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

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Lord CAST LLREAGII observed, that the Howse
having already married to the taut of the Throws its
sentiments of painful condolence oh that calamity,
which had been felt mil user the kingitim ; It now
remained for the House to proceed to another branch
of its duty, and to adopt those m which we.
ceisatily grew out of the severe loss which the 'liaison
bad esperienctd in the death of the late Qeees. Me
not lulus been present daring the discoasiee which
took place on this part of the Regent's Speech, had
been deprived of an opportunity of witnessing *hat
be felt on the melancholy occasion. There was not
a matt in that noose, or in the consul, onnesust mot
hare bees impressed with a fell sews Of 'honest.
pent virtues, which distiuguished her late Majesty,
derieg Ike specs of 67 years, whileake shared the
Throne of these realms with bet Royal Consort. TM
bright 'imply elm had, dodo' that time, pet teeth
to all classes of people, for purity of morals, 1.,v es+
effected piety, nod for every varlets. that could adorn
her set, mestaliave operated most favourably es the
*hole coentryonid produced the happiest oedemas
ou-the public morals. Boring felt it newton', time
to sapless himself on this occe.ioa, he shoold mew
come to the immediate measete which paw out of the
melancholy event io which he silmiedt l'he guiltier%
he was about to brio,: nudes the consideration el this
norms was diviall•l into ewe bronchi's. Tire firet
related to the care of his Mailory's Parsons; erodible
vest related to the disposition of throve fends ouielt
had been appointed to the katerbitshment of the King,
and of the late Qeeeo, and is which* chines new be-
came necessity, in conseesenee of the denim of her
Majesty. With regard to the irrt of those breeches,
a Bell bad bees passed its the other Hoag*, for the
purpose et veiling the treat et tasking care of his Ma-
jelly's Person in his Royal Highness the Doke of
York. Oe this point; be was sore, there could net
be a second opinion in that Meese, a. to the Meese et
the individsal elected for that • sacred tract; and in
the coarse of the evening, he should propos. that the
Bill be read ibriteeh one of its stages. The pnsiei-
pie bad already been fully acknowledged, that the
care of his Majesty's Person ought lb be entreated to
one of the Royal Family ; and no iedishlual of that
family vas mere it for that perish., than he who
I stood nearest to the Throne, aid who was, in every
other respect, so well qualified for performing that
important duty. With regard to the other bnuch
of the questioa, which wee of a more parricelar or.
raugeu.ent, be thought it wield be satisfactory to
the Hoare for him to stale the coarse of proceeding
which tie meant to parse.. The yiestlon related to
the particular lacono, belesigleg to the Establishment ;
and it world lead to the consideration of those funds,
whirb,in the year lint, had been •pproprietell to the
the Civil List Establishment for the King sod Queers.
Ir woe his intention to propose, that the part
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Prince Regent's Speech • hick ensiled to the %%lad see
Estahlnbonsar, shookd be referred to L Select 011.

mittee. The eirbjed Wog one of detail, a* well as
of pest dellesey sal much informative being re- .1
gaited to form a jedgmeet open it, that isformatioo
could only be ()Wined tbrosgb a Committee, wish*
be should that night Propels no *seminal'. Heald
not propose that night to take a fete ea the Merits of
the qemoinn; bet meant to pet the Houle in posses-
sion of lb. urestioaltself ; sod it comeieted for him •
then to state the velure of the propoodings be went
to offer to the contidevelloa of the Hesse. Ile did I
rot Yuen to rail "pee the Hoes* for any sew grant
.of -covey to the Crowe; but on the contrary to di.
vest the 'Crowe cattle,* fends which alreedy belong. I
ed to the Establishment, and to apply to Parliament
to unite loch deductions in the Establishment at
Windsor u could not folks place without its sane.
lion. His proposition then would go to enable the
Crown to direst itself of the sum he shouts! M.O.
ties, end piece the some in the Consolidated Fend, •
so es to be applied to the eliessncies of the Stem.—
;Where've earplug remained In this pert of the Civil
List et Use end of the year, should go to the Con.
solidated Fund ; bot es to trying; that should be •
Made in ether breaches of she Civil List, they might •
be applied to certain uses connected with the House. ,
'hold, wheuver it should be deemed necessary.—
It was, however, the wish of bit Royal Highness.
Bost whatever simples could be spared from the
Civil List, sheold be applied to the faired., of
the State. A greet of 100,0001. a year had been
trade to the King for his life; well whatever
saving swerved from that sem was •ppliesble to she
wants of the Treasury. A Parliamentary proceed.
log, however, world be sec y to transfer such
sums to the uses of the Public • for without such
poc•eding, the saying of 58,001. which was now
lito subject of his Royal Highness's Message, would
go to she Civil List. Parliament then was not
applied to for a sow past of money, but for hs
authority to divest the Crown of ibis sum; sod he
hoped the House would consider this as au earnest
desire on tbe pad of the Crown to to.operate with
Pas lisesent in supporting the elipscies of the coos-
try. Ile should so• protocol to the gooier.' arrange.
went be proposed to lay down. Out of the sum
which constituted the Windsor Estsblishanent. be
proposed that the sum of 10.0001. be appropriated
to the *space attending the custody of his Majesty,
and to be ender the maticeement of the Doke of York.
If Pailiamuot pro his Royal Highness the high ea-
tbority in question, it would be necessary also to al-
low him the means of defraying the 'spumes attend.
ant open it. He should now come to the Windom
Establishment comprising the 100.0001. granted to
the King, sod the 58.0001. which constituted the
Income oath* King. Oet of • this sum there would
"'potently be m using of 108,0001., subject to the
necessity of making provision for certain parts of the
• Royal Family. When the 58,0001. which belonged
40 the Queen was taken away, there was 100.0001.
which wet hitherto applicable to the Establishment
of the King. This Establishment be proposed to
seduce to 50,0001., which should in future consti.
tete the Windsor Establishment. A sum of 25,0001.
. was also to be applied tau provides for the Is;
end thou Moseying from the whole pithy present Wind.
stir Establi,lomeot. 158,0004., would be 83,0001. Bus
otter the 'enmities of 11141160e:etieweli.terseemists,
Mould Is I hi, the whole saving wooletilleifewiseet
to 108.0001. The savings were to be carried to the
Civil lest. bet he amid not haves less rmrnue thee
1(1,0001. for the future Windsor Estehlisbment.
While the late Queen continued at the head of the Es.
tablistir there was a great difficulty in 'tempt.
• log to make any reflection in it. Even those Gentle.
so••••o who were minium to promote plans of economy
in tits, Amu, sew that such a difficulty existed. In.
deed, •lering the life-time of the Queen no material
sayingcooedod be made. She was entitled to her own
income of 58.0001. ; end If the King had died, she,
Si Queen Dowager, world, by law, have been enti.
lied to as income of 100,0001. How, then, could
say saving have been needs in as Establisbment, m hich,
for the King sod gems, arnoented to 58.0001?
The whole gentian of saving then resolved itself
hits a evestion as to the retirement of State servants,
She saving caused by which would not amount so
8,0001. Being wow prepared to recommend that •
reduction should take place in the Windsor Leta.
blishment, he wealJ explain why it had not been
done before. The Parliament certainty. had in coit•
terapialion the probability of the King's not being
able ever to recover ; but they had now the painful
confirmation of many years, that there was not the
slightest hope of see% en event taking piece. An
Ides, however, prevailed, that his Majesty might es.'
pariah" a partial recovery ; and it would he a
most emelsocholy thing to think, that on tech en oc-
casion be 'tmid not And himself lerrouneled by those
servants and officers of State to whom he had bees
accustomed. The reduction, therefore, was never
.4weposed, and it would have been most painful to
• the luslings of lute htejesty to agitate a question of
• the kind while she lived ; but now a line might he
shows between whet weeds* to public economy, sad
to the feelings of respect end veneration which must
be ootertaised for the Royal Family. Its doing Ibis,
,a reference might be bad to the domestic habits of
his-Majesty. There were many officers belonging to
his lowa Enablishmeot who never had occasion to
• perform any deity abut his person at Windsor; and
therefore a saving might be made by the removal of
those who had not been tp the habit of attending
him 'there. The Queen, al cutlet of the King,
• bad no power to remove these. the officers he
•shetiold now propose to be revntree4 *ere, the
• Viartdbambeslain, the Master of the Relies, the four
• J.orearef the Bedchamber, and the four 'Grooms of
•she Bedefusber. The sating occasioned by their
.rll.OOl/111 00114 be sip!. The Lords of the fled.
chamber ewer elteelled. at Windsor; but, while the'
salaries of These were to be taken away, they still
espressed a wish that the, might not be precluded
from contisielog lo the service of his Majesty, by '
holding their appnlestenente merely se honorary
oars—[f/tar, hear I)—It was neCielete that use
high officer of impossibility shook,' be still vboitt
the ponces of the King; and for Boit parilie he
proposed to retails the Groom of fleer Stole, sled sills
the sit Equerries, who were always bt Windier.
Ho now wished to observe, that the Quest's
income of 58,0001. was a pert of the Civil List,
"Aide the Crows might apply to any other part of
the Establishment. Het it was the feelin of the
Frisco Ries; that this tun shoald M Lou t at the