GENERAL HISTORY. 



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mon certain members out of the 

 ministerial side of the House, who 

 had in confidence communicated 

 to them what it was not fitting 

 should be made known to the 

 House till to-morrow. These 

 meetings it would seem, were 

 always called when any new mea- 

 sure was to be submitted ; for 

 ministers were convinced that 

 unless their measures had such a 

 previous rehearsal, they could 

 not carry them. 



Mr. Protheroe said, that if the 

 reports which were in circulation 

 were true, he thought an oppor- 

 tunity ought to be given to the 

 people of England to see how 

 every individual representative 

 acted on such an occasion as the 

 present ; and he should therefore 

 probably feel it his duty to move 

 a call of the House. 

 i Lord Castlereagh affirmed that 



if a call of the House was moved 

 for, he should give it no opposi- 

 tion. 



Mr. Brougham said, that under 

 the present circumstances of the 

 country it was necessary for the 

 House, if it valued its own cha- 

 racter, the peace of the nation, 

 and the security of the throne, to 

 take every step in all it did to 

 carry the voice of the country 

 along with them. 



Mr. Met/men was decidedly of 

 opinion that an account should 

 be laid before the House of the 

 income of the royal dukes from 

 naval and military appointments, 

 from the civil list, and from the 

 droits of the Admiralty. 



Lo)(l Lascelles said, that he 

 was one of those who had attend- 

 ed the meeting alluded to during 

 the early part of the discussion ; 

 and thought that he should not 



take too much upon himself if he 

 stated that what had transpired 

 there, had not met with the satis- 

 faction of several others besides 

 himself. 



Mr. Brougham observed, that 

 there was an omission in the 

 address, which, if not supplied, 

 would prevent him from concur- 

 ing in it. He thought that the 

 House should declare its regard 

 to the state of the people, and its 

 sense of the burdens under which 

 they labour, and the privations 

 they undergo. He would there- 

 fore move to add, after the word 

 " House," these words, " and to 

 the burthened state of the people 

 of this country." 



Lord Castlereagh declared his 

 intention of opposing the amend- 

 ment. 



After some long discussions, 

 the question was put upon the 

 amendment, when there appeared 

 Ayes, 93 ; Noes, Mi : Majority, 

 51. 



The address was then agreed 

 to in its original form. 



Mr. Methuen then moved, 

 " That there be laid before this 

 House, a return of all Incomes 

 received by their Royal High- 

 nesses the Dukes of Clarence, 

 Kent, Cumberland, Sussex, and 

 Cambridge, arising from Military, 

 Naval or Civil Appointments, Pen- 

 sions, or other emoluments, as 

 well as all grants out of the Ad- 

 miralty Droits, made to them 

 since the year 1800." 



This motion, after some dis- 

 cussion relative to the income 

 from Hanover, was agreed to. 



Mr. Protheroe then intimated 

 his intention to give notice for a 

 call of the Hduse, which was fixed 

 for the 24th of April. 



On 



