Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-26
Oucpn Nic'S Finane;eriuy.

\ prominent mcmbcy of Parliament rr-
Gently announced in i speech that Queen
NIctoriiS Youngest daughtcr. Princess
Beatrice. WAS engaged II be married. This
statement was subsequently contradicted.
but in all probability i WAS premature
rather than erroneous. Ii has h,tn 4 f;,-
tllre in the Queens policy to marry her
daughters early. and it : unlikely >t4c IN
tend, the Youngest II b. al exception e.
his rule In thi> ease Pa Lament VIII. pt
course. be applied 10 fol Il provision !or
the Princess on the same scale - that Wv
IN 10 her older sisters. namely t6.uVO :.
Wear. which viii make the entire sum
GRANTED To the royal family. exclusive of
the annual grant of ti>5, 900 To the Queen
herself. tli>. 900 per annum. This will
he the las. grant to the present generation.
but nine Years hence the eldest son of the
Prince of Wales viii be of age. AMI an al
lowance will. in the ordinary course of
things. be required for him, even if there
has not previously been IN application for
a further sum for his father: and mean
while none of the existing pensions. with
the exception of that tG,00O allotted to
the Duchess of Cambridge. can hc expect
ed to expire.
From this point of view. then the bur
dens of the British taxpayer are not like
" to see any abatement: but. on the CON
trarv. there is a very satisfactory sct-ot IN
the fact that under IMPROVED management
the revenues derived from the vast estates
which the Crown surrendered to the coun-
try for a fixed Parliamentary grant has, of
late, augmented to such a degree that II.
last wear. nearly covered the whole of this
Grant. and will in time doubtless exceed
il. The same may he said of the two roy
al ,luchicS of Lancaster and Cornwall. In
1860 the Queen received from the former
as Duchess of lancaster and heireSS of
John of Gaunt. go 900; in 1874. t4l 900.
The increase has for Years continued al
the rate of an average of some $1,000 4
wear. This revenue is entirely lndepen-
dent of that granted 10y the Legislature,
and completely at her own disposal. The
duchv of Cornwall revenue has risen
from f233, 900 in 1924 to t12,Q0J to-day
and increases 1t tn" rate of about t3,0oo 4
year; but it is probable that the Increase
will ere LONG, take 4 sudden leap 10 a
much larger sum. by the falling IN OF
leases, and the income from tins source
will render :. future Prince of Wales IN
dependent of parliamentary grant.
Moreover. there is good reason to sup
pose that the royal family of England will
like the House OF Orleans, be rendered
very independent of large grants from the
State in time to come. by the immense
property they will inherit from Queen Vic
torla. who must be one Of the wealthiest
persons in the world. quite apart from her
state revenues Not only does she own
the valuable properties Of Osborn and Bal
moral (he latter more than twenty-five
thousand acres), both of which. although
not sources of revenue, would sell for i'm
men,c sums. but her accumulations Of
money must be prodigious: Like many
persons who have been bred under pecuni
arv difficultics-and the very money which
brought her mother to England to give
birth to her was Eorrowed-her majestv's
expenditure has always been exceedingly
careful. No establishment in the world
has been conducted with more thorough
economy than hers, and since the death of
the Prince Consort, and her consequent