In the further course of the debate, Mr. John Morley
made a very clear and reasonable demand that no abstract claim should be conceded the surrender of which might at some future time be made the equivalent for an increase in the Civil List, and in this demand he was supported by Mr. Whitbread. Sir John Gorst made a very effective reply to Mr. Morley's inconsistent position that the Crown had no further claim on Parliament at all, and yet that it would be reasonable to give £36,000 a year to extinguish a claim which did not exist; and Sir John Gorst treated Mr. Gla,dstone's assertion that any further demand for Royal grants for grandchildren, not being children of the Prince of Wales, was now outside the range of practical politics, as virtually expressing the view of the Government. If so, we hope that the Government will explicitly take up this ground, which would vastly improve their position in relation to these grants.
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