The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-08-01 00:00:00

MR. BORTIMICK.

Mr. A BEIIMOM BY attired whether the paper.; he
had Moved for on the :Nth Juno would be presented be.
fore the close of the present S. ion. lie boped Monday
nest would not be allowed to pass by without Nat being
done.

Mr. Secretary ?EEL oheekred, that the lien. Mem-
ber knew the papers relative to Mr. ktorthwiele4 rase, to.
which, he preeumeal..l..; alluded, had arriied, and the:
llonourehle Nletetwr himself had been left to seleet the
purrs which I.e thought it would be best tu. pretest toe
the house fir.t. •
Mr. A BEI:CI:0MM admitted that he had, through,
the kindnrt.v of the Iti;ilt linnooralde tlentleman
mar, had arcr.s to the papers; all that he 1V.1.1 anicinto'
alMnt th.it the papers be presented bi fure. I
the 7icssiJu •

wasysagjetsposed to giro only 14,500/. to tim prate. il-
ranreerla hatiOityrs portion of that intn • was dee at the
!illeilaafber&mise, for tbkpart of the current quarter
'seloishissal•elen van. ff,- therefore, it Was retained as
!'l6l, set if Iseenty,it was
.at lent lessened by Ibis. thi
Stec. Houthenan third proceeded to detail the .tireurn-
Meares commeted with her late Hiejeety'i pecuniary mat=
tenor her win! in tbis coantty. It would be is t)se
recollection of the house, that on her .blejeety'ri arrival,
limas asititafthit she would require money. His Ala-
lady's Government seated that such waiuldle (ornished
Ili her ; bat at the commencement of the unfortunate
foreeeedlogs against her, she was in great want of money;
.11., the small sums she got from the Hoveroinent. The
800. Member then read a copy of a letter written by
*emelt' to the Earl of Li verpodl, complaining of her late
Mejestv's want of money. The
.Noble Earl is rep/y,
.elimeal Iris eun'viction that any ipialiestion for a soul
temporary advance would br seceded to by the King, apt
elealhat thenrwauld be Ito difficulty in supplying her
Majesty wills carriages, plae, and whouse. But by a
subsequent arrangement, all the advances made to 'bee
Majesty since the late Kiig's death, were deducted from
gekoh, after some delay, was paid as her due. These
emanated to 30,00 W., and thus her Majesty was left lo
basin her career in this country, without the drslinety
Mesas of !Saint:ling that splendour necessary to her sta-
Allen. He stated these things in justice to the ereditor•,
Aid net from a wish to revive past discussion on a suh-
jou whishhe never spoke of bat with ;min.' It certainly
,area unexpected, looking at the way in which Queen's
,ere generally treated, that her Majesty should not be
ifornished free ufliscpence with equipage, plate, and every
other requisite. Her Majesty not expecting these de-
ductions would be made, naturally contrasted
which, upon her premature death. she did nut leave
frets to satisfy. At the present moment the amount of
Iher Majesty's debts *ea ascertained tolai about -14,0001.
ifcHtlais luau the foreign claim amounted to between
0001. and 10,0404 whidla wat principally thus
44:a Loam* Rome fee advtoces milli to her Ma-
jefaty.—(ttestr. bear.) The English claims therefote
remained at about 34,000/. He begged, however, tJ
oh that he did not admit the full amount of this to
he just debts—lie drought some of the claims mi,ht be
let.sened. Her late Majesty's assets amounted to I fi,500!.
which, added to the present grant, gave 29,000/. to
meet debts to the amount of 44,0001. It was true, bet
34,t OW. was the English part of it, and this grant ages
to cover that part only. Deductions from the amount of
the assets, however, were still to he made on account-r-`.
the expense of the sale of the elfectev awl the 7-xeiyr
dote, which it was thought tit to exact: Thus a rone'-
derable portion of debt must remain unpaid, and if the
grant had been made to satisfy the British creditors g •
:wally, it would yield abont Js. in the pound. As :t
was, the claims to be paid by is would be in full, bet
there would remain Lirmajltle creditors, who could gee
mulling. The foreign property at one period was worts
fully 30,00411., but dUring the absence of the Qle-m
from Italy in this country a great part of the valuable
removable property was taken away. Ile (Dr. Litsliing-
ton) having his doubts of Italian honesty, on the niehl
of the Queen's death actnally sent some one to Italy to
take cafe of the pr.-perry; bust, notwithstanding the
precaution taken, the result was as he had steed. If
the Italian creditors would content thernselvei eith the
Italian property, he would be satisfied ; hut, .unforta-
nately they looked to him, and had the same claim upon
him, as exeentor, totally independent of the Italian pro•
perty. He thought seine property might possibly be
realized in Italy. He should take such step as the la-vs
of that country permitted; bat still his situation wa
very unfortunate one. He was particularly anxious ti.ar
the house should be satisfied that no blame was char he
the late Qaeen for extravareance. Those who had 07.-
portnni•ies of judging, could hear testimony to the or-
der, regelarity, and economy which provailed in her
Majesty's family. Ile hoped the house would not forget
her Maleety's conduct in 1814, when she voluntarily re-
limptishe.t fifteen thonsand pounds a year of the grant
11 ,4.1 e to her by Parliament, and act with similar
rah:), towards the Donn fide creditors she had left le,
hint. In his opinion it would scarcely be coniisteet
with the honour of the country, or with justice, to
fuse, for such a purpose, a snm out exceeding
one year's laving. It was worth that to save tho
aliegraee of the Queen's' having died in debt. The
claiMs were honest claims, contracted under circum-
stances that rendered it imperatively necessary, and the
means of the late Queen *ere quite incompetent tn ;-
charge them. He hoped the house would remember the
generosity of the late Queen, and when slip was gone
and no more, and it was the desire of all good men to
bury the pest in oblivion, it would be honest and jut,
awl in unison with all the feelings of the nation to set-
tle the affairs of the Queen in the hest way. It was his
duty to make these statements to the house, which he
did reluctantly. lie hoped they would have due weight
pith lii. Majesty's Government. lie trusted the Ch.iti-
cellor Eichequer would give him credit for doing
his lest to administer the effects of her late Msjea'y
with the waioet economy; far Ire assured him he was
most anxious to Rare every Shilling to the nation If pus-
Mille. He could not hut think that the Nolile Marquess,
whose feelintirt ware always eonsi•te it with propriety
upon simtlar occasions, would be disimsed to cones(
the view hr had takiei of the case.
Mr. LUSIIINOTOS said, as be was frequently r'
ferret to by the Ilon. and Learned Gentieinewhe would
trouble the Homer with n few observations. Ile .coultd
' not but reaa.a the lion. and" Learnad Ge itleant'a
not bun in the house when they were in a Committee
cm the present Bill, as the whole of the busitieis wiss
discussed, and Mira ill who were known as tier al-
jeSty'S friends seemed satiified pith the grant propoy*.l.
fhe Itictia Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Lushiagtora) then ad-
verted to a petition, as we underetool, from use llrilislt
creditors. grating that the claims of the it/reign creili•
rare would absorb all the a.se!>. Ile had read the pa-
pers s.thmittrti to his Noble Friend at the head of the