The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-11-05
The Cost of ROYALTY.

Inc COST OF RoyaI1Cy.
We find the following in reference to
the expenses and support of royalty, in
a late Rumber of tue Boston Journal.
1t is a beautiful picture.
There exists in Liverpool, England, a
society of merchants called the Finan-
cial Reform Association, who make it
their business to watch the expenditures
of the realm of Great Britain, and to
note and expose extravaganza or COR
ruption in the use of the public reve-
nue.. The association has from time to
time published tracts in which the Law
ish waste of money by government has
been shown up and re~trenchment and
reform loudly called for. The Society
has recently issued a pamphlet With the
~ironical title of "The Royal Household,
a Model to Parliament and the Nation"
in which the enormous expenses of the
Royal family of England is set down for
the thoughtful to ponder on. From this
tract it appears that upon her accession
to the throne, the Queen had the pleas
ure of giving her official sanction to an
act of Parliament settling G365, 600 a
year-nearly So, ZOO, OOO-upon herself
fer life. This was $4,000 more than
was allowed her predecessor, William
~. At the same time the allowance
Of the Queen's mother was Increased
from SI1O. coo to $3.50 900. Although
the people ~grumbled at this cxtrava-
gance, few members of Parliament dared
to lift their voices against it. In the
House of Lords, Lord Brougham bold
Iy opposed the grant as excessive. All
who spoke against the measure were
roundly abused.
The statute which granted So, 100000
per annum to the Queen, with $4,000
per annum additional 'for home secret
SERVICE" provided for the particular ap-
plication of the money as follows L.
For Her Msjesty's privy purse, $780,
600; 2. For salaries of her household,
S626,000; 3. Expenses of the house
held-that is what Paddy would call
'she best eating and driuking."-SS62,
500; A. Royal bounty aims, and special
seavices, $4,000; 5. Pensions to the
extent of $1,000; 6 Unappropriated
moneys, S50,200. Although it was
stipulated in the act that the Queen
should surrender for her lifetime the
hereditary venue which her immedi-
ate predecessors have been possessed of,
yet except the duties on beer, ale and
cider, there was REIMBURSEMENT OF the
hereditary revenues, aud she now draws
from the civil list of Ireland, Scotland,
the Duchy of Lancaster, etc, the mod
est sum of Sl,4I6,0 900 in addition to the
sum of 2,425, 900 voted her by ParIia-
ment, making the annual income of S.
100000! Besides this the Queen is
heir to all persons without legal heirs
who may die iutestate in aay part of
her empire.
Another necessary expense for keep
irg up the 'honor and dignity" of the
crown is the income bestowed upon
Prince Albert, the Queen's husband.
This was fixed By Parliament at $780,,
coo yearly, and Her Majesty has heap
ed lucrative appointments which nearly
double the amount And there is a
further sum of S550,O0O for certain
dukes, duchesses, etc.
The Queen also has the free use of
various palaces, which are kept in re-
pair at the public expense. The cost is
by no means small, the appropriation
for 1856 for palaces, parks, gardens Sc,
being Si,248,465. Add this to the
actual income Of the Queen and Prince
Albert, and they will be found 10 re-
ceive as much as S5,Ss9. 400 every year
simply for personal aud domestic expeu.
diture and hoardjngs. Whenever the
Queen travels by land, the tolls at the
turnpike are RENTED, and the Admiral
ty keep a steam yacht aud provide her
table when she takes an excursion upon
the water.
In I642 Sir Robert Peel announced
that Victoria had ''most graciously" de-
ternlined to submit her income to the
income tax" but there is no record of
her having done so; when the Seereta-
ry of the Liverpool Association wrote to
the Treasury Department making iDqui-
ries upon the subject, the reply was
short and ~sharp-that they did not an
swer such questions, and that such in
formation was to be obtained only thro'
Parliament. The sum which the Queen
would have had to pay during the re-
cent war would have been $500, 600.
We should think that such facts as
these would make the English people
rather nervous and that they are not
paying a little too dear for the royal
1t is said to be the last feath-
err that breaks the camel's back. There
is a rumor current in England that the
Queen is about to apply to Parliament
for a marriage dowry Of S350,Go0 for
the Princess Royal, a young miss of
who is said to be engaged to the
Grown Prince of Prussia. Perhaps the
application, if made, may lead the pub
ic to eount the cost Of royalty.