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Saalfelil. ami expressing his per- 

 suasion of tlie concurrence and 

 assistance of Parliament, in ena- 

 bling him to make such a provi- 

 sion, with a view to the said mar- 

 riage, as may be suitable to the 

 honour and dignity of the coun- 

 tiy. A correspijudent address was 

 unanimously agreed to in both 

 Houses. 



On the following day, the sub- 

 ject of a provision being taken 

 into consitler;itiwn in tiic Ilousa 

 of Commons, the Chancellor of 

 the Exchequer si;itci\h\s intention, 

 first to projiose for the iikistiious 

 pair the annual sum of 0'0,000l., 

 of which 10,0001. was to form a 

 sort of privy purse for her Royal 

 Highness, and the remainder 

 would defray the domestic ex- 

 penses of (he Trince of Cobuurg: 

 this sum to be granted (o th'jui 

 during their joint lives. If the 

 I'rince of Ccbourg should die 

 first, the whole sum to be con(i- 

 iiuod to hor Koyal Highness : if 

 he should be the survivor, the 

 sum of 50,000l. to lie continued 

 to hiai. It was inirndL-d, that 

 the allowanie from the civil list 

 to the rri)ucss shouM cease, 

 which would be a saving to the 

 public of ."jO.OOOl. a year. \Vi(h 

 respect to ,tlie sum for out lit, 

 which would ]u>rca!'icr be sub- 

 mitted, he should propose a vole 

 equal to otiC year's expenditure, 

 of which it was calculated that 

 40,0001. woidd defray the pur- 

 chase of furniture, plate, ecjui- 

 pages, &c. 10,0001. for the Prin- 

 cess's dress, and lO^OOOl. for ad- 

 dition to her jewels. He had 

 another point to oiler for the at- 

 tention of the House. Hitherto 

 it had not been possible to fix on 

 fi residence for the illustrious per- 



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sonages ; when that was deter- 

 mined upon, it might possibly be 

 necessary to ai)ply to the House 

 for further aid. The right hon. 

 gentleman concluded v.ith mov- 

 ing a resolution for a grant of 

 the annual sum of G0,O()0l. for 

 the establishment of the Princess 

 Clinrlotte and the Piince of Co- 

 bourg, on the conditions above- 

 mentioned, to commence from 

 the day of their marriage. 



In tlie conversation ^vhich fol- 

 lowed, various siiggestions were 

 made l^y diU'erent members, but 

 without tlie least opposition to 

 the resolution, which passed una- 

 nimously. 



A subsetpient motion relative 

 to the O'O.OfHJl. by way of outfit 

 passed with the same unanimity. 



.'Vnother proceeding of jmrlia- 

 ment, conse(]ucnt un(;n this ini- 

 ))ortant m;itrimonial luiion, M'as 

 that of passing a bill for the na- 

 turalization of the Piiuce of Co- 

 bouig, which went tluougli all 

 its stages in both houses on 

 .March ?8th. 



It was naturally to be sup- 

 posed, that the hea\y burdens 

 under which the nation ->\as la- 

 liouring, at a lime of much do- 

 mestic distress, would render the 

 independent members of parlia- 

 ment, as well as the habitual op- 

 p'uscrs of the ministry, vigilant 

 in marking c> ery deviatioji from 

 that spirit of economy, which had 

 been promised in the Regent's 

 speech at the opening of the 

 session, and ^^■as generally looked 

 for as the only effectual reme- 

 dy for the public difliculties. 

 .■\ subject relative to this point, 

 important in its character, though 

 inconsiderable in the amount at 

 issue, was brought before the 



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