East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-07-05
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The PaH Nal Gazette has an article
upon this subject, in which it says that
a young nobleman, beginning lifs
upon fortune of 100000 a year
would in reality find himself in a
much easier position as tomoney mat
.ers thar. the Prince of. Wales with
his income of 100000. The noble
man would enjoy at starting all the
advantages consequent upon inheriting
an estate handed down from wealthy
ancestors-houses in town and coun-
try, equipages, jewels &e.--whilethe
Prince has entered ltftn life under
very different conditionsi-- Il s'brsa
"on coming of age continues the
GAZETTE "his Royal 1Iighness found
himself at once in a position which
called for an immediate and enormous
outlay of ready money, Outfits he
had none of any kind-not even q
furnished house or country residence.
lie had everything to buy and to pay
for. Jewellery, plate, furniture, equip.
ages, were all to be provided, and
provided on a scale and Of a quality
becoming the prominence of his social
position. His Royal Highness had
even to purchase a country residence,
or rather the estate of Sandringham
was purchased of the Premier's step
son by his trustees, and remarkably
bad purchase it has proved to be-
Pensions to persons who had been
connected with him during his infancy
and boyhood were also imposed upon
him to a considerable amount, and in
manner against which he could not
demonstrate. His Royal Highness's
household is necessarily the most ex-
pensive household in the country, save
one. lie, has to salary, for purposes
of dignity and state, number OF
noblemen and gentlemen, " no praeti-
cally leave the real work Of his estab-
lishment to be done by confidential
servants, also paid by the Prince.
The charitable claims and subscription
lists crowd in upon him IN a manner
and on scale happily unknown to
private individuals, And finally, the
deplorable state Of seclusjon in which
his royal mother, our Queen, still de-
lights to live inevitably throws upon
his Royal Highness representative and
social duties which cannot be suitably
discharged without a heavy addition
to his annual outlay. The English Of
the nineteenth century are far happier
in their Prince of Wales than the
Englishmen of the eighteenth century
were. Our present prince has as yet
sown no wild oats at all 4; his public
and his private life are honorable to
himself, and to the nation. over which
he viii ultimately reign. He enjoys
and deservedly enjoys, every mans
good word the duties of his position,
irksome as many of them are, he
fulfls diligently and with an admira-
bic good humor and courtesy, and
there appears every probability that
he will continue to emulate worthily
the domestic virtues and the great
public qualities of his royal parents
When we think on what his Roya'
Highness is, and turning back few
"a very few-pages of English his
tory, think on what he might have
been, we feel that we are indeed for
tunate, and that we are not sufficiently
alive to our good fortune. Surely il
would be well were Parliament with
a wise and president liberality, to an.
tioip~t~ Al. ~aasnnnble proposal which
the O,ot tells us Lord PaImerston
meant to make, but did not make
and were the country to place hi'
Royal Highness in financial position
a.vrv suited to his unquestionablt
deserts, his exalted rank, and to the
innumerable and inevitable calls tina
are daily and hourly made up on hi'
too limited resources. Should his
Royal Highness be tempted to allow
his expenditure to exceed his income
nothing will be more difficult for hin
than to retrench, nothing will be more
easy for him than to run into debt
and nothing more certain. than thai
the Treasury will have to pay hi,
debts"
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