Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-05
FLOyai Incomes.

About ten years ago the London press vas
aIuost unanimous in admitting the necessity OF
90 addition to the income OF the Prince CT
Wales, and it vas generally expected that an
application fer some s20 000a year more would
be made 20 tee House cf Commons. The
Spectator, an advanced Liberal Journal, indeed,
went SO far as 10 observe that "One hundred
thousand pounds Q year was no Logger first
class fortune" and there were many common
ers, as Well as aobles far richer than the heir
to the throue. However, the Government
took no steps 10 the matter; audit Was present.
y rumorcd that it retrained from So dong be-
cause there was reason to apprehend that such
proposal would arouse unpleasant comments
as to the expenditure OF her Majesty, and pro-
woke suggestions that az she had ia SO large
degree abandoned representative functions. she
should contribute handsomely 10 the expenses
Of the princes, on whom their maintenance tel!.
SiDca thco, says an English paper, the
princes revenue from his Duchy Of Cornwall
has risen some G20 900 a year. aud now amounts
to G72, 900 a year, but he receives tie same
parliamentary allowance (e40, 900 year, and
Gl0 O00 year tor the Princass) that be did at
bis marriage Meanwhile, be has had several
children, aud the cost OF living sloce he married
has Increased at least ten per cent; 20 that Bis
means are really less than ever. II the PRICE
had merely the expense OF great policeman,
his Income, although less than that oil many
peers aud some commoners. would amply sui
| fee; but he has many expenses which tradition,
etiquette and royalty compel him to locur,
from which they enjoy gu immunity. lie Is
expected to entertaln profuscy to give spleodld
prcscots. and to subscribe 10 every conceivable
object. But while the son Is often 10 straits
where 10 turn for 4 thousand pounds, the
mother il literally rolling 10 riches.
| What Queen Victoria eagca behind her will
Dcver DC kurwu, because the wills Of sGyerelg0s
are nat proved but those who have carefully
considered the subject are Of opinion that she
must, since the Prince Cuusorl's death, have
saved at the very least el00 900 year. Not
only has she lived 50 quietly that a large pro
tporti2n OF her 83S5, 900 year public income
| must b. saved, Dut it Is To be remembered that
Mr. NiciI left her $500 900, which, at four
per cent, gould give her $50, 900 year, aud
she receives Gl3 900 year from her Ducny OF
Lancaster. The crown lands, given up TO the
country 10 lieu OF Il parliamentary annual grant.
! have Of Ia!c years bsco 81 ably aud cconoinl
| calIy managed that their revenue covers the
royal a.!oTaoce, ard these crown suds were as
much the properly Of the soVcreigus al the
lands OF the Duke Of Davoushire or any other
laEdhoilcr, ere his.
II the country ctoso t. make the most OF
these aGds BY cutting up, say, the New Forest,
and s=lIioS it 10 lois. add adopting similar plan
with Other outlying possessions of tho croWo,
it would make money out Of the royal family.
Tne re7cnue of tic .Duchy Sof Cornwall has
rlsco from e22 900 10 1924 to Ell coo, and 10
creases aunu.ily about e3 900, so that the next
Prince Of Wales will probabl be Independent
OF q parliamentary grant. Queen Victoria is
probably saving with the view CT rendering her
family ~ Independent as the wealth of the
Duke dc Peuthiavre rendered tho House oil
Orleans, and made Louis Philippe 10 conse-
quence The cheapest OF French kings.