...commenced and pertinaciously persisted in," to gross extravagance in war and peace, and above all to " the corrupt and inadequate state of the representation of the people in Parliament ". They begged the Regent to urge upon Parliament measures " for making every practicable reduction...

...magnitude of the Civil List ; of the enormous sums paid for unmerited pensions and sinecures ; and of a long course of the most lavish and improvident expenditure...money throughout every branch of the Government." We see here the very natural tendency, against which we have just now to be on our guard, to mistake...

...magnitude of the civil-list — of the enormous sums paid for unmerited pensions and sinecures, and of a long course of the most lavish and improvident expenditure...have become subservient to the will of Ministers. We cannot forbear expressing our grief and disappointment, that, notwithstanding your Royal Highness's...

...magnitude of the Civil List— of the enormous sums paid for unmerited pensions and sinecures ; and of a long course of the most lavish and improvident expenditure...representation of the people in Parliament, whereby »11 constitutional control over the servants of the crown has been lost, and Parliaments have become...

...magnitude of the civil list —of the enormous sums paid for unmerited pensions and sinecures, and of a long course of the most lavish and improvident expenditure...of the public money throughout every branch of the go »eminent; — all arising from the corrupt aid made 4u»te state of the people in parliament, whereby...