, 1881-04-17


no longer bestowed in perpetnity, all ooviou
way to get rid OF those that remain is by re
denption; and this. on terms favorable +
the State, Parliamentary inquiry would b
likely to promote.
There are facts in connection with thi
class OF pensions that are apt to
| SHOCK THE T-AN:AIISG PUBLIC.
| 1t has been said, for example, that If the
principal moneys paid for pensions and conl
pensations to the Dukes of Richmond ant
G1afton mad been invested at compound i'll
terest they would now amount to 4 sum fal
exceeding the whole Of the British nationa
| debt 1t appears, also, that the heirs of TIT
Duke OF Marlborough have received the sun
| OF eGs0, 600 in the course Of 10 years; while
in period scarcely greater the heirs OF q
forgotten Dutchman, the Duke of Scho'n-
berg, who was shot at the battle Of tlle
Goyne by his own troops, have drawn out OF
the public treasury nearly 10000. On the
whole, the oldest and biggest Of these pen
sions are imposts as mean and r1paclous as
were ever fastened on posterity iu a free
State. The dead Hand "-as dramatic
writers choose to symbolic the Will wit'e /
the Past has imposed on the Present-presscs
heavily OIL John Bull in SOME places; and, if
John bears it patiently, it is beca,sr it is-a
dead hand. But for the .'dead head" at
tacheu to it. the Dead Hand rnir[f n, ,,ore
o,s;1x. horno Tn E,,vt,,d -, 49,, tia,- t,,a ~
: ~. ,.l,. xH,'',a, ~ sA.' -, eao Nv
Ter }s' ny such 1euda1 mahtpulaslons as
primoseniture and entail, more prolific pro-
Queer OF the former than it appears to be at
tha first view. hecansc whor.ynr ror cro,ta.
|A-s 1a. ~" o'e' "tAo'e'eA ''o eteAao
p'4'"' ,-'.s. ~" w. ~
p,,+ ~ ~, +1,a -as;.,+;as - I.n',.e-A1
oa!' W a'i. ule 1al1et'es VI oeaaaead 1or
w1licn tne peaa iial1a IS resnonslble' the Kind
to saw for itself. or course these pensiops
,re MT al, ;ndafa,e;h,a i, +,a s,,,a p' s'nsa.
|,o "ta .,;ws.,.,, s.'. -. 49,. ss''14s "e5ee
one star olheteth from another III glory, and
the chiefly deYlorable thing is. that Nelson's
arc rora in tha n,ill-v.wav ~ ,,o,cIo,orc H.
roc t};1 ,,,t fvr,,;s,, +,,a .... 30
~, ot u'I eo'''''io'l 1u1l " oIf
national deadtieads, and few perpetual pen
sions can boast so honorable all origin as
nublic sery;re. Generally If .yoc somn Prince
WHO ,v;sh.1 N ra,v,rd fo,.,r;. ne $500
..1' "t "ta"eo " ia'o olA'' u cuulse
win otnef peoples money; or else KIM.
who took upon himself the aggrandizcment
of "natural" son. leaving his subjects tn
nroviae for thu more s.artlrc,ot,, consa-
.,,o,,a. ~ ,,o,,1,o1- G. ,,a,,. 49,. -.
,'+J u"s ~ 49, ".,oen ~ :. neM t.A was ~
occasion; and, il the tax had afterwards be
repealed or the sinecure abolished. the f.
yored t,arson w;,s co,nnrnsated nnIur f.I1ers
patent by Il perpetual aunlity chargeti on ti1e
Consolidated Fund. In this way Charles H.,
always mighty kind to these his bastard
chilu1e;n' as icpys assures US ana az the
uehry fl>zroy, hfst Duke OF Grafton, tEe
flght of
"rR1sAGE AND BuTLERAGEn
throughout El,slsnd.-prisage being a right
to his own use, and at lis own WI yaluation as
much Of all merchandise belonging to l,,er-
out of every shiu iurnortinp
the same, as he had occasion for y: whilt
:" butlerage" " was prisagc on wines This |
price must have been 0f considerable value
to the Duke Of Grafton. and OF corresnouI-
ing damage to merchant-straugers: for
the Duke only surrendered it III lSOG. in ex-
cnange. for u perpetual annuity OF EG,s70,
charged on tic Consolidated Fund, the prin-
cipal OF which has since been expended in
the purchase OF Ducal Gelnesnes. with tha
Of 4 trttilg E9330, 500, which remains
one Of the innullierable little rills that 90 to
Most Of the perpetual pensions still exist
nE date from Charles H.. William I'LL, or
.eoIie e. H.. - e - nu.ner ol Dukes mead the
II IVA Hai- +. !'. ~ ~ pcus!olet7ol ChafIes
.,,ia r.u ~ ti,.'t s ~ ,tot ~ IS tr1e Pc
ra,,.,r - t;i .'t & oue YIN which ne IS
,rl l:.,1,.,..,.I ~, - tHeotloA
tte ntemnotia, & Gfnttoti' ana 81 tiloa1ls, de.
cenIantI II. b. 1IoKl tnlee natural" sons Of
1Aat'es, oy ol1Ierei1 Hothers'
THE DUKE OF RICHMOND
s descended from Charles Lepnox. son of
he Frenctlwoman, Louise Renee tie liner
,uaie one ur the less obtrusiye figures +, lint
eraslio. The King gave lis son Tor inco1ne
duty uf one shilling per cl;a1tlron on rnnls
hipped out of the Tvn,. far l,nma consn",r
ion; which duty llau orieinaIIy bren Tie
rec gift uf tie peopIe of Newrasfl. r. 1,uenn
.izabeth. hit wl Nv th;s tr.,ns ~ 9uvu.. co..
tdt. psr,nancnt hnrden M IN 1nMslIl tha ,,+inn Ms
ills duty on Newcastle Goals wac hr,|n'li,t h,.J,It
ack from the DnEc If Hic}mnn, "1l otvuTh. ~, ;ha
'rensurv in ida n o'u nSnhn,''s'. " sao
ernst,,at annu1tv ~ .io ~ naenuhsg ,,.,!s.I ioi
rnn nsfrrrc.i t.. th;, 1!on.ni;Tn;.,d VIII, oens
fterwarfs invesfed IN i,nH T.; t;,.a au. IiIt M's
onnties Ut Enrto,,t, and rntia,' ~ "tnstcilI ..1
no 70 nearly :aSiMo acT.s 'v''.Io' i, Iii SA.enu~
niger than 1S9- tre n,.t,tars - ~, ~ 10
hen DuSe had n l. ,nced o1aue,s -" ,hs u tne
st for 100 a year each1 m tha 1rnpnd thnt