, 1881-04-17

received further sum Of e9l,000 in cornmn'
| tation Of 2 pension originally granted gratd4s, =
Barbara vllliers, his maternal ancestor. IT,
| right of "Drlsage and butlerage,D aIre,daee ae
! referred to, is now represented by i, Maa
acres III four counties; so that, although ~
Duke Of Grafton seems to have drawn ,tt Haa
eether US much out Of the Public Trrasnuts'.. us.
as the Duke Of Richmond. he cannot coIIs
pare With that noo!cnlan rs territorlalist
As Fo1s THE DUKE OF ST. ALEASs.
by the side Of the preceding examples ha T.,
not conspicuous Us pensioner, lie is d. -
son Of Charles II. by poor Nell Gwyn. wba0
according to her own account, was sbronsS.
up in q brothel to fill strong water ~ sas ss
gentlemen" The first Duke was cre,tas taa
:. Grand Falconer Of England" aIld-asa atta ~
Gnae sees 9n to State nf with
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II. and, in yirtnaa ia " y
these swelling diSnities, the Duke IT ~ y
Albans receives, in addition to other endor
ments, annultlcs a1nountin. to =, l00. III
as poor Nelly was very obscure indiyidr.;
compared with such court-personases -
Mile. dc Queruuaiile and the bold Garb,rs
so the name Of St. tAlbans is far outshone =.
least on tho pension-list, by those Of nix
Mond and Grafton
Another class Of perpetual pensions e..
braces such ;,s have been conferred for III:
tingulshed services to the State; and to til.
@AtCGtl4 b%IO4s, lA1C QEli1sUH1 {)Itu 10 fha
Duke Of Marlborough, Lord Nelson. / .o4d 4a
Rodney, and other naval and military na com.
1nanderS and their heirs
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF g1.Bornr-cp
are said, on the authority OF Iortf D,,t
mouth, to lave drawn during Queen Anns;:
reign, salaries amounting together ia
9!O.0 q year. Besides thes immense nar.
mems, NJ, ,la9s 5ne manqI " Woodstock was given
helm House built for them ut 4 Gust of
49, GOO sterling. The service which Nari.
borough rendered las no doubt been aJI wai
paid for twice and three times over, aud # i
not pleasant to know that his heirs are draw.
ing 2 pension OF f4,0oo, and are to 60 On
holds iosether Wcilinsto e o''s;S VIII EmD:s npeS
greater services, received no such reward ~
this. The pension Of the Iron Duke. and aH
annuities granted since, have either basn
limited to the life of the first holder. Of fo
the lives Of one Or two Immediate descend.
ants. It Is impossible to avoid the cnn.
clusion that wiser and more honest W systcm Sp,,,
was begun ut date which corresponds with
the extension Of the suffrage, and with Tia
admission Of the mass Of the taypayen
to Il share in the direct control Il
the Government. The Duke Of Max
bofousl Is represented in the Horss
Churchill, husband Of the daughter Of Leon.
ard jerome, of New York, and who has been .
described as "a mustache, with small
young, dandltietl man attached 10 t.r Nr.
Bradlaugh seetus to ruttle Lord Randolph
bur / doubt whether eyen
ventilation Ut the subjectof pensions will lis-
perse the atmosphere Of insolencc and CON
ceit in which the smart and ptlnpered men,
ber for = WOodcOck" lives aud moves aud has
his being. J.
The heirs OF the naval heroes,
NELSON AND rnnyEy.
t,r,1r narsior.nr e5 nm .n,1 r., noo x,,....
;vaiv rrnf,f1,r f1o%se ,nS % $500 ,.atp 4tsspSss
rts1 I'm t.a1t. S;,.a,, ~ Vion,, 81 ,aeo nn a.
,..,s'T y: * t,,.a e;e+o. .,.s ~. w ~
to his brother. 4 CLERGYMAN. 4 great nrr,L
erty has thus come into the hands Of peopIa
who have rendered no service to tile cvIu-
try, and who do nothing to earn it. It lnay
De that the present Lord Rodney would mo-,
be able to support his Peera.e unless the
3ension accompanied it; but "under no cir
:uiustances should the mere combination Of
poverty with the hereditary rank Of ;hs
I'eeraye be considered rs n justification Of
he granting Ut 4 pension -: ailt that is tia
declaration OF Commons Committee replt
Il ISIS.
which is perhaps us littlt. to he iustiiieI,s
nyof these Standing impo,ts On The cuu,itrr:
nd that IS 4 uunsiDn granted by an art II
ieorge I'll. to
TIL. ,,r,r. or r7rY,.,, nr~c
III ,,,,, ,.;.j -, ~ 5o,an',',an+ ~, ,3-:,,;u
~. ~" uHu W ~ ueseGio'.@ Lo1' y lll1ala
49, ...;l .i ~ ~ y, 10 siy
t..!;i.. i.Io; . y. nae "aacs "sa ~
- ;ar1nnn i.y W'rm m GiosqtSte th. ~ e
smutlsan "h Soas"ern,s % ifat Ignas