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At a meeting of the new Imperial Parliament, which assembled on the 14th of January 1819 The Reduction of The Windsor Establishment was brought forward to close attention, & it very soon became an eager topic for early discussion-- [[underline]] Ministers desireous of beginning on good terms, with the new Parliament [[/underline]] seem'd at this time more reconciled than hitherto to adopt the hint, tho' it had not originated in a friendly quarter, but which now appeared to Them to have excited such general Interest as was not likely to be easily diverted from its course--Accordingly on the Fifth of February 1819 [[underline]] Lord Castlereagh [[/underline]] brought forwards in the House of Commons the subject of a [[underline]] proposed Reduction [[/underline]] in the Windsor Establishment, & the following are among the reported Items of his Speech on this motion--His Lordship Observed, "that with "respect to the £100.000 hitherto annually allowd "for The King's Windsor Establishment, that "would in future be reduced to £50.000 "annual Allowance, & that the saving would "be carried to The Civil List--He stated "that on this point the most anxious and "industrious Inquiries had been made & "that ministers in their deliberations had "called in the Aid of Persons the [[underline]] best qualified "to give an Opinion [[/underline]] viz the Groom of the Stole and [[underline]] The Master of Household * [[/underline]] * On the subsequent Reduction These officers The one [[underline]] the Earl of Winchelsea-- [[/underline]] The other [[underline]] Ld. Coll. Stephenson were kept [[/underline]] on the reduced Establishment. The former at a Salary of £2149. pr Anno The other at a Salary of £. 1500 pr annum & all The Lords & Grooms, of The King's Windsor Establishment were reduced.