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London, England, 1821-06-30 00:00:00

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but they alight laugh, still, he. would assure than,
the People gave their money with great reluctance,
and he believed the absence of the Queen from the
ceremony entered in some measure into their feelings.
They looked upon the Coronation as a sort of triumph
over the Queen, and this, he believed, was the main
cause of the People's apathy. He wished to know
whether it was intended that her Majesty should
assist at the Coronation—he knew no law by which
the King could exclude her. He had heard she was
not to be present ; though there was no doubt bat
she had a right to assist at the Coronation, even as
being. a branch of the Royal Family, not to speak of
ber rights as Queen—(Hear, hear).—This fact he
thought proper to state to the Noble Lord, that he
nuht be put an possession of the strong "feelings
which prevailed out of doors on this subject. He
was sure the Noble Lord's prudence would not permit
him to put the King in a situation, which, if her Ma-
jesty asserted her right on the day in question, must
be extremely painful and disagreeable to him—
(Hear, hear).—The question respecting the Liturgy
had been given up by her Majesty, and it was hoped
that her concessions would lead to a restoration of
harmony--(Hear).—There was, therefore, no triumph
over the King—no countenance for a new slight—
and the People were naturally reluctant to give away
their money to other branches of the Royal Family,
when they knew that the Queen was to be excluded
from the Coronation—(Hear).
Mr. G. BANKES contended that the introduction
of the Queen's name was irrelevant to the question in
debate, and that whether her Majesty thought she
bad a right to the money she gave up or not, had
nothing to do with the question which occupied the
attention of the House. The Duke of Clarence, in
accepting now what he had given up before, was
quite consistent in his conduct, for this reason, that
when he gave it up he was about marrying, and it
was then uncertain whether the Lady who was to be
his wife would consent to live here upon what,- even
with this addition, would be still a limited income
for a Prince of the Blood. He, therefore, knowing
that he should not require so large an establishment
on the Continent, had determined to live there ; and
it was therefore an act of generosity to forego this
sum of money, rather than spend it abroad. In the
event, however, it turned out that the Lad was con-
tent to live in his country, and as it.was only lately
she had made up her mind, the claim of the grant
bad for that reason been delayed up to this time.
Even with this sum the income of the Royal Duke
was very limited for a man of his rank, and the sum
asked, therefore, was not extravagant. Thinking
'that the Royal Duke ought to be placed in the same,
situation as if he had accepted the grant at first, he
would vote for the arrears as well as the annuity.
Mr. HA RBORD was decidedly against the arrears.
With regard to the Queen's arrears, he thought she,
had as much right to apply for them as the Duke of
Clarence had to apply for his—( Hear, hear).—There
would be now £105,000 due to her, if this argument
WAS right ; and he did not see how those Gentlemen
who supported the arrears to the Royal Duke could,
with any consistency, resist her Majesty's claim. For
himself, he would vote against such a claim—(Hear)
but he could do it with consistency, because he had
also voted against the arrears in this case. It was not,
however, so much for the amount of the arrears that
he quarrelled, but he objected to granting them, as
it would be setting a vicious precedent, which might
hereafter be made a bad use of—(Hear).
Mr. BENNETT said he had opposed this Bill in
every stage, and still his opinions of it were un-
changed. As to the Coronation, there was but one
opinion upon it—it was condemned on all hands as
an idle and expensive pageant. He also partook of
these sentiments; but his dislike to this exhibition did
not proceed from feelings of disrespect. He had no
objection to see the Monarch enter into a solemn
compact with his People, if it answered any pur-
pose ; but he thought it ill suited with the poverty of
the times—(Hcar, hear). It was an unnatural exhi-
bition of wealth ; and, to use an old proverb, " It
was not fit that the country, while it was sick at
heart, should look so well in the face I" Oa all sides
there was nothing but poverty and distress— (Hear)
and under such circumstances, he thought it was al-
most criminal to throw away £lOO,OOO in an idle and
momentary pageant—( Hear).—ln former times,
this ceremony was thought, if not necessary to the
King's title, that at least it very much strengthened
it ; and Charles the Second, after his Coronation, de-
clared, by Proclamation, that his title to the Crown
was much stronger than it read been before. The
tenure of Knight-service was also nearly abolished;
so that, not being necessary even as an assurance of
landed property, it was now become a mere idle chew
(Hear,hear.) He (Mr. Bennett) would probably hear of
this ceremony, but he most certainly would not be pre-
sent at it. Whilst it was going on, however, he would
be occupied with reflecting on the miseries of thou-
sands, which the sums lavished that day would so
effectually alleviate. As to the Bill before the House
he entirely dissented from it.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY did not rise
to prolong the irrelevant debate which had sprung
up, but to protest against the attempts which he saw
again renewed by Gentlemen on the other side to
rouse all the angry feelings of the People against a
sacred ceremony which was about to be performed
(Hear, hear).—lt was quite consistent with the poli-
tics of those Gentlemen to murmur at an expense in-
curred in a Constitutional endeavour to support the
ancient splendour of the Monarchy, and at the same
time call upon the country to embark in hostile inter-
ference with the great Military Powers on the Conti-
nent. It Was not true that the Coronation was an
idle pageant, it was a solemn compact between the
King. and the People; and Ministers would be want-
ing in their duty if they failed to recommend to his
Majesty to carry this solemn celebration intoeffect as
soon as possible. But he was not surprised at the
endeavours of Gentlemen to raise a prejudice now,
when he brought to mind their conduct on a great
public occasion last year—the consequences of which
were so much aggravated by their endeavours. He
saw in their conduct to-night an attempt to revive
the same feelings out of doors—feelings which were
now nearly extinct, and the operation of which would
be a reproach to those who were wicked enough to
call them again into action--(Hear, hear). Yet these
Gentlemen complaining of the
Europe exphise would hurry
the
country
in the
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acts
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liberty as
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pretended,
but, as he asserted, in the cause of confusion (Hear).