, 1873-07-06
Queen VictOri:ass Income.

Queen Victorin either H. or ought to bo, l.
wealthy woman Her income rssr Tas m at the
This hum. it was understood, would, with tho ax-
ception OF cog, 900 year. ho divided between
the Lord Steward, tho Lord Chamberlain, and
tho master of tho horsG tho three gtsst fns
duo, E60,000 woro to be paid ovor to tho Quoon
for her personal expenses. and tho ro-
manning 1885, GOO wore for contingencies" It
Ia probable, however, that the above arrange
chaugos. During thu happy dnya Of Tho Quoeil'a
married lfe tho expenditure Of tho court was
very much creator than it has boon since tho
Princes death: Emperora and Kings werc
entertained with utmost splontlor Mt Windsor.
Dnring the Emperorof Russia'svisit, for instance.
md that Of Louis Philippe, one or two hundred
extra mouths Wcre In one way or another fed at
Her Majostys o1ronac. Tho stables. too, wero
formerly filled with lornos-a,!d very tlno ones
they werc-wheroas now the number il greatly
reduced and many of those in the royal 1neW1
are 'iobbed,"-i o., hired BY The wcck or 1nontl.,
az occas1on requires, from livery stables Ihis
poverty Of tho master Of the horao's department
excited much angry commcnt on tho OCCASION OF
tho Princcss Alexandria'a state ontry. into Lon
don. But, boeltlos Tho provious-naontioncd EG0,-
600 year, and what residue may be unspent
from the reat OF tho "clvil list" sa tho 1856 900
Is called, Queen Victoria has two othor sources
Of considerable income. she is in her own right
Duchess OF ,Lancastor;. Flor rovo.a1o from this
i as WAS rs ess9 @ seiy ID {y a'rss;8 Hhus Il is
E3l 900; in 1872 -ca0006. Tho largest Of these
figures dooB not probably represent fifth Of tho
receipts Of John OF Qaunt, but the duchy Of Lam
caster, like that OF Cornwall, suffered for long
| time from tho fraud and rapaoity Of those who
wore supposed to be it's custodians. Managed as
it now is, it will probably have doubled its pres
ont royenuo boforo the oloso Of tho ocntnry. Tho
othor eource is still more strictly personal tn,
o gentleman, aged a. Of tho na1no Of John
Camdon Nelld, I1o was son Of James Nei1d,
who acquired large fortune as q gold and silver
smith. 10 roceivod every advantage In tho way
logo, Cambridge, and was subsequently callad
to the bar. lie proved. however, tho very 1e-
verse Of his benevolent father. Ha Was miaor
born, and hid all his talents in napkin, making
| no uso Of hiH wealth beyond allowing 1t to aeou-
mulate. From the dato Of the death Of his father,
who left him ;E25O,000 besides real estate lie had
spent but small portion Of his income, and al
lowed himself scarcely tho necesaarics OF life:
buttons. ThtH ho did not allow to be brubhed.
inasmuoh a. that procoss would have worn tho
nap. He WAS neTor known to woar IN oVercoat.
He gladly accepted invitations from his tenant
death be told ono Of bis executors that he had
mado a moat angular will, but that be had
=, right to do Whist ho liked with bis
found that, with the exception Of tsw small
legacies no had loft all ITO Her Mott Gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria, begging Her Majesty's
moat gracious acceptance Of tho name, TOR hor
sole use and beneht, and that Of her heirs. "
Probably vanity dictated this bequest. To >
poor housokeeper, who had soryod him twenty
aix years, he loft nothing. to each Of his exocu-
tors, E100. But tho Queen made handsome
provision for tho former, aud presented E1, 900
10 each Of the latter; and sho further raiued
memorial to tho mser's memory, The prop
osty bequenthed to her amounted to upwards Of
:Eb60,0oo; 30 that, eupposing Her Majesty to
have spent every penny OF her public and duchy
this legacy and the intereat on 1t, sho would from
this source alone now be worth at least Fl, 600,
600. Do this ss It may. even that portion Of the
public which survives her will probably never
know the amount Of Acr woAlth, for tho Wills Of
KlngB and Queens;are not proved; 30 that there
will be 10 enlightenment on this head In thu
psye8 of tho Illustrated London Nsaps.