The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-01
ROYAL REVENUES.
Incom. Of tho Royal Family o, Euslan

Des very Nealtny. one mas from tournament
a grant Of 1856, 900 a year, and the palaces,
save those which are her private property.
are also kept up at the public expense. Dur
ing the lifetime of the Prince Consort, whose
allowance was 100000 a year, when the court
entertained a great deal, the departments of
the lord stewart, lord chamberlain, and mas
ters Of the horse, no doubt exhausted the
sums appropriated to them, but. of late years,
since the habits of the Queen have become
so extremely retired, It is believed that
nothing like the same expenses have been
incurred, and that large savings have been
effected. The Queen also derives an income
from another source. About fifteen years
ago an eccentric old gentleman named Neale,
who HAD no relatives with any claim on him,
left her 800, 600.
On her accession to The throne the Queen
did not inherit a sixpense. On the contrary,
her only inheritance was the heavy debt left
10y her father, whose life was one long career
of almost hopeless il-fortune and embarrass-
ment. These debts tue Queen fully liqui-
dated. Although her civil list is less than
that of her grandfather inc uncles, she has
always been noted as q prompt payer. and
has besides managed to purchase the very
valuable properties of Osborne and Balmoral.
Moreover, she has never, like her pre7o-
cessoTs, asked for extra money to entertain
foreign potentates; and although it is true
that OF late years such personages
have been the guests Of Mr.. Claridge,
the fashionable hotel-keeper, rather
than those of his sovereign, this
was not the case in the earlier and happy DAYS
of her reign, as those who saw the Ascot
races on the memorable occasion when the
Gar Nicholas assisted at them will testify.
Again, while George the Third received par
liamentary grants, amounting to many thou
sands O year, for his younger sons expenses
almost from their infancy, Queen Victoria
asked for nothing until her sons were men.
and still defrays all Primo Arthur's expenses.
Yet the British public complains, though not
by any means angrily or loudly, that not
enough of the large SUD given for represent
tatiye functions is spent upon them.
There is no doubt that an undue share of
the expenses of entertainment fell upon the
Prince of Wales, who is counted in England
a poor man for his position. He receives
about 10000 from the Duchy Of Cornwall,
which, until his father took the property in
hand, was a sink of iobbery and corruption.
Everybody connected with the estate had re-
9arded it as food for plumber, and its reve-
nues had fallen to about half what they are at
present. The Prince further receives by Par
liamenthry grant G40.0 900 a year, and the
Princess has G10, 600. Marlborough House,
which is Grown property, is kept up at the
public expense. 1t is o large out not conve-
nient edihce, Of red brick, with scarcely a fine
AOOAA IA ~ 14OLh viz N4bAS Vi hOl ANbhil -
death until her own, this abode was the
heme of Adelaide. the excellent queen dowa-
ger. but she died at Stanmore Priory, a few
miles from London, a residence famous in
the earlier part of the century, as the readers
of Lady Morgan's memoirs will re collect,
as the seat of the Marquis of Abercorn.
Marlborough House was built by the
great Duke, who no doubt selected the
site for it's convenient proximity to st.
James Palace, and the facility which it
offered for back-stairs communication be-
tween Mrs. Morley and Mrs. Freeman, as
the duchess and queen delighted to dub
themselves.
Sandringham was bought out of the funds
accumulated from the duchy of Cornwall
during the princes minority, and there are
those who aver that the prince paid a great
deal too much for his purchase, and that ''the
whole thing was a job The property be-
longed to the honorable Spencer Cowper, son
of the late Viscountess Palmerston. His wife,
Lady Harriet, a daughter of Lord Blessing
ton, first married the celebrated Count dor
say, and was, if report be true, sadly sinned
against. When the Prince first married there
we're oil sorts of stories afoat as to how it
had been done How old carriages smartly
vamped up had been palmed off upon his
comptroller as new, etc. PROFESSIONALLY he
needs a sharp administrative head about him,
for royalty is considered by many trades
people in England fair game for preposterous
charges.
About five years ago it was stated that the
princes allowance was inadequate for the
support Of his dignity, and press and people
we're unanimous as to the propriety of put
ting his income upon q level at least with that
of q frst-class nobleman's fortune. How
ever, no measure with this view was brought
forward in the House OF Commons, for it is
said that the Government received a hint
that if this were done, although no objection
would be urged to a further grant TO the
prince. unpleasant reflections would be
offered in reference to the Queens non
expenditure. Indeed. it has been generally
felt since, that if her Majesty does not main
tain royal splendor and hospitality she should
assist her son to do so, and the we'll informed
deny that she has done So. There are now ru-
mora that the prince will receive an Access
sion to his income.
A large revenue is derived from the crown
lands, and its increase has kept pace with the
eYer-increasing value OF real estate. At the
accession of the house of Hanover, the sove-
reign agreed to give up the revenues accruing
from crown lands, and to accept in lieu
thereof a fixed income. If tomorrow Parlia-
ment said, "We withdraw you civil lists,
and you may do your best with the crown
lands" the English royal family would still
find itself uncommonly well provided for. II
was computed lately that the New Forest
alone would, if cut up into lots, sell for an
enormou sum, whereas it now brings in
scarcely anything. And the crown owns in
London the very cream of real estate-the
site Of the clubs, Carlton, Terrace, Stafford
Honse, etc. A great many Englishmen are
not in the least aware of these facts.