Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-03-19
Corresponds nee of n. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
GOVERNMENT PENSIONS

LoNDON Jan, I'd 1919.
The Duke Of Grafton. because he
III race HI pedigree TO The misberotten son Of that a
OahGo"ed de6auchee Charles H. receives sIO OHO an
nuaily, the four Lady Fitzclarences becarsa WiI,;
~ wa their father, and an actress their mobar nai
t-UUU annually, and the various iegmae children of
ueoge ~ have received pensions amounting at the pre
sent lime % about f00 900 sterling. The Earl IF Ah
lone because his ancestors belonged Dutch family
who followed William III, to England receives a PEN
HIT married he HERES u M s6 d bee1gss his grand
under Marlborough, G. 600 heirs of the Duke Of
schomberg, because this worthy fought al the battle
the BIynP, 62 $50 the Duke Of Marlborough, because
his great grandfather commanded at Benheim ca 900
-Granve Penn, because his ancestors colonized Penn
SyIvana- tl,UUO-C harlutte Ernst because her grand
father cane 10 England in the household of George
II, 81 l3-and the Earl of Camperdown, because his
ancestor fought at the battle Of Camperdlwn, e. 997
LordF a'knard, because he rrird egtmate daugh
ter VI " lam ~, receives flSi-the children Of Lord
lie Lle, because their father married another ilegiti-
mate daughter, fJ0O-the Dutch Prince of AIecklen-
burg. becaGs ne is tie nephew Of Q leen Charlotte,
%OUJ-ihe servants OF QIeen Charlotte because rsooth
they were servants IF Queen Charlotte, e. ,S33 Ann
Scott because her father was physician 70 George w.,
t19U-and Lord u furf because his father was George
the Fourhs Attorney General in his prosecution Of his
wife, ,zUZ Lord Ellenborough. because he resigned
certain snecure officers has pension Of IS .S44 Lord
Seymour. because he gave up the snecure flee Of Dub
lin utn-cr 81 5O Lord Melville for loss Of priv
leges If nominating the Sheriffs Clerks in Scotland
Il UOO-N !>couGt Canterbury because his father
once speaker II Tie House Of Comm n, 81 ,00O-Lady
Mary Baker because her husband private secretary
/ Of Lord CORVALLIS, fl45-tAe Earl Of Huntington,
because he poor and can't well support the dignity Of
the peerage, tIO70, sc. s.
Tie pes.ns paid to the mother, uncl5s and aunts Of
tile Queen amount ABOUT t25O.0D0 annually Those
granted comPensations for abolished snecurts-a curl
Gus idea by the way, that public offices private prop
erty. and that their abolition nfringes personal lights
amount to about R60C00 The sum annually allow
eI 70 maintain the dignity of the peeage, or, the
accrel phrase n consideration Of the circumstances
OF tile party, - IS considerable but how much
able 70 determine. Single hereditary pensions have
the treasury vast sums thus, than two million
pounds have, up To The present time been paid that
Of the Duke Of Grafton, and more than a million and a
half that of the Duke Of Marlborough. In view of he
way they do things this side of the water, your usIy
controversy in America the last Presidential election
as 10 which Of The military candidates had received
the most public provender, rather picayune af-
fair Both the generals the veriest nice when com
pared with the great military behemoth Of the old world
The utmost that you could figure against either of them
was sixty eighty thousand dollars the Duke OF
Wellington, in the shape Of regular pay, prize money
pensions, and parliamentary grants, has received
than thirteen and halt nlH Of dollars saying nothing
0fthe Immense emoumentS derived by his brothers, and
sons and nephews
Notwithstanding the official salaries of high public
functonaes what should consider extravaganza
IL large the liberal pensions granted retiring
allowances. Let three OF four instances TO Illus
trate. Lord Lyndhurs and Lord Brougham, late Lord
Chanceors, had salaries of ia 0O0 and have pen.
sons Of Is 900 Sir Thomas Erskine and Sir j. b Bos
anquet late judges the high courts had salaries Of 5000
} and have pensions Of 1900. Lord Bexey and Hon
Henry Guuaurn, as chanceurs Of exchequer had sala
res Of 5000 anu have pensions, the Of 1000 the
other Of 1900. ViscOunt Stangford and Lord Hey
tesbury ex-ambas9adors Vienna Sir R. Gordon and
Lord Beauvale tx ambassadors to St. Petersburgh and
Lord Cowey, ambassador aris, had salaries d
70 900, and have pensions varying from l4OO 70 t2lOO
Retiring allowances not always but generally grant
ed termination Of oficIa life. all grades Of the
public services.
Literary and scientific merit are not entirely oroen
the pension list yet the total of all accorded to
but sorry figure BY the side Of single
| the ducal pensions have mentioned.
Pensions granted both by Royal Patent and by Ac
Of Parliament and them, large contributions
levied upon almost every fund in its progress thu
Exchequer. complete schedule Of pension exPendI
lures has YET been presented u the public il /
known, no sever that they amount to considerably moT
than half million pounds annually.