The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-05 00:00:00

vete property of his Majesty, this he (Mr. T.) most
distinctly dtoird. The arrangemmst, indeed, at tbn
commtecoment of the King's reign was contrad:ctosy
to such an assertion. According to that arrangensect
his Majesty was granted a Privy Purse of 50,0001. a
year, which grant was atternsith augmented to.
60.0001. Boa for what purpose no. this Rraelpterle?
Why. to gratify his disposition to hanelicence—to
perform acts of grace—to assist a favourite
or privately to relieve the distress of some noble fa.
''oily, which, howesar Inners its necessities, could
not possibly appeal to public charity. The Misr
Purse was granted, he would maintain, for porposns
of this aster., sod not to be converted into private
property. It was granted not to be spared, bat to
be spot la died. of betiovolenee end charity. flog
since the accession of the Itegent to the Adminiatron
ties of the Royal Functions, there were two Pony
Penes crested, amonntiog in the aggregate to
120,0001. silty thousand pounds. year naviag bees
granted to 11... Regent. Yet. in 1812, 10,0001. a
year in addition was '.anted to hoe Majesty. New,
be submitted, that if the •aose sues were doomed
necessary to defray the ?spent*, of the Oaks of
York upon hi. new P !1:1111nImeert, that sew
should tether be paid out of ii.. P.ivy
than saddied spots the country. Tl.O Physicians
were, it appeared, to be paid oat ..f the pronoied
grant, and ter 'hat part of the propostrisin La avoid,
course, feel no ..bjection. He nett cumin tb•
proposed remonoratiadvin Ins seafood to ?pilled tern
vants of his Majesty not of the Privy Putts.. ers
this bead it was asserted that the proceed illy was
((bonded on the premsmed wishes of the Suseieign,
and what h. woold have most probably himaelf dna*,
if enabled to nerds/ea discretion. Woo could say
in what way, or in fe,nar of .wbat partially. plimsoll,
his Majesty would exercise that di,cretion ? What
Min Spell OHM could decide whom if would please
his Majesty this to remunerate it. Coen if the '3e.
vertigo felt welt a disposition towards one ..newt
at outs period of bit life, who could say that
such a disposition would have remained ensilaged ?
—Neil, as to the remaneration to the Physia
clans. On that point the Noble Lard had net
given any esplanstion. It was stated to be 32,0001.
per annum. That be believed to be an vivsk.ssirs.,
scent, the ansonut being, be believed, 28,0001. Soak
a sum as that mast strike *my man as enormous.—

It was, therefore, bet jest's to espisin it. lf, in
what be was about to state, the icoble Lord coo-
celeed there was any indelicacy, hi had only to ea.
press in any mintier such a feeling, and he (Mr.
Tierney) would sot persevere. His desire woe only
to give a reason why he would not press any ohjec-
lion to a charge which at first view must strike every
person 29 enormous. lie bad thee beesagiven to ender-
Mud, that when his Majesty was unhappily visited
with the affliction under which he laboured, and was
about to be committed to the care of Physieians, he
hid made it his most earnest prayer to the freed..
Peressags, standing in the nearest reistion to Mm.
diet he sever should be esciesitely placed andeediet
ease of Physicians of a certain descriptive, to wises
pastimes in his Majesty's coital+os were as
.witboet having always in ettesadartce ewes eels
three other Physician*, whom he psrticelarly TiCt
That peewee be Massieed Tibie Ur lets most
lent Majesty, and was by her 'most religiously tape.
That promise being once maAt., it eta ha opinion
should, under MI circuantaects, b. most seered.—
[llear, hear !]-11 the constiossness of each a disd
position could to 4 degree alleviate the sofferinge
of his affliction. to remove it would be a mom her.
heroes act. But. as one of those Physicians, dar-
ing the day, would be sufficieot for the purpose, he
was divined to think son.* mediate might be rtrack
out, from whence a considerable sating might he de-
rived to the country. On .bat had fallen from the
Noble Lord, relativeto the remuneration to the tor.
rants of her late Majesty, be (Mr. Tierney) fell him-
self much in the dark. They were to bate the whole
of their salariesderingtheir Ilea! bot,additil theNobiss
Lord, that was bet the half of what they before got.
He nester knew that fact before. So that these ser..
vents, when the country supposed they had salaries of
but 5001 per annum, were actually receiving 10001.
If that was the case, one would Nippon that they
had already received fell remuneration for Ik,
whole of their deserts. They had been paid be-
forehand too, and the country had a claim upon them
for the interest.—[A 14001.1—The fact then was.
that the Public was entitled to a drawback from them,
instead of their having any claim epos the Public.
Bet even heir, whatever was the suitors practice on
the demise of the Queen, be was not disposed to
deny. Ile had heard, that the practice was to give
the salaries for life to the female rata ; bet he
never understood the rale was applied to the male
n ts. And the reams. given for the dktinetien
we', that the successor take them; bet bet •
they knew the successor would not take theta ;
and it would be wrong to impose 4hem. Bet
on what ground was it that a difference Was to
be observed between these and the. deeestics of the
Kiog ? Wes it bemuse they moved in a higher sta-
tion, that the former were to receive a remuneration
of 45,0001.? As strongly attached as any man to
the House of Brunswick, he was disposed to grant
every proper end becoming splendour is the Royal
Family, always meesering that disposition by strict
justice to the mobile interest. Bet, while ha felt so,
he could not bat impress the oenviction, that an
establishment of 50,0001. per annum for the King,
I. his present unhappy situation, was eenecesssry.--
Aod be most dissent from the moaner in which the
Noble Lord (Castlereagh) stewed the question. It
was not to be considered, as the Noble Lord coo.
mitred, es a question upon which Parlisment was to
enquire how much was to be sited? 'the slaty id the
douse was to consider whet was to be espetided.—
[llcer!]—To discomforts of :EP King, end to as much
dignity as it could be supposed was neceseary in his
suietion, he would willingly consent. It should be
an Establishment suited to a King. A Nebletuto
should have the supariutendence; he should conduce
to reside in a Palace. There should ha a doe pro.
portion of equerries; but not so eatraysgant a num-
her as sis ; yet, grunting these, adrised as he at p *-
sent was, he could not agree to an Establishment of
tech an amount as 50,0001. per annum. The No tie
Lord had not etplained wby such an Establishs.nt
Ihnuld tike place; perhaps it was an omission. I
felt it to be 2 vale of gr at delicacy. For liirt”elf
could bate no other object, than to hearty ..is•