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"During the life of The Queen, His Lordship "observed, that every question of economy resolved itself into a consideration, whether "a few of the State Servants should be removed "and by such an Interference on the part of "Parliament, a saving only of about £ 6000 "a Year could have then been accomplished. "His Lordship added that He felt some "Explanation was due to the House, & to the "country, why He was now prepared to recommend "a Reduction, which He should have opposed 'at an earlier period, and Why The Windsor "Establishment should now be placed in a "narrower basis, than at the time when the "Regency was first under consideration, & "when expectations, & perhaps to speak more "properly, hopes were indulged, that His "Majesty would be Enabled at no very distant period to resume the reins of Government "He said He was ready to allow, that the "probability was even then strongly against "such a happy event, but the passage of a "series of years, during which no alleviation "had been felt, if it did not warrant despair "at least justified the House in pursueing "a different course-- [[underline]] "The object in the first Instance "had been to take care, that should His Majesty "fortunately wake from His Affliction, He "might find Himself surrounded by Those "Individuals," and "by that State," to which [[/underline]]
