The Democratic advocate., 1879-11-15
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Allowances to Emperors, Kings and Rulers
Of Europe.

Allowances to Emperors, Kings and Rulers
Of Europe.
Civil lists came in with constitutions
and cabinets, and all the other parapher.
MALTA Of nineteenth century government.
The Frenchman, the Prussian and the
Austrian, at the commencement Of the
present century, we're as little acquainted
as the Turk or Russian are now with any
restraint on the ability Of the sovereign to
spend as much as he liked One Of the
rights which the Cars Of Russia have
almost tenaciously claimed is never to be
without ruble. In the olden days the
semi-sacred position they held in the eyes
OF their own Muscoyites would have rem
dered it something worse than an imperti-
nence to attempt to interfere with or
cripple their spending capabilities; aud
even in this year of grace, 1879, with the
entire legislative, administrative and ex-
ecutiye power 10 their own hands, nothing
but Nihilism can soy nay to any extrava-
gaiice they may like to commit The
Sultans in the same way, used to look
upon the Pasha who gathered in the
finances Of the Ottoman Empire as bound
to provide for the qualification Of their
pleasures, however expensive they might
be. He was treated to the bowstring or
"a cup Of coffee, or at least to exile from
the "Sweet Waters of Europe" if he
showed any qualms of conscience about
what the faithful ought in justice to be
made to pay their Caliph, and another
Chancellor Of the Exchequer took up his
portfolio who was better hand at putting
on the screw Those times are changed
now. The Commander of the Faithful, it
is true, is not confined to civil list any
more than his predecessors; but, in daily
want of piastre, he casts longing eye
on the allowances Of many q little German
potentate, and has had to melt down his
plate in order to pay his domestics wages.
But, exempting the Car, who is above a
civil list, and the Sultan, who would be
only too glad Of one if he could get it, the
soyereigns of Europe have for some time
past had to content themselves with fixed
incomes
In England the civil list has been sub.
ject to considerable vicisstudes. The first
sovereign Of the House Of Brunswick gol
as much as 91 100000 (s5, 600 ,000) o
year. George ~ found no difficulty in get
ting through the e900, 900 "a 500 ,O00) o
year that Parliament allowed him, which
was further reduced for the "Sailor King.
Queen Victoria's list is fixed by the stat
ute of 1887 at 1855, 900 (s1 ,925, ,000) pei
annum. In the impeeunious countries thu
sovereign has to cut his coat according to hi
cloth. Thus the Rigsdag only allows tht
King of Denmark about E55 900 (s275,
0O0) year, aud the King OF the Neither
lands gets about the same amount. Kin,
Luis, of Portugal, has ESQ, 900 (sil0, 900
a year TO spend, while the Spanish Cortes
by an act of June, 1876, made Alfono
XII an allowance Of 1000, 900 pesetas, o
f2S0,000 Isl ,400, ,000) year, rathe
heavy drain on country that has nearl
run dry. The Emperor with his exces
sive simple tastes aud bourgeois habit
must find it impossible to get through tn
moro than 100000 Of his civil list, es
pecially as he enjoys the income as we
Of considerable landed property, Will
the f6l5,964 (S3,0sO, 500 a year whic
the Italians pay King Humbert for tn
luxury of possessing one king over on
kingdom is good deal to take from then
when we consider their present circum
stances and how their debt and credit &C
count stands.
The new kingdoms and principalities tina
have sprung into existence in very reeen
times have all adopted the civil list system
as part and parcel of that constitutions
form of government they copied. AM
sometimes there has be some little Difficult
ty in scraping together the income whicl
is necessary to keep up the State and dig
nifty Of king or even a hospodar. Thi
was the case in Greece. 0tho, with al
his faults-and they were not few or "a
between--had something of his own Z,
spend; but when the Hellenes took Kin,
George in 1868, and a suitable civil lis
had to be voted by the National Assembly
it was found that all they could settle OF
their new sovereign was l ,250, 900 drach
mas, or little over 100000 (s20O, 600
year However, the Governments o
Great Britain, France and Russia come t,
the rescue with $4,000 1920 ,O00) a yea
each; and in this way King George hn
been able to make both ends meet Ant
yet, what is looked upon as almost povert,
in Athens would be though. an extrava
giant allowance, indeed, at Cettinje. Al
that the Black Mountaineers can find /,
put in their pocket of their Hospodar i
something under $4,000 (s15, ,OO6) a year
though we believe Prince Nicholas enjoy
a pension from his patron, the Car o
Russia, Of 5000 ducats, settled on Prime,
Peter III and his descendants, in 1887, b,
the late Gar. The new Hospodar, Prime,
Alexander |, Of Bulgaria, has an allowanc,
settled by the Constituante at 600, ,00Of.
year. As he will not have much state (,
keep up at Sofia, this is probably enough
for his wants at home. But the prince
in the present day ind travelling expen
siyc. Hotel-keepers arc no respeeters o
persons, nor are they in the habit o
making fine distinctions in the princes,
scale. A prince Of Bulgaria will have /,
pay at the Hotel Bristol or the Lord War
den as much as the most aifluent Of Wcsteri
potentates; and should political necessitie
send Alexander often to Paris and Lon
don, he will have to ask Lis faithful Bul
garians to increase his allowance or to pa,
his debts.-Loadon Globe.
The Queen of All.