The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-16 00:00:00

failed 10 advise the illustrious Du' kv to consent to ad

application to Parliament for an increase of incense.
If perional feelings were to influence his conduct,
there certainly wai no Member of the Royal Family
whose interest. he would hive been more desieous of
promoting; hat It iris his wish to do joitiCe to alt
by acting on a general principle; and that, he appre.
hehded, Was the coarse Which their Lordships would
be inclined to appease. Was known to their Loid-
shirrs that eight thonSand poen& a year receliedi
by the Illustrious Pelsons out of the Consolidated
Fund; do iMet including the income of the Prinieit
and his ottio; the`Duke of Gloucester had 48i000ts
a year; ThiS Certainly. was not 'sierra thin Ili
requisite to aeppott the "link and• dignity Of thd
Illustrious Duke and his Royal consort. the in:
come of the 1/Ai of Gloucester, 4iiit his *thole:
men's, sproiinisteit to that Which had twin Sr.:
posed for the junior Dukett at' the Royal Faritily,e
and he did not think that the proposition to di* 'hi
Duke of Clarence 40;(7001., ind the others 30,0001.1
could be regarded as an usirtiasbnable propor-
tion. There was another • cite to whiCh he had Id

call the attention of their i.otdships- •t•e meant that
of the Duke of Cumberland; When that case wati

under consideration, some )eaii age, their Lirdittipt
had agreed to an-Address, approving the meassire re-
commended in the Message. after the other. House'
had concurred in voting a similar Addres4, a Brit

was introdaced, which was, however, lest in its pro.
gress, sod had swear come before their 1,04.1fdp.,
Since that period it had not been thought tepedlent
or proper to bring this case again under the ctinsidee;
ration of Parliament. But when the cissei Of the
other Princes were brought under view, there could
be no ground for withholding that of the Mike of
Cumberland. Whet reason could be assigned for
casting so marked a .tigms on that illustrious person?
There had been nothing its his conduct which could
justify such a neglect ; and certainly nothing had ape
peered in the conduct of the illustrious Princess. hie
consort, since she had been in this Country, which
could indoence such a proceeding, nr account for the
decision which had been come to by the oilier ileums
of Parliament. It was therefore considered that a
proposition for increasing his, the Duke of Comm.,.
land's. income, its the same proportion as that of the
other Princes, should be submitted to Parliament.—
But it was worthy of their Lordships' consideratioes
that the sum proposed to be voted would net long ,
cootioue a burden. Their Lordships were a worn
that a sum had been voted for the payment of the
debts of the Prince Regent, and which had been re.
gularly applied to that purpose. Ti.e whole of thesal
debts would be liquidated its the coots* of • year
mod a half, or two years at most. In censequencel
of that liquidation, 50,0001. a-year would be sstedi
which, with- the ton thousand pounds that had al•
reedy fallen in by the death of the Princess Char.
lotte, would more than cover the whole of the ad.
ditional allowances which it had been proposed to
giant. This statement, he hoped, would prove N.
tisfactory to those who had intimated an opinion that
the money required should be derived front funds
now appropriated to the use of the Royal Family.—
Various circumstenres had induced bin to captain
thus far what had been the intention of his Majesty's
Government ; but he was Beate that imptessiono and
feelings had been entertained on flat subject which he
had not espected, and which he thought ought not
to have been entertained. He did not mean, bow.
ever, to shank from the avowal of the part be had
taken in the question. Ile had done what he conti.
dered his deity as a Member of the Prince Regent's
Government. Whatever relpenreihility might be at•
tached to' the 'measure, lie ass ready to acknowledge
that all the onus of that responsibility ought to fall
open him. lfe hod, however, now stated what were
the feelings of llw illustrious persons who were the
objects of the measure. It was not their wishl in the
present situation of the country, that any proposition
should be urged' beyond what might he considered
fair and just, both. in and out of Parliament. Ile knew
not iie what !date the measure might come from the
other (louse; but if the whole proposition should
not be approved of—if any modifications did take
place, he hopeil the measure would not be reduced to
such a state as to induce the illustrious personages to
relinquish their Intended onion, or to ebcounter con•
siderable difficulty or embarrassment,if they persist.
oil its carrying it into effect. After knelt.; given the
most aatious consideration to the subject, he was so.
thorised to state, that the illustrious person first
named its the Message would be satisfied with about
one half of the sum which had originally been pro-
posed to be given- him by the Esecutive Government.
The sums proposed for the other Princes would, in
theme of an arrangement founded on this principle
being adopted, be reduced in the same proportion,-...
But the measure would come before their Lordships
in the shape of Bills, when the details could be more
conveniently discessed. The Noble Earl concluded
with an Address in the terms stated in the commence•
ment of his speech.
Lord Ki NG declared, tbst neither be nor any mats
Could feel the least objection to that part of the Ad.
dress which merely went to congretnlate his Royal
Highness on the approaching marriage. of his Royal
Brothers, but he did certainly feel h decided objet.
lion to that part which pledged the House to increase
the burden; of the People. He lamented thet the
present subject had been ;unposed to Parliament at
tne present tooment, when there was in the country
a very goners! disinclination to accede to it. and he
should Immo if the Howie, by showing any zest
towards it, should compromise itself in the find
opini, n of the People. The "telde Earl in po•itse
had spoken of the arrangements bade en tle DAS
of Yesk'smarriage, and erqued on them ‘,ll a prece.
dent; but he had forgotten that on that occasion Ms.
Pitt had declared the &ragmen's should not 11,