Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-03-29
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COST OF ROYALTY.

COST OF ROTALTY.
With a single dissenIient voice, a
dOwry Of $4,000 and a life annuity
Of $4,000 were VOTED to the Princes
Louisa OF England by a very OIsa-
quiOus House of Commons, the pODtt-
Tar opinion. outside Of that e eat pOIit-
zeal debating club, being that Queen
Victoria ought TO portion her laugh
ter and provide for her out of her
own ample wealth.
Her Majesty has always been econO-
mic, IL not mean, in the disposition of
the Immense sum annually paid to
her out of the public treasury. She
has been fortunate too, as a legatee-I
several wealthy persons having be-
queathed her large sums Of money
One Of these, MI. Neeld, Of Chippen-
ham, passing yer all his kindred,
b~equesIhed 81 ,500, 600 TO Victoria, who,
on evidence being shown that Mr..
Neeld's relations, thus overlooked and
wrOuged, were exceedingly pour mag
unanimously resolved-tO keep tine
money! In December, 1851, on the
death OF Prince Albert, his widow
heeome possessed of all his properly.
At the time of his marriage. in Feb
Fuary, 1910. this German Prince pos
sessed about $1,000 pei anuum. That
Melbourne Cabinet asked Parliament
tO vote him $250,uO0 a year for life
Unexpectedly, this amount was OBJ
ljected 20, and Parliament voted only
Sl5O,OO0 syear, very much to Queen
VictOriG's disgust However, by
giving her husband a variety of well
paid siuecure appointments, she
swelled up his income to the $3.50, 900
a year which was originally demand
| ed. He was at scarcely any expense
during the TWENTY-FIVE years OF his
married life, and must have laid by
S2UJ, 600 per annum out OF his great
income. Carefully invested, this
lsmounted az his death To- q sum eL
ceedIng I'VE millions Of dollars, all or
which became his widows property.
The exact amount is not asceItaiila-
bic, inasmueh as, to this day, his last
will aud testament has never been
proven or registered in the ususl pub
lie Office. From his death, in Deem
Der, 1861, to the present time, Queen
Victoria has avoided and evaded the
usual expenditure Of herhigh station.
The result is that from these sources,
money inherited and money saved,
the Queen of England now POSSESSES
a capital which, in the opinion OF
persons competent TO form an opinion,
must amount, a. least, TO ten million
dollars. The mere interest Of this
vast sum, at only three per cent,
which Is what money invested in the
Funds yields, is S300,000 per annum
In addition, the annual allowance
TO Queen Victoria from the public
treasury il 81 ,925, 900 yearly, and the
further allowance paid 10 various 9TH
er members OF her family is S6l5,OO0
yearly besides the use of palaces and
other national mansions aud grounds
not merely rent-free, but kept in the
finest condition of repair and o-na-
ment, besides being furnished with
right royal magnifcence every two
or thnee years. These sums make a
total Of S2,640,000 paid to royalty in
England.
Formerly there were no such pay
ments for British royalty lived on
the rental yielded by the crown lands
1t Was determined in the last century
10 pay e certain annual income 70 the
Royal family on condition that the
crown lands were surrendered to the
uatiOn. Il is cOnteBded that when
this was done, = tacit understanding
was entered into by which the ma
ton undertook to provide for all
Princes and P~rincesses OF the blood
royal who might arise, and on this
implied bargain, the annual sum of
S6l5, 900 is paid to the Queens numer-
Gus family, in addition to the $685.
OOG paid to herself.
II has been a-gued by the Times
aid other London papers apOl0gizing
for the voting Of n large dowy and u
great life annuity 4 the Princes
Louisa, that IL should have been Civ
en- to her not rs an act of generosity,
out Of the peoples money, but as a
matter of right. Had the Queen cho-
sen 10 retain the crown lands on her
accession she could have provided for
her family out of what they yield in
stead of supplicatiBg Parliamsnt-
The crown lands annually yield E377,l
600 (eQual to Sass, 600 OF cur money. J 1.
which is S655, 600 less than the Queen
and her family receive. So far, it now
is a losing bargain for the public. /
In addition, hefe is a fact which
has been slurred over BY the British
press, though very notorious. The
whole of the crown lands were not
surrendered to the nation when the
Civil List was settled, on the Access
sion Of Queen Victoria, int1837, The
Duchy of Lancaster was retained by .
her Majesty, who has received its in
come " siuee5wenIy-flve thous-
and pounds sterling in the least pro-
ductive year, but yielding more than
double that amount in 1870. With
this addition the Queens income has
risen to s435,0O0 a year, besides the
interest on her accumulated capital
Out Of this Duchy Of Lancaster in
come she could have provided for all
her children as they started in life.e x 5
cepting the Prince Of Wales, who :
gets $50 GOO q year from the public 5
and has S250.0O6 more from the rental
Of the DuehyOf Cornwall. =
The momenfary result is that one
year with another, the British public
pay $S,049, 0o0to the Royal Family OF
England in exchange fOrcrowniRnds
which yield only SI,S50, 600 q year
total, more than anything
else, IL imbuing said public with an
idea thata monaFehial form Of gOvern-
ment Hdonf psy.n Over three mil
lion dollars to support one family in
luxury and State, while in England
and Whatsoever one million human
beings ara in q state of terrible pau
perism in the workhoGsest
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