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Masonic Chit-Chat.
the Third . Under these circumstances , he was necessarily considerably embarrassed , and these embarrassments continued for a considerable period afterwards . In 1831 , his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex married Lady Cecilia Underwood . From the peculiar circumstances ofthe marriage of his Royal Highness , it was not thought advisable to make any public declaration of that event . It was his Royal Highness ' s intention , howeversubsequent to the marriage of her Most Gracious Majestyto
, , make a public declaration of his marriage ; and if no address proceeded from either house of parliament , he ( his Royal Highness ) would have considered his marriage strictl y legal . The Duke of Sussex had , however , by the persuasion of his wife , abandoned that determination ; and he was induced to adopt that resolution in consequence of her Majesty having expressed her intention to confer upon her ( the Lady Cecilia Underwood ) the title of the Duchess of Inverness . Though the
marriage of his Royal Highness was not held valid in law , there could exist no doubt but that it was so in a moral point of view . By his Royal Highness ' s first marriage he had two children . He believed that after the sale of all his Royal Highness ' s effects , and the payment of his just debts , there would be nothing left for the maintenance of his widow and the family . He ivell knew that no proposition for a public grant of money could originate in that house , but he trusted that the
notice ivhich he had drawn to the subject , would excite attention in another place , in which a proposition for a provision for the parties in question could only be made . The DUKE OP AVELLINGTON . —My lords , the motion which I had the
honour to submit to your lordships affords your lordships an opportunity of discussing any questions connected with the subject of a provision for the Royal Family . I very much regret that the noble lord did not give notice of his intention to discuss the question which he ( Lord Fortescue ) has brought under the consideration of your lordships ' house . If the noble lord had given that notice , it would have enabled those connected with her Majesty ' s Government to have spoken with
some authority on the subject . The noble lord has only done justice to myself , and to my right lion , friend in the House of Commons , in stating that we spoke of the late illustrious Duke with the utmost respect , and that both of us entertained the sincerest admiration of the qualities , the qualifications , and the life of his late Royal Hi ghness . For my part , I always felt the greatest respect for him ; I always experienced the utmost affability and kindness from him ; I respected his
¦ virtues , and I felt how much he was esteemed by the people . My lords , I had no knowledge whatever , nor , indeed , could I acquire any knowledge , respecting his different marriages , or the circumstances to which the noble earl has adverted . Of course , therefore , I can in no way be prepared to state anything upon those subjects —( hear , hear ) ; and your lordships will , I am sure , excuse me for not further adverting to them , than to repeat my respect for his Royal Hihness ' s memoryand to
g , lament that any friends of his should be left in any state of difficulty . It is obvious that the marriage referred to , though a marriage in a moral point of view , in a legal and political view could be no marriage of a member of the Royal Family , and cannot be considered as such in discussing a question of this kind , either in this house or in another place , where , if the matter were discussed at all , it must , of course , be brought
under more distinct consideration . Lord BROUGHAM felt , with the noble duke , that tlie observations oi
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Masonic Chit-Chat.
the Third . Under these circumstances , he was necessarily considerably embarrassed , and these embarrassments continued for a considerable period afterwards . In 1831 , his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex married Lady Cecilia Underwood . From the peculiar circumstances ofthe marriage of his Royal Highness , it was not thought advisable to make any public declaration of that event . It was his Royal Highness ' s intention , howeversubsequent to the marriage of her Most Gracious Majestyto
, , make a public declaration of his marriage ; and if no address proceeded from either house of parliament , he ( his Royal Highness ) would have considered his marriage strictl y legal . The Duke of Sussex had , however , by the persuasion of his wife , abandoned that determination ; and he was induced to adopt that resolution in consequence of her Majesty having expressed her intention to confer upon her ( the Lady Cecilia Underwood ) the title of the Duchess of Inverness . Though the
marriage of his Royal Highness was not held valid in law , there could exist no doubt but that it was so in a moral point of view . By his Royal Highness ' s first marriage he had two children . He believed that after the sale of all his Royal Highness ' s effects , and the payment of his just debts , there would be nothing left for the maintenance of his widow and the family . He ivell knew that no proposition for a public grant of money could originate in that house , but he trusted that the
notice ivhich he had drawn to the subject , would excite attention in another place , in which a proposition for a provision for the parties in question could only be made . The DUKE OP AVELLINGTON . —My lords , the motion which I had the
honour to submit to your lordships affords your lordships an opportunity of discussing any questions connected with the subject of a provision for the Royal Family . I very much regret that the noble lord did not give notice of his intention to discuss the question which he ( Lord Fortescue ) has brought under the consideration of your lordships ' house . If the noble lord had given that notice , it would have enabled those connected with her Majesty ' s Government to have spoken with
some authority on the subject . The noble lord has only done justice to myself , and to my right lion , friend in the House of Commons , in stating that we spoke of the late illustrious Duke with the utmost respect , and that both of us entertained the sincerest admiration of the qualities , the qualifications , and the life of his late Royal Hi ghness . For my part , I always felt the greatest respect for him ; I always experienced the utmost affability and kindness from him ; I respected his
¦ virtues , and I felt how much he was esteemed by the people . My lords , I had no knowledge whatever , nor , indeed , could I acquire any knowledge , respecting his different marriages , or the circumstances to which the noble earl has adverted . Of course , therefore , I can in no way be prepared to state anything upon those subjects —( hear , hear ) ; and your lordships will , I am sure , excuse me for not further adverting to them , than to repeat my respect for his Royal Hihness ' s memoryand to
g , lament that any friends of his should be left in any state of difficulty . It is obvious that the marriage referred to , though a marriage in a moral point of view , in a legal and political view could be no marriage of a member of the Royal Family , and cannot be considered as such in discussing a question of this kind , either in this house or in another place , where , if the matter were discussed at all , it must , of course , be brought
under more distinct consideration . Lord BROUGHAM felt , with the noble duke , that tlie observations oi