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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



for a regent and a king could be 

 conducted at the same expense as 

 that for a king alone. The neces- 

 sary additional expense he thought 

 would not be regarded as extrava- 

 gant if calculated at the sum of 

 10,000/. per ann. ; and this he pro- 

 posed to meet by an addition of that 

 amount to the civil list. 



In looking to the present house- 

 hold for a supply to his majesty's 

 future servants, he si lould propose to 

 take out of it those high officers, the 

 lord steward, and the lord cham- 

 berlain, and in the room of the first 

 to substitute the first gentleman of 

 the bed-chamber, usually called 

 the groom of the stole; and of the 

 second, the vice-chamberlain. Of 

 the lords and grooms of the bed- 

 chamber, he would propose re- 

 taining four of each class, to be 

 selected from the present house- 

 hold ; and in addition to these, a 

 master of the robes, and seven or 

 eight equerries. The present private 

 secretary to the king might act in 

 the same capacity to the queen ; 

 and he trusted that it would be 

 thought right that the whole esta- 

 blishment above stated should be 

 under the control and appoint- 

 ment of her majesty. With regard 

 to the mode of providing for its 

 expenses, he thought it would be 

 best to take out of the civil list an- 

 nually a sum equal to the est 'Dated 

 charges of the household, and if 

 those should exceed the estimate, 

 to defray the deficiency out of the 

 treasury, which should state the 

 sum to parliament, to be voted out 

 of the supplies of the year ; if, on 

 the contrary, a surplus should re- 

 main, that it should be paid into 

 the treasury. His estimate of the 

 sum required was 100,000/. 



He next called to the attention 



of the committee the situation of 

 the queen. As it could not be 

 expected that she would continue 

 stationary, as she had done, a 

 greater expense would be incurred 

 by any removal for health or amuse- 

 ment ; and to meet this and other 

 expenses attached to the new ar- 

 rangement of the household, he 

 should propose an addition out of 

 the civil list of 10,000/. to her 

 majesty's income. The pensions 

 and allowances which his majesty 

 was accustomed to bestow on the 

 objects of his bounty were next to 

 be considered. These had always 

 been paid out of the privy purse, 

 and as it would certainly be thought 

 right to continuethem, he supposed 

 there would be no necessity for 

 changing the fund ; submitting 

 however the accounts to a scrutiny 

 in a committee of expenditure. 

 The expenses for medical attend- 

 ance on his majesty might be de- 

 frayed out of the same fund ; but 

 there was an'excess in the revenue 

 of the duchy of Lancaster of 

 about 30 or 40,000/., which might 

 be applied to demands of that kind. 

 With respect to his majesty's pri- 

 vate property, three commissioners 

 should be appointed for the care of 

 it, one to be a master in chancery, 

 and the other two nominated by 

 the queen and the regent. 



He was now come to the consi- 

 deration of the state in which the 

 Prince Regent would be placed, 

 having the civil list returned to him 

 less by 100,000/. per annum than 

 had been allowed to his majesty. 

 The prince now possessed an ex- 

 chequer revenue of 120,000/. upon 

 which there were certain claims 

 which it might be unjust to dis- 

 turb. He would, therefore, pro- 

 pose that of his exchequer income 



50,000/. 



