be granted in such cases, they had
but few precedents of a modern date, and these they
had minutely examined. They did not think it so
necessary to look to what took place many years
back ; because though from them rainy points wor-
thy of the consideration of the House might ante,:
yet really the nature of a provision made many years.
1 since was so different, with respect to the existing.
istate of things, from what was required no*, that,
rif they proceeded to act on ancient precedents, the
House would, perhaps, ultimately, find themselves'
misled, as to what it would be proper now to do.
His Majesty's Ministers could not look, as a said-
ard for present proceedings, to the arrangemlints
which were made on the marriage of the Princess
Charlotte of Wales ; because though her Royal High-
ness was not necessarily the direct successor to the
Crown, yet she had for a considerable period been,
viewed in that light, the country, as if by intuition,
looking on her as the next successor, that Parliament
were antious to make that provision on her marriage
which was not only liberal in itself, but was calcula-
ted tips/teaching in her Royal Highness that characz
tar with winch the concurrent feeling of the nation
had clothed her. -He should now advert tOthe marl:
riage of the Duke of York with the Princess of Prus-

of the of _ if he had
am issue, would stand. The Prince Regent was then
a young man—and, therefore, every probataa
existed that a saccessor to the Crown would proces,
immediately •frem" him ; but, notwithstanding thka!
he was umnarried, • Parliament wisely looked•er
te Duke of York. Tlar
-annum, including a
worth 5e3,000 a-year;
of York having no cle-1
the melancLoly circum-
having
lost the only child
4 blessed him, the Dukecf
accession to tne Crown, in
Ins: -the Doke of York did
Houle would admit, that,
• piiiposition for bringing,
the income of the
bast granted to the Duke
first propoatal, was not at,
' they felt a disposition
question, and not one in
..instances were involved. The
would feel, having such a precedent
awl!. 'Judgment, that it became their duty
~race the Duke of Clarence, if married, on the
same footing on which they had placed the Duke of
Vork 25 years since. With respect to what it was
!expedient to grant to the junior branches of the
Boyd Family; it was a most difficult question, b -
cause they had no-precise precedent to direct them.
Ministers felt this impression at the moment, that it
would be wise to propose to the junior branches of
•the Royal Family, that which the dignity of the situa-
tion rejuired-,-but to proceed on the narrowest prin-
ciple economy they could adopt. He was per-
fectly ready to state what had been intended to be
granted to the junior branches of the Royal Family
--and, if he had before refused to do so, it was not
from a wish to conceal the measure contemplated by
Government, but arose from a feeling that he sould
not satisfactorily explain their intentions without en-
tering at length into the reasons which induced them
to come to a certain decision. The junior brand s
of the Royal Family had at present 18,000 i. a-year,
which it had been proposed to augment by the sum of
12,000 L waling an aggregate of 30,0001. per an.!!!
num. Itwas intended to -have proposed to aug;•
meat the income of the Duke of Clarenre, which
was 20,5001. per annum, by 19,5001. making a total
of £40,000, and to have given an additional sum of
£12,000 to each of the junior branches of the Royal
Family, who entered the marriage .state. This -was-
conceived to be a proper augmentation of their for-
tunes, considering the situation in which the Ment-
lieritif the Royal- Family wereaalated.' * The House
-would feel the obvious and marked distinction which
existed between these Royal Personages, living as
single men, and being called on to form matrimonial
alhances. They would not only be obliged to pro-
vide for the burthens which such a change naturally
produced, but they would also be subjected to a great
contingent expense, if they had families. Out of the
£12,000, it should be observed, that Da,ooo was in-
tended to be settled on the lady, leaving only £B,OOO
per annum to defray the additional expense. This
would be the real establishment—and, when they
took. it at 8,000/. or 9.000/. (unless the income of the!
Royal Family, in an unmarried state, had been voted
on a scale of liberality, which the House could
scarcely have intended), no man could suppose, if
they were to marry, that this sum was too much •
enable them to live in a style commensurate with the
situation to which they were born. Certainly this
Increase of 8,000 or 9,000/. a-year, looking to the in-
etiased scale of modern expense, was not more than
though to prevent that great calamity to themselves
th
d their families. t'he • inevitable accumulation of
!debt, which must necessarily oblige them to apply
Ito Parliament. If that were the fair reasoning that
arose out of the case, he conceived the House would
see the propriety of the proceeding originally recom-
mended by Ministers. -He would put it to the
feelings of every man in that House, and out of it—
under all the weight of prejudice that had arisen on
this subject, and which was attempted to be instilled
into the public mind—(Hear, hear, from the Opposi-
tion)—whether the proposition was an unfair one ?
Of course, this observation was not meant to apply
to the House--(//ear, hear,)—but they could not
conceal from themselves, that the subject was viewed
with a prejudiced eye. Under these circumstances,
marts Parliament thonghttirat they had made an in-
judicious decision, by proposing that an addition of
8,0004 should be made to the income of certain Mem-
bers of the Royal Family, when they entered the mar-
riage state, and with the probable contingert expense
of a family—when this sum was also proposed to pre-
vent them. from incurring debts, which would compel
them to come to Parliament—they could not be up-
braided with having acted extravagantly. On this
subject, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester's income
would afford a criterion of great importance. The
House, he was ready to -admit, when he cited this
instance, would feel that it was not one which was
directly m point, though it certainly bore oat the
question. The Duke of Gloucester married the Prin-
cess Mary under circumstances highly grat6ii.g to
the-people. Before her marriage she had, however,
been provided for by Parliament. The illustrious
Duke also had an income, arising from his military
situation, and a parliamentary grant, amounting to
not less than2B,oool. Under these circumstances, it
did not appear to the Prince ltegent's confidential
servants necessary that an increased income should
be proposed for the Duke and Duchess of Glourester
on their marriage. On the marriage of the Princvs
income l
Charlotte, an of Go,noot. was voted. The
Duke of York; on his marriage, vras granted 37,n001.1
per annum, independent of the emoluments which
he derived from his military sittettion.; and the Duke
and Duchess of Gloucester...4,e former rif whom
stood it, the situation-of nel.lv:w to his Majesty.—re-

eireltisilre of any iniiita
might enjoy. Now, it did not apps7
i Ministers that it Was consistent
the Crown, to place the sons
' -
ition, with respect to incombot
e, so:
tihew of his Majesty and IL
They conceived, when i grant of:Agri
been made to Prince efkour,,, arty%
Gloucester had 214,000 i.
per
afi
Parliament, that it was net fair to place d::
junior,Drattches of the Royal gamily in a
interimity, when compared witli that of
hew of the-Kings They did net mean to
tinier bran Ches of the Royal Family in cornist,
•th the Princess Charlotte, at the time ot Ls, n 24.;
Viage, nor to oppose them to the sintAti.nk try
Pule of York, when he espoused the Pineesc
Of Prussia. They felt that, if they wishes{ to
they could only place them in their ols'irri
tion—and they thought, that an additic...-.
a year nominally—but really of only ots(viL
num—when one of the Royal Dukes rna!rist, c.
not more than sufficient to enable then; to sone!
their rank. He had fairly submittud to the Rea
the grounds on which this view of the ulbjed
taken. His Majesty's Minister;, ansiues to sate
the country, had calculated ors **releasing the ineo
of those Royal Dukes, who wished to n.arr.., wk.;
imposing any new burdens on the tountry—sna,
believed, he could easily shew that no fresh bun
would be imposed in consequence. Their imtati
with respect to a Royal Duke (the Duke of Curti
land) who was married, was the same as that al
they entertained towards those Royal Dukes
wished to marry. The proposition for graatitg
additional provision to that Royal Duke, had, is
first instance, received the sanction of the Het
though it was afterwards lost. when it apprred
the-shape of a Bill. The conduct of Paliairent
vented Ministers front doing that which they,
prepared to do—an act of justice—by placirg
illustrious individual in the situation to thick
alliance entitled him. There c -ere feeli. 71, at
moment the grant was proposed—fon:idyl perh
on misconception—which threw a most serious
stacle in the way of a measure of this kind. At,
time, the marziage was, in all points of Tim et
dered more of a private than of a public saran
but the marriages now in contemplation had e
tea it so distinct a public character that t!.: Go%
N* would not do their duty if they had not y
led it in that light, and brought ie under the cur!
'ration of Parliament. If Parliament were
peoviding for one branch of the Roost .
[bey would not adopt a principle c;f perpetual et
ion towards those illustrious indiriduals
formerly opposed. They lived in a state of ,'Att:
happiness and retirement—and he cruls! set c, -
that Parliament would refuse re make !;,
for them which they would graia to o:11:::
f the Royal Family. He should now
whole expense of this arrangement, in ter
its having been agreed to. It would, cf co
Only to those illustrious Dukes who were ;
of marriage, and to him who was already
with the approbation of his Royal Brad.
whom the consent of the Crown was re&uleh
Taking the provision for the Duke of Gumtree
on the same scale u that intended for others—
allowing also a provision for the Duke of Kent.
should be inclined to form an alliance—the
increase of income would be fifty-five thostctnd
hundred pounds. The sums were as follow
To the income of the Duke of Clareuee, to Mit a
to 40,0001.
To the Doke of Kent -
To the Duke to Com VrlaLd
To the Duke of Cambridge

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It was further proposed, that. as outfit, a sa:a
to the proposed increase should be gran:rd
Royal I)ukes. With respect to the question c:
it had been fully debated ou the eccasionaf the
riage in 1815. There was, however, no part (
arrangement so difficult. He felt, that &coal,
to prevent all accumulation of debt in to
was by granting a fair income ; and, to enabl(
to live on it, he would superadd a proper sam
fit, in order that debts might not be centred',
'very Commencement of a marriage. In the fin:
therefore, allowing the same sum to each lad::
for outfit, as was granted for an increase of
an additional charge of 5.5,500/• would bt
Lifted, making a total (income and cage.
year of 111,000/. in the second year, the o
deducted, the inctease would be 55,5001. It
however, intended to raise this nun by :
post. It appeared to the Prince Regent's*M:
that it would be possible, from resources Cu
with the Consolidated Fund, to cover this ch::
In consequence of the death ,of the Plinsess
totte, 10103/. was subtracted from the korai.
Prince of Saxe Coburg, and a sum (»AM.
was pledged for the payment of certain debts
Prince Regent, when Prince uf Wales, would,
happy to say, be liberated in the course of tw
He had now stated to the Base the genera!
of the measure which Mi,,isters had it an th,
temptation to propose. It was now his 41,...y
v ith whatever indignity the departure fro,:
ginal intention might be treated by the ether
the House, the modified plan which they rn
submit. He, howevei, did ;la consider it::
tent with the honourable discharge of pgii
when he collected that Parliarneut would
with Ministers in a particular measure. to
to pursue that mode v.hich appeared
the general purpose, while it was to the
of all forties—Wear. hear.l—He
wCt.
along with the Right lion. Gentleman !IrTierney.
who said, that, for a public man to up a
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jtobl.fr•
principle, in order to do that which llibait`fl W ,
see nothing improper in
wrong in itself, operated agaiast every feeling
public spirit and of public chat acter. But he
proposition, on in fact, public principle
rot be said to reit—with which it was cot collar;
Tile servants of the Crown and if the country, ..2-;
ing it necessary to brine the interests and feeling'
411 parties to meet on one common purpose., hi 11:.
chtled their original plan. Befoet be stated the as
nicer
terationa that had beenniade, he conceived i:
nary to advert so some s iewsl this question. *,*;•";
giving up that descriptia,e:
aro.e.from tJie situatiini in which some of those
trims individuals were placed, in coasts:luxe eta! re.
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~orfant cidestion more minutely than he would ha * „o, , - 'vs • •• • -4711 i, as aompa- entioluments he
done, if it had not been for what had already taken ''• J• s• the p . ""*. “ tared. lie *aria- ito'his Majesty's
place respecting it.- lie was sure that-whatever they tistalsilatndlittriaterial. :- ~ alseed th4,thexash late 4gnity of t
might fat pressing-mi them in point o public duty, Wieral, +could not be •i ' ial iscrwe,
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they would see -the necessity of acquiescing in the pretrisienthEnmadewas sun . eprOpiaquity in rtato the nepi
'on he shonld submicto the House. H. was • - -thitt-ilinelsinns4s4l,44ol stood, with respect Consort. They
ray to concede the principle, that they could) only terthe,•sucission to theiGropm. But, considering the a year had beer
look at this proposition with reference to the dream- situation in Which the Ddke of Clarence was now the Duke of
stances of the illustrious individuals concerned, corn- placed, absolutely contrActed in mareitge, with this fisssit Parliames
bined with the present state Of the finandes'of the coun- petfeit- consent of his Wirelliother,- it ippeerisl to• junioviitalSchei
try, after the-expenses of an arduous war—yet, whil him, that the Diike of Yotilef ih 1794/ did not stand of inferiorit
of they,
he admitted this principle, he thought the Committee nearer, nor so near, in saccessidn,- to the Gown, as phew Yi
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iessed the Throne—in preference to the in- as he was unnamed, • mew
m of a foreign branch. 'When Parliament the chanceePsuccession in.the
d, at the commencement ofthe year, no sew.. granted to him 12443,000 per ar
23 more strongly engraved, not merely an Fitary.Commissicrn which- was
is of the Members of that House, but on the In consequence of the Duke t
F the country at large—no feeling Mixed it- scendants, combined with thA
re obviously and deeply with the general stance of the Prince Regent ha
the nation, when they had the Misfortune to with whom Pnovartsca had b
Illustrious Daughter of his Rd Highness Claience•stood nearer the sueo
the anxious consideration 'elf the course all human probability, than tl
would be most prudent to follbsv; in or- in 1792. He trusted the Hot
replace the loss they had suitained, and to after a lapsed` 2.3 years, a pi
for that succession, which every good subject under these circumstances, the
irons should be contintied.- He was confident ICf Clarence to a level with di
is !loyal Highness's confidential adviseis had rof York in .1792,2 s was at fir
iidered themselves Pledged by the paragraph extravagant one. • He •boped
Lddress to consider this interesting topic, and to look at it as a British que
devised the best means for meeting the which forVgn circumstances
y of the case, the loyalty arid attachment of House perhips would feel, h
•use to the Family of Brunswick, and to the to guide their judgment, the
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