Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-24
Rrnnhlicnni.m in Irriinin.

Sir Charles Dixie made a speech at Newcastle,
on the 9th inst, which threatens TO set all En-
gland in blaze. The criticisms Of journals of
the London Times school, or of schools any
thing like it, upon this speech are savage to
degree, and for a good reason, as will mainly
appear from the extracts which we print below.
How docs the money 90? Take a single
branch of royal tlibcrality-the royal household
Of which Sir Charles Dixie gives an account
that even an audience OF taxpayers found anus
ing:
The salaries in the royal household, which
amount TO E665,00O a year, include a vast num-
her of totally useless officials (laughter) cham
berainS, controllers, masters of ceremonies,
marshals of the household, erooms of the robes
lords-in waiting, grooms-in-wating, gentlemen
uShcrS and Il few persons who appear 10 per-
form services, bnt wh) ought to be paid for
those services as they perform them, and not be
made permanent officials with great titles
of honor-Such, for instance, as the his
tOrical painter 10 the queen portrait
painter TO the queen, and the litho
grapher in ordinary. Under the lord stew
ards department, and the department of the
master Of the horse, we have such officers AS
the coroner of the HOUSEHOLD, and the chief
equerrv and clerk marshal, and various others
whose duties are not OF very hurdCnSOme de-
scripHon (Laughter) Nothing is more sim
gular than the constitution OF the medical dc
partment. You would hardly credit the number
Of medical gentlemen who are required for the
service of the household, but am aware that
some OF them are unpaid. There are three phy-
sicianS in ordinary, three physicians extra ortli-
nary, one SergCant-surgcOn extraordinary, two
seTgCant-SurgconS, three surgeons extraordinary,
one physician of the household, one surgeon of
the household, one surgeon apOthccary, two
chemists of the establishment in ordinary, one
surgeon-OculiSt, one SurgeOn-dentlst, one dentist
in ordinary, and one other physican-or twenty
one in all, Qaughter;) while the prince ofWalcs
has for his special benefit three honorary
plV sipianS nlVSipioOS ordinary.
two surgeons in ordinary, one surgeon
extraordinary (laughter,) one chemist in Ordi-
nary, or eleven more Cloud laughtcr,) making
thirty-two doctors in one family. daughter
and applause) should he almost afraid of tir
Ing anybody who listened to me while | went
over the list of strange offices Of which the
household is made up-lOrd high almOner, sub
almoner, hereditary grand almOncr, master of
the buckhounds, clerk of the check, clerk OF the
closet, cXons in waiting, and last, but not least,
the hereditary grand faconcr, the duke Of ST.
Adams, (laughter,) who might perhaps with
advantage, if he is to letain his salary Of El500
a year, be created hereditary grand pigeon
shooter in ordinary. cloud laughter) II We
turn TO the lord stewards department, we come
at once upon mysterious board of green cloth,
as it is called, at the head of which are
the lord steward, the treasurer, the controller
of the household. and the master of
the household, with perfect army of
secretaries and clerks, and with special score
tarieS with special offices, and with special
salaries in each of those sections Of the depart
mcnt. (Laughter) In the kitchen department
we have a chief cook and four master cooks, re-
Ceving salaries of between $4,000 and S1j,OC0
year between the five, and host of conleder-
ateS, some OF whom have duties that cannot
| even guess at-such, for instance, as the two
| green Office" men. (BOaIs of lau@hter) There
| are whole departments, the duties of which
| cannot be very considerable, one would think,
OF, at all events, not conSiderabc enough TO war,