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example. A motive that ought to 
influence the house in favour of the 
prince, was the generosity with 
which parliament had increased the 
revenues of the crown, since the 
king’s accession, and that too in 
times of great d fficulty and expence, 
Why should not the prince par- 
take of the same indulgence? He 
wauld, nevertheless, objeét to the 
smailness of the sum set apart for 
the annual payment of the prince’s 
ereditors: it threw them at an un. 
reasonable distance from the term of 
final settlement. A larger portion 
of his income ought to be appropri- 
ated toso just a purpose ; and he was 
of opinion, that not less than sixty- 
five thousand pounds a year, toge- 
ther with the revenues of the duchy 
of Cornwall, should be a 
the liquidation of his debts, e 
credit arising to him, from so liberal 
an appropriation, would more than 
compensate the inconveniences that 
might accrue from the stinted income 
to which he would of consequence be 
narrowed, Were these inconvenien- 
ces to be put in competition with 
the applause he would gain from the 
whole kingdom? Inorder, however, 
to obviate the difficulties that might 
be apprehended from too circum- 
scribed an income, Mr. Fox advised 
the selling of the duchy of Cornwall ; 
the produce of which would enable 
the prince to discharge all incum- 
brances in three or four years. He 
used several other reasonings on the 
subjeét ; after which the house di- 
vided on Mr. Grey’s motion of 
amendment. Ninety-nine approved, 
and two hundred and sixty rejected 
it. The repairirg of Carlton. house 
was carried by two hundred and 
forty-eight aga‘nst ninety-nine, and 
the marriage expences by two hun- 
dred and forty. oneagainsta hundred, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
Various other discussions took 
place on this subje¢t in both houses, . 
similar in matter and manner to 
what has been above-mentioned. It 
was insisted on by some, that the 
duchy of Cornwall ought to be dis~ 
posed of for the purpose in question, 
and by others, that it ought to re- 
main unsaleable, and the revenue 
only made use of. A number of 
observations were a!so brought for- 
ward relating to the nature of that 
duchy and its tenure, the monics 
arising from it during the prince’s 
minority, and whether they were 
claimable on behalf of the prince. 
A multitude of arguments were pro- 
duced on this occasion, and a tedi- 
ous course of litigation employed the 
attention of the house during several 
sittings. 
In the house of lords, the duke 
of Clarence took severe notice of 
the conduct of ministers towards the 
prince, his brother, They had, he 
said, carefully deprived him, as far 
as lay in their power, of the popu-. 
larity towhich he wasjusrly entitled, 
for the readiness of his. acquiescence 
in all the measures proposed in rela- 
tion to him, and had endeavoured 
to impress the public with the idea 
that they only had consulted its in- 
terests. They had also, in the bill 
to prevent future princes of Wales 
from contracting debts, pointed at 
him with unjustifiable personality. 
It was certainly no equitable trear-, 
ment of the prince, to single him 
out as an exception to the un, 
bounded liberality with which they 
supplied the foreign princes, who 
applicd to them for pecuniary as-, 
sistance. 
The duke of Bedford expressed 
himself in much the same manner, - 
A variety of circumstances, he said, 
would occur to candid minds, in 
: " extenu. 
