Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-02-16
EVENING STAR.
The Cost Of ROYALTY

| theAO oA"t' ih buSIanu society compose
| principally OF merchants, and having its sea-
at Liverpool, called the % Financial Keforu
| Association" which makes it its business Ia
watch over the expenditures of the realm. and
| to expose every extravaganza and corruption
| in the use of the public revenues The asso
| citation proposes to attain its object of reform
| without argument or abusive attacks upon
| men or existing institutions; but simply by
| the publication of tracts, from time 10 time in
which the lavish waste of money by the Gov
| ernment is exhibited in a clear manner This
society has lately published pamphlet, with
the ironical title OF A." Tie Royal Household, a
| Model to Parliament and the Nation" in
which the enormous expenditures Of the royal
family of England are set forth, for the
thoughtful to ponder on. The Boston Journal
contains the following resume Of this pamph-
let, and 1t is beautiful picture:
From thin tract it appears that upon hex &C.
cessloh To the throne, the Queen had the
pleasure of giving her official sanction to az
act OF Parliament settling 1855, 900 year
Eearly 81 coo, ,O00-upon herself for life This
was S0O OOO more than was allowed her pre-
deceSsor, William ". At the same time the
allowance Of the Queen mother was increased
from $4,000 to $50 600. Although the
people grum6led at this extravagance, few
members OF Parliament dared to lift their
voices against it. In the House of Lords,
Lord BfCugham boldly opposed the grant at
excessive. All who spoke against the measure
were roundly abused
1hs statute which granted $4,000 900 per
annum to the Queen, with $50, 600 Dor annum
additional for home secret service" PRO-
Vided for the particular application fer the
money as follows: For her Msjesty's privy
purse, 100000 2. For salaries of her house
hold, S6Z6, ,UG0; 3 Expenses of the house
hold-that is what Paddy would cali 1.-The
best eating and drinking 600; 4 Royal
bounty aims, ar.i special services Sl6, 900; ).
Tensions TO the extent Of Sc 600; 8 Unappro-
prlated moneys, $40, 200.
Although II was stipulated in the act that
the Queen should surrender for her lifetime
the hereditary revenues which her Immediate
predecessors have been possessed of, yet, ex-
cept the duties on beer, ale and cider, there
was no REIMBURSEMENT on these hereditary
revenues, and she nov draws from the civil
list Of Ireland Scotland, the Duchy Of Ian.
caster, &c, the modest sum Of 81 ,4l5,OOO in
addition to the sum of s., ,425, 900 voted her
by Parliament. making the annual income of
D, $40 900 Besides this the Queen is heir to
all persons withOu. legsl heirs who may die
lntestate In any part Of her empire.
Another necessary expense for keeping up
the " honor and dignity" of the crown is tn,
income bestowed upon Prince Albert. the
Queens husband This was fixed BY Parlia-
ment at $50, 900 yearly, and Her Majesty has
heaped lucrative appointments which nearly
doubles the amount. And there is a further
sum of S55O, 600 for certain dukes, duchesses,
&c.
The Qoeen has also the free use OF various
palaces, which are kept in repair AT the ublic
expense. The cost ia by. means small, the ap-
preparation for 1855 for palaces, parks. gar
dens, &c, being 81, ,248, ,465. Add this to the
actual income TO the Queen and Prince Albert
and they will be found to receive as much as
80, SoS, 4S6 every year simply for personal and
domestic expenditure and hoardinys When
ever the Queen travels by land, the tolls at
the turnpikcs are remitted and the Admiralty
keep steam yacht and provide her table
when she takes an excursion upon the water
In 1S42, Sir Robert Peel announced that
Victoria had "most graciousIy'' determined
to submit her income TO the "income tax,D
but there is no record OF her having done so
whom the Secretary of the Liverpool Associs-
tlon wrote to the Treasury Department max
ing inquiries upon the subject, the reply wa
short and Sharp-Ihat 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
500, 600
We should think that such facts as these
would make the English people rather nerv-
Gus, and that they would be led to INQUIRE
whether they are not paying little too dear
for the royal whistle. 1t is said to be the last
feather that breaks the camel's back There
is rumor current in England that the Queen
is about to apply to Parliament for a mar.
riage dOwry of $3.50 900 for the Princess ROYAL,
young miss of sixteen, who is said to be en-
gaged TO the Crown Prince Of Prussia Per
haps this application, if made, may lead the
publlc to count the cost of royalty.