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Vansittart, right hon. Nicholas, M. P. for Harwich;
brother-in-law to lord Auckland; a barrister
at law; a privy counsellor in Ireland and
England; vice-president of the British and
Foreign Bible Society, &c. &c.

chancellor of the exchequer.. £2600
lord of the treasury

1600

commis. for the affairs of India 1500 – under-treasurer of the excheq.

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Every body knows that Nicholas Vansittart, late clerk of quarter session, is the paragon of piety, humanity, wit, eloquence, and financial genius.

Vaughan, Charles, sec. of embassy, Madrid

J. attorney-gen. to the queen

Veitch, H. commiss. of customs, Scotland

keeper, Scotland

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William, nacer of exchequer, and door

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Henry, consul-general, Madeira

Vere, W. H. suppressed dep. commissary
Verney, hon. H. groom of the bed-chamber
Vernon, Charles...

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Levison, gentleman pensioner....

general Charles

Caroline, maid of honour, •

sir C. and C. Fleetwood, usher of the ex

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chequer
Villiers, right hon. John Charles, chief justice in
Eyre, north of Trent, sinecure

hon. Geo. pay-master of marines £2800
-groom of the bed-cham.

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Brothers to earl Clarendon, peer, who returns a member for Wootton Basset,

Vivian, and T. W. Carr, barristers at law, solicitors

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Wallace, right hon. Thomas, commiss. for affairs of

India

Waller, Robert, Oct. 1801

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Richard, solicitor for the revenue in the port department, Ireland

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Walpole, lord, commiss. for the affairs of India
Thomas, late foreign minister, 1797 (pl)

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Walroud, Robert, ditto, 1805................
Walsh, T. T. chief dep, to compt. of customs
Walsingham, lord, compt. of first fruits....£ 150 Į

pension

Walton, John, late consul at Venice

2000

J. dep. provost-marshal Barbadoes
Ward, M. late secretary of legation Lisbon....
E. M. secretary of legation at Tuscany
Robert, M. P. for lord Lonsdale, clerk of the
ordnance

A barrister at law, and brother-in-law to lord Mulgrave. His
wife has a pension of £1000, dated 1806, and to commence
whenever her husband ceased to be one of the under secre-
taries of state, or to hold any other employment under govern-
ment of equal value.
Wardlow, Elizabeth, for her four children..... • ($)
Warren, sir John Borlase, late foreign minister
Warrender, sir G. lord of the admiralty

The first lord of the admiralty has a salary of £3000 per annum, and the other six lords £1000 each; all of them, except the youngest, has a house in the admiralty. During the war, the number of men in the service of the navy was 120,000, and the number of ships in commission about 1200; the number of men now in the service is 19,000, and the number of ships in commission, including frigates, about 137. Owing to this great decrease in the business of the navy, it was thought this session, that the services of two or three or half a dozen of the lords might be spared, and an attempt was made to reduce the number, but in vain. Ministers would as soon grant the elective franchise to the people, as surrender any important part of their patronage: they know well, that the continuance of their system depends as much on keeping up the latter, as in withholding the former.

Warrender, H. dep. keeper of the signet
Watkins, John

Watson, Mrs.

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Wife of the celebrated sir Brook Watson, lord mayor in 1797, chairman of the famous humbug meeting at the Mansion House, previous to the Bank stoppage.

Places, Pensions, Grants, Sinecures, and Emoluments.

Wedderburne, James, esq.solicitor-general, justiciary

court..

The principal officers of the court of justiciary are, the lord justice-general, £2000; lord justice-clerk, £2000; five lord commissioners, £600 each.

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Wellesley, right hon. sir Henry, ambassador, Madrid 10,603 0 0 marquis, joint remembrancer of the court of exchequer, Ireland, with his nephew, W. W. Pole

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-hon. Gerard Valencian, nephew of marquis Wellesley, rector of Chelsea, and vicar of West Ham Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, duke of, marquis of Douro; prince of Waterloo; a field marshal; colonel of the royal regiment of horse-guards and 33d regiment of foot; master-general of the ordnance; K.G.- GCB, KGF. KSTF. KMT. KCR. DCL. &c. &c. &c.

It is impossible to give a correct estimate of the income of the duke of Wellington; before he was appointed master-general of the ordnance, it was calculated at £30,000. Independent of this income, by two parliamentary grants, £400,000 have been appropriated to the purchase of a mansion and estate for his grace; and the foreign gifts are supposed to be of an equal amount. The duke is brother to the marquis Wellesley, and uncle to the other Wellesleys we have mentioned.

In no country in Europe as in England, nor perhaps in history, are such extraordinary instances to be found of the sudden acquisition of prodigious wealth by particular families. Within the last thirty years the Grenville, the Scott, the Wellesley, the Arden, the Dundas, the Manners, and the Seymour families, must have absorbed each at least one million and a half, or two millions of the public money. The wealth accumulated by these families forms some set-off against two millions of paupers and 800 millions of debt. Public services ought to be amply and freely rewarded; but the warmest admirer of the duke of Wellington can hardly deny, that if his military achievements have been great, his rewards have been still greater. Comparisons, it is said; are odious; but will it be contended, that the victories of Wellington so far transcend those of Nelson, as to entitle him to such a far greater reward? Sir Philip Francis opposed the grant of £5000 to the heirs of the hero of Trafalgar, on the ground of public poverty, and he was applauded by every considerate man in the kingdom. The victories of Talavera, Salamanca, and Waterloo, are not more brilliant than those of Blenheim, Ramillies, and Malplaquet: yet the house of commons of that day refused a grant of £5000, at the request of queen Anne, to the duke of Marlbo rough; but the house of commons of this day only refuses reform and retrenchment--never to vote away the properties and liberties of the people.

West, Benjamin, esq. surveyor of pictures

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Places, Pensions, Grants, Sinecures, and Emoluments.

Westerans, H. seneschal of his majesty's manors, (i)
Westmeath, earl and countess of, auditor of imprest

accounts

earl, clerk of the hanaper
earl, and his countess, annuity
out of the consolidated fund, to the

survivor

£2500

£300

960

4460

...1000

Westrop, Palms, captain of marines, for meritorious

conduct

The reader must have remarked how few instances occur of rewards for meritorious conduct, and, when they do occur, how trifling the reward!

Wharton, Thomas, commiss. of excise, Scotland •
Whinwright, John, superannuated captain of the

navy

Whishaw, commiss. for auditing public accounts.
White, Joseph, late solicitor...

Whitford, Caleb, pension

Whitworth, Charles Whitword, earl of, late lord

lieutenant of Ireland; pension as ambassador
to the French Republic

100

800 0

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2300 0

Wickham, William, esq. late chargé d'affaires at
Berne, Feb. 1804

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Wiggott, W. clerk, navy-office, 1806

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Wilkes, William, attorney in exchequer

Williams, William, prothonotary, and clerk of the crown, in the counties of Glamorgan, Breck

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To take effect on the death of Elizabeth Bridget Fox, widow of Charles James Fox, and to continue during his majesty's pleasure.

5000

Places, Pensions, Grunts, Sinecures, and Emoluments.

Wills, James
Wilmort, W. H. clerk of the patents, court of chan-
cery

Sarah Anne, to commence on the death of
her husband, Sept. 1797..

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Wilson, John, commissioner for auditing West India

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Winchester, Charles Paulet, marquis of, groom of the stole......

The groom of the stole has the care of the King's bed-chamber.

Windsor, New, church and poor ...

Winstanley, T. N. Dublin, herald at arms......(i)
Wirtemburg, princess of

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Wise, Frederick, consul-general at Sweden..

Wishart, Ann

Wodehouse, Philip, prebendary of Norwich
Wolfe, hon. Mary Ann...

Wood, sir George, baron of the exchequer.
R. R. naval officer, Granada...

Samuel, gentleman pensioner.

Woodcock, Henry, and others, in trust for Mar

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hon. C. W. secretary and clerk of the enrolments, Jamaica.......

Brothers to the earl of Egremont. The patent of these offices is dated 4th May, 1763. They are supposed to be worth £20,000; but taking them only at the sum put down, £4670, the Wyndhams must have drawn from these three offices, of which

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