There was consternation among the Regent's party at the temerity of the House in thus thwarting the Royal wishes, and, of course, the recalcitrant Commons must be taught a lesson, so McMahon was appointed Keeper of the Privy Purse, and Private Secretary to the Prince Regent; and, in the caricature of "The PRIVY PURSE and POLITICAL BEGGARS" we find McMahon installed in his new position. _Sheridan_ says, "Dear, good, worthy Countryman, thou Pine Apple of Erin! consider I was burnt out,[9] not a penny in my purse, my credit very low--do--dear Mac, for the love of St. Patrick, give me a handfull." _Buckingham_: "I have not above a Hundred Thousand a year, these hard times. Pray remember the Poor!" _Temple_: "With my wife's fortune, and my own, I have not above Forty Thousand a Year. Pray remember the Poor!" _Grenville_: "I have not above Fifty Thousand a Year, a slender pittance. Pray remember the Poor!" _Mac Mahon_ replies: "Paws Off! no Blarney will do with me! I'm up to all your Gammon! and so is my dear Master. I'm cosy at last, in spite of all your speeches and paragraphs, and you may all go to the Devil, your Master!!!" [Footnote 9: At Drury Lane Theatre, destroyed on the 24th of February, 1809.] And, doubtless, he thought he was cosy, but the Commons would not stand the job, and on the 23rd of March his appointment was brought before Parliament, and the Hon. J. W. Ward asked whether it was a fact, and, if so, what salary was he to have? Mr. Perceval, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, admitted the appointment, and pointed out that Colonel Taylor had occupied the same position towards the King for many years, and the same salary that was given to that gentleman had been continued to Colonel McMahon. Mr. Whitbread pointed out that Colonel Taylor's appointment was owing to the infirmities of the King, and that previously, there had been no such post. On the 14th of April, Mr. C. W. Wynn, in the House of Commons, moved for the Production of the Appointment of Colonel McMahon to the new Office of Private Secretary to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. A very long discussion took place, and on a division, the motion was negatived by a majority of seventy-six. But the Ministry felt that the House was decidedly against them, and the appointment was not persisted in--McMahon afterwards became a pensioner on the Privy Purse.