Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-25
The Parliamentary provfsfsm for she
Prince Of Wales.

Ths ParIiaH.entary ProvisiSa for sh
Prince Of Wales.
Correspondence Of the Toronto Globe.I
LONDON, February 21.
On the third day Of this week, her Majesty tn
Queen sent a message 20 both houses Of Parlia
ment, in accordance with the tenor Of the frs
paragraph in the opening speech, asking then
70 provide the means for ustsiHing the princalJ
dignity Of her eldest son, when he should BE-
come welded with the Princess Of Denmark
Nothing 10Th, the lords and commons instantly
responded that It would give them infinite pleas
uTs to comply with this request
The way thus cleared, definite motion was
made to the Commons, the night before last. No
reliable statement having got into the papers oil
| the sum that Parliament would be asked 70 gote
and An impression prevailing in some quarters
4 that H Wonid be 80 considerable as to De seri-
/ ously OBJECTED to, The Members hocked 70 their
1 places and overAowed into the lobbiss while ev-
| cry seat 10 all the galleries was occupied, and
Hundreds more pressed for entrance who
/ were Of necessity shut out. Nearly an hour
having been consumed in preliminary busi-
ness, 10 the evident annoyance of the majority
OF the members, the veteran Premier pulled of
his brown kid gloves, dcff5d is shabby bat and
rose amidst general cheers TO propose resolu
ton for the purpose Of providing, in the words
Va i-AH AADnncDs AL 1elAuAo4llAdalA klb EilHgG
and Princess Of Wales, suitable to the rank and
dignity Of their station" With much tact and
sagaeity, his lordship endeavoTed and most sue
eesstully, at the outset, to highten the aduirs-
hOn Of MS audience for our monarchy BY con
trasting it with the despotisms Of certain nations
Of the continent and with the American republic.
When he spoke of the "evils incident to arbitTa-
y sway" there were few hear hears, bat
when be added " we witness il the West the
wide spread misery and desoIstion which ara
sometimes created By democratic and repubE-
can institutions" the tory side Of the house
sent forth loud and almost frantic cheers, as
if delighted that It was 50. They applsuded
80 Justify that the radicals were struck
with mute smszement, I suppose, for they
did not pat in single protest against that being
laid 70 the door Of Democracy, which they hold ]
n be attributable wholly 70 other causes Lord !
Pslmerston then went on to point ont how liberal !
the PsTHsments Of other days had been to Pnn- I
ces of Wales who were far less deserving of the /
respect Of the nation than Albert Edward and /
concluded by proposing the annual vote out Of 4
the consolidated fund Of $4,000 for the Prince. 4
and GI0 600 for the Princess every year Of
their lives with the proTiso that in the event Of
the lady being left a widow the $1,000 should /
be increased 10 ESQ 600.
The moderation Of the proposal seemed to
take the house generally BY surprise. and the
resolution was passed amidst loud and general
cheering, though not till Sir r. WiIloughby,
on the tory side, snd Mr.. Augustus Smith and
Sir John TrelaWney, on the radical benches,
had asked some questions that were held 70 be
rather invi5ioUs, respecting the Princes in
come from the Duehy Of Cornwall Mr, DIS
raeH was especially indignant that anybody
should question the extreme mOderateness Of the
proposal made 10 ths,hOuss, but Sir III Viii
.onshby and Sir j. TrelaWney persisted in rep
rese enhng tak the income Of the Primes would
be much larger than t.era Palmerston had rep
a year was considered sufficient for tne rys-oa
there was no necessity to apply to PaTiisment
10 make chat up. Lord Pslmerston had stated
that the yearly income from the Duehy Of Corn
wall was now $50 000 but he had not taken
into account the sceumulstions for a succession
Of years, amounting to at least 100000. And
besides this thera was already voted out Of the
consolidated fund a sum Of Sl6000 = year.
which went into the pockets Of the Prince, in
stead Of bis taking certain lin duties granted in
corrupt times to prohigate princes. All these
matters, taken into sccount, there was no ques-
ion that the Prince Of Wales income would be
1t least E10O000 without any grant from Par
lament.
Only these three independent members. how
,ver, had a word to say in behalf Of the rate
payers, and the $4,000 was added to the
charges on the consolidated fund In the course
# the discussion It came out that Parliament
rad already paid over E20 600 for Marlborough
louse for the Princes residence, and would have
o psv, as it had done of late, 10000 year for
he stsbliug attached TO that house. Moreover,
he expenses of the journey to Canada and the
States amounted to sI4,000, for which Parlia
nent had been called upon, and this, in sddi-
ion to e40000 paid for the privy purse
# bis Royal Highness Thus tie total
amount of the various charges paid by the
nation during the minority Of the Prince of
Esles was very nearly $50 600 year. 1t was
tatsd by the Premier that S220 geo, of the
100000 OF S700 600 accumulated from the
Duchv of Cornwall had been expended upon
be estate in the shooting of hsTes, pbeasants
md snipes. No doubt it is all right for the
ldest son Of the Queen to be thus psmpered,
,ut the story is BY no means so delightful to
cad as it would be if the people of Lancashire
we're not prostrste ia the dust and with no hope
{ a speedy restoration
I should mention that the corporation of Lon Z
on have resolved to give the princess we'd
ing present, not to exceed in value 100000 ! y
3nOrmous sums are to be expended in the dee
rations of dravesand when the princess arrives a
n the 9TH Of March, and preparations are eve s
ywhere making for Rntold thousands of people l
) witness the procession from the railway
1rough Southwark and London to Paddingt9n. e
he high church clergy are sadly annoyed that 0
be marriage has been arranged to take place in 2
be season Of lent, and several Of their leaders s
ave caused If to be made public that they win, :
! Consequence, have naugRt to do with the eel Q
bratiou.