The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-10
THE DAILY DISPATCH.

THE SALARIES OF hof NO 'e'P'o'
T,m.s sives some items of the expense royalty Is
20 England. After stating that s3s5. ooo ia the
oaees's salary, of which $50 600 Ia absolutely pin
money, 1t says:
II to this we add some 10000 year enjoyed by
Prince Albert f3s coo year for the revenues of
the Duehy Of Cornwall. and fl2 0c0 ditto for the
Duchy Of Lancaster, we have q total of about
ESQ 600 which accrues yearly to the royal FAM
iIy, over and above the G325 900 to the civil list
which Ia spent in maintaining the royal esisblish>
pents. With these facts before Us nobody can
Justly complain CT the parsimony Of the British
nation But what becomes of the immense sum
last m sntoned, 1925 000 over which the Queen
had no immediate coutrol bat which Is sp nj In
maintaining her vast household Salaries play an
important part here The figures are terrific; but
we will venture upon brief summary.
First there Ia the Lord Stewart with ~ OO0
year. Under him are the Treasurer. salary 99oa;
the Comptroller of the Household 49o4; the Mas
ter Of the Household, 81 l5o; the Clerk of the
Kitchen 27OO: the Gentlemen OF the Wine and
Beer Cellars $500; aud the Ranger of Windsor
Home Park (priucs Abert) $500. Besides these
sums. the Lord Stewards department absorbs
some EOS COO in subordinate salaries and allow
ances. Stepping into another department. we an-
eo,u.er The Lord Chamberlain. with So 900 a
wear: the Vice Chamberlain, 1924 the Keeper
of ito Pdvy Purse whose business 1t chic fl Ia 10
sign cheques So ,000 the Mistress the Robes,
$500; Groom of the Robes $500; eight Ladies of
the BedchAmOer, 10Uo eco: elgot MAIDS OF H0-
nour, $500 each; eight Bedchenber Women, $500
each; eight Lords 10 Waiting, :e70a each; eight
Grooms in Waiting. 1886 EACH f,rr Gentlemen
Ushers of the Privy Chamber, 500 each; four
Gentlemen Ushers, daily walters, $50 each; four
Goooms of The Pfivy Chamber, 98s each; eight
quarterly Walters, &l00 each; ten Groous
of the Great Chamber, $40 each Master of
the Ceremonies, $780, five Pages Of the Back
Stairs, a4O0 each; six Pages of this Presence,
$50 each; eight SeEgeants.st> Arms 800 each
Theu follows the Ecclesiastical Staff of the
Household, sl236; the Sanitary establishment,
f2700: the State Band of Music. +el9l6; the Exam.
liner of Plays, e400; Bergemaster aud Waterman,
.f400; the Honorable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms,
.e5l29; the Captain and Goid Stick, $1,000; Lieu
tenant and Silver Stick. $780, Standard Bearer
aud Silver Stick $3.50; the Body Guard of Yeo-
men, 27l00; he Governor AID Constable of Wind.
sor Castle, Sll20 In the department of the Mas
ter of the Horse we find, the Master himself
.s2500; Chief Equerry, $1,000; four Equerries in
Ordinary, $3.50 each; Grown Equerry, $500; Mas.
ter of the Buckhoupds, Sl700; and Hereditary
Grand Faconer, $1,000. The portentous list does
not exhaust all the details Of expenditure in the
department of salaries, and excluding the cost OF
what is in the homely phrase. called 'liviug -
Most Of the offices above enumerated are filled by
members of the arstocracy; and the duties attach
ed to them, are, to great extent. merely nominal