The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-05-08 00:00:00

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ROYAL AWNUITIRS.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the third read-
ing of the Bill for granting an Auouity• to the Duke
of Cambridge.

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The Earl of LAUDERDALE snored Mit .tbe Nies-
sage from the. Crowe, relative to:the marriage
Royal Dukes, be teed.
The Clerk having read tba
dress voted on it,
The Earl of LA,UDERDALE said, lie hitt sleeked
the Message and the Address to be-read, in order to
bring to their Lordships' iecollectien yiSat to principle
had been implied in the proceediegis. ergilOsed token
place on this subject. The &Petered pritreiPter on
which their Lordships had acted veal; OreVefriviaion
was to be made for certain membera _of the Royal Fa-
mily, in consequence of their nuptielt. It was not
that provision should be made for. one•in preferetice
to another, bat for all such members-.of the :Royal
Family as married' 'with the consent of the Crif-en?.;;•
Their Lordships knew it to be tie taw, that...l*m.
ber of the Royal Fend! ycao marry •gettlitist. the *en-
sent of the Crown. If that-wes'ae),Xpeopei:l4l,..lt
ought to be altered ; but, whileit ezistedr it: should
be fairly acted upon. On the contrary, it was a de-
sertion of duty in Parliament to make it a matter of
favour, whether or not a provision shook' be voted,
after a marriage had been regularly cciatrictettaccbrd-
ing to the law. The provision wets mere abs*tglies-
which ought to have no reference either to-party feel-
tion, ings or prejudices of soy kind. lilt was withheld
on account of any particular prejudice, it might be
granted from motives of favour. Thus a system might
:)e established of granting money merely on the
grounds of favour or prejudice, and - this might be
earri,4l so far as to lead to .the dangerous and uncon-
stitutional practice of canvassing Parliament when
.uci, s. rants were in contemplation. In looking at
the Rills on the table, their Lordships would find
-hat there was one member of the Royal Family who
hid married, with the consent of the Crown;and for
Whom no provision had yet- been made. Now, if the
!epsilon Nis viewed by their Lordships 19 the light
in which he had endcavoured to place if, they would
he of opinion, that an abstract right of provision ex-
..‘ted in consequence of the marriage.- It appeared,
•nwever, from what had been done in this case, that
come other principle most guide the decisions of an-
ether place. Whether it was that provision ought to
be granted from favour, or withheld from dislike, or
on some other ground equally objectionable, he could
not say. To him, however, this proceeding appear-
ed in the utmost degree unfair and improper. With
that member of the Royal Family who stood in
the situation to which he had adverted he was in
no way connected. No man could have been more
politically hostile to him ; but so far was that from
exciting any feelings of animosity in his mind, that
he the more respected the Royal Duke for having
acted with seal and sincerity in support of the po-
litical principles wbich he thought right. There was
another illustrious person nearly connected with the
Royal Duke, against whom a prejudice had existed
in a certain quarter. He was happy, however, to
see, from one of the Bills on the table, that if that
prejudice had prevailed in another place, it was now
removed ; bat why a stigma should be cast, without
any apparent reason, on the Doke of Ca'mberland,
was what he could not understand. If there did
exist any real ground for stigmatizing that illustrious
person, the proper coons would be to introduce a
Bill to exclude hint from the Crown; but while he
was allowed to retain his rank in the order of suc-
cession, it was most unfair and oncandid to withhold
from him thit provision which ought to be granted on
principles abstracted from any personal considera-
tions. In this situation, it had become a mat-
ter of consideration oith the 'consort of the
Royal Duke, whether she could accept the grant
made by Parliament. Her feelings would have in-
clined her to refuse it ; but he thought she had acted
properly in consulting her Royal Consort, and in.
complying with his advice. She had eshibited an
example of that propriety of conduct which becamt
a Princess -of the Royal Family of England, by
yielding to the will of her husband. With respect to
a herself, them was now nothing to injure bet feeling's