Smyrna times., 1869-03-31
Queen and President.

In this country the President is not extrava
gantly paid. He has the White House for his
ordinary residence, and also sort of rural sum-
mer-Ietreat in the suburbs of Washington.
His residence is furnished rcntfrec, and, We
believe, is lighted and coaled at the public ex-
pense. The salary is $25, 600 a year. The
British Sovereign is much better off. Queen
Victoria has not only one palace, but twenty. |
Independent of Osborne House, on the Isle of
Wight, and Balmoral Castle, in the Scottish
Highlands, she has full use of Windsor Castle, |
Buckingham Palace, st. James, KensingtOn,
Kew, Hampton Court, Whitehall, Claremount,
Frogmore, and Hyde, Greenwich, and other
royal parks, and Marlborough House. Thee
are absolutely at her disposal, rent free. In
some Of them she has allowed various OF her
relations to reside, rent and tax free Richmond
Lodge has been granted, for life, to Earl Rus
sci and all are kept in repair out of the public
purse, at an annual average cost Of $5OO,O00.
The Queen and her family receive about
$3,000,OOO per annum, besides these palaces,
from the British public Her Majesty's own
allowance is 81 ,925,O 900 a year, out OF which,
! $S62, 500 is supposed to be dishursed for the
expens of the Royal Household, 500, 900 is
set down for royal bounty, aims, and special
services; and $3O0,0OO for Victoria privy
purse, or mere personal expenditure. But,
contrary to an agreement made at the Revolu-
!
and the House of Commons on the other,
whereby the SOvcrcign's hereditary revenue
was surrendered on condition of large fixed
Civil List being settled onthe Sovereign, at the
beginning Of each reign, Queen Victoria con-
tinues to receive an additional twenty five thou
sand pounds sterling per annum ($l25,0 ,000)
from the Duchy of Lancaster, whereby her own
personal income Is swclled up to s i9l 900 pei
annum, of which, since her husbands death,
seven years ago, she cannot, in any year, have
spent Onc-siyth. Taking these savings at So
$50, 900, considering that Prime Albert beqeath-
ed her $4,000, 900, which he had saved out OF
about $356, 600 Il year he had received between
his marriage in February, 1910, and his death
in December, 1861 and counting in $l,7j0,
900 bequeathed to her by rich man NAMED
Necld, who passed over all his own relations
Queen Victoria reserve fund, against rainy
day is about S9,4l0, ,0D0- to say nothing of it
certain annual increase for judici0us investments
If the Revolution, which, it is said is perpetu
ally in her anticipation, should ever take place
| her Majesty has a golden nest-cgg, at al
events, which will enable her to live rcspecta
bly, as private individual. She may hav
f such an anticipation, but very few Of her sub
} jectS even think Of it as probable. There is
4 revolution now in progress, commenced by Mr.
Disracli creating household suffrage but i
does not contemplate the abolition Of the mon
aruhy in England As it stands, the Sovercig
} is SO tied up that he can do !ittle harm. Blu
whenever, on Nictoria's demise or abdication
new Civil List is to be settled on her success
sor by Parliament, it will probably not amoun
: to 0ne-half of what is now paid under that head
Even then, there will be vast difference be
: tween $l.0o0.000 annual allowance to tn
, British Sovereign and $2j, 900 to the America
o President.