East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-13
THE EXPENSES OF A QUEEN.

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pursued towards her subjects since she
ascended the throne, she has secured for
herself popular position at home, and
is regarded abroad as very good sort of
woman, and for the occupant of a throne,
and the wearer of the crown of England,
comparatively harmless person. In her
own country she is treated with the
greatest consideration, and she goes about
more after the manner of private indi-
vidual than that of a aruler--entertaining
no fear, apparently Of being assassinated.
Unlike the subjects of Louis Napoleon,
the subjects of her Majesty manifest no
desire to terminate her life.
But, while Victoria appears to give
satisfaction ms Queen, the fact cannot
be concealed that her government is i'm
mensely expensive and it must puzzle
plain republicans to understand how one
little woman and her househould can
manage to spend about fre million dollars
per annum; and it also requires a little
twisting and stretching Of the imagina-
ton, and good deal of charity, to dis
cover any benevolent features in the
character of lady who can even hint at
economy, or set herself or household up
as an example for the nation, while spend
ing five million dollars annually, the col
lection of which presses almost to the
dust her taxridden and poverty-stricken
subjects. arf
The facts to which reference has been
made, regarding the expenses of the
Royal household, have been brought to
light by the "Finanoial Association or
ganized in Liverpool by a body of fmer-
chants, for the avowed purpose of expo
sing all cases Of wilful extravaganza OF
waste in the disbursements Of the public
revenue. This association has recently
issued the fourteenth number of their
tracts, entitled "The Royal Household, a
Model to Parliament and the Nation. y
From this it appears that soon after
Victoria succeeded to the crown, on the
death of her uncle William ~, Parli-
ment settled the question of the civil list
-. G., voted the amount of the annual
allowance to be paid to '"IIer Most Gra-
cious Majesty" This action of Parlia-
ment fixed they amount of f3S5,000 a
year Tor nearly s2,000,00O onhcr Maies,
ty for life. This allowance was f10, 900
a year more than had been paid to her
: uncles, and was considered as adequate
provision for tho support and dignity Of
the Crown. At the same time the allow
ance to the Queens mother was increased
from f22,00 to E80 900 per annum,
The statute by which the above named
annual allowance was voted to the Queen
with 100000 additional for "home secret
service" provided for the application Of
the money as follows: 81 'i D ! - -
Privy purse, 100000
Salaries Of household, --131 ,260
Expenses of household, 172,5O0
Royal Ro,a bounty II - - -. 1y'scC . ScC
Unappropriated, =, :, : s,O40
When the civil list was settled, there
, was sort of an understanding that the
Queen would surrender for her lifetime
the hereditary revenues which her inn
mediate predecessors had been possessed
Of, or in other words that f3S5, 900 a
year should be her entire income. This
understanding, however, has not been
complied with, and Queen Victoria's
annual income is in fact E66S,OO0 or
nearly double what even George ~ lux
D uriated upon.
In addition to the income OF the Queen
Prince Albert gets large slice of the
}, revenue. He has yearly life allowance
u of 100000, in addition to which her
Majesty has hcaped lucrative appoint.
ments upon him which more than double
d his income. The Queen has also the
life use Of a variety of palaces, the min
: utest cost of repairing and keeping up
which is paid out of the public purse.
. When the income tax was imposed j,
was announced that the Queen had de-
termined to submit her own income tc
i. this impost, but it does not appear that
this tax has ever been collected Of hel
: Majesty or her husband, and inquiries
h. made by the committee at the Treasury
Department with reference to this poin
: received an answer that, as regards poin
and politeness is equivalent to "It is nom
- of your business" No member of Par
:. liment has had courage enough to asl
~ the question in that body.
We have included, as great pecuni
: ary advantage to Queen Victoria, he
:, being lodged rent.frce in the Royal pal
on o., aces, without being colled upon as ter
{ ants usually are, to incur the cost Of re
- pairs and alterations. This may appea
to be not very considerable, but really
~ enormous. The sum voted in the est
Ter mates for Royal places, building, park
ond gardens, was E221 1856 in 1854; il
= creased to E224 ,496 in the present yea
Add to this the sum of E66S, 900, whic
us is the Queens actual income, and eco
ow 900 to Prince Albert from all source
,',u ,S- without including the annuities to IL
rs Dutchess Of Kent, Duchess of Glouceste
= Duchcs of Cambridge, Duke of Can
bridge, Princess Augusta of Cambridg
TB Princess Mary of Cambridge and Kin
'a1 aII Leopold of Belgium, making clio, ,00C
and the Queen Of England and her ho
/. band will be found to receive as much
~ much as f977 ,663 year, and oil tn
~ for wholly personal ana. domestic expc
. in in diture--and savings p ',.if ~ ss.,' =
= There are at present In the world abo
lis one hundred auditwenty-one thousar
= Mormans.---Eight-three thousand live