The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-20
e ~ q L A N D.
Sir Charles Dilke's Motion for Radical Re-
trenchment in the Expense Of
Government.
Exciting Scene in the House Of Commons-How
the Money Goes''-Mr. Gladstone's Sa-
tire on the Economical Baronet
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
LONDON, March 10, 1872
A remarkable scene occurred In the House OF
Commons tonight when Sir Charles w. Dukes
resolution to investigate the expenses OF the Crown
came up.
The Speaker called upon Sir Charles for the intro
ductlOn Of the motion OF which he mad already given
notice.
Vlscount Bury rose to question Of privilege. He
said as the Members Of Parliament had taken the
oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria and her sue
cessors. ana as the member from Chelsea had
avOwed openly that he a republican, he wanted
to know IT, with proper respect for the honor OF the
Commons, the member could be allowed to proceed
without repudiatng
Here Lord Bury was Interrupted by cheers ana
shouts, and there was much CONFUSION on all sides.
The speaker, soon as the House brought
to ORDER, said he nothing inconsistent with the
| dignity OF the House in allowing the member from
Chelsea to proceed. 1t was part of his tne
Speakers) duty to interfere
Sir Charles Dixie then rose to put his motion,
amid great excitement and a storm OF groans ana
cheers.
In firm and moderate tone OF voice Sir Charles
called attention to the civil list. and then moved for
returns showing the duties OF the Auditor, to whom
he makes his reports copies Of such reports for each
year since the accession Of Victoria, warrants is-
sued by the Treasury, with specifications Of the
classes which savings arose and to which accounts
those savings transferred each year; also re-
| turns showing the income and expenditures OF the
Crown from the Queens accession to the present
year; the amounts charged on the estimates for
fees on installations, for robes collars, badges,
| royal presents, the conveyance or distinguished
personages, funerals Of the royal family expenses
| of the coronation, journeys of the Queen,
| building and repairing palaces, court ceremonies.
allowances to trumpcters, Waterman, marshals and
chamberlalns and for the services Of the royal
yachts for years, finally returns OF the in
comes from the Duchies OF Lancaster and Cornwall
and OF the total amount paid the Prince OF Wales.
Sir Charles having succeeded In reading his mo.
ton to the end, though frequently interrupted pro
ceeded to support 1t in set speech. Derislve
laughter heard In all parts OF the House, In the
galleries well the ioor during It's delivery
and the confusion was ut times great that the
voice Of the speaker was inaudiple.
He opened by saying that possibly the motion he
offered was unprecedented. It was time therefore,
that precedent should be establ shed. He won Id
discuss the questions OF allegiance some other day.
| He denounced slnecures and useless offices like
that OF the Governor of Windsor CASTLE and wanted
to know on what principle OF right the
| Prince Teck and Prince Arthur were al
| lowed to occupy lodges in the public parks.
money for royal Yachts for his late Majesty william
Nv. was sailor King; now we maintained four
| vessels Of this description for what reason? The
abandonment OF the antiquated Palace Of st. James
was recommended long ago; yet thousands
were spent thereon annually. He ad-
| mitted that he had made the charge
that the Queen paid income tax. This he had
since learned was not true. He therefore retracted
the CHARGE and acknowledged that he had beer
/
civil list showed an increase OF E0, 00O and that thu
taxpayers believed tnat large portion OF tn
money was wasted.
Mr.. Auberon Herbert. member for nottingham
| seconded the motion.
The House had all the time been noisy aud tumul
! tuous.
Mr.. Gladstone rose when order was resumed
ana the members became attentive. Mr. Gladstone
c0ntradicted positively the statement that the civil
list had increased and corrected Sir Charles sharply
on other points. One who assumed to instruct the
pubic, he said, must at least be He de.
nounced as mischievous the speech made by the
member at Newcastle, and limited that the success
Of his motion would be equal the success OF thai
speech
In conclusion Mr.. Gladstone urged the House on
every ground to reject the motion.
Mr. AuberOn Herbert endeavored to speak, but
his voice was drowned with grOans and cries OF
.Oh. divide"
The speaker insisted on the preservation OF ORDER
when all the conservatives and many liberals left
the House.
Mr.. Herbert attempted to continue his speech.
He declared he preferred q republic over q
monarchy. Here Interruptions commenced again.
Three attempts were made TO count out the House.
Lord George Hamilton called attention to the
demonstrations Of persons In the visitors and re-
porters galleries in violation Of the rules. The gal
leries were cleared, but were soon afterwards re.
opened.
dllatory motions the House divided, with the fol-
lowing RESULT
Against .ZI4
The result was greeted with cneers and laughter.
THE vICEROY OF INDIA AND HIS CITIZEN FRIENDS.
His Excellency the Right Hon. Thomas George
Barring Lord NorthbroOK successor 10 the late Earl
MAYO in the viceroyship OF India, Will be en-
tertained at a farewell banquet at Portsmouth pre-
vous to his departure for Bombay on the 25th inst
His Lordship is a favorlte with the people OF the
naval boroughs having represented Falmouth In
Parliament from the year 1857 to 1886.
| CROWN GIFT VACANCY.
Sir Travers Twiss has resigned his Office as Queens
! Advocate General.
| THE LAW OF CoPYRIGHT.
| meeting was held in London this evening to
take the preliminary steps for the organization OF
copyright association, with the object OF protecting
| authors and publishers.
INDIA.
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