New-York tribune., 1871-11-21
THE COST OF A QUEEN.

SPEECH or SIR CHARLES dixie ON TIE ABUSES
AND CORRUPTIONs OF THE BRITISH MONAR-
CUY-ENORMOUs EXPENDITURES FOR TIE
QUEENS HOUsEHOLD-THEIR INFLUENCE ON
BRITISH REPUBLICANIsM.
lrROM TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THF TRiB"SEI
LONDON, Nov. .. One Of the most savage
criticisms published In English paper APPEALS In
a leading Journal this morning. The subject of IT is
member Of Parliament and the occasion OF II Ia speech
made by that member this week at Newcastle. His
,onpuagc Il represented marked by a rcckcs.ncss
bordering on crminality. II shows neither common
sense nor statesmanshp. II discusses points 'hnnrhty
inproper 10 handled before assembly Of working
men, IL t. characterized by rhetorical artices wholly
unworthy ~ any man in the position u which the
sneaker lays claim; and Especially ndrfrn-ibe because
the personage cruelty ranced In this speech Is inca
p,citotcd by her exalted rank, from noticing vulgar
reflections upon her conduct" may remark, that "
she IT, there always TO he flunkcy OF two ready
n do II for her Our critic to protest IN the
name Of common dceEcy against the outrageous state
mani. he has discovered. The orators desci p'ions are
co,rse they are unwarrantabr; they are scurIilon"
This speech il shameful cbuliiti0n ana its author ls
Republican demagogue
Now. when The lines gets angry enough 10 u7e s'ch
hard words IA these one but infer that somebody
must have said something unusually go0d Ihe some
body in this case s Sir Charles Dixie and his speech Ia
r,,.t effective and skIfnl statement Of some OF mo
abuses and corruptions attaching to the monarchy TO
be sure II comes at most inconvenicnt time for the
thick and thin parsanso of royalty With Tammany ana
Erie fcr texts they have been dating Oh thc Ills OF
Republic, and pointing out TO seii-compac'nC bi''nS
how free Is this pure and almost parsm"houS "o'ern
mcnt from such prOgae waste of public money as la"
b,coc the rule in America And Sir Charles Dixie must
choose this tonOt assert merely bt-pro"
that Royalty costs the British taxpayer at least sVooo
a year. and that something like four-flths OF tins enor
mous sum is either s,iaiIdcrcd orr had almost said
stolen, but will quote sir Charles pixies exact words
What he alleges is that there has been diversion OF
public moneys almost amounting to a inalVersaton.
And the person whom he charges with this misuse OF
public money is the Queen. His language Is neVerthe
respectful enough the Queen personally ana ne Is
careful to that this charge rests not upon absolute
proof, but only upon very strong suspclOn
some Of the figures although they do not approah in
ma gnudc those vast sums with which Tweed and Fisk
have famiarlzcd the American mind may nevertheless
interest you They may even supply hints to future le
publican pccuatOrs, for there some things III which
we still be content to take lessons from the decay
Ing inst tons OF our fOrefathers To begin with the
allotted to the royal privy purse and royal
household is S6OO Plus sj 900 for the royal bounty
ard royal aims, making first total OF N,925OO There
IL idea that this represents the total expenditure Tor
royalty Sir Charles proceeds to show how lar short h5
+, of the whole truth To it must be added s65500 for
annues the royal family like those of the Princess
Louise and Prince Arthur lately voted the incomes OF
the Ducby OF Lancaster 3lG0o0, and of Cornwall s3Oo
the interest on lump sums given to members ot tho
family still living. about s5Oi'o; in ALL Sl0j,0O Then
stenmpackcts mot yachts. but those specially
chartered when Prince the channels insignia;
presents those given by Prince Alfred In Australia, Tor
instance pensions to royal servaus park-rangershps
s35eO military and naval pay to various members OF
the family. slODOOO palaces, in which the Queen VIII
live, and of which the annual expenses are H3V"
Windsor Park. for game and game keepers *6OOOG swell
ing total thus far to s353JOp. Next. the guards
nvtIlaU lpf
good for nothing else than show. Their cost over and
above that Of the number Of useful line regiments
+ estimated at s5O00co and they exempted from the
opcraton Of the system 80 that the queens pages
OF may still obtain commissions without e&anna-
ton You will hardly guess what the next great tc' s
Nothing than the cost Of the royal yachts, ana the
yearly expenditure upon these toy-v"ascls reaches the
Incredible sum OF s5O000 and probably largely exceeds
it, Yet when members OF this economical family want to
cross The channel they have to hire special boat as we
have Just The royal yachts perhaps too ornaIno
tai for use may Judge from the fact that able
bodied l. maintained throughout the year TO paint
the lion aud unicorn the v' yachts Adding all those
the alle-boded seaman Included, we have $46JO.OO
year. aud allowing for underestmat's AMI omissions
Sir Charles puts the positive AMI direct cost Of royalty at
the SUN first named about s5.OOO,ooO year.
How does the money got Take a single branch of
royal hralit the royal household of which Charles
Dixie gives an account that even an audience of tax
payers found amusing:
The salaries In the royal household which amount to
S3'UH year. inrndr vast hni1nrr of totay Useless
Officials iianTaci ne 1n,roiss Ma'trs @ on
Hreh"S; .a"I ,i Sitg o ~. lou uuT, [oS ~ eu
i.opeH, iort,-'H-N 'rVoihS-
usnrs, ana lo" ptr'ohs us WiI & aar 20 m ,Sa
wees put VINO ouShC 10 p' Pii oi IDS w ~ ,e WY
perform ei ana not De inl pernanent 0GyIs,s Win
great niles 0f h"hor-SncD or Instance. us tr Ntorch
Fainter u the Queen PORTRAIT aler 10 Ihe queen anu
iho LiiAoeiapheI ~ ordinary NHu:r inc !.ra SeeHarHS
par Inc NJ, ana tar .ii ~, ~ % tc DiSe & U ,c
ii%i". W. NV nav Sui 0unrS a. , VI o'I T., nnJ
hoit anu tic oh,ci E"cIt; "n S'Vnn 'is yru @
various ot!'is "noS u"'''fI uiJ nI' W.;,y 'iy
nlraeHu , lnIuS,"' ~, hc nnaoa