Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-11-07


the grant as excessive. All who spoke
against the measure wcro roundly a.
buscd.
The statute which granted $4,000, 900
per annum to the Queen. with $50, 900
per annum additional ''for home secret
service provided for the particular APP
plication Of the money as follows: l..
For Her Majcsty's privy purse, $780,
600; 2. For salaries of her household,
1926, 900; 3. Expenses of the house
hold-that is what Paddy would call
'tha best eating and drinking" $780,
500 4. Royal bounty aims, and special
services, SIG, 900; 5. Pensions to the
extent of $4,000; 6. Unappropriatcd
moneys, $40, 200. Although it was
stipulated in tho act that the Queen
should surrender for her lifetime the
hereditary revenues which her immediate
predecessors have been possessed of, yet
except the duties on beer, ale and cider,
there was no REIMBURSEMENT on these
hereditary revenues, and she now draws
from the civil list of Ireland, Scotland,
the Duchy of Lancaster, etc., the modest
sum of Slab 900 in addition to the
sum of 81, 600, 900 voted her by Par
Lament, making the annual income Of
| $3,415,000. Besides this, the Queen
is heir to al. persons without legal heirs
who may die intestate in any part of her
empire.
Another necessary expense for keep
ing up the "honor and dignity of the
crown is the income bestowed upon
Prince Albert, the Queens husband, -
This was fixed by Parliament at $3.50,
600 yearly, and Her Majesty has hcaped
lucrative appointments which nearly
doubles the amount. And there is O
further sum of $550,000 for certain
dukes, duchesses, etc Il
The Queen also , '.''N
l,,a,e,s ,,alo 5'siAs the free use Of
t.aous ,oaao9ss. which are kent in re-
PAR at the public expense. Tie cost is
by means small, the appropriation for
1891 for palaces, parks gardens, &C.,
being 81 BAT ,465. Add this TO the
actual income Of the Queen and Prince
Albert, and they will be found to receive
as much as IS, 9ss, 466 every year,
simply for personal and domestic expen-
diture and hoardings Whenever the
Queen travels by land, the tolls at tho
turnpikes are rcmitted, and the Admi-
rality keep steam yacht and provide
her table when she takes an excursion
upon the water.
In 1912, Sir Robert Peel announced
that Victoria had "most graciously" de-
termined to submit her income 10 the
income tax" but there is no record of
her having done SO; when the Secretary
of the Liverpool Association wrote to the
Treasury Department making inquiries
upon the subject, the reply was short
and sharp--that they did not answer such
questions, and that such information was
to be obtained only through Parliament.
The sum which the Queen would have
had to pay during the recent war would
have been 5000, 900.
We should think that such facts as
these would make the English people
rather nervous, and that they would be
led to enquire whether they are not pay
ing little too dear for the royal whistle.
1t is said to be the last feather that
breaks tho camel's back. There is a
rumor current in England that the Queen
is about to apply to Parliament for q
marriage dowry of $350,000 for the
Princess Royal, young miss Of sixteen,
who is said to be engaged to the crown
prince of Prussia. Perhaps this appli-
cation, il made, may lead the public to
count the cost Of royalty.