The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-16
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Saturday Morning, August l6, 1873.
Cost of Monarchy

verned by King is costly one. It
has its pomp and circumstance, its court
equipage. its ribbons, its orders. cham
berlains and supefnumeraries innumera-
BILE, all Of which, on occasions, dazzle
the populace. who but dim!y apprehend
whence all the money comes to sustain
the show. II monarchy exist OF all, and
its incumbenta are, by position and ira
dition, excluded from the ordinary
sources Of private gain, they may very
reasonably urge the plea that they
should be supported in such wise as to
coraport with the dignity of the nation
over whose destinies they preside, and
that they should rot, at least, be placed
at disadvantage when compared with
the woalthier OF their subjects. Most of
the sovereigns Of Europe have civil lists
enormously large, aud not few of them
possess private estates other than those
in which they own life interest, but
which belong to the nation. The civil
list of Great Britain is now less than
formerly, though still large enough. In
1777, when England was comparatively
poor. the civil list of George III was
$500, 900, besides The income from the
hereditary possessions Of tue Crown.
But then tho salaries OF judges and en-
bassadors was paid out of it. In 1880,
the civil list wac reduced to $4,000,
and relieved Of these burdens. On the
accession Of Vioto ria, the extra revenues
of the Grown became part of the consoli-
dated fund, and nm annual OWL list of
9395, 900 was voted. OF this, the Lords
OF the Treasury are directed to pay
96O,00O into her Majesty's privy purse,
9231, ,260 is set apart for salaries Of the
royal household, Ell, 26O for retiring al
!owanoes and pensions, and eI2, 200 for
royal bounty. The Prince OF Wales has
an annuity Of 100000, besides net re-
venue from the royalty on tin mines in
Cornwall, amounting to EOS, 600 per an
mum. The allowance of the Duke OF
Edinburgh is increased from ELS, 900 to
925. 900. in prospect of his marriage.
The dover OF his bride is to be I, ZOO, 600
roubles. Prince Arthur gets $4,000 a
year; the Princess Imperial of Prussia,
$4,000; Louis OF Hesse, $4,000; Chris
tian, of Sohleswig- -Holstein. 96,OOO;
Marchioness Of Lorne.. e6. 600; Duchess
of Cambridge, $4,000; Princess Teck,
$4,000; and the Duke of Cam
bridge, Oommander.in- Chief, s12. 600.
It is not generally known that the Queen
has large private estate. Balmoral
and Osborne. in the Isle of Wight. she
holds in fee simple, the two castles.
with their estates, being worth not less
than G500, 1000. Besides this, she had q
fortune OF s50O, 900 bequeathed to her.
August 80, 1862, by John Camden
Neild, bachelor miser, who inherited
e25O,000 in 1914, besides landed estates
in Buokinghamshire, from his father.
James Neild, the father, was born in
1744, made his fortune by honest indus
try, and left it to his Bon, little thinking
it would ever go to swell the private
fortunes OF his sovereign. The Queen
accepted the bequest, after making
handsome provision for the house. keeper
and servants of the miser. It has long
since grown to over G1.OO0. 600. This,
with her estates, which are we'll farme d,
yield her large annuity, Independent
OF the civil list. Not long since, the
stock sales on one of her estates yielded
something near $4,000. Large as are
these annuities, they are surpassed by
every great house on the continent.
Russia provides civil list for the EN-
peror of el ,22G, 531, besides the income
from the imperial domain, which is
enormous The income from the Prus-
sian Crown lands is 8, 597, ,03O thalcrs, in
addition to which krondotation of
100000 thalcrs is allowed. The Aus
trian imperial household consumes
$3.50, 600 annually, and the civil list Of
impoverished Italy GG50,OC Even The
smaller States of Germany foot up
largely. Thus Bavaria, with small area,
1itt1O frola