St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-12

its sittIngs Tor IL time. aud of ,issolving
1t and conVoklng new one in its
place he Is the supreme head of the
State, the Church. the Army. and the
| Navy he has the power of sending
and receiving ambassadors. of declar-
ing war and making peace, of arranging
treaties, and coming money for the use
of his subjects he may refuse his as
sent to laws passed 10y the two Houses
of Parliament. but has no direct voice
i'll discussing them. speaking only thrn
his ministers.
1t should br further stated that all
the great officers of state the bishops.
Judges. &c. are appointed hN him, ol
III his name : but il is we'll known that
the selection is now left to the, ministry
VIII" make the appointments. the >"Nrr-
cign appruNln ~ Il matter of course,
. the persons recommended.
From this enumeration of the I,ct0J-
6tirr~ Ot he fyorH some "t which are
given in high sounding phrase il
would appear at first sight that the
Queen of England. il :" inclined. could
he very much of an autncrat: but the
British monarchy of the present day is
4 very limited monarchy. and many of
! the loNal pltro1ati\cs have been for Il
long time in ;rheN aIIcc superseded. in
deed. 10y the growing power of Parlia
mcnt and of the people. The queen
governs through her ministers who are
responsible to Parliament and the cOun-
try foI her political acts: and as II"
ministry can continue to carry on the
business of the nation without Il major
itl of supporters in the House of Com
mons. and ;iS this body iS elected hN
the people. il Will he seen that the min
i>trN. although HOmiHdiIy appointed hN
. the Crown. l. rirtmUIIy chosen 10y the
country. The queens political power
is therefore. very much restricted. al
though there are certain rights reserved
to her. which can he used in east of ne
cc>SitN. Should the ministry or Parli-
amcnt. for instance. attempt to inter
tcrc umwarrantahly with the royal pre-
rngativc. she can dismiss the one and
dissolve the other. On the other hand.
should the Crown and the ministry set
themselves against the people and Par
lament. the latter. 10y refusing to vote
supplies for the public service. could
compel the obnoxious ministry to re-
sign and give place to another set of
cabinet advisers. Thus Il balance of
power is preserved between the differ
rnt estates of the Realm. and the rights
of each maintained.
I In ancient fcudal times and long AT
tcrwardS. the taxes which were granted
10y Parliament were handed over to the
king. To hc expended in maintaining
his state. and tur Keeping up the mill
tary and naval services. There were
also large estates in various parts of
the country. known aS the cTOrH LIHiS.
1 which brought profits To his treasury.
pom the accession of Queen Victoria
I to the throne. she IenOunccd her life in
tcre>t in these lands; and now the ell
tire revenue of the country. arising
both from taxes and from the crown
property. j. brought into one fund. call
ed the ConSoiiddtcd Fund. under the.
control of the House of Commons. In
consideration of this act of relinuui>h-
mrnt. an allowance termed the Ciri
Last. has been app"rtionrd t" the queen
out of the Consolidated Fund. for the
support of her household and the digni-
" of her crown. This amount was
fixed ut 3-:j.OOOL I" Ice paid annually.
and appropriated aS follows: The
Queen pIivl purse. 6u.WW l.. "r $500.
900; salaries of her household and re-
nf tL.. household - 5nnI. .,nJ tL.
balance in royal bounty. pensions. etc
The sum allotted to the Queen tnr hen
rri,\ uu..,. loru. thunyh il h, !,
n,id h\ th. nation, virhruf =, m,,u,,I,
since il i we'll understood that. in re-
linuuishiuo her claim, tn th,. inr,,,,
h,Iu tL, ,.,nvr lands .L. ,r,,. -,
m,,,. Than, she. r,r,i,,s. Inn rL,. nrh,,
enormous amounts enumerated above
= large portion of which >rl\, to enrich
= u-,.Ir>, sci of ,uurticr> of hiuh hirth
~ hu held antiuuatrd lucrative >inrcurr,
with NO dutic> to rrItnrm have uiyrl
li>, lately To- a fierce pulitic.tl agitation
which will not probably b, ;IllaNtd nm.
Ill an economical change is effected il
the Ourcll'> household.
The Prince, nt Wales receives from
tI, Consolidated Fund III. .mu / annual
'k hr>id,.> the r,.>ru,Ic> of tho. buch\
OF Cornwall which :mnun to II. .uuD
i ,cai: makin" i total of 10000 l. Tn,
Princess of Wales receives from Tin,
British Treasury AN annual .llnv.ilir,
of III. .unuL. tu hr increased to :AI.UUu
in case of vi,loW hood. The r,u,aiuiu,
plinrr> ON reaching their majority an,
the p,ircr>>r> ON then marriage. nr, al
Iu,,td I,l., liberal ,ruuiti,s
Ihr politi,tI influence. of Ou,,u Vic
toni, i name yL,t,,,, Indeed sl,,
has ~ Systematically kent aInnf from al
uu.siiuu. ,f rnjiti,.,I u.,tu,,. and +,
III. ,.i,,umst.,nr, u,n,,. tI,.,u tn nm,
other, n,rlops. is due the prnr.tuIrr>.
nr her lone rciuu Her Influence hn,,
ever. =, = it,. and moth,r has h.e,
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