§ Lord Althorp, as soon as the cheering had subsided, again rose and gave notice, that on Friday next he should propose in the Committee of Supply, a vote, on account for the Civil List.
Sir H. Purnellinquired what course his Majesty's Ministers meant to pursue with respect to the Civil List—was it to be brought immediately before the House, or was it to be postponed till after the new 798 Ministers had been able to prepare new estimates.
§ Lord Althorpsaid, that he presumed that the House was very well aware that Ministers disapproved of the mode in which the Civil List had been made up by their predecessors in office. Nevertheless, they did not as yet feel themselves justified, upon their own responsibility, to take into consideration what alterations ought to be made in the Civil List, and he trusted that the House would be good enough to give them time to take the subject in hand, and to produce the plan which they might wish ultimately to prevail. What he now proposed to do was, to ask of the House to grant a sum on account, until he was prepared with a permanent measure. The House was well aware, and gentlemen who had recently been in office must be peculiarly aware, that it was absolutely necessary for him to have a certain degree of time, in order to be prepared to enter into the question of the Civil List, in a manner satisfactory to that House, and satisfactory to the public. Very early after the recess, he would bring forward his proposition, and would endeavour to meet the wishes of the public, while he provided for the dignity of the Crown.